2024 Reading Challenge discussion

Updating msg #10

Last book to round out January

6/35 books read

Update Message #67

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

2/20

Updated message #29

4/48

Updated msg 26

8/26

8.-Wings of Glass, read on 1-31-24, on tbr list 12-20-14

updated post 41

6/30 Total

Physical Books: 4/15

Ebooks: 1/5

Audible Books: 1/10

Updated message 4: 7/60

Update for message 56 - 7/150 books completed.

Message 33 Updated
Overall Total: 38/180
Physical Books: 18/60
E-Books: 11/60
Audio-Books: 9/60

Update to message #40

5/50

updated msg 35, 8/45

Update to message #20

PROGRESS: 5/150

Update msg # 25

12/70 books

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Shark Heart
Final Girls

Update to Message 27

2/45

Fairy Tale (Read) - 1/29/24

Update to #83 - 3/40

Update message 8

5/75

Message 112 update:

Physical: 2/24
Ebooks: 2/12
Audiobooks: 1/6

Updated message 81-- 7/70

2024 Reading Challenge
Clear the Shelves - 2024
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Progress: 75 out of 145

This challenge is a way to clean out all of your bookshelves: your physical, your electric, and your audible ones! The books you read for this challenge are books you already own. For this challenge, you are not allowed to read a book you bought or have been gifted after December 31, 2023 unless you have read at least 5 books you already own.

List the number of

Physical Books: 100
1. The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer - ***** - 1/1/2024 - 416 Pages
2. Heart Takes the Stage: A Heart of the City Collection by Steenz - *** - 1/2/2024 - 208 Pages
3. The Snowcat Prince by Dina Norlund - ***** - 1/3/2024 - 176 Pages
4. How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix - ***** - 1/7/2024 - 419 Pages
5. The Legend of Brightblade by Ethan M. Aldridge - **** - 1/13/2024 - 208 Pages
6. Scent of Darkness by Christina Dodd - ***** - 1/21/2024 - 416 Pages
7. Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan Henry - **** - 1/22/2024 - 432 Pages
8. Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers by Dav Pilkey - **** - 1/24/2024 - 224 Pages
9. When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill - **** - 1/29/2024 - 367 Pages
10. Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr - ***** - 1/31/2024 - 368 Pages
11. Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto - **** - 2/3/2024 - 302 Pages
12. Out There by Seaerra Miller - ***** - 2/4/2024 - 232 Pages
13. Hot Ice by Nora Roberts - **** - 2/7/2024 - 312 Pages
14. I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us by Kristin Chenoweth - ***** - 2/10/2024 - 224 Pages
15. Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang - ***** - 2/15/2024 - 352 Pages
16. The Ice Dragon by George R.R. Martin - ***** - 2/17/2024 - 120 Pages
17. City of Illusion by Victoria Ying - ***** - 2/17/2024 - 256 Pages
18. Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood - ***** - 2/19/2024 - 389 Pages
19. The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy by Anne Ursu - *** - 2/20/2024 - 423 Pages
20. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy - ***** - 2/24/2024 - 320 Pages
21. Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah - ***** - 2/29/2024 - 279 Pages
22. While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams - ***** - 3/7/2024 - 367 Pages
23. Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb - ***** - 3/10/2024 - 347 Pages
24. HBR Guide to Project Management by Harvard Business School Press - ***** - 3/30/2024 - 192 Pages
25. Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/1/2024 - 305 Pages
26. Day Shift by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/2/2024 - 307 Pages
27. Night Shift by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/5/2024 - 308 Pages
28. Compass South by Hope Larson - ***** - 4/5/2024 - 224 Pages
29. Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez - ***** - 4/7/2024 - 400 Pages
30. Ladies' Night by Jessica Adams - ** - 4/8/2024 - 512 Pages
31. Living With Viola by Rosena Fung - ***** - 4/12/2024 - 272 Pages
32. Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez - ***** - 4/14/2024 - 416 Pages
33. Such Big Dreams by Reema Patel - **** - 4/17/2024 - 336 Pages
34. The Women by Kristin Hannah - ***** - 4/21/2024 - 480 Pages
35. Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee - ***** - 4/22/2024 - 250 Pages
36. Roll Call by Molly Knox Ostertag - ***** - 4/24/2024 - 208 Pages
37. The Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel - *** - 4/25/2024 - 754 Pages
38. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 4/26/2024 - 318 Pages
39. Schnozzer & Tatertoes: Take a Hike! by Rick Stromoski - ***** - 4/27/2024 - 144 Pages
40. Bride by Ali Hazelwood - ***** - 5/8/2024 - 416 Pages
41. I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai - *** - 5/9/2024 - 438 Pages
42. I Curse You With Joy by Tiffany Haddish - ***** - 5/25/2024 - 269 Pages
43. Lore Olympus: Volume Six by Rachel Smythe - ***** - 5/26/2024 - 432 Pages
44. Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade - *** - 5/30/2024 - 409 Pages
45. Bats: Learning to Fly by Falynn Koch - ***** - 6/1/2024 - 128 Pages
46. Codex by Lev Grossman - *** - 6/5/2024 - 348 Pages
47. Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake - ***** - 6/7/2024 - 375 Pages
48. Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories About Growing Up Trans by Sammy Lisel - **** - 6/8/2024 - 144 Pages
49. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - **** - 6/16/2024 - 505 Pages
50. Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson - ***** - 6/30/2024 - 483 Pages
51.

