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How many books already on your TBR are you going to challenge yourself to read?
As of April 1st, I'm at 5/40
1. The Fisherman
2. The Immaculate Void
3. Fear
4. Ghost Story
5. The Hatch
You forgot to post the link.I think I will up it to 45 from 40. That’s hopefully doable.
45/45
1. Ashfall
2. Bone White
3. How to Stop Time
4. American Vampire, Vol. 1
5. The Cabin at the End of the World
6. The Library at Mount Char
7. Horrorstör
8. The Last Romantics
9. Emergence
10. I'll Bring You the Birds from Out of the Sky
11. After the End
12. The Vampire Tapestry
13. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
14. Little Darlings
15. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
16. Rosemary's Baby
17. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
18. A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
19. Monument 14
20. The House Next Door
21. The Last Dog on Earth
22. The Night Window
23. In a Lonely Place
24. The Traveling Vampire Show
25. Potency
26. The Long Earth
27. 1984
28. Make Room! Make Room!
29. Underground Airlines
30. Antihypoxiant
31. The Test
32. Vigilance
33. Gather the Daughters
34. Glow: Book I, Potency
35. Jurassic Park
36. Axis
37. Zero Day
38. Unintended Consequences
39. The Drowned World
40. The Lathe of Heaven
41. UnSouled
42. Just Add Salt
43. Charlie the Choo-Choo
44. Ghost Story
45. Dry
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I’m going for 100 again next year.30/100
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I'm going for 50 again.50/50
Im in for 50! 1) The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
2) Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
3) Fuckness by Andersen Prunty
4) Dweller by Jeff Strand
5) The House by the Cemetery by John Everson
6) The Abyss by Jere Cunningham
7) Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
8) The Cipher by Kathe Koja
9) Firestarter by Stephen King
10) The Queen of Bedlam by Robert R. McCammon
11) Mister Slaughter by Robert R. McCammon
12) Kill For Satan! by Bryan Smith
13) Halcyon by Rio Yours
13) Out Behind the Barn by John Boden and Chad Lutzke
14) My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
15) Stranded by Bracken MacLeod
16) October by Michael Rowe
17) The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
18) 11/22/63 by Stephen King
19) Baal by Robert McCammon
20) Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman
21) Neverland by Douglas Clegg
22) Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
23) Fugue State by Brian Evenson
24) The Changeling by Victor LaValle
25) Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall
26) Misery by Stephen King
27) The Damnation Game by Clive Barker
28) Mystery Walk by Robert R. McCammon
29) Thinner by Stephen King
30) White Noise by Don DeLillo
31) Dark Screams: Volume Four by Brian James Freeman
32) The Hellhound Heart Clive Barker
33) Freedom of the Mask by Robert R. McCammon
34) A Simple Plan by Scott B. Smith
35) Railsea by China Miéville
36) The God Project by John Saul
37) A Deep Horror That Was Very Nearly Awe by J.R. Hamantaschen
38) Intensity by Dean Koontz
39) Heaven by V.C. Andrews
40) Blue World by Robert R. McCammon
41) Sleep Over: An Oral History of the Apocalypse by H.G. Bells
42) Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
I'm in for 50! Which will hardly make a dent in my massive TBR pile, but I've got to start somewhere. :-)
Not going high next year as it was all I could do to keep up with it this year! lolI am in for 30.
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I have completed my tbr challenge! Whoo-hoo! :)
I am in for 20. I am planning on challenging myself with less books in 2019 so that I can focus on other projects I have. But I think 20 will definitely be doable. And, I seriously have way too many books on my TBR bookshelf! I need to get through some of them at least before I buy any more haha.
FINISHED ! YAY!I'm going for 24 again. I failed miserably this year but did read a few great books that had been on my shelves for years!
PROGRESS: 24/24
I met my goal of 30 this year, so for 2019 I'm going to tryyyy to do 
I want to join in....going for 25. Changing my goal to 75. Progress: 50/75
Next year I'll do a more cautious approach with 12 books...
I'm going with 30. Question: Do I have to go in and manually update the number of books read? Of if I list my To Be Read shelf and read books from that shelf, will it automatically update?
I did 12 for 2018 and barely accomplished that. But I think I'll shoot for 15 this year and try really hard to stay away from Netgalley :)
Denise wrote: "I'm going with 30. Question: Do I have to go in and manually update the number of books read? Of if I list my To Be Read shelf and read books from that shelf, will it automatically update?"
You need to create a new shelf. You can name it whatever you want. I am not sure if it will work with the default To Be Read shelf. Every time you read a book and it’s been added to the shelf it counts. So using your actual to be read shelf would count all books even books added to the shelf and read in 2019. The goal is to read books not added in 2019 but prior yet read in 2019.
Nancy wrote: "Denise wrote: "I'm going with 30. Question: Do I have to go in and manually update the number of books read? Of if I list my To Be Read shelf and read books from that shelf, will it automatically..."
