Coffee & Books discussion

Welcome back you Hoarders! The Annual Hoarders Challenge is BACK!

For this challenge, you are trying to reach past those dusty old shelves (virtual or actual.. your Goodreads TBR list definitely needs some love, & I know it!) and getting those books you hoard, it's like a yearly spring clean!! This challenge is a "go by the list challenge" and you can find the designated categories listed below! You can compete the listed categories in as many rounds as needed!


Categories
1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house
3. Book you got for free
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time
5. Book recommended by a friend
6. Book from BOTM selection you missed
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened
9. Book that is in the 1-99 that is on your TBR list (virtual list here on goodreads)
10. Book that is/was assigned in school that you never really "read" - SKIMMING DOESNT COUNT!


Rules
To complete the challenge you must scratch off each number

If you are/were within 50 pages of completion on January 1st, 2019, the books is all game! And likewise - if you are 50 pages or less into a book starting January 2018 - book is GAME!

NO re-read books! I know it is fun, but this challenge is for cleaning of them books y'all!

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Duration
Jan. 1st 2018 through Jan. 1st 2019 - clock strikes midnight, you're done!

I AM IN!


1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest: The Mission

2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house: Ariel: The Restored Editionfinished on 04.01.2018

3. Book you got for free: The Sun and Her Flowers finished on 01.02.2018

4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time: Red Clocks

5. Book recommended by a friend: The Gold Cell finished on 02.26.2018

6. Book from BOTM selection you missed: Ready Player One finished on 06.16.2018

7. Book from a series you abandoned: Twilight / Life and Death

8. A classic you got and never opened: Matilda

9. Book that is in the 1-99 that is on your TBR list (virtual list here on goodreads): Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

10. Book that is/was assigned in school that you never really "read" - SKIMMING DOESNT COUNT!: The Great Gatsby

Categories
1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house
3. Book you got for free
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time
5. Book recommended by a friend
6. Book from BOTM selection you missed
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened
9. Book that is in the 1-99 that is on your TBR list (virtual list here on goodreads)
10. Book that is/was assigned in school that you never really "read" - SKIMMING DOESNT COUNT!

1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your houseKiller Librarianby Mary Lou Kirwincompleted 1-1-18
3. Book you got for free Bite the Biscuitby Linda O. Johnstoncompleted 2-5-18
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time Bad MonkeybyCarl Hiaasencompleted 1-27-18
5. Book recommended by a friend Best Remembered Poemsby Martin Gardnercompleted 1-25-18Amy Bloom
6. Book from BOTM selection you missedEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fineby Gail Honeyman
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened Peter Panby J.M. Barrie completed 1-25-18
9. Book that is in the 1-99 that is on your TBR list (virtual list here on goodreads)Awayby amy bloom
10. Book that is/was assigned in school that you never really "read" - SKIMMING DOESNT COUNT!

I'll give this a shot:

0/10

Categories
1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest
Losing Julia by Jonathan Hull
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house

3. Book you got for free

4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time

5. Book recommended by a friend

6. Book from BOTM selection you missed

7. Book from a series you abandoned

8. Book classic you got and never opened

9. Book that is in the 1-99 that is on your TBR list (virtual list here on goodreads)

10. Book that is/was assigned in school that you never really "read" - SKIMMING DOESNT COUNT!

Completed:

Annual Hoarders Challenge

1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest

2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house

3. Book you got for free
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2/18)
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time

5. Book recommended by a friend
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari (1/28)
6. Book from BOTM selection you missed

7. Book from a series you abandoned
UnBound by Neal Shusterman (12/25)
8. Book classic you got and never opened
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (1/6)
9. Book that is in the 1-99 that is on your TBR list (virtual list here on goodreads)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (12/18)
10. Book that is/was assigned in school that you never really "read" - SKIMMING DOESN'T COUNT!
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1/17)

2018 Hoarder's Challenge
1/10

1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house
3. Book you got for free
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time
5. Book recommended by a friend
6. Book from BOTM selection you missed
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened The War of the Worlds Completed 2/14/18
9. Book that is in the 1-99 that is on your TBR list (virtual list here on goodreads)
10. Book that is/was assigned in school that you never really "read" - SKIMMING DOESNT COUNT!

