NOVEMBER - Exploding BOMBS Report

October - 5/6 through the year- and we're a bit behind of our target with 76.5% for the end of month. We need to focus and clear those books from our shelves and get the fireworks popping! The finale in the fireworks is always massive, let's not disappoint. The tickers (password BOMBS) are set so everyone can add their numbers to the totals.

Here are the standings at the end of OCTOBER:
Together we've read 2,970 - over TWO 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
booksloth
doglover58
jonesli
kirconnell
paeonia
rabbitprincess
tallulahrose

This month they were joined by:
BILLIEJEAN
cyderry
fundvogel
robertgreaves
shearon
This month there are a few very close who could reach their GOALS so let's keep going - the goal for November is 3,550.

alphaorder 8 / 30 27%
amz310783 115 / 60 192%
AngelWitch 12 / 35 34%
AnnieMod 1 / 50 2%
arrwa 2 / 5 40%
auntmarge 49 / 50 98%
BBleil 3 / 25 12%
benitastrnad 41 / 24 171%
BILLIEJEAN 30 / 25 120%
booksloth 51 / 50 102%
bowerbirds 3 / 36 8%
bragan 84 / 100 84%
brewergirl 26 / 30 87%
bucketyell 100 / 50 200%
cait86 21 / 40 53%
caramellunacy 10 / 25 40%
carmenere 20 / 32 63%
Conachair 25 / 50 50%
clue 19 / 25 76%
connie53 24 / 18 133%
cyderry 81 / 80 101%
deadwhiteguys 6 / 31 19%
deep220 52 / 55 95%
deltaqueen 96 / 110 87%
detailmuse 31 / 40 78%
doglover58 26 / 26 100%
drachenbraut23 2 / 15 13%
duaney_h 7 / 20 35%
dudes22 56 / 70 80%
Ephemeralda 38 / 40 95%
FAMeulstee 16 / 15 107%
fjumonvi 2 / 25 8%
fundvogel 18 / 10 180%
helenbaker 45 / 50 90%
helenoel 11 / 25 44%
hemlokgang 26 / 30 87%
h-mb 1 / 30 3%
jonesli 134 / 120 112%
kac522 14 / 25 56%
karen_o 17 / 24 71%
kdogey 11 / 75 15%
kerryth 1 / 40 3%
kirconnell 29 / 25 116%
LA12Hernandez, 43 / 50 86%
laura_88 18 / 20 90%
laurabrook 85 / 100 85%
lauranav 15 / 30 50%
lindapanzo 82 / 100 82%
LittleTaiko 24 / 36 67%
lizamichelle 14 / 25 56%
lucindalibri 16 / 25 64%
maggie1944 1 / 10 10%
majkia 23 / 30 77%
mandymere 440 / 500 88%
melonbrawl 44 / 50 88%
meredy 25 / 49 51%
mrsrochester 23 / 75 31%
paeonia 25 / 24 104%
pawforthought 3 / 14 21%
pigletto 21 / 40 53%
Quaisior 25 / 50 50%
rabbitprincess 56 / 45 124%
ramblingivy 34 / 10 340%
readingwithtea 1 / 25 4%
riverwillow 40 / 100 40%
robertgreaves 36 / 35 103%
rocketjk 15 / 21 71%
rosefireandmoonshine 93 / 100 93%
sandykaypax 3 / 26 12%
sarahbradshaw 20 / 30 67%
seasons of love 39 / 60 65%
shabacus 2 / 40 5%
shearon 20 / 20 100%
sjmccreary 1 / 10 10%
squeakychu 13 / 20 65%
staffordcastle 23 / 35 66%
streamsong 41 / 30 137%
sturlington 3 / 20 15%
tallulahrose 23 / 20 115%
thorold 49 / 60 82%
tloeffler 65 / 50 130%
torontoc 37 / 30 123%
tropics 13 / 25 52%
tuckea 1 / 12 8%
tututhefirst 10 / 20 50%
tymfos 50 / 60 83%

I reached my goal of 80 books in October but the breakdown wasn't exactly what I wanted for E-books, audio books, or ARDs (antique reading devices). So I will continue to clear read BOMBS to get that right. I'm hoping to get another dozen finished before year end.

Actually I met my goal back in August :) though I haven't quite managed to read as much as I have acquired :P I'm still trying to close that gap a bit.

Getting ever closer. Finished October at 82 out of 100. I have no library books on reserve right now so I just might reach my goal.