Ohhh.... I see. My TBR pile might be too big to move to another shelf. Thanks for clarifying!
Denise wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Denise wrote: "I'm going with 30. Question: Do I have to go in and manually update the number of books read? Of if I list my To Be Read shelf and read books from that shelf, will it..."
You can go look at my shelves for an example. I think I just named my shelf HA 2019 Mount TBR Challenge. I have one for last year and the year before as well.
So let’s say I have added Bone White to my regularwant to read shelf in 2017. Then in January I decide to read it for this challenge. I just add it to the HA 2019 Mount TBR Challenge shelf as well. When I read the book it will go to the official count when I signed up here https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/.... This is where you enter that new shelf name for the challenge.
This is why it is very important to create a new shelf and add each book as you read it so it appears in the challenge. You will also see the challenges on the front page of the group. This is an easy place to see your challenge progress. There are some glitches though and I have noticed I have to click my book progress to go to the books I have read and then come back to refresh the count,
Nancy wrote: "Denise wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Denise wrote: "I'm going with 30. Question: Do I have to go in and manually update the number of books read? Of if I list my To Be Read shelf and read books from that..."
Thanks for walking me through it! It all makes sense, but is probably more work than I can keep up with throughout the year. I just don't think I'll remember. Thank you for the detailed instructions!
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Books I intended but failed to read:
Cherry Pie
Thrill City
The Arabian Nights
The Thorn Birds
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Game
Slave of Sondelle
Very Valentine
The Fear Index
Stormdancer
The Painted Man
I'll see if I can give 50 a nudge.JANUARY
1. Earthworm Gods II: Deluge by Brian Keene
2. Nightmare At 20,000 Feet by Richard Matheson
3. The Wolf by Leo Carew
4. Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
5. Night Shift by Stephen King
6. Cirsova: Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine
FEBUARY
7. Cirsova: Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine
8. Return to the Lost Level by Brian Keene
MARCH
9. Skelos I
10. 68 Kill by Bryan Smith
11. Halloween Returns: A Fan Fiction Anthology
12. The Ceremonies by T.E.D. Klein
13. The Rats by James Herbert
14. Blood on the Page: The Complete Short Fiction of Brian Keene, Volume 1 by Brian Keene
15. The Dark World by Henry Kuttner
16. The Hollower by Mary SanGiovanni
17. The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard
APRIL
18. The Silence by Tim Lebbon
19. Welcome to the Show
MAY
20. Souldancer by Brian Niemeier
21. Sharp Ends by Joe Abercrombie
22. The Tea Party by Charles L. Grant
23. I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like by Justin Isis
24. Kill For Satan! by Bryan Smith
25. A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
26. Dark Father by Tom Piccirilli
27. Cover by Jack Ketchum
JUNE
28. Baal by Robert R. McCammon
JULY
29. Dahmer's Not Dead by Edward Lee and Elizabeth Steffen
30. Snow by Ronald Malfi
31. Cirsova: Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine
32. Alone With the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction, 1961-1991 by Ramsey Campbell
33. Viriconium by M. John Harrison
34. Last Day by Bryan Smith
AUGUST
35. Carrie by Stephen King
SEPTEMBER
36. Incarnate by Ramsey Campbell
37. Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
38. Quest of the Three Worlds by Cordwainer Smith
39. Shards by Tom Piccirilli
40. Survivor by J.F. Gonzalez
OCTOBER
41. Found You by Mary SanGiovanni
42. The Place by T.M. Wright
43. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
NOVEMBER
44. Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber
45. The Reckoning by Sarah Pinborough
46. The Bridge by John Skipp & Craig Spector
47. Occultation and Other Stories by Laird Barron
48. How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Michael Greger
DECEMBER
49. The Freakshow by Bryan Smith
50. Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
51. Cirsova: Heroic Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine
52. Kraken by China Miéville
signing up, hopefully i keep better track this year lol
As I failed this challenge last year I'm sticking to my 40 books to read this year.25/40
1. House of Small Shadows byAdam Nevill
2. The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
3. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
4. Urban Gothic by Brian Keene
5. The Deep by Nick Cutter
6. The Final Conflict: Omen III by Gordon McGill
7. Stolen Angels by Shaun Hutson
8. Purity by Shaun Hutson
9. Harbour by John Ajvide Lindqvist
10. The Cabin in the Woods: The Official Movie Novelization by Tim Lebbon
11. Last Days by Adam Nevill
12. Shadows by Shaun Hutson
13. Children of the Night by Dan Simmons
14. A Winter Haunting by Dan Simmons
15. American Supernatural Tales it's an anthology edited by S.T. Joshi
16. Shudder Again: 22 Tales of Sex and Horror anthology edited by Michele Slung
17. A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
18. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
19. The Parasite by Ramsey Campbell
20. The Totem by David Morrell
21. The Troop by Nick Cutter
22. Paperbacks From Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix
23. Renegades by Shaun Hutson
24. Twisted Souls by Shaun Hutson
25. Victims by Shaun Hutson
I'm challenging myself to read 30 books from my tbr list this year. Between physical and ebooks, my list is quite overwhelming, so maybe this will help. I tend to read newer books and ignore the older ones sitting on my shelf. :)7/30
1. Yellow Brick War
2. The End of Oz
3. Mystic River
4. The Cutting Edge
5. The Forgetting
6. Dark Matter
7. Homeroom Diaries
I failed last year for my 50 books, but will try again!!! Note: other than a few select audio books, I am shooting for clearing off my bedside table and drawers of books stashed there - at last count a total of 35 books not counting the couple I may have to re-read to get caught back up in a series. So it's good you are doing this - it may save me from being crushed by an avalanche of books in the middle of the night. 50/50
Note: Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets from audible no longer comes up but I read it so my count should reflect one more book!!
