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Overflowing Bookshelf Challenge
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The Last Hope before the End of the World due to the Collapsing of All the Unread Books
Ugh that comment was incomplete, I got distracted.I meant I have read everything by that author (except one I didn't know about ) and loved them. I am now looking into books the author liked/was influenced by.
7 books read so far in september ! I'm happy with myself :) I edited a bit my TBR as well.
Elinor wrote: "7 books read so far in september ! I'm happy with myself :) I edited a bit my TBR as well."Wow! Well done Elinor! You're a reading machine XD
Wow, 7 books! That's amazing! Go, Elinor, go! :D
Elinor wrote: "Kate Daniels Total Immunity"Hahahaha :D
Oh wow Elinor, that's great! I'm about to finish my second :D
Well to be completly honest some were really short, and some were already started. BUT I feel proud of myself nonetheless ! thanks gals :D
You should be proud!! The only books I've finished so far this month are ones I started in August, but I'm going to be playing the long game this month... I'll probably finish all my September books in the last week and add loads of points then!
Small update on my TBR (comment 90) : this is going quite nicely, except for the Kate Daniels books ! xDUpdate on the book buying : this is NOT good XD I really don't seem to be able to stop myself from buying books. A new haul is on its way...
Elinor wrote: "Small update on my TBR (comment 90) : this is going quite nicely, except for the Kate Daniels books ! xDUpdate on the book buying : this is NOT good XD I really don't seem to be able to stop mysel..."
Oh wow, so much progress with your TBR, well done!
I'm curious to see your new haul :)
So this is where I failed utterly at my challenge. Again. New haul :
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So I think my problem is that there are so many books that I still have to earn that I can't stop saying to myself : "well, one more... two more... won't change a lot". So. I'm going to go easy with myself. Except for my London haul, every book read before I've earned all my London books won't have to be earned. If that makes any sense. After that I'm going to go back to normal. Also I hope I won't be buying lot of new books again... Maybe one or two (there are 2 I def need to buy) but not too many. Hopefully I can achieve that.
The good thing is that, I'm buying a lot, but I'm also reading quite a lot lately, so I guess there is that.
Well you definitely needed the Cassandra Clare ones, so you can't be penalised for that! XDGreat haul!! I'm jealous. I need a good book buying binge!
Nice haul! And yeah, if you read the books soon-ish, then at least, you're not adding to the problem so not having to earn them is fair IMO :)
So I'm never going to finish all those Kate Daniels books before the end of the month. I just want to finish Into the north (finally) and Shard of honor before October ! September was quite a successful month (if we don't count the KD books) (we are so not going to count them)
Not counting Kate Daniels - savour them don't stress out about them.But Gryohonpike - you still haven't finished right?
Yes I want to savour them so I am slowing the rythm for KD (it was already slow but now I'm really acknowldging it ^^)and NO I'm not finished with Gryphonpike I KNOW IT'S BAD, but without you to push me to read it as soon as I can it went down in my priority list... but now that's number 1 xD I only have 50% left so I should be finished tonight.
You're doing so great Elinor! I've fallen off the wagon just like you and still can't bring myself to feel sorry about it. And just like you I'm taking it cool now and trying to read as many as I feel like from what I own.
I'll take you as example and not count for those that I'm reading as soon as I buy. :)
Btw - nice haul! Totaly worth it.
Elinor wrote: "Yes I want to savour them so I am slowing the rythm for KD (it was already slow but now I'm really acknowldging it ^^)and NO I'm not finished with Gryphonpike I KNOW IT'S BAD, but without you to p..."
Good , I'm waiting to know your thoughts on it 😊
Karishma wrote: "Elinor wrote: "Yes I want to savour them so I am slowing the rythm for KD (it was already slow but now I'm really acknowldging it ^^)and NO I'm not finished with Gryphonpike I KNOW IT'S BAD, but w..."
Just finished it THIS ENDING WAS SO GOOD (but I wish they will be more of them) (because it was SO GOOD)
Elinor wrote: "Karishma wrote: "Elinor wrote: "Yes I want to savour them so I am slowing the rythm for KD (it was already slow but now I'm really acknowldging it ^^)and NO I'm not finished with Gryphonpike I KNO..."
I want more too, I was actually not very satisfied with the ending because I wanted more details.
Yay, I'm so glad you got it done and liked it! 😁😁😁
I did like the ending but I really want more of them too... I'm glad I finished them too, this was such a good series, I wouldn't have read it before a lot of months if it were not for you...
