The Overflowing Bookshelf Mini-Goals Challenge - Rules

[Zaara]

I finished 3 and close to finishing two more. I'm swapping out Ravensong for a mood read, I will pick that when I'm in the mood 😉

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Nice job everyone! Imo, any progress is good progress. :)

[Elinor]

I missed it too ! Here are my top 5 books to finish this month... next month I might try more than 5.
1) The Crimson Crown
2) Magic Strikes
3) Magic Mourns
4) Kings of the Wyld
5) Barchester Towers

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

I'm seeing a lot of strikethroughs - Great job everyone! :D

Next month I'm going to start a new thread and give everyone a couple of days to reserve their check off spots before we start commenting. That way it'll all be at the top of the thread for easy access. :)

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Bill wrote: "Niki Hawkes wrote: "Wow, just checking in and I realized I've read 7/10 of the pledged titles this month, and am halfway through the remaining 3. I feel like a reading demon!!! (Really, it just mea..."

What do you do for work?

[Hailee]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Wow, just checking in and I realized I've read 7/10 of the pledged titles this month, and am halfway through the remaining 3. I feel like a reading demon!!! (Really, it just means prioritization wo..."

Two thirds of the way through the month I have completed 5 of the books on my list and I'm part way through two more. Don't expect to read all ten but I normally average between 5 and 8 books in a months so I didn't really expect to. I am pleased with my progress so far though.

I'm already excited about the books I'll be assigning myself for September!

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Hailee wrote: "Niki Hawkes wrote: "Wow, just checking in and I realized I've read 7/10 of the pledged titles this month, and am halfway through the remaining 3. I feel like a reading demon!!! (Really, it just mea..."

That's awesome!! Yeah I usually only do like 5. Something about setting the goal and having a bit more focus is really working for me. I might actually hit my overall goal of 100 by the end of 2018. Maybe.

I'm already lining up my titles too. :)

[Hailee]

Hey Niki are we allowed to change up the books on our list if we decide to read different things at the last minute?

[Anni]

I guess it's pretty much a do-whatever-you-want challenge :)

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Hailee wrote: "Hey Niki are we allowed to change up the books on our list if we decide to read different things at the last minute?"

Absolutely! (What Anni said). Whatever makes it fun :)

[Anni]

I finished 5 of my 9 planned reads



I already started 3 of the other books and hope I at least manage to finish one of them.

[Virginie]

Woot woot, great job, Anni! :)

[Hailee]

Sir Anni wrote: "I finished 5 of my 9 planned reads

..."

Nice job Anni!!

[Anni]

Hailee wrote: "Nice job Anni!! "

Virginie wrote: "Woot woot, great job, Anni! :)"

Thanks! 😊

[Virginie]

Finished all 5 planned reads! Yay :D

[Anni]

Virginie wrote: "Finished all 5 planned reads! Yay :D

[bookcover:Last..."

Yeah! Well done Virginie! 👏🎊

[Virginie]

Thanks :)

[Elinor]

Well done girls !
(I only finished one of mine xD)

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Wow - nice progress everyone! :D And some awesome titles on there too lol.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

I'm ending the month in the exact same placed I ended last week lol. I haven't read much this week (yikes!).

Niki's August 2018 Overflowing Bookshelf Mini Challenge:
1. Once Dead, Twice Shy - Kim Harrison
2. Early to Death, Early to Rise - Kim Harrison
3. Something Deadly This Way Comes - Kim Harrison
4. Ghost Town - Rachel Caine
5. Lion of Senet - Jennifer Fallon
6. Black Powder War - Naomi Novik
7. Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erickson*
8. Eulalia! - Brian Jacques
9. Wrath of the Dragon King - Brandon Mull
10. Fury - Rachel Vincent
Read: 7/10

[Diana Stormblessed]

Does a dnf count as a read book? I didn't finish Naamah's Curse cuz it was so bad. Finished the rest though.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Does a dnf count as a read book? I didn't finish Naamah's Curse cuz it was so bad. Finished the rest though."