Kindle/Audible Books: 45
1. XOXO, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness by Cody Rigsby - *** - 1/9/2024 - 240 Pages
2. The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore - ***** - 1/11/2024 - 267 Pages
3. When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal - **** - 1/13/2024 - 348 Pages
4. Cowgirl Up and Ride by Lorelei James - **** - 1/22/2024 - 280 Pages
5. The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen - **** - 1/23/2024 - 368 Pages
6. The Selection by Kiera Cass - *** - 2/4/2024 - 336 Pages
7. Under the Christmas Tree by Robyn Carr - ***** - 2/5/2024 - 93 Pages
8. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins - ***** - 2/11/2024 - 326 Pages
9. Maybe This Time by Jennifer Crusie - ***** - 2/14/2024 - 323 Pages
10. We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver - * - 2/25/2024 - 400 Pages
11. The Queen by Kiera Cass - *** - 2/26/2024 - 72 Pages
12. The Prince by Kiera Cass - *** - 2/27/2024 - 64 Pages
13. No Man's Land by Kirsten Beyer - *** - 2/29/2024 - 2 Pages
14. The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig - ***** - 3/3/2024 - 388 Pages
15. Find the Good: Unexpected Life Lessons from a Small-Town Obituary Writer by Heather Lende - **** - 4/8/2024 - 176 Pages
16. Everyday Charisma: Techniques for Mass Appeal, Charm, and Becoming a Social Powerhouse by Patrick King - *** - 4/10/2024 - 84 Pages
17. Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins - ***** - 4/10/2024 - 312 Pages
18. Sugar Rush by Sawyer Bennett - **** - 4/11/2024 - 301 Pages
19. Assaulted Caramel by Amanda Flower - **** - 4/17/2024 - 328 Pages
20. Nice Girls Don’t Sign a Lease Without a Wedding Ring by Molly Harper - ***** - 4/23/2024 - 9 Pages
21. The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. - ** - 4/30/2024 - 105 Pages
22. Election by Tom Perrotta - **** - 5/1/2024 - 210 Pages
23. Effortless Success: How to Get What You Want and Have a Great Time Doing It by Michael Neill - ***** - 5/3/2024 - 6 Pages
24. Bossypants by Tina Fey - ***** - 6/23/2024 - 277 Pages
25. Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - **** - 6/28/2024 - 510 Pages
26.

Updated!

Just a reminder to please post # as well as your update number as I do not go back and check your original posts and rely solely on your updates :)

Update for message #6:
📚 Progress: 7/50 📚

Update message 8

8/75

Update to message #40

6/50

Update msg 26

9/30

9.-The Hotel Nantucket, read 2-5-24, on tbr list 1-12-23

Update to message 103 - Completed 3/20

Asterisk
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Circe

Update to 108, 9/50 read

Update to message #39 Clear The Shelves Challenge
21/38 Read

Update Message 58
3/50

Update to msg 16. Thank you!

Progress: 3/24

Update to message #40

7/50

1 Dandelion wine Master series Ray Bradberry
2. Rebel Girls by Libby Bray
3. The Maltese Falcon by Dashell Hammet
4. The Mermaid Chair Sue Monk Kidd it was good but not good enough to keep.

Update to message #39 Clear The Shelves Challenge
22/38 Read

Update to message #93
5/20

Updated message #29

5/48

Update to message #48 - 1/25 read!

Updated message 24

10/100

Update message #22 - 2/16

Updated message 9

4/24

I'm in for 40 Physical & 40 Ebooks!

Physical:

1. Christmas in Plains: Memories
2. Run and Hide: How Jewish Youth Escaped the Holocaust
Goal Met So Far: 2/40

Ebooks:

1. Six Ways from Sunday: A Collection of 42 Poems
2. Mr. Patches Is Bored
3. PUD- The WANNABE Cat

Goal Met So Far: 3/40

Progress update to message #76!

3/12 read:

The Poppy War : R. F. Kuang ✓
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas : Frederick Douglas ✓
The Invisible Life of Addie LeRue : V. E. Schwab ✓

Updating message #10

18/35 completed

Updated!

Updated message 81-- 8/70

Update to message #39 Clear The Shelves Challenge
24/38 Read

Updated message #29

6/48

Post 38 update: 3/12 complete

Update to message #40

8/50

Update #37

Ann - 2/ 8 ; 1/ 8 ; 3/ 14

Update msg # 25

14/70

Update msg 26

10/30

10.-Finale: Caraval #3, read 2-21, on tbr list 3-21-19