2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge discussion

TBR SPRING CLEANING
Duration: April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024



This quarterly challenge requires no window washing or mopping, thank goodness! Instead we will satisfy our spring cleaning urges by decluttering our TBR shelf according the book attributes shown.

You may read one book per square; or treat it like a bingo card and read a row, column, or diagonal; or read multiple books that fit your favorite tasks. Reader's choice!

To join, post a message below letting the challenge leader know the number of books you plan to clean off your bookshelves this spring.

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
📗 The sequel - a continuation
📗 The special - a must read
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
📗 The given - a free book
📗 The new - a new release

This challenge was created by Carmen, who will also be its leader. Thanks so much, Carmen!

Hola, lovely people! 🙋🏻‍♀️
Spring is the perfect time for your bookcases' annual deep clean. Not only is spring cleaning a great way to reset, but the yearly chore also gets rid of winter's accumulated purchases and presents. Cleaning your shelves from top to bottom may never be effortless, but you can make the project more manageable with our checklist, complete with tips from choosing books.
Whether you prefer to proceed from the prettiest to the ugliest or start in an exotic place and wind your way to toughest material, create a realistic schedule and focus on one task at a time. You'll need several days for more involved projects, such as reading the thickest and organizing your shelves, but in due time, you'll check everything off your list—and have a sparkling clean bookshelf by the end of it, and maybe you find some hidden treasures amongst the pile.
Please, let me know how many books you want to take down off your TBR and let's start Spring Cleaning! 🫧📚💪

˚◦○˚⋆🌷🫧₊˚ෆ“💖📚🫧✨♻️”📖🌿𓍢ִ໋🌷͙֒📚“♻️✨🫧📚💖”ෆ˚₊🫧🌷⋆˚○◦˚

“A bookshelf is as particular to its owner as are his or her clothes; a personality is stamped on a library just as a shoe is shaped by the foot."

[Baffled at a Bookcase (London Review of Books, Vol. 33 No. 15, 28 July 2011)]”
― Alan Bennett

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Updating your progress
When posting your progress, please include your original (sign-up) message number plus the current progress using the format below:

Update to msg #xx: books read/books pledged

If you decide to drop out of the challenge, please don’t delete your original sign-up post. Just update and let me know. Thanks!
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📜Getting ready
☑️Alex (# 103) -
☑️Allie (# 29) -
☑️Amy (# 19) -
Andrea (# 53) - 0/4
☑️Anna (# 33) -
☑️Ariail (# 24) -
☑️bailey (# 184) -
☑️BarbaraBrubru (# 142) -
Brianna (# 64) - 0/20
☑️Brianna Raquel (# 35) -
☑️Brittany (# 66) -
☑️Carmen (# 3) -
☑️Chalmation (# 69) -
☑️Chrissie (# 21) -
☑️Ciara (# 32) -
☑️D.L. (# 17) -
☑️Emily (# 14) -
☑️Frankie (# 4) -
☑️Gail W (# 27) -
☑️Gina (# 23) -
☑️Gwen (# 40) -
ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) (# 36) - 0/12
☑️Inkeri (# 30) -
☑️Jaida (# 20) -
Jana (# 28) - 0/12
☑️Janine (# 22) -
Jenn (# 49) - 0/20
☑️JennH (# 9) -
☑️Jennifer (# 90) -
☑️Jennifer (# 117) -
☑️Jill (# 38) -
☑️Kalyn (# 37) -
Karin (# 26) - 0/5
☑️Kim (# 44) -
☑️Laurie (# 13) -
☑️Lilili (# 50) -
☑️Lina (# 39) -
☑️Linda (# 10) -
Lisa (# 7) - 0/10
☑️Lorraine (# 18) -
Lucy (# 150) - 0/20
☑️Margie (# 11) -
☑️Ninette (# 6) -
Panda (# 46) - 0/10
☑️Rachael (# 8) -
Rachel (# 41) - 0/2
Regina (# 5) - 0/12
☑️Sahira (# 16) -
☑️Sainabou (# 104) -
☑️Samantha (# 45) -
☑️Sarah (# 31) -
☑️SarahKat (# 12) -
☑️Sheila (# 15) - 0/20
☑️Suzanne (# 91) -
☑️TEE (# 54) -
☑️TerryJane (# 25) -
Theresa (# 61) - 0/20
☑️Vanessa (# 68) -
Word Queen (# 34) - 0/34
Ydnis (# 52) - 0/12
☑️Ziggy (# 42) -

💪Let's do it
Brittany (# 66) - 14/15
Gina (# 23) - 4/12
Gwen (# 40) - 13/20
Inkeri (# 30) - 5/12
Jennifer (# 90) - 9/10
Jill (# 38) - 2/20
Linda (# 10) - 2/10
Lorraine (# 18) - 10/12
Sainabou (# 104) - 12/20
Samantha (# 45) - 3/15
Vanessa (# 68) - 17/20