I'd totally count it. It's one less book to be explored on your shelf. :)

[Bill]

Nice job everyone.

Diana, I would totally count it. You gave it a good effort but that book was definitely the worst Carey book I’ve read so far.

I managed well above what I planned with 17 for the month. I really needed a big month for the Overflow challenge because I was well behind pace for my yearly goal.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Bill wrote: "Nice job everyone.

Diana, I would totally count it. You gave it a good effort but that book was definitely the worst Carey book I’ve read so far.

I managed well above what I planned with 17 for ..."

17???!! Wow holy crap lol.

Unrelated: my prevalent thought is: don't read Starless lol.

[Bill]

Lol. I just started Starless today. I got 65% in before my headphones died. I like it less than Phedre/Imriel but much more than Naamah.

[Niki Hawkes, I made it past GOTM... barely]

Bill wrote: "Lol. I just started Starless today. I got 65% in before my headphones died. I like it less than Phedre/Imriel but much more than Naamah."

Oh wow. Haha

I think I still had rose-colored glasses on while reading Naamah, so I didn't tear it apart as much as I could have. By the time I hit 25% in starless, the honeymoon was over.

[Bill]

Ha I’m the opposite. I think I am disliking Naamah so much that this one was better by default. I think I need to get out of the Phedre universe for a bit.

[Zaara]

EOM status update
9/11

OWNED PHYSICAL
1. Heir of Novron
2. North and South
3. Anna Karenina (CURRENTLY READING)
4. The Last Argument of Kings
5. I Capture the Castle

LIBRARY
Daughter of Smoke and Bone
Days of Blood and Starlight (CURRENTLY READING)
The Perfect Rake (borrowed from a friend)

EBOOK
Tooth and Vlaw
Ravensong swapped out for TWO more physicals Matilda (re-read) and Civilization (short, dense, but beautiful and probably the most worthwhile mindstretching thing I have read all year)
The Folding Knife (CURRENTLY READING)

I think I did great (did I? ok mebbe not so great)...bcuz I planned to give Anna K more than one month anyway and I'm close to finishing DOSAB 2.

[Anni]

Zaara wrote: "EOM status update
9/11

OWNED PHYSICAL
1. Heir of Novron
2. North and South
3. Anna Karenina (CURRENTLY READING)
4. The Last Argument of Kings
5. I Capture the Castle

LIBRARY
Daughter of Smoke an..."

You did amazing Zaara! You finished nearly everything and at least started the ones you hadn't. Looks like a success to me!

[Hailee]

August Wrap-up


1) - Dan Brown 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
2) - Julian Winters 🌟🌟🌟
3) - Sharon Lathan 🌟🌟🌟🌟
4) - Rainbow Rowell 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
5) - Stephen Deas 🌟🌟🌟🌟
6) - Cynthia Hand + 2 more 🌟🌟🌟
7) - J.K. Rowling 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
8) - Sarah Henning 🌟🌟🌟

I read eight of the books on my list so I'm pretty happy with that. I also read Saga, Vol. 2 which wasn't on my list. I'm also about a quarter of the way through the last Harry Potter novel but didn't quite have time to complete it in August.

[Hailee]

Congrats to everyone who made such a dent to their own lists!!

[Zaara]

Well done Hailee and thanks Anni...you made a dent too!
I will make my September list after I log out...bcuz now I am confused abt what I have actually committed to...

October of course = Finish September backlog + Riyria + Harry Potter + A Monster Calls.
I do not anticipate being alive in November....😂😂

EDIT i just saw Billiam's post and 😱 Meanwhile Diana jezzt completed 22 books in August ALONE, she sez....
Casually....😂😂😂
And here Anni and I are proud of completing 7-8 BRs

[Anni]

Zaara wrote: "And here Anni and I are proud of completing 7-8 BRs."

Hahaha yes! For me it weren't even 7-8, but 6 :D

I finished To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 and that's it. :) Still, I'm very happy with the amount of books I read and I enjoyed all of them very much, that's a big plus!