2nd Quarter Challenge: Clear the Shelves

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #227

24. Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from June 07 to 08, 2016

24/25

[Christa]

Updating message 518 to up my pledge once again from 34 to 45. I'll stop there, I promise! :P

32/45

✓ 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. A Discovery of Witches
✓ 16. Shadow of Night
✓ 17. The Book of Life
✓ 18. The Queen of the Tearling
✓ 19. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
✓ 20. Tiger's Curse
✓ 21. Tiger's Quest
✓ 22. Tiger's Voyage
✓ 23. Immortal Warrior
✓ 24. Secondhand Souls
✓ 25. Gifts
✓ 26. Dangerous Women
✓ 27. The Devil Wears Prada
✓ 28. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
✓ 29. A Natural History of Dragons
✓ 30. The Cuckoo's Calling
✓ 31. Me Before You
✓ 32. Darkly Dreaming Dexter
33. The House on Mango Street
34. A Thousand Pieces of You
35. A Fierce and Subtle Poison
36. We Were Liars
37. Vampire Academy
38. Blue Bloods
39. Masquerade
40. Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
41. The Summoner
42. The Blood King
43. Dark Haven
44. Dark Lady's Chosen
45. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #227.

25. Lucretia by William Shakespeare ★★★★ Read on June 08, 2016

25/25

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!

[[deleted user]]

Updated message 22

Finished 25/30

[Jewel]

Updated message 200

Read 23/20 books

Book finished: Me Before You

[Rachael]

Message 2 updated. 12/15 completed

[Overbooked ✎]

Updated post #52:
Their Eyes Were Watching God

progress: 29/30

[Lynn]

Updated Message 29. Progress: 9/10

✔Echoes from the Dead--06/09/16

[Monica]

Updated message 26 13/20

[Sam F]

I can't seem to count - I fixed all of my posts as apparently I had a hard time counting past 6 :) Next time I will put them in a list so I don't lose track - my apologies to those keeping record.

I have now finished my 14th book - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

14/25 completed to date.

[Clare L]

Finished 4 in April & May.

1. Why Not Me?
2. The Girl In The Ice
3. Defending Jacob
4. The Girl In The Ice

[Jade]

Updated Message 284
(25/25)

[Cheri]

Update: 3/5
The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri (3 stars)
Recommended by Renee.

[Jewel]

Updated message 200

Read 24/20 books
Finished City of Heavenly Fire

[Rachael]

13/15 now read.

[Caro]

For this challenge I will read books that I was planning to read long ago and did not, is not only physical but also shelf in my Kindle... Books that started and did not finish, books that have over six months with me... So let´s start...

1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Have it in my TBR for six months but wanted to read it even longer)
2. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (Promise to read it over a year ago... Started on February stop and just now I finish.
3. Cierra los ojos, princesa Bought this book almost two years ago and did not read it...
4. So You've Been Publicly Shamed (Bought the book when it just came out. Over a year ago...)
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Is a classic that I wanted to read long long ago)
6. Lo entendimos todo mal
7. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir (Have it in my TBR since 2014)

So 7/8

Hopefully I will finish this challenge this weekend!

[Lindsay]

Caro wrote: "For this challenge I will read books that I was planning to read long ago and did not, is not only physical but also shelf in my Kindle... Books that started and did not finish, books that have ove..."

How did you like Henrietta Lacks, Caro?

[Caro]

Lindsay wrote: "Caro wrote: "For this challenge I will read books that I was planning to read long ago and did not, is not only physical but also shelf in my Kindle... Books that started and did not finish, books ..."

I like it... I did not love it. It seems to me that they were several parts of the story of the writer that were not necessary, she does not only writes the book about Henrietta Lacks, but her story of how the book was made, and yes is interesting, but I think it was too much of that and at some parts I got distracted from what was more important in the book. Is a mixed feeling, if GR will allow me I would put 3.5 Stars.
Have you read it? Are you planning to do it?

[Overbooked ✎]

Updated post #52


30.By Fire, by Water
31.Pump Six and Other Stories

progress: 31/30 Challenge Completed!

[Lindsay]

Caro wrote: "Lindsay wrote: "Caro wrote: "For this challenge I will read books that I was planning to read long ago and did not, is not only physical but also shelf in my Kindle... Books that started and did no..."
It's a long while since I read it. I got it really cheap in the supermarket and it really surprised me. I found it very interesting but I think you are right about the making of it being a bit distracting. It's amazing that one person could unknowingly have such a huge impact on the world.

[Monica]

Updated message 26 14/20

[Amanda]

I've updated message 93 - finished 12/18 books now

[Adria]

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Hidden Treasures in the Book of Job: How the Oldest Book in the Bible Answers Today's Scientific Questions

3/5 completed

[Megan]

Just cleared another book off the Kindle - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. Ugh, I am so glad I finally finished this book! The writing wasn't bad, but what should have been a thrilling narrative was related in such a mundane fashion, that it fell flat. While I understand the ending, it was trite and rather rushed. Overall, not my favorite. 3 stars

22/20

[Lynn]

Updated Message 29. Progress: 10/10

✔Sleeping Dogs--06/12/16

Challenge Complete!

