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Jenna's Overflowing Bookshelf Challenge


Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [17] FAILED
1. Saint's Blood
2. Ship of Destiny
3. A Shadow in Summer
4. Alice Munro's Best: Selected Stories
5. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
6. The Brothers Karamazov
7. Bloody Rose
8. Age of Legend
9. Wrath of Empire
10. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

New book: The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
The King's Justice: Two Novellas
The Sword of Kaigen

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [18]
1. The Golem and the Jinni
2. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
3. Iron Gold
4. The Sword of Kaigen
5. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
6. Tyrant's Throne
7. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
8. The King's Justice and The Augur's Gambit
9. The Island of Sea Women
10. War and Peace

New book: The Court of Broken Knives

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [19]
1. The Dragon Republic
2. The Empire of Ashes
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6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

New book:

Ebook


Josiah Bancroft - Senlin Ascends
Bradley P. Beaulieu - The Winds of Khalakovo
The Straits of Galahesh
The Flames of Shadam Khoreh
Carol Berg - Transformation
Revelation
Restoration
Flesh and Spirit
Breath and Bone
Peter V. Brett - The Warded Man
The Desert Spear
The Daylight War
C.J. Cherryh - Fortress in the Eye of Time
Fortress of Eagles
Fortress of Owls
Fortress of Dragons
Fortress of Ice
Raymond E. Feist - Silverthorn
A Darkness At Sethanon
Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts - Daughter of the Empire
Servant of the Empire
Mistress of the Empire
Robin Hobb -Fool's Errand
Fool's Fate
Golden Fool
Victor LaValle - The Ballad of Black Tom
Ken Liu - The Grace of Kings
The Three-Body Problem
Peter Newman - The Vagrant
Graeme Rodaughan -A Subtle Agency
Sabaa Tahir - An Ember in the Ashes
Adrian Tchaikovsky - Empire in Black and Gold
Dragonfly Falling
Blood of the Mantis
Salute the Dark
The Scarab Path
The Sea Watch
Heirs of the Blade
Tad Williams - The Dragonbone Chair
Stone of Farewell
To Green Angel Tower, Part 1
To Green Angel Tower, Part 2

Print book


In Korea
Mitch Albom - Tuesdays with Morrie
M.R. Carey - The Girl With All the Gifts
Raymond E. Feist - Magician: Apprentice
Magician: Master
Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner
Mark Lawrence - Red Sister
Anna Smith Spark - The Court of Broken Knives
곰돌이 푸, 행복한 일은 매일 있어

In Canada
Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility
Persuasion
Stephen R. Donaldson - Lord Foul's Bane
Haruki Murakami - 1Q84

Audiobook

Totals

54 unread books

2019
Owned books read: 53
New books purchased: 7
Books thrown away: 18
(updated Oct 28, most recent add: The Empire of Ashes)

2018
Owned books read: 55
New books purchased: 15
Books thrown away: 8

2017
Owned books read: 24
New books purchased: 7
Books thrown away: 22

Completed Challenges:

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [1] FAILED
(view spoiler)[1. Blood Rites
2. The Garden of Stones (removed)
3. The Picture of Dorian Gray
4. Dancer's Lament
5. Age of Iron
6. Dead Beat
7. The Rithmatist
8. Beyond Redemption
9. In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
10. Poor Tom Is Cold

New book: City of Stairs
The Legion of Flame
Swarm and Steel
Sins of Empire (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [2]
(view spoiler)[1. City of Stairs
2. Let Loose the Dogs
3. Sins of Empire
4. The Road
5. Angelfall DNF
6. World After (removed)
7. Proven Guilty
8. White Night
9. Under Heaven DNF
10. Small Favor

New book: The Mirror’s Truth (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [3]
(view spoiler)[1. A Clockwork Orange (removed)
2. House of Blades (removed)
3. Songs of the Earth (removed)
4. Trinity Rising (removed)
5. The Raven's Shadow (removed)
6. The Briar King (removed)
7. The Charnel Prince (removed)
8. The Blood Knight (removed)
9. The Born Queen (removed)
10. Sasha (removed)

New book: Oathbringer (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [4]
(view spoiler)[1. Petrodor (removed)
2. Tracato (removed)
3. Haven (removed)
4. The Black Guard (removed)
5. The Broken Sword (removed)
6. Herald of the Storm (removed)
7. Geomancer (removed)
8. The Killing Moon (removed)
9. The Shadowed Sun (removed)
10. Dangerous Women (removed)

New book: Deadhouse Landing (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [5]
(view spoiler)[1. Turn Coat
2. Changes
3. The Legion of Flame
4. The Curse of Chalion
5. Ghost Story
6. My Brilliant Friend
7. Cold Days
8. Skin Game
9. His Majesty's Dragon
10. Throne of Jade