At the end of October I'm on 49/60 — one book behind schedule. More or less on track to meet my target, but I'll be away from home quite a bit in the next two months, which tends to mean more acquisitions and less reading from the shelf. Whether or not I meet the target of 60, I'll have reduced the average age of the TBR shelf quite a bit compared to last year, so it's definitely been useful to have the target.

November ticker:

Just marking the thread for the month. I've been taking advantage of having reached my target by reading a lot of newer stuff in September (only one BOMB - already added to tickers) but I'll still be throwing in the odd 'oldie' from time to time!

What with working the elections and NaNoWriMo, not sure I'll get very far this month :(

Hello everyone! Here I am with my November ticker. So far, I've read 11 books in November (as of November 29, 2012) I met my original goal of 90 books read in 2012 back on October 23, 2012 and then raised that total by 10 more books read to 100 books read in 2012. (I reached my goal of 100 books read as of November 15, 2012) So, as of right now, I'm at 104 out of 130 books read and looking forward to steaming onwards toward my new goal! :) Happy reading to you all! :)



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
Total rereads: 0 (yes!)
Total acquisitions: 11
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 22

November 2012
Total books read: 11 (as of November 29, 2012)
Total rereads: 2 (as of November 15, 2012)
Total acquisitions: 7 (as of November 29, 2012)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 9 (as of November 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: 157

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

Getting closer to my goal! But, oy, the state of my TBR pile...

I've got a bit to go to reach my goal. Fourteen may be more than I can do. I'll have to find some very little books in the TBR.

Currently picking my way v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y through a couple of big books. I'll make my goal, but it won't be with a flashy charge through the finish line. :)




Personal thread is here.

November totals: 49/50. Both tickers have been updated.

I didn't want to mess with anything so I haven't updated the group ticker but I managed to finish 3 books in October and so have 11 left. I think I'll be able to do it, most of them are fairly short and/or easy reads. I'll also be working less than I have in the past month so will have more time to read. :)

My ticker:

Greetings, all! While I haven't been checking in here on the group-wide threads, I have been keeping my individual thread up to date. Bottom line, as November dawns I am at 15 books off the shelf read, needing six more in these last two months to make my goal of 21. Cheers!

I am pretty much on target to reach my goal by year's end.

Two months to go!

I had hoped to do better, but the massive 1Q84 as kept me busy most of the month and as soon as I finish that I will start Team of Rivals. That one is a new book and it won't help my total at all!

Must get to 35 this month. Want to get to 36.

I'm here for November and feel as if goal is achievable. I am at 44/50 although I see I have been listed as 45, Cheli. Not to worry. I hope to finish one tomorrow. It will all come out in the wash...

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

I am half way, need to do more reading, but I have several books in progress so chances are improving.

No BOMBS for me this month only books i just bought!

Just finished my first book for this month--it's been on my shelf since at least 2009. I've completed 15 toward my goal of 25, and both tickers updated.

Hey cyderry, thank for all he work you put in here! I just like to know if there are any time lines for setting up next year's theme and group and if you have any plans for that already?

Finished my first book of the month..

-->24 Tallulah_Rose:
I wonder about that too. And like Tallulah said, thank you for all the work.

I wanted to setup a special thread to initiate the official vote for our theme for 2013. I'm still trying to figure out the exact format for that, and once I do, then I will post it allowing for everyone to vote on what they want. Since the vote html only allows 3 choices I'm trying to figure out the best wording so that it can all be handled with votes. Keep nagging me so I don't let it get lost under my radar.

Adding my ticker...but losing all hope of finishing in time. :(

I would like to add my thanks to the group as well, cyderry! I don't think we could do this without you. :)

yes = Now!
no = Start of December
Undecided= Middle of December

First book for the month The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver. It might have been her debut novel but it was still brilliant! I have only updated my individual ticker for this one.
It might be a while before I achieve another as I have my first ebooks lined up and they are new.

Since we have nearly 60 people actively participating in the challenge, I'm still waiting for the majority to cast their vote for the new theme on message #30.

perhaps they're waiting for election day.

Voted! :)

While I am actively participating in the challenge I don't usually (well, never, actually) take part in group reads, so please don't wait on my vote. Cheers, all!

Ok - you win - I voted, but really - it doesn't matter to me. I'll be here no matter what it's called - my TBR pile demands it.

I voted as well, but I'd be here regardless, cyderry! :)

#35 rocketjk: Maybe it's me that's misunderstaning something, but the vote above isn't about group reads. It's about when we'd like to vote for next year's Books off the Shelves-grouptheme. Cyderry will make suggestions for next years BOMBS-challenge then, since some of us didn't fancy the BOMBS-theme. We are now to decide when we'd actually and officially like to vote on these topics.

