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2nd Quarter Challenge: Clear the Shelves
Just completed my first book - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai. Inspirational story about a courageous young girl! I most appreciated how she included things about her age, like Twilight and working on her hair, that made her a person, rather than a saintly figure. There was a bit of repetition and some of the historical aspects could be a touch tedious, but overall, definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars1/20
I'm definitely in. I married another writer 3 years ago. We finally started combining our libraries and it's crazy in here! Our dining room library is now fiction only and I'm eliminating duplicates, but we've got a long way to go. I'm currently gearing up for a yard sale that will include lots of books. Then we made the mistake of going to an estate sale that had a ton of books they were practically giving away. So now we have more books on Judaism and baseball (all his). I'm still determined to pare things down. Cassandra, I can't help wondering if you've been inspired by Marie Kondo's books. I read them both. I'll never quite get to her place but I'm working on simplifying. She definitely inspired me.
Right now I'm categorizing the non-fiction from shelves all through my house. As I go, I"m eliminating. I can't give a number but here's a start.
1. Bazaar Great Style: Best Ways to Update Your Look
2. The LUCKY Guide to Mastering Any Style
3. Cindy Crawford's Basic Face
4. My First Bible (kid's book bought for a gift but I still have another)
5. Suzanne Somers: The Sexy Years
6. The Leopard - Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
7. Ava's Man - Rick Bragg (2 copies)
8. To Kill a Mockingbird (don't worry. I have another copy)
9. Basic Christianity
10. You: The Owner's Manual - Mehmet Oz
And that's just a start. I've got a pile of 50 books ready for a yard sale. So glad we're doing this!
I would like to finish the 20 books that I started some time in the last 3 years:The Red Queen; Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption; Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers;The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; The Leadership Challenge;Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time; Make it Happen in Ten Minutes a Day: The Simple, Lifesaving Method for Getting Things DoneWuthering HeightsThe Laws of Subtraction: Six Simple Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess EverythingTo the End of June: The Intimate Life of American Foster CareChangemaking: Tactics and Resources for Managing Organizational ChangeThe Fiery CrossPlain TruthMrs. Lincoln's DressmakerThe 5 Choices: The Path to Extraordinary ProductivityThe Amulet of SamarkandA Little LifeThe Best Service Is No Service: How to Liberate Your Customers from Customer Service, Keep Them Happy, and Control CostsThe FinisherStirred
Joining I have 43 books of books that I own that I have not read yet. Currently reading 3 on that list but I lost track of when I started games of thrones.
Updated Message 29 with my first book for the challenge. 1/10
✔Under the Bright Lights--read 04/03/16
Awesome - No excuses not to read (some of) them now.....Not going to stop me from buying more though...LMAO...going for ten. Now which ten......
Thanks for arranging this.
I'm trying to read 10, at least. Owned, not read (not Kindle) *hoping*SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE: CLEAR THE SHELVES
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016
1. Melkein geisha
2. The Cloud Collector's Handbook
3. The Night of Morningstar
4. Doctor Who: Apollo 23
5. Appointment with Death
6. Moominpappa at Sea
7. Sunbathing In The Rain: A Cheerful Book About Depression
8. The Phantom of Venice
9. My Mother Never Dies
10. Pride and Prejudice
10/10 **DONE
Leslie wrote: "Count me in for 10.Leslie C"
Defending Jacob is so good!
Okay. I've been on a book buying spree since right before Christmas and I only started reading my new books and getting back into reading since the beginning of March, so....put me down for 5.I'm hoping to read 10 since I have at least that many on my bookshelf, not to mention audiobooks, and my TBR list, but I'll commit to 5 since I'll probably be having a baby at some point this month. Then I might have to readjust and turn to my Nook because I can only use one hand while constantly holding a baby.
1. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
2. Gone Girl
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Go Set a Watchman
5. The Girl on the Train
Updated message 63. I've completed my first book and also would like to up my goal to 15 to add 5 books on my library TBR as well as my 5 owned and 5 kindle books! Thanks Bobbi!1/15
Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (Owned a physical copy since January 2016)
I'll start out with a goal of 10 books from my to-read shelf.Irène
The Scarlet Letter
Alex
The Orphan Master's Son
Burial Rites
What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal
Sharp Objects
Rebecca
Britt-Marie var her
Blod på sneen
Read: 10/10
I love this challenge! Especially since I can add extra requirements. I'm going to start this challenge with 5. Quick explanation: I've started the Dorothy Must Die series! I have the first 2 books and the first 4 novellas on my kindle. They have to be finished so I can get book #3 from my library in time!
Also, I want to start Scarlet by Marissa Meyer. My book schedule usually depends on when the library has the next copy available.
