2nd Quarter Challenge: Clear the Shelves

[Tally]

I'm interested in this too! Can I sign up for 5 books?

[Charity]

Sign me up for 20.

10/20

1. Landline 4/3/16 (added to Goodreads 7/23/14)
2. Days of Blood & Starlight 4/30/16 (added to Goodreads 2/26/15)
3. High on Arrival 4/30/16 (added to Goodreads 1/15/15)
4. Fangirl 5/7/16 (added to Goodreads 4/11/14)
5. The Magicians 5/21/16 (added to Goodreads 9/12/15)
6. The Way I Used to Be 5/24/16(added to Goodreads 3/19/16)
7. Be Frank With Me 5/28/16(added to Goodreads 4/2/16)
8. Eight Girls Taking Pictures 5/29/16(added to Goodreads 7/27/15)
9. The Girl You Left Behind 6/4/16(added to Goodreads 12/22/13)
10. Six of Crows 6/15/16(added to Goodreads 9/2/15)
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[Katharine]

Cassandra wrote: "That's great, Katharine! I like the idea of a randomized number of books, but it sounds dangerous too. ;) The Ocean at the End of the Lane is one of my favorite Neil Gaiman books, s..."

I am looking forward to The Ocean at the End of the Lane. I didn't put my total number of TBRs into the randomizer, only the max number of books I thought I could read in the timeframe...still a bit dangerous but nowhere near what it could have been! :)

[Amanda]

Second Quarter Challenge: Clear the Shelves
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016

1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Completed 3/04/16 Rating 5 stars
2. Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup Completed 29/04/16 Rating 4 stars
3. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Completed 5/05/16 Rating 5 stars
4. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Completed 16/05/16 Rating 4 stars
5. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath Completed 18/05/16 Rating 5 stars
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
10. De kraai by Kader Abdolah Completed 5/06/16 Rating 4 stars
11. The Glass Room by Simon Mawer Completed 15/06/16 Rating 3 stars
12. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Completed 22/06/16 Rating 4 stars
13. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind Completed 26/06/16 Rating 4 stars
14. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney Completed 30/06/16 Rating 5 stars
15. Alien's Love Underpants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort Completed 30/06/16 Rating 4 stars

15/15

Challenge completed

[Geri]

This is an awesome challenge. I have so many books that stay on my shelf collecting dust. The problem is that I study in a different city and all the paperback books are at home. I have only one with me. Another problem is that I've gotten so used to reading e-books that even If I get more physical copies I might just set them aside and continue with my kindle.
So I'll set my goal for one book, but I'll try to read more.

[[deleted user]]

Just what I needed!

I'm going to with 20 books that I already own!

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[Gretchen]

I would like to try for 6 books for this challenge. All six books are going to be e-books. I need to make some space on my Kindle.
1.) The Sun King Conspiracy
2.) Katheryn the Wanton Queen
3.) The Moon in the Palace
4.) The Virgin's War
5.) The Infidel Stain
6.) A Dangerous Place

Challenge Complete

[Stephanie (Chinchillita)]

Bring on the second quarter!! I'm going to go for 10 this quarter, no randomizer for me, just going to read what I own at a leisured pace.

Clear the Shelves!

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[Bobbi]

Welcome everyone. I have everyone added to here.

[Janine]

I'm aiming for 18. 6 that I own physical copies of at home, 6 that are on my kindle and 6 that are on my library TBR list.

Total: 18/18

Physical books plan:
✔- Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman
✔- All the Rage by Courtney Summers
✔- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
✔- A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab
✔- The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
✔- Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil

6/6

Kindle books plan:
✔- Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
✔- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
✔- Girl Unseen by Kate Ellison
✔- Red Rising by Pierce Brown
✔- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
✔- Golden Son by Pierce Brown

6/6

Library books plan:
✔- Abhorsen by Garth Nix
✔- Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
✔- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
✔- Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
✔- Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory by Andy Murray
✔- All the Light We Cannot See

6/6

[Bec]

So after creating my challenge I ended up at my 24 hour bookstore and came home with another 6 books. Oops.

However in my defense it was still March 31 here in Australia. And I am swearing to myself that I MUST READ at least 5 or so books already on my shelf before any of the ones I just bought.

And I am allowing myself to download ebooks but they are going to go into a file on my PC until I've finished the challenge - no new books allowed on my Kobo.

[Cassandra]

A 24-hour bookstore? It's a good thing they don't have those near me.