#38> Thanks for the clarification! But I don't care when we vote, though.

>33 cyderry:: But, since "undecided" means something other than "undecided," I can't cast my vote for "undecided" to reflect my lack of an opinion! :)

I've voted but don't really care when we make the official vote. What's important (to me) is that we come up with good options to choose from (both good anagrams and good meanings).

Put me in the "really don't care" category, either for when we vote or the theme we decide on. I just want to keep reading books off my shelves.

I agree with tymfos. Whenever & whatever the vote is, is Ok with me. I'll be here. I'd suggest keeping the vote open for a week or so. I've seen LT votes that last for only a part of a day, and some of us are off reading (so say nothing of the nasty day job that intereferes with being on LT).

I've finished my first BOMB for November, Nevada Barr's Ill Wind that has been on Planet TBR since 2008.

Here's my counter:

Cyderry, although I like to vote soon, it doesn't matter so much. After all, it's you that needs to be ready and I dare say we're fine whenever you're ready to give us options :-)

I finished my first "off the shelf" for the month, Parnassus on Wheels. This one is sort of a cheat. I've had the book on my e-reader for well over a year; but mostly I listened to this from a new free audio books app on my iPhone. But it's a book that I've had for a while that's now read, so I'm counting it.

We're closing in on 3,000 books for the year. That's a lot of books off a lot of shelves. Good for us!!

1. Blind Fall by Christpher Rice
2. The All of It by Jeannette Haien
3. The Lady in Blue by Javier Sierra

added one book

I voted!

the majority seem to want to start the vote so I have created a thread for the ballots to be registered.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/144573#

Please be sure to read the directions in message #1 in their entirety and vote accordingly.

I promise no negative campaign ads.

Cyderry, have you posted this link in the old Books Off the Shelf Challenge group?

I'm done! I will continue reading books off my shelf and helping with the group total. Tickers updated.

Congratulations, Laura!

I've just finished my #24, and updated the group ticker.

Congrautlations, Laura! Well done.

Congratulations! Thanks for helping with the group totals!

Congratulations, Laura.

Congratulations, Laura.

Way to go, Laura!

#53-58 Thanks everyone! This has been a fun way to get myself to read my own books.

Great work, Laura!

Yay Laura! I agree -- this is a great way to stay motivated.

Congratulations Laura! That's wonderful! :)

I also am about to finish reading my 100th book soon - today I hope! :) Cyderry, would it be possible for me to update my total again to 130 books read for this year? I probably won't be able to do it, but I'm certainly going to give it the 'old college try' :)

So far this month, I have donated 5 books - 3 of those books I read this year! So far, so good for me! :)

rose - whatever you want to do, just be sure to let us know.

Thanks so much, Cyderry! :) I finished my 100th book last night and immediately started reading my 101st! :)

Congrats rosefireandmoonshine! That is really great!

Thanks very much, streamsong! :) I don't believe that I've ever read 100 books in a year in my life! :)

Congratulations, rosefireandmoonshine!

Thank you staffordcastle! :)

wow! 100! Go you! I'm not sure I'll make my 75, but I've come closer than I ever thought I would so there is that.

Keep on chugging, majkia! :) I'm sure you will make it for yourself - all the best! :)

p.s. Keep on chugging just means keep it going, girl! :) I truly don't think you're chugging beers left or right or anything! :)

Good Luck to you, majkia! :)

Congratulations, Rose! a 100 books, WOW.

Many thanks, Connie! I can hardly believe it myself :)

One more down, I'm adjusting the ticker!

One more done!
Number 25: Heksen en Elfen by Kim Harrison
Translation of For a Few Demons More
I will do nothing to the group ticker.

Three for me this month. That's 23/20 for the year so far. I agree with the comments about this keeping me motivated.

I haven't touched the tickers.

I've added one more for me and updated both tickers.

w00t! Added 3 for me so far this month and we're over 3000!

one more added.

we're moving along great, keep it up through the end of the month!

Finished my first book of the month and added it to ticker. Brings me to 21/30.

I finished another book (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea) and I've updated the tickers. The percent ticker was off so I fixed it (it was still in the 2900s!)

Another one for me, The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner

I've updated the tickers.

I will not complete more in November. Three to go to meet goal for the year. I see 3 small books in my immediate future!

I'm going to add 2 more bombs, which for me were indeed both bombs. I didn't finish either, so I didn't add them to my stats for reading, but as they now will indeed be forever removed from my TBR and virutal shelving, I'm counting them here.

The Historian was nicely written, but I found it boring as hell.
The Sharing Knife I really really couldn't stand 'Little Spark.'