[Kiki]

updated message 89
Total is now 3/8

[Lady Clementina]

Progress 16/24

#16 Duncton Wood

[Monica]

Updated Message 36 15/20

[Jeana]

The Dragon Keeper

6/20

[Monica]

Updated message 26 16/20.

[Marina]

Update post #118

Britt-Marie var her
Blod på sneen

Total: 10/10

Challenge completed!

[Caro]

***COMPLETE***


1. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Have it in my TBR for six months but wanted to read it even longer)
2. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (Promise to read it over a year ago... Started on February stop and just now I finish.
3. Cierra los ojos, princesa Bought this book almost two years ago and did not read it...
4. So You've Been Publicly Shamed (Bought the book when it just came out. Over a year ago...)
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Is a classic that I wanted to read long long ago)
6. Lo entendimos todo mal
7. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir (Have it in my TBR since 2014)
8. A Midsummer Night's Dream (Long time in my TBR list and also in my Randomiser Challenge)
9.Kindred (It has been in my Randomiser Challenge)

So is 9/8 I am really cleaning my shelves!!!

[Sylvia]

I will finish three books all at once soon. I'm way behind on my fiction book. It's colossally big, Rutherford's "Paris". I'm thinking of stopping and restarting it at the end of the year when I've reached my reading goal of 25 books.

I hope we keep doing Clear the Shelves all year. November is usually the best time for me to be in Clear the Shelves mode. That's when I'm cramming small books in to make sure I reach my yearly reading goal. I've got a few tiny books that have bee sitting there for years like, The Little Chinese Seamstress, and Girl in Hyacinth Blue, that I still haven't read. There are others that I've been "meaning to read" like The Shipping News, and All the Light We Cannot See. There authors I need to get back to like Fitzgerald and Faulkner. And authors I just need to get to like Auchincloss and Saul Bellow.

As long as we have books to read life is filled with promise!

[Ultrajbk]

10/10 - completed

Alex by Pierre Lemaitre

Wow. Good piece of twisty turny Crime Fiction. I should read more of this stuff.

[Laura]

Christa ..Thanks will try my best to read it asap (Red tent)

11/25 Girl Friday

Bit yawn worthy..just couldn't get into it, hence why it took so long, plus life has gotton in the way. I don't think I will make my goal.

On a plus side..Gained another dozen or so free books ..Badness lol But hey FREE!

Have a great day all x

[Laura]

I really hope we keep on clear the shelves as a challenge too!

[Kiki]

updated message 89

total is now 4/8

[Janine]

Updated message 63. I finished the last of the 6 books on my 'owned books' shelf, making it to 17/18.

✔- The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
✔- Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil

My last book is the final one on my kindle shelf, Golden Son, which I started yesterday. Nearly there!

[Christa]

*Completed 6/12/2016*

45/45

✓ 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. A Discovery of Witches
✓ 16. Shadow of Night
✓ 17. The Book of Life
✓ 18. The Queen of the Tearling
✓ 19. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
✓ 20. Tiger's Curse
✓ 21. Tiger's Quest
✓ 22. Tiger's Voyage
✓ 23. Immortal Warrior
✓ 24. Secondhand Souls
✓ 25. Gifts
✓ 26. Dangerous Women
✓ 27. The Devil Wears Prada
✓ 28. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
✓ 29. A Natural History of Dragons
✓ 30. The Cuckoo's Calling
✓ 31. Me Before You
✓ 32. Darkly Dreaming Dexter
✓ 33. The House on Mango Street
✓ 34. We Were Liars
✓ 35. Blue Bloods
✓ 36. Masquerade
✓ 37. Revelations
✓ 38. The Summoner
✓ 39. A Fierce and Subtle Poison
✓ 40. The Blood King
✓ 41. Dark Haven
✓ 42. Dark Lady's Chosen
✓ 43. Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
✓ 44. A Commonplace Book of the Weird: The Untold Stories of H.P. Lovecraft
✓ 45. Tiger's Destiny

[Lori]

Updated message 124. Total is now 21/25

[Gretchen]

Edit Msg 60
Read 4/6

[Kester]

12. Naked and Far from Home, by J.P. Grider

[Angela Jr.]

updated message 150

14/15

[Rachael]

Updated msg 2: 14/15

[Megan]

Just cleaned a book off my 2016 shelf - Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds by Pamela Sakamoto. I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The author's writing is clear and told as a story, rather than a dry recitation of facts. The book is readable, and the figures depicted are inspiring! Someone needs to purchase the rights to this book and adapt it into a film! Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

23/20 (is anyone updating the challenge?)

[Lady Clementina]

Progress 17/24

#17 The Lantern Bearers

[Sam F]

15/ 25 books finished to date: The Kill Order by James Dashner

[Charity]

Updated message 54.

10/20

[Tania]

Updating original message 130, progress 5/8

5. Gettysburg: Two Eyewitness Accounts by Lt Frank A Haskell & Col William C Oates

I bought this book when I was researching the southern side of my roots. My great-grandmother's sister on my mother's side was married to Col. Oates, one of the authors. I originally just read the introduction and never finished - I've finally finished reading it and it's a very detailed account of the battle, from both sides of the war. My review is here: Gettysburg

[Cheri]

Update: 4/5
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher (4 stars)
Recommended by Greg M.