[Bobbi]

...a 24 hour bookstore? I am torn between wanting one and thanking my lucky stars that I don't.

[[deleted user]]

Please put me down for 25!

[Bec]

Thankfully it's not really close by - it's a 20 minute drive from my house. BUT with a ridiculous sleeping pattern like mine it's so tempting all the time.

Oh and did I mention it's an honesty store? You pay what you think should be paid OR you can exchange/donate books instead.

[Amanda]

What a great idea! I'd be tempted all the time! During this quarter I'm going to try to not buy any new books (although Mother's Day is coming and I would like a book as a present). I must restrain myself...!

[Amanda]

Oh shoot, i just realised it's King's Day in the Netherlands at the end of this month where people take to the streets to sell their old stuff including books. I give up!

[Cindy]

I'm in for 25. My to-read piles are getting a little out of hand. :)

[Blagica , Challenges]

first book of the quarter finished!

1/40
1.Cinder

[Bec]

Amanda wrote: "Oh shoot, i just realised it's King's Day in the Netherlands at the end of this month where people take to the streets to sell their old stuff including books. I give up!"

I need this in my country. We have suitcase rummages in our city (sounds like a similar thing) but can never keep track of their dates.

[✩Anna✩]

I'm going to try for 10!

1. Dime Store Magic 4/3/16
2. Clockwork Angel 5/26/16
3. The Bone Season 6/20/16
4. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore 6/21/16
5. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 6/22/16
6. The American Heiress 6/27/16
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[Rachael]

Well this challenge is off to a great start(!) It's only the second day of the quarter and even though I wasn't going to for three months, I've bought another book. In all fairness, it is Half Lost, a book I have wanted to read for a year but it has only just been published. Now do I include it in this challenge or wait until July to read it?

[Bec]

Rachael wrote: "Well this challenge is off to a great start(!) It's only the second day of the quarter and even though I wasn't going to for three months, I've bought another book. In all fairness, it is [book:Hal..."

I would personally reason that it has been on your TBR shelf whether or not you owned it. BUT I also have gone and bought a heap of books since signing up to the challenge so maybe not the best person for advice.

[Rachael]

Becca wrote: "Rachael wrote: "Well this challenge is off to a great start(!) It's only the second day of the quarter and even though I wasn't going to for three months, I've bought another book. In all fairness,..."

I have a few books already planned for this challenge so I think I will see how I get on whether I will include Half Lost. Thanks for your advice, Becca!

[Bobbi]

Welcome everyone!

Rachael wrote: "Well this challenge is off to a great start(!) It's only the second day of the quarter and even though I wasn't going to for three months, I've bought another book. In all fairness, it is [book:Hal..."

I tend to agree with Becca. You've had it on your TBR for a long while even if you didn't have a physical copy. If you already have your books planned, and don't want to switch things around, by all means wait, but heck, most of the books I'll be reading came in the mail just a couple of days before we started this topic. I count it, haha! :)

[Rachael]

Updated Message 2: my first book for this challenge is complete. I also read Cinder.

[Bobbi]

Rachael wrote: "Updated Message 2: my first book for this challenge is complete. I also read Cinder."

That was quick! I'm still on chapter 5!

[Rachael]

Bobbi wrote: "Rachael wrote: "Updated Message 2: my first book for this challenge is complete. I also read Cinder."

That was quick! I'm still on chapter 5!"

I haven't stopped reading all day - for me Cinder was one of those books you can't put down

[Blagica , Challenges]

i had a hard time putting it down it is really a cool read

[Overbooked ✎]

I was pleasantly surprised by Cinder too :)

updated post #52

2/30

[Adria]

Put me down for 5 books. I will read books owned as of 4/1 (so I can't sneak in newly bought books!)

[Melissa]

It's been a week or two of library book sales, and I've added 20+ to my shelves...thankfully most were already on my TBR for this year!

[Ju]

I'm going to play this challenge because my TBR list needs attention! I'm taking on reading 10 from my TBR list which currently stands at 741 books at time of writing.

[Anissa]

CLEAR THE SHELVES
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016

Put me down for 5 please! :) Like most I have a little problem with buying more books before I have read the ones I already own. Therefore, I am going to randomize from that list.

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[Sue]

Put me in for 6. I really need this challenge.

[Kiki]

I have 4 books that have been sitting in my apartment near my campus since February and I really need to read them all before the semester ends. I also have 4 more books sitting on a shelf in my other home. I'm gonna go with 8 books for this challenge.

