Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

In 2016 we started this challenge because when one of our mods (Karen) joined Goodreads in 2012, she still had books on her "to read" shelf from back then. They just stared at her... mockingly... asking when she was going to either read them or remove them from that shelf...
So in 2016 we started "clean out the closet" to read or delete all the books left on your TBR added in 2012 or earlier.

Over the years we have played with the concept and changed things around a little, but the reading challenge is simple...
>sort your "to read" shelf by date
>pick the books that you are going to read which have been on your list the longest and set yourself a goal. You may decide to read all of your books from the oldest year, or you may just take the oldest 20, or 50, or 5 books on your list. Some people choose specific series books, or ARCs, or just random..... Completely up to you how you set your goal and how many books you read!
>Your goal is tracked on this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
and players can edit columns C and D. So update your target books and books read as you go and we will post monthly progress to the thread.

It would also be great if you post your thoughts on the books once you finish them. Was it worth waiting for? :)





Reading Challenges ~ Emerald Coin



To Earn an Emerald Coin:
One Coin upon "cleaning out" (reading) 30 books that have been on your TBR for more than one year


Learn about Gem coins here

A spreadsheet has been created to show all of our players, your target, how many books read, and what your % to your goal is comparative to other players.

Everyone has access to columns C and D, so you can update your target and your books read whenever you like :)

Spreadsheet is here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

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15/12
Total 'want to read' as at 1/1/23 - 357 books

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READ
January February
March April
May
June
August
October
December
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This time I'm also adding how to get them as I want to read my list this year and not delete. Starting with some large oldies that keep being put on this list every year!!

2013
The Name of the Wind (purchased, audible)
(audio, owned)

2015
(audible)
(audible)

2016
Exposure Age of Swords
(overdrive)
We Are the Ants Calamity Johannes Cabal the Detective
Ringer Challenger Deep



2017
Knight's Shadow
Ship of Magic
Warbreaker Understory: a life with treesA Plague of GiantsFate's Edge

2018
The Toll

I'm in.

TBR total 201

Aim to get this to 180 either by deleting or reading. Challenge here is not adding something to replace everything read!

Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery 4/1
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone 7/1
A Pair of Blue Eyes 11/1
Touch & Geaux 10/1
Finding the Dream
Holding the Dream
Mistress of the Empire
The Monastery Murders
Middlegame
Sweep in Peace
Kindred in Death
Shock & Awe
The Enemy

📚 This will be my first time doing this challenge. I will aim for the oldest 20 books on my TBR, which are from 2015 and 2016. 📚


1. Wreck This Journal

2. Live Uncaged

3. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

4. Deadly Stillwater

5. A World Without You

6. Beyond Reach

7. Sweet Revenge

8. Fatally Flaky

9. Candy Cane Murder

10. Wedding Cake Murder

11. When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan

12. Underwater

13. Vision in White

14. The Three-Body Problem

15. Whistling Past the Graveyard

16. The Mind Readers

17. Long Time Coming

18. A Shot in the Bark: A Dog Park Mystery

19. A Vintage Affair

20. Roses

I'm baaaaack!!!

lessee...

100 audiobooks added in 2022 or before (I only have 4 left from 2021!),
10 books pre-2020 and
15 books from 2021

so 125 books in total for 2023.

133/125

Audio:
1. The Waringham Chronicles, Volume 1: The Runaway
2. One Summer: America, 1927
3. Homegoing
4. What Is Your Problem?
5. The Concrete Island
6. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth
7. Jamaica Inn
8. Up: My Life’s Journey to the Top of Everest
9. Midnight Crossroad
10. Eye of the Needle
11. The Princess Diarist
12. The Stone Giant
13. The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
14. Americanah
15. Empire in Black and Gold
16. The King of Shadows
17. A Tale for the Time Being
18. Recursion
19. Dragons of Autumn Twilight
20. The Starless Sea
21. Post Captain
22. H. M. S. Surprise
23. Small Things Like These
24. Roadkill
25. The Price of Fear
26. Only Time Will Tell
27. Dissolution
28. Desolation Island
29. Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
30. The Crystal World
31. Geneva
32. The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors
33. Walking with Ghosts
34. The Ticket Collector from Belarus: An Extraordinary True Story of Britain's Only War Crimes Trial
35. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
36. The Cement Garden
37. Moon Palace
38. A Suitable Boy
39. The Captain and the Enemy
40. Solace House
41. Extraordinary People
42. The Reading List
43. April in Spain
44. The Wolf Den
45. Midnight Cowboy
46. The Moving Finger
47. The Garden of Angels
48. Enemies
49. The Rose and the Yew Tree
50. Dragonfly Falling
51. Me
52. The Queen of Wishful Thinking
53. The Toast of Time
54. A Year at Castle Court
55. Hellbent
56. A Bone to Pick
57. A Keeper
58. The Key to Rebecca
59. The Hand of Oberon
60. The Courts of Chaos
61. Dearly Devoted Dexter
62. Trespass
63. A Spring Affair
64. Nothing Ventured
65. The Tailor of Panama
66. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
67. The Sword of God
68. Seven Years in Tibet
69. Out of the Dark
70. Little Sister
71. Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life
72. The Fortune of War
73. MaddAddam
74. The Surgeon's Mate
75. Swimming in the Dark
76. The Rise of Magicks
77. The Sea Gate
78. It Started with a Secret
79. The Critic
80. The Body in the Library
81. The Island Home
82. The Secret Pilgrim
83. The Kraken Wakes
84. The Shadows in the Street
85. Trumps of Doom
86. Sleep Baby Sleep
87. Cat's Eye
88. Sign of Chaos
89. The Julius House
90. The Dreamer: An Autobiography
91. The Sacred Art of Stealing
92. Into the Fire
93. Blood Trade
94. Hot Water
95. Hidden in Plain Sight
96. Lovecraft's Monsters
97. Without Remorse
98. The Betrayal of Trust
99. Black Arts
100. The Quantum Universe: Everything That Can Happen Does Happen


2020 or before:

1. Taliesin
2. Water for Elephants
3. The Origin of Species
4. The Giver of Stars
5. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
6. The Jungle Books
7. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
8. A Catalogue of Catastrophe
9. Merlin
10. The Cardinal of the Kremlin
11. War Horse
12. The Bounty Hunter Code: From the Files of Boba Fett
13. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
14. The Inverted World
15. Ship of Magic
16. Chocolat

Books added in 2021:

1. The Carpet People
2. Murder on the Orient Express
3. The Talented Mr. Ripley
4. Memento Mori
5. The Lathe of Heaven
6. A Canticle for Leibowitz
7. Lovecraft's Monsters
8. The Dangerous Harem
9. Songteller: My Life in Lyrics
10. An Introduction to Jung's Psychology
11. Can You Keep a Secret?
12. Dead to the World
13. Child of God
14. Make Room! Make Room!
15. The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories, Volume Two: Outer Space, Inner Lands
16. A Monstrous Regiment of Women
17. Cash


Also, deleted, but not counted towards total:

1. Armageddon's Children
2. Dark Wraith of Shannara
3. The Skaar Invasion
4. Witches' Brew
5. A Princess of Landover

TARGET: 60

2015
1 Jan Bastion
26 Feb Ruthless
28 Feb The Society of Blood
DNF If I Break

2016
The Vanishing Witch
Winter Men
The Corrections
Silver Bay
Monsters in the Dark
The Taming of the Queen
A Perfect Spy
Spider Bones
Walk Into Silence
22 Mar Captain Riley
28 Aug Sea of Poppies
1 Oct The Loney

2017
My Name is Leon
Smiler's Fair
The Pigeon Tunnel
The Mare
Flame in the Mist
Love and War +
Barkskins
4 Jan The Tobacconist
29 Jan Imperial Woman
9 Feb The Mermaids Singing
25 Feb The Good Samaritan
17 Jun Dragon Seed: The Story of China at War
2 Sep North and South
19 Dec Dark Tales

2018
The Russia House
A Glimmer of Hope
Time of Contempt++
The Winter Mantle
East West Street
Go Set a Watchman
Sea of Rust
Death's End
Bonfire
Merchant Adventurers
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer ++
The Tethered Mage
The Old Ways
Less
The Last of the Stanfields
Single & Single
Game of Hearts
26 Jan The Undoing Project
16 Apr The Summer Queen
4 May The Song Is You
12 May The Darkening Age
20 May The Leavers
8 Jun The Winter Crown
10 Jul The Autumn Throne
13 Sep The Mysteries
21 Sep Panther in Argyll
5 Oct Snake Inside
11 Oct The Colour of Bee Larkham’s Murder
21 Oct Love On-Line
29 Dec Rabbit, Run

2019
The Anarchy
Holly Banks Full of Angst
Paris
London
The Conviction of Cora Burns
The Country Girls Trilogy
Time's Convert
Toward the Midnight Sun
The Waking Fire
The Wolf and the Watchman
Maybe in Another Life
Expectation
Bad Day at the Vulture Club
The Vine Witch
Crown of Feathers
Ross Poldark ++
Beloved Poison
The Sealwoman's Gift
Meat Market
The Kingdom
Hild
A Perfect Heritage
Into Temptation
Something Dangerous
No Angel
The City & the City
The Binding
The Farm
The Traitor Baru Cormorant
The Favourite
Relative Fortunes
The Penguin History of the World
That Glimpse of Truth
Think of England
The Difference Engine
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Always Coming Home
Ammonite
Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful
This Is the Way the World Ends
The Wicked Deep
Wyntertide
Stars in His Eyes
The Court of Broken Knives ++
The Red Knight
Blackwing
Cold Iron
France
Queen Jezebel
Daughters of Spain
The Goldsmith's Wife ++
Spice and Smoke
Light in the Shadows
The Great Passage
The House by the River
About the Night
All This I Will Give to You
An American Princess
The Murmur of Bees
A Farewell to France
The Outcasts of Time
The Tower (Post Mortem)
All These Beautiful Strangers
The Emaneska Series
The Twisted Tree
The Rival Queens
Here Be Dragons
From a Low and Quiet Sea
The Sympathiser
Bellevue Square
The Names of the Dead
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
27 Jan A View of the Harbour
4 Feb The Patient Assassin
14 Feb Miracle Creek
3 Apr Deep Water
13 May What You Did
14 May We Know You Know
20 May Vengeful
22 May The Cactus
24 May Kushiel's Mercy
27 May The Ex Girlfriend
27 May A German Requiem
28 May Endurance
1 Jun Kossuth Square
3 Jun Three Parts Dead
11 Jun Darkdawn
27 Jun A Woman of No Importance
18 Jul Native Tongue
21 Jul This Thing of Darkness
24 Jul European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
19 Aug Two Serpents Rise
28 Aug The Wallflower Wager
30 Aug Scrublands
30 Aug Firelight
9 Sep The Knife’s Edge
9 Sep Castile for Isabella
10 Sep Spain for the Sovereigns
10 Sep Madame Serpent
11 Sep The Italian Woman
16 Sep Internment
29 Sep Full Fathom Five
5 Oct A Night in the Lonesome October
11 Oct Natives
13 Oct Last First Snow
14 Oct Whisper Network
21 Oct A Kestrel for a Knave
9 Nov The Royal Art of Poison
10 Dec Poverty Safari
27 Dec Four Roads Cross
31 Dec War with the Newts

