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I'm in. I always enjoy finding those buried treasures that I shelved long ago.
:) Happy Hunting, Oleander!
NO BOOK LEFT BEHINDDuration: 1/1 - 12/31/22
Rules: This is being recycled from 2010. Read 12 books that have collected dust bunnies on your bookshelf for more than 5 years ... in other words, long enough that you can't remember the last time you actually read, or even considered reading that book
1. Wicked Nights
2. First Drop of Crimson
4. The Secret Life of Bees
5. The Servants of Twilight
6. Hell House
7. Maximum Ride Forever
8. We Need to Talk About Kevin
9. Bitten
10. Maybe Someday
11. Why We Broke Up
12. Outbreak
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I'm sure there are others to be found. These just caught my eye right off.
Happy Reading, Christina!Hope y'all find some goodies, but oldies ;)
Here are my twelve. They have all been on my TBR since 2012 to 2015:1.
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Those are some dusty finds. Hope you enjoy them!
Thanks Suzanne for letting me know about this challenge.Here's hoping I can actually read some of the really older books on my TBR (must be on TBR for at least 5 years).
3/12 completed
1. Tagged for Death by Sherry Harris (3/22/15) - 5/15/22
2. Cursed by S.J. Harper (1/13/14) - 11/27/22
3. Deadly Magic by Elisabeth Crabtree (12/1/12) - 12/4/22
😁 I hope you can, too!
Looks like I've fallen victim to the new & shiny. I've read a few of the ones listed, but I've also got a few more of the above, gathering dust.I'll have a look and see if I want to read them & others. Problem is I'm a moody reader :D
I want to try this.NO BOOK LEFT BEHIND
Duration: 1/1 - 12/31/22
Navarro's Promise 3/15/22
In Total Surrender 5/21/22
Charlie All Night 10/8/22
Unclaimed 11/21/22
Stormwalker 12/27/22
Sandra wrote: "Looks like I've fallen victim to the new & shiny. I've read a few of the ones listed, but I've also got a few more of the above, gathering dust.I'll have a look and see if I want to read them & o..."
Same! Same! Same! ;)
NO BOOK LEFT BEHINDDuration: 1/1 - 12/31/22
Rules: This is being recycled from 2010. Read 12 books that have collected dust bunnies on your bookshelf for more than 5 years ... in other words, long enough that you can't remember the last time you actually read, or even considered reading that book
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I"m totally in for this one. Here's a list of my 23 oldest TBR books all pre 2013 that I'll try to pick from
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Happy dusty book reading, y’all 😊
NO BOOK LEFT BEHINDDuration: 1/1 - 12/31/22
Rules: This is being recycled from 2010. Read 12 books that have collected dust bunnies on your bookshelf for more than 5 years ... in other words, long enough that you can't remember the last time you actually read, or even considered reading that book
Completed: 3/12
1. The Brave Art of Motherhood: Fight Fear, Gain Confidence, and Find Yourself Again-1/1/23**
2. The Girl in the Ice
3. The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food
4. Silent Crime
5. The Time Traveler's Wife
6. Written in Red-4/29/24**
7. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo-2/9/23**
8. Becoming
9. The Friend Zone-1/2/24**
10. Grave Danger
11.The Silent Patient
12. From Blood and Ash-1/7/23**
I was already intending to do this, so might as well give myself some accountability and a goal! No Book Left Behind Challenge Redux
Duration: 1/1 - 12/31/22
Books Read: 0/12
1. Secret Fire by Johanna Lindsey
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Oh boy... I have the books to meet this challenge - do I have the will to read them. Let's find out - this might end up being a TBR clean-up exercise as well!
No Book Left Behind Challenge
January - December 2022
My No Book Left Behind Challenge (msg 20)
Books Read ➺ 12
All books added in 2013
🔹Rent A Husband ➺ 11.10 ★★★
🔹Something Wild ➺ 04.05 ★★★
🔹Too Darn Hot ➺ 03.18 ★★★
🔹The Fire Still Burns ➺ 08.07 ★★★★
🔹Fortune ➺ 08.16 ★★★★
🔹Heated Rush ➺ 07.18 ★★★★
🔹Living Lies ➺ 07.31 ★★★★
🔹Play the Man ➺ 06.01 ★★★
🔹Making You Mine ➺ 01.31 ★★★
🔹Hero of her Heart ➺ 11.18 ★★★
🔹The Unholy ➺ 02.27 ★★★★
🔹The One for Me ➺ 02.03 ★★★
Go for it, Danielle & LaurLa! Hope y’all find some good reads!
SOS: Serious Overload of SeriesNo Book Left Behind Challenge Redux [2022]
Duration: 1/1 - 12/31/22
Progress: 12 out of 12
Dust off the books that are wallowing in loneliness on your shelves!
