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November Challenge 2018 - Clean up time
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Duration: 1/11/18 - 30/11/18
Level: Hard
12/12
TASKS
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
SPELL-IT-OUT
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Duration: 1/11/18 - 30/11/18
Level: Hard
9/9
TASKS
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
SPELL-IT-OUT
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Hi,I didn't quite finish this month... even with the read-a-thon blitz. I will have to add The Three Miss Allens to a future challenge :(
November 2018 Clean Up Challenge!
Duration: 1/11/18 - 30/11/18
Level: Medium, 2 Aussie Authors
Progress: 6/7
SPELL-IT-OUT word: Scorpio
P - The Three Miss Allens by Victoria Purman (AA) - Author last name starts with "P"
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Brenda wrote: "Lovely you can join us Michelle :) My hubby is a Scorpio as well! And BTW - Medium is two AAs ;)"Whoops sorry, fixed now :)
Hi Everyone, I haven’t attempted a reading challenge for a number of months so have decided to start off easy. Fingers crossed that my boys (6 weeks and 3 years) allow me some reading time! � �
November 2018 Clean Up Challenge
Easy: 2/4 (1 AA)
TASKS
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest: Goddess Cottage by Sherri A. Dub added September 2012 � � � � �
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished: Secret North Wishes #4 by G.J. Walker-Smith AA � � � � �
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet: Dead Ever After Sookie Stackhouse #13 by Charlaine Harris
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf: The Hero and the Crown Damar #2 by Robin McKinley Published 1987
November 2018 Clean Up Challenge!Duration: 1/11/18 - 30/11/18
Level: Hard
4/9
TASKS
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton AA
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
The Villa in Italy: Escape to the Italian sun with this captivating, page-turning mystery by Elizabeth Edmondson 2006
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P Pulling Strings by Nick DeWolf
A Whitsunday Dawn by Annie Seaton AA
Z Death in Shangri-La by Yigal Zur
November 2018 Clean Up!Duration: 1/11/18 - 30/11/18
Level: Medium (2 Aussie Authors)
5/5
SPELL-IT-OUT
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This is my favourite challenge and I love ❤️ the cat 🐱 picture too. November Clean Up Challenge
Level: Easy
0/4
TASKS
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
Driving with Dead People by Monica Holloway
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist by M.C. Beaton
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic AA
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons 1940
Just seeking some clarification here. When you say oldest publication date, we’re talking about the publication of the physical book aren’t we? So my 1868 Charles Dickens collection as opposed to my 1998 Oxford World’s Classics edition of Canterbury Tales.
I'm going for easy because I have SO many annual challenge books still to read!4 books (1 AA)
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
� The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
� A Clash of Spheres by P.F. Chisholm 5�
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
� Second Sight by Aiofe Clifford AA 4.5�
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
� The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton (pub 1911) 4�
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Yes that's right Amy :)
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I haven’t attempted a reading challenge for a number of months so have decided to start off easy. Fingers crossed that my boys (6 weeks and 3 years) allow me some reading time! � �
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Welcome Karina!
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Whoops sorry, fixed now :)"
No worries Michelle :)
I’m in - here’s my list for Easy. 
A New Leash on Death by Susan Conant - (Bought brand new in 1996) - 2★s2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
The CEO by Victoria Purman � 2nd in series � AA - 5ȴ3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family Josh Hanagarne - 3ȴ4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
Carpe Demon by Julie Kenner - (2005)
Happy to participate in a TBR clean up Phrynne. Most of these books are actually sitting on my bookshelves at home, as well as being on my digital GR list. Hoping to finish off some of those titles needed to complete the annual challenges.November 2018 Clean Up Challenge!
Duration: 1/11/18 - 30/11/18
Level: MEDIUM, i.e. 5 books, including 2 AAs
5/5
SPELL-IT-OUT
The relevant word is WHIPS, as in the jockeys' whips at the Spring Racing Carnival.
� W - The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate � Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben 3ȴ
� H - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 5ȴ
� I - I Found Youby Lisa Jewell 4.5ȴ
� P - The Power Game by Meg Keneally and Tom Keneally (AA) 4★s
� S - The Pagoda Tree by Claire Scobie (AA) 2.5ȴ
November 2018 Clean Up Challenge!Duration: 1/11/18 - 30/11/18
Level: Hard
6/9
TASKS
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
The Rouseabout by Rachael Treasure AA
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
Skin and Bone (Dr. Anya Crichton #3) by Kathryn Fox AA -Read 22/11
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
Scythe (Arc of a Scythe #1) by Neal Shusterman -Read 29/11
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
SPELL-IT-OUT
T - The Master Key by Masako Togawa -Read 13/11
O - Coming Up for Air by George Orwell
P - Princess Bari by Hwang Sok-yong -Read 15/11
A - Lightning Tracks (Song Gate #1) by Alethea Kinsela AA -Read 6/11
Z - The Ones That Disappeared by Zana Fraillon AA -Read 7/11
Some great books in the lists already! November 2018 Clean Up!
