OCTOBER - Exploding BOMBS Progress Report

September - 3/4 through the year- and we're a bit behind of our target with 72% for the end of month. We need to hunker down and clear those books from our shelves and get the fireworks popping! The tickers (password BOMBS) are set so everyone can add their to the totals.

Here are the standings at the end of SEPTEMBER:
Together we've read 2,746 - a little over a hundred short of the average number of books for 12 months to reach our goal!!!
The follow members have reached their goals and are continuing to help us to the group target:
amz310783
rambinivy
Mandymere (going for a double)
bucketyell
Connie
torontoc
Benita
tloeffler
streamsong
connie53

This month they were joined by:

booksloth
doglover58
jonesli
kirconnell
paeonia
rabbitprincess
tallulahrose

This month there are a few very close who could reach their GOALS so let's keep going - the goal for October is 3,185.

alphaorder 8 / 30 27%
amz310783 105 / 60 175%
AngelWitch 12 / 35 34%
AnnieMod 1 / 50 2%
arrwa 2 / 5 40%
auntmarge 48 / 50 96%
BBleil 3 / 25 12%
benitastrnad 38 / 24 158%
BILLIEJEAN 27 / 25 108%
booksloth 50 / 50 100%
bowerbirds 3 / 36 8%
bragan 78 / 100 78%
brewergirl 24 / 30 80%
bucketyell 92 / 50 184%
cait86 21 / 40 53%
caramellunacy 10 / 25 40%
carmenere 18 / 32 56%
Conachair 23 / 50 46%
clue 18 / 25 72%
connie53 22 / 18 122%
cyderry 74 / 80 93%
deadwhiteguys 4 / 31 13%
deep220 49 / 55 89%
deltaqueen 86 / 110 78%
detailmuse 28 / 40 70%
doglover58 26 / 26 100%
drachenbraut23 2 / 15 13%
duaney_h 7 / 20 35%
dudes22 50 / 70 71%
Ephemeralda 38 / 40 95%
FAMeulstee 16 / 15 107%
fjumonvi 2 / 25 8%
fundvogel 14 / 10 140%
helenbaker 40 / 50 80%
helenoel 11 / 25 44%
hemlokgang 25 / 30 83%
h-mb 1 / 30 3%
jonesli 129 / 120 108%
kac522 11 / 25 44%
karen_o 15 / 24 63%
kdogey 11 / 75 15%
kerryth 1 / 40 3%
kirconnell 25 / 25 100%
LA12Hernandez, 16 / 50 32%
laura_88 16 / 20 80%
laurabrook 68 / 100 68%
lauranav 15 / 30 50%
lindapanzo 72 / 100 72%
lizamichelle 14 / 25 56%
lucindalibri 15 / 25 60%
maggie1944 1 / 10 10%
majkia 20 / 30 67%
mandymere 436 / 500 87%
melonbrawl 41 / 50 82%
meredy 25 / 49 51%
mrsrochester 23 / 75 31%
paeonia 25 / 24 104%
pigletto 21 / 40 53%
Quaisior 25 / 50 50%
rabbitprincess 51 / 45 113%
ramblingivy 34 / 10 340%
readingwithtea 1 / 25 4%
riverwillow 30 / 100 30%
robertgreaves 30 / 35 86%
rocketjk 13 / 21 62%
rosefireandmoonshine 83 / 100 83%
sandykaypax 3 / 26 12%
sarahbradshaw 20 / 30 67%
seasons of love 35 / 60 58%
shabacus 2 / 40 5%
shearon 16 / 20 80%
sjmccreary 1 / 10 10%
squeakychu 12 / 20 60%
staffordcastle 23 / 35 66%
streamsong 36 / 30 120%
sturlington 3 / 20 15%
tallulahrose 50 / 20 250%
thorold 45 / 60 75%
tloeffler 59 / 50 118%
torontoc 36 / 30 120%
tropics 9 / 25 36%
tuckea 1 / 12 8%
tututhefirst 10 / 20 50%
tymfos 47 / 60 78%

Let me know if any of the numbers need adjustments.