New book: Twelve Kings in Sharakhai (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [6]
(view spoiler)[1. Deadhouse Landing
2. Black Powder War
3. Paladin of Souls
4. Menagerie
5. Empire of Ivory
6. Legend
7. Ship of Magic
8. The King Beyond the Gate (removed)
9. The Red Knight
10. Among Thieves

New book: Valor (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [7] FAILED
(view spoiler)[1. Sworn in Steel (removed)
2. The Hallowed Hunt (removed)
3. The Mad Ship
4. Malice
5. Oathbringer
6. Winter in the North
7. Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection
8. A Gentleman in Moscow
9. Range of Ghosts (removed)
10. The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch

New book: The Curse of the Mistwraith
Kings of the Wyld
Guns of the Dawn
With Blood Upon the Sand (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [8]
(view spoiler)[1. Twelve Kings in Sharakhai
2. Ready Player One
3. Animal Farm
4. The Hedge Knight
5. Sworn Sword
6. The Mystery Knight: A Graphic Novel
7. Emma
8. Emma: A Modern Retelling
9. The Last Wish
10. Kings of the Wyld

New book: The Last Kingdom (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [9]
(view spoiler)[1. With Blood Upon the Sand
2. Hounded
3. Hexed
4. Hammered
5. Victory of Eagles
6. Tricked
7. Professional Integrity
8. Trapped
9. Hunted
10. The Grimoire of the Lamb

New book: The Poppy War (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [10] FAILED
(view spoiler)[1. Shattered
2. Staked
3. Two Ravens and One Crow
4. Three Slices
5. Ruin
6. Swarm and Steel
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
8. The Martian
9. Wrath
10. The Poppy War

New book: The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter
Crimes Against Magic
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Red Sister (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [11]
(view spoiler)[1. Dark Matter
2. The Disappearance of Winter's Daughter
3. The Spy
4. The Christmas Hirelings
5. The Lion and the Lamb (removed)
6. Honour And The Sword (removed)
7. Knights of the Black and White (removed)
8. The Black Swan (removed)
9. Red Rising
10. Crimes Against Magic

New book: Bloody Rose (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [12]
(view spoiler)[1. Age of War
2. Guns of the Dawn
3. The Six Wives of Henry VIII
4. Scourged
5. Born of Hatred
6. Tongues of Serpents (removed)
7. Crucible of Gold (removed)
8. Blood of Tyrants (removed)
9. League of Dragons (removed)
10. Those Above (removed)

New book: The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [13]
(view spoiler)[1. The Broken Crown (removed)
2. The Uncrowned King (removed)
3. The Shining Court (removed)
4. Sea of Sorrows (removed)
5. The Riven Shield (removed)
6. The Sun Sword (removed)
7. All the Birds in the Sky (removed)
8. Fire & Blood
9. Milk and Honey
10. With Silent Screams

New book: Wrath of Empire (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [14]
(view spoiler)[1. Golden Son
2. Morning Star
3. Game of Queens: The Women Who Made Sixteenth-Century Europe
4. Leviathan Wakes
5. Caliban's War (removed)
6. Abaddon's Gate (removed)
7. Cibola Burn (removed)
8. Nemesis Games (removed)
9. Babylon's Ashes (removed)
10. Kellanved's Reach

New book: Traitor's Blade (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [15]
(view spoiler)[1. The Shadow of What Was Lost
2. An Echo of Things to Come
3. Becoming
4. Kafka on the Shore
5. The Children of Henry VIII
6. A Study in Scarlet
7. The Sign of Four
8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
9. The Curse of the Mistwraith
10. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

New book: Knight's Shadow (hide spoiler)]

Jenna's 10 for 1 book buying challenge [16]
(view spoiler)[1. The Return of Sherlock Holmes
2. The Valley of Fear
3. His Last Bow
4. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
5. The Life of Elizabeth I
6. The Last Kingdom
7. The Pale Horseman
8. Lords of the North
9. Traitor's Blade
10. Knight's Shadow

New book: Saint's Blood (hide spoiler)]

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Wow. Added all of the books. Will update my books in Canada in a couple of weeks when I visit.

Nice!! I see so many favorites in your ebook pile. I like your ambition with 10 for 1. :)

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Nice!! I see so many favorites in your ebook pile. I like your ambition with 10 for 1. :)"

What would you recommend I read ASAP? I'm not really sure what to start next when I finish up Malazan and Beyond Redemption.

I selfishly want you to read Magician by Feist solely so you can pickup the Feist/Wurst Empire Trilogy (okay, not solely. Magician and the books beyond are good too haha). Angelfall by Ee is also a fav if you're in the mood for post apocalyptical YA.

