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The Overflowing Bookshelf Challenge 2020!

My goal for this year is the read books I own (either physically, on ebook or audio). So books borrowed from friends, the library or Scribd do NOT count for this challenge.

I want to read 100 books that I own by October 31st as that's the date I'll be tracking up to, in line with the team reading challenge.

Edit: THIS CHALLENGE IS COMPLETE - 115 BOOKS THAT I OWN READ BY 31ST OCTOBER.

Completed reads:

1. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
2. A Court of Frost and Starlight
3. Warrior's Vengeance
4. Bad Boy
5. The Escape Artist
6. Merciless
7. The Familiars
8. Beneath the Sugar Sky
9. His Gift
10. Sweep with Me
11. In an Absent Dream
12. The Android Sisters: Volume 1: Identity Crisis
13. War and Peas: Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers
14. Five ​Dark Fates
15. Come Tumbling Down
16. Fallen Too Far
17. His
18. Yours
19. Darker Than Love
20. The Kingdom
21. The Amateurs
22. The Girl in the Tower
23. Homeland
24. Can You See Me?
25. To Command and Collar
26. Married to the Alien Doctor
27. Club Shadowlands
28. The Bad Guy
29. Smoke Bitten
30. Tormentor Mine
31. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
32. Obsession Mine
33. Destiny Mine
34. Twist Me
35. Keep Me
36. Hold Me
37. Three words
38. Perfection
39. Ninth House
40. The Young Elites
41. Empress of a Thousand Skies
42. Magic Bites
43. The Foundling
44. Magic Burns
45. Exile
46. Skyward
47. Comfort Food
48. The Winter of the Witch
49. Magic Strikes
50. Sojourn
51. Fury
52. Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
53. Her Master's Courtesan
54. Network Effect
55. Aurora Rising
56. The Con Artist
57. The Escape Artist
58. Persephone
59. The Hating Game
60. Full Moon Rising
61. Record of a Spaceborn Few
62. The Roanoke Girls
63. The Way of Kings, Part 2
64. Starsight
65. A Court of Thorns and Roses
66. Perfection
67. Origins
68. Just One Damned Thing After Another
69. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
70. The Game Maker
71. The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death
72. If Only
73. Big Sky
74. A Court of Mist and Fury
75. Kissing Sin
76. Thornton Brothers Collection
77. Fallen Crest High
78. The Southern Gentleman: Protective Instinct
79. American Royals
80. Glass Sword
81. Six
82. A Court of Wings and Ruin
83. Emerald Blaze
84. 84K
85. Tempting Evil
86. A Symphony of Echoes
87. Dangerous Games
88. American Demon
89. Elantris
90 Magic Bleeds
91. Curran POV Collection
92. Magic Slays
93. The Original
94. Magic Rises
95. The Boneless Mercies
96. The Proposal
97. The Institute
98. Strange Girls: Women in Horror Anthology
99. Kingdom of Ash
100. Drantos
101. Anna Dressed in Blood
102. A Deadly Education
103. Take Me, Break Me
104. This Is How You Lose the Time War
105. Alpha's Kitty
106. The Game Maker
107. The Last Girl
108. Trust Game
109. The Wrath and the Dawn
110. Close Liaisons
111. Close Obsession
112. The Rules of Magic
113. Close Remembrance
114. Small Magics
115. Necroscope

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Good luck with your goal, Charlie! I tried this out one year but failed miserably lol. I always get so distracted by new releases!

Haha I'm the same Navi, new releases are my weakness!

I’ve actually been able to use this challenge to get a little better. Although I also use it to track my library and hoopla reads as a kind of buying suppression tool.

100 in 10 months is a tough challenge. Good luck!

Are you going to count new books you buy, or only existing owned books? XD
I need to work on my book buying ban challenge, I'm bringing a ridiculous amount home at the moment.

@Bill it IS tough, I clearly hate me!

@Siobhan I'm counting new things I buy, cos I'm weak. If I own it an any capacity, it counts.

Charlie wrote: "@Bill it IS tough, I clearly hate me!

@Siobhan I'm counting new things I buy, cos I'm weak. If I own it an any capacity, it counts."