to finish series
Death's End
Time's Convert
Queen Jezebel
Daughters of Spain

READ: 65/60

Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2023
1/1/23 - 31/12/23

✓ Goal: 7 books
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read...  8

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✓ Breaking Without You • 11/1/23
✓ Kings of the Wyld • 12/5/23
✓ Stolen Crush • 17/5/23
✓ The Invisible Ring • 22/7/23
✓ The Rocker That Holds Me • 22/7/23
✓ Summer Storm • 9/11/23
✓ Wounded • 6/12/23
✓ The Rocker Who Savours Me • 12/12/23
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I am picking the 10 oldest books added to my TBR
#11

2/10

❎1 Carolina Isle 2/21
2 Treading Water
3 Marked
❎4 Noble Satyr no interest in reading, deleting
5 Pretty Girls Dancing
6 The Handmaid's Tale
7 The Rules of Magic
8 Sheltering Rain
❎9 Twisted Truths 5/31
10 The Storyteller's Secret

I want to keep trying to read some of the oldest books on my TBR. I'll go with 50 this time as I need to also catch up on Netgalley and I'm not reading as much.. Any books I've had on there from 2012 to 2019 will count.

52/50

2012:

2013:

2014:

2015:
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion February
Mother Earth, Father Sky - August
The Shop on Blossom Street - September
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - October
The Privilege of the Sword - October


2016:
Beauty and the Beast February
The Bookshop on the Corner February
Split the Party - April
The Devil You Know - April
The Wednesday Sisters June
Furiously Happy - August
Enchanted - September
Rosemary's Gravy - September

2017:
Cosmos January
West with the Night by Beryl Markham February
That Wintry Feeling - February
Where'd You Go, Bernadette - March
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror - April
The City of Brass - June
Side Jobs - September
A Fall of Marigolds - September
La Belle Sauvage - October
Wishin' and Hopin' - October
A Plague of Giants - November
Fierce Kingdom - November
The Visitor - November
Fated - December

2018:
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones - May
Maids of Misfortune April
Zoo July
A River in Darkness - August
Whose Body? - October
Romancing the Werewolf - December

2019:
Assassin's Honor by Gail Martin - February
99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne - February
The Three Fates - February
The Other Queen - April
Broken Homes - May
Elizabeth II: Life of a Monarch July
11/22/63 June
Thrawn: Alliances June
Strange Dogs: An Expanse Novella July
City of Thieves - August
Her Body and Other Parties - August
Fairest - September
Foxglove Summer - September
Wicked and the Wallflower - September
Invasive - October
You're Going to Mars! - October
The City Baker's Guide to Country Living - November
Vox - December
Tunnel of Bones - December

Time to clear some more books...

25/25

Physical TBR

✔️ 1. Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sanditon
✔️ 2. The Odyssey
✔️ 3. Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza
✔️ 4. Grey Sister
✔️ 5. Wir Sind Gefangene. Ein Bekenntnis
✔️ 6. Das wirkliche Leben
✔️ 7. Das Geisterhaus
✔️ 8. Green Rising
✔️ 9. The Chosen
✔️ 10. The City & The City
✔️ 11. The Brothers Karamazov
✔️ 12. The Count of Monte Cristo
✔️ 13. Alias Grace
✔️ 14. Swann's Way
✔️ 15. Das Leben meiner Mutter

2022 leftovers (which are really from the 2020 challenge)

✔️ 16. Candide: Or Optimism
✔️ 17. The Robber Bride
✔️ 18. Joe Speedboat
✔️ 19. BUtterfield 8

Added to Goodreads in 2019

✔️ 20. The Secret History
✔️ 21. A Clockwork Orange
✔️ 22. Intercepted

Added to Goodreads in 2020

✔️ 23. The Vanishing Half
✔️ 24. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

Added to Goodreads in 2021

✔️ 25. The Autobiography of Malcolm X

I’m in again.

Goodreads TBR: 906
Own not read: 119

Will aim for 30.
33/30

12/12
12 books from my physical book shelves
1. 2/25/2023, 4 stars keep
2. 1/16/2023, 4 stars, own let go
3. 1/24/2023, 3 stars, own keep for now
4. 4/23/2023, 4 stars, keep
5. , 7/20/23, 4 stars, let go
6. , 7/29/23, 5 stars, return
7. , 10/4/2023, 2 stars, let go
8. , 11/22/23, 3 stars, let go
9. , 12/20/23, return
10. , 12/24/23, return
11. , 12/26/23, return
12. , 12/30/23, return

21/18
18 books from my TBR from before Jan 2021
1. added in 2020, 3 stars
2. added in 2017, 4 stars
3. added in 2017, 3 stars
4. added in 2021, 3 stars
5. added in 2019, 5 stars
6. added in 2018, 4 stars
7. added in 2017, 4 stars
8. added in 2019, 3 stars
9. added in 2021, 4 stars
10. added in 2019, 4 stars
11. added in 2021, 4 stars
12. added in 2017, 4 stars
13. added in 2016, 4 stars
14. series added in 2021, 4 stars
15. series added in 2021, 4 stars
16. added in 2021, 3 stars
17. added in 2020, 3 stars
18. added series in 2020, 3 stars
19. added series in 2020, 3 stars
20. added in 2019, 4 stars
21. added in 2018, 4 stars

DNF:
1. The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement for Work and for Life - owned letting go

Removed from owned/loaned list:
1. The Carpet People - loan and realized that Terry Pratchett and this series are not for me.
2. Small Gods - loan and again Terry Pratchett is not for me.
3. A Deepness in the Sky - loan and it is the second in the series and I don't have the first.
4. Marooned in Real Time - loan and it is the second in the series and I don't have the first again.

Cleaning out the TBR closet 2023 challenge
Duration: 1st January 2023 to 31st December 2023

Despite reading 72 books from my TBR and deleting 194, my TBR list still increased last year. But at least I got older books read/removed.
I'm starting the year with 1,073 books on my TBR and I'm setting an initial goal of 50.
I intend to get around 20 of the books I added in 2012 completed as well as all the books from 2015. Other than that, I will just see how it goes.

51/50

Leftovers from previous years:
Series:
Mortal Instruments
✔ City of Ashes (2013) 6/4/23
✔ City of Glass (2013) 27/5/23
City of Fallen Angels (2013) Deleted 28/5/23
City of Lost Souls (2013) Deleted 28/5/23
City of Heavenly Fire (2014) Deleted 28/5/23


Millennium
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2012)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (2018)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2018)
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (2018)
The Girl Who Lived Twice (2019)


Added in 2012
The Last Anniversary
The First Assistant: A Continuing Tale from Behind the Hollywood Curtain
Titus Andronicus Deleted 5/6/23
Timon of Athens Deleted 5/6/23
Henry V Deleted 5/6/23


Added in 2013
A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold


Added in 2014
Casper the Commuting Cat: The True Story of the Cat who Rode the Bus and Stole our Hearts


Added in 2016
Round Ireland with a Fridge


Added in 2018
The Rainmaker
The BFG


Added in 2020
Sleepless



New for this year

Added in 2012 (29/79)
✔ Nicholas Nickleby 20/3/23
✔ Brisingr 14/4/23
✔ The Pickwick Papers 9/5/23
✔ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 27/6/23
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
✔ Tess of the D'Urbervilles 1/7/23
✔ Inheritance 25/7/23
✔ King Solomon’s Mines: H. Rider Haggard (Action and Adventure Classics, World Literature) Annotated 30/11/23
The Count of Monte Cristo
Enemies and Playmates
The Vampire from Hell, Volume 1
✔ The Remains of the Day 26/8/23
Recipes for a Perfect Marriage
✔ The Scarlet Letter 16/9/23


Added in 2013 (13/49)
✔ The Iliad 14/2/23
✔ The Odyssey 16/3/23
✔ Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West 10/5/23
✔ Just Breathe 17/7/23


Added in 2014 (12/26)
I am the Dark


Added in 2015 (10/28)
✔ Slaughterhouse-Five 1/3/23
✔ Cinder 6/9/23


Added in 2016 (4/34)
✔ The Other Girl 22/1/23


Added in 2018 (0/33)

Added in 2019 (22/206)
✔ Spread 6/1/23
✔ Whispers 13/1/23
✔ Shameless 20/1/23
✔ Becoming 14/2/23
✔ The Escort Next Door 22/5/23
✔ Dangerous Desire 28/7/23
Wild Dreams
The Sheik's Intimate Proposition
✔ Double Crossed: A Spies and Thieves Story 20/11/23
The Time Machine
Rough
Dirty Secrets
Devious Intentions
Bad Girl
✔ Sexed Up, Tied Down Book 1 31/12/23
✔ The Crush 16/12/23
✔ Billionaire Brothers, Book One & Two 20/9/23
✔ Get Naked 22/8/23
Crazy Beautiful
Wild Hearts
Deep
Wanted/
✔ Raw Passion, Book One & Two 4/8/23
Hot Connection
Mindfulness for everyday people: EVERYDAY MINDFULNESS IN PRACTICE: Simple and practical ways for everyday mindfulness
✔ Chernobyl 26/9/23
✔ The Lazarus Vault: a pacy, heart-thumping, race-against time thriller guaranteed to have you hooked… 20/10/23
✔ BZRK 16/12/23


