2020 Read Your Shelves Challenge

[Elyse, Moderator]

(Formerly known as Read What You Own!)

My shelves are still cluttered! How about yours? I enjoy this challenge, though I wish I could've pulled *more* books off my shelves last year. Every year I want to read more of my older books. But my ratio of buying new to reading old is pretty bad...lol.

This challenge does not need to be physical books!
There is only one rule!
You can add a book any form as long as you purchased or received it in 2019 or earlier!

How many books will you read off your bookshelves in 2020?

[Arnetta]

I also want to join this challenge. My shelves are way too cluttered. I have a bad habit of owning a book that's part of a series; fall in love and then go to the library to find more. I need to work on what I own tho so this will motivate me more! Let's go for 15 (as I'm working on long series that are being supplied by the library!)

[Elyse, Moderator]

Arnetta wrote: "I also want to join this challenge. My shelves are way too cluttered. I have a bad habit of owning a book that's part of a series; fall in love and then go to the library to find more. I need to wo..."

My bad habit is buying the books and then reading something else. And something else. And something else. And then buying more books and reading something else. I can't remember the last time I bought a book and read it within the week. :/ lol

[Sarah]

I do the same thing, Elyse! I get books but I end up reading library books! But lately I've gotten some of the ones from my shelf read. Hopefully I'll make a bigger dent in my shelf too. I'm going to use some for my ABC challenge and for the Popsugar challenge. Already have them picked out. Plus I'm only using books from my shelf for the PIFM in another group. I read the 2 books that get the most votes that month. 😀

But now someone leant me books... I'm unsure how do I count those? Do I call those "library books" or do I count them as my shelf?? No idea! I never had anyone lend me books before but now I have 7 of them. 🏇 Horse books!

Do you have any suggestions what we refer leant books as?

[Elyse, Moderator]

Sarah wrote: "I do the same thing, Elyse! I get books but I end up reading library books! But lately I've gotten some of the ones from my shelf read. Hopefully I'll make a bigger dent in my shelf too. I'm going ..."

I would count them more as library books or "borrowed" books than book from your shelf since you don't own them.

[Sarah]

Borrowed books is a good term! I'll use that. Thanks!

[Arnetta]

Elyse wrote: "Arnetta wrote: "I also want to join this challenge. My shelves are way too cluttered. I have a bad habit of owning a book that's part of a series; fall in love and then go to the library to find mo..." I can totally relate to that!