Clear the Shelves - 2018

[Beverly]

Update message #397: 40 plus...I'm done!!!

[Wiltshire Hermit]

ॐ Let's Clear the Shelves - Goal 25 older books read - COMPLETED 17/11/18
(Read 5 books owned before 31/12/17 to read one bought after)

Bought pre-2018 & read: 25/25

(with bought dates)
The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto - Mitch Albom 10/10/2017
Coming Home - Rosamunde Pilcher 26/06/2017
First Frost - Sarah Addison Allen 25/12/2017
Night Film - Marisha Pessl 25/08/2017
Doctor Sleep - Stephen King 05/05/2017
The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton 05/05/2017
Starseeker - Tim Bowler 26/06/2017
The Rules of Magic - Alice Hoffman 25/12/2017
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender 29/07/2014
The Shipping News - E. Annie Proulx 19/07/2017
A Mislaid Magic - Joyce Windsor 18/10/2006
After the Unicorn - Joyce Windsor 28/11/2016
Arriving in Snowy Weather - Joyce Windsor 28/11/2016
Book of Pages - David Whiteland 02/03/2016
Up a Tree in the Park at Night With A Hedgehog - P. Robert Smith 26/11/2010
Mr Mercedes - Stephen King 02/03/2017
Finders Keepers - Stephen King 08/06/2017
End of Watch - Stephen King 10/06/2017
The Mother Garden - Robin Romm 01/01/2007
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture - Douglas Coupland 01/01/2005
Five Quarters of the Orange - Joanne Harris 01/01/2007
Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking - Allen Carr 25/07/2013
Animaculture - Hilary Llewellyn-Williams 22/08/2004
Black Dogs - Ian McEwan 01/01/2006
The Witch's Daughter - Nina Bawden 08/07/2017

Wow. One I had owned since 2004 and not read!

[Ranmali]

Completed 11/15

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
6. Angela's Ashes
7. The Red Queen
8. The Kingmaker's Daughter
9. Dreams of Joy
10. Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
11. Metamorphosis and Other Stories

[Laura]

edited message 47

Challenge Completed - read 75 out of 75

[Amy]

Updated post 464-- 24/25

[Amy]

Updated post 464-- that makes 25/25 so this challenge is complete!

[Chalmation]

Updated message #19

43/50

[Tara]

My 17th book of the challenge (4th audio) is Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. This Audible was read by Tim Robbins. My only re-read this year. Loved it more than ever.

Physical books: 9/12
Ebooks: 4/6
Audio: 4/6

[Chalmation]

Updated message #19

44/50

[MysticMoods]

Hey hey! I've updated message #29: 25/28 :)

[Megan]

Just completed another ebook - The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith. This book was not what I expected, in a good way. It's cheeky and fun and reminds me a lot of BBC mysteries featuring amateur detectives. I liked the main character, though his description was more of a caricature. I loved the character of his secretary! Worth reading! 4 stars

30/30 - challenge completed!

[Jenn]

Update to message 192:
I've completed 13/20 physical books, 5/5 ebooks, and 2/2 audio books.

Current total: 20/27

[Chalmation]

Updated message #19

45/50

[Tara]

I have completed my 18th and 19th books (10th and 110th physical). I read "Love is a Mix Tape" and "Talking to Girls about Duran Duran" both by Rob Sheffield. I pretty much cried my way through the first one and laughed my way through the second one.

Physical: 11/12
Ebooks: 4/6
Audio:4/6

[Charity]

Updated message 9.

66/50

[Chalmation]

Updated message #19

46/50

[Ranmali]

Completed 12/15

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
6. Angela's Ashes
7. The Red Queen
8. The Kingmaker's Daughter
9. Dreams of Joy
10. Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
11. Metamorphosis and Other Stories
12. A Long Watch: War, Captivity and Return In Sri Lanka

[Tara]

I have completed my 20th book (5th Ebook).

We're All Damaged by Matthew Norman. Loved it!!!

Only 4 more to go!

Physical books: 11/12
Ebooks: 5/6
Audio: 4/6

[Jennifer]

update to message 31

physical books:9/10
1. Don't Breathe a Word***
2. The Perfect Fit: Fat-Free Dreams Just Don't Taste the Same***
3. One Good Dog****
4. For My Daughters****
5. Unraveled: The True Story of a Woman Who Dared to Become a Different Kind of Mother***
6.The Weight of Silence****
7. Barefoot***
8. Perfect Match****
9. Song of Redemption***

Ebooks: 0/5

[Franci]

10/20!!!

[Maca]

Updated message 124! ;D

[Ranmali]

Completed 13/15

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
6. Angela's Ashes
7. The Red Queen
8. The Kingmaker's Daughter
9. Dreams of Joy
10. Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
11. Metamorphosis and Other Stories
12. A Long Watch: War, Captivity and Return In Sri Lanka
13. The 5th Horseman

[Christina]

Updated #128

9/10 physical
2/5 ebooks

[Chalmation]

Updated message #19

47/50

[Ashly]

4/10 read

message 20

[MysticMoods]

Hey hey! I've updated message #29: 26/28 :)

[Chalmation]

Updated message #19

48/50

[Jenn]

Update to message 192:
I've completed 14/20 physical books, 5/5 ebooks, and 2/2 audio books.

