The Overflowing Bookshelf Mini Challenge - December 2018

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

Our Overflowing Bookshelf Mini Challenge for December 2018

To-do: Reserve a comment for your tracking list, then fill it with the titles you'd like to read this month from your physical (or digital) TBR. :)

If you'd like a link to the guidelines for this mini challenge, click here.

Go ahead and chatter away - I'll make links to your comments in a few days once everyone has jumped aboard.

Good luck, everyone! :)

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

Mine:

1. Gardens of the Moon [Read]
2. Stardoc [Currently Reading]
3. Doomwyte
4. Bite Club
5. Eye of the Labyrinth

[Bill]

Kind of panicking. I need to do 12 books but only have like 3 so far.

1. Journey to the Center of the Earth
2. A Plague of Swords
3. The Fall of Dragons
4. The Riddle-Master of Hed
5. Heir of Sea and Fire
6. Harpist in the Wind
7. The Citadel of the Autarch
8. The Sword of the Lictor
9. The Urth of the New Sun
10. Lullaby
11. Stone Mad
12. The Novice

[Anni]

I simply start with adding aaaaall the books I haven't read last month 😅

Carried over from last Month
1.) The Six-Gun Tarot 📖
2.) The Night Circus
3.) The Empire of Ashes
4.) Red Country
5.) Knight's Shadow
6.) Ruin and Rising 📖
7.) Edgedancer

Buddy Reads December
8.) Red Sister
9.) Sharp Ends
10.) Super Powereds: Year 1
11.) Princeps' Fury
12.) First Lord's Fury

Solo Reads
13.) The Hollow Crown
14.) The Silent Shield 📖
15.) The Forsaken Throne
16.) Hero at the Fall 📖

[Virginie]

I'm leaving on the 17th for Paris so I'll keep the list short this month :)

Buddy reads
1. Dread Nation
2. Home
3. The Night Masquerade
4. Super Powereds: Year 1

Solo reads
5. Crucible of Gold
6. Blood of Tyrants
7. League of Dragons
8. Golden Age and Other Stories
9. Blackdog

New releases
BONUS In the Vanishers’ Palace
BONUS Planetside

[Karishma]

Bill, have you started, do you have a date for journey to the centre of the earth yet? I want to read that one too!

[Bill]

Karishma, I already started and have about 3 hours left on the audiobook. Unfortunately I’m finding it extremely dull. It’s a shame because I really enjoyed everything else by Verne that I’ve read.

[Karishma]

Bill wrote: "Karishma, I already started and have about 3 hours left on the audiobook. Unfortunately I’m finding it extremely dull. It’s a shame because I really enjoyed everything else by Verne that I’ve read."

Oh no, then I will skip it for now. Any favourites by Verne? I read some when I was a kid and don't remember any except around the world in 80 days.

[Hailee]

Spot!!!

1. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
2. The Dragon Reborn (currently reading)
3. The Sudden Appearance of Hope
4. The Order of the Scales (currently reading)
5. A Cat Called Birmingham
6. In the Arms of Mr. Darcy
7. Saga, Vol. 3
8. What a Difference a Duke Makes

[Angela Jr.]

I'm interested to see what you'll think of the sudden appearance of hope! I read it earlier this year :)

[Angela Jr.]

I have quite a long list this month. Not sure if I'll get to all of them...
Inkdeath, The Unexpected Everything and Ruin and Rising are not a priority, so I'll carry them over to next year if i have to.

Backlog from november:
In the Afterlight
HP #6
Through the Dark
(Inkdeath?
The Unexpected Everything?
Ruin and Rising?)

Buddy reads december:
Gut aber tot
The Big Bad Wolf
Faefever
Dreamfever
Shadowfever
Down and Out in Paris and London
HP #7

2/10

[Bill]

Karishma wrote: "Bill wrote: "Karishma, I already started and have about 3 hours left on the audiobook. Unfortunately I’m finding it extremely dull. It’s a shame because I really enjoyed everything else by Verne th..."

Think 20000 Leagues Under the Sea is still my favorite. I have to read through the descriptions because I read a bunch before joining GR but don’t have them added and can’t remember which they were.

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

Omgsh guys...

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

... I finished Gardens of the Moon!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[Karishma]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "... I finished Gardens of the Moon!!! 🎉🎉🎉"

That ...... That....... Speechless........!
:-P

[Karishma]

Congratulations Nikki - now you can join us all for the rest of the books!

[Anni]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "... I finished Gardens of the Moon!!! 🎉🎉🎉"

That's amazing Niki!!! Well done! 🎊

[Kathrine]

My list for what I wanna read in December. Not a whole lot of fantasy on here, but I have so many books I keep pushing back reading because I'd rather read my fantasy books, so I figured it was time to tackle some of them 😂

1. The Iliad ✔️
2. The Odyssey ✔️
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ✔️
4. A Closed and Common Orbit ✔️
5. The Casual Vacancy ✔️
6. Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence ✔️
7. The Christmasaurus ✔️
8. The Phantom of the Opera ✔️

I'm afraid it might be a bit ambitious but hopefully I'll have plenty of time to read during Christmas break

[Virginie]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "... I finished Gardens of the Moon!!! 🎉🎉🎉"

So... It's going to snow today? Good to know. I'll dress warmer.