I'm only 6 away from my goal so this should be the month!

I have a question for this year's participants.

but

Sorry for the "answer answerless." I didn't mind the BOMBS theme, but so many people did, that it might be more comfy to go back to a less violent theme.

Will the challenge itself continue? I need the motivation!

Here I am for this month and hoping to get more read than last month. I'm thinking that next year is going to be extremely busy so I might just keep another ticker over in the 13 in 13 challenge and do everything in one place. Or be very limited over here.

#8 ramblinivy: Ther is also the group Book of your Bookshelves here on LT, that is running on for several years now. This group developed out of that one.

I hope that the challenge will continue next year as well - I'm with ramblingivy as regards needing the motivation, cyderry! :) The 'BOMBS' theme worked well for me, so if we keep it for next year, I wouldn't mind. If we change it, I wouldn't mind either.

Here I am with my ticker for the month of October. So far, I have read 10 books in October (as of October 31, 2012). I want to read 90 books in 2012. (I reached my goal of 90 books read on October 23, 2012!) I think I'll add 10 more books - New Goal: 100 Books Read in 2012!



Here are my monthly totals again:

January 2012
Total books read: 10
Total rereads: 2
Total acquisitions: 6
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 6

February 2012
Total books read: 9
Total rereads: 1
Total acquisitions: 1
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 8

March 2012
Total books read: 7
Total rereads: 3
Total acquisitions: 6
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 6

April 2012
Total books read: 9
Total rereads: 3
Total acquisitions: 5
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 8

May 2012
Total books read: 9
Total rereads: 0 (yes!)
Total acquisitions: 3 (3 ebooks)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 6

June 2012
Total books read: 9
Total rereads: 1
Total acquisitions: 11
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 13

July 2012
Total books read: 9
Total rereads: 1
Total acquisitions: 51
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 6

August 2012
Total books read: 11
Total rereads: 1
Total acquisitions: 4
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 6

September 2012
Total books read: 10
Total rereads: 2
Total acquisitions: 3 (1 ebook)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 5

October 2012
Total books read: 10 (as of October 31, 2012)
Total rereads:
Total acquisitions: 11 (as of October 27, 2012)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 22 (as of October 27, 2012)

Average time between acquisition and reading: approximately three years (gasp!)
Average number of rereads of acquisitions: 1
TBR books still waiting for new homes: 150

Here is the link to my personal thread as well: http://www.librarything.com/topic/138329

As of Oct 1st, 72 down and 28 to go. I still have a chance to reach my goal.

I'm reading a bomb now, and hope to get three or four others this month.

I hope everyone is seeing survey threads at >>4 cyderry: and >>5 cyderry:.

"I didn't mind the BOMBS theme, but so many people did

I have a couple of ideas for a different theme for next year if people prefer that and I don't think they'd be objectionable.
Once we figure out if we want a new theme or not, I'll put it to a vote for a new one if that's decided.

I didn't mind the theme and like the idea of the group trying to get old stuff off the shelves. I for one want to trumpet to the world that I finally read a book I purchased back in about 1980. Presidential Anecdotes bit the dust and I can now pass it on to some other reader. I think I would have eventually read it, but having this group motivates me to pick up those old books.

October: for those in the nothern hemisphere, the beginning of "books, tea, and cozy sweater/jumper" season. Of course, here in central California, it's going to be near 100F today. Go figure.




Personal thread is here.

Edited to add:
End of month report: 44/50. Both group tickers updated.

#16 - Benita, reading a book that has been on your shelf since 1980 is a tremendous achievement. Congratulations.

I am very happy with this group continuing under whatever theme we choose. This challenge definitely helps me focus some of my attention on reading books off my shelves which I certainly need, if only to find places for all my new books to fit.

I have checked my figures at the top and they are accurate to the end of September.