2018 Hoarder's Challenge
0/10

1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house
3. Book you got for free
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time
5. Book recommended by a friend
6. Book from BOTM selection you missed
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened
9. Book that is in the 1-99 that is on your TBR list (virtual list here on goodreads)
10. Book that is/was assigned in school that you never really "read" - SKIMMING DOESNT COUNT!

Ok, I can do this!

strikethrough = completed
italics = currently reading or planned

Categories

1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest
Les Misérables (currently reading)

2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house
Duma Key (planned)

3. Book you got for free
The Bear and the Nightingale ✔

4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time
The Diary of a Young Girl or A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (planned)

5. Book recommended by a friend
The Final Empire✔

6. Book from BOTM selection you missed
A Gentleman in Moscow (currently reading)

7. Book from a series you abandoned
UnDivided or The Magician's Land (planned)

8. Book classic you got and never opened
Northanger Abbey (planned)

9. Book that is in the 1-99 that is on your TBR list (virtual list here on goodreads)
The Color Purple, by Alice Walker (#86) ✔

10. Book that is/was assigned in school that you never really "read" - SKIMMING DOESNT COUNT!
Utopia or One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Categories
1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house
3. Book you got for free
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time
5. Book recommended by a friend
6. Book from BOTM selection you missed
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened
9. Book that is in the 1-99 that is on your TBR list (virtual list here on goodreads)
10. Book that is/was assigned in school that you never really "read" - SKIMMING DOESNT COUNT!

Ok, I'm in

✔ 1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest - Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
✔ 2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house - Split Second by David Baldacci
✔ 3. Book you got for free - The Minefield Girl by Sofia Ek
✔ 4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
✔ 5. Book recommended by a friend - The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston
✔ 6. Book from BOTM selection you missed - The Child Finder
✔ 7. Book from a series you abandoned - Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
✔ 8. Book classic you got and never opened - A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy by Miyamoto Musashi
✔ 9. Book that is in the 1-99 that is on your TBR list (virtual list here on goodreads) - Proven Guilty by Jim Butcher
✔ 10. Book that is/was assigned in school that you never really "read" - SKIMMING DOESNT COUNT! A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

I introduced the concept 4 years ago then gave up in the following years. Tsk tsk. Now is time to clear these lists! I'm in!

Categories
✔: 1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest

Anna and the French Kiss

2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house

✔ 3. Book you got for free

French Ways and Their Meaning

4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time

The Book Thief

5. Book recommended by a friend
6. Book from BOTM selection you missed
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened
9. Book that is in the 1-99 that is on your TBR list (virtual list here on goodreads)
10. Book that is/was assigned in school that you never really "read"
11. Book you borrowed and never returned.. nor read

Awww thanks for coming up with this Rachel

Sasha wrote: "Awww thanks for coming up with this Rachel"


Of course Miss Sasha! <3

I'm in!


Annual hoarders challenge

1. Book that has been on your TBR list the longest: Crime and Punishment
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3. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house
4. Book you got for free
5. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time
6. Book recommended by a friend
7. Book from BOTM selection you missed
8. Book from a series you abandoned
9. Book classic you got and never opened
10. Book that is in the 1-99 that's on my TBR list
11. Book that was assigned in school that I never really "read"

I may be growing towards OCD... I realized it is only Jan and I was trying way to hard to complete this challenge soon. Pump the brakes John, pump the brakes.... I still have 11/12th of the year to go...

John wrote: "I may be growing towards OCD... I realized it is only Jan and I was trying way to hard to complete this challenge soon. Pump the brakes John, pump the brakes.... I still have 11/12th of the year to..."

I feel you! Sometimes I over shoot and add books thinking this is what I was going to go for and then end up forgetting :| lol!

Halfway done! I hope I can get a few done in May also.

I only have 3 more to go!!! How is everyone else doing?

Wooohooo that’s awesome John! It’s summer for me FINALLY so I’m planning to get some of mine down

I'm in

Sonya wrote: "I'm in"

Yes Sonya!

Ok Fall is here! I finished my list!!! Anyone else?

John wrote: "Ok Fall is here! I finished my list!!! Anyone else?"

I am impressed! Chugging my way along (I think lol)

Ending the year. How did you do?