2nd Quarter Challenge: Clear the Shelves

[Bobbi]

Updated for the night.

[Maureen]

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

I have way too many unread books that I own. So I will try to finish 20 of them this quarter. A lot of them I already started, but haven't finished. This is the perfect opportunity to finally finish them.

3/20

1. Shadow of the Giant 4/6/2016
2. Small Gods 4/8/2016
3. In the Darkness 4/12/2016
4. Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales
5. The Mad Ship
6. The Pillars of the Earth
7. Crossroads of Twilight
8. Knife of Dreams
9. The Gathering Storm
10. Towers of Midnight
11. The Prince
12. Gulliver's Travels
13. War and Peace
14. The Blinding Knife
15. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories
16. The Count of Monte Cristo
17. The Selfish Gene
18. Merijntje Gijzens jeugd en jonge jaren
19. The Silmarillion
20. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth

[Cindy]

Update to post #146

5/25 :)

[Niecie]

Update to message 108 -
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
The Amulet of Samarkand

[Niecie]

Niecie wrote: "Update to message 108 -
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
The Amulet of Samarkand"

Completed 2 of 20

[Ultrajbk]

2/10

Another that has long, too long, been sitting on my shelves....

Left Hand of Darkness.

Le Guin did not disappoint.

[Rachael]

Update: 4 books read for this challenge. Have also decided to increase my overall target to 15 books if that's OK? (See Message 2 for more details)

[Book Dragon 🐉 📚]

SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE: CLEAR THE SHELVES
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016
(2/12)
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
1. A Will and a Way - Nora Roberts
2.
3.


2 Books Finish a Series - 1 Recently Purchased and 1 Already Owned
1.
2.

Finish 3 Books I Previously Started and Never Finished
1.
2.
3.

4 Free Books - Already Owned
1. Submerged - Dani Pettrey -Alaskan Courage Series
2.
3.
4.

[Bobbi]

Rachael wrote: "Update: 4 books read for this challenge. Have also decided to increase my overall target to 15 books if that's OK? (See Message 2 for more details)"

That's perfectly alright. :) It's everyone's challenge. I'm just hosting.

Welcome to the challenge, Maureen and Kylie.

I have everyone updated. If anything changes or I mixed up a number, let me know. I don't bite, promise. :)

[Marina]

Update post 118

The Orphan Master's Son

Read: 4/10

[Cindy]

Update to post #146

6/25 :)

[Megan]

Just completed a book from my Library E-Books shelf - Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. Fantastic and fun, though I have to admit it hurt my head to figure out the letters towards the end of the book! While it's funny to think of people idolizing language so much, it's also chilling to see how easily a passion can turn into obsession and idolatry. Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

6/20

[Megan]

Just finished a selection from my Library Audiobooks shelf - Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Really quick and entertaining read. While the prose was a bit simplistic, the flip on the fairy tale was interesting. I especially appreciated each book beginning with a section from the fairy tale. The ending left me intrigued enough to continue to the next book. Worth reading if you need to sink into a different world. 3.5 stars

7/20

[Sam F]

Just finished The Perfect Order of Things by David Gilmour.

3/25 completed

[Lynn]

Updated Message 29.

Progress: 3/10

✔Trailerpark--Finished 04/16/16

[Megan]

Just completed a book from my Library shelf (and one of the oldest on my TBR) - Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Excellent fantasy book! Having watched and loved the movie before reading the book, I'm pleased that the movie mirrored the book in many ways. Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

8/20

[Cindy]

Update to post #146

7/25 :)

[Monica]

Updated message 26.

[Rachael]

Megan wrote: "Just completed a book from my Library shelf (and one of the oldest on my TBR) - Stardust by Neil Gaiman. Excellent fantasy book! Having watched and loved the movie before reading the b..."

Glad you enjoyed Stardust (the movie and the book). I think it helps that Neil Gaiman was involved in the script writing for the movie. I want to reread the book and this challenge might be a good place to do that

[Bobbi]

Updated to here.

[Janine]

Updated message 63. 7/15.

I was sick yesterday so spent all the day in bed, when I wasn't sleeping, reading which has jumped me along in my goal quite a bit!

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (from the library).
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (from the library).
All the Rage by Courtney Summers (from my bookshelf).
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente (from my kindle).

[Agnieszka]

Updated message 3: finished 17 out of 45 books

[[deleted user]]

I'm gonna set a goal of 25 books. Which is A LOT for someone like me...

