2nd Quarter Challenge: Clear the Shelves

[Niecie]

Update to message 108 and 208
-The Finisher
-To the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster Care

6 of 20

[Ultrajbk]

9/10

The Night Train By Martin Amis.

[Sam F]

13th book finished - Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis

[Stephanie]

Update- I just finished "A Local Habitation" by Seanan McGuire. I now have 14/15. One more to go!

[Jewel]

Updated message 200

Read 19/20 books!

[Jewel]

Updated message 200

Read 20/20 books

Completed the number of books I wanted but still have 5 more from my initial plan to read.

[Amanda]

I've just updated message 93 with the books I have read this month, which brings me to 11/18 so far (8/12 kindle books and 3/6 paperback books).

Amanda P :-)

[Kester]

9. Success for Teens
10. Sky Jumpers

[Christa]

Laura wrote: "Well done you!. I have The red tent on my shelves , any good?
What are you planning on reading next?"

Hi Laura, sorry I missed your message earlier! Thank you! I really loved The Red Tent. I grew up with the Bible stories it's based on, and I loved the feminist spin on the story.

Since there's still a full month left in this challenge, I might increase my original goal here and read anything on my shelves that isn't a part of another challenge. The Queen of the Tearling is up next on my TBR.

Will check back in to increase my pledge after I do some digging. :)

[Christa]

Upping my pledge from 14 to 34!

First 14 were books I added prior to 2016. Completed those on 5/19/2016. All newly added books are simply those on my TBR that weren't a part of another reading challenge. Let's really clear my shelves!

14/34

✓ 1. The Name of the Wind
✓ 2. The Wise Man's Fear
✓ 3. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
✓ 4. Off to Be the Wizard
✓ 5. Spell or High Water
✓ 6. An Unwelcome Quest
✓ 7. The Red Tent
✓ 8. Modern Romance
✓ 9. Vermilion
✓ 10. Press Start to Play
✓ 11. To Fetch a Thief
✓ 12. His Majesty's Dragon
✓ 13. Throne of Jade
✓ 14. Black Powder War
15. The Queen of the Tearling
16. A Discovery of Witches
17. Shadow of Night
18. The Book of Life
19. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
20. Secondhand Souls
21. Tiger's Curse
22. Tiger's Quest
23. Tiger's Voyage
24. Immortal Warrior
25. Gifts
26. A Thousand Pieces of You
27. The House on Mango Street
28. A Natural History of Dragons
29. Dangerous Women
30. Me Before You
31. The Cuckoo's Calling
32. The Devil Wears Prada
33. Darkly Dreaming Dexter
34. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

[Rachael]

Christa wrote: "Upping my pledge from 14 to 34!

First 14 were books I added prior to 2016. Completed those on 5/19/2016. All newly added books are simply those on my TBR that weren't a part of another reading cha..."

Well done on completing your original pledge! What did you think of His Majesty's Dragon? I really liked that book (it's one of my favourites) and I am planning on rereading it and the rest of the series later this year.

[Janine]

Updated message 63. Made it to 15/18 this month.

With one more month to go in the quarter and only three books left, I'm confident I can make my goal!

[Gretchen]

Edit Msg 60
Read 2/6

[Maria]

updated message 8

4/8

[Amanda]

Updated #57

6. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Completed 24/05/16 Rating 3 stars
7. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis Completed 26/05/16 Rating 3 stars
8. The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen Completed 29/05/16 Rating 4 stars
9. 40 by Saskia Noort Completed 30/05/16 Rating 4 stars

9/15

[Megan]

Just cleaned a book off my Choice awards 2015 shelf - Winter by Marissa Meyer. While a good editor might have benefited in cutting down on some unnecessary plot points, overall, the book was very enjoyable. Some of the scenes reminded me of Mockingjay, but I really enjoyed the character development in this book. Definitely worth reading! 4 stars

20/20 - Challenge completed!

[Lady Clementina]

Progress 14/24

#14 The Old Wives' Tale

[Jewel]

Updated message 200

Read 21/20 books

[Monica]

Updated Message 26 11/20.

[Christa]

Rachael wrote: "Well done on completing your original pledge! What did you think of His Majesty's Dragon? I really liked that book (it's one of my favourites) and I am planning on rereading it and the rest of the series later this year."

Thank you! :) I really enjoyed the worldbuilding and the characters - especially the dragons! I'm sure I'll continue with the series as I find the other books.

[Lynn]

Christa wrote: "Rachael wrote: "Well done on completing your original pledge! What did you think of His Majesty's Dragon? I really liked that book (it's one of my favourites) and I am planning on rereading it and ..."