I am going for 35 books for this challenge this year.I will try to read at least 25 book which I already own and the last 10 books are for my digital TBR shelf which I would have to buy first (I know I can't resist completely, so that's a deal for me).
14/35
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The Stand - Stephen King2.
A Discovery of Witches - Deborah Harkness3.
The Bone Clocks - David Mitchell4.
On This, the Day of the Pig - Josh Malerman5.
State of Sorrow - Melinda Salisbury6.
Craven Manor - Darcy Coates7.
Pet Sematary - Stephen King8.
Warcross - Marie Lu9.
Fire & Heist - Sarah Beth Durst10.
Haven - Tom Deady11.
Animal Farm - George Orwell12.
Turtles All the Way Down - John Green13.
I'm Thinking of Ending Things - Iain Reid14.
The Fall of Gondolin - J.R.R. Tolkien
Hi, I'm in- I have too many unread books at home. I'll try to read 18 paper books- not ebooks, I aready have at home (out of the 60 books I'll try to read in 2019). 2/18
1) The Man Who Sold the Moon by Heinlein
2) American Psycho by Ellis
So far I am doing really good this year. I am at 15/45.
Wow! Congrats to you.That's some dedication.
You're killing it.
Michael wrote: "Wow! Congrats to you.That's some dedication.
You're killing it."
Thanks!
Somehow I have gotten lucky and a lot of group reads so far this year have been on my to read list for a while.
I’m going to try 20 books for this challenge
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3) Hunt the Wolf
4) Hunt the Scorpion
5) Hunt the Falcon
6) Hunt the Jackal
7) Hunt the Fox
8) 2666
9) Zombie
10) World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
11) A Question of Blood
12) House of Leaves
13) The Corpse Reader
14) Blue World
15) Daddy Love
16) Jaws
17) The Tyrant's Daughter
18) Cold in July
19) Days of Blood & Starlight
20) The Chase
21) The Here and Now
22) Dawn
23) Oryx and Crake
24) The City
25) Dark Screams: Volume One
26) Dark Screams: Volume Three
27) Dark Screams: Volume Seven
28) The Job
29) The Walled City
30) I Hunt Killers
31) Game
32) Divided
33) Dangerous Dream
34) I Am the Weapon
35) Like Water for Chocolate
36) The Golem and the Jinni
37) Run and Hide
38) Take It to the Grave Part 1 of 6: Take It to the Grave - Sarah's Story\Take It to the Grave - Maisey's Story
I love this idea! Especially since I don't physically have enough space in my tiny apartment for all my books... >_> I'm starting small, so I'll just challenge myself to 25. How about this: if I get through 25 in the next four months, I'll add more to my challenge! I'm not treating this as my total reading challenge for this year, because I'm not off to a great start; all I've read so far this year have been library books, Xmas presents, or recent purchases (I am virtually helpless when walking into a library book sale)... So: here goes!
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Great! Best of luck with your goal. :)
I have two books left and I will be done! I upped my challenge to 45 books (40 books last year).Kind of bummed this isn’t one of 2020’s challenges.
Got my 40, and then some!Mind you, I bought a lot still. I failed at reading what I already owned XD
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Books I intended but failed to read:
Cherry Pie
Thrill City
The Arabian Nights
The Thorn Birds
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Game
Slave of Sondelle
Very Valentine
The Fear Index
Stormdancer
The Painted Man
I have one book left to finish the challenge!
Okay, so I did 24 books for this instead of 30. But that's still a lot and after all I didn't have that much time for books this year, so it's still good although I didn't achieve my goal. But that's okay. Next year is all about my tbr mount, haha :D
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We liked this challenge so much, we decided to do it again this year. Sign up here:
https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...
For this one, you challenge yourself to read X number of books ALREADY ON YOUR TBR. No need to hunt down or buy expensive books, just choose the ones you already want to read and probably already own. Use the link below to enter, the challenge is open as of right now!
This challenge applies to any books you like, not just the horror genre.