Here is my ticker, ready to start on October's Bombs:

I should mention I'll be happy if the group continues, with whatever we call it. Since Im retired Air Force and live near a bombing range, I'm okay with the theme ;)

I also hope the challenge continues, I really enjoy it and it helps me focus on at least a portion of my TBR every year. Any theme is fine with me.

October ticker!




And BOMBS or no BOMBS, I'll continue to read the books off my bookshelves with the rest of you fine folks :D

Do we really need to start a new group each year? (Not a disinterested question -- my main threads run from birthday to birthday.)

The group now is (BOMBS) Books Off My Book Shelves 2012 Challenge.
Many people, myself included, start each year fresh with their challenges. That's why I asked about the theme. I'm, sorry if that would be a problem.

Here for October. I too am happy with my progress in this challenge. I have gone from 10 last year hoping to achieve 50 this year. I think a fresh theme for next year.

#23 I'm not sure exactly what you mean by a new theme - can you give some examples? Of course, there's nothing wrong with setting up new and additional challenges but this one does seem to be very popular (and it took me three years to achieve my goal so it's one to keep trying at).

Another one bites the dust:

The Twelve by Justin Cronin

Do people really were against the BOMBS theme, of just objected to the name?
I really like the idea of reading all those books that were on the shelve for so long. So change the name! But keep the goal.

It would work the same way as BOMBS, just a different name.

Here are the 3 that I've been thinking about:

(SPACE) Shelves Pleasingly Accessible - Cleared by Exploration
The Final Frontier -These are the Voyages of the LT readers. Their 1 year mission for 2013 is to seek out old, unread books and read them. Boldly going where that reader has never gone before. (kind of a Star Trek pun)

(ROSES) Read Off the Shelves - Expanding Space

Every reader knows when they step into a book store or library, that special smell, of ink and paper. As beautiful to a booklover as a dozen roses is to a gardener. Some of us have that at home with shelves that have books that have been sitting for much too long and need to be cleared. Clip the ROSES before the petals start to wilt.

(BRUSHES) Bibliophiles Rejoice Uncluttering their SHelves - Expanding their Space(This could be Booklovers or Bibliophiles)

Each year we attempt to make more space on our shelves by cleaning them off and reading the books that have been accumulating over time. Now with BRUSHES we can sweep off the old and make room for the new.

Like I said, same idea doing exactly the same process, just different imagery. Some people thought the BOMBS were too violent.

Love the Star Trek one.

Thanks for the explanation. If it's just a matter of changing the name I can't say it matters much to me. I'll no doubt be slogging away to succeed whatever it gets called :(

update, update. As of 9/30 I had read 14 books, surpassing my original goal of 10.

I am a grower of roses, so that would be my pick. You are clever with your acronyms Cherri!

All the acronyms are clever! I like them all, and as long as the idea is to get rid of stuff off my shelves and help keep me from buying more, I don't really care which of that lovely trio is chosen.

well, at least the group gets me to read older works. so far, however, it is of no help in stopping me from buying more... alas.

Cheli: I'm fine with whatever everyone wants to use. If there are objections to BOMBS, I would be happy with any of the acronyms you proposed.

>32 HelenBaker: Sorry - Cheli.

Here is my ticker plus a link to my personal thread:

Read a book that's been on my shelf since 2009--I am now at 12 read toward my goal of 25.

All of the new themes are catchy, but I think I like ROSES the best.

Only three more to go!

I like the ROSES!

I like ROSES as well! :) Well, I found out that 5 books off of my TBR pile have gone off to Virginia. All the books arrived safely on Monday! :)

I've finished my first BOMB of the month and hope this month will be much better than the last.

I finished 3 BOMBS in September. That means I have reached and exceeded the goal I set for myself. I have updated the group tickers, and will gladly read on to help the group reach its goal.
Because the number of books on my TBR shelf does not seem to be shrinking, I am interested in attempting the challenge again next year, under any name you choose.