📚Spring Cleaners
🌷🫧Alex (# 103) - 10/10 Completed!
🌷🫧Allie (# 29) - 15/10 Completed!
🌷🫧Amy (# 19) - 13/10 Completed!
🌷🫧Anna (# 33) - 9/6 Completed!
🌷🫧Ariail (# 24) - 20/20 Completed!
🌷🫧bailey (# 184) - 20/20 Completed!
🌷🫧BarbaraBrubru (# 142) - 14/14 Completed!
🌷🫧Brianna Raquel (# 35) - 20/20 Completed!
🌷🫧Carmen (# 3) - 80/20 Completed!
🌷🫧Chalmation (# 69) - 10/10 Completed!
🌷🫧Chrissie (# 21) - 16/10 Completed!
🌷🫧Ciara (# 32) - 20/20 Completed!
🌷🫧D.L. (# 17) - 8/8 Completed!
🌷🫧Emily (# 14) - 7/7 Completed!
🌷🫧Frankie (# 4) - 15/15 Completed!
🌷🫧Gail W (# 27) - 16/15 Completed!
🌷🫧Jaida (# 20) - 13/10 Completed!
🌷🫧Janine (# 22) - 16/15 Completed!
🌷🫧JennH (# 9) - 10/10 Completed!
🌷🫧Jennifer (# 117) - 17/10 Completed!
🌷🫧Kalyn (# 37) - 4/4 Completed!
🌷🫧Kim (# 44) - 10/10 Completed!
🌷🫧Laurie (# 13) - 20/20 Completed!
🌷🫧Lilili (# 50) - 12/12 Completed!
🌷🫧Lina (# 39) - 20/10 Completed!
🌷🫧Lucy (# 150) - 20/20 Completed!
🌷🫧Margie (# 11) - 15/10 Completed!
🌷🫧Ninette (# 6) - 10/5 Completed!
🌷🫧Rachael (# 8) - 20/20 Completed!
🌷🫧Sahira (# 16) - 8/5 Completed!
🌷🫧Sarah (# 31) - 20/20 Completed!
🌷🫧SarahKat (# 12) - 20/20 Completed!
🌷🫧Sheila (# 15) - 20/20 Completed!
🌷🫧Suzanne (# 91) - 20/20 Completed!
🌷🫧TEE (# 54) - 10/10 Completed!
🌷🫧TerryJane (# 25) - 60/45 Completed!
🌷🫧Ziggy (# 42) - 20/20 Completed!

STATS
Participants: 61
Books Read: 749
Book Goal: 878
Completed: 37

Updated on July 15, 2024

˚◦○˚⋆🌷🫧₊˚ෆ“💖📚🫧✨♻️”📖🌿𓍢ִ໋🌷͙֒📚“♻️✨🫧📚💖”ෆ˚₊🫧🌷⋆˚○◦˚

PROGRESS: 80/20

❌️📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
La viuda✔️
'Salem's Lot✔️
El espejismo✔️
Imperiofobia y leyenda negra. Roma, Rusia, Estados Unidos y el Imperio español✔️
Ronin✔️
El Poeta✔️
Crooked Kingdom✔️
❌️📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
Badge and a Saddle✔️
Irish Thoroughbred✔️
Valentino✔️
Lady Hathaway's Indecent Proposal✔️
Oso✔️
6 relatos ejemplares 6✔️
Mañana y tarde✔️
Un cuento de enfermera✔️
Death's Door✔️
❌️📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
❌️📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
✔️ ✔️
❌️📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews
Orillas profundas✔️
Las tumbas también hablan✔️
Cinco crímenes literarios✔️
Dizzy in Durango✔️
Una mujer no muere jamás✔️
Tehran Moonlight✔️
❌️📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
The Shipping News✔️
❌️📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read (dialect and colloquial language)
Their Eyes Were Watching God✔️
All The Pretty Horses✔️
❌️📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
Golpes de luz✔️
Miradas de humo✔️
Los peligros de fumar en la cama✔️
La calle de las Camelias✔️
Todo bajo el cielo✔️
El ángel perdido✔️
La ciudad de los prodigios✔️
El velo de la novia✔️
❌️📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
Far from the Madding Crowd✔️
❌️📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
Electra: Tragedia clásica griega✔️
Xingu✔️
The Awakening✔️
La bendición de la tierra✔️
❌️📗 The sequel - a continuation
La madre✔️
La sospecha✔️
The Cruelest Month✔️
Una venganza imperfecta✔️
Nobody But You✔️
La Ciudad de Vapor✔️
Donde no llegan las sombras✔️
Pasaje al paraíso ✔️
Una sombra en la oscuridad✔️
Aguas oscuras✔️
Sangre helada✔️
El baile de la niebla✔️
La estrategia del agua✔️
❌️📗 The special - a must read
Ada o el ardor✔️
Madame Bovary✔️
Nicholas Nickleby✔️
❌️📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
Phoenix Rising✔️
La rubia de hormigón ✔️
El último coyote✔️
Último suspiro ✔️
❌️📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
El caso del maniquí✔️
❌️📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
Asesinato para principiantes✔️
❌️📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
Elegía para un americano✔️
La lista de arrepentimientos de Clover✔️
The Undomestic Goddess✔️
❌️📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
Lady Odelia's Secret✔️
Daughter of Time✔️
❌️📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
Las mujeres Weyward✔️
❌️📗 The given - a free book
Bed and Breakfast and Murder✔️
Lady Helena Investigates✔️
A Lady's Luck✔️
Designer Dirty Laundry✔️
❌️📗 The new - a new release
Tres enigmas para la Organización✔️
Fugitiva✔️
La soga de cristal✔️
La noche que sonaron las campanas✔️

