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message 1: by Chiara (last edited Feb 23, 2025 02:31PM) (new)

Chiara (chiara_mg) | 38 comments CLEAR THE SHELVES CHALLENGE - Yearly Challenge

January 1st, 2025 - December 31st, 2025


Progress: 4/30

Physical Books: 2/27
Audible Books: 2/2
Ebooks: 0/1


Link to challenge page: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Message #58


A. Read a book that you borrowed from a friend and want to return when finished.
- Lady Audley’s Secret (Mary Elizabeth Braddon) --> COMPLETED

B. Read a book that you have had for two+ years and haven't started.
- Faithful Place (Tana French) - Ebook

C. Read a book you have started, set aside for a while, and now want to finish.
- The Bible

D. Read a book that you own that will help towards a yearly challenge.
- Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)

E. Read 3 of the books you’ve owned the longest
- The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
- Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
- Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)

F. Read a book by an author you’ve never read before.
- Berith (Matteo Corvino)

G. Read a book in a foreign language
- Les Jeux de l’Amour et de la Mort (Fred Vargas)

H. Read as many of the books you’ve bought in 2022-2024 as possible
- Un giorno tutto questo sarà tuo (Lidia Ravera) --> COMPLETED

I. Begin clearing Audible Library
- The Book of Essie: A Novel (Meghan MacLean Weir) --> COMPLETED
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed (Lori Gottlieb) --> COMPLETED


message 2: by Chiara (last edited Jan 02, 2025 10:03AM) (new)

Chiara (chiara_mg) | 38 comments TBR JAR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025


Progress: 0/12


Link to Challenge page: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Message #75

Suggested Tasks:

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest --> Go Set a Watchman (Harper Lee)
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages --> Brothers (Yu Hua)
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages --> Il Pranzo di Babette (Isak Dinesen, Karen Saunders)
5. Read the earliest published book on your TBR --> The Bible
7. Read a book with the highest average rating on your TBR, or over 3.8 --> A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (George Saunders)
9. Read the book with the most number of ratings --> Il Cacciatore di Aquiloni (Khaled Hosseini)
11. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the first page --> Asakusa Kid (Takeshi Kitano)
12. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the last page --> Winterset Hollow (Edward Jonathan Durham)
13. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book --> Riavviare il sistema (Valerio Bassan)
14. Sort your TBR by author. Read a book from the first page --> Il razzismo spiegato a mia figlia (Tahar Ben Jelloun)
15. Sort your TBR by author. Read a book from the last page --> Butcher’s Crossing (John Williams)
16. Randomize your TBR and read the first book --> Orgoglio e Pregiudizio (Jane Austen)


message 3: by Chiara (last edited May 07, 2025 01:22PM) (new)

Chiara (chiara_mg) | 38 comments LET’S TURN PAGES CHALLENGE - Yearly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025


Progress: 9,728/25,000


Link to Challenge page: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Message #88

Lady Audley's Secret - COMPLETED (490 p.)
Wuthering Heights - COMPLETED (356 p.)
Un giorno tutto questo sarà tuo - COMPLETED (320 p.)
The Book of Essie - COMPLETED (Audible - 336 p.)
The Familiar - COMPLETED (Audible - 400 p.)
Poor things - COMPLETED (336 p.)
Un bagliore - COMPLETED (74 p.)
Shadow and Bone - COMPLETED (Audible - 358 p.)
Siege and Storm - COMPLETED (Audible - 400 p.)
Ruin and Rising - COMPLETED (Audible - 417 p.)
Six of Crows - COMPLETED (Audible - 495 p.)
La Storia - COMPLETED (704 p.)
Crooked Kingdom - COMPLETED (Audible - 576 p.)
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed - COMPLETED (Audible - 432 p.)
Sardegna come un'infanzia - COMPLETED (124 p.)
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life - COMPLETED (206 p.)
King of Scars - COMPLETED (Audible - 528 p.)
Rule of Wolves - COMPLETED (Audible - 592 p.)
The Love Hypothesis - COMPLETED (Audible - 356 p.)
Love Theoretically - COMPLETED (Audible - 389 p.)
Canne al vento - COMPLETED (236 p.)
Love on the Brain - COMPLETED (Audible - 354 p.)
Deep End - COMPLETED (Audible - 447 p.)
Not in Love - COMPLETED (Audible - 379 p.)
The Idiot - COMPLETED (423 p.)



Viaggio nel mondo del paranormale. Indagine sulla parapsicologia - In progress (323 p.)
La Bibbia - In progress (1309 p.)
Abbecedario dei proverbi veneti. La saggezza degli antichi detti dalla A alla Z - In progress (423 p.)
Faithful Place - In progress (448 p.)


message 4: by Chiara (last edited Mar 22, 2025 11:35AM) (new)

Chiara (chiara_mg) | 38 comments BOOKWORMS TAKE SHELFIES - Yearly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025


Progress: 7/57


Link to Challenge page: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Message #57

An Author: Stephen King: 0/3
- Rage (Bachman novel)
- Night Shift (story collection)
- Never Flinch (novel)

A Book Genre: Italian 900s Classics: 2/6
- La Storia by Elsa Morante --> COMPLETED
- Canne al vento by Grazia Deledda --> COMPLETED
- Gli indifferenti by Alberto Moravia
- L’arte della gioia by Goliarda Sapienza
- Il partigiano Johnny by Beppe Fenoglio
- Camere separate by Pier Vittorio Tondelli

Book Length: 500+ pages: 0/3
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Brothers by Yu Hua
- the Bible

Book Length: <200 pages: 0/3
- Il Pranzo di Babette by Isak Dinesen, Karen Saunders
- Il razzismo spiegato a mia figlia by Tahar Ben Jelloun
- The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Your Backlist: 4/42 - LOL, see “Clear the shelves” and “Jar” challenges, will update as I go.
- Lady Audley’s Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon --> COMPLETED
- Un giorno tutto questo sarà tuo by Lidia Ravera --> COMPLETED
- The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir --> COMPLETED
- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb --> COMPLETED
- Sardegna come un’infanzia by Elio Vittorini - COMPLETED


message 5: by Chiara (last edited Mar 22, 2025 11:41AM) (new)

Chiara (chiara_mg) | 38 comments I SPY - Yearly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025


Progress: 9/15


Link to Challenge page: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Message #105

1. In your heart - love - The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - COMPLETED
2. In the color wheel - red - Un bagliore by Jon Fosse - COMPLETED
3. In the living room - sofa, television, laptop
4. In autumn - leaf, pumpkin, Halloween
5. In a cave - Scorpion on cover - The Familiar A Novel by Leigh Bardugo - COMPLETED
6. Of the body - Face on cover - Poor Things by Alasdair Gray - COMPLETED
7. At the amusement park - rollercoaster, balloons, clown
8. On the table - teacups and teapots on cover - Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon - COMPLETED
9. On the farm - hay, tractor, sheep
10. In the church - angel, pew, candle
11. In communication - phone, typewriter, letter
12. In the toy box - Rubber duck on the cover - Un giorno tutto questo sarà tuo by Lidia Ravera - COMPLETED
13. On the beach - sea, umbrella, towel
14. In the library - "Book” in the title - The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir - COMPLETED
15. In celebration - balloons, fireworks, cake
16. At the zoo - bear, snake, elephant
17. In the garden - Tree on the cover - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - COMPLETED
18. In a glass - wine, milk, water
19. At the ballpark - ball, hot dog, hat
20. In the castle - throne, princess, crown
21. In the hospital - doctor, needle, patient
22. In fiction - dragon, satyr, fairy
23. In your free time - puzzle, sewing machine, stamps
24. In school - book, locker, pencil
25. At the museum - art, statue, dinosaur
26. In the closet - jacket, scarf, vacuum
27. At the police station - detective, case, cell
28. In the family - brother, dad, aunt
29. In the city - people, street light, school
30. In time - hour, year, later
31. Under the sea - fish, seaweed, coral
32. In the sky - bird, kite, cloud
33. In the armory - gun, sword, helmet
34. In space - star, asteroid, alien
35. In the world - Sardegna in the title - Sardegna come un'infanzia by Elio Vittorini - COMPLETED
36. In music - cello, notes, melody


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