*sigh* Although I could put off 2 more books this month, I added 6 today because we came across a library book sale. That means I have added one more book to the shelves thanread of them and I really get the feeling that I will fail this part of my challenge this year. Let's hope that I'll finish some more (old or new) books this year!

43>> paeonia, Congratulations! I updated the numbers to show your success. Thanks for sticking around to help the rest of us!

44>> Tallulah - don't feel bad...I've added over a hundred books - can resist the a book that sounds good and is free! - next year I really have to hunker down and read those oldies!

I updated the ticker.
Will soon finish one more...
I'm now up to 13/20.

Thanks to the others who are helping me with the full count!

#45
That's why I have been making a concerted effort to read some of the older books I have in my collection. It simply is time to get them off of my shelves before they get so dated as to outdated.

I love the ROSES acronym, too, but I am wondering if is it too girly for any males in the group.

Whatever you call it, I'll be here again next year.

>44 Tallulah_Rose: Tallulah Rose you did much better than I did! 28 books followed me home from our library sale two weeks ago.

Clever acronyms! I actually liked the BOMBS theme, but I can understand objections from the gentle souls out there. As long as the challenge stays I am ok with any of the names although i really like the Star Trek idea. Keep the challenge though I NEED YOU GUYS to get me through all these books. Oh, and by the way, I'm starting on a paranormal theme for October if anyone has any suggestions or wants to join in.

I think that we'll have an official vote the beginning of December.

Finished my first BOMB of the month, so now I'll post my ticker.

I like the ROSES theme. Much more peaceful and beautiful than BOMBS! :)

First one for October done. This brings me almost to half way, I really need to pick up speed.

1. Darkness Everlasting by Alexandra Ivy
2. The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
3. Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson

I did it, I did it! 70 books donated as of tonight (October 9, 2012)! Yeah, I'm so happy! Hawaii just reached home base: Hawaii! :) What should I do now, cyderry? :)

keep reading those books! others may be waiting for some of your future travelers!

Do I need to inform you if I want to update my total of books donated or purged, cyderry? That's what I mean. Do you need to adjust any group totals at all? :) If you are able to update any group totals at all, cyderry, I think I may try for a total of 100 books donated or purged in 2012 (since I've already gotten 70 books off my bookshelves, it shouldn't be too difficult for me to donate or purge 30 more books by the end of the year!) I hope that that doesn't throw off the group total at all, cyderry? :)

Congrats, Rose!

Thanks so much, connie! :)

Whoa! Rosefireandmoonshine, that's fabulous! Congratulations on finding new homes for all those books. :)

Thanks very much, melonbrawl! :)

Rose, you have two options,
1. you can stick with your original goal and continue on with the challenge helping us all reach the group goal (no changes would need to be made) or
2. you can increase your goal and increase the group goal. If you increase your goal, just let me know what your new goal will be and I'll adjust the Tickers and monthly goal.

Congratulations on your success so far and we're behind you whatever your decision is.

I apologize if it potentially throws off the group total for everyone, but I would definitely like to try to donate or purge another 30 books by the end of the year. I hope that my decision doesn't increase the group or individual totals by too much. :)

No problem Rose, I have updated your goal as well as the group goal.

Rosefireandmoonshine, don't apologize! We all stand behind you and your achievements so far. Don't worry, it won't mess up any individual goals, just our group goal will be increased by your 30 books - and if you reach them everything is fine! :-) Even if you don't accomplish your new goal - but I really am positive you will reach it - nobody'll be mad about it. This is supposed to be fun, after all ;-)

66>> agreed.

we just want the process to be as painless as possible. We all got these books for some reason back when they were new... we need to rediscover the reason and enjoy the journey.

I am enjoying the journey, everyone, thank you! :) I have always been a major rereader of books, but so far, this year's challenge has led me to read new books and new authors that I had no idea I owned in my collection! :) Plus, I've only reread a total of 14 books so far in 2012, as opposed to rereading maybe 25 or 35 books or so all together for the year. I'm having so much fun with this challenge! :)

Then just keep on enyoing it, Rose.

