Alex's Overflowing Bookshelf Challenge

[Alex]

This looks like a fun way to keep my book library somewhat in check.

Goodreads TBR

Main goal: to read more books in a year than I get.

2022 challenge:

Total TBR at beginning of year: 588
Total unread from collection at beginning of year: 158

Book-Buying Ban Challenge:

Three books for reward

Physical Books:
1. The Silver Stallion
2. Clouds of Witness
3. The Body in the Library
Purchased: Jill the Reckless

1000 pages for reward

Round 1:
1. The Vine Witch 269/269
2. The Incredulity of Father Brown 139/408
3. Mary Poppins 207/615
4. The Step on the Stair 380/995
5. A Tale of Old Japan 10/1005
Purchased: Tom Swift and his Airline Express, or From Ocean to Ocean by Daylight

Round 2:
From last round: 5/5
1. The Complete Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft 1098/1103
Purchased: The Book of Three

Round 3:
From last round: 103/103
1. Lud-in-the-Mist 273/376
2. Unnatural Death 264/640
3. The Song of Rhiannon 208/848
4. The Secret of Father Brown 131/979
5. The Scandal of Father Brown 145/1174
Purchased: The Black Cauldron

Round 4:
From last round: 174/174
1. Wheel of Stars 318/492
2. Jill the Reckless 384/876
3.Journey to the Center of the Earth 248/1124
Purchased: The Castle of Llyr

Round 5 (combine with oldest and newest tbr):
From last round: 124
1. I, Robot 225/349
2. Ancient Egypt 246/595
3. Tom Swift and his Airline Express, or From Ocean to Ocean by Daylight 218/813
4. My Evil Mother: A Short Story 32/845
5. Ancient Egypt 192/1037
Purchased: The Young Magicians

Round 6:
From last round: 37
1. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas 445/482
2. Indian Fairy Tales 184/666
3. Island of the Mighty 368/1034
Purchased: Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories

Round 5:
From last round: 34
1. Lord Peter Views the Body 276/310
2. Lord of Chaos 988/1298
Reward: Taran Wanderer

Round 6:
From last round: 298
Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories 211/509
Triple Zero 427/936
The Broken Sword 229/1165
Reward: The High King

Round 7:
From last round: 165
From the Earth to the Moon and 'Round the Moon 182/347
The Young Magicians 280/627
The Seven Dials Mystery 284/911
Mary Poppins Comes Back 292/1203
Reward: Gerfalcon

Round 8:
From last round: 203
Mostly Harmless 284/487
Dragons, Elves, and Heroes 277/764
The Circular Study 204/968
Hrolf Kraki's Saga 261/1229
Reward: The Gnome King of Oz

Round 9:
From last round: 229
Leviathan Wakes 561/790
The Young Visitors: Or Mr. Salteena's Plan 105/895
The Chinese Parrot 145/1040
Reward: Figures of Earth

Round 10:
From last round: 40
Eragon 509/549
Gerfalcon 310/859
Freddy Goes to Florida 197/1056
Reward: Domnei

[Alex]

2023 Challenge:

Total TBR at beginning of year: 342
Total unread from collection at beginning of year: 131

1500 pages for reward.

Round 1:
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club 192/192
The Marvellous Land of Snergs 224/416
The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' 136/552
Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection 415/967
The Sorcerer's Ship 205/1172
Mary Poppins in the Park 269/1441
Arsène Lupin in the Teeth of the Tiger 490/1931
Reward: Mistress of Mistresses

Round 2:
From last round: 431
Figures of Earth 290/721
Behind That Curtain 141/862
The Woman of Mystery 352/1214
The Black Camel 139/1353
The First Men in the Moon 342/1695
Reward: A Fish Dinner in Memison

Round 3:
From last round: 195
Charlie Chan Carries On 217/412
The Worm Ouroboros 520/932
Keeper of the Keys 134/1066
Brain Wave 164/1230
Strong Poison 192/1422

[Alex]

2024 Challenge:

Total TBR at beginning of year: 462
Total unread from collection at beginning of year: 122

1500 pages for reward.

Round 1: