Marla's More Books Than I Can Read in my Lifetime

[Marla]

Mayday! SOS! (Save Our Shelves)
Marla's More Books Than I Can Read in my Lifetime
Duration: 5/1/21 - 5/31/21

Starting Total: 3597
- Want-to-Read: 1964
- BBC-Suggestion: 582
- Maybe: 202
- Playaway: 291
- To-Listen: 444
- To-Read-Someday: 114
Reduced: 100

Current TBR: 3507
- Want-to-Read: 1907
- BBC-Suggestion: 577
- Maybe: 184
- Playaway: 276
- To-Listen: 450
- To-Read-Someday: 113

I don't know about you, but my TBR shelf is getting out of hand!

For the month of May, will you pledge with me to knock off at least one book from your TBR shelf a day? Yes, at least one book each day. Depending on the size of your To-Read shelf, you could bump that up to 10 books a day.

Suggested Completion Post
Book:
Spot on Your To-Read list:
How the Book was Removed: (read, not interested, will not buy, was a duplicate)
Date:


5/1 -
5/2 -
5/3 -
5/4 -
5/5 -
5/6 - 10
5/7 - 25
5/8
5/9
5/10 - 15
5/11 - 10
5/12
5/13
5/14
5/15 - 10
5/16
5/17
5/18
5/19
5/20
5/21
5/22
5/23
5/24
5/25
5/26
5/27
5/28
5/29
5/30
5/31 ~ 30

[Marla]

May 6th

1.
Book: The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A.N Roquelaure
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1399
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.27

2.
Book: Prom Nights from Hell by Meg Cabot
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1649
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.27

3.
Book: Warrior by Zoe Archer
Spot on Your To-Read list: 441
How the Book was Removed: Not in Library and not willing to buy

4.
Book: In Paradise by Peter Matthiessen
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1455
How the Book was Removed: No longer interested (Free Kindle)

5.
Book: The Nine Companions by Barbara C. Burgess
Spot on Your To-Read list: 886
How the Book was Removed: No longer interested (Free Kindle)

6.
Book: Strangely Beautiful by Leanna Renee Hieber
Spot on Your To-Read list: 423
How the Book was Removed: Not in Library and not willing to buy

7.
Book: A Killing in Antiques by Mary Moody
Spot on Your To-Read list: 252
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.5

8.
Book: The Condition by Jennifer Haigh
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1505
How the Book was Removed: Sounds too depressing

9.
Book: Cross My Heart by Sasha Gould
Spot on Your To-Read list: 767
How the Book was Removed: Not in Library and not willing to buy

10.
Book: Demon Angel by Meljean Brook
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1636
How the Book was Removed: Not in Library and not willing to buy

[Marla]

May 7th

Duplicates

1.
Book: Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Crusie
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

2.
Book: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

3.
Book: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

4.
Book: The Annotated American GodsAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

5.
Book: Confessions of a Murder Suspect by James Patterson
Spot on Your To-Read list: 659
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

6.
Book: Everlost by Neal Shusterman
Spot on Your To-Read list: 3
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

7.
Book: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

8.
Book: Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1744
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

9.
Book: Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

10.
Book: Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1306
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

11.
Book: Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

12.
Book: My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories by Stephanie Perkins
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1412
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

13.
Book: Now You See Her by James Patterson
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

14.
Book: Private by James Patterson
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

15.
Book: Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1912
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

16.
Book: Recursion by Blake Crouch
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1741
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

17.
Book: The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1910
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

18.
Book: The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

19.
Book: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Spot on Your To-Read list: 492
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

20.
Book: The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

21.
Book: This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

22.
Book: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

23.
Book: Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt
Spot on Your To-Read list:
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

24.
Book: Unsolved by James Patterson
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1687
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

25.
Book: Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Duplicate

[Marla]

May 10th

1.
Book: The Widows of Eastwick by John Updike
Spot on Your To-Read list:
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 2.96

2.
Book: Miss Timmins' School for Girls by Nayana Currimbhoy
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.08

3.
Book: The Girls of August by Anne Rivers Siddons
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.11

4.
Book: Hawkes Harbor by S.E. Hinton
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.13

5.
Book: The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.14

6.
Book: Donny's Brain by Rona Munro
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.14 (Free audio download)

7.
Book: Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal by Julie Metz
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.15

8.
Book: The Passages of H. M.: A Novel of Herman Melville by Jay Parini
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.32

9.
Book: Of Men and Their Mothers by Mameve Medwed
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.34

10.
Book: Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.35

11.
Book: The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship by Jeffrey Zaslow
Spot on Your To-Read list:
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.37

12.
Book: Red on Red by Edward Conlon
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.41

13.
Book: Lord of the Changing Winds by Rachel Neumeier
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.41 & high fantasy

14.
Book: Talk Talk by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.43

15.
Book: The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Not interested due to low GR rating 3.43

[Marla]

May 11th

Oldest

1.
Book: Dreams of the Ringed Vale by Robert Fanney
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1085
How the Book was Removed: one of oldest books (9/21/08), low GRs rating (3.58) and no longer interested