Rules: This is being recycled from 2010. Read 12 books that have collected dust bunnies on your bookshelf for more than 5 years ... in other words, long enough that you can't remember the last time you actually read, or even considered reading that book.
1. Neuromancer by William Gibson - *** - 1/13/2022 - 271 Pages - Added Oct 12, 2009
2. The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red by Joyce Reardon - ***** - 7/24/2022 - 252 Pages - Added Feb 21, 2011
3. Joust by Mercedes Lackey - ***** - 7/21/2022 - 448 Pages - Added Feb 21, 2011
4. Coffee And Kung Fu by Karen Brichoux - **** - 2/28/2022 - 243 Pages - Added Feb 21, 2011
5. The Witching Hour by Anne Rice - ***** - 5/20/2022 - 965 Pages - Added Feb 22, 2011
6. Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner - ***** - 5/11/2022 - 500 Pages - Added Mar 03, 2011
7. Here We Go Again: My Life in Television by Betty White - **** - 3/30/2022 - 320 Pages - Added Mar 10, 2011
8. Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin - **** - 7/13/2022 - 368 Pages - Added Mar 15, 2011
9. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 1/28/2022 - 880 Pages - Added Mar 26, 2011
10. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exup ry - ***** - 8/1/2022 - 85 Pages - Added Apr 01, 2011
11. In the Woods by Tana French - ***** - 7/18/2022 - 429 Pages - Added Apr 07, 2011
12. Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 1/20/2022 - 214 Pages - Added Apr 12, 2011
Finished - took me almost all year to get to some of them!Updated post: My No Book Left Behind Challenge (msg 20)
Books Read ➺ 12
Did not do great this year but I am committed to doing better in 2023!SOS: Serious Overload of Series
No Book Left Behind Challenge
Duration: 1/1 - 12/31/23
Progress: 9/12
Firewalker 1/19/23
Mystery Man 3/20/23
Seduce Me in Shadow 3/29/23
Manhunting6/22/23
I Dream of Genies 3/1/23
The Smoke Thief 11/21/23
Under Water 8/25/23
Hillbilly Rockstar 8/23/23
Heart Search 2/17/23
No Book Left Behind Challenge
January - December 2023
My No Book Left Behind Challenge 2023 (msg 25)
Books Read ➖ 12
All books added in 2013
➖The Miles Between Us ➖ 03.21 ★★★
➖The Bride Came C.O.D. ➖ 02.16 ★★★
➖All Good Things... ➖ 09.03 ★★★★
➖Ice Cold ➖ 06.19 ★★★★
➖Fuzzy Navel ➖ 02.25 ★★★★
➖Stuck on You ➖ 09.22 ★★★
➖Son of the Morning ➖ 04.12 ★★★★
➖Her Perfect Stranger ➖ 09.17 ★★★★
➖The Night Is Watching ➖ 03.29 ★★★★
➖Precious and Fragile Things ➖ 08.26 ★★★★
➖Safe in His Arms ➖ 03.09 ★★★
➖The Rescue ➖ 07.02 ★★★
Hey ladies. I'm going to be creating some new threads for these favorite challenges for 2023, so keep an eye out.
I chose to switch this one to an open challenge; the duration can be one year from the user's chosen date. 😊
SOS: Serious Overload of SeriesNo Book Left Behind Challenge Redux [2022]
Duration: 3/30/23-3/30/24
Progress: 0 out of 12
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That's 2 years in a row LaurLa, great reading. Hope you enjoyed them!!
I did better this past year but still did not complete...Gonna try again
SOS: Serious Overload of Series
No Book Left Behind Challenge
Duration: 1/1 - 12/31/24
Progress: 0/12
Definitely doing this. I'll just do 20241. Boneshaker (1/24/2013) 1/18
2. Timebound (1/31/2014) 1/31
3. Dirty Magic (1/29/2014) 2/07
4. The Amityville Horror (10/29/2014) 2/09
5. The Haunting Season (9/18/2014) 2/15
6. Helen and Troy's Epic Road Quest (3/7/2014) 3/2
7. Beat the Reaper (3/4/2014) 3/3
8. The Homecoming Masquerade (3/7/2014) 3/19
9. Lost Souls (3/7/2014) 3/24
10. The Invention of Hugo Cabret (4/11/2013) 4/16
11. A Shade of Vampire (5/26/2013) 5/31
12. NOS4A2 (6/3/2013) 6/9
13. Under Wraps (6/23/2014) 6/14
14. The Moon and More (7/7/2014) 7/11
15. A Midsummer Night's Scream (10/7/2014) 10/2
16. Hidden (7/22/2014) 10/6
17. She Can Run (10/20/2014) 10/25
18. Play Dead (10/22/2014) 10/25
19. The Various Haunts of Men (9/24/2013) 10/27
20. Sadie Walker is Stranded (10/7/2014) 10/28
21. If You've Got It, Haunt It (11/7/2014) 10/29
SOS: Serious Overload of SeriesNo Book Left Behind Challenge
Duration: 1/1 - 12/31/24
Read 12 books that have collected dust bunnies on your bookshelf for more than 5 years ... in other words, long enough that you can't remember the last time you actually read, or even considered reading that book.
