The TBR Randomiser Challenge - 2016

[Katzi]

Updated message 167

Read 2/10

[Bookworm with Kids]

Updated message 96 - Read first book from 10.

[MysticMoods]

Update to Message 134: 3/10.

[Gretchen]

Edit Message #11
Read 1/10

[Cassandra]

Finished another book:

The Bone Season
Arrows of the Queen
Sense and Sensibility
Homebody
The Paris Wife
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - January 30
Tricky Business
The Years of Rice and Salt - February 20
The Diviners

2/10

[Susan]

Finished my 2nd book woohoo!!

Updated message 163 - 2/10

[Jenn]

I completed Sweet Tooth, so that's 3/18 for me. I started Americanah so I hope to have number 4 done soon.

[Bookworm with Kids]

Edited comment number 96 - Read book 2 of 10 - Last Seen Wearing by Colin Dexter

[Erika]

I've updated msg. 30.

2/10

[Nancy]

Finished Book #5



Finished Book #6



6/45

[Tanaz]

Heather wrote: "3/20
Finished All the Light We Cannot See utterly brilliant"

I know right! This is like the best book ever. The symbolism, the metaphors, the entire story was just breathtaking. Can't wait to hear more of your thoughts! PM if you like? I'd love to have someone I can fangirl over the brilliance this book is.

[Blagica , Challenges]

2/15 I randomized my list again had a hard time picking them up will post new list tommrrow.

[Cathie]

Finished . ♥♥♥♥♥

Updated msg 113.

[Jenn]

Update to message 21: I've completed 4/18 with Americanah. I'll be starting The Rosie Effect today.

[Jessica]

Not sure if I will be able to get to all these books, but I will try.

THE TBR RANDOMISER CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1st - December 31st 2016
0/8

1. The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender/Leslye Walton
2. Witches of East End/Melissa de la Cruz
3. Feed/Mira Grant
4. Red Smoke Rising/Rick Anthony
5. Once Burned/Jeaniene Frost
6. The Martian/Andy Weir
7. The Pearl that Broke Its Shell/Nadia Hashimi
8. Snow Like Ashes/Sara Raasch

[Gretchen]

Edit Message #11
Read 2/10

[Maya]

Signing up for this, because this should be fun!

1:: The Arm of the Starfish

2:: Titus Groan

3:: The Final Empire

4:: Rosemary and Rue

5:: The Gates of Evangeline

6:: Future Lovecraft

7:: The Pox Party

8:: Uprooted

9:: The Phoenix Unchained

10:: Possible Side Effects

11:: This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don't Touch It

12:: A Separate Peace

13:: The Oathbound

14:: The Secret History of Moscow

15:: Lolita

16:: The Innocent Mage

17:: Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

18:: I Am the Cheese

19:: Centaur Aisle

20:: Sounds Like Me: My Life (So Far) in Song

Completed

:: 3/4/2016

:: 3/17/2016

:: 3/20/2016

:: 3/24/2016

[Nancy]

Book #7 Completed




7/45

[Zita]

Update msg. 43 - 9/25.

[Cheri]

Update: 2/5
The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (5 stars)

[Heli]

Update to message 80:
3/10 read

[Rowizyx]

Message #61 updated: 2/40 read

[Susan C]

Updated message 8

9/30

[Heather]

Finished The Letter
4/20

[Eleonora]

I'm in for 10 :D
4/10

1. Novecento. Un monologo
2. Città degli angeli caduti (City of Fallen Angels, The Mortal Instruments #4)
3. La favola di Thea
4. Le cronache di Magnus Bane - 8. Un regalo di Alec (What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything, The Bane Chronicles #8)
5. Il codice Da Vinci (The Da Vinci Code, Robert Langdon #2)
6. Il giro del mondo in 80 giorni (Around the World in Eighty Days)
7. I Borgia (The Borgias)
8. Il libro dell'inquietudine (The Book of Disquiet)
9. Il figlio di Nettuno (The Son of Neptune, The Heroes of Olympus #2)
10. La principessa (Clockwork Princess, The Infernal Devices #3)

[Barb]

My progress so far = 9/30 books read:
Message #53

[katie]

Count me in!! I did this last year and it was my favorite challenge. I have WAY too many books that i actuallly own but have never gotten around to reading. And the hardest thing for me is to decide what to read next, so this made me very happy. ;o)

I'm going to start with 10 for now, but I'll try to do more this year, I really need to reduce my book inventory!