1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen ★★★ Read from April 02 to 05, 2016
2. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare ★★★ Read from April 06 to 09, 2016
3. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare ★★★★ Read from April 09 to 12, 2016
4. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank ★★★ Read on April 16, 2016
5. City of Glass by Cassandra Clare ★★★★★ Read from April 12 to 16, 2016
6. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ★★ Read from April 16 to 17, 2016
7. 1984 by George Orwell ★★★★★ Read from April 16 to 18, 2016
8. Lord of the Flies by William Golding ★★★★ Read from April 18 to 20, 2016
9. Cinder by Marissa Meyer ★★★★ Read from April 20 to 22, 2016
10. Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov ★★★★ Read on April 22, 2016
11. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer ★★★★ Read from April 22 to 25, 2016
12. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez ★★★★★ Read from April 25 to 30, 2016
13. Solaris by Stanisław Lem ★★ Read from April 30 to May 02, 2016
14. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev ★★★★ Read from May 02 to 05, 2016
15. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare ★★★★ Read from May 05 to 09, 2016
16. Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare ★★★ Read from May 09 to 21, 2016
17. The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Mallanaga Vātsyāyana ★★ Read from April 24 to May 21, 2016
18. Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare ★★★★ Read from May 21 to 29, 2016
19. Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from May 29 to 30, 2016
20. Saga, Volume 2 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from June 01 to 03, 2016
21. Saga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from June 03 to 04, 2016
22. The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka ★★★ Read from May 30 to June 06, 2016
23. Saga, Volume 4 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from June 05 to 07, 2016
24. Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★ Read from June 07 to 08, 2016
25. Lucretia by William Shakespeare ★★★★ Read on June 08, 2016
26. The English Roses by Madonna ★☆☆☆☆ Read on June 09, 2016
27. The Angel of the Odd by Edgar Allan Poe ★★☆☆☆ Read on June 09, 2016
28. Апокалипсис Welcome by Zотов ★★☆☆☆ Read from June 02 to 12, 2016
29. Henry V by William Shakespeare ★★★★★ Read from June 09 to 15, 2016
30. "Thou Art the Man" by Edgar Allan Poe ★★★★☆ Read from June 15 to 16, 2016
31. The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov ★★★☆☆ Read from June 12 to 18, 2016
32. Other Shores by Vladimir Nabokov ★★☆☆☆ Read from June 18 to 21, 2016
33. A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare ★★★★★ Read from June 16 to 22, 2016
34. Dersu the Trapper by Vladimir Arsenyev ★☆☆☆☆ Read from June 21 to 22, 2016
35. The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe ★★★★☆ Read on June 22, 2016
36. Emma by Jane Austen ★★★★☆ Read from June 22 to 25, 2016
37. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien ★★★★☆ Read from June 25 to 28, 2016
38. All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare ★★★★☆ Read from June 22 to 29, 2016
39. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas ★★☆☆☆ Read from June 20 to 30, 2016

39/25

★☆☆☆☆ - 2 books
★★☆☆☆ - 7 books
★★★☆☆ - 6 books
★★★★☆ - 14 books
★★★★★ - 10 books

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!

[Bobbi]

Updated. Welcome Anna. :)

[JoJo]

Updated message 12

I read Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

1/3

[Blagica , Challenges]

13/40

[Bobbi]

I got you both. :)

Joanne wrote: "Updated message 12

I read Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

1/3"

What'd you think, Joanne?

[Cindy]

Update to post #146

8/25 :)

[Jenn]

Updated Msg #104 - halfway to my goal!

10/20 read

[Jewel]

Updated message 200

Read 4/20

[Amanda]

I've read 4 off my list while on holiday, and have updated message 93.

Completed 04/18
(Amanda P)

[Lindsay]

Updated msg 11

I started this challenge with 177 books on my "to be read already own" shelf. I've completed 4 and I now have 177 books on that shelf. How did that happen? I just read Yellow Star and I loved it.

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #227.

8. Lord of the Flies by William Golding **** Read from April 18 to 20, 2016

8/20

[JoJo]

Bobbi wrote: "I got you both. :)

Joanne wrote: "Updated message 12

I read Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

1/3"

What'd you think, Joanne?"

Good, I really liked it. I was tossing up whether to rate it 4 or 5 stars. I rated it 4 stars because I'm expecting it to get even better! lol. When I read the rest of the series I will review my rating :) Really enjoying the series so far.

[Rachael]

Updated Message 2. 5/15 read (only partway through month 1 of the quarter and a third of my goal is complete)

[Marina]

Update post 118:

Burial Rites
What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal

Read: 6/10

[[deleted user]]

Updated message 22

Completed 9/30

[Diana]

Hi.

A bit late but i would like to join the challange.
My goal is to read 10 books that own during this period.

I already red two this month:

1. Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James
2. O intamplare ciudata cu un caine la miezul noptii by Mark Haddon

[Destiny]

I tried to go back and find my original post, but I failed lol.

2/10: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

[Bobbi]

Lindsay wrote: "Updated msg 11

I started this challenge with 177 books on my "to be read already own" shelf. I've completed 4 and I now have 177 books on that shelf. How did that happen? I just read [book:Yellow ..."

My books grow exponentially. I'll knock off 10 and the next thing I know, there's 20 in their place. I think they're like tribbles (old school Star Trek reference ftw) and just breed.

Welcome, Diana! :)

[Chelsea]

updated post #4.

I've read 2 out of 10 so far. Trips to the library are killing me on my focus on reading my own books. Ugh....

[Nola]

I have completed 2 of 12 books, updated post 170

[Ju]

Update to my pledge post #86 and update post #157:

4. Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire - 9th April
5. One Salt Sea by Seanan McGuire - 10th April
6. Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire - 15th April
7. Chimes at Midnight by Seanan McGuire - 15th April
8. Never Shines the Sun by Seanan McGuire - 16th April
9. The Winter Long by Seanan McGuire - 17th April
10. A Red-Rose Chain by Seanan McGuire - 18th April

Bonus:
11. Gifted Thief by Helen Harper - 19th April
(included because it was on my Netgalley from ages ago even though I only just added it to Goodreads and it was definitely on my list of books to get through).

[Ultrajbk]

3/10

Journey to the stone country by Alex Miller. Was recommended to me many years ago, and sat on the shelf for a few. With all the other books on my TBR list...I should have left it there...a disappointing read.

[Bobbi]

Updated.

My own is up to 2/20.

[Cindy]

Update to post #146

9/25 :)

[Stephanie]

Update: I just finished "Speak" which I have heard about for a long time. It is super awesome! Really powerful and well worth reading. So I now have 4/15.

[Lindsay]

Updated msg 11



5/10

[Chelsea]

Updated post #4.

I've read 3 out of 10.

[Overbooked ✎]

Updated Msg 52 with the latest reads:


7.The Kitchen House
8.The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici
9.Ancillary Justice

progress 9/30