Clear the Shelves - 2018

[Emily]

I've signed up for 12 physical books over at the Mount TBR challenge. So I'll just count those for Clear the Shelf too.

I might up the number down the road. This year I signed up for 12 Mount TBR books and now I'm to 18 and I'll hit 20 by December 31.

Books Read 12/12:

1. Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters bought at a local bookstore March 2017 completed 1/9
2. The Atomic City Girls won an ARC from LibraryThing in November 2017 completed 1/14
3. 11/22/63 bought at a library book sale in 2016 completed 1/20
4. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption got a used bookstore November 2017 completed 2/3
5. The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes bought from the Amazon Marketplace December 2017 completed 3/15
6. BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google completed 4/14
7. Today Will Be Different completed 4/20
8. The Art of Racing in the Rain received from my Mom January 2017 completed 4/27
9. The Group bought at Half Price Books March 2017 completed 5/6
10. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Secret Santa gift 2017 completed 5/9
11. A Million Junes got at a Little Free Library November 2017 completed 5/13
12. Victoria got at a Little Free Library November 2017 completed 5/30

[Eirelyn]

I'm in for 10. :D

[Steph]

Please sign me up for 10 physical books and 5 kindle books.

Steph S

[Taylor C]

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0/5 Physical Books
I helped create this idea in 2017, but I didn't get to participate on Goodreads. I did this challenge in real life, but this time I'd like to participate in the group. :)

[Debi]

Susy wrote: "Debi wrote: "So I still have a hard time following the Goodreads site but this will be the year that I make an all-out effort. C
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Hi Debi, what makes it hard? Do you mean something technical o..."
Hi Susy. I have tried to find where the monthly reads were being discussed and one of the previous groups but have never been able to find out where that was happening. It boils down to a lack of time to spend actually exploring the site and the fact I am not very computer savvy.

[Debi]

So of the many books on my 'to read/finish' shelf I have chosen 20. Some of them are classics like War and Peace and smaller books like the HItchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Should be a great year. I have no courses planned so textbooks will not get in the way. Bring on the challenge.

Book No. 1. War and Peace, two months of reading. Off the shelf.

[Lauri]

Lauri's Spot

0 / 10

I'll start with 10 books -- all paper & ink. All staring at me recriminatingly from my too-small bookshelf.

1. Last Ride to Graceland
2. The Restaurant Critic's Wife
3. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
4. And I Darken
5. Amy Snow
6. Lake Woebegone Days
7. Life and Other Near Death Experiences
8. Crossing the Horizon
9. Tokyo Kill
10. The Double Bind

[Vicki]

Sign me up for 24 - 2 per month. All E-Books that are still being collected on my Kindle.

[Tara]

OK, this is what I planned to do in 2018 anyway so I'm in!

My goal is going to be atleast 24 books:

Physical books: 12
Ebooks: 6
Audible: 6

[Luisa]

Okay, since 2017 was a complete failure for me, i'll try be more humble this year...

List the number of
Physical Books: 30
Ebooks: not sure yet.
Audible Books: 12

[Margie]

I'll start with a goal of 20 books - 5 paper and 15 electronic.

Final Progress: 10/20

Paper:
1. Beth Chatto's Garden Notebook
2. Little Fires Everywhere
3. March: Book Two
4. The Dinner
5. March: Book Three
6. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
7. A Christmas Carol

Electronic:
1. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
2. The Grand Sophy
3. The Count of Monte Cristo

[Chelsea]

I'll start with 15 books.

Physical: 8/8
1. The Nest
2. Behind Closed Doors
3. One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories
4. Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
5. The Map Thief
6. One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway
7. Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
8. The Boston Girl

Ebook: 4/5
1. Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World
2. Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero
3. The Last Girl
4. The Hazel Wood
5.

Audible: 1/2
1. Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them
2.

[Felicia]

Yes! 12 books

[Felicia]

All physical.

[Laura Jane]

I am already aiming to seriously declutter by house and spend less money in 2018 and this challenge will really help!

15 Physical:
15 Kindle:

0/30

[Gemma ✨ a bookish blether]

I'd like to join! I'm not going to restrict myself to specific formats but the majority of these will be physical books.

total read → 00 | 25


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[Kaleigh]

I will join! I want to clear my shelves of 5 books at least :)

[Sahira]

I'm in! Most of the books that I'll be reading for the serial challenge are books that I already own. It will also help with my yearly goal.

Ebooks: 12 books (may increase)

[Jewel]

I’ll go for 70 physical! Not even half of all my owned unread books but it’s a start!