Added in 2020 (2/41)

Added in 2021 (41/258)
✔ Troll Bridge 23/1/23
✔ A Collegiate Casting-Out of Devilish Devices 23/1/23
✔ The Light Fantastic 26/9/23
✔ Wyrd Sisters 6/10/23
✔ Men at Arms 18/10/23
✔ Ultraxenopia 15/10/23
✔ Witches Abroad 14/11/23
✔ Lords and Ladies 21/11/23
✔ Reaper Man 30/11/23
✔ All Systems Red 28/12/23


Added in 2022 (9/307)
✔ 463 Hard to Believe Facts 3/1/23
✔ Pancakes in Paris: Living the American Dream in France 15/3/23
✔ The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 5/7/23
✔ The Hound of the Baskervilles 1/9/23
✔ The Return of Sherlock Holmes 16/9/23
✔ The Valley of Fear 30/12/23
His Last Bow
✔ The Poop Diaries 23/12/23


Did Not Finish: 2


Deleted: 93

My spot! :-)

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Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2023
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2023
✔ Completed: 18/50


Books I have been meaning to read for the past years of this challenge
1. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
2. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
3. Atonement by Ian McEwan
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
5. Die Principessa by Peter Prange
6. Songs of the Earth by Elspeth Cooper
7. Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
8. Hagen von Tronje by Wolfgang Hohlbein
9. Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin
10. The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo



Select Books from my TBR from 2013-2020
11. The Shock of the Fall by Nathan Filer
12. Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
13. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
14. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
15. Nefertiti by Michelle Moran
✔ 16. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty - 3rd July
17. Furnace by Wayne Price
18. Tam Lin by Pamela Dean
19. The Call by Peadar Ó Guilín
20. The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks
21. The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale
22. The Silent Fountain by Victoria Fox
23. The Harm Tree by Rose Edwards
✔ 24. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid - 13th February
25. The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
26. Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
27. House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty
28. Le Comte de Monte-Cristo I by Alexandre Dumas
29. Le Comte de Monte-Cristo II by Alexandre Dumas
✔ 30. Force of Nature by Jane Harper - 1 May
✔ 31. The Santa Klaus Murder by Mavis Doriel Hay - 31st December
32. Rosewater by Tade Thompson
✔ 33. Nightblade by Ryan Kirk - 1st April
34. The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
✔ 35. The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer - 10th April



Series I want to finish
36. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
37. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini
38. Timeless by Gail Carriger
39. Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
40. Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman
41. The Watcher in the Shadows by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
42. Forever by Maggie Stiefvater



Series I want to continue
43. The Magician's Apprentice by Trudi Canavan
44. The Rogue by Trudi Canavan
45. The Scions of Shannara by Terry Brooks
46. The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
47. Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence
48. Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine
49. The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett
50. Shadow's Bane by Karen Chance
51. Knight's Shadow by Sebastien de Castell
✔ 52. Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming - 8th July
53. Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
54. The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
✔ 55. Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman - 19th March
56. Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco
57. The Mime Order by Samantha Shannon
58. A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
59. Traitor to the Throne by Alwyn Hamilton
60. The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison
✔ 61. Fractured by Karin Slaughter - 27th July
62. Lover Mine by J.R. Ward
63. Brave the Tempest by Karen Chance
64. The Art of Dying by Ambrose Parry
✔ 65. The New Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko - 31st October
66. Judgment in Death by J.D. Robb
✔ 67. Black Dawn by Rachel Caine - 2nd July
68. Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop
69. Shopaholic to the Stars by Sophie Kinsella
✔ 70. Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler - 28th April
✔ 71. Wolf Rain by Nalini Singh - 29th August
✔ 72. Forged by Benedict Jacka - 19th August
✔ 73. The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen - 19th June



Series I finally want to dive into
74. Kriegsklingen by Joe Abercrombie
75. The Red Knight by Miles Cameron
76. The Thousand Names by Django Wexler
77. Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
78. We Are Blood and Thunder by Kesia Lupo
✔ 79. The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard - 6th December
✔ 80. The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty - 11th June
81. Twelve Kings by Bradely P. Beaulieu
82. Noughts & Crosses: Exclusive Edition by Malorie Blackman
83. Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey
84. Firelight by Kristen Callihan
85. Blood Song by Anthony Ryan
86. A Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne
87. The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams
88. Battlemage by Stephen Aryan
89. Swords and Scoundrels by Julia Knight
90. Twelve Kings by Bradley P. Beaulieu
✔ 91. Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames - 16th May
92. The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter
93. The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
94. The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson
95. Inda by Sherwood Smith
96. Hidden by Megg Jensen



Weighty Tome 2022

97. Die Säulen der Erde by Ken Follet



Clearing my Currently-Reading shelf

98. The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
99. The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
100. Pegasus by Robin McKinley

Returning for round 5.

Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2023: 38/30 🌟

* On TBR for more than one year

2010
1. The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde

2015
1. Old Man's War by John Scalzi

2016
1. Floodpath by Jon Wilkman
2. Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 2 by Svetlana Chmakova
3. Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 3 by Svetlana Chmakova
4. Nightschool: The Weirn Books, Vol. 4 by Svetlana Chmakova
5. Svetlania Weekly by Svetlana Chmakova
6. The Little Dog Laughed by Joseph Hansen

2017
1. London Falling by Paul Cornell

2018
1. Band Sinister by K.J. Charles

2019
1. Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery
2. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
3. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino

2020
1. The Suicide House by Charlie Donlea
2. Serpentine by Jonathan Kellerman

2021
1. Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story by Julie K. Brown
2. Death, Daring, and Disaster by Charles R. Farabee, Jr.
3. The Fox and the Bowman by Sebastien de Castell
4. Confessions of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
5. Murder in the Crypt by Irina Shapiro
6. The Monsanto Papers by Carey Gillam
7. An Ugly Truth by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang
8. Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean
9. What Abigail Did That Summer by Ben Aaronovitch
10. Perfect World, Vol. 3 by Rie Aruga
11. The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant by Drew Hayes
12. Swordheart by T. Kingfisher

2022
1. Revenge of the Librarians by Tom Gauld
2. Wild Rescues by Kevin Grange
3. Eye of the Beholder by Lowell Cauffiel
4. Lights and Sirens by Kevin Grange
5. Masquerade in Lodi by Lois McMaster Bujold
6. Sandy Hook by Elizabeth Williamson
7. Penric’s Mission by Lois McMaster Bujold
8. Mira's Last Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold
9. The Prisoner of Limnos by Lois McMaster Bujold
10. “You Just Need to Lose Weight” by Aubrey Gordon
11. Found: A Life in Mountain Rescue by Bree Loewen

I did fine on my challenge in 2022, which was for 20 books on my TBR from 2011 to 2015. I read 8 of them and deleted the others. I was going to scale down my goal, but I'll never pare down my TBR by going conservative. So this year I'll shoot for 30.

COMPLETED: 12/25/23

2015:
1. Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania - DNF
2. When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present - DNF at 30%
3. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - DELETED
4. As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride - READ 2/10/23 4 stars
5. Never Let Me Go - READ 10/16/23 2 stars
6. The Language of Flowers - READ 1/19/23 - 2 stars
7. The Cuckoo's Calling - READ 4/10/23 - 3.75 stars
8. Clockwork Angel - READ 3/21/23 3 stars
9. The Girl Who Wrote in Silk - READ 12/26/22 - 4 stars
10. Daemon - DNF @ 29%
11. Terrier - READ 4/19/23 - 5 stars

2016:
12. Warbreaker - DELETED
13. Blood on the Tracks - READ 6/15/23 - 4 stars

2017:
14. The Winter Sea - DELETED
15. The Demon You Know - READ 2/4/23 2 stars
16. Demon Ex Machina - DNF at 50%
17. Pax Demonica - DELETED
18. The Name of the Wind - DELETED
19. Bitten - READ 5/10/23 - 3 stars
20. World Without End - DELETED
21. One of Us Is Lying - READ 6/18/23 - 3 stars
22. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory - READ 6/1/23 - 4 stars

2018:
23. Echo - READ 4/29/23 - 3 stars
24. Iron Gold - DELETED
25. Before We Were Yours - READ 5/5/23 - 3 stars
26. Blindness - READ 11/4/23 3 stars
27. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - READ 2/17/23 4 stars
28. Then She Was Gone - READ 5/16/23 - 3 stars
29. The Forgotten Garden - DELETED
30. Scythe - READ 12/25/23 - 4 stars

Totals:
Deleted: 8
DNF: 4
Read: 18

I will focus on anything before 2023 and continuing series. :)
Mar 19 2023 Update - I am bumping my goal up from 60 to 70 books.
Apr 21 2023 Update - Goal bump to 80.
Aug 11 2023 Update - Goal bump to 90
Oct 8 2023 Update - Goal bump to 100
Nov 2023 Update - Goal bump to 110
Decreased my TBR by 24%.
I am so pleased with how many books I was able to read this year. This challenge over the years has really helped me actually read my TBR. I am so grateful for it!

Read ◾ 108/110

2015 ◾ 1


2016 ◾ 3


2017 ◾ 1


2019 ◾ 1


2020 ◾ 2


2021 ◾ 3


2022 ◾ 15



Series ◾ 47 ‖ Books ◾ 80 [Finished ◾ 16 ‖ Let Go ◾ 6 ‖ Caught Up ◾ 1]
The Aermian Feuds The Devils Shayne Davies The Kiss Quotient WITSEC Templeverse Crooked Paradise Nora Jacobs Mindf*ck The Empress' Spy The Lazy Girl's Guide to Magic The Guild Walt Longmire The Veil Diaries Hundred Oaks The Mate Games A Knight's Revenge The Sworn Saga Covenant The Dark Elements Wicked Duet Vicious Lost Boys The Witcher Boys of Bellerose The Dark Artifices Blue Ivy Prep Maisie Dobbs Devil's Night Lux The Wheel of Time The 39 Clues Market of Monsters Arcturus Academy Chicagoland Vampires Throne of Glass Bellinger Sisters Fire and Ice Trilogy Midnight Empire: The Tower Off-Campus Dirty Martini Running Club Darkness Rising Stephanie Plum Heart Stone Mates Chestnut Springs Firebrand The Fallen World

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Start TBR->End TBR
2013: 1 -> 1
2014: 2 -> 1
2015: 3 -> 1
2016: 46 -> 33
2017: 52 -> 47
2018: 33-> 20
2019: 27 -> 17
2020: 32 -> 25
2021: 93 -> 74
2022: 200 -> 153
Total: 486 -> 372
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My spot. I plan to roll over the ones I didn't finish and add bunch more!