I've been slacking so I need to spend things up!
Books and Novellas 1-4 by Danielle Paige
1. The Witch Must Burn
2. The Wizard Returns
3. The Wicked Will Rise
4. Heart of Tin
5. Scarlet byMarissa Meyer
Welcome to the challenge everyone! Good luck clearing your TBRs in whatever forms you consider them. :)Janine wrote: "Updated message 63. I've completed my first book and also would like to up my goal to 15 to add 5 books on my library TBR as well as my 5 owned and 5 kindle books! Thanks Bobbi!
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No problem, Janine! :)
Bobbi wrote: "Welcome to the challenge everyone!..."
Did you say you have Dorothy Must Die on your to read list?
I do have it on my kindle. I was having formatting issues with my post for some reason.
Bobbi wrote: "I do have it on my kindle. I was having formatting issues with my post for some reason."It happens :) I caught your response though, and that's really exciting! I hope you get a chance to read it soon. I definitely enjoyed it! I'm a bit older than expected for the book; the reading style is explained too thoroughly. But none the less I can't seem to put the novellas down! :)
I'm in for this I has so many on my TBR list it's not even funny and I found a bag full of books over spring break and discover I had rebought the audio for a book I had so put me down for 20 books. I accomplished my goal early so I'm adding 5 more book for the month of June. Hopefully I pass that too.April 1st - June 30th
Progress 25/25
1. The Chocolate Cupid-Killings by JoAnne Carl 4/3-4/6 April 6th
2. French Pressed by Cleo Coyle 4/1-4/6
3. Mum's the Word by Kate Collins 4/6-4/9
4. In Dublin's Fair City by Rhys Bowen 4/7-4/12
5. Diva takes the Cake by Krista Davis 4/10-4/14
6. G'Day to Die by Maddy Hunter 4/10-4/24
7. To Fudge or Not to Fudge by Nancy Coco 4/13-4/16
8. The Chocolate Castle Clue by JaAnna Carl 4/16-4/21
9. Tell Me Pretty Maiden by Rhys Bowen 4/12-4/22
10. Death by Darjeeling by Laura Child 4/23-4/30
11. The Last Illusion by Rhys Bowen 4/28-5/3
12. If Bread Could Rise to the Occasion by Paige Shelton 5/5-5/9
13. All the President's Menus by Julie Hyzy 5/5-5/9
14. Foreign Éclairs by Julie Hyzy 5/9-5/13
15.A Cookbook Conspiracy by Kate Carlisle 5/5-5/16
16. The Book Stops Here by Kate Carlisle 5-16-5/20
17. Chocolate Dipped Death by Sammi Carter 5/9-5/24
18.Scandal in Skibbereen by Sheila Connolly 5/24-5/26
19. Town in a Sweet Pickle by B.B. Haywood 5/24-5/30 B
20. Plum Pudding Murder by JoAnne Fluke 6/1-6/6
21. To Davy Jones Below by Carola Dunn 6/6-6/14
22. Candy Candy Murder by JoAnne Fluke 6/10-6/16
23. Town in a Cinnamon Toast by B.B. Haywod 6/16-6/19
24. Espresso Shot by Cleo Coyle 6/19-6/21
25. Eggs Benedict Arnold by Laura Child 6/19-6/20
I'll join this challenge as well and set a goal of 20 books. I've already set a "book buying ban" so i'll only be reading books I own and try to get through series or trilogies that are complete.0/20
I'm in! I'll try to read 10 books I've bought and haven't read, and will try to add more, because I for sure have more than just 10 :S 1.
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I once read that you can measure a man's reach by the number of as-yet-unread books he owns. I
Just completed my 2nd book - Still Alice by Lisa Genova. I really wish I had read this book two years ago. My grandmother has dementia, and this book gave me a new perspective on the disease from her point of view. It's beautifully written and incredibly scary! Definitely recommend! 5 stars2/20
I'm going with 6 books off my shelf1. The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (4/14/16) 3 Stars
2. Armada (4/16/16) 4.75 Stars
3. The Silence of Six (4/19/16) 5 Stars
4. Blue is for Nightmares (4/22/16) 1 Star
5. Storm (5/2/16) 4 Stars
6. The Hunchback Assignments (5/4/2016) 4 Stars
New Goal: 11/10
7. Days of Blood & Starlight (5/14/16) 5 Stars
8. We Are the Ants (6/2/16) 5 Stars
9. The Eye of Minds (6/9/16) 4 Stars
10. One Man Guy (6/17/16) 3 Stars
11. Tell the Wolves I'm Home (6/26/16) 2 Stars
This is a big problem for me as well. I plan to read at least 8 books that I own and have never read.Progress: 8/8
1. The Revised Vault of Walt by Jim Korkis - I bought this book a year ago and set it aside. It's an interesting collection of stories for anyone interested in all things Disney, I really enjoyed it.
