Coffee & Books discussion

What a great idea! For all you BOOK LOVERS and BOOK HOARDERS, lets do a little cleaning!

From November 2013- December 2014 see if you can clean out some books on your list!


1. Book the longest on your TBR list
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 BOM selection you missed
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened

03/08

1. Book the longest on your TBR list
- The Mission
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house:
- Naked Lunch
3. Book you got for free:
- Fight Club
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time:
- Ready Player One
5. Book recommended by a friend:
- Reconstructing Amelia
6. Book from BOM selection you missed:
- The Dinner
7. Book from a series you abandoned:
- Extras
8. Book classic you got and never opened:
- Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

I am in :)
For all you BOOK LOVERS and BOOK HOARDERS, lets do a little cleaning!

From November 2013- November 2014 see if you can clean out some books on your list!


1. Book the longest on your TBR list
Cutting For Stone..Abraham Verghese
The Welsh Girl..Peter Ho Davies(read)

2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house
(that would be my bed!)

3. Book you got for free
Jack of Spies..David Downing(book 1)(read)
Home Leave..Brittani Sonenberg(read)

4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time
5. Book recommended by a friend
6. Book from BOM selection you missed
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened
Anna Karenina..Leo Tolstoy
The Great Gatsby..F.Scott Fitzgerald

when i suggested this... i thought the challenge was we should address these books we never read. Should we not set a date limit? Let's say 1 year to do all 8 hoarding books? Then on the anniversary date, we can redo a new Hoarders Challenge to attack 8 more books. If we do not set a date limit I'm afraid it would be no different as not having any challenge since it would be as normal as today with our books all dusted out for years waiting on our shelves. So, when I suggested this challenge, I was thinking of 1 year elapsed for the 8 hoarding books :) think you can make it?

I like this challenge. It should clear out a lot of dusty books!! It probably should have a time limit though or else we get lazy.

November 1st 2013 - October 31st 2014
Books read: 4/8

1. Book the longest on your TBR list Foundation
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house Heartland
3. Book you got for free Obernewtyn
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time Titus Groan
5. Book recommended by a friend Doctor Sleep
6. Book from BOM selection you missed I Am Legend
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Sylvie wrote: "when i suggested this... i thought the challenge was we should address these books we never read. Should we not set a date limit? Let's say 1 year to do all 8 hoarding books? Then on the annivers..."

Yes we can do a November 2013-2014 one!

I like the one year! I'm in.

Nov. 1/13 - Oct. 31/14

1. Book the longest on your TBR list
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house - Prince Caspian 11/18/14
3. Book you got for free - How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong 07/11/14
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time The Pillars of the Earth 05/12/14
5. Book recommended by a friend - Leota's Garden 06/17/14
6. Book from BOM selection you missed - Outlander 08/13/14
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened - Rebecca 09/25/14

Can I ask what BOM means?

Margot wrote: "Can I ask what BOM means?"

BOM is book of the month. A selection that you may have missed, which I tend to do quite a bit!

I am in! I've decided to double mine as well, so many books in my house!

Nov 1, 2013 to Dec 31, 2014

Completed 13/16

✔ 1. Book the longest on your TBR list The Kite Runner
✔ 1. Book the longest on your TBR list Tuesdays With Morrie
✔ 2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time finished 12/28
✔ 2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house Speak
✔ 3. Book you got for free The Good Side of Crazy
✔ 3. Book you got for free Hangtown
✔ 4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time The Orphan Master's Son
✔ 4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time 1984
✔ 5. Book recommended by a friend The Fault in Our Stars
✔ 5. Book recommended by a friend Second Honeymoon
✔ 6. Book from BOM selection you missed 1984
✔ 6. Book from BOM selection you missed We Are Water
7. Book from a series you abandoned
7. Book from a series you abandoned
✔ 8. Book classic you got and never opened Slaughterhouse-Five
8. Book classic you got and never opened

Oh, Thank you Tonya!

Oh! I'll try this one! :) Great challenge!