TBR SPRING CLEANING
Duration: April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

15/15 Completed. Finished

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
(510)
Deadly Tide-Brian Spangler 5/04/24
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
(197)
Flow-Kennedy Ryan 4/01/24
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
This Could Be Us-Kennedy Ryan 4/04/24

📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
K-9 Patrol-Julie Miller 5/18/24

📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews
(315)
Living at 40-L.B. Dunbar 4/02/24
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
Between Hello and Goodbye-Emma Scott 4/04/24
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
Music of the Heart-Katie Ashley 4/08/24
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
📗 The sequel - a continuation
-Kennedy Ryan 5/11/24
📗 The special - a must read
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
Grip-Kennedy Ryan 4/14/24
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
Redemption-Meghan March 4/02/24
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
The Things We Leave Unfinished-Rebecca Yarros 4/17/24
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
Ashes of You-Catherine Cowles 4/03/24
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
Ice Cold Saint-Cynthia Eden 4/09/24
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
📗 The given - a free book
Kinda Don't Care-Lani Lynn Vale 4/01/24
📗 The new - a new release
Blood Mountain-Alisa Lynn Valdes 4/21/24

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Sign me up for 5

10/5

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
Powerless
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
Die Once More
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
A Beautiful Dark
📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews
Lighting the Fire
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
What the River Knows
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
Blood & Steel
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
📗 The sequel - a continuation
The Traitor Queen
📗 The special - a must read
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
📗 The given - a free book
Powerless
📗 The new - a new release
Shadow Spirit: A Steamy Paranormal Romance

I'm really tempted to sign up for all 20, but since I've got no clue what I'll be reading during the upcoming months yet, I'll go for the easy half - so please sign me up for 10, Carmen. Thanks :)

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
📗 The sequel - a continuation
📗 The special - a must read
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
📗 The given - a free book
📗 The new - a new release

Please sign me up for 12 20 books

COMPLETED: 20/20

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages: Zeroes (577 pages) finished 23 June, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages: The Visitor: Kill or Cure (39 pages) finished 3 June, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover: Ink Blood Sister Scribe finished 12 May, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover:
Bream Gives Me Hiccups: And Other Stories finished 2 April, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews: Fate Be Changed (51 reviews when I started reading it) finished 10 April, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place: The Last Continent (Discworld) finished 14 May, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read: Henry VI, Part 1 finished 23 April, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly: The Dictionary of Lost Words finished 2 June, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf: Yseult: A Tale of Love in the Age of King Arthur (on TBR shelf since June 2014) finished 25 April, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago: Vanity Fair (first published in 1847) finished 4 May, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📗 The sequel - a continuation: Murtagh (fifth book in the Inheritance Cycle series) finished 20 May, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
📗 The special - a must read: The Secret Life of Bees (a Good Morning America 'Read This' Book Club Pick) finished 18 April, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings: Kindred (highest average rating, 4.30, on my planned TBR shelf when choosing books for this challenge) finished 21 April, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings: Fractal Noise (lowest average rating, 3.44, on my planned TBR shelf when picking books for this challenge) finished 8 May, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews: Fairy Tale (over 28.2k reviews at time of finishing this book) finished 6 May, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended: The Girl with All the Gifts (have seen some of my Goodreads friends enjoy this book) finished 16 April, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book: Glass Houses (purchased from a charity shop for £0.50) finished 28 April, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book: The Familiar (£10.99, most expensive kindle book by Leigh Bardugo at time of purchase) finished 16 June, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📗 The given - a free book: The Small Museum: A chilling historical mystery set against the Gothic backdrop of Victorian London (Netgalley ARC) finished 24 May, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
📗 The new - a new release: Bride (published in 2024) finished 6 April, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review

Please sign me up for 10.