1. Stolen by Melissa de la Cruz
2. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
3. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
4. Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray
5. Bone Gap by Laura Ruby
6. Room by Emma Donoghue
7. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
8. The Vigilante Poets of Selwyn Academy

8/8 - FINISHED

[Rebecca]

I have a book case full of books I got but have not read and I just brought another seven in two box sets yesterday too so I will try and read from book four to seven in the chronical of narnia as I started that box Set last quarter and did not complete and I will try and finish the hobbit and the lord of the rings too and try and get a bit more in with the complete works of Shakespeare and I might try and get a few more in we will see so put me down for eight right now

[Rebecca]

I have a book case full of books I got but have not read and I just brought another seven in two box sets yesterday too so I will try and read from book four to seven in the chronical of narnia as I started that box Set last quarter and did not complete and I will try and finish the hobbit and the lord of the rings too and try and get a bit more in with the complete works of Shakespeare and I might try and get a few more in we will see so put me down for eight right now

[Amanda]

An excellent challenge - I have so many books to read that are on my kindle and on my bookshelf. I'm just about to have a 2 week holiday so should make a good start in April.

Can you put me down for 18 books (12 kindle + 6 paperback).

Amanda P

[Amanda]

Amanda P 14 /18

Kindle:

1. The Golem & the Djinni by Helene Wecker - Finished 4th April 2016
2. The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes - Finished 13th April 2016
3. High Rise by J.G. Ballard - Finished 15th April 2016
4. The Martian by Andy Weir - Finished 16th April 2016
5. The Theseus Paradox by David Videcette - Finished 16th May 2016
6. The Silent Rhymes of a Snowflake by Jaclyn Lewis - Finished 19th May 2016
7. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman - Finished 25th May 2016
8. Wonder by R J Palacio - Finished 29th May 2016
9. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith Kerr - Finished 14th June 2016
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1. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh - Finished 15th May 2016
2. The History of the World in 100 Objects - Finished 23rd May 2016
3. Mrs Rosie and the Priest by Giovanni Boccaccio - Finished 31st May 2016
4. Sidney Chambers and the Forgiveness of Sins - Finished 12th June 2016
5. Cinder by Marissa Meyer - Finished 21st June 2016
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[Bobbi]

Welcome everyone and good luck with clearing your shelves!

[Book Dragon 🐉 📚]

SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE: CLEAR THE SHELVES
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016

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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
1. A Will and a Way - Nora Roberts


2 Books Finish a Series - Already Owned


Finish 3 Books I Previously Started and Never Finished


4 Free Books - Already Owned

[Felicia]

I'm in. I will try to read 5. I will try to read more but I think I will start with that. I have so many on my to read list.

[Caro]

I need to clean shelves!!! The real ones and the ones of my Kindle. I will try to read books that I add long time ago (over 6 months or more) please put me for 8....

[Bobbi]

Welcome aboard all!

[Rachel W]

I am in for 15 books! This is so badly needed for my creaking shelves and my kindle.

I have one completed so far:

1 - Rat Queens, Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N'rygoth - read 4/1/16

[Diane L]

SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE: CLEAR THE SHELVES
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016

I'd like to do 15.

1. The Defiant Agents, 1 Apr
2. A Room with a View, 6 Apr
3. Key Out of Time, 8 Apr
4. Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, 13 Apr 2016
5. Eve and the Mortal Journey: Finding Wholeness, Happiness, and Strength by Beverly Campbell, 17 Apr 2016
6. The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug by Thomas Hager, 21 Apr 2016
7. Hawaii by James A. Michener, 25 Apr 2016
8. Murder, Plain and Simple, 2 May
9. Storm Over Warlock by Andre Norton, 28 May 2016
10. Ordeal In Otherwhere by Andre Norton, 30 May 2016
11. The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis by Lucy Jago, 8 Jun 2016
12. The Well of Ascension, 11 Jun
13. Relic, 21 Jun
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[Katherine]

Second quarter challenge: clear the shelves. Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016
Read: 40/40