Im currently reading a BOMBS myself Heksen en Toverij bij Kim Harrison

Just added another BOMB, appropriate as Moranth bombs are a significant part of the battles in The Bonehunters. Starting what will be another Bomb, The Curse of the Mistwraith.

Tickers updated.

Well, I just received a surprise phone call - Mareena's best friend who lives in Schenectady, received a package of 9 books that I had sent off to her just yesterday. Eight of the books were mine, 1 was Mareena's! :) So, as of today I'm up to 14 books purged (I'm counting my own books only)

Well congrats, great start to your inceased goal!

By the way: cyderry, I'm not going to increase my goal but be helping you all to achiebe the group totals. I also need to finish my second part of my challenge and increading my goal will make everything just worse.

Tickers updated.

One more:

The Dirty Life by Krisin Kimball

The last few months have been a bit hectic with life and work getting in the way of most things. I have been reading but mainly new comfort reads, but have managed to tick a few more off my total so I'm not at 39 books read. I'm not going to reduce my goal as I have some time off coming, and as its autumn, I should have more reading time.

Here's my ticker




I've added these to the tickers at the top.

I quite recently joined the group and am looking forward to taking part (not just lurking) in 2013.
Despite not taking part of the challenge this year I'd like to vote for SPACE being the new name/theme for the group in 2013.
Not only do I love astronomy and would therefore vote for anything space-related, but I think the acronym works perfectly with the whole idea of the group - to make space on the shelves.

#76 - what makes up the acronym? As an inveterate space junky myself, I love the idea.

->77 majkia: It was cyderry's idea - I'm taking no credit for it.

I quote: "(SPACE) Shelves Pleasingly Accessible - Cleared by Exploration
The Final Frontier -These are the Voyages of the LT readers. Their 1 year mission for 2013 is to seek out old, unread books and read them. Boldly going where that reader has never gone before. (kind of a Star Trek pun)"

That, and two other suggestions she made can be found in comment #28.

thanks!

While I think the acronym is a bit belabored, I have to admit I could have a lot of fun with a SPACE theme. Not least because there are a lot of books about space on my TBR pile. Whatever we call it, though, I am definitely in again next year!

I've finished my 2nd book for this month; must keep pressing ahead.

-> Yeah, it's a bit forced but it could be tricky to come up with something new that isn't. Although, I don't see why the acronym can't stay but the meaning change - that is, if someone can come up with a different one that's better.

Permission to report, Ma'am. All 35 Bombs detonated, Ma'am.

Excellent! Performance approved. Great Job!

Just a quick question to the group. If you are collecting an author's series and one of the books is subpar would you keep it or discard it?

2 more books donated from my TBR pile: The President's Lady: A Novel About Rachel and Andrew Jackson arrived in Maine on Saturday and Where or When arrived in Georgia on Monday! :)

-> 85. I would keep it. I'm like to keep the collection complete.

Just finished book#13 toward my goal of 25. I have updated the tickers. I have my work cut out for me in the next couple months, but I'll get there...

>87 connie53: Thanks, Connie. That's what I've been doing, but I wondered what others thought about it.

Well, I just finished my fourth book in October, which was actually an ebook that my daughter bought for me in December of 2011 - does this mean that I've just "defused a nuclear bomb"? :)

Book number 23 finished: Dolende zielen by Michael Collins

Just an average thriller. But a very incomplete and unsatisfying end. It felt like something was missing.

--> Cyderry: are there 2 Connie's participating in this Challenge? And did they (me and her) both reach their goal? Or did you make a mistake in the list in the first post?

I've spent much of the month so far reading books too new to count towards the challenge but I just got one more (The Accidental) off the pile. Both totals adjusted.

Finally here! Have read or gotten rid of 17 since late last month to bring my total to 85 as of today. Going to work on reading 5 off of my shelves every week for the rest of this year. Not holding my breath, but it's something to work towards. :)

Great job, everyone!!!

tickers are updated

But Laura, your little ticker is a swimmer, don't you have to hold your breath? LOL

And finished book number 24: Heksen en toverij by Kim Harrison
Adjusted my own ticker, did nothing to the group ticker.