5 from each page of my TBR, 105 books

I finished!!!!!

I am definitely back in again. I keep finding the list growing but hopefully I do better at dropping my TBR this year :D
Pre 2023 TBR
Start TBR 8848
current TBR 9593
currently reading 9

Total read: 167/120
>1 year: 126

2015- 10
Artemis Fowl 9/1
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 7/2
Revolting Rhymes 7/2
The BFG 18/2
Heidi 25/3
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 31/8
A Little Princess 16/12
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 17/12
Island of the Blue Dolphins 17/12
★10The Folk of the Faraway Tree 31/12

2016- 6
The Haunting of Hiram 12/2
Ghoul: A Short Story 21/6
Stories on the Go: 101 Very Short Stories by 101 Authors 17/11
How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse 20/11
How to Twist a Dragon's Tale 26/11
★6Once Upon a Spy 31/12

2017- 4
The Blood Lives 4/6
The Blood Lies 4/6
Diary of a Wither: From Villain to Hero (An Unofficial Minecraft Book): Part 1 of a Wither’s Journey 4/6
★4Twisted 21/12

2018- 1
Lucifer, Book Three 15/1

2019- 13
The Seventh Dwarf 14/1
Sky Song 31/1
The Small Hand 28/2
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 7/4
Blood, Sweat and Tea 28/4
Speak 23/5
Switched 14/8
The Last Wish 12/11
A Shirtful of Frogs 13/11
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 13/12
Monster 15/12
An Eagle in the Snow 17/12
★13Zia 17/12

2020- 11
The Trouble With Witches 5/1
The Vampire's Cursed Kiss 21/1
The Forgettable Miss French 21/1
Moody and the Beast 24/1
Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings 1/6
The Job: A Darklight Chronicle 2/6
The Dancing Unicorn 9/6
Winter Wonderland: A Christmas Quartet 4/8
The Magpie Lord 14/8
Fire & Flood 7/12
★11Dark Fae Extinction 1 18/12

2021- 55
The Great Outdoors 9/1
Brambles 13/1
Selected Just So Stories 15/1
Her First Taste of Fire 25/1
Love and Other Wild Things 10/2
Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues 10/2
Always Be My Banshee 11/2
The Day I Fell Into a Fairytale 18/2
Siege 19/2
The Polar Bear Explorers' Club 25/2
Outlaw: The Story of Robin Hood 28/2
Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories 5/3
The Martian 15/3
Second Hand Curses 23/3
Bang.: A Novelette 26/3
City of Lifestone 9/4
Lair of the Skaven 11/4
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 22/4
Fry's English Delight: Series 5 30/4
10 Things Aliens Hate About You 29/5
Hangry as Hell: A humorous paranormal novella 6/6
Inkblot, Vol. 1 6/6
Inkblot, Vol. 2 6/6
Sunshine 8/6
Beaver Towers 9/6
Damn Tourists issue #1: The Arrival 12/9
Jupiter Jet #1 20/6
Love In The Capitol 28/6
Kid Normal 29/6
Tease Me 30/6
Getting Neighborly: A Swapping Adventure 30/6
Kid Normal and the Rogue Heroes 30/6
Fry's English Delight: Series 6 2/7
Fry's English Delight: Series 7 14/7
Kid Normal and the Final Five 16/7
Cut Time, Tome 1: Premières mpressions 1/8
Fry's English Delight: Series 8 4/8
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 8/8
First Term at Malory Towers 15/8
Life, the Universe and Everything 19/8
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish 2/9
Cinnamon Bun 4/9
Assassin's Apprentice 9/9
And One Last Thing ... 12/9
Shadow and Bone 20/9
H.I.V.E. Higher Institute of Villainous Education 4/10
Lost in Las Vegas 21/10
THE TEACHER ATE MY HOMEWORK 26/10
Perfect State 20/11
Warrior's Taken 28/11
Hard Landing 2/12
Blood of Midgard: A Dark Fantasy Collection 7/12
One More Last Time 12/12
When the Cities Died, I Danced 24/12
★55Advent 31/12

Splitting the list a little this year as keep running out of space :) hoping to do as well.

2022 >1year- 26
Missing 21/2
The 101 Dalmatians 24/3
Bloodline 14/9
A Pilgrimage of Swords 14/6
Escape from the Blood Castle 15/6
The Curse of the Lost Idol 15/6
Murder on the Midnight Plane 15/6
The Incredible Dinosaur Expedition 15/6
The Intergalactic Bus Trip 15/6
Bad Girls 16/6
Reaper 18/6
Time Train To Ancient Rome 20/6
Danger at Demons Cove 21/6
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell 31/7
Little Bear Lost 4/8
Little Bear's Trousers 4/8
The Ninth Realm 13/8
Xzion 4/9
The Tailor 20/9
Justice 21/9
The Cat Who Saved Books 23/9
Art Matters: Because Your Imagination Can Change the World 16/10
Rise of the School for Good and Evil 16/11
Best Served Cold 23/11
Signal Moon: A Short Story 19/12
★26The Horse and His Boy 22/12

2022<1year- 41
Karen's Birthday 6/1
Kay’s Anatomy: A Complete (and Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body 7/1
Isadora Moon Under the Sea 14/1
The Antventure Begins 14/1
Monster in the Mirror 28/1
Thorn 30/1
The Tears of a Dragon 31/1
Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You 1/2
Reluctant Dungeon 7/2
How to Survive Summer Camp 7/2
The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince 12/2
Revenging Dungeon 18/2
Roaming Dungeon 18/2
The Primal Hunter 3 7/3
The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour 8/3
The Primal Hunter 4 12/3
Yesterday Crumb and the Teapot of Chaos 21/3
Hedgewitch 26/3
Upping the Ante 27/3
Acyrologia 1/4
Accords 4/4
Avalon 20/4
Solo Leveling, Vol. 4 (novel) (Solo Leveling 5/5
Solo Leveling, Vol. 5 (novel) (Solo Leveling 5/5
Solo Leveling, Vol. 6 12/5
Double Act 13/5
Roll Call 14/5
Templar 16/5
Prince of Crows 17/5
Danny the Champion of the World 20/5
The Last Church 1/6
Parting of the Ways 2/6
Dreadgod 19/6
Snapshot 25/6
The Great Village Show 27/6
Solo Leveling, Vol. 7 16/7
Fermentation 22/8
Seed 26/8
Nomad Core 26/9
Fire Above, Fire Below 26/9
★41Wrapped up in Christmas 2/11

I'm back as well. I have made good strides on 2016 and 2017 and have 39 left for the two years. I also want to keep reading books from 2018-2019 since I will focus on them in 2024 most likely.

2016 11/13
1. Plain Kate -1/3-****
2 The Winged Histories - 9/22-****
3 Leviathan Wakes-11/30-***
4 The Copper Promise- DNF but read first part as a novella (11/4-***)
5 The Goblin Emperor-5/25-*****
6 Dodger-6/11-***
7 The Grapes of Wrath
8 The Brothers Karamazov
9 Moll Flanders-DNF
10 Servant of the Underworld-7/8-***
11 Hild-DNF
12 Storykiller -DNF
13 A Curious Beginning - 9/13-***
14 Spellslinger-4/4-***
15 We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - 8/26-****
16. Parable of the Sower-2/26-****

2017 16/16
1. The Golem and the Jinni - 5/8-****
2. Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?-1/4-****
3. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers - DNF
4. If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - 7/30-***
5. Defy the Stars-10/23-***
6. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia-12/8-***
7. The Curse of Chalion-1/9-*****
8. Shades of Grey-11/9-***
9. Star's End - DNF - library did not have and didn't want to buy
10. An Unkindness of Magicians-12/15-****
11. Noumenon- 12/26-****
12. The Restorer - DNF
13. A Gathering of Shadows-5/23-****
14. The Address - 10/2-***
15. Unearthed - 9/1-***
16. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal-DNF
17. Paradox Bound-6/1-***
18. The Beautiful Ones-3/9-***
19. Strangers - DNF
20. Tempests and Slaughter-10/12-***
21. The Tethered Mage-DNF
22. Now I Rise-DNF
23. Senlin Ascends-10/16-****

Other Years at start of 2023:
2018 -32
2019 - 56
2020 - 73
2021 - 75
Total TBR: 420

I'm back as well. I'll go for 100 again even though I'm not sure I'll finish this year......I'm going to go for books I'm tired of seeing on my list but am still interested enough in to read. Time for them to make room for other books I can get tired of seeing.