I've had Carol Berg on my shelves forever and keep meaning to get to her. Same with Williams.

Niki Hawkes wrote: "I selfishly want you to read Magician by Feist solely so you can pickup the Feist/Wurst Empire Trilogy (okay, not solely. Magician and the books beyond are good too haha). Angelfall by Ee is also a..."

We could buddy read Carol Berg if you want. I want to finish up Malazan first, but later this year or even next year would work.

That would be fun! shall we see how things are going for 2018 in a couple months? I'm currently having a hard time planning that far ahead with all the challenges we're doing lol.

And Hobb!!! Didn't see her on your list the first time. Ship of Magic is such a cool book. :)

Niki Hawkes wrote: "That would be fun! shall we see how things are going for 2018 in a couple months? I'm currently having a hard time planning that far ahead with all the challenges we're doing lol.

And Hobb!!! Did..."

I know - there is so much going on right now! My book cover challenge is getting harder and I'm going to have to start to read things intentionally so I might copy Bill and choose some from this list. 2018 it is!

I really have to get to Hobb sometime soon because I only read Farseer and it has been a while.

I haven't decided if I'm going to go out of my regular reading intentions to complete the book cover challenge or not, mostly because I know I'll cover the remains topics eventually haha. I'm definitely going to be following suit with you and Bill and picking from my own library though haha.

Farseer is good, everything after is amazing. ^_^

I made an own-to-read shelf (finally) and got rid of one book. I suspect I'll do more of this in the future, but one is progress enough for now.

So I got a book for free and I'm not sure if I should include it as my one "buy" in my ten for one challenge...

I think it works perfectly in exchange for the one you got rid of lol.

Niki Hawkes wrote: "I think it works perfectly in exchange for the one you got rid of lol."

I'm going to go with that. ;)

Well I cheated and bought a whole bunch of books. Trying to decide what to do. I might get rid of some books to balance it.

I went through my list of books I own to read and got rid of 20. They were books that have been on my list forever and I didn't really feel like reading. I also looked at the reviews of my GR friends to see if any were worth keeping on the list (I did keep some I was planning to take off - thanks, friends!).

It also just so happens to allow me to purchase 2 new books. Hehe.

Good job Jenna! Must feel good earning two new books! :D

Siobhan wrote: "Good job Jenna! Must feel good earning two new books! :D"

Thanks! It does :)

Wow! Good job!! I've been great at abandoning things lately, but I'm still rubbish at getting rid of physical copies. I'm impressed!

Jenna wrote: "It also just so happens to allow me to purchase 2 new books. Hehe."

Haha.

Niki Hawkes wrote: "Wow! Good job!! I've been great at abandoning things lately, but I'm still rubbish at getting rid of physical copies. I'm impressed!"

Yeah, all the ones I got rid of were e-books - I still have a hard time getting rid of print copies.

Wow, Jenna you are very organised. Way to go girl!

By the way, I want to read the series by Elizabeth Bear (it's on my challenge too, so if you want to set up a buddy read, I'm all for it).

Mayim wrote: "Wow, Jenna you are very organised. Way to go girl!

By the way, I want to read the series by Elizabeth Bear (it's on my challenge too, so if you want to set up a buddy read, I'm all for it)."

When were you think you want to read it?

I don't mind. If you're not overbooked for December we can try then. Otherwise, I'm as flexible as a rubber band.

Mayim wrote: "I don't mind. If you're not overbooked for December we can try then. Otherwise, I'm as flexible as a rubber band."

Mid/late December would work. Or the beginning of January.

Let's make it January then. I'm in the Malazan group so the only thing for me is that it wouldn't interfere with that buddy read.

Mayim wrote: "Let's make it January then. I'm in the Malazan group so the only thing for me is that it wouldn't interfere with that buddy read."

What day does the Malazan read start? We can schedule it so it doesn't interfere. :)

Well I failed my most recent 10 for 1 book buying challenge. I just couldn't choose between:
The Curse of the Mistwraith
Valor
Kings of the Wyld
Guns of the Dawn

Jenna wrote: "Well I failed my most recent 10 for 1 book buying challenge. I just couldn't choose between:
"

I know the feeling... I have bought a lot of books lately. On the bright side I read most of them, so I think I am still on the good path. ;)

I'm hoping to do the same. Two of the books are for buddy reads so that will hopefully keep me on track :)

The Team Reading Competition Challenge made me buy a lot of books and start a lot of new series. At least I am reading more. :)

If you're going to blow your challenge, at least you picked some awesome titles. :)

Niki Hawkes wrote: "If you're going to blow your challenge, at least you picked some awesome titles. :)"

haha that's all the justification I need ;)