Duration: 1/11/18 - 30/11/18
Level: Hard 9 books
I really need to do a Hard Clean-up....many of these are Library books and while they are not overdue they will be if I don't do something drastic like read them all :D
SPELL-IT-OUT - November
N No Friend but the Mountain by Behrouz Boochani
O Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
V Voss by Patrick White AA
E Emily Bronte Reappraised by Claire O'Callaghan
M Mister Darwin's Shooter by Roger McDonald AA
B Beneath the Mother Tree by D.M. Cameron AA
E Enigma of Capital by David Harvey
R Rosie by Anne Lamott
That gives me 8 and I'll read at least another by an Australian Author :D
Thanks Phrynne, a great challenge to clear the list up a bit!Level: Easy
0/4
TASKS
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood AA
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
Bescherelle Chronologie de l'histoire de France : Le récit illustré des événements fondateurs de notre histoire, des origines à nos jours de Guillaume Bourel
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by ѴDZè
Count me in for Easy� 1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
Sensitive New Age Spy by Geoffrey McGeachin - A.A. (on TBR since May 2015) #2 Alby Murdoch 26/11/18 ★★★☆
� 2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear #4 Maisie Dobbs 11/11/18 ★★★☆
� 3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
Beware This Boy by Maureen Jennings 23/11/18 ★★�
� 4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf. Police at the Funeral by Margery Allingham Pub 1931 #4 Albert Campion 20/11/18 ★★�
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November 2018 Clean Up Challenge!Duration: 1/11/18 - 30/11/18
Level: Hard
10/10
TASKS
�1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin
�2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
Gone
�3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
The Art of Trapeze: One Woman's Journey of Soaring, Surrendering, and Awakening by Molly McCord
�4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler 1939
SPELL-IT-OUT
November 5th is Gut Fawkes Day
✔F The Far-Back CountryAA byKate Lyons
✔A Stranger in the WoodsAA by Anni Taylor
✔W What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman
✔K Mothers and DaughtersAA by Kylie Ladd
̧ The Yellow HouseAA by Emily O'Grady
Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
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November Clean Up ChallengeLevel Easy
0/4
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
I'm trying to come up with a word one, but keep seem to be missing a letter so may update and try for medium.....
Hi guys! I haven't done any monthly challenges for a while but might have a go at this one.I am using my "short list" shelf for this one - hope thats ok - otherwise I'll have two 1000 page books that I'm not all that interested in to get through!
TASKS
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Matilda by Roald Dahl ★★★★
* Unfinished series
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
✔️
HERE'S LUCK by Lennie Lower (AA) ★★
* Oldest publication date
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (pub. 1886)
I'm in!Level: Medium
Progress: 3/6
Spell it out: SPRING
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I: I Am a Soul Champion: How to Live a Spiritually Guided Life Through Manifestation, Intuition, Positivity, and Archangel Aromatherapy by Rachael White (AA)
N: Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
G: The Rival Queens: Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom by Nancy Goldstone
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I want to do this challenge but do not have a TBR shelf, shall I just choose books to fit the criteria?
Easy level for me.TASKS
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
Where the Streets Had a Name
(AA)2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
Wednesday's Child
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
Day of the Dead
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
My Family and Other Animals
(First published in 1956)
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Yeas Jazzy:) Just choose your books from things you want to read or books you have around that you haven't read yet.
I am going for MediumSpell-it-out
8/8
N - Never Let You Go by Chevy Stevens READ 8/11/18 4*
O - Outback Dreams by Rachael Johns(AA) READ 6/11/18 4*
V - The Vineyard In The Hills by Lily Malone(AA) READ 9/11/18 4*
E - The Lost Pearl by Emily Madden(AA) READ 22/11/18 4*
M - Arcadia by Di Morrissey(AA) READ 12/11/18 3*
B - The Baby Doctor by Fiona McArthur(AA) READ 18/11/18 3*
E - Life Support by Nicki Edwards(AA) READ 13/11/18 3*
R - Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski(AA) READ 18/11/18 4*
I've just upgraded mine from Easy to Hard, yes I'm probably insane...