The Ghastly Ghost of Hillbilly Hollow. ***Finished 01/23****
The Bodyguard
The American Adventuress*** Finished 4Q23***
Elvis and Me: The True Story of the Love Between Priscilla Presley and the King of Rock N' Roll ****Finished 02/2023****
I Remember You ***Finished 7/23***
Irish Parade Murder **Finished 4/23**
The Big Lie ***Finished 01/23****
The Other Side of the Door**Finished 4/23**
The Vile Victorians***Finished 01/23****
The Historians
Killers of a Certain Age ***Finished 3Q23***
The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science***Finished 01/23****
Holding the Line: Inside the Nation's Preeminent US Attorney's Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department
John Brown's Women*** Finished 4Q23***
Our Husband***Finished 01/23****
Well Behaved Wives*** Finished 4Q23***
The Latecomer
Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch***Finished 3Q23***
Lights, Cameras, Witches***Finished 01/23****
Redemption
Sisters Behaving Badly***Finished 3Q23***
Peril in Paris ****Finished 05/23****
Desert Star***Finished 01/23****
The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
A Christmas Candy Killing***Finished 7/23***
The Cure for What Ales You***Finished 7/23***
This Place of Wonder
Deliberate Cruelty: Truman Capote, the Millionaire's Wife, and the Murder of the Century***Finished 3Q23***
Seams Like Murder*** Finished 4Q23***
The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir**Finished 4/23**
Until Proven Guilty****Finished 02/2023****
No Plan B***Finished 01/23****
Heartburn****Finished 02/2023****
The German Wife
Crime for the Books**Finished 4/23**
Death at Paradise Palms***Finished 7/23***
No Way Back****Finished 02/2023****
Lessons in Chemistry***Finished 3Q23***
Pay Dirt Road**Finished 4/23**
The Ghost and the Stolen Tears
Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists ****Finished 05/23****
A Vacation to Die For***Finished 3Q23***
Bloomsbury Girls
Jackie and Me*** Finished 4Q23***
The Good Lie****Finished 02/2023****
Blacklist*** Finished 4Q23***
After Camelot: A Personal History of the Kennedy Family--1968 to the Present**Finished 4/23**
Bunny Mellon: The Life of an American Style Legend*** Finished 4Q23***
Bound by Murder*** Finished 4Q23***
The Three Dahlias***Finished 7/23***
Blood Shot
The Mountbattens: Their Lives & Loves***Finished 7/23***
The Last Time We Met
Death of an Ice Cream Scooper
Death Down the Aisle***Finished 3Q23***
The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club - Book Three***Finished 01/23****
I, Rhoda***Finished 7/23***
Runaway Justice***Finished 7/23***
Hooked on a Feline**Finished 4/23**
The Ship of Brides
Murder Most Grave**Finished 4/23**
Apparently There Were Complaints: A Memoir****Finished 05/23****
Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life*** Finished 4Q23***
The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil ****Finished 05/23****
Oath of Loyalty***Finished 3Q23***
Every Last Secret
West with Giraffes****Finished 02/2023****
The Marlow Murder Club
All about Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business***Finished 3Q23***
I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir**Finished 4/23**
The Lifeguards
Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington, from FDR through Clinton***Finished 3Q23***
Live Your Life: My Story of Loving and Losing Nick Cordero**Finished 4/23**
The Last Juror*** Finished 4Q23***
Total Power
Undistracted: Capture Your Purpose. Rediscover Your Joy.
The Librarian Spy
Granny's Got a Gun***Finished 01/23****
Everyday Lies
A Dish to Die For
The Marrying of Chani Kaufman**Finished 4/23**
You May Be Write ****Finished 05/23****
The Burning Pages
Lucky Stiff
They Came to Baghdad***Finished 7/23***
Trophy Hunt***Finished 7/23***
Free Fire
Dead Even
Batter Off Dead***Finished 7/23***
A Calculated Whisk***Finished 7/23***
The Girl from the Channel Islands****Finished 02/2023****
Truth and Other Lies***Finished 3Q23***
Castle Deadly, Castle Deep***Finished 7/23***
Death in Castle Dark***Finished 7/23***
The Brain's Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity
Write It When I'm Gone***Finished 01/23****
We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Legend and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Film****Finished 02/2023****
Argyles and Arsenic
When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today***Finished 3Q23***
The Women's March: A Novel of the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession***Finished 3Q23***
Better Off Dead*** Finished 4Q23***
The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free ****Finished 05/23****
Christmas in Peachtree Bluff
Frozen Stiff
The Secret to Southern Charm ****Finished 05/23****
The Southern Side of Paradise**Finished 4/23**
Final Exam
Checking Out Crime*** Finished 4Q23***
The Saturday Evening Girls Club
Where the Sky Begins***Finished 7/23***
Batten Down the Belfry***Finished 7/23***
Once a Grand Duchess: Xenia, Sister of Nicholas II
Beverly Hills Dead
The Proof Is in the Poison****Finished 02/2023****
Sex with Presidents: The Ins and Outs of Love and Lust in the White House**Finished 4/23**
Anatomy of a Murder
Logical Family: A Memoir*** Finished 4Q23***

I joined Goodreads in 2021 and added the majority of my books this year so I'm counting anything that I've had on my tbr before December 31st of 2022.

Starting TBR Count: 793
Ending: 778

55/50
1. Maybe in Another Life
2. Twisted Truths
3. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
4. The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
5. The Secret, Book & Scone Society
6. The Thursday Murder Club
7. Strangers in Death
8. The Magnolia Palace
9. Victoria
10. Prince Caspian
11. The Matchmaker's Gift
12. Lessons in Chemistry
13. The Other Bennet Sister
14. A Fire Endless
15. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
16. Lord of Danger
17. Station Eternity
18. Half a Soul
19. The Luminaries
20. Goodnight from London
21. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
22. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
23. Salvation in Death
24. The Children's Blizzard
25. Black Sun
26. The Museum of Extraordinary Things
27. The Twyford Code
28. The Cuban Heiress
29. The Poison Season
30. Coronation Year
31. The Masque of the Black Tulip
32. The Deception of the Emerald Ring
33. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
34. Still Life
35. Anatomy: A Love Story
36. Promises in Death
37. The Pillars of the Earth
38. Bloomsbury Girls
39. What Happens in London
40. One Dark Window
41. Happy Place
42. The Stardust Thief
43. Migrations
44. Ink Blood Sister Scribe
45. Kindred in Death
46. Divine Rivals
47. House of Earth and Blood
48. The Kingpin of Camelot
49. Fantasy in Death
50. Dark Triumph
51. A Study in Scarlet Women
52. Silence for the Dead
53. Storm Echo
54. The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
55. Wuthering Heights

12/12

1. Jurassic Park purchased in 2020
2. The Dovekeepers added in 2011
3. Parable of the Sower added in 2019
4. The Calculating Stars added in 2019
5. The Pillars of the Earth added in 2013
6. The Eye of the World added in 2018
7. The Golem and the Jinni added in 2014
8. Doomsday Book added in 2019
9. Hickory Dickory Dock added in 2013
10. The Tenth Muse added in 2019
11. The World That We Knew added in 2019
12. Things in Jars added in 2019

I'm going to read at least 12 of these. That's 1 a month.

My oldest shelf is "added 2020" with 227 titles on it. 12 books won't even make a dent.



☑ Jan ~
The Ragged Edge of Night Read ~ 1.14.23
The Midnight LibraryRead ~ 1.13.23

☑Feb ~
Oona Out of Order Read ~ 2.12.23
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World Read ~ 2.28.23

☑Mar ~
What the Wind Knows Read ~ 3.24.23
The Vanished Man Read ~ 3.26.23

☑Apr ~
Horse Tradin' Read ~ 4.4.23


☐May ~
☐Jun ~

☐Jul ~
☐Aug ~
☐Sept ~

☐Oct ~
☐Nov ~
☐Dec ~

Going to focus on the ones left from 2014 & 2015 which is 94 books and I'd like to get to at least 50.

Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2023
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2023

Books Read or Removed: 12/94 books

Added in 2014: 1/9 books



Added in 2015: 11/85 books



Read:


Removed:

Tricia wrote: ". Am I supposed to see the old spreadsheet when I click on the link? ."

There is a different tab for 2023 😉

Trinia’s dirty closet 🧹🧼🧽
42/50 Completed

Hardcover books ~ 4/4
Gilded ~ read 5/16
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas ~ Read 3/11/23
Embraced by the Light by Melvin Morse ~ Read 3/8/23
For One More Day by Mitch Albom ~ Read 2/26


Chirp 🐥🎧 ~ 5/6
Inspector Hobbes and the Curse by Wilkie Martin ~ Read 7/20
When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton ~ Read 1/12/23
Silence for the Dead by Simone St. James ~ Read 3/29
Sweet Caroline by Rachel Hauck ~ Read 7/14
Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman
Atticus: A Woman’s Journey with the World’s Worst Behaved Dog by S. Bennett ~ Read 8/10/23


Libro 🎧 10/15
Rainwater by Sandra Brown ~ Read 4/1
➕The Diviners
The False Prince - Pangeran Palsu ~ Read 7/24
The Bride Says No ~ Read 9/6
Without a Trace by Colleen Coble ~ Read 4/18
Scared to Death by Rachel Amphlett ~ Read 5/11
The Sweet By and By by Sara Evans ~ Read 3/9
The Serpent's Secret by Sayantani DasGupta ~ Read 11/14
➕Imposter SW 8:39
➕Stain AH 20:48
➕Stepsister JD 12:53
➕Big Sky KA 11:19
The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais ~ Read 3/3
➕Rated MG 8:31
Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls ~ Read 5/30
Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman ~ Read 5/22




KOBO ~ 11/11
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones ~ Read 1/4/23
What We Buried by Kate A. Boorman ~ Read 1/9/23
Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand ~ Read 3/14
Just One Day by Gayle Forman ~ Read 6/24
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke ~ Read 2/13
The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea ~ Read 6/14
Corpse in the Carnations~ Read 1/21
Raybearer~ Read 6/12
Amy Chelsea Stacie Dee ~ Read 6/28
Dreams and Shadows by C. Robert Cargill ~ Read 6/22
The Wish ~ Read 8/3



Audible 🎧 ~ 7/7
Cloud Atlas ~ Read 1/2/23
Dune ~ Read 7/18
Tuesdays with Morrie ~ Read 6/26
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah ~ Read 1/17/23
Mercy by Jodi Picoult ~ Read 3/24
Everyone is Beautiful by Katherine Center ~ Read 6/5
Hidden ~ Read 1/10/23


NetGalley 5/6
🐥🎧 Babydoll by Hollie Overton ~ Read 7/30
Out of the Dark by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz ~ Read 1/24
The girl from Home
Far From True by Linwood Barclay ~ Read 10/1
The Circus Train by Amita Parikh ~ Read 6/16
Lucy by the Sea ~ Read 1/27

Karen ⊰✿ wrote: "Tricia wrote: ". Am I supposed to see the old spreadsheet when I click on the link? ."

There is a different tab for 2023 😉"

Ha! Thanks!!

Jenny wrote: "My spot. I plan to roll over the ones I didn't finish and add bunch more!

5 from each page of my TBR, 105 books"

Jenny, I definitely recommend . A 5-star read for me! :)

Audio or print? I haven't purchased it yet.

I listened to the audio, which was good :)

I too am in again, this year I read 232 on my TBR list but I just continued adding more! I will say 100 and I plan to go from my oldest!