94: Hah! You're right, I should. Maybe that would motivate me a little more. :)

Finished another:

Summer and Bird by Katherine Catmull. It was an ARC I've had around for months.

Gosh I'm not performing well this month. Finally my first bomb. Will update tickers.

Uh Huh! I stand corrected. I had forgotten to record my previous book. It reflects the state of my brain and because I am tired and a bit pre-occupied my reading enjoyment seems reduced.

I just finished another, Curse of the Mistwraith. Whew. Quite the book. Am updating tickers.

A quiet couple of days has enabled me to read another book. So that is 3 so far for the month. Better now for no. 4...
Tickers updated.

I've finished #4 for this month The Mysterious Benedict Society . I'd like to get at least one more done this month.

I've reached my total goal of 90 books read in 2012 as of today - 23 October 2012! I think that is at least a month and a half to two months early for me. I'm definitely going to keep reading books through the year, cyderry, but if you might need another definite total from me, I think that I'll make my new total 100 books read by the end of 2012. I hope that that's alright with everyone, most especially cyderry? :) Off to find my next book to read! :)

no problem changing...

Wow, you are doing great, Rosefire!

Many, many thanks cyderry and connie! :)

Congratulations! That's really great you already achieved 90 Bombs this year!

I have not finished a single one this month (working on The Scarlet Letter) and somehow keep adding books to my shelves...

Hi everyone!

I joined a while ago and am planning on reading 14 books before the end of the year. So far I've finished 1.

Welcome, Paws!
I've added your goal into the group ticker and will show your progress in October's totals!

With all the library books I have to read, I won't be reading anything else off my shelves this month. I officially hit 100. I didn't update the ticker.

Hello Paws! Welcome here!

Congrats Bucketyell. 100 is a very good amount.

Just finished #14 toward my goal of 25--this book has been on my shelf for many years (Selected Short Stories by Henry James). I have updated the tickers.

That's 4 for me this month. Tickers updated.

I reached my goal, YEAH! Tickers are updated.

Congratulations! Yeah!

Congratulations cyderry! Well done!

Congratulations cyderry! Way to go! :)

Yeah for you!

OK I think I want to slightly revise my challenge, I'm not going to reduce the numbers, but instead of reading pre-20th January 2012 books I just need to read 61 books from my shelves, whenever I bought them, before the end of the year - it still sounds a tall order but I have a major reading fest planned for Christmas. I hope that this is OK.

Well done, cyderry. And thanks for all your efforts in making this a fun way to direct our reading towards those languishing volumes.

118>> the challenge is whatever you want it to be.

I personally include books that I receive in the current year for review. They have to be read in a timely manner, so to me they are definite BOMBS. I probably cheated a little because numerous books were bought December 27th just so I could count them in the challenge.

I did well this month, completing four BOMBS and reaching my goal of 20 for the year. (I have no touched the tickers.)

Still a couple 2012 months to go; hopefully I can get through a few more BOMBS before year end.

Congratulations, shearon!

Oh my goodness! I just readjusted my total of new books received in 2012 so far - 103 books! that's having received three books just today and with two more months of the year to go! Oh my goodness!! I haven't actually bought any books, except for going to a Library Book Sale with Mareena on July 20, 2012 - all these books that I'm acquiring are coming from online book swapping websites! :)

one more added

I've managed one more too!

>123 moonshineandrosefire: - Don't feel so bad, Rose. I'm closing in n 200 books this year added.

>125 dudes22: And I'm well over 200. *whimper* I seem to remember that at one point I had some kind of resolution about controlling myself.

I'm wondering if there should be a limit to the date after which the final totals of each individual should not be changed. The wavering end point total seems contrary to this challenge (although I'm not a goody-goody and probably will not even meet the requirements of my own challenge).

