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Clear the Shelves - 2018

So I was rummaging through the deepest, darkest parts of my shelf and I somehow found more books that I've been ignoring for the past 2 years now. Great. So I'm bumping it up from 10 to 15 now.
Additions:
11. Uglies
12. Anne of Green Gables
13. Spelled
14. Midnight Thief
15. The Forgetting

I've read 6/12 of my own books
1.The Magic Begins
2. The Graces
3. Horns
4, Animal Weapons
5. The Prince and The Dressmaker
6. From Here to Eternity
Non fiction reads: 7/7
1. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
2. Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
3. Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon
4. Frida Kahlo: The Story of Her Life
5. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
6. The Man Who Couldn't Stop
7.The Button Box: The Story of Women in the 20th century told through the clothes they wore
Neverwhere is on my TBR this week, so let's hope that gets read so I can return it and stop being such a horrible friend who kidnaps books.
In total 13/20 books read

(Read 5 books owned before 31/12/17 to read one bought after)
Bought pre-2018 & read: 13/25
Bought in 2018 & read: 2/20

19/20 completed
18. "History is All You Left Me" by Adam Silvera
19. "We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out" by Annie E. Clark and Andrea L. Pino

COMPLETED 11 of 16 digital
1. The Naturalist ( COMPLETED 1-12)
2. Daughters of the Night Sky (COMPLETED 2-8)
3. Tower of Dawn
4. Song of Edmon
5. The Blue Sword
6. Labyrinth
7. Secondborn
8. Tier One (COMPLETED 5/25)
9. The Book Thief (COMPLETED 1/22)
10. The 5th Wave (COMPLETED 4/16)
11. Frostbite (VA) (COMPLETED 2/28)
12. Vampire Academy (COMPLETED 1/14)
13. The Blessing Way (COMPLETED 2/1)
14. Under The Never Sky (COMPLETED 3/17)
15. Face of Evil (COMPLETED 1/29)
16. Before I Go to Sleep (COMPLETED 5/5)

6/20
6. Of Beast and Beauty"
What did you think of it? I want to read it

1. The Poisonwood Bible
2. Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
3. Love in the Time of Cholera
4. When Breath Becomes Air
5. The Thorn Birds

So far...
1. The Blood of Olympus
2. The Darke Toad
3. Storm Front
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
5. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
6. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
7. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Current 7/10

(Read 5 books owned before 31/12/17 to read one bought after)
Bought pre-2018 & read: 14/25
Bought in 2018 & read: 2/20

The List
Books I have read from my shelves
1. The Passions of Chelsea Kane by Barbara Delinsky 1/2/18
2. Babyville by Jane Green 1/8/18
3. A Perfect Day by Richard Paul Evans 1/14/18
4. To Have and to Hold by Jane Green 1/19/18
5. A Soft Place to Fall by Barbara Bretton 1/21/18
6. The Witness by Sandra Brown 1/24/18
7. Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella 1/31/18
8. Hello, Darkness by Sandra Brown 2/3/18
9. Secret of the Stone by Barbara Delinsky 2/5/18
10. Hard Luck by Barbara D'Amato 2/10/18
11. Home Again by Kristin Hannah 2/11/18
12. If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him by Sharyn McCrumb 2/12/18
13. The Fateful Summer by Velda Johnston 2/13/18
14. The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux 2/17/18
15. 10-lb. Penalty by Dick Francis 2/18/18
16. The Third Wife by Jasmine Cresswell 2/19/18
17. The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
by John Grisham 3/4/18
18. Long Lost by David Morrell 3/6/18
19. An Irish Country Courtship by Patrick Taylor 3/19/18
20. Looking for Peyton Place by Barbara Delinsky 3/26/18
21. Long Time No See by Susan Isaacs 4/11/18
22. Let Me Whisper In Your Ear by Mary Jane Clark 4/13/18
23. Babes in Captivity by Pamela Redmond Satran 4/16/18
24. Escape from Red China by Robert Loh 4/19/18
25. The Surgeon by W.C. Heinz 5/7/18
26. A Name of Her Own by Jane Kirkpatrick 4/20/18
27. The Winds of Heaven by Monica Dickens 5/28/18
28. ...And Presumed Dead by Lucille Fletcher 5/31/18
29. Jackdaws by Ken Follett 6/2/18

I've read 6/12 of my own books
1.The Magic Begins
2. The Graces
3. Horns
4, Animal Weapons
5. The Prince and The Dressmaker
6. From Here to Eternity
Non fiction reads: 7/7
1. Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery
2. Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
3. Admissions: Life as a Brain Surgeon
4. Frida Kahlo: The Story of Her Life
5. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
6. The Man Who Couldn't Stop
7.The Button Box: The Story of Women in the 20th century told through the clothes they wore
I did it! I finished Neverwhere, so the borrowed book is now going to get returned and I can be a good friend again.
Borrow book 1/1
In total 14/20 books read

(Read 5 books owned before 31/12/17 to read one bought after)
Bought pre-2018 & read: 15/25
Bought in 2018 & read: 2/21

Physical Books: 54
Ebooks: 1
Audible Books: 1
Read already:
1. Fangirl
2. Absolutely on Music
3. Wake
4. Fade
5. A Short History of the Girl Next Door

Physical books: 6/12
Ebooks: 2/6
Audio: 1/6

(Read 5 books owned before 31/12/17 to read one bought after)
Bought pre-2018 & read: 15/25
Bought in 2018 & read: 3/23
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Physical books: 5/12
Ebooks: 2/6
Audio: 1/6