10/10

TBR SPRING CLEANING
Duration: April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins 4/11/24
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg 5/8/24
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbø 4/9/24
📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews
Thornwood by Leah Cypess 5/13/24
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
Without a Brew by Ellie Alexander 4/3/24
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
The Black Book by Orhan Pamuk by Orhan Pamuk 4/23/24
📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark 4/10/24
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
📗 The sequel - a continuation
Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen 4/16/24
📗 The special - a must read
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn 5/17/24
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
Los Monstruos: Felice and the Wailing Woman by Diana López 5/9/24
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
📗 The given - a free book
📗 The new - a new release

I'll sign up for 10.

2/10

TBR SPRING CLEANING
Duration: April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
📗 The sequel - a continuation
📗 The special - a must read
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
✔ The popular - a book with many reviews - Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
✔ The given - a free book - Washington Square, by Henry James
📗 The new - a new release

Hi, Carmen! Please sign me up for 10.

Progress: 15/10

☑️ The thick - a book with more than 500 pages The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War 880 pages
☑️ The thin - book with less than 200 pages The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody 121 pgs
☑️ The pretty - a book with a pretty cover Never Whistle at Night
☑️ The ugly - a book with an ugly cover Smilla's Sense of Snow
☑️ The unknown - book with few reviews A Short Border Handbook 315 rate/51 review
☑️ The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place Undiscovered Peru
☑️ The tough - a book that's a challenging read Elena Knows tough topics
☑️ The random - a book that you've chosen blindly Margaret the First randomizer
☑️ The old-timer - book with more time waiting on your shelf Camino Island May 2017
☑️ The ancient - a book written long ago Caleb Williams 1794
☑️ The sequel - a continuation Wake Me When It's Over Charlie Mack #2
📗 The special - a must read
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
☑️ The bad - book with the worst ratings In Case of Emergency Lowest on GR TBR 2.92
☑️ The popular - a book with many reviews The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1.2M
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
☑️ The given - a free book: The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis Gift
☑️ The new - a new release: The Tainted Cup released 2/6/24

20/20

🟪The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
Daughter of the Moon Goddess
🟪The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
Crazy Diamond: Syd Barrett and the Dawn of Pink Floyd
🟪The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
Shadowsong by S. Jae-Jones
🟪The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
🟪 The unknown - a book with few reviews
Chivalry in Westeros: The Knightly Code of A Song of Ice and Fire
🟪The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
🟪 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult
🟪The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
🟪 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
A List of Cages
🟪The ancient - a book written long ago
Xingu by Edith Wharton
🟪The sequel - a continuation
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
🟪 The special - a must read
The Women by Kristin Hannah
🟪The good - a book with the best ratings
Remarkably Bright Creatures
🟪 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
🟪The popular - a book with many reviews
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
🟪The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family by Robert Kolker
🟪The cheap - a reduced-price book
Skellig by David Almond
🟪The expensive - a high-priced book
Divine Intimacy: Meditations on the Interior Life for Every Day of the Liturgical Year
🟪The given - a free book
An Excellent Mystery by Ellis Peters
🟪The new - a new release
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose

TBR SPRING CLEANING - Q2 CHALLENGE

20/20 Completed!

☑️ 1.📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
The Running Grave
☑️ 2.📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
Bellwether
☑️ 3.📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover

☑️ 4.📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover

☑️ 5.📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews - 207 reviews
The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd
☑️ 6.📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place - Alaska
The Wild Truth: A Memoir
☑️ 7.📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
Banyan Moon
☑️ 8.📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
The Outsider
☑️ 9.📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf - since 2018
Olive Kitteridge
☑️ 10.📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
Hamlet
☑️ 11.📗 The sequel - a continuation
Rules at the School by the Sea
☑️ 12.📗 The special - a must read
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
☑️ 13.📗 The good - a book with the best ratings - 4.45 rating
Shadow's Secret
☑️ 14.📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings - 3.55 rating
The Guest Cat
☑️ 15.📗 The popular - a book with many reviews - 40,293 reviews
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
☑️ 16.📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
That's Not My Name
☑️ 17.📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
Hang the Moon
☑️ 18.📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
The Hummingbird's Daughter
☑️ 19.📗 The given - a free book
Bloodroot
☑️ 20.📗 The new - a new release
James

I'd like to sign up for 7!