Fair enough!! I'm weak too.

I count new things I've bought too, but I'm supposed to earn buying them by reading 5 owned books first! Might reduce back to 3 to try and get back on track.

3 would be reasonable I think.

I tried this once too but failed horribly.

I've made it to 50!

1. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
2. A Court of Frost and Starlight
3. Warrior's Vengeance
4. Bad Boy
5. The Escape Artist
6. Merciless
7. The Familiars
8. Beneath the Sugar Sky
9. His Gift
10. Sweep with Me
11. In an Absent Dream
12. The Android Sisters: Volume 1: Identity Crisis
13. War and Peas: Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers
14. Five ​Dark Fates
15. Come Tumbling Down
16. Fallen Too Far
17. His
18. Yours
19. Darker Than Love
20. The Kingdom
21. The Amateurs
22. The Girl in the Tower
23. Homeland
24. Can You See Me?
25. To Command and Collar
26. Married to the Alien Doctor
27. Club Shadowlands
28. The Bad Guy
29. Smoke Bitten
30. Tormentor Mine
31. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
32. Obsession Mine
33. Destiny Mine
34. Twist Me
35. Keep Me
36. Hold Me
37. Three words
38. Perfection
39. Ninth House
40. The Young Elites
41. Empress of a Thousand Skies
42. Magic Bites
43. The Foundling
44. Magic Burns
45. Exile
46. Skyward
47. Comfort Food
48. The Winter of the Witch
49. Magic Strikes
50. Sojourn
51. Fury

Wow good job !!

Elinor Master of Gifs wrote: "Wow good job !!"

Thank you!

Up to 65!

1. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
2. A Court of Frost and Starlight
3. Warrior's Vengeance
4. Bad Boy
5. The Escape Artist
6. Merciless
7. The Familiars
8. Beneath the Sugar Sky
9. His Gift
10. Sweep with Me
11. In an Absent Dream
12. The Android Sisters: Volume 1: Identity Crisis
13. War and Peas: Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers
14. Five ​Dark Fates
15. Come Tumbling Down
16. Fallen Too Far
17. His
18. Yours
19. Darker Than Love
20. The Kingdom
21. The Amateurs
22. The Girl in the Tower
23. Homeland
24. Can You See Me?
25. To Command and Collar
26. Married to the Alien Doctor
27. Club Shadowlands
28. The Bad Guy
29. Smoke Bitten
30. Tormentor Mine
31. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
32. Obsession Mine
33. Destiny Mine
34. Twist Me
35. Keep Me
36. Hold Me
37. Three words
38. Perfection
39. Ninth House
40. The Young Elites
41. Empress of a Thousand Skies
42. Magic Bites
43. The Foundling
44. Magic Burns
45. Exile
46. Skyward
47. Comfort Food
48. The Winter of the Witch
49. Magic Strikes
50. Sojourn
51. Fury
52. Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
53. Her Master's Courtesan
54. Network Effect
55. Aurora Rising
56. The Con Artist
57. The Escape Artist
58. Persephone
59. The Hating Game
60. Full Moon Rising
61. Record of a Spaceborn Few
62. The Roanoke Girls
63. The Way of Kings, Part 2
64. Starsight
65. A Court of Thorns and Roses

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And that makes 75!

Completed reads:

1. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
2. A Court of Frost and Starlight
3. Warrior's Vengeance
4. Bad Boy
5. The Escape Artist
6. Merciless
7. The Familiars
8. Beneath the Sugar Sky
9. His Gift
10. Sweep with Me
11. In an Absent Dream
12. The Android Sisters: Volume 1: Identity Crisis
13. War and Peas: Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers
14. Five ​Dark Fates
15. Come Tumbling Down
16. Fallen Too Far
17. His
18. Yours
19. Darker Than Love
20. The Kingdom
21. The Amateurs
22. The Girl in the Tower
23. Homeland
24. Can You See Me?
25. To Command and Collar
26. Married to the Alien Doctor
27. Club Shadowlands
28. The Bad Guy
29. Smoke Bitten
30. Tormentor Mine
31. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
32. Obsession Mine
33. Destiny Mine
34. Twist Me
35. Keep Me
36. Hold Me
37. Three words
38. Perfection
39. Ninth House
40. The Young Elites
41. Empress of a Thousand Skies
42. Magic Bites
43. The Foundling
44. Magic Burns
45. Exile
46. Skyward
47. Comfort Food
48. The Winter of the Witch
49. Magic Strikes
50. Sojourn
51. Fury
52. Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
53. Her Master's Courtesan
54. Network Effect
55. Aurora Rising
56. The Con Artist
57. The Escape Artist
58. Persephone
59. The Hating Game
60. Full Moon Rising
61. Record of a Spaceborn Few
62. The Roanoke Girls
63. The Way of Kings, Part 2
64. Starsight
65. A Court of Thorns and Roses
66. Perfection
67. Origins
68. Just One Damned Thing After Another
69. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
70. The Game Maker
71. The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death
72. If Only
73. Big Sky
74. A Court of Mist and Fury
75. Kissing Sin

Wow!! You’re really on track for your challenge!! I can’t believe you’ve done that many since the beginning of the year. Wtg! If I was this adept, I wouldn’t be sitting at home at night trying to figure out how to fit all the books I haven’t read yet on my shelves lol.

@Niki I have book piles all over the place! Whenever I bring a new book home to add to one of the piles my OH comments that I'm making a bigger fire hazard 😂

Haha there should be a special fire hazard insurance for people like us 😂 Are you hangin on to everything you’ve read or letting go of the duds?

I used to hang on to absolutely everything. Even if I hated it, but it was getting way out of hand.

About two years ago I had about 1300 physical books and I have a tiny English terraced house so they were everywhere. I started donating books I didn't love and wasn't going to read again and I purged about 300. I've since repurchased about 15 of those because I had regrets!

Currently I have three bookcases full, and IKEA expedit unit full, two piles in the spare room, 3 piles in my bedroom and two piles on the kitchen table... Send help!

I've completed my goal! I wanted to reach 100 books that I owned by 31st October and I've made it with 18 days to spare! Here's the list:

Completed reads:

1. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
2. A Court of Frost and Starlight
3. Warrior's Vengeance
4. Bad Boy
5. The Escape Artist
6. Merciless
7. The Familiars
8. Beneath the Sugar Sky
9. His Gift
10. Sweep with Me
11. In an Absent Dream
12. The Android Sisters: Volume 1: Identity Crisis
13. War and Peas: Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers
14. Five ​Dark Fates
15. Come Tumbling Down
16. Fallen Too Far
17. His
18. Yours
19. Darker Than Love
20. The Kingdom
21. The Amateurs
22. The Girl in the Tower
23. Homeland
24. Can You See Me?
25. To Command and Collar
26. Married to the Alien Doctor
27. Club Shadowlands
28. The Bad Guy
29. Smoke Bitten
30. Tormentor Mine
31. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
32. Obsession Mine
33. Destiny Mine
34. Twist Me
35. Keep Me
36. Hold Me
37. Three words
38. Perfection
39. Ninth House
40. The Young Elites
41. Empress of a Thousand Skies
42. Magic Bites
43. The Foundling
44. Magic Burns
45. Exile
46. Skyward
47. Comfort Food
48. The Winter of the Witch
49. Magic Strikes
50. Sojourn
51. Fury
52. Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
53. Her Master's Courtesan
54. Network Effect
55. Aurora Rising
56. The Con Artist
57. The Escape Artist
58. Persephone
59. The Hating Game
60. Full Moon Rising
61. Record of a Spaceborn Few
62. The Roanoke Girls
63. The Way of Kings, Part 2
64. Starsight
65. A Court of Thorns and Roses
66. Perfection
67. Origins
68. Just One Damned Thing After Another
69. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
70. The Game Maker
71. The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death
72. If Only
73. Big Sky
74. A Court of Mist and Fury
75. Kissing Sin
76. Thornton Brothers Collection
77. Fallen Crest High
78. The Southern Gentleman: Protective Instinct
79. American Royals
80. Glass Sword
81. Six
82. A Court of Wings and Ruin
83. Emerald Blaze
84. 84K
85. Tempting Evil
86. A Symphony of Echoes
87. Dangerous Games
88. American Demon
89. Elantris
90 Magic Bleeds
91. Curran POV Collection
92. Magic Slays
93. The Original
94. Magic Rises
95. The Boneless Mercies
96. The Proposal
97. The Institute
98. Strange Girls: Women in Horror Anthology
99. Kingdom of Ash
100. Drantos

Great job, Charlie!