Edit: Found out about Lionel Shriver's personal politics and terrible speech about cultural appropriation at the Brisbane Writers Festival in 2016. No longer interested in reading her book, so I'm giving it away and removing it from my Goodreads shelves. Sorted my shelf randomly again to find a replacement.

4/10

84. Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald Read 5/17/16
116. Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking by Charles Seife
71. The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland
162. Women and Film by Pam Cook
161. Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett by James Knowlson
122. Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Education of Two Society Girls in the West by Dorothy Wickenden Read 7/12/16
40. Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot
31. Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Read 6/1/16
42. Letters on Life by Rainer Maria Rilke
66. Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War by Andrew J. Bacevich Read 5/25/16

[Stephanie (Chinchillita)]

Update message 76
(1.) 418. Boxers
(5.) 355. I Am the Messenger
(7.) 61. If You Could See Me Now
4/10

[Jenn]

Update to message 21: I've finished 5/18 with The Rosie Effect

[Agnieszka]

Great reading weekend with 3 read books - updated message 162

finished 4/15

[Susan C]

Updated message 8

10/30

[Leisa]

Updated #108

3/12

✔️1 - And Then There Were None #72
✔️3 - The Chimes #66
✔️7 - Deeper Water #24

[Susan]

Updated #163
3/10

[Heather]

Finished The Scythe of God - not a book I enjoyed

5/20

[Maya]

Updated post 223,

1/20

[Heather]

Finished Reaching for the Stars - bit light and fluffy but just what I needed :)

6/20

[Aless]

I finished Queen of Shadows!
1/10

[Victoria]

Currently at 3/12 after finishing Whatever You Love by Louise Doughty

[Melissa]

updated message 186: 1/15

(changed total to read as well)

[Cheri]

Update - 3/5
Hold Still by Lisa Regan (3 stars)

[Yenny]

Hi! Since I'm doing pretty great in reading so far I'm optimistic to join this challenge from April to December! I'm in for 10 :)

Here are the books...
1. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
2. I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson
3. Keturah & Lord Death
4. Yes My Accent is Real by Kunal Nayyar
5. You're Never Weird on The Internet by Felicia Day
6. Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle
7. Limitless by Nick Vujicic
8. Salt to The Sea by Ruta Sepetys
9. Jesus of Nazareth I by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
10. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

[Jen]

I would like to join this challenge.

Here are my randomly chosen books from my TBR List:
- Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently, John C. Maxwell
- The Society for Useful Knowledge: How Benjamin Franklin and Friends Brought the Enlightenment to America, Jonathan Lyons
- Jewel, Bret Lott
- The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book, Wendy Welch
- The Red Tent, Anita Diamant
- The Change Maker: Preserving the Promise of America, Al Checchi
- Daisy Chain: A Novel, Mary E. DeMuth
- The Wishing Box, Dashka Slater
- Forever Fat Loss: Escape the Low Calorie and Low Carb Diet Traps and Achieve Effortless and Permanent Fat Loss by Working with Your Biology Instead of Against It, Ari Whitten
- The Power of Rest: Why Sleep Alone Is Not Enough. A 30-Day Plan to Reset Your Body, Matthew Edlund
- Ravenous: A Food Lover's Journey from Obsession to Freedom, Dayna Macy
- The Thing About Luck, Cynthia Kadohata
- The Summer Book, Tove Jansson
- Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
- Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, Michael Pollan
- Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes, Tom Rath
- The Body Book: The Law of Hunger, the Science of Strength, and Other Ways to Love Your Amazing Body, Cameron Diaz
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
- The Hundred-Foot Journey, Richard C. Morais
- Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work that Matters, Jon Acuff

[Heather]

A Beautiful Child finished :)

8/20

[Katzi]

updated message 167

read 3/10

[Eleonora]

Update message #231

1/10

[Heather]

Glad this one is done, I am now removing from my kindle - not good!
William Walker's First Year Of Marriage: A Horror Story
9/20

[Kadijah Michelle]

It's April! Time for the TBR Challenge Statistics.

Here are the standings as of now:
There are 126 participants, and 139 books read out of 1910 books read!

[Melissa]

updated message #186: 2/15

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE:


3/25

2. Foundation
3. The Gathering Storm
24. The Outlaw Demon Wails

[MysticMoods]

Update to Message 134: 4/10.