The Challenge Factory discussion

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

May 1: 2

Book: Go Small or Go Home
Spot on Your To-Read list: 5000 give or take
How the Book was Removed: I know I won't get to it
Date: May 1

Book: Divorced, Desperate and Delicious
Spot on Your To-Read list: 5001 give or take
How the Book was Removed: I know I won't get to it
Date: May 1

May 2: 6

Book: Ambersley
Spot on Your To-Read list: 5010 give or take
Why the Book was Removed: I know I won't get to it
Date: May 2

Book: By Magic Beguiled
Spot on Your To-Read list: 5011 give or take
Why the Book was Removed: I know I won't get to it
Date: May 2

Book: No Lady and Her Tramp
Spot on Your To-Read list: 5025 give or take
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 2

Book: Simple Dollar
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4999
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 2

Book: My One and Only
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4990
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 2

Book: Competing in Tough Times
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4980
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 2

May 3: 6

Book: Outcast
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4970
Why the Book was Removed: (not interested)
Date: May 3

Book: Evening Yoga for Women
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4967
Why the Book was Removed: switched to video exercise
Date: May 3

Book: Simmer All Night
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4950
Why the Book was Removed: read; was a duplicate
Date: May 3

Book: Just The Way You Are
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4940
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 3

Book: A Scandalous Past
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4939
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 3

Book: Color Me Grey
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4930
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 3

May 5: 19

Book: Murder at Blue Falls
Spot on Your To-Read list:4920 give or take
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 5

Book: Tales of the Revolution
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4915
Why the Book was Removed: don't know why I have it
Date: May 5

Book: Not What She Seems
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4905
Why the Book was Removed: No interest now
Date: May 5

Book: Triad
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4903
Why the Book was Removed: wrong purchase
Date: May 5

Book: Ultimate Casseroles
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4901
Why the Book was Removed: I don't cook, but it was free, so...
Date: May 5

Book: How to Declutter Your Home
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4900
Why the Book was Removed: Have several of this type
Date: May 5

Book: Now You're Thinking!
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4899
Why the Book was removed: part of a crazy free self-help buying spree
Date: May 5

Book: Your Brain and Business
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4898
Why the Book was Removed: part of a crazy free self-help buying spree
Date: May 5

Book: The Magic Touch
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4890
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 5

Book: How to Succeed
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4889
Why the Book was Removed: part of a crazy free self-help buying spree
Date:

Book: All Along the Rhine
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4885
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 5

Book: The Vampire Relationship Guide
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4880
Why the Book was Removed: don't know why I got it
Date: May 5

Book: Call Me!
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4879
Why the Book was Removed: don't know why I got it - what a hoarder!
Date: May 5

Book: Silk
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4869
Why the Book was Removed: done
Date: May 5

Book: Inn Sight
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4859
Why the Book was Removed: decided not to read anymore
Date: May 5

Book: When to Speak Up
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4858
Why the Book was Removed: another freebie
Date: May 5

Book: The Last Page
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4856
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 5

Book: The Past Came Hunting
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4855
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 5

Book: Black Diamond Death
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4854
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 5

The title that you chose for your thread really made me chuckle, Meg.

Keep up the good work!

Lanelle wrote: "The title that you chose for your thread really made me chuckle, Meg.

Keep up the good work!"

Thanks! 😊 I just last month finally bought a Marie Kondo book after all these years. I've had her saying of "Does it spark joy?" stuck in my subconscious for years and decided it was time to read all about it (yea, yea, one more for the tbr, lol). Who knew that we'd suddenly have this perfect challenge for that concept of cleaning up? Now when I'm hesitant to let go of a book I ask myself the question "does it spark joy?" and it's actually helped.

Book: Cross My Heart
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4800 give or take
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 9

Book: World's Best stress-busting tips
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4790
Why the Book was Removed: not interested
Date: May 9

Book: Love, Unexpectedly
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4789
Why the Book was Removed: not interested
Date: May 9

Book: Stress-Proof Your Business and Your Life
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4780
Why the Book was Removed: hoarder buy
Date: May 9

Book: Freedom from the lies you tell yourself
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4779
Why the Book was Removed: hoarder buy
Date: May 9

Book: What's Stopping You?
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4778
Why the Book was Removed: another hoarder buy
Date: May 9

Book: Insights from Remarkable Businesspeople
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4777
Why the Book was Removed: and yet another hoarder buy
Date: May 9

Book: Exposure
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4770
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 9

Book: Sunfire
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4765
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 9

Book: A Most Dangerous Lady
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4760
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 9

Book: A Wish to Build a Dream On
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4759
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 9

Book: Integrated Intuition
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4750
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 9

Book: Borrowed Time
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4749
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 9

Book: The 30-Minute Wine Expert
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4745
Why the Book was Removed: have other books like it
Date: May 9

Book: Assault with a Deadly Glue Gun
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4744
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 9

Book: Buy and Hedge
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4743
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 9

Book: Disrupt
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4742
Why the Book was Removed: silly buy
Date: May 9

Book:The Perfect 10 Diet
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4730
Why the Book was Removed: silly buy
Date: May 9

We're halfway through the month and we've removed over 1000 books from our To-Read shelves. 1088 books to be exact!