Duration: 11/1/13-10/31/14
Completed: 6/8

1. Book the longest on your TBR list - The Wind Through the Keyhole
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house - Doctor Sleep 12/29/13
3. Book you got for free - Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) (First Reads) 5/27/14
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time - The 5th Wave 7/6/14
5. Book recommended by a friend - The Rosie Project 2/27/14
6. Book from BOM selection you missed - The Light Between Oceans
7. Book from a series you abandoned - Dead Beat 7/11/14
8. Book classic you got and never opened - A Christmas Carol 12/29/13

BOOK HOARDERS CHALLENGE
November 1, 2013 to December 31, 2014

1. Book the longest on your TBR list
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks ✔

2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house


3. Book you got for free
Hen of the Baskervilles ✔

4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time
Catch-22

5. Book recommended by a friend


6. Book from BOM selection you missed
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake ✔

7. Book from a series you abandoned
Outlander

8. Book Classic you always said you should have read
Sense and Sensibility ✔

9. Book on library loan accumulating late fees
Flight Behavior ✔

10. Book borrowed you never gave back and never read (ouch! Com'on now! Admit to it!)
To the Lighthouse

this is a great challenge. I'm in!

Hoarders Challenge

1. Book the longest on your TBR list - The Help - Dec. 15th
(On from my initial adds first day I logged onto GoodReads!)
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house - The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow - Nov. 15th
3. Book you got for free - The Bear - March 10th
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time
5. Book recommended by a friend - Kindred - Nov. 23rd
6. Book from BOM selection you missed - The Goldfinch
7. Book from a series you abandoned -
8. Book classic you got and never opened - A Room of One's Own - September 22nd

I'm in!

1. Book the longest on your TBR list
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house: The Walking Dead, Book Five
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: The Name of the Wind
6. Book from BOM selection you missed
7. Book from a series you abandoned: The Robots of Dawn
8. Book classic you got and never opened: And Then There Were None

Just joined this group and this sounds like a great challenge. I'm in.


1. Book the longest on your TBR list
The Doors of Perception/Heaven and Hell

2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house
Room

3. Book you got for free
Hell's Angels

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

5. Book recommended by a friend
Doctor Sleep Finished on 12/20/13

6. Book from BOM selection you missed

7. Book from a series you abandoned
Everville (2nd book in The Art: The Great and Secret Show)

8. Book classic you got and never opened
Naked Lunch


Is there a place I can go that lists BOM titles?

Kristie wrote: "Oh! I'll try this one! :) Great challenge!


Duration: 11/1/13-10/31/14
Completed: 0/8

1. Book the longest on your TBR list - The Wind Through the Keyhole
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere i..."

Those are some fantastic books you have there!!!

Phrynne wrote: "Those are some fantastic books you have there!!!"

Thanks! I'm looking forward to them!

I'm in!

What a great idea! For all you BOOK LOVERS and BOOK HOARDERS, lets do a little cleaning!

From November 2013- November 2014 see if you can clean out some books on your list!


1. Book the longest on your TBR list
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 BOM selection you missed
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never

I'm coming in a little late, but I'm in!

Nov 1/13- Oct. 31/14

1. Book the longest on your TBR list
2. Book from a physical stash in your house
~ Read 12-29-13
3. Book you got for free
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time
~ read 12-27-13
5. Book recommended by a friend
6. Book from BOM you missed
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened

I'm in as a New Year's resolution!

From November 2013- November 2014 see if you can clean out some books on your list!


1. Book the longest on your TBR list

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 BOM selection you missed
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

7. Book from a series you abandoned

8. Book classic you got and never opened

I am also doing this as a New Year's Resolution!! Need to tackle that TBR...

Completed 3/8

1. Book the longest on your TBR list - Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (finished 11 January 2014)
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (finished 9 September 2014)
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 BOM selection you missed - The Light Between Oceans by ML Stedman (finished 28 February 2014)
7. Book from a series you abandoned
8. Book classic you got and never opened - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (finished 18 June 2014)

I love this idea! I have too many books that need TBR. Coming into this challenge late but I just joined C&Bs this week :)

Nov 1/13- Oct 31/14

Books read: 2/8

1. Book the longest on your TBR list Fifty Shades Freed
2. Book from a physical stash The Blade Itself
3. Book you got for free The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish The Idiot
5. Book recommended by a friend The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
6. Book from BOM selection you missed Divergent Feb13/14
7. Book from a series you abandoned The Girl Who Played with Fire
8. Book classic you got and never opened Animal Farm Jan06/14

Such a good idea, I was already thinking of something similar, so here goes my list:



1. Book the longest on your TBR list: Slaughterhouse-Five
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house: Beautiful Creatures
3. Book you got for free I Remember You
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time Anna Karenina
5. Book recommended by a friend Tropic of Cancer
6. Book from BOM selection you missed The Law of Love
7. Book from a series you abandoned Blood Rites
8. Book classic you got and never opened The Catcher in the Rye

This sounds like an awesome challenge for me! I'm defiantly a book hoarder. I'm listing the books I intend to read and will update with (finished) when I read the book listed


1. Book the longest on your TBR list A Confusion of Princes
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house Gone
3. Book you got for free The Red Pyramid
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
5. Book recommended by a friend Black: The Birth of Evil
6. Book from BOM selection you missed The Book Thief
7. Book from a series you abandoned Inkdeath
8. Book classic you got and never opened Jane Eyre

What a great idea! For all you BOOK LOVERS and BOOK HOARDERS, lets do a little cleaning!

From November 2013- November 2014 see if you can clean out some books on your list!

8/8 Completed

1. Book the longest on your TBR listMurder Between the Covers
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your houseMurder on the Orient Expressby Agatha Christie completed 09/01
3. Book you got for free -Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time -Like Water for Chocolatecompleted 8-11
5. Book recommended by a friendEleanor & Park completed 08/08
6. Book from BOM selection you missed - The DinnerCompleted 07/23
7. Book from a series you abandonedNaked in Death

8. Book classic you got and never openedAround the World in 80 Days

Duration has changed. It is now until the end of December 2014!

Good 1 more month for procrastinators like me! ;-)

Sylvie wrote: "Good 1 more month for procrastinators like me! ;-)"

Heeheee! Same here! :P

I've completed the first round of this Challenge. Off to the second round!

I have 5 more books to go...I like this challenge. :)

I want to do this clallenge'

1. Book the longest on your TBR list: The Stand
2. Book from a physical stash somewhere in your house: IT
3. Book you got for free The Glass Rainbow
4. Book you gave up on but promised to try again and finish this time Anna Karenina
5. Book recommended by a friend Tuesdays at Morrie
6. Book from BOM selection you missed To KIll a Mockingbird
7. Book from a series you abandoned: cross
8. Book classic you got and never opened Moby DIck

Hey, this looks like fun! I'm definitely a book hoarder. When I get home tonight, I'll take a walk through the stacks ;)

1. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
2. Requiem für einen Hund: ein Gespräch A bit too much clever talk, but interesting
3. The Royal Physician's Visit
4. Signal & Noise Pompous, but entertaining. I just love the Victorians.
5. Daisy Miller - That was short. A quick read.
6. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
7. A Clash of Kings I liked book 1 better. Hope the follow-up is better again.
8. Stories of Mr. Keuner

I have recently been thinking how I need to read books off of my shelves and start whittling down that tbr pile...this is great to help with that! Do you think you'll be doing this again? (since it's almost done..)

message 27 updated. Completed 10/03

Congrats Becky!

amber wrote: "Congrats Becky!"

thanks! hopefully we do this again next year!

You're welcome! If we do it again maybe I'll actually get it done. :)

For of those of you wondering, we will! It will restart at the new year though!

And congrats to those of you close to/ and those who have met their challenge!

Great! This is a good system to diminish your tbr.
It was already mid-September when I posted my list, so I didn't really have a chance to finish all the books :) At least, I read the biggest chunkster on my tbr! Looking forward to the new challenge!

I have two left. I forgot that this one ends soon and not at the end of the year! I probably won't have time to read both of the books this month. Oh well, next time!

Iselin - Nice job getting a big chunkster out of the way! You made great progress on your list too., especially for just starting in September.

Kristie wrote: "I have two left. I forgot that this one ends soon and not at the end of the year! I probably won't have time to read both of the books this month. Oh well, next time!

Iselin - Nice job getting a b..."

Thanks, Kristie! I had some spare time lately ;)

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Here is the link to my Challenge page! :)

Good job you guys!

I finished five books and abandoned one, and I think this is as far as I can get for this years' challenge. Looking forward to 2015 ;)

Looks like I finished 6 out of the 8!

Guys are doing great! The challenge is coming to an end, add your last comments.

I will officially close this challenge within a week or so. Please check back for the Hoarders 2015 Challenge!