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1. The Amulet of Samarkand 2. Neverwhere
3. Sandry's Book bk. 4 on my tbr soon
4. All These Things I've Done - A
5. Wittgenstein’s Mistress - W
6. Night's Darkest Embrace - N
7. Joust - Jan 19, 2012
8. Donny and Ursula Save the World top 20
9. Jenny Rat bottom 20
10. The Moon Dwellers past BOTM
11. The Time Machine #44
12. Losing It added in May 2013
13. Terrier added in Nov 2012
14. Legacies added Jan 2012
November - TBR Cleanup ChallengeGoal: Hard
Completed: 9/9
1. Challenges Gone By: Angelfall 11/14/13 (5 stars)
2. Start Again, Start Again: Significance 11/12/13 (3 stars)
3. Pick your favorite number (7): Making Faces 11/04/13 (5 stars)
5. Middle letter of your middle name (E): The Edge of Always 11/07/2013 (4 stars)
6. Last letter of your last name (O): Obsession 11/02/13 (3.5 stars)
8. 20 highest rated: The Alpha Alternative: JZB Sex Scene 11/09/13 (5 stars)
9. 20 lowest rated: Matched 11/20/13 (3 stars)
10. Past BOTM (August 2012): Thirteen Reasons Why 11/19/13 (5 stars)
12. TBR list for 6 months: Slammed 11/08/13 (4 stars)
November - TBR Cleanup ChallengeBooks Read:
1. Challenges Gone By:
Choose a book that you had slated to read for a past challenge but never got to.
2. Start Again, Start Again:
Pick a book that you started but never finished.
3. Pick your favorite number.
Now read a book from your TBR list that has that number in it. (If yours don't have numbers, you can enable sorting in batch edit - then clock "sort by position to reorder").
4, 5 and 6. Sort your TBR alphabetically.
Now select a book that begins with the first letter of your first name, the middle letter of your middle name (even numbers can choose either middle letter) and the last letter of your last name.
7. Sort your tbr books by date added and read the "oldest" book (or a book added on the same day).
8 an 9. Sort your tbr books by average rating and read a book rated in the 20 highest and 20 lowest.
10. Choose a BOTM book from your TBR list that you haven't gotten to.
11. Using the numbers on your TBR list
(see pt.3), read book 44 on the list. (Random Lys number)
12, 13, 14. Choose a TBR book that has been on your list for 6 months, 1 year, over a year. (Use the month, so 6 months would be November - 6 = something added in May)
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1. Challenges Gone By: Choose a book that you had slated to read for a past challenge but never got to.
2. Start Again, Start Again: Pick a book that you started but never finished.
3. Pick your favorite number. Now read a book from your TBR list that has that number in it.
4, 5 and 6. Sort your TBR alphabetically. Now select a book that begins with the first letter of your first name, the middle letter of your middle name (even numbers can choose either middle letter) and the last letter of your last name.
7. Sort your tbr books by date added and read the "oldest" book (or a book added on the same day).
8 and 9. Sort your tbr books by average rating and read a book rated in the 20 highest and 20 lowest.
10. Choose a BOTM book from your TBR list that you haven't gotten to.
11. Using the numbers on your TBR list (see pt.3), read book 44 on the list. (Random Lys number)
12, 13, 14. Choose a TBR book that has been on your list for 6 months, 1 year, over a year. (Use the month, so 6 months would be November - 6 = something added in May)
I'll give this one a try :)November - TBR Cleanup Challenge
Hard: 9 books
Read 12/9
1. Challenges Gone By:
11/14 (4 stars)2. Start Again, Start Again:
11/1 (3 stars)3. Pick your favorite number: 15
11/3 (4 stars)4. First letter of your first name: B
5. Middle letter of your middle name: A
6. Last letter of your last name: M
11/8 (4.5 stars)7. "Oldest" book (date added):
11/4 (4 stars)8. 20 highest rated:
11/24 (4 stars)9. 20 lowest rated:
11/15 (3 stars)10. BOTM:
11/9 (4stars)11. Book 44:
11/16 (5 stars)12. TBR list for 6 months:
11/12 (2 stars)13. TBR list for 1 year:
11/6 (4 stars)14. TBR list for over a year:
11/25 (3 stars)
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Level:Easy
Completed 2/3
4.First Letter
5.Middle Letter
11/10 5stars7. Oldest
11/26 5stars
I'm going to try easy this time:Completed: 3/3 Completed 11/17
4, 5 and 6. Sort your TBR alphabetically. Now select a book that begins with the first letter of your first name, the middle letter of your middle name (even numbers can choose either middle letter) and the last letter of your last name.
My initials are RNL:
R:
N:
L:
I'm going to try this. Now moving onto hard12, 13, 14 Choose a tbr book that has been on your list for 6 months, 1 year and over a year
May 2013 Secret of the old clock by Carolyn Keene - read 03/11/13
August 2012 (Didn't add any more until May 2013) The Killing Floor by Lee Child - Read 12/11/13
April 2012 Five go adventuring again by Enid Blyton - Read 05/11/13
4, 5 and 6. Sort your TBR alphabetically.
Now select a book that begins with the first letter of your first name, the middle letter of your middle name and the last letter of your last name. My Initials are C A T
C - Cold Granite by Stuart McBride - Read 17/11/13
A - Accident by Danielle Steel - Read 18/11/13
T - Two for the dough by Janet Evanovich - Read 21/11/13
7. Sort your tbr books by date added and read the "oldest" book.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins - Read 19/11/13
8 and 9. Sort your tbr books by average rating and read a book rated in the 20 highest and 20 lowest.