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All linked to here.
Phrynne wrote: "Not insane Kylie. Or at least if you are so am I:)All linked to here."
Haha we can go mad together... :)
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I am in - my plan is to read completely from my 'acquired as yet unread' shelf, except maybe for Aussie authors, I don't have that many of them unread.TASKS
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest: A History of London
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished. The Silver Pigs
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet. The Secrets at Ocean's Edge by Kali Napier AA
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf. oh dear.... this might take me a while to find, there are over 100 on it....
For the spell it out just to be different; November retained its name (from the Latin novem meaning "nine") when January and February were added to the Roman calendar. That might change if I can't find Aussie authors though.
N - Not After Midnight by Daphne du Maurier
O - ?
V - ?
E - Evalina
M - The Mysterious Mr. Quin
I'm in. Not sure which challenge I will be doing yet so here is a temp list.November 2018 Clean Up Challenge!
Duration: 1/11/18 - 30/11/18
Level:
10
14/13 or 17
TASKS
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
Reckless by Andrew Gross
Van by Sawyer Bennett 5 stars
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
The Sourdough Wars by Julie Smith 3 stars
SPELL-IT-OUT
I have been pretty bad at completing challenges this year, but this seems like the perfect month to try again.November 2018 Clean Up Challenge!
Duration: 1/11/18 - 30/11/18
Level: Medium
2/5
T Jessica Townsend - Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow (AA)
O Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson
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Z Markus Zusak - Bridge of Clay (AA)
Brenda wrote: "LOL! We're all a little bit mad aren't we ;)"It's looking like it :D
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I'll start with tasks and add the books later when I get them.TASKS
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
War Flower - Mary-Anne O'Connor *AA
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
The Castlemaine Murders - Kerry Greenwood *AA
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
84, Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
I’ll try a medium spell-it-out. Maybe I’ll have more luck finishing this month than the previous two haha I've chosen WALNUT because alongside ASH and CHESTNUT, it is the tree birth symbol of November :)
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W: Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (AA)
A: The Awakening by L.J. Smith
L: Bloodlust by L.J. Smith
N: The Opposite of Life by Narrelle M. Harris (AA)
U: The Witchfinder's Sister by Beth Underdown
T: Never Bite a Boy on the First Date by Tamara Summers
Posted yesterday and received an email advice and a link to my post ... but when I click on the link it says it cannot find the post and all I get is dated 2016. Bizarre.
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Brenda wrote: "Posted what yesterday Tony?? You're in the November challenge and your name isn't at the top so it can't be that?"It was a throwaway comment about being pleased to see Garry Disher has a new book out. Must admit I find this whole site bewildering and confusing. Am definitely not in the Nov challenge but I keep getting emails about new posts and must read them before receiving any more emails. Baffled. Going to hibernate.
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Tony wrote: "Thanks, Brenda."Hi Tony - for what it is worth, it took me quite a while to find my way on the GR site. It still throws me for six every now and then, but it is worth persevering.
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NOVEMBER and it is time to do a clean up of our shelves and make some space for all those lovely new books we hope to receive as gifts at Xmas.
We have a combination of TASKS and/or SPELL IT OUT where you can choose to do either/or or both.
Copy and paste the template below then fill in your book choices beside each one
Minimum of 4 books
Levels:
Easy - TASKS (Read 4 books) one Aussie author
Medium - SPELL-IT-OUT (Read min 5 books) two Aussie authors
Hard - TASKS and SPELL-IT-OUT (Read min 9 books) three Aussie authors
November 2018 Clean Up Challenge!
Duration: 1/11/18 - 30/11/18
Level:
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TASKS
1) Read the book which has been on your TBR shelf the longest.
2) Read a book from a series you have started but not finished.
3) Read a book you bought but have not got round to reading yet.
4) Read the book with the oldest publication date on your shelf.
SPELL-IT-OUT
For this part of the challenge, choose a word that has some association with November. Then choose your books from your TBR shelf using the first letter of the title or the author's first or second name. Some possible words to use could be:-
Cup Day
Flemington
racing
eleven
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Topaz
Citrine
November
Chrysanthemum
Ashes
Cricket
Pollen
Peace
Poppy
For example if you chose topaz:
T A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
O An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
P The Three Miss Allens by Victoria Purman AA
A Stranger in the Woods by Anni Taylor AA
Z Zoo by James Patterson
As usual you can choose to ignore the, a and an at the beginning of the title.
Don't forget to check our guidelines HERE
Have a really great reading month everyone:)