2. A Special Kind of Courage by Barbara Van Tuyl
3. Death in Cyprus by M. M. Kaye
4. The Case of the Spurious Spinster by Erle Stanley Gardner
5. Gettysburg: Two Eyewitness Accounts by Lt Frank A Haskell & Col William C Oates
6. Yesterday's Florida Keys by Stan Windhorn & Wright Langley
7. Cat Tales: Classic Stories From Favorite Writers
8. Troublemaker by Janet & Alex Evanovich
Is there a page restriction for the books - some challenges have? If I can include all the small stuff too (small stuff for me are: fiction less than 80 pages and non-fiction less than 50 pages) I need to raise my goal significantly. I'm reading many shorter stories when I can't concentrate or need something different in-between ;-)
updated post #4.I have read 1 out of 10 books so far.
I count the little ones and add one book to my challenge for everything I read under 100 pages but that's just me
5/40 for me will post all my books for April at the end of the month
Welcome Tania. :)Agnieszka wrote: "Is there a page restriction for the books - some challenges have? If I can include all the small stuff too (small stuff for me are: fiction less than 80 pages and non-fiction less than 50 pages) I ..."
No page restrictions. I know a lot of people, myself included, read shorter books here and there as a palate cleanser and those can stack up too.
This is great. I sometimes let my winners from First Reads and NetGalley get pushed aside and I feel bad for not getting reviews posted in a timely manner. I'm determined to get all of the ones I've overlooked read in the next few months (to make room on my shelves for more, obviously, but we'll pretend my intentions are honest!) So, let's see how many I need to tackle...1) Air: The Restless Shaper of the World -- COMPLETED 4/15
2) The Entrepreneur Equation: Evaluating the Realities, Risks, and Rewards of Having Your Own Business -- COMPLETED 5/17
3) Strindberg's Star -- CURRENTLY READING
4) Bride of New France
5) Where We Belong
6) The Complete Knifepoint Horror
7) American Mojo: Lost and Found
8) The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom
9) Not Black and White: From the Very Windy City to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue -- COMPLETED 5/9
10) The Other Me
11) All the Winters After -- COMPETED 5/23
12) The Dog Merchants: Inside the Big Business of Breeders, Pet Stores and Rescuers -- COMPLETED 6/14
13) Crazy Blood -- COMPLETED 4/18
14) Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons we Learned from Eighties Movies -- COMPLETED 5/16
15) Trespassing Across America: One Man's Epic, Never-Done-Before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland -- CURRENTLY READING
16) Sex in the Museum: My Unlikely Career at New York's Most Provocative Museum -- COMPLETED 4/18
17) A Pivotal Moment: Population, Justice and the Environmental Challenge
Just finished How to Decorate: The Best of Martha Stewart Living!
This comes at a perfect time for me! I'm reorganizing my home office and need to get rid of some of the unread books taking up space there. I'll try to read 12 this quarter.1. Betsy Ross and the Making of America
My owned but unread list grows constantly, so I have no way of predicting where it will be by June 30. So for this one I'll go for anything added prior to 2016.0/14
1. The Name of the Wind
2. The Wise Man's Fear
3. Aristotle and Dante Discover 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
Hi i will try for 10.1. The Other Child
2. Fogbound: A Ghost Story
3. The Winter Children
4. The Woman Who Upped and Left
5. Raising Wrecker
6. The Second Life of Amy Archer
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Updated message 63. 2/15Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig (On my TBR since January 2016, on my kindle since March 2016)
I am in! I am moving and have packed away my books that I have read. I left out on my bookshelf my newer books that I haven't touched. :)
I'm in for 5 right now.1. A Feast for Crows - 4/23
2. The Road - 4/29
3. Pretty Little Liars - 5/5
4. Summer Sisters - 5/6
5. Flawless - 5/13
I'm making myself count books I've owned before 2016.1. The Quilter's Apprentice (finished 04/02/16)
2. Round Robin (finished 04/05/16)
3. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (finished 04/12/16)
4. The Orphan of Ellis Island (finished 04/14/16)
5. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (finished 04/15/16)
6. The Tales of Beedle the Bard (finished 04/16/16)
7. Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter (finished 04/17/16)
8. A Star for Mrs. Blake (finished 04/19/16)
9. Very Valentine (finished 04/21/16)
10. The Wednesday Letters (finished 04/21/16)
11. Tear You Apart (finished 04/23/16)
12. The Yellow House (finished 05/01/16)
13. Go Set a Watchman (finished 05/02/16)
