2nd Quarter Challenge: Clear the Shelves

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #227.

12. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez ★★★★★ Read from April 25 to 30, 2016

12/20

[Charity]

Updated message 54.

2/20

[Bobbi]

Everyone is updated to Charity's post at 307. You're all doing amazing at your goals! I need to stop reading so many library books and read my own for a bit!

[Beverly]

Beverly wrote: "I'm going to go for 20 books from my TBR list. I'm hoping some of my book clubs pick books I've been wanting to read:

1. Stealing Shadows Kay Hooper
2. [book:All the Light We Cannot ..."

Updated message 187

[Lynn]

Updated Message 29.

Progress: 4/10

✔Finders Keepers--04/30/16

[Book Dragon 🐉 📚]

SECOND QUARTER CHALLENGE: CLEAR THE SHELVES
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2016
(4/12)
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


Read a Trilogy
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


Finish 3 Books I Previously Started and Never Finished


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

[Sam F]

Number 6/25 completed:

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

[Melissa]

updated message 40, 4/20

[Charity]

Updated message 54.

3/20

[Kester]

5/15 Typee by Herman Melville

All goal books are subject to change.
They can be and might be changed for the purpose of time.

[Eggp]

April update:
Goal: 5/10

01. Mort (Discworld, #4) - 09 Apr 2016, 4/5
02. Working for Bigfoot (The Dresden Files, #15.5) - 18 Apr 2016, 3/5
03. The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) - 26 Apr 2016, 3/5
04. The Rest of the Robots (Robot, #0.2) - 30 Apr 2016, 4/5
05. The Word for World is Forest (Hainish Cycle, #6) - 11 Apr 2016, 3/5

[Katharine]

updated post 36

[Ultrajbk]

4/10

Snow by Orhan Pamuk. Has sat on my shelves for a while. First one I have read of his. A solid read.

[Laura]

2. Under Gemini

Loved this book. So I shall have to keep an eye out for her from now on. ..Well once I have cleared some shelf space

2/20

[Julie]

I'm in! Put me down for 5 books, please. I just finished a book today from my TBR books, so I have completed 1/5.

[Blagica , Challenges]

21/40

April


1.Consequences
2.Cinder
3.Red Rising
4.Fall
5.Debt Inheritance
6. Heartache & Sin
7.Me Before You
8.The Ice Twins
9. Power #1
10.The Widow
11.Crazy Dead
12.What I Saw and How I Lied
13. A Thousand Yesteryears
14.Mr. X
15. Insatiable
16. His to Love
17. Dominus
18,The Van Alen Legacy
19Jack
20. His to Protect
21. 30 Nights


everything I have read so far this quarter

[Maria]

Updated message #46
Completed: 5/10

[Amanda]

Updated #57

2. Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup Completed 29/04/16 Rating 4 stars

2/15

[Cindy]

Update to post #146

12/25 :)

[Overbooked ✎]

The Door by Magda Szabó

progress: 12/30

[Lady Clementina]

I need to clear out at least 24 between April and June if I am to meet my overall goals. I am also trying not to add any books to my pile except those picked as group reads for my groups here.

[Jewel]

Updated message 200

Read 8/20 books

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #227.

13. Solaris by Stanisław Lem ★★ Read from April 30 to May 02, 2016

13/20

[Rachael]

In addition to reading books from my overflowing bookcase, I have taken the opportunity to literally clear my shelves by donating a few books that I read ages ago, won't be returning to and are taking up valuable space.

[Jeana]

Cassandra wrote: "What did you think of Dark Currents? Have you read any of Carey's other books?"

I loved Dark Currents! And yes, I've read just about everything Jacqueline Carey has written, except her non-fiction book. She is one of my favorite authors and I've never been disappointed by any of her books!

[Jeana]

Autumn Bones

4/40

[Monica]

Updated Msg 26.

[Cassandra]

Good to know! Thanks, Jeana.

[Angela Jr.]

updated message 150 and expanded my goal. i'm now aiming to read 15 books.

7/15

[Cindy]

Update to post #146

13/25 :)

[Lindsay]

Updated msg 11

London Calling

8/10

Owned unread shelf has gone from 177 to 182

[Megan]

Just literally cleared a book off an actual bookshelf (own) - Jemima J: A Novel About Ugly Ducklings and Swans by Jane Green. This book was alright. It was a touch slow to start, and the random switching from first to third person throughout the narrative was a bit odd. It could have been accomplished better by just separating those sections on the page a bit more. Overall, it entertained me on a long flight, but I don't know if I'll be rushing to read anymore Jane Green right away. 3 stars

11/20

[Megan]

Just took a book off my Prime shelf - The Best Medicine by Tracy Brogan. This was a sweet book about a busy doctor trying to find love. There were definitely a few funny moments, but the ending felt extremely rushed, and the male character lacked development. Overall, entertaining for a long flight. 3.5 stars

12/20

[Rachael]

Completed 7/15 books. Message 2 has been updated

[Jewel]

Updated message 200

Read 9/20 books

[Megan]

Just completed another book on my Library shelf - The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Wow, this was a powerful memoir! The writing was well-done, and I enjoyed the small chapters that captured particular moments. My only criticism was the beginning and end seemed to lack connection. Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

13/20

[Tania]

Updated message 130 - progress 1/8


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.

[Jeana]

Poison Fruit

5/20

[Kester]

5. "Invisible Monsters" by Joshua McCune

[Kester]

6. "Typee" by Herman Melville (switch that order between 5 and 6)

[Ashly]

Message 129 Updated: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

6/6 Books Read

can I add 4 more books? I want to try to get to 10 books.

[Lindsay]

Update msg 11

9/10

Stardust

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #227.

14. Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev ★★★★ Read from May 02 to 05, 2016

14/20

[Destiny]

Update to message 115.
2 more finished:
Bossypants. 3 stars.
Me Before You. 5 stars.

Put me down for an extra 5 (10 total). I'm already at 4/5, might as well push myself to get some of these books off my shelves.

[Megan BG]

3. Pretty Little Liars

[Megan]

Updated message #42

Finished The Crucible. 1/5 down.

[Overbooked ✎]

updated post #52

The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton

progress: 13/30

[[deleted user]]

Updated message 22

Finished 16/30

[Jane]

Updated message 13

1/4 The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton

2/4 The Long Goodbye by Meghan O'Rourke

[Lynn]

Updated Message 29. Progress: 5/10

✔Under Cover of Daylight--05/06/16