Elinor wrote: "I did like the ending but I really want more of them too... I'm glad I finished them too, this was such a good series, I wouldn't have read it before a lot of months if it were not for you..."
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Laura wrote: "You're doing so great Elinor! I've fallen off the wagon just like you and still can't bring myself to feel sorry about it. And just like you I'm taking it cool now and trying to read as many as I..."
Thanks ! It really helps me staying excited for reading so yeah those buying sprees are necessary ^^
It is time for the the October TBR ! I have way too many BR ! But I'm happy with what I'm going to read !* = already started
Kill the Dead *
The Debutante Is Mine (FGB)
Neanderthal Seeks Human (NBC)
Magic Dreams
City of Bones
Siege and Storm
Academ's Fury *
The Winner's Crime *
Génération K Tome 1 *
La Riposte (new release (kind of, it is a reissue) (but still, new release !))
L'Évasion (same here)
La Morsure du givre
Soeurs Sorcières (my Halloween read)
Complementary TBR (things I would love to read but are not as high on the priority list / I'm really not sure I will be able to get to them / the BR is not yet certain)
Les âmes perdues, Tome 01 : Les Terres du bas
Never Fade *
Unveiled (FGB)
Ava préfère se battre
To start / continue on in October but will not finish before November (at the least)
Shards of Honour *
(Cursor's Fury, if I can finish Academ's Fury in time)
Traitor's Blade
Winston Churchill ✓
Assassin's Quest
So many! Good good!Btw are you BRing City of Bones? If yes, I would like to stalk the thread so I can refresh my memory, it's on my incomplete series challenge!
But I noticed that you have already started 6 so it should be okay then!
Yes there is a BR for City of Bones and the rest of the series ! Will try to find the thread for you ^^Yep that's the plan for today : read as much of possible in my already started books to help me next month ^^ I really hope I can get to the complementary list as well...
Great TBR! Kari's right, you've already started a lot :)Good luck on finishing them. That much off your list for next month :D
Edited a bit my TBR to better fit reading mood, the new romance BR, and reading pace and try and not be as overbooked with BR happening at the same time as I was ^^
Elinor are you planning to read Neanderthal first?
Elinor wrote: "Before what ?"The Vivienne Lorret?
Nope, I hope to finish the novella tonight or tomorrow (alongside with Kate Daniels #4), and start the first Lorret after. I will be reading Neanderthal in the week-end but still read the Lorret at the same time :) so in short : I'm going to read them at the same time so don't worry :)
You're doing the Penny Reid too ?Didn't get a lot of reading done tonight because of Marvel's Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D...
No, I'm not doing the penny Reid one, I have already read I think 3 books from the series long time back and will read it next if I want to complete the series.
You aren't here for two days and I'm worried, so used to taking to you everyday.Hope you are okay!
Ohhh I had a bad day yesterday, got a meeting after work (since I'm working in a bookshop we can't have meetings in the day and we have to wait till the bookshop is closed...) and after that I agreed to go to have a drink with the collegues, and got back way too late to my taste (which was not that late but I go to bed early so...) and I was SO. EXHAUSTED. I am really exhausted these days so... Yeah. I am okay, but tired ^^ thanks for noticing / caring / asking :) 
I'm about to go to sleep but - you work in a bookshop - that is so very cool - how is the business being affected because of Amazon?Well, rest well then.
* Hugs Back*
I am as well ^^ it's still really early but I'm so tired so... It is really cool :) I feel like if you have the right books at the right time in the right place (and that's a great part of our job ^^), bookshops can survive, especially with our price law in France (books are the same price everywhere). I'm not that opposed to Amazon to be honest (I do have a Kindle myself...), it has its perks (when you live far from a city, when you want to read on an e-reader...), it just shouldn't replace bookplaces since we have our own perks (human contact, advise, picking things you wouldn't have on your own and thus broading your horizons, events...)
Thanks :)
Well that's great about the price law - we were having a discussion at the MacHalos about how so many of the bookshops were closing down because of Amazon. I'm glad it's not that way in France.So, the most important question of all is - do you get to read the books in your bookshop for free because that would be the best thing ever- or not?
No we don't read them in the bookshop ! we have a lot of work and the reading part is not done in the work hours ^^ However, we can receive ARC from publishers or borrow books if we have enough copies of them :)
I meant later taking them at home etc- not during work.
Yes we can borrow them (if we have more than 1 copy) :)
That is sooo cooolllllll!Lucky lucky girl!
I can't imagine the bliss of being surrounded by books so the time.
Is it a new books store or a second hand books store?
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