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Smiling Shelves

Pick-a-Shelf Complete!

5/30/2015

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Back in January, I asked for your help. I was determined to read all of the books off of one shelf in my library. I've only read about half of the books I own, so I thought this was a good way to get a few more knocked off that list. I asked you, my lovely readers, to choose one shelf for me to read. You picked Shelf #2, and here it is:
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I finished the last book I needed to read precisely one week ago. Hooray! That's more than a month before my goal, even!

Because I'm nerdy and I like numbers, here are some stats about my shelf-reading venture:
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I was pretty curious to see how well I do at picking out books I'll really like. Half of the books got 3-star ratings. But there was only one book I didn't really care for, and five 4-star ratings! Not too bad. :)

This was a lot of fun and definitely something I will do again. My hope is do this every January through June until my entire bookshelf has been read. For right now, though, I am happy to say that my pick-a-shelf goal for this year is complete!
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Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) link
5/30/2015 11:25:39 am

This is a cool idea! Do you have your books arranged in a particular way? If I did this, I'd end up having to read a ton of one kind of book (all fiction or nonfiction) so I have my TBR separated out. But it's such a good idea, especially for tackling some of those backlist books that just get forgotten about.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
5/30/2015 12:24:28 pm

I try to group books by the same author together, but that's about as organized as I get. The shelf I read was mostly fiction, but it had a couple of nonfiction books mixed in. Maybe you could purposefully mix up one of your bookshelves in order to do this. :)

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Kimberly @ On the Wings of Books link
5/31/2015 10:29:16 am

Love this idea! I have been marginally successfull with my TBR shelf this year, but I feel like I need to weed through them as some just don't interest me anymore.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
6/1/2015 01:50:47 pm

There were a couple books on this shelf that I couldn't figure out why I had bought them in the first place. Maybe I should have weeded through them first, then read everything that was left. . . I'll try that next time! :)

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Kate @ Mom's Radius link
6/8/2015 02:13:51 pm

I'm doing a similar summer challenge with my TBR books from my shelf. I'm curious what the one 5 star rated book was.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
6/10/2015 09:54:00 am

Good for you! I found that challenging myself like this really kept my motivated to read from my own shelves. The five-star book was Walk the Lines by Mark Mason. Great for anyone who likes England or random trivia! :)

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Kate Unger link
6/10/2015 01:33:46 pm

Sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out. I earned the London Underground badge on FitBit when I walked 250 miles. It would be cool to read more about actual London. I've never been there. It's on my list of top 5 places to go. I'm just waiting for my son to be a little older.




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