4th April - 10th April: (view spoiler)[
1. A Mid-Summer's Mail-Order Bride Bought: 9 Oct 2015 Read: 4 April 2016
2. Haunting Blackie Bought: 14 March 2016 Read: 4 April 2016
3. Stay Close, Novac! Bought: 1 July 2015 Read: 5 April 2016
4. The Abominable Snowman Bought: 27 March 2016 Read: 5 April 2016
5. The Columbus Day Mail-Order Bride Bought: 9 Oct 2015 Read: 6 April 2016
6. His Teddy Bear Bought: 5 April 2016 Read: 6 April 2016
7. A Ghostly Ménage: Werewolf Paranormal Bought: 5 April 2016 Read: 7 April 2016
8. Christmas Spirit Seduction Bought: 5 April 2016 Read: 6 April 2016
9. Holiday Kink Bought: 5 April 2016 Read: 7 April 2016
10. Falling for a Redneck Bought: 5 April 2016 Read: 7 April 2016
11. My Secretary, My Mistress Bought: 5 April 2016 Read: 8 April 2016
12. A Groom's Promise Bought: 20 Nov 2015 Read: 9 April 2016
13. My Secretary, Her Fantasy Bought: 5 April 2016 Read: 9 April 2016
14. Little Women Collection: Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins and More Bought: 16 Feb 2016 Read: 10 April 2016
15. Hostile Takeover Bought: 16 Jun 2014 Read: 10 April 2016
16. Loving Miss Darcy Bought: 8 May 2014 Read: 10 April 2016
17. Guards! Guards!: The Graphic Novel Bought: 27 Mar 2016 Read: 10 April 2016 (hide spoiler)]

11th April - 20th April: (view spoiler)[
18. The Spook's Tale: And Other Horrors Bought: 29 Aug 2013 Read: 11 April 2016
19. Intentions of the Earl Bought: 18 Dec 2013 Read: 11 April 2016
20. Seth Bought: 27 Jan 2016 Read: 11 April 2016
21. Zom-B Gladiator Bought: 18 May 2014 Read: 11 April 2016
22. What Would Jane Austen Do? Bought: 25 Mar 2013 Read: 11 April 2016
23. Mockingjay Bought: 13 Apr 2013 Read: 12 April 2016
24. The Executive's Decision Bought: 4 Feb 2014 Read: 13 April 2016
25. The Harvest Time Mail-Order Bride Bought: 1 March 2016 Read: 15 April 2016
26. Broomstick Breakdown Bought: 16 April 2016 Read: 16 April 2016
27. Tastes Like Chicken Bought: 16 Apr 2014 Read: 16 April 2016
28. Texas Secrets: The Gallaghers of Morning Star Bought: 2 Jun 2014 Read: 17 April 2016
29. The Ghost Box Borrowed: 18 April 2016 Read: 18 April 2016
30. Queen of the Silver Arrow Borrowed: 18 April 2016 Read: 18 April 2016
31. The Wicked Wager Bought: 21 Feb 2014 Read: 19 April 2016
(hide spoiler)]

21th April - 30th April: (view spoiler)[
32. Eat Slay Love Bought: 6 Mar 2013 Read: 20 April 2016
33. Jane Bought: 21 Jul 2015 Read: 20 April 2016
34. The Unexpected Bride Bought: 23 Feb 2014 Read: 21 April 2016
35. The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: The Original and Authorized Edition Illustrated Bought: 21 April 2016 Read: 22 April 2016
36. Four Days in April Bought: 21 April 2016 Read: 22 April 2016
37. The Iron Locket Bought: 22 Apr 2016 Read: 22 April 2016
38. The Seventh Apprentice: A Novella Bought: 12 May 2015 Read: 22 April 2016
39. Ice Planet Barbarians Bought: 4 Apr 2016 Read: 23 April 2016
40. Noragami, Band 1 Bought: 11 Mar 2016 Read: 23 April 2016
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[Mell]

I love this idea - I want to try and finish some series - I have about 30 on the go! So this will be a good chance to work through some of those!

I will update my post as I go, but I'd like to read atleast 10 books from series that I have started before this month!

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Calendar Girl
March ✔
April ✔
May ✔
June ✔
July ✔
August ✔
September ✔
October ✔
November ✔
December

The Diamondback Ranch Series
A Match Made In Texas ✔
Lone Star Heartbreaker ✔
The Cowgirl's Secret

Me Before You
After You

Boys of Summer
Our Kind of Love

Gypsy Brothers
Two Roads
One Love
Zero Hour

Colorado Billionaires
The Wedding Belle
The Wedding Guest

Drawn
Redemption
Obsession

[Blagica , Challenges]

SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE: CLEAR THE SHELVES
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016

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1.Consequences
2.Cinder
3.Red Rising