Updating tickers.

I'm working on two books to add to the one I did earlier this month: The Body in the Moonlight by Katherine Hall Page (#11 in the Faith Fairchild series) and The Ghosts of Virginia by L.B. Taylor, Jr. I hope to finish them by Friday. That will (barely) meet my monthly goal, though I'm way behind on my goal for the year.

I need to read mostly off my own shelves for December.

second book down the for month- The All of it by Jeannette Haien. It was a good read nothing worth holding on to so off to the donation pile. YEAHHHH more room. 54 of 55 down.

I've neutralized 5 BOMBS this month, bringing me to a total of 61. I haven't touched the group tickers (my personal ticker is up to date).

I missed a book earlier this month. I already had two done, not one, and now I've finished a third. I updated my own personal ticker, but am leaving the group ticker alone, as it's late in the month and I don't want to cause any confusion. I may have one more . . . I will post & update my ticker again when I finish it.

Have finally got one for the month taking my tally to 46/50. Steady and sure, goal in sight. I have updated tickers. Read 3 e-books while on holiday.

I've updated the tickers for the 4 I finished this month. Don't think I'll manage another one before the end of the month. Puts me at 60/70. Think I'll end up a little short this year.

I hope that everyone is tidying up their totals for November, I'm hoping to get to the new December thread tomorrow sometime.

My total at the end of November is 15 read toward my goal of 25. I've got a bunch of shorter books lined up for December, so I hope to get at least into the 20s.

My totals for November are 10 books read with a YTD total of 106. Only 4 more books to go to reach my goal! I haven't adjusted the group tickers.

I'm not likely to finish any more books this month, meaning that I've fallen way behind my target and am unlikely to reach the end goal for the year.

End of November report:

Bombs detonated: 5
Duds: 7
Added to the pile: 0

Not added to the ticker. I might start another dud tomorrow, but no bombs.

Last book of the month down - The lady in Blue by Javier Sierra which brings my total to 55/55. Which is good because with finals in 2 weeks I don't think I will be doing much recreational reading.

I finished reading my final book of the month last night! :) Low Country by Anne Rivers Siddons was just alright for me, I thought that the plot was slightly contrived in my opinion - but still a very good read for me. :)

As it stands now, my newly revised totals (as of November 29, 2012) are:

November 2012
Total books read: 11 (as of November 29, 2012)
Total rereads: 2 (as of November 15, 2012)
Total acquisitions: 7 (as of November 29, 2012)
Books taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes: 9 (as of November 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.

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

5 '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.

2 'rereads' from my TBR pile - books that I can remember reading at least a decade ago, but that I read again this month.

I recently received notification that 9 books were taken off my TBR pile and sent to new homes as of November 27, 2012.

As it stands now, I have read 104 books out of 130 that I want to read in 2012 and have donated or purged 95 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. :)

Two more explosions this month, that makes 53 - 3 more than my intended 50. And I'm shameless, I've touched both tickers!

I've finished two more books this month bringing me to a total of 25 BOMBS this year. I also am one book ahead of adding new ones to Tbr! That means, I've read 1 book off theshelves than added to them :-)

Updating tickers as I go.

I finished four off-the-shelfers during November. That gets me to 19 out of my goal of 21. I'm reading another right now, and I'm guessing I'll get to at least one more during December. So my goal at this point appears attainable. I will add four to the ticker.

I managed to stay away from bookshops and keep the telly switched off in November (a couple of long flights helped too), and finished the month having disarmed no fewer than eleven BOMBS, some of them vintage models dating back to before the First Bush War.

I've thus reached my target of sixty for 2012. :-)

I haven't updated the tickers.

OK, I finished one more, making a total of 4 for November, 54 for the year. I am updating my own ticker, but did not update the group ticker for any but the first one I did early in the month, since these others were all done so late. For some reason, I'm having a lot of trouble with tickers lately, as sometimes I cannot get my computer to type in the password fields to update them.

I need 6 more books to make my goal. I might be able to read that many off the shelf in December.

I have one more to finish. Less than 50 pages to go. I should be able to finish tonight.

Finished second book for the month, bringing my total to 22/30. Will update the ticker.

I finished three BOMBS this month. I did not update the tickers.

Sorry for this very last minute report . . .

Only finished 4 books in November, but 2 were BOMBS. Both books of poetry: A Wreath for Emmett Till by Marilyn Nelson and Leaves of Grass (the 150th Anniversary Edition of the first, 1855 edition) by Walt Whitman

So, that brings me to 18/25 in my BOMBS 2012 Challenge.




I'm dedicating December to removing