1. Smash Cut by Sandra Brown
2. Tough Customer by Sandra Brown
3. Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
4. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
5. The Surrogate's Gift by L.G. Davis
6. In One Fell Swoop by Willow Rose
7. Another Man's Treasure by S.W. Hubbard
8. Spare by Prince Harry
9. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
10. A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
11. Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland
12. The House of Wolves by James Patterson
13. Mad Honey by Jodi Picoult
14. A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
15. A ​Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas
16. Finding Me by Viola Davis
17. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
18. Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
19. One By One by Freida McFadden
20. The Arrangement by Kiersten Modglin
21. The Color of Murder by Patrick Logan
22. Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I'm in for 30 again! In 2022 I finished 17 books in 6 months, so I'm hopeful. I also intended to keep it to the books on the list the longest (so, from 2012), but I gave up on that and just went for anything pre-2022. Less rules, more fun :)

I'm in for 65 this year! I read based on how I feel, but I have an incredibly long TBR list, so it should be fine. I don't like to plan my books ahead so I'll list them here as I finish reading them..

72/65 books

Was on my TBR list for one year:


Was on my TBR list for 2 years:


Was on my TBR list for 3 years:


Was on my TBR list for 4 years:


Was on my TBR list for 5 or more years:

How have I missed this?? LOL! First time joining and I don't know what my strategy will be. I'd love to clear 200+ books by removing and/or reading. I'll start with that but will reassess quarterly.
**Going to track deleted and read separately**

Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2023
January 1 - December 31, 2023

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Goal: 200 books
~ x books from 2016 - 2018
~ x books from 2019 - 2021
~ x books from 2022 - 2023

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Removed/Deleted ~
Added ~
Read ~

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I will do this one again this year. i will aim for 50 books. Didnt do so well this year only got about 30% done...

I'm in.

I only joined GR in late 2020, and didn't start adding TBR books until Spring 2021.

Hmmm...for now I'll say 50 100 books, although that may change. I'll count anything that's been on my TBR or I've owned for more than six months (rolling). I have many books I've owned far longer, so I'll try to focus on them.

1. A Hanging at Dawn by Charles Todd 1/2
2. Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman 1/2
3. Wicked Flame by Ella Frank 1/2
4. Of Dreams and Ceremonies by Julie Bozza 1/3
5. Wrong Message, Right Valentine by Romeo Alexander 1/6
6. Light Thickens by Ngaio Marsh 1/8
7. The Quiet House by Lily Morton 1/9
8. Bedside Manners by Ella Fenn 1/13
9. Romantic Hero by Jeris Jean 1/15
10. At Home by Carly Marie 1/16
11. Down and Dirty by Rhys Ford 1/24/
12. Scoop by Evelyn Waugh 1/25
13. Inevitable by Briar Prescott 1/28
14. Bad Intentions by Ella Frank 1/28
15. The Scorpion's Tail by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 2/1
16. Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman 2/1
17. The Dead Will Tell by Linda Castillo 2/3
18. The Incredible Journey of Plants by Stefano Mancuso 2/3
19. Everything, Always by J.J. Harper 2/5
20. Wild Mountain Thyme by Rosamunde Pilcher 2/5
21. Fly Girl: A Memoir by Ann Hood 2/6
22. Twilight of Empire: The Tragedy at Mayerling and the End of the Habsburgs by Greg King and Penny Wilson 2/8
23. Winter's Wolf by Tara Lain 2/9
24. This Is Chance!: The Shaking of an All-American City, A Voice That Held It Together by Jon Mooallem 2/10
25. Mahu Blood by Neil S. Plakcy 2/12
26. Assembling the Dinosaur: Fossil Hunters, Tycoons, and the Making of a Spectacle by Lukas Rieppel 2/13
27. Off the Ice by Avon Gale and Piper Vaughn 2/13
28. Private Charter by N.R. Walker 2/16
29. Fool of Main Beach by Tara Lain 2/19
30. Murder Takes the High Road by Josh Lanyon 2/21
31. The Nothingness of Ben by Brad Boney 2/21
32. A Long Way Back by Barbara Elsborg 2/22
33. Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman 2/22
34. Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 2/28
35. Something Wicked by Eden Winters 3/2
36. El Deafo by Cece Bell 3/4
37. Red Dirt Heart 3 by N.R. Walker 3/6
38. Unexpected by Roe Horvat 3/6
39. Home the Hard Way by Z.A. Maxfield 3/6
40. Prior Affair by Raven de Hart 3/8
41. Mammoth by John Varley 3/9
42. Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell 3/9
43. Red Dirt Heart 4 by N.R. Walker 3/10
44. Undercover Star by Jackie Keswick 3/11
45. Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell 3/12
46. The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf 3/13
47. My Fair Brady by K.C. Wells 3/14
48. Diablo Mesa by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child 3/15
49. Heartstopper: Volume Four by Alice Oseman 3/18
50. Suddenly Yours by Jacob Z. Flores 3/18
51. Dirty Heart by Rhys Ford 3/19
52. Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb 3/19
53. A Strange and Stubborn Endurance by Foz Meadows 3/24
54. Holding Out for a Fairy Tale by A.J. Thomas 3/27
55. A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr 3/31
56. A Twist in Time by Julie McElwain 4/2
57. After the Storm by Linda Castillo 4/3
58. Still by Mary Calmes 4/6
59. Starcrossed by Allie Therin 4/7
60. Top Shelf by R.J. Scott and V.L. Locey 4/8
61. Reinventing Cato by Barbara Elsborg 4/9
62. What Abigail Did That Summer by Ben Aaronovitch 4/10
63. The Stars, Like Dust by Isaac Asimov 4/11
64. The Ivy Tree by Mary Stewart 4/14
65. Leap of Faith by C.F. White 4/15
66. Dearest Milton James by N.R. Walker 4/16
67. Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews 4/17
68. The Other Man by Farhad J. Dadyburjor 4/20
69. The Sceptic by Lily Morton 4/23
70. Pick Me by May Archer 4/23
71. A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske 4/24
72. Dawn's Desire by V.L. Locey 4/25
73. PsyCop Briefs: Volume 1 by Jordan Castillo Price 4/26
74. Good Intentions by Ella Frank 4/28
75. Irresponsible Puckboy by Eden Finley & Saxon James 4/29
76. Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep 5/2
77. In His Kiss by Neil S. Plakcy 5/3
78. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick 5/5
79. Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe 5/6
80. Carry the Ocean by Heidi Cullinan 5/8
81. A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 5/8
82. Fishy Riot by Lindsey Black 5/14
83. The Solstice Prince by S.J. Himes 5/16
84. Chiefs by Stuart Woods 5/26
85. A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik 5/31
86. Finding Steele: North Bay Pursuits by Kenzi Bond 6/2
87. The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal 6/8
88. Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey 6/16
89. Not His Kiss to Take by Finn Marlowe 6/17
90. Mad Lizard Mambo by Rhys Ford 6/19
91. Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank by Eric Orner 6/21
92. Jacked Cat Jive by Rhys Ford 6/22
93. Silk Dragon Salsa by Rhys Ford 6/22
94. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy byBecky Chambers 6/26
95. Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb 7/2
96. Broken by Nicola Haken 7/4
97. In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors by Doug Stanton 7/8
98. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed 7/7
99. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah 7/9
100. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel 7/9

And I'm finished.

I'm in this year. I plan to read 50 books that have been hanging out on my TBR the longest

1. The Pact Jodi Picoult
2. A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
3. A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled Hosseini
4. Memoirs of a GeishaArthur Golden
5. SteelheartBrandon Sanderson
6. The Daughters of MarsThomas Keneally
7. The Shoemaker's WifeAdriana Trigiani
8. OmensKelley Armstrong
9. StingerRobert McCammon
10. The SonPhilipp Meyer
11. The Painted GirlsCathy Marie Buchanan
12. The MatchmakerElin Hilderbrand
13. The Good FatherDiane Chamberlain
14. Mud, Sweat and TearsBear Grylls
15. A Gentle RainDeborah Smith
16. The SisterhoodHelen Bryan
17. Bone RiverMegan Chance
18. Heading Out to WonderfulRobert Goolrick
19. The Second ShipRichard Phillips
20. Maternal HarborMarie F. Martin
21. The Bone SeasonSamantha Shannon
22. All Fall DownJennifer Weiner
23. Close Your Eyes, Hold HandsChris Bohjalian
24. Code Name VerityElizabeth Wein
25. The Winter GuestPam Jenoff
26. The Tenant of Wildfell HallAnne Brontë
27. Garden SpellsSarah Addison Allen
28. The Dark HalfStephen King
29. Gone SouthRobert McCammon
30. Beautiful RuinsJess Walter
31. InamorataMegan Chance
32. The GlassblowerPetra Durst-Benning
33. Breaking CreedAlex Kava
34. Blue WorldRobert McCammon
35. We Are Not OurselvesMatthew Thomas
36. Mr. MercedesStephen King
37. The Weight of BloodLaura McHugh
38. LethalSandra Brown
39. A Kingdom of DreamsJudith McNaught
40. Miramont's GhostElizabeth Hall
41. The Sound of GlassKaren White
42. Secrets of the TowerDebbie Rix
43. The Midwife's RevoltJodi Daynard
44. Love May FailMatthew Quick
45. Sweet Salt AirBarbara Delinsky
46. Blood on SnowJo Nesbø
47. The RumorElin Hilderbrand
48.
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This is my first year joining this challenge, but with 814 books on my TBR list (and growing) I certainly need it. I will start with a modest goal of reading or deleting 30 books out of my 2013, 2014 and 2015 shelves. After that, I will try to read a book or two from other consecutive years up to 2022 for a total of 80 books.