Be sure to look at Naomi Novik's website for free short stories. I loved Feast or Famine which was set right after His Majesty's Dragon. She must update it frequently because I just noticed a deleted scene from the second book (which I just finished). I think these are awfully good books.

[Rachael]

Updated Message 2: 11/15 read

[Chelsea]

Updated post #4. I have read 6 out of 10 books. Darn library!!!

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #227.

20. Saga, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from June 01 to 03, 2016

20/25

[Overbooked ✎]

Updated post #52

Provinces of Night by William Gay

progress: 26/30

[Beverly]

Update for #1590:

Haunted (Harrison Investigation, #1) Heather Graham 573 pages

Total for the Year: 32,415 out of 50,000

[Cindy]

Update to post #146

18/25 :)

[Monica]

Updated message 26 12/20

[Stephanie]

Update: I finished! I read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, so I now have 15/15! Been wanting to read this book since my mom told me about it in junior high. Not as great as she made it out to be, but happy to read it, anyway.

[Nwanneka]

Update to msg 164
3/5 completed
The Silver Linings Playbook
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
All the Light We Cannot See
Starting The Time Traveler's Wife I made to about the middle of the book when I first started, but moving hid most of my books..ugh
Because I want to read the Tudor Series in order I am going to switch my 5th selection to
The Cuckoo's Calling another book I got to the middle of and stopped reading

[Cindy III]

Update 2 for message 165
7/10

[Kester]

11. "All the Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

[Book Dragon 🐉 📚]

SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE: CLEAR THE SHELVES
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016
(10/12)
As we move into the second quarter of the year, it's time to clear our shelves! Many of us (myself included) have shelves full of books that we haven't read. In my case, it's my goal to read as many books from my "owned-but-unread" shelf as possible. Others don't buy books, but have to-read lists that are getting out of control.

Either way, pick a goal and try to clear that many books off your shelves!

Feel free to make this your own - you can add extra requirements, like using a random number generator to select books like our randomizer challenge. You could limit the challenge to books you actually own, or tackle the books that have been on your to-read list the longest.

3 Stand Alone Novels - Already Owned
(3/3)
1. A Will and a Way - Nora Roberts
2. A White Cougar Christmas - Eliza Gayle
3. Good Neighbors - Sheila Roberts

Read a Trilogy
(3/3)
1. A Real Cowboy Never Says No (Book 1) Wyoming Rebels - Stephanie Rowe
2. A Real Cowboy Knows how to Kiss (Book 2) Wyoming Rebels - Stephanie Rowe
3. A Real Cowboy Rides a Motorcycle (Book 3) Wyonming Rebels - Stephanie Rowe

Finish 3 Books I Previously Started and Never Finished
1. Thanksgiving in Sweetwater County - Ciara Knight

4 Free Books - Already Owned
1. Submerged - Dani Pettrey -Alaskan Courage Series
2. Her Backup Boyfriend - Ashlee Mallory
3. Sheltering Hearts - Robyn Carr

[Charity]

Updated message 54.

9/20

[Cindy]

Update to post #146

19/25 :)

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #227.

21. Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from June 03 to 04, 2016

21/25

[Cheri]

Update: 2/5
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (4 stars)
Recommended by Rosemary.

[Overbooked ✎]

Updated post #52:

I Know This Much Is True

progress: 27/30

[Mell]

10/10 - updated post #102

[Lady Clementina]

Progress 15/24

#15 Trilby

[Kiki]

updated message 89

total is now 2/8

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #227.

22. The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka ★★★ Read from May 30 to June 06, 2016

22/25

[Lori]

Updated message 124 finished the 20 books I planned on reading so I added 5 more books to my challenge for the month of June. Very happy with my progress.
20. Plum Pudding Murder 6/1-6/6

[Ultrajbk]

9/10 - Defending Jacob by William Landay....every parent's nightmare...

Oh and Kiwi, I hope you do get around to reading God's Philosophers it's worth the effort in my opinion.

[Cindy]

Update to post #146

20/25 :)

[Overbooked ✎]

Updated post #52:

The Kind Worth Killing

progress: 28/30

[Megan]

Just cleared another book off my Audible shelf - A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas. I really enjoyed this book! And I will definitely be reading more from this author - if she can take the more simple story from the first book and deepen the characters, showing how tragedy can change and alter even love, she is a force to be reckoned with! I'm incredibly impressed and cannot wait to read the final book! 4.5 stars

21/20

[Megan]

Updated message #42 - completed 2 books. I've changed my goal to 3, since I wound up reading a lot of library books recently, oops.

[Chelsea]

Edited post #4. I've read 7 out of 10 books.

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #227

23. Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from June 05 to 07, 2016

23/25