Read 25/70

1. Love, Life, and the List
2. Snow Like Ashes
3. The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
4. Ice Like Fire
5. The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding
6. Frost Like Night
7. The Magic Misfits
8. Burned
9. The Thousandth Floor
10. Scythe
11. Smoke
12. Steelheart
13. Firefight
14. Calamity
15. Eliza and Her Monsters
16. They Both Die at the End
17. These Broken Stars
18. Awakened
19. The Nightingale
20. Dorothy Must Die
21. The Wicked Will Rise
22. We Were Liars
23. Destined
24. The Beginning of Everything
25. The Reptile Room

[Liz]

I'm totally in! I need to get to work on things I already own!

Paper Books: 18
Audio Books: 2
E books: 10

30 all together!

[Sarah]

I'd like to give this a go!

Books TBD...need to look at the shelves :-)

[Jill]

I'm in!


CLEAR ALL YOUR BOOKSHELVES CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2018

Completed: 9/25

Physical Books: 3/5
E-Books: 3/15
Audiobooks: 3/5

Physical Books:

1: Remembering Diana: A Life in Photographs...Finished...1/12/18
2: My Sergei: A Love Story...Finished...2/3/18
3: The Picture of Dorian Gray...Finished 2/5/18
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E-Books:

1: Cress...Finished...1/26/18
2: Cat Playing Cupid...Finished...1/31/18
3: The Vegetarian...Finished 2/7/18
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Audiobooks:

1: Anna Karenina...Finished...1/18/18
2: Britt-Marie Was Here...Finished...1/21/18
3: Arsenic and Old Books...Finished...1/23/18
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[Sherry]

I'm in.

Physical Books: 5
Ebooks: 10

Total of 15

[Sean]

Yes, thanks Kadijah, I so need to do this. I have 115 physical books on my to-be-read shelves (I have four TBR shelves, I recognise I may have a problem).

I'd like to read 50 of them in 2018... and maybe get down to two TBR shelves.

cheers

[Sue]

I'm in! I had already been planning to read many of the books I already own this year. Let's say 75.

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[Erika]

I’m in!
Goal: Physical 20
Ebook 5

Completed:

[Daniela]

I'm in for this challenge. I will try to read at least:
List the number of
Physical Books: 5
Ebooks: 5

[Sheryl_at_Ubookquitous]

OK!
I'm in for 40

20 Audiobooks
15 Ebooks
5 Physical books

I'll add titles soon.

[Leah]

This is perfect for me! I'm always trying to read more of books I've collected half my life, but I'm also losing to the urge to go to the library.

I think I'll make half my yearly goal to go to this challenge: I'll read 50 books on the physical shelf.

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[Kylie]

I'm in! I definitely have a couple of unfinished books and I'm overflowing with to-be-read physical and e-books. I'll try for 5 of each, I'm not an audio book user though.

3/10

Going to finish:
The Little Paris Bookshop - physical book

On the to-be-read list
The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy: The Opus Magnus by Tee Morris - ebook
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

[Ju]

I'm in for this, I'll go for 50 books total, 40 ebook and 10 physical.

(I need to reduce my backlog so hoping this is some of the incentive for it. Related, I'm going with reducing my to-read list by 50, a lot I have but a lot I don't, if it's on my to-read list prior to 1st Jan 2018 I plan to count it though).

[Leona]

I will go for 10 books and hope to read some large count books by authors like Ken Follett and Jean Auel.

Mine will be physical books.

Crown Jewel by Fern Michaels Finished 1/1/2018

[Jenn]

Updated Message 13 to include 5 E books.

[Susy]

Debi wrote: "Hi Susy. I have tried to find where the monthly reads were being discussed and one of the previous groups but have never been able to find out where that was happening. It boils down to a lack of time to spend actually exploring the site and the fact I am not very computer savvy...."

Hi Debi, sorry only saw your reply now!
Did you manage to find it all? Did you receive a welcoming message explaining how to navigate the group?
I wanted to post the link to the group read for December but now I can’t seem to find it myself....on my small smartphone. Did you find it? Otherwise I will check it out for you tomorrow morning!

[Gail]

I am in for 20 books. I will post as I read them.

10 Physical Books
10 Ebooks

[ReadingByTheSea]

Such a useful challenge!!!