Congrats!

Thank you!!

This challenge is complete!! I wanted to read 100 books that I owned by 31st October. I've managed to complete this challenge with 115 books!

Completed reads:

1. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
2. A Court of Frost and Starlight
3. Warrior's Vengeance
4. Bad Boy
5. The Escape Artist
6. Merciless
7. The Familiars
8. Beneath the Sugar Sky
9. His Gift
10. Sweep with Me
11. In an Absent Dream
12. The Android Sisters: Volume 1: Identity Crisis
13. War and Peas: Funny Comics for Dirty Lovers
14. Five ​Dark Fates
15. Come Tumbling Down
16. Fallen Too Far
17. His
18. Yours
19. Darker Than Love
20. The Kingdom
21. The Amateurs
22. The Girl in the Tower
23. Homeland
24. Can You See Me?
25. To Command and Collar
26. Married to the Alien Doctor
27. Club Shadowlands
28. The Bad Guy
29. Smoke Bitten
30. Tormentor Mine
31. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
32. Obsession Mine
33. Destiny Mine
34. Twist Me
35. Keep Me
36. Hold Me
37. Three words
38. Perfection
39. Ninth House
40. The Young Elites
41. Empress of a Thousand Skies
42. Magic Bites
43. The Foundling
44. Magic Burns
45. Exile
46. Skyward
47. Comfort Food
48. The Winter of the Witch
49. Magic Strikes
50. Sojourn
51. Fury
52. Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds
53. Her Master's Courtesan
54. Network Effect
55. Aurora Rising
56. The Con Artist
57. The Escape Artist
58. Persephone
59. The Hating Game
60. Full Moon Rising
61. Record of a Spaceborn Few
62. The Roanoke Girls
63. The Way of Kings, Part 2
64. Starsight
65. A Court of Thorns and Roses
66. Perfection
67. Origins
68. Just One Damned Thing After Another
69. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
70. The Game Maker
71. The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death
72. If Only
73. Big Sky
74. A Court of Mist and Fury
75. Kissing Sin
76. Thornton Brothers Collection
77. Fallen Crest High
78. The Southern Gentleman: Protective Instinct
79. American Royals
80. Glass Sword
81. Six
82. A Court of Wings and Ruin
83. Emerald Blaze
84. 84K
85. Tempting Evil
86. A Symphony of Echoes
87. Dangerous Games
88. American Demon
89. Elantris
90 Magic Bleeds
91. Curran POV Collection
92. Magic Slays
93. The Original
94. Magic Rises
95. The Boneless Mercies
96. The Proposal
97. The Institute
98. Strange Girls: Women in Horror Anthology
99. Kingdom of Ash
100. Drantos
101. Anna Dressed in Blood
102. A Deadly Education
103. Take Me, Break Me
104. This Is How You Lose the Time War
105. Alpha's Kitty
106. The Game Maker
107. The Last Girl
108. Trust Game
109. The Wrath and the Dawn
110. Close Liaisons
111. Close Obsession
112. The Rules of Magic
113. Close Remembrance
114. Small Magics
115. Necroscope

Good job

Oooh finished with Necroscope... Excellent

VERY IMPRESSIVE! I made the switch to ebooks for most fiction a decade ago, which helped my space problem immensely! On the other hand, all those physical books aren't stacked in corners, staring at me, demanding to be read. You've inspired me to go through my own index of unfinished & unstarted books. But I'm going to leave War and Peace for last. I started/stopped that book so many times that I bought the cliff notes just so I wouldn't have to go back to the beginning each time ;)

@Chris Thanks!

@Jason it took me months but I finally got through it. The story was great but I didn't like the writing at all so it was a struggle.

@Laura Good luck with War and Peace, you're braver than me!

115!! Way to go!!! :D

Thanks NIki I'm super happy with it!