Just sayin'.

I don't think it is against the challenge if someone adjusts there goal and reads more books. After all, it is their goal and if somebody does better than expected, why shouldn't they try out a bit more?

Hi everyone! I just wanted to tell you that four more books have made it off my TBR pile and went off to New Jersey yesterday.

I've just finished my 6th book for this month (yeah!) Pushing up Daisies and I've updated the tickers as I don't expect to finish any more this month. Might not make my goal for this year unless I find some very small books in my TBR pile.

We're nearing the end of the month so please be sure that your tickers and/or monthly year-to-date totals are updated. I will try to get everything done at the end of the month, provided I have power and internet access.

So, my mailman just rang the doorbell - his wife is a major reader and he had told my tenant that he has two big boxes of mystery and horror books to give us that she has finished reading. I'm on the edge of my seat to see what will be arriving! :)

Rose! You're getting more books to get rid of!! '-))

#133 - I know, Connie! It's almost like I get rid of 30 books and 35 more come flooding back in to my house! ;)

As it stands at the moment, I just started Disobedience by Jane Hamilton today. I'm hopeful to have it finished by October 31, but it's starting out really slowly and I'm only into the second chapter now. Relatively slow reading at the moment.

So that means that as of October 31, 2012:

October 2012
Total books read: 10 (as of October 31, 2012)
Total rereads: 0 (yes!)
Total acquisitions: 11 (as of October 27, 2012)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 22 (as of October 27, 2012)

That breaks down as:

2 'old' books read from my TBR pile - books that have been on my TBR pile for five years or longer that I have read for the first time this month.

5 'new' books read from my TBR pile - books that I received in October and read the same month.

3 'aging' books read from my TBR pile - books that I received a year ago or less that I have read for the first time this month.

I recently received notification that 22 books were taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes as of October 27, 2012 - 1 was an ebook that I had purged, and 21 were print books that I donated to other people! :)

As it stands now, I have read 93 books out of 100 that I want to read in 2012 and have donated or purged 86 books out of 100 in 2012. I'm doing so well in my goals so far. :)

I have not touched any of the tickers except my own. :)

I've neutralized 5 this month for a total of 56. Personal ticker updated, not group.

I've also exploded 5 bombs--I think this is my highest monthly total. My total now stands at 41--50 may yet be a possibility!

One more for me, bringing my total to 23/30. Yay me! I'll be starting The Historian later today, which will be one more for the month's totals.

ETA: tickers updated

Well, I don't think that I will complete any more books this month that count as BOMBS so my total for October is 3.

I think I have finished for October as well. This was a very good month for me, clearing 10 books from the shelves (Not saying how many I bought). My YTD total is 96/110. My goal actually looks like it should be obtainable now. I haven't updated the group tickers.

Sorry, I just realized that I didn't star this thread, and I don't think I ever put my ticker in this month. So I probably didn't update the group ticker, either, but I don't know. (I see that I did at least visit this thread once, because not all the messages were marked "unread.")

Books read from my book shelf, with a goal of 53 60:



So far I've only read one this month, but I have two more in progress that I might get finished tomorrow.

October was a bad month for me, since I added quite a lot (at least for my standards) to the shelves. However, I managed to read or discard 3 more books, bringing me to a total of 23 BOMBS this month. (Cyderry, something's wrong with my totals, I was at 20 end of september, not 50. Maybe I expressed myself wrong when I mentioned that I read 50 books all in all in 2012 so far, regardless of BOMB or not).
Because of that mistake I'll do nothing to the ticker. Sorry that I just now saw that mistake.

End of October report:

Bombs detonated: 6
Duds: 3
Added to the pile: 2

6 BOMBS detonated takes me to 36 BOMBS, one more than my target for the year of 35. I won't change the target but will continue to contribute my BOMBS to the group effort. I haven't touched the ticker.

I started the monthly calculations, so let me know if anything changes today.