2.
Book: Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites by Chris Heimerdinger
Spot on Your To-Read list: 8
How the Book was Removed: not in library and I'm not willing to buy

3.
Book: The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg
Spot on Your To-Read list: 20
How the Book was Removed: No longer interested

4.
Book: Once Bitten by Trina M. Lee
Spot on Your To-Read list: 20
How the Book was Removed: Not in library and not willing to buy the whole series

5.
Book: Reign or Shine by Michelle Rowen
Spot on Your To-Read list: 21
How the Book was Removed: Not in library and not willing to buy

6.
Book: Bloodlines by Lindsay Anne Kendal
Spot on Your To-Read list: 31
How the Book was Removed: Not in library and not willing to buy series

7.
Book: Malicious Intent by Kathryn Fox
Spot on Your To-Read list: 24
How the Book was Removed: Not in library and not willing to buy series ($7.99 @)

8.
Book: The Sweet By and By by Todd Johnson
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1457
How the Book was Removed: No longer interested

9.
Book: The Queen of Palmyra by Minrose Gwin
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1458
How the Book was Removed: No longer interested

10.
Book: Ordinary Thunderstorms by William Boyd
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1460
How the Book was Removed: Low GR rating (3.66) and no longer interested

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

We're halfway through the month and we've removed over 1000 books from our To-Read shelves. 1088 books to be exact!

[Marla]

May 15th

More Oldest

1.
Book: The Next Thing on My List by Jill Smolinski
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1463
How the Book was Removed: Low GR rating 3.47

2.
Book: Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1465
How the Book was Removed: No longer interested and low GR friend's rating 3.45

3.
Book: The Wishing Trees by John Shors
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1466
How the Book was Removed: Low GR rating 3.68

4.
Book: A Friend of the Family by Lauren Grodstein
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1469
How the Book was Removed: Low GR rating 3.39

5.
Book: Without a Map by Meredith Hall
Spot on Your To-Read list: 1470
How the Book was Removed: No longer interested with GR rating 3.71

6.
Book: Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Low GR Friend rating 2.50

7.
Book: The Negotiator
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: No longer into spy novels or international intrigue

8.
Book: Beach Music by Pat Conroy
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: No longer interested cuz not willing to read 800 pages of this book

9.
Book: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Low GR Friend rating 2.50

10.
Book: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Low GR Friend rating 2.75

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

We're on our last week of this challenge. I hope you're accomplishing what you wanted to achieve. I'm struggling to find books on my To-Read list that I can easily remove. That's not a bad thing :)

[Marla]

May 31st

More Oldest

1.
Book: Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Mediocre GR Friend rating 3.46 and there are so many better vampire books out there

2.
Book: The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott by Kelly O'Connor McNees
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Low GR Friend rating 3.00 and no longer interested

3.
Book: The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Low GR Friend rating 3.00

4.
Book: Once Bitten by Kalayna Price
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: Low GR rating of 3.55 and I think I meant to add different vampire book

5.
Book:The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert V.S. Redick
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 560 pages of High Fantasy and only 3.69 GR rating

Lowest GR ratings:

6.
Book: Lulu in Marrakech by Diane Johnson
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 2.55 GR rating

7.
Book: Cheap Cabernet: A Friendship by Cathie Beck
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.02 GR rating

8.
Book: Hawkes Harbor by S.E. Hinton
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.13 GR rating

9.
Book: Donny's Brain by Rona Munro
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.14 GR rating

10.
Book: Life Sentences by Laura Lippman
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.14 GR rating

11.
Book: Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal by Julie Metz
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.15 GR rating

12.
Book: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.18 GR rating

13.
Book: The Innocents by Francesca Segal
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.18 GR rating

14.
Book: The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.18 GR rating

15.
Book: Dancing With Werewolves by Carole Nelson Douglas
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.20 GR rating

16.
Book: The Grift by Debra Ginsberg
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.24 GR rating

17.
Book: So Much Pretty by Cara Hoffman
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.27 GR rating

18.
Book: The Republic of Trees by Sam Taylor
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.30 GR rating

19.
Book: Becoming Jane Eyre by Sheila Kohler
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.31 GR rating

20.
Book: The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.36 GR rating

21.
Book: The Map of Time by Félix J. Palma
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.38 GR rating & 600+ pages

22.
Book: Serendipity Market by Penny Blubaugh
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.42 GR rating & no longer interested

23.
Book: Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.42 GR rating & no longer interested

24.
Book: Music of the Gods by Richard Schiver
Spot on Your To-Read list: 842
How the Book was Removed: 3.39 GR rating

25.
Book: I Used to Know That: Stuff You Forgot from School by Caroline Taggert
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.41 GR rating & no longer interested

26.
Book: Talk Talk by T. Coraghessan Boyle
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.42 GR rating & no longer interested

27.
Book: Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.43 GR rating & everyone said it's weird

28.
Book: Schroder by Amity Gaige
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.43 GR rating & no longer interested

29.
Book: The Dive from Clausen's Pier by Ann Packer
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.44 GR rating & no longer interested

30.
Book: The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg
Spot on Your To-Read list: ??
How the Book was Removed: 3.44 GR rating & obesity and obsession not my thing