7/7 - Completed 6/30/2024

1. A book with more than 500 pages (the thick) - The Talisman by Stephen King - Completed 4/14/2024
2. A book with less than 200 pages (the thin) - Home by Toni Morrison - Completed 5/19/2024
3. A book with a pretty cover (the pretty) - The Honeys by Ryan La Sala - Completed 6/16/2024
4. A book with an ugly cover (the ugly) - Kings of B'more by R. Eric Thomas - Completed 5/30/2024
5. A book with few reviews (the unknown) - I Miss the Rain in Africa: Peace Corps as a Third Act by Nancy Daniel Wesson - Completed 6/30/2024
6. A book that you've chosen blindly (the random) - How You Grow Wings by Rimma Onoseta - Completed 6/11/2024
7. A book with many reviews (the popular) - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - Completed 6/8/2024

Sheila from NC signing on and this looks great. I’ll start with all 20!😁

Hello! Please sign me up for 5 books. Thanks so much!

8/5 prompts completed

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages City of Bones
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages The Course of True Love and First Dates
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf City of Ashes
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
📗 The sequel - a continuation W is for Wasted
📗 The special - a must read Y is for Yesterday
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews Lightlark
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
📗 The given - a free book Argylle
📗 The new - a new release

COMPLETED: 8/8 -- CHALLENGE COMPLETED

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages: Pride and Precipitation (4/7/24) ✔️
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover: Tom Lake (5/14/24) ✔️
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover: Pep Rally (5/24/24) ✔️
📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews: Captivated by the Cowgirl (4/1/24) ✔️
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf: Prom Date (4/18/24) ✔️
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago: Northanger Abbey (4/5/24) ✔️
📗 The sequel - a continuation
📗 The special - a must read
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book: Leap of Faith (4/15/24) ✔️
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
📗 The given - a free book: In Paris With You (4/22/24) ✔️
📗 The new - a new release

Please, sign me in for 12. Thanks

I will try for 10!
13/10-- Challenge Complete
📗The thick - a book with more than 500 pages: The Nightingale
📗The thin - a book with less than 200 pages: The Four Agreements
📗The pretty - a book with a pretty cover: Greenwich Park
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover: 1984: New Classic Edition
📗The unknown - a book with few reviews: Poetry Comics
📗The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place: The Direction of the Wind
📗The tough - a book that's a challenging read: Let Us Descend
📗The random - a book that you've chosen blindly: Privilege
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf: The End of the Day
📗The ancient - a book written long ago: Brave New World
📗 The sequel - a continuation
📗 The special - a must read
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
📗The well-connected - a book that someone recommended: The Covenant of Water
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
📗 The given - a free book: Night Music
📗The new - a new release: The Outlaw Noble Salt

Hi, sign me up for 10 books!
outcome: 13 / 10 ✅

Finished: 2024/06/27

I'll start with 10 books.

April 1 - June 30
Progress: 16/10

✓ The thick - a book with more than 500 pages Noah (7:12 = 559)
✓ The thin - a book with less than 200 pages Franny und Zooey (124)
✓ The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
✓ The unknown - a book with few reviews Eine Fingerkuppe Freiheit: Historischer Roman Aus dem Leben des Louis Braille Über den Erfinder der Blindenschrift (11)
✓ The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place Hope in Our Universe (Cork, Ireland)
✓ The tough - a book that's a challenging read Shuggie Bain
✓ The random - a book that you've chosen blindly Hannibal Lecter and Philosophy: The Heart of the Matter
✓ The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf Haikyu!!, Band 1 (4 years)
✓ The ancient - a book written long ago Der Untertan (written 1914, first published 1918)
✓ The sequel - a continuation MADK 2
✓ The special - a must read Book Love: Eine Liebeserklärung an das Lesen
✓ The good - a book with the best ratings Haikyu!!, Band 10 (4,66)
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
✓ The well-connected - a book that someone recommended Die Verlorenen
✓ The cheap - a reduced-price book Ein Hund namens Money: Spielerisch zu Erfolg und Wohlstand
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
✓ The given - a free book The Maid: Ein Zimmermädchen ermittelt (arc)
✓ The new - a new release Und dann verschwinde ich in die Nacht: Der Golden-State-Killer (True Crime)

Please sign me up for 15.

I will join with 15 books. (Change to 12)

Progress: 4/12

📗 The thick: The Hod King
📗 The thin: Yellow Jessamine
📗 The pretty: The Ghost Tree
📗 The ugly: Stalking Darkness
📗 The tough: Schindlers Liste
📗 The old-timer: Lie to Me
📗 The given: The Daughter
📗 The sequel: Crossed ✅
📗 The special: Bird Box ✅
📗 The bad: In Bloom ✅
📗 The popular: The Girl on the Train ✅
📗 The well-connected: Wuthering Heights

I'm in for all 20! This is awesome!