Lanelle wrote: "We're halfway through the month and we've removed over 1000 books from our To-Read shelves. 1088 books to be exact!

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Cool beans! I'll be adding some to the total later today.

May 13: 12

Book: Borrowed Time
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4720 give or take
Why the Book was Removed: impulse buy
Date: May 13

Book: In Too Deep
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4718
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 13

Book: Ryan's Return
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4717
Why the Book was Removed: have outgrown some of these
Date: May 13

Book: The Witness
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4716
Why the Book was Removed: have outgrown some of these
Date: May 13

Book: What She Doesn't Know
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4715
Why the Book was Removed: impulse buy
Date: May 13

Book: Prelude to a Wedding
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4710
Why the Book was Removed: have outgrown some of these
Date: May 13

Book: Death Tidies Up
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4708
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 13

Book: Dollars & Sense
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4705
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 13

Book: Perfect for Framing
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4700
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 13

Book: Fudge-Laced Felonies
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4695
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 13

Book: Caught in the Act
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4694
Why the Book was Removed: impulse buy
Date: May 13

Book: Simon's Lady
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4093
Why the Book was Removed: another impulse buy
Date: May 13

We're on our last week of this challenge. I hope you're accomplishing what you wanted to achieve. I'm struggling to find books on my To-Read list that I can easily remove. That's not a bad thing :)

Unfortunately I'm the opposite - I don't have to go far on the tbr to find books to delete. Hoarder, impulse buyer, changing interests...🙄

Fortunately I've been able to delete 35 more today! At least 35 that I remembered to write down; I deleted some so quickly that they didn't make it to the list.

I'm so glad we did this! It forced me to look at a lot of old tbr.

1. Book: Keepsake
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4084 give or take
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 25

2 Book: Heart's Desire
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4080
Why the Book was Removed: impulse buy
Date: May 25

3 Book: 5-minute Recipes
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4078
Why the Book was Removed: I don't even like to cook
Date: May 25

4 Book: The Greatest Book
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4070
Why the Book was Removed: impulse buy
Date: May 25

5 Book: Tides of Love
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4069
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 25

6 Book: Get Organized!
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4068
Why the Book was Removed: already have a few of this type of book
Date: May 25

7 Book: A Week at the Beach
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4067
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 25

8 Book: Coupon Millionaire
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4066
Why the Book was Removed: still don't have a million!
Date: May 25

9 Book: A Winner's DNA
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4065
Why the Book was Removed: impulse!
Date:May 25

10 Book: What's Next
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4063
Why the Book was Removed: another impulse!
Date: May 25

11 Book: Maid for Love
Spot on Your To-Read list:4060
Why the Book was Removed: a duplicate
Date: May 25

12 Book: Blog vs Website
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4050
Why the Book was Removed: ready to let it go
Date: May 25

13 Book: Adwords
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4049
Why the Book was Removed: time to let it go
Date: May 25

14 Book: A Lean Marketing Revolution
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4048
Why the Book was Removed: uh....
Date: May 25

15 Book: The Companion of Lady Holmes
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4047
Why the Book was Removed: have lost interest
Date: May 25

16 Book: Quick & Easy Gourmet Muffins
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4046
Why the Book was Removed: need to go low-carb
Date: May 25

17 Book: Extraordinary Healing
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4045
Why the Book was Removed: sure was ambitious
Date: May 25

18 Book: The Power of Words
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4042
Why the Book was Removed: lost interest
Date: May 25

19 Book: Produce, Publish
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4041
Why the Book was Removed: impulse buy
Date: May 25

20 Book: Mulligan Stew
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4035
Why the Book was Removed: have lost interest
Date: May 25

21 Book: The Bride's Secret
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4034
Why the Book was Removed: lost interest
Date: May 25

22 Book: With This Kiss
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4033
Why the Book was Removed: lost interest
Date: May 25

23 Book: Beyond Bestseller
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4032
Why the Book was Removed: impulse buy
Date: May 25

24 Book: Wordpress Themes
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4031
Why the Book was Removed: impulse buy
Date: May 25

25 Book: Wordpress Plugins
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4030
Why the Book was Removed: haven't used it
Date: May 25

26 Book: Building Wordpress Sites
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4029
Why the Book was Removed: haven't used it
Date: May 25

27 Book: The Indie Journey
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4025
Why the Book was Removed: eh...
Date: May 25

28 Book: A Time to Heal
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4024
Why the Book was Removed: lost interest
Date: May 25

29 Book: Article Crash Course
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4020
Why the Book was Removed: lost interest
Date: May 25

30 Book: Lifelights
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4015
Why the Book was Removed: lost interest
Date: May 25

31 Book: Family Secrets
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4010
Why the Book was Removed: not interested anymore
Date: May 25

32 Book: The Wise Mind
Spot on Your To-Read list: 4008
Why the Book was Removed: eh...
Date: May 25

33 Book: The Rogue Knight
Spot on Your To-Read list:3990
Why the Book was Removed: have lost interest
Date: May 25

34 Book: Deadly Secrets
Spot on Your To-Read list: 3989
Why the Book was Removed: lost interest
Date: May 25

35 Book: Chasing Rainbows
Spot on Your To-Read list: 3988
Why the Book was Removed: won't get to it now
Date: May 25