I only read one oldie this month so I've got some catching up to do. That gives me 19 out of 25 read. I didn't read as much in general this month as I was chair of an annual event to raise funds for literacy efforts in our community. The event was yesterday and we took in over $30,000. I am so tired I can barely sit up but it was well worth the effort!

I just finished another book today - Disobedience by Jane Hamilton was just alright for me, but I still have high hopes that several more books by Jane Hamilton that I have on my bookshelf will be much better reading! :)

As it stands now, my newly revised totals (as of October 31, 2012) are:

October 2012
Total books read: 10 (as of October 31, 2012)
Total rereads: 0 (yes!)
Total acquisitions: 11 (as of October 27, 2012)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 22 (as of October 27, 2012)

That breaks down as:

2 'old' books read from my TBR pile - books that have been on my TBR pile for five years or longer that I have read for the first time this month.

5 'new' books read from my TBR pile - books that I received in October and read the same month.

3 'aging' books read from my TBR pile - books that I received a year ago or less that I have read for the first time this month.

I recently received notification that 22 books were taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes as of October 27, 2012 - 1 was an ebook that I had purged, and 21 were print books that I donated to other people! :)

As it stands now, I have read 93 books out of 100 that I want to read in 2012 and have donated or purged 86 books out of 100 in 2012. I'm doing so well in my goals so far. :)

I have not touched any of the tickers except my own. :)

Happy Holloween everyone! :)

I'm almost done with the book I'm reading atm and will finish it before the end of the day. That means I'll have read 3 books this month - my target for the year being 14 I have 11 still unread for November and December.

I haven't updated any tickers yet (will update my own in my BOMBS thread tonight when I finish the book).

I will have updates hopefully tomorrow or Friday, I'm currently without power but hope to be back on by tomorrow! I didn't read that many BOMBS, I think I read quite a few library books, but every little bit counts right?

I got three BOMBS off the shelf this month. I would have more but I have spent a good portion of the month reading 1Q84. I did not update any of the tickers. I will leave that for you.

Lisa, sorry about your power issues, hope you at least are warm and dry and able to read by candlelight.

Apologies for the last minute report, only one more BOMB this month To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
That brings me to 16/25 with lots of reading to do in November & December.

Good news/announcement . . . there will be an week-plus ReadaThing from December 23-31st (more details soon) which should provide much needed inspiration and a drive to the finish line!

Thoughts and prayers to all suffering the effects of Hurricane/Superstorm Sandy. My family out in NJ was without power for over 24 hours, but have it back now . . . still issues with internet & cable. Clean up is going to take a long time.

145 Congratulations on the success of your event, clue. Such a worthwhile cause, getting more readers out there!

Clue, that is so great - creating more readers!

My YTD total is 14 read toward my goal of 25.

OK, at the last minute, I finished reading 2 BOMBS today, to just make my monthly goal for a total of 3 for October. That makes 50 total for the year. I've not touched the tickers, except for my own. I know sometimes at the end of the month, you don't want us to.

November thread is up

http://www.librarything.com/topic/144170#

I finished my last October book just before midnight so I stand at 82/100. My goal is still within reach.

Hi Cheli: I didn't want to mess around with the group ticker just in case you were still compiling entries. My total for October is 5. My thread tickers will be updated.

So happy to have power back, it was only two days, but grrrr. I shouldn't complain it could have been a lot worse.

My October update:

Total TBR at start: 1121

Old TBR at start: 1049
Old books read: 10
Old TBR at end: 1039

New TBR at start: 72
New books added: 10
New Books read: 6
New books at end: 76

Total TBR at end: 1115

So total bombs for october is 10, giving me a total of 115.

I didn't realize I hadn't reported in September so my sad and sorry total for the past two months is ... 2.

After a very rough and busy summer I finally got back to my reading. I finished October with 43 books read out of 50. I only have 6 analog and 1 e-book left for the year.

I read 5 books in October which brings me to 35 out of a goal of 25, so I have 10 extra books so far. I updated the ticker.