Clear Off Your Shelves Challenge Completed!
I can’t believe it! I’ve completed another challenge! (This is just my second time actually completing a challenge, so I’m feeling pretty flush.) The Clear Off Your Shelves Challenge was hosted by Swapna and ran from October 1 to November 30. The goal was to read “any non-review books that are on your shelves and/or review copies that have been on your shelves for over six months.” Participants picked a percentage of books to fit that criteria and like the sissy that I am, I signed up for the minimum – 20%. Here’s what I read during this challenge (I’ve put asterisks by those that count toward the challenge):
- Stitches by David Small
- Tell Me Something True by Leila Cobo
- A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
- Undead and Unreturnable by Mary Janice Davidson (audio book)*
- Labor Day by Joyce Maynard
- The Unquiet by John Connolly (audio book)*
- The Unlikely Disciple by Kevin Roose*
- Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly
- Willow by Julia Hoban*
- Angels by Chuck Fischer
- Permissions Slips by Sherri Shepherd
- Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris*
- Family Sentence: The Search for My Cuban-Revolutionary, Prison-Yard, Mythic-Hero, Deadbeat Dad by Jeanine Cornillot
- One Hundred Butterflies by Harold Feinstein
- The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume*
- Sunflowers by Sheramy Bundrick
- All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor*
- I Have My Mother’s Eyes by Barbara Ruth Bluman
- Everything Sucks by Hannah Friedman
- The Christmas Cookie Club by Ann Pearlman
- A Christmas Ride: The Miracle of Lights by Edie Hand with Jeffrey Addison
- Got the Look by James Grippando (audio book)*
- New Tricks by David Rosenfelt
- Witch & Wizard by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
- Homer’s Odyssey by Gwen Cooper
- Wishin’ and Hopin’ by Wally Lamb*
- The Wife’s Tale by Lori Lansens
- French Milk by Lucy Knisley*
- The Body in the Sleigh by Katherine Hall Page
- In the Beginning: The Art of Genesis by Chuck Fischer
Out of 31 books read during October and November, 10 qualify for this challenge, which gives me 32%, so I exceeded my goal! I think this calls for a book buying celebration.
Wow, what a long list! Congratulations on meeting the challenge! I agree with you: this means you deserve to restock that TBR pile!
Nice job. You managed to read quite a bit!
Well done!
Lezlie
Congrats on completing the challenge. Honestly, I’m impressed with how many books you managed to read in only two months. Sigh. If only I could read as quickly.
Great job!
I have completed every single challenge I have entered…zero!
Congrats on finishing the challenge, Kathy! Great list too!
Definitely a book buying celebration is in order!
congrats on completing the challenge! I wish I could complete more of them! Happy buying!
Congratulations! That is a lot of reading!
Nice job! I always like to set my goals low and then if I manage to surpass them, I can be particularly thrilled with myself. Enjoy your book buying – I enjoyed mine!
Yay Kathy! Great job! I came in just above my goal too. We rock!
Congrats! That’s a lot of books read!
Woohoo! These reading challenges give us the little push we need!
Good job! Sounds like a good thing to keep doing to keep those shelves from overflowing.
Congrats! I smiled when I saw the Judy Blume book on the list — it was one of my favorites growing up. I hope it stood the test of time for you.
Congrats. I didn’t fare so well!
Great!! Congratulations on completion of the challenge. I think u need to reward urself with some new books now
Wow, Kathy! You are my reading idol! I can’t imagine reading that much right now. You reminded me that I need to post about the challenge though. I think I met the goal, but I only read 3 books, so I just barely made it! 1 met the goal!:)
Way to go, Kathy!!!
Wow, congratulations on reading so many books!!
That is a big accomplishment Kath! Congratulations! Hop to the bookstore now!
Wow, Kathy, well done!
Congratulation! I am so impressed with the number of books you read and blog about.
Good job! I signed up for 20% too and did really well in October but I haven’t tabulated my November %, so we will see!
Well, first of all….Congratulations for exceeding the goal and completing the challenge. That is GREAT!
Secondly….I am in awe of your ability to read 31 books in two months. Way to go, Kathy!
Bravo! Well done.
Congrats! You did great!
–Anna
Congrats on finishing the challenge!
Good job! I’m doing an unofficial clearing of the shelves, but didn’t join the challenge. I didn’t think of calculating it as a percentage, though–what a great idea.
Congratulations on another challenge completed! 32% is great
I’m working on my fourth & fifth challenge of the year. I think both will come down to the wire.
You are too funny “calls for a book buying celebration”…LOL Congrats though..you did great.
Congratulations! I haven’t had much luck with my challenges this year, but I’m glad someone is making some headway. Good work!
Well done! It must feel good to complete this one … and now you have justification to fill those shelves back up!
That’s awesome! You should definitely buy some books to celebrate. =)
I applaud you. I joined this and then did not track any of it! I’m so ashamed. I had such high hopes.
I like the way you celebrate, Kathy! Congratulations on completing your second challenge.
Congrats on completing your challenge! I’m impressed with the number of books that you’ve read.
Yeay! Great job! That’s a lot of books finished off
Woo Hoo!!! Congrats. I haven’t added mine up yet. Tomorrow…..
I always knew you read enough to do challenges. Good for you. And any day is a good day for a book buying celebration, isn’t it? Glad you’re finally enjoying the challenges.
Congratulations on finishing the challenge! And, wow, that’s an amazing list! Makes me feel so very lazy. I may have to go on a book-buying binge just to make myself feel better!
why yes, any time you finish a challenge you should reward yourself with more books! Congrats Kathy…way to go!
Congrats on exceeding your goal and completing this challenge. Fantastic!
Congratulations. You did great! I hope the shelves don’t stack up too quickly so you can savor the feeling of accomplishment.
Congrats on finishing the challenge!
Congratulations, Kathy! You did a great job. I think every time we complete a challenge we should visit the bookstore as an award.
Congratulations! You did an amazing job and read so many wonderful books.
Congratulations on finishing this challenge, that’s great!
Congratulations! Can you believe I haven’t written my wrap-up post yet?
Congratulations! I wish I could get that much read! Sounds as though you had fun.