TBR Pile Jan 1, 2023 - 814 books
TBR Pile Dec 31, 2023 - 966 books

Total: (92/80)

2013
1. ✅ Steelheart (Reckoners 1) by Brandon Sanderson ★★★★★
2. ✅ The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman ★★★★★
3. ✅ Redshirts by John Scalzi ★★★
4. ✅ Seraphina (Seraphina 1) by Rachel Hartman ★★★★★
5. ✅ Fire and Hemlock by Dian Wynne Jones ★★★★
6. ✅ Wool Omnibus (Silo 1) by Hugh Howey ★★★★★

2014
1. ✅ Wolverton Station by Joe Hill ★★★
2. Abaddon's Gate (Expanse 3) by James S.A. Corey
3. ✅ Saturn's Children (Freyaverse 1) by Charles Stross ★★★★
4. ✅ Neptune's Brood (Freyaverse 2) by Charles Stross ★★★★
5. ✅ The Well of Ascension (Mistborn 2) by Brandon Sanderson ★★★★★
6. ✅ The Hero of Ages (Mistborn 3) by Brandon Sanderson ★★★★★
7. ✅: The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson ★★★★★
8. ✅ Police Procedure & Investigation: A Guide for Writers Lee Lofland ★★★★★
9. ✅ Hellbound (Hellbound 1) by Tim Hawken DNF 45%
10. ✅ I Am Satan (Hellbound 2) by Tim Hawken DELETED
11. ✅ Deicide (Hellbound 3) by Tim Hawken DELETED
12. ✅: Empire of Shadows (Bhinian Empire 2) by Miriam Foster ★★★
13. ✅: Lockdown (Escape from Furnace 1) by Alexander Gordon Smith ★★★★★
14. ✅ The Archived (The Archived 1) by Victoria Schwab ★★★★★
15. ✅ Forensics: A Guide for Writers by D.P. Lyle ★★★★★
16. Order of the Seers (Order of the Seers 1) by Rennie Cerece Murphy DNFed and took off the list.
17. The Martian by Andy Weir

2015
1. ✅ A Murder of Crones (London Bones 2) by S.W. Fairbrother ★★★★★
2. ✅ Hollow World by Michael J. Sullivan ★★

2016
1. ✅ Serious Crimes (Strike a Match 1) by Frank Tayell ★★★

2018
1. ✅ The First Days (As the World Dies 1) by Rhiannon Frater ★★
2. Pestilence (The Four Horsemen 1) by Laura Thalassa
3. ✅ To Ride a Rathorn (Kencyrath 4) by P.C. Hodgell ★★★★★
4. Heart of Malice (Alice Worth 1) by Lisa Edmonds
5. The Wizard Hunters (The Fall of Ile-Rien 1) by Martha Wells
6. Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
7. Poison by Chris Wooding
8. The Palace Job (Rogues of the Republic 1) by Patrick Weeks
9. Winter's Reach (Revanche Cycle 1) by Craig Schaefer
10. Harmony Black (Harmony Black 1) by Craig Schaefer
11. Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K Vaughan
12. Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal 1) by Jonathan L Howard
13. ✅ Dirty Magic (Prospero's War 1) by Jaye Wells ★★★★
14. Splintered Nights by Veronica Del Rosa
15. ✅ Grimspace (Sirantha Jax 1) by Ann Aguirre ★★★
16. Seven Forges (Seven Forges 1) by James A Moore
17. ✅ Cast in Shadow (Chronicles of Elantra 1) by Michelle Sagara ★★★★
18. Prayers in Steel (The Skin Walker War 1) by Michael McClung

2019
1. ✅: Angel of the Blockade by Alex Wells ★★★★★
2. ✅: Emergency Skin by N.K. Jemisin ★★★
3. ✅: London Falling by Paul Cornell ★★★
4. ✅: The Bitter Twins by Jen Williams DNF @ 55%
5. ✅: Deadline by Jennifer Blackstream ★★★★

2020
1. ✅: Faded Steel Heat by Glen Cook ★★★
2. ✅: Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett ★★★★★
3. ✅: Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir ★★★★★

2021
1. ✅: Hell Divers by Nicholas Sansbury Smith ★★★
2. ✅: Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky ★★★★★
3. ✅: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri ★★★

2022
1. ✅: The Best Thing You Can Steal by Simon R Green ★★★
2. ✅: Empire of Exiles by Erin M. Evans ★★★★
3. ✅: Ruins on Stone Hill by F.P. Spirit
4. ✅: A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer ★★★★
5. ✅: The Bladed Faith by David Dalglish ★★
6. ✅: Pattern Black by Sean Platt and Johnny B Truant ★★
7. ✅: The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman ★★★★★
8. ✅: Upgrade by Blake Crouch ★★★★
9. ✅: Spacer's Bet: An Aliya War prequel by Bonnie Milani ★★★★
10. ✅: The House of Styx by Derek Kunsken DNF at 25%
11. ✅: Bona Fides by Ash B. Whitley ★★ DNF at 50%
12. ✅: Murder Under Another Sun by Colin Alexander DNF at 25%
13. ✅: Equinox by David Towsey ★★★
14. ✅: Blood Mark by JP McLean DNF at 25%
15. ✅: Souldier by Andrew Dahms ★★ DNF at 50%
16. ✅: Z2134 by Sean Platt and David Wright ★
17. ✅: One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig ★★★★★
18. ✅: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud ★★★★★
19. ✅: Extasia by Claire Legrand ★ DNF at 35%
20. ✅: The Immortality Thief by Taran Hunt ★★★★
21. ✅: Vox Astra: The Black Box by James Chambers ★★★★
22. ✅: Mirror Obscure by Elizabeth Hunter DNF at 30%
23. ✅: Curfew by Jayne Cowie ★★
24. ✅: The End of Sleep by Vyvyan Evans ★★
25. ✅: The Beholden by Cassandra Rose Clarke ★★★
26. ✅: The City Beneath the Hidden Stars by Sonya Kudei ★ DNF @ 40%
27. ✅: The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox ★★ DNF @ 75%
28. ✅: Neom by Lavie Tidhar ★★★
29. ✅: In a Garden Burning Gold by Rory Power ★★
30. ✅: Blue Haven by Lisa King ★★★
31. ✅: ATLAS by Isaac Hooke DNF @ 67%
32. ✅: The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley ★ DNF @ 50%
33. ✅: Chew: Season One by Naomi Ault ★★★
34. ✅: Ymir by Rich Larson ★★★★★
35. ✅: Whether Violent or Natural by Natasha Calder DNF at 40%
36. ✅: Bad Girls Drink Blood by S. L. Choi DNF at 45%
37. ✅: A Pale Box on the Distant Shore P. J. Nwosu ★★★★★
38. ✅: Warded by JB McDonald ★★★★
39. ✅: Malice House by Megan Shepherd ★★
40. ✅: Nexus by Ramex Naam DNF
41. ✅: Netherkind by Greg Chapman DNF @ 45%
42. ✅: The Last Storm by Tim Lebbon ★★
43. ✅: Lost in Time by A. G. Riddle ★★
44. ✅: Centers of Gravity by Marco Kloos ★
45. ✅: A Blade Through Time by Louis Kalman DNF @ 42%
46. ✅: A Touch of Light by Thiago Abdala ★★
47. ✅: The Night-Bird's Feather by Jenna Katerin Moran ★★
48. ✅: Dead Man's Hand by James J Butcher ★★★★★
49. ✅: Echoes by T.D. Wilson DNF at 15%
50. ✅: Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovski ★★★★★
51. ✅: Thank God It's Friday: A Novel by Neoul Shim ★★★
52. ✅: The Parallels by Keyla Damaer ★ DNF @ 30%
53. ✅: Redspace Rising by Bryan Trent ★★★

Going for 30 oldest TBR again this year.

Cleaning out the TBR Closet 2023: (Oldest 30 TBR Books)
Completed: 12/30

1) Fall of Giants
2) The Good Earth
3) Mules and Men
✔️4) The House Girl - 9/14/23
✔️5) Earth Unaware - 4/7/23
✔️6) Divine Justice - 10/15/23
7) Winter of the World
8) Edge of Eternity
9) A Dangerous Fortune
✔️10) The Key to Rebecca - 10/30/23
11) Jackdaws
12) A Place Called Freedom
13) Expo Files
14) Dogeaters
15) In the Beginning
16) Irrefutable Proof
17) Citizens Creek
18) Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household
19) When Dad Killed Mom
20) Words of Radiance
✔️21) The Girl With All the Gifts - 3/25/23
22) Red Rising
✔️23) The Good Girl - 9/19/23
✔️24) Gemini - 10/7/23
25) I Am 7.5 Billion Human
✔️26) Wench - 10/27/23
✔️27) Sugar (Sugar Lacey, #1) - 3/29/23
✔️28) I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem - 10/19/23
✔️29) Mr. Mercedes - 4/14/23
✔️30) Landline - 10/11/23

Since I keep failing at this challenge, I figured it's time to just make it a super crazy number of books! I figured out that I have about 52 books on my to-read shelf that I added in 2010, so this will be the year of clearing out 2010 by reading one dusty book per week. One book that I added in 2010 is actually four Jane Austen novels bound in one volume, so I'm splitting those four by quarter to have a little Jane Austen year :)

Maybe not in this order, but we'll see:

Total: 22/56

1. Pay It Forward
2. The Breakup Bible
3. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
4. The Warded Man
5. A Confederacy of Dunces
6. Corelli's Mandolin
7. City of Thieves
8. Flowers in the Attic
9. That Was Then, This Is Now
10. Lips Touch: Three Times
11. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
12. I Am Legend
13. Wildwood Dancing
14. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
15. Outlander
16. The Princess Bride
17. A Passage to India
18. Kushiel's Dart
19. Wizards at War
20. The Ruins of Gorlan
21. Perfect Chemistry
22. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
23. Dragon Slippers
24. The Dead-Tossed Waves
25. Memoirs of a Geisha
26. The Time Traveler's Wife
27. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
28. The Mists of Avalon
29. The Pillars of the Earth
30. I Capture the Castle
31. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
32. The Catcher in the Rye
33. The Kite Runner
34. Romeo and Juliet
35. UnWholly
36. Keturah and Lord Death
37. Supernaturally
38. Water for Elephants
39. The Cry of the Icemark
40. The Other Boleyn Girl
41. Glimpse
42. Noughts & Crosses
43. The Knife of Never Letting Go
44. Letters to Juliet: Celebrating Shakespeare's Greatest Heroine, the Magical City of Verona, and the Power of Love
45. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
46. Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction
47. The Odyssey
48. Moby-Dick or, the Whale
49. Jurassic Park
50. It's Kind of a Funny Story
51. Anna and the French Kiss
52. The Trial and Death of Socrates

Q1: Sense and Sensibility (January start)
Q2: Pride and Prejudice (April start)
Q3: Emma (July start)
Q4: Northanger Abbey (October start)

Duration: January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
Progress: 5/25

2015

1. Extras by Scott Westerfeld 1/9/2023
2. Blue Noon by Scott Westerfeld

2017
3. The Prophecy of Shadows by Michelle Madow

2018
4. Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
5. The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson
6. The Hundredth Queen by Emily R. King
7. Mind Dimensions by Dima Zales
8. Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs

Series To continue/finish
9. A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab
10. A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle
11. The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson 2/5/2023
12. Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
13. Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
14. Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
15. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
16. Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine
17. The Secret by K.A. Applegate 3/17/23 ⭐⭐⭐
18. City of Spells by Alexandra Christo 2/2/23
19. The Queen's Secret by Melissa de la Cruz Series DNF
20. Sightwitch by Susan Dennard
21. Spring by Audrey Grey
22. A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison
23. A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross
24. The Brightest Fell by Seanan McGuire
25. The ​Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos
26. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi 5/27/2023 ⭐⭐⭐, replacing The Queen's Secret.