🧹 TBR SPRING CLEANING - Quarterly Challenge
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2024
Progress: 60/45

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
🧹 Faust
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
🧹 The Trial
🧹 The Graveyard Book, Volume 1
🧹 The Medical Examiner
🧹 Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
🧹 Shopgirl
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
🧹 In Bloom: Three Delightful Love Stories Perfect for Spring Reading
🧹 Raft of Stars
🧹 Wish You Were Here
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
🧹 Hunting El Chapo: The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most Wanted Drug-Lord
📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews
🧹 Dance With The Devil (17)
🧹 Amelia & Me (11)
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
🧹 The Bear
🧹 The Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay
🧹 Watching You Without Me
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
🧹 All the Bright Places
🧹 Blood Meridian
🧹 Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
🧹 Cleopatra: A Life
🧹 Grimus
🧹 My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
🧹 Wise Children
🧹 Fear of Flying
🧹 The Power and the Glory
🧹 The Spirit of Want
🧹 The Age of Innocence
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
🧹 Pudd'nhead Wilson
🧹 Emily of New Moon
🧹 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
🧹 Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
🧹 A Tangled Tale
🧹 Fanny Hill, or Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
📗 The sequel - a continuation
🧹 Leave No Scone Unturned
🧹 15th Affair
🧹 No Time to Wave Goodbye
🧹 Paper Cuts
🧹 The Sound and the Furry
🧹 Delicates
🧹 The Crossing
🧹 16th Seduction
📗 The special - a must read
🧹 Thirteen Moons
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
🧹 Wolf Hollow
🧹 Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
🧹 The Home for Unwanted Girls
🧹 The Kind Worth Killing
🧹 It Ends with Us
🧹 Mere Christianity
🧹 Hamilton: The Revolution
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
🧹 The Night Strangers
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
🧹 Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
🧹 True Grit
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
🧹 Bewilderment
🧹 Evvie Drake Starts Over
🧹 Starling House
🧹 Bryony and Roses
🧹 The Club
🧹 Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice from Dear Sugar
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
🧹 Twenty-one Truths About Love $5 on ebay
📗 The given - a free book
🧹 How to Train Your Dragon
🧹 Sheets

My initial goal is
0/5
📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
📗 The sequel - a continuation
📗 The special - a must read
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
📗 The given - a free book
📗 The new - a new release

⭐ RC: A. TBR SPRING CLEANING
.......... completed Jun 2024
☀ Completed: 16 / 15

1. The thick - a book with more than 500 pages:
☀ 2. The thin - a book with less than 200 pages: 197: Cards on the Table
☀ 3. The pretty - a book with a pretty cover: My Side of the River
☀ 4. The ugly - a book with an ugly cover: Xingu
☀ 5. The unknown - a book with few reviews: 53: Food of Ghosts
☀ 6. The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place: Liberia: The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir
☀ 7. The tough - a book that's a challenging read: Where There Was Fire
☀ 8. The random - a book that you've chosen blindly: simply becauses it was the next book in a favorite series: The Mistress of Bhatia House
☀ 9. The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf: 2017: The Sister
10. The ancient - a book written long ago:
☀ 11. The sequel - a continuation: Voice of the Violin
☀ 12. The special - a must read: The Kind Worth Killing
☀ 13. The good - a book with the best ratings: 4.4: Remarkably Bright Creatures
14. The bad - a book with the worst ratings:
☀ 15. The popular - a book with many reviews: 48K: The Women
☀ 16. The well-connected - a book that someone recommended: Cindy: The Second Ending
☀ 17. The cheap - a reduced-price book: $6: Cinderella Liberator
18. The expensive - a high-priced book:
☀ 19. The given - a free book: We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I-mother's day present
☀ 20. The new - a new release: The Fury

Put me down for 12 books please

Sign me up for 10
Progress 15/10

🧹 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
🧹 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages A Man Lay Dead
🧹 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover

📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
🧹 The unknown - a book with few reviews A Rip Through Time
🧹The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
🧹 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly The Dark Angel
🧹 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf Dissolution
🧹 The ancient - a book written long ago The Art of War
🧹The sequel - a continuation The Chalk Pit
📗 The special - a must read
🧹 The good - a book with the best ratings Erasure
🧹 The bad - a book with the worst ratings The Librarianist
🧹 The popular - a book with many reviews Demon Copperhead
🧹 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
🧹 The given - a free book The Zig Zag Girl
🧹 The new - a new release The Women

TBR SPRING CLEANING
Duration: April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