14. The Heroes' Welcome (finished 05/09/16)
15. In the Unlikely Event (finished 05/15/16)
16. Joy in the Morning (finished 05/16/16)
17. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen(finished 05/25/16)
18. The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia (finished 06/03/16)
19. The Truth About Alice (finished 06/04/16)
20. The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green (finished 06/06/16)
21. Verdun: The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War I, 1914-1918 (finished 06/22/16)
22. The BFG (finished 06/25/16)
23. Father's Arcane Daughter (finished 06/26/16)
24. We Fought Back Teen Resisters of the Holocaust (finished 06/26/16)
25. The Ghost of Alcatraz (finished 06/29/16)
Please put me down for 30. Thank you :)2nd Quarter Challenge: Clear the Shelves
1. A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
2. Cold Cold Heart
3. Sacred Cows: A Lighthearted Look at Belief and Tradition Around the World
4. Landline
5. Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
7. The Walking Dead, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye
8. The Walking Dead, Vol. 02: Miles Behind Us
9. Doctor Sleep
10. The Walking Dead, Vol. 03: Safety Behind Bars
11. The Walking Dead, Vol. 04: The Heart's Desire
12. The Walking Dead, Vol. 05: The Best Defense
13. The Walking Dead, Vol. 06: This Sorrowful Life
14. Fates and Furies
15. The Walking Dead, Vol. 07: The Calm Before
16. The Walking Dead, Vol. 08: Made to Suffer
17. The Walking Dead, Vol. 09: Here We Remain
18. The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become
19. The Walking Dead, Vol. 11: Fear the Hunters
20. Everyday Sexism
21. The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After
22. The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War
23. The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War Part 1
24. The Turner House
25. The Walking Dead, Vol. 21: All Out War Part 2
26. The Walking Dead, Vol. 22: A New Beginning
27. The Walking Dead, Vol. 23: Whispers Into Screams
28. The Walking Dead, Vol. 24: Life and Death
29. How to Be a Woman
30. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
30/30 - COMPLETED!
Bobbi wrote: "Welcome Tania. :)Agnieszka wrote: "Is there a page restriction for the books - some challenges have? If I can include all the small stuff too (small stuff for me are: fiction less than 80 pages a..."
Thank you => I updated message 1 and raised my goal to 45+ for now :-)
i'll start with 5 books that i own but have not yet read!1. Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson
2. Make Good Art by Neil Gaiman
3. The Encyclopedia of Early Earth by Isobel Greenberg
4. #Girlboss by Sophia Amoruso
5. Girl Online by Zoe Sugg
6. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
7. The Humans by Matt Haig
8. Future Visions by Microsoft
9. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
10. You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day
11. My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga
12. Glücksmomente by Jörg Tschentscher and Clarissa v. Reinhardt
13. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
14. More Than This by Patrick Ness
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2nd Quarter Challenge: Clear the Shelves
Duration: 1 April - 30 June 2016
Status: 17/20
I have a habit of bringing books home from the library, but then taking forever to read them - or worse, returning them unread! My version of this challenge is to read the library books I have in my possession as of 31 March 2016. I'm starting with an initial goal of 20, but I'm hoping for much more!
1. Soulless by Gail Carriger 1 Apr 2016
2. Haunted Ontario 4: Ghostly Estates, Museums, and Other Sightings by Terry Boyle 3 Apr 2016
3. Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews 3 Apr 2016
4. A Witch in Time by Madelyn Alt 4 Apr 2016
5. Home for a Spell by Madelyn Alt 5 Apr 2016
6. Murder at Hatfield House by Amanda Carmack 6 Apr 2016
7. To Brew or Not to Brew by Joyce Tremel 9 Apr 2016
8. The Dead Roam the Earth: True Stories of the Paranormal from Around the World by Alasdair Wickham 14 Apr 2016
9. Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting The Great War 1917-1918 Volume Two by Tim Cook 19 Apr 2016
10. Sleight of Paw by Sofie Kelly 19 Apr 2016
11. Copycat Killing by Sofie Kelly 21 Apr 2016
12. The Christie Curse by Victoria Abbott 23 Apr 2016
13. Hooked on Ewe by Hannah Reed 27 Apr 2016
14. The Haunted Season by G. M. Malliet 30 Apr 2016
15. Crime Scene Investigation by Cyril Wecht, et al 5 May 2016
16. To Helvetica and Back by Paige Shelton 14 May 2016
17. Cosmology 101: An Armchair Voyage Through the Universe From One of America's Top Astronomers by David H. Levy 16 May 2016
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