20 Highest - The Help by Kathryn Stockett - Read 29/11/13
20 Lowest - The Thomas Berryman Number by James Patterson - Read 25/11/13
Read 9/9
Yipee, I've finally finished a challenge!! :)
1. The Shroud of the Thwacker2. Neverwhere
3. Vanish.
4. J Jinx
5. N No Angel: My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels
6. B Bound to You
7. On the Road
8. Two Ghosts Haunt A Grove
9. WitchHunt
10. Everneath
11. A Tale Dark & Grimm
12. The Great Gatsby
13. Affliction
14. Last Breath
I need some push to get some of my TBR read so this should be good :)1. If I Stay
2. Start Again, Start Again: Pick a book that you started but never finished.
3. #7: The Demon King (The Seven Realms #1)
4. M: My Life Next Door
5. A: Alanna: The First Adventure
6. N: The Naturals
7. Les Miserables
8. Lowest: Purity
9. Highest: The Fault in Our Stars
10. Thirteen Reasons Why (BOTM August 2012)
11. To Be Queen: A Novel of the Early Life of Eleanor of Aquitaine
12. 6 months: The Witch of Duva (added May 11, 2013)
13. 1 year:
14. Over a year: The Spindlers (added September 21, 2012)
Easy: 3 book
Medium: 6 books
Hard: 9 books
November is going to be a busy month for me :)1. Challenge Gone By:
2. Start Again,start again:
3. Pick your favorite #: (12)
4. First letter of First name: (M)
5. Middle letter of middle name: (N)
6. Last letter of last name: (D)
7.Oldest book (date added):
8. 20 highest rated:
9. 20 lowest rated:
19.BOTM haven't got to:
11. #44 on list:
12. 6 months:
13. 1 year:
14. over a year:
I'm gonna go with Easy: 3 books to start with
The Golden Compass
Shiver
Fangirl
Challenge Level: EasyBooks Read: 3/3
COMPLETED
1) Read the "oldest" book
2) Pick a book that you started but never finished
3) Read book 44 on the list
Challenge Level: MediumRead:: 1/6
4. M:
5. I: If I Stay
6. L: Last Sacrifice
7. "Oldest": Something Like Normal
10. BOTM: Thirteen Reasons Why (August 2012)
13. 1 year: Anna and the French Kiss
EASYREAD 2/3
1.Choose a book that you had slated to read for a past challenge but never got to.
The Collector by Victoria Scott-read 11/13
2.Pick a book that you started but never finished.
3.Now read a book from your TBR list that has that number in it. (If yours don't have numbers, you can enable sorting in batch edit - then clock "sort by position to reorder").
4, 5 and 6. Sort your TBR alphabetically. Now select a book that begins with the first letter of your first name, the middle letter of your middle name (even numbers can choose either middle letter) and the last letter of your last name.
7. Sort your tbr books by date added and read the "oldest" book (or a book added on the same day).
8 an 9. Sort your tbr books by average rating and read a book rated in the 20 highest and 20 lowest.
10. Choose a BOTM book from your TBR list that you haven't gotten to.
11. Using the numbers on your TBR list (see pt.3), read book 44 on the list. (Random Lys number)
Alone by Lisa Gardner
12, 13, 14. Choose a TBR book that has been on your list for 6 months, 1 year, over a year. (Use the month, so 6 months would be November - 6 = something added in May)
Demon Seed by Dean Koontz-read 11/9-added 9/16/12-over a year
Finished hard level of 9 books in Message #9, but I'll continue updating if I read more. Maybe I'll get to read all 14 books.
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Leigh wrote: "Congrats Bobbie, Jennifer and Belkis!"Thanks Leigh :)
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Books mentioned in this topic
Fight Club (other topics)A Change of Heart (other topics)
Alone (other topics)
New Moon: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 (other topics)
The Collector (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Lisa Gardner (other topics)Victoria Scott (other topics)
Dean Koontz (other topics)
If you are like me and you have several categories of TBR (own, soon, at-lib, tbr, etc), feel free to work from any list you want. :)
Not all of these will be applicable for all people. Just do the ones that interest you/apply.
1. Challenges Gone By: Choose a book that you had slated to read for a past challenge but never got to.
2. Start Again, Start Again: Pick a book that you started but never finished.
3. Pick your favorite number. Now read a book from your TBR list that has that number in it. (If yours don't have numbers, you can enable sorting in batch edit - then clock "sort by position to reorder").
4, 5 and 6. Sort your TBR alphabetically. Now select a book that begins with the first letter of your first name, the middle letter of your middle name (even numbers can choose either middle letter) and the last letter of your last name.
7. Sort your tbr books by date added and read the "oldest" book (or a book added on the same day).
8 an 9. Sort your tbr books by average rating and read a book rated in the 20 highest and 20 lowest.
10. Choose a BOTM book from your TBR list that you haven't gotten to.
11. Using the numbers on your TBR list (see pt.3), read book 44 on the list. (Random Lys number)
12, 13, 14. Choose a TBR book that has been on your list for 6 months, 1 year, over a year. (Use the month, so 6 months would be November - 6 = something added in May)
Easy: 3 book
Medium: 6 books
Hard: 9 books