Hum.. I meant: Congrats (ex-) Captain! :D

[Virginie]

Sir Anni wrote: "Don't forget Super Powereeeeeds :)"

Ah yes, that goes without saying! :)

[Hailee]

Niki Hawkes wrote: "... I finished Gardens of the Moon!!! 🎉🎉🎉"

Yay well done!!! I know how good it must feel to finally finish it. I was in pretty much the same situation earlier in the year. I started Gardens of The Moon on Jan 1st and finished it on June 11th. I felt like throwing myself a party ;-)

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

Y'all are so sweet to me haha. Thank you!!! I feel kind of like a new person today lmao. I might get a head start on the next one, but I'm sure I'll still be reading it when the BR starts. XD

[Elinor]

Good job on finishing Gardens of the Moon Niki !!!

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

Thank you! ^_^

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

I'm loving seeing everyone's ambitious lists. I think this is my month to kick some butt, so I need to get adding titles.

[Elinor]

Here is my list. I have a lot from last month (or earlier... I would really like to finish some of my unfinished books from this year) once more...

Dreamfever
Shadowfever
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
City of Ashes
City of Glass
Dragon Rider
Ruin and Rising
The Debutante Is Mine
Neanderthal Seeks Human
A Kiss For Midwinter
Snowflakes on Silver Cove
The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids
Frost Burned
The Winner's Crime
Academ's Fury
Winston Churchill : Le pouvoir de l'imagination

[Hailee]

Angela Jr. wrote: "I'm interested to see what you'll think of the sudden appearance of hope! I read it earlier this year :)"

Thanks, I'm reading all of Claire North's books in publication order and the books of hers I've read so far (The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and Touch) I have really enjoyed so I have high hopes. Did you like it?

[Angela Jr.]

I did! Took me a while to get into it though. I've been meaning to read harry august for a while, sounds really intriguing.

[Virginie]

Bill wrote: "Karishma, I already started and have about 3 hours left on the audiobook. Unfortunately I’m finding it extremely dull. It’s a shame because I really enjoyed everything else by Verne that I’ve read."

I'm ashamed to admit that I've never read any book by Verne... :o

[Bill]

Do the free audible originals work for this challenge? I have 6 now so I could easily use them to finish my pledge. Other than Emma by Jane Austen which is just over 8 hours the rest are fairly short. One is 4.5 hours, one is 3.5 hours and the other 3 are under 2 hours.

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

Bill wrote: "Do the free audible originals work for this challenge? I have 6 now so I could easily use them to finish my pledge. Other than Emma by Jane Austen which is just over 8 hours the rest are fairly sho..."

I’d say definitely yes. I’m counting physical books I got for free and arcs and stuff.

[Bill]

I bought a book today from the audible sale just to help me hit my goal for the year. it was 50% off and I had a $5 coupon so it only cost me $3.74. It will also bring me utd on a series so I felt like I had enough justifications.

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

Any one of those things would’ve felt like justification for me to buy an audiobook lol.

[Bill]

Lol. I’ve been pretty bad everytime an audible sale comes around so this was actually huge restraint on my part.

[Kathrine]

Gah, six five days left of the month and the only book on my December TBR list I haven't read yet is The Odyssey but I'm just not motivated at all to read it... I'd rather read something cozy and winter-y and preferably written in the last century...

How's anyone else doing with their challenge?

[Elinor]

... Bad ?

[Anni]

Actually better than I expected, I finished all my Buddy Reads from this month and some of the ones I carried over. I'm currently at 9 out of 16.

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

I finished Gardens of the Moon on the first, then have proceeded to read exactly 0 others from my physical collection.

I've been really lax with this challenge because of the Empress vs the Captain one. I literally can't do both at the same time because most of my incomplete series are unowned books lol.

Looking to 2019, I want to get back to this one and restart my 5 for 1 challenge. I need an excuse to treat myself to a new book every once in a while and I always find it particularly motivating when it comes to reading owned books.

[Bill]

I have two left on my list and they will also get me to 100 for the year.

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

Bill wrote: "I have two left on my list and they will also get me to 100 for the year."

Omg... that’s amazing.

[Bill]

Thanks Niki. I was just looking at my main overflowing thread and I only had 24 done at the beginning of June so I’m absolutely thrilled that I’ve been able to get even this close to finishing.

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

Bill wrote: "Thanks Niki. I was just looking at my main overflowing thread and I only had 24 done at the beginning of June so I’m absolutely thrilled that I’ve been able to get even this close to finishing."

I'm impressed for sure. I had a goal of 100, but I think I need smaller, more attainable goals for 2019 so I'm shooting for 50.

[Bill]

I’m definitely going smaller in 2019 too. Im planning on doing the remainder of my 2018 purchases which I think is somewhere in the 30s and then some of my other owned books. So will probably aim for 50 too. Most of the new series I plan to start next year are available from my library or Hoopla so trying to think of a way to work that into this challenge too.

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

That seems like a reasonable goal. I’ll be curious to see how you incorporate the library/hoopla titles. Most of my reads are going to be working through the YA books I keep bringing home, one trilogy at a time. If I can’t read a significant chunk, then I’ll need to have a serious talk with myself to keep from buying more. Damn book outlet sale gets me every year.

[Bill]

Sales killed me too. I got 39 out of 77 books this year from sales. Which is great because they were a lot cheaper but still doubled my purchased books for the year.

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

Haha yeah, my most recent one on cyber Monday I got 43 books for $100. Recognizable titles too. I plan to do the same next year, so I’d better get on the ball and actually start reading some of them.

[Bill]

Wow that’s really good. My biggest day was $143 for 27 audiobooks. I bought 12 in the morning then saw my sister at my grandmothers 90th birthday and she got 12 then I went home and bought another 3.

[Bill]

Finished my 12th book for the month and 100th for my book pledge. I definitely wouldn’t have got close if we didn’t do these monthly goals. So thanks for setting it up Niki.

[Virginie]

WOW! Congrats, Bill!

[Elinor]

Congrats Bill !! Very very good job !!