1. Dying to Please added 5/11/2011
✔️2. Ghost of a Chance added 5/25/2011; 5/16
3. Morning Song added 7/11/2011
✔️4. The Soul Mirror added 5/25/2011
5. The Prodigal Mage added 6/10/2011
✔️6. Dead Beat 8/12/2011; 5/29
7. Hexed added added 8/16/2011
8. The Borgia Bride added 9/15/2011
✔️9. Rising Darkness added 6/18/2012; 6/10
✔️10. Hemovore added 6/14/2012; 6/19
✔️11. Furies of Calderon added 3/20/2015; 6/17
✔️12. White Night added 8/12/2011; 6/15
Knowing me, I'll forget I even started this lol. However, since I'm currently cleaning my shelves, it seems a good time to join in!...
SOS: Serious Overload of Series
No Book Left Behind Challenge
Duration: 1/15 - 1/15/25
Read 12 books that have collected dust bunnies on your bookshelf for more than 5 years ... in other words, long enough that you can't remember the last time you actually read, or even considered reading that book.
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Cathy wrote: "I did better this past year but still did not complete...Gonna try again"
Good luck, Cathy!
Jen wrote: "Knowing me, I'll forget I even started this lol. However, since I'm currently cleaning my shelves, it seems a good time to join in!"😆
Happy Reading, y'all!
ohh man this is a goid one I have so many just relaxing on KY shelf hope I remember this one.
Okay, I have sooooooooooo many older books on my TBR shelf, it's just plain stupid lol... but you know... new books are so shiny!Dusting off some of the older ones in my list? Yes, why not! I'm in :D
Duration: January 30th 2024 - January 30th 2025
Rules: Read 12 books that have collected dust bunnies on your bookshelf for more than 5 years ... in other words, long enough that you can't remember the last time you actually read, or even considered reading that book.
1. Foxtails by Erica Laurie - shelved on 03/01/2018 - read on 17/01/2024
2. Maggie for Hire by Kate Danley - shelved on 01/01/2018 - read on 05/02/2024
3. Jinxed by Donna Augustine - shelved on 07/12/2017 - read on 13/02/2024
4. Cast in Stone by Bilinda Sheehan - shelved on 08/08/2018 - read on 12/03/2024
5. Binding Ties by Shannon K. Butcher - shelved on 07/12/2017 - read on 24/03/2024
6. The Valkyrie's Princes by Quinn Arthurs - shelved on 08/08/2018 - read on 06/04/2024
7. The Healer by Allison Butler - shelved on 30/01/2017 - read on 20/05/2024
8. Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - shelved on 03/01/2018 - read on 30/05/2024
9. First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost - shelved on 03/01/2018 - read on 13/06/2024
10. Transcend by Scarlett Dawn - shelved on 01/01/2018 - read on 07/07/2024
11. Fallen Academy: Year Two by Leia Stone - shelved on 03/03/2019 - read on 12/08/2024
12. Match Me Later by Rachael Slate - shelved on 17/01/2019 - read on 28/09/2024
13. Ill Wind by Rachel Caine - shelved on 11/08/2018 - read on 17/11/2024
14. The Ghost and the Graveyard by Genevieve Jack - shelved on 03/01/2018 - read on 19/11/2024
15. Tempting Danger by Eileen Wilks - shelved on 19/3/2018 - read on 21/11/2024
16. Cheetahs Never Win by R.J. Blain - shelved on 05/09/2019 - read on 20/01/2025
Victoria wrote: "new books are so shiny!"Aren’t they though 😊
I really should have read more old books... 😅😅😅There's always next year hahaha
😊 any standouts?
I really enjoyed the Karma series, but The Healer was a nice surprise as well!And ofc... Tempting Danger, I finally started the series lol, I hope to be reading more of those this year 😁
I really enjoyed Lupi, but waiting/hoping for that final book 😕
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Dust off the books that are wallowing in loneliness on your shelves!
Duration: one year from user's chosen start date
Rules: This is being recycled from 2010. Read 12 books that have collected dust bunnies on your bookshelf for more than 5 years ... in other words, long enough that you can't remember the last time you actually read, or even considered reading that book.