Current total: 21/27

[Tara]

I have completed my 21st book (5th Audio). I listened to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne and it was narrated by Peter Hussman.

Physical books: 11/12
Ebooks: 5/6
Audio: 5/6

[Ranmali]

Completed 14/15

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
6. Angela's Ashes
7. The Red Queen
8. The Kingmaker's Daughter
9. Dreams of Joy
10. Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
11. Metamorphosis and Other Stories
12. A Long Watch: War, Captivity and Return In Sri Lanka
13. The 5th Horseman
14. The Art of War

[Chickadee]

Kadijah Michelle wrote: " CLEAR ALL YOUR BOOKSHELVES CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2018

This challenge is a way to clean out all of your bookshelves: your physical, your electric, and your audible ones! Th..."


I did accomplish 2, 4 and 5. :) Will there be a similar challenge in 2019?

[Betsy]

I have updated message 309.
I have completed 25/25.
Successfully completed this challenge! Whew!!

[Beverly]

Betsy wrote: "I have updated message 309.
I have completed 25/25.
Successfully completed this challenge! Whew!!"

With time to spare!!! Congrats!

[Charity]

Updated message 9.

68/50

[Chalmation]

Updated message #19

49/50

[Chalmation]

Updated message #19

50/50

Complete!

[Tara]

I have completed my 22nd book (12th and final physical book!). I read Brethren by Robyn Young.

Physical books: 12/12
Ebooks: 5/6
Audio: 5/6

[Lindsay]

Update msg 8

48/30 cleared

[Ranmali]

Done! Completed 15/15

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
6. Angela's Ashes
7. The Red Queen
8. The Kingmaker's Daughter
9. Dreams of Joy
10. Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles
11. Metamorphosis and Other Stories
12. A Long Watch: War, Captivity and Return In Sri Lanka
13. The 5th Horseman
14. The Art of War
15. The Vendor of Sweets

[Michelle]

Updating Message #373

Clear the Shelves 2018 COMPLETED 12/27/18!!!

1 - Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
2 - The Lying Game
3 - Red Rising
4 - Mrs Saint and the Defectives
5 - Dead Watch
6 - A Lesson Before Dying
7 - When the Cypress Whispers
8 - The Last Child
9 - Killing Floor
10 - Hope for Animals and Their World
11 - Living Off the Grid
12 - Home

[Carrie]

Updated message 101 8/10 1/5 3/3

[Debi]

I finished my challenge today. Of the 45 books to read this year 30 were to come off of my 'collection' shelf. It was a very difficult challenge because I took a university course this fall and although the textbook counted, I could not count the approximately 85 scientific papers I had to read. I am pleased with the selection of books I chose starting with War and Peace (what a slog) and ending with Farley Mowat's The Curse of the Viking Grave. I am going to continue the 'off the shelf challenge" I still have a lot of books on my 'to read' shelf and of course for Christmas received a gift card for Chapters. So more new books. I think I might lay off the university courses though. As much as I enjoy the learning they are interfering with my enjoyment, reading time.

[Newly]

Mission completed! 25/25 Please do this one again next year! Here is my list!
Shattered
I Went to College, and It Was OkayZombie Butts From Uranus
Party Girls
Code Name: Bikini
The Wicked Lover
National Geographic Cat Shots
Phi Beta Bimbo
Roommates Wanted
Vamped
The Element of Fire
Starship Titanic
Your Planet or Mine?
Crazy For You
Greyfax Grimwald
I Just Want My Pants Back
The Perfect Husband
Babel-17
Burning Lamp
Soul Eater, Vol. 02
My Son, the Doctor
Maskerade
The Penultimate Peril
Way-Cool French Phrase Book: The French That Kids Really Speak
Hot As Hell
Backwards

[Beverly]

Updated message #386...I think I forgot to post this...or used the wrong message number. Finished 49 out of 40!!! Thanks for helping me actually get rid of a few books.

[Lisa]

Will there be a similar challenge to this for 2019? One of my goals for the year is to work down the large pile of books that have been hanging around my house for far too long!

[Huhn]

I aimed for 5 books but only read one... I am so sorry :( Maybe there is a reason why those books where on my tbr pile for so long. I don't want to force myself into reading books I'm not in the mood for at the moment. So I'll just let them be and try again to read them, when I really want to. :)

[Line]

Finished! :-)
Updated message 841

[Jessica]

I know how you feel about being in the mood for reading. So I have a pile of all kind of books

[MysticMoods]

Happy New Year everyone! I was so close to finishing my challenge, but I've enjoyed taking part! Roll on 2019! :) message #29: 26/28

[Tara]

Hala wrote: "Happy New Year everyone! I was so close to finishing my challenge, but I've enjoyed taking part! Roll on 2019! :) message #29: 26/28"

You did good!