📚CLEANING OUT THE TBR CLOSET 2023📚
Duration: January 2023 - December 2023
Humble goal: 21/30
TBR start: 1063
TBR finish:

Sorry for cluttering the thread with my massive list, but I've noticed I need visuals otherwise I just space out on the task. Taking 3 posts.

PART I
🌵1. The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger
2. Mrzla koža - Albert Sánchez Piñol
3. Jamaica Inn - Daphne du Maurier
🌵4. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
5. The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
🌵6. Coraline - Neil Gaiman
7. The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
8. The Naturalist - Andrew Mayne
9. Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
10. Kao da me nema - Slavenka Drakulić



11. Call Me By Your Name - André Aciman
12. Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride & Prejudice - Curtis Sittenfeld
13. Bel Canto - Ann Patchett
14. Cujo - Stephen King
15. Dirty - Kylie Scott
🌵16. The Dry - Jane Harper
17. Behind Closed Doors - B. A. Paris
18. Judas - Amos Oz
19. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster - Svetlana Alexievich
20. Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood - Marjane Satrapi



21. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North
22. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - Elizabeth Kolbert
23. This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor - Adam Kay
🌵24. Crazy Rich Asians - Kevin Kwan
25. Muzej nedolžnosti - Orhan Pamuk
26. The Complete Maus - Art Spiegelman
27. Ljubiti nekoga z bipolarno motnjo - Julie A. Fast
28. Cocaine Blues - Kerry Greenwood
29. The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
30. The Good Soldier Švejk - Jaroslav Hašek



31. Agnes Grey - Anne Brontë
32. Next Year in Havana - Chanel Cleeton
33. The Last Werewolf - Glen Duncan
🌵34. My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite
35. Therapy - Sebastian Fitzek
36. Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare
🌵37. In the Woods - Tana French



PART II
38. I'll Never Tell - Catherine McKenzie
🌵39. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer - Michelle McNamara
40. Reconstructing Amelia - Kimberly McCreight
41. Dread Nation - Justina Ireland
42. We, the Drowned - Carsten Jensen
43. Exhalation - Ted Chiang
44. And Shall Machines Surrender - Benjanun Sriduangkaew
45. The Lesser Dead - Christopher Buehlman
46. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women - Kate Moore
47. Suffer the Children - Craig DiLouie



48. Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life - Emily Nagoski
49. Sunstone, Vol. 1 - Stjepan Šejić
🌵50. The Winter People - Jennifer McMahon
51. The Devourers - Indra Das
52. Dirty Uncle - Alexa Riley
53. Ready to Run - Lauren Layne
54. Alice - Christina Henry
55. Get a Life, Chloe Brown - Talia Hibbert
56. A Princess in Theory - Alyssa Cole
57. The Book of Strange New Things - Michel Faber



58. Intercepted - Alexa Martin
59. Rosemary's Baby - Ira Levin
60. Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson - Lyndsay Faye
61. Planetfall - Emma Newman
62. Sutphin Boulevard - Santino Hassell
63. The Muse - Jessie Burton
64. Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde
65. The Tiger’s Daughter - K. Arsenault Rivera
66. Red Sister - Mark Lawrence
67. Foe - Iain Reid



68. The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock - Imogen Hermes Gowar
69. Mann Cakes - Mysti Parker
70. Kushiel's Dart - Jacqueline Carey
71. The Glorious Heresies - Lisa McInerney
72. And I Darken - Kiersten White
73. Kill Creek - Scott Thomas
74. The Luminous Dead - Caitlin Starling
75. Listen to Me - Kristen Proby
76. Eleanor & Grey - Brittainy C. Cherry



⚜️Series to continue
🌵Imagines - N.R. Walker

tista arheologinja

⚜️Series to finish
🌵The Last Olympian



LEFTOVERS 2022
PART I
77. The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - Jonas Jonasson
78. The Scorpion's Sweet Venom: The Diary of a Brazilian Call Girl - Bruna Surfistinha
79. The Three - Sarah Lotz
80. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales - Oliver Sacks
81. Léon in Louise - Alex Capus
82. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams - Matthew Walker
83. Vas jebe ego? - Ingrid Divkovič
84. Temelji naše državnosti - France Bučar
85. Lilac Girls - Martha Hall Kelly
86. Hamlet - William Shakespeare



87. #Girlboss - Sophia Amoruso
88. A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
89. Superženska je v tebi - Anette Ellegaard
90. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde - Robert Louis Stevenson
91. Complete Tales and Poems - Edgar Allan Poe
92. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke
🌵93. The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson
94. Three Seconds - Anders Roslund & Börge Hellström
95. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
96. The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion

LEFTOVERS 2022
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97. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin
98. The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang
99. The Deal - Elle Kennedy
100. Rdeča kot kri : prva knjiga trilogije Sneguljčica - Salla Simukka
101. The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
102. Trgovinica za samomore - Jean Teule
103. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs
104. Burned Alive - Souad
105. Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
106. Laurus - Eugene Vodolazkin



107. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
108. The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie
109. The Undertaker's Widow - Phillip Margolin
110. Usodna emonska lepotica - Ivan Sivec
111. Hotel Pastis: A Novel of Provence - Peter Mayle
112. Wetlands - Charlotte Roche
113. Lord of the Flies - William Golding
114. Middlemarch - George Eliot
115. Ljubezen po teksaško - Susan Elizabeth Phillips
116. How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
117. Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel



PART II
118. Everyday Sexism - Laura Bates
119. The Fifth Season - N. K. Jemisin
120. The Guns Above - Robyn Bennis
121. Daughter of the Forest - Juliet Marillier
122. The Assassin's Curse - Cassandra Rose Clark
123. Night Film - Marisha Pessl
124. Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neal Hurston
125. Pope Joan - Donna Woolfolk
126. Lonesome Dove - Larry Mcmurtry
127. Stay with Me - Ayobami Adebayo



128. Borrowed Souls - Chelsea Mueller
129. Widdershins - Jordan L. Hawk
130. An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors - Curtis Craddock
📍131. The Shape of Water - Guillermo del Toro & Daniel Kraus
📍132. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton
133. Barbary Station - R. E. Stearns
134. The Vagina Monologues -
135. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - Catherynne M. Valente
136. 51 Sleepless Nights - Tobias Wade
137. Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado



138. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption - Laura Hillenbrand
139. Death and Relaxation - Devon Monk
140. Sleeping Giants - Sylvain Neuvel
141. Trail of Lightning - Rebecca Roanhorse
142. Lark Rise to Candleford - Flora Thompson
143. Man Hands - Sarina Bowen & Tanya Eby
144. Ross Poldark - Winston Graham
145. The Boston Girl - Anita Diamant
146. Behind Her Eyes - Sarah Pinborough
147. A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James



📍148. Saga, Vol. 1 - Brian K. Vughan
149. The Humans - Matt Haig
🌵150. Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer
151. Kill the Farm Boy - Delilah S. Dawson & Kevin Hearne
152. Sometimes I Lie - Alice Feeney
153. Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits - David Wong
154. Why God is a Woman - Nin Andrews
155. The Book of Essie - Meghan Maclean Weir
📍156. The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation - Rich Cohen
157. The Fireman - Joe Hill



158. The Foxe & the Hound - R. S. Grey
📍159. Ship of Magic - Robin Hobb
160. A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara
161. Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky
162. Practical Magic - Alice Hoffman

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LEFTOVERS 2021
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163. Samorogove sence - Raquel Martínez-Gómez
164. Desiree - Annemarie Selinko
165. The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
166. The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka
167. Les Misérables - Victor Hugo
168. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - John le Carré
169. Erebos - Ursula Poznanski
170. The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
171. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom - Miguel Ruiz
172. The Forsyte Saga - John Galsworthy



173. Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
174. Storm Front - Jim Butcher
🌵175. Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery
176. The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
177. The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
178. The Chemist - Stephenie Meyer
179. The Sultan's Harem - Colin Falconer
180. Chocolat - Joanne Harris
181. Bobri - Janez Jalen
182. Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.



183. When the Cypress Whispers - Yvette Manessis Corporon
184. The Queen of the Tearling - Erika Johansen
185. The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton
186. Geneza - Bernard Beckett
187. Bojna pesem mame tigrice - Amy Chua
188. Shutter Island - Dennis Lehane
189. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
190. Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers - David Perlmutter
191. Scoop - Evelyn Waugh
192. The Danish Girl - David Ebershoff



193. The Widow - Fiona Barton
194. Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar - Simon Sebag Montefiore
195. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead - Olga Tokarczuk
196. Natašin ples : kulturna zgodovina Rusije - Orlando Figes
197. Globalni minotaver: Amerika, Evropa in prihodnost svetovnega gospodarstva - Yanis Varoufakis
198. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari
199. My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante
200. Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear - Elizabeth Gilbert
201. Kar ni pekel - Alessandro D'Avenia
202. Sacro egoismo : Slovenci v krempljih tajnega londonskega pakta 1915 - Uroš Lipušček



203. Wolf Hall- Hilary Mantel
204. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ - Daniel Goleman
205. Beautiful Bastard - Christina Lauren
206. Wallbanger - Alice Clayton
207. A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
208. The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
209. It Ends with Us - Colleen Hoover


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