TOTAL 6/30

Physical Books: 2/10
The River Between, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ***1/1/18
Death of a River Guide, Richard Flanagan ****11/1/18
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen *****18/2/18

Ebooks: 0/17

Audible Books: 2/3
People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks ***13/1/18
Knife of Dreams, Robert Jordan ***22/1/18
The Gathering Storm, Robert Jordan ****18/2/18

[C.]

Hi! I’d like to join in with a bit of a twist. I’m planning not to buy/ read any new books for the next year. I’m aiming for 100 books in any format but my exception is that I am allowed books/ebooks/audiobooks from the library. That way if I need to read something specific for a challenge/ bookclub etc I can still read it.

[Heather]

I’m in for 30 ebooks - which won’t be tricky as I have 507 on my kindle 😳

Completed so far......

1. The Unbreakable Vase
2. One Man Crusade
3. Song of the Skylark
4. Being Enough
5. Crime on the Fens
6. Shadow Over the Fens
7. The '86 Fix
8. Beyond Broadhall
9. Savage Son
10. The Hourglass
11. The Liar's Chair
12. The Survival of Thomas Ford
13. Kill For Me
14. S is for Stranger
15. The Midwife's Confession
16. The Mistake
17. Five Days
18. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
19. Gallery of the Dead
20. Because You Loved Me
21. Cruel Death
22. Where the World Ends
23. I'm Travelling Alone
24. Who Sent Clement?
25. Wrong'un
26. Neighbours from Hell
27. ROAD TO NOWHERE
28. Gone Too Far
29. The Final Cut : DCI Miller 5: Tables Are Turning In The War Against The Poor
30. Proof of Life : DCI Miller 6: We Entrust Teachers With Our Children's Lives

[Inkeri]

I'm thinking I might as well do this challenge next year. I've compiled a list of books I'll most likely read next year and so far eight of them are books that I own and have been planning to read since the dawn of time.

I will set my goal to 10 books.

CLEAR ALL YOUR BOOKSHELVES CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2018

1. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
2. The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
3. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
4. The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
5. Jumalat juhlivat öisin by Donna Tartt
6. The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
7. Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
8. Pelastaja by Jo Nesbø
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[Ashley]

This is brilliant. I don’t know what challenges I want to commit to. I may do a mix of many of them. But I will take true initial challenge here. I just bought a bunch of books, so I’ll stop and make myself wait until I read 5 books I own before I get any more from the library or buy any more!

[Brittany]

I definitely need to clear my shelves! I will start with 15 books from any format but mostly physical books. Some of these will overlap with other challenges
7/15
Read:
been on my shelf since march 2012
on shelf since June 2011
on shelf since July 2011
on shelf since before May 2011
on shelf since May 2014
On shelf since August 2012
On shelf since before May 2011

[Sarah]

Updated from message 74 - in for 11 books

10 kindle
1 audiobook

[Geree]

I will join this challenge and read 24 books. I will post the formats later.

[Kathy]

I'd like to join this challenge! Really need to get some of these books off of my radar! LOL!

List the number of
Physical Books: 20
Ebooks: 55
Audible Books: 1
you want to read (listen to).

[Hannah]

I'm in for 20 books :) need to clear my bookshelf before I buy anymore

Physical books: 19
E-books: 1

[Helene]

I am all for this challenge, but I will leave no book anywhere xD No number 5 for me xD

Physical books: 4
E-books: 3
Audiobooks: 4

And hopefully I can add to that later

[Huhn]

This is the challenge I need! My pile of half-read books is starting to scare me. :D
Sign me up for 5 physical books (I want to start modest).

1. Elric von Melnibone, Die Sage vom Ende der Zeit by Michael Moorcock
2. Stadt der Fremden by China Miéville
3. Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
4. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke(I'm reading this one for like 4 years now o.O)
5. Der Gejagte by Wolfgang Hohlbein (read)

1/5

[Carrie]

I'm definitely in this!!!

10 physical
1- Broken Harbor 1-11-18
2- The Mountain Between Us 2-8-18
3 - The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared 2-20-18
4 - Eye Contact 6-26-18
5 - Sullivan's Woman 7/2/18
6- Beach Road 8/22/18
7- All the Light We Cannot See 9/15/18
8- Daughter of Smoke & Bone 10/3/18
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5 E Books
1- The Empty Place at the Table 9/8/18
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3 audio books
1- Fuzzy Mud 1-16-18
2- Firefly Hollow 2-9-18
3- Forbidden 4-18

TOTAL BOOKS - 18 8/10 1/5 3/3

[Lori]

I would like to join with 15 physical books.

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[Uma]

I'll start with 30 books! 25 physical and 5 ebooks.