I'm in with 12 books

Progress: 5/12

📗 The thin: Rajamaa by Terhi Kokkonen
📗 The pretty: Nuori, kaunis ja kuollut by Jessica Fellowes
📗 The random: Murder In The Afternoon by Frances Brody
📗 The old-timer: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
📗 The ancient: Anna Liisa by Minna Canth
📗 The sequel: Kolmas ääni by Cilla Börjlind
📗 The special: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
📗 The good: Neulansilmä by Ken Follett
📗 The popular: Yhdeksän tornin linnake – Afgaanipojan tarina by Qais Akbar Omar
📗 The well-connected: Rose Napolitanon yhdeksän elämää by Donna Freitas
📗 The given: Ajopuujalka by Heli Laaksonen
📗 The new: The Summer Skies by Jenny Colgan

Sign me up for 20 books

20/20-COMPLETED

✅The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
The Women's Suffrage Movement (30/6/24)

The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
✅Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (21/4/24)
✅City Walks: Boston: 50 Adventures on Foot (8/4/24)
✅The Ugly Dachshund (24/4/24)
✅Elton John (Volume 50) (9/4/24)
✅Seven Brief Lessons on Physics (6/5/24)
✅Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (23/5/24)
✅Perfect (24/5/24)
✅RuPaul (Volume 61) (21/5/24)
✅And Tango Makes Three (22/6/24)
✅In Real Life (19/6/24)
✅Everybody Had a Gun (25/6/24)

The sequel - a continuation
✅Close Up (5/4/24)
✅Sunshine Girl (1/4/24)
✅If Love Had A Price (20/4/24)
✅The Lady Has a Past (26/5/24)
✅Party Girl (5/5/24)
✅If We Were Perfect (21/5/24)
✅When She Dreams (23/6/24)

The new - a new release
✅New Kids on the Block 40th Anniversary Celebration (21/6/24)

I will go for all 20, though the high- & low-priced books may be a challenge, since I basically don't buy books. (I live that library life.) We'll see what happens!

I will sign up for 6, thanks!

I’m in!

📚 I want to go for a blackout Bingo card haha and get a book for each square (20).

I also want to get:

📚 A straight across row by the end of April (4 squares on the card read).

📚 A column by the midway point in the quarter (9-10 squares on the card read).


What do the Old Timer and Tough squares mean? They were the only ones I didn’t know.

Excited for this! Thank you Carmen for running this one!
Good luck everyone!
Happy Spring and Happy Reading!

TBR SPRING CLEANING
Duration: April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

20/20

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages 🪴
Written in My Own Heart's Blood

📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages 🪴
Bad Beehavior

📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover 🪴
Santiago's Road Home

📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover 🪴
12:01

📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews 🪴
North of Happy

📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place 🪴
Queenie

📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read 🪴
Black Boys Like Me: Confrontations with Race, Identity, and Belonging

📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly 🪴
Heartburn

📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf 🪴
Good as Gone

📗 The ancient - a book written long ago 🪴
The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man

📗 The sequel - a continuation 🪴
The Broke Hearts

📗 The special - a must read 🪴
This Could Be Us

📗 The good - a book with the best ratings 🪴
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings 🪴
Off Script

📗 The popular - a book with many reviews 🪴
The Dragon's Promise

📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended 🪴
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book 🪴
This Is Not the End

📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet

📗 The given - a free book 🪴
The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks

📗 The new - a new release 🪴
Dear Wendy

I'll try for 12! I am a sucker for a cute graphic connected to a challenge, lol.




TBR SPRING CLEANING
Duration: April 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
📗 The sequel - a continuation
📗 The special - a must read
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
📗 The given - a free book
📗 The new - a new release

Sign me up for 4, please!

Progress: 4/4

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
--Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy ✔️

📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
--Shatter Me ✔️

📗 The sequel - a continuation
--The Sea of Monsters ✔️

📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
--A Court of Thorns and Roses ✔️

I’m signing up for 20!


📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages. Wolf Hall
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited placeBring Up the Bodies
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
📗 The sequel - a continuation
📗 The special - a must read
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
📗 The given - a free book
📗 The new - a new release

I am signing up for 10 and will edit this message later, thanks, Carmen!

🧼 TBR Spring Cleaning - Quarterly Challenge 🧼
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2024

🧼 Progress: 20/10 🧼 - COMPLETED!



This quarterly challenge requires no window washing or mopping, thank goodness! Instead we will satisfy our spring cleaning urges by decluttering our TBR shelf according the book attributes shown.

Tracking my books read for this challenge in my corner

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Progress: 13 /20

thick - a book with more than 500 pages
thin - a book with less than 200 pages
pretty - a book with a pretty cover
ugly - a book with an ugly cover
unknown - a book with few reviews House Love: A Joyful Guide to Cleaning, Organizing, and Loving the Home You're In
exotic - a book set in an unvisited place The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches (England)
tough - a book that's a challenging read
random - a book that you've chosen blindly Hell's Half-Acre : The Untold Story of the Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family
old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf The Game of Love and Death
ancient - a book written long ago
sequel - a continuation P.S. I Still Love You
special - a must read
good - a book with the best ratings The Reappearance of Rachel Price
bad - a book with the worst ratings
popular - a book with many reviews Shadow and Bone
well-connected - a book that someone recommended Divine Rivals
cheap - a reduced-price book Scrappy Little Nobody
expensive - a high-priced book
given - a free book (library) Dear Evan Hansen
new - a new release Ruthless Vows

My goal is to do 2! Thanks!

Word Queen wrote:
"What do the Old Timer and Tough squares mean?"

Word Queen,
Old Timer = a book that's been on your TBR shelf/pile/list for a really long time
Tough = a book you found tough/difficult/challenging to read (whatever that means to you)

Q2 TBR Spring Cleaning
I'm in for done!
10/10

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages. The Good House 04.24
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages. I Think I Might Need You 04.26
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover. Raybearer 06.26
📗 The sequel - a continuation. Revive Me, Part One: The Act 06.22
📗 The special - a must read. All the Sinners Bleed 5.21
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings. Lawe 06.08
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews. The Weight of Blood 4.29
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended. Their Vicious Games 06.30
📗 The given - a free book. The Vanishing Half 04.11
📗 The new - a new release. A Love Song for Ricki Wilde5.2

I'm in! I'm planning on reading 15 books for this challenge
Duration: April 1 - June 30, 2024
Books read: 3/15

This quarterly challenge requires no window washing or mopping, thank goodness! Instead we will satisfy our spring cleaning urges by decluttering our TBR shelf according the book attributes shown.

You may read one book per square; or treat it like a bingo card and read a row, column, or diagonal; or read multiple books that fit your favorite tasks. Reader's choice!

To join, post a message below letting the challenge leader know the number of books you plan to clean off your bookshelves this spring.

📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages
Den of Vipers
📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages
📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover
📗 The ugly - a book with an ugly cover
📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews
📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place
📗 The tough - a book that's a challenging read
📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly
📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf
📗 The ancient - a book written long ago
📗 The sequel - a continuation
Lady Friday
📗 The special - a must read
📗 The good - a book with the best ratings
📗 The bad - a book with the worst ratings
📗 The popular - a book with many reviews
📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
📗 The cheap - a reduced-price book
📗 The expensive - a high-priced book
📗 The given - a free book
📗 The new - a new release

My adhd isn't up to giving you all a pretty list, but I have a lot of books on my currently reading and tbr list and I am up for clearing off 10 in the time allotted.

I love the designations though. I think I have books from most, if not all of those categories!

Edit to add that in clearing off 10, I cannot promise that I won't add the same or more than what I read. I see so much good and, well, you know the deal or you wouldn't have these long lists too!

Welcome everybody!!!🤗🤗
Sorry for being so late to the party, but I was on holiday and didn't have access to my computer ☺️

Wow, I'm impressed with our total goal: 585 books!! We need some elbow grease here 💪💪

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) wrote: "Word Queen wrote:
"What do the Old Timer and Tough squares mean?"

Word Queen,
Old Timer = a book that's been on your TBR shelf/pile/list for a really long time
Tough = a book you found tough/dif..."

Exactly!
Thanks, Teresa, for your helping hand 😘

I would like to sign up for 20- thanks 🙂

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Completed

12/12

✓ 1) 📗 The sequel - a continuation (Agatha Raisin: Natale addio!, pg. 195)


✓ 2) 📗 The thin - a book with less than 200 pages (Invernale, pg. 120)


✓ 3)📗 The well-connected - a book that someone recommended (Ferrovie del Messico, pg. 824)


✓ 4) 📗The ugly - a book with an ugly cover (I libri di Jakub, pg. 1114)


✓ 5) 📗 The pretty - a book with a pretty cover (Cronache dal Paradiso)


✓ 6) 📗 The unknown - a book with few reviews (Fumisteria)


✓ 7) 📗 The popular - a book with many reviews (Perdersi


✓ 8) 📗 The ancient - a book written long ago (The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket)


✓ 9) 📗 The thick - a book with more than 500 pages (Il nostro comune amico, pg. 1043)


✓ 10) 📗 The random - a book that you've chosen blindly (La sirena e Mrs Hancock: Una storia in tre libri)


✓ 11) 📗 The old-timer - a book with more time waiting on your shelf (A mille miglia da Kensington)


✓ 12) 📗 The exotic - a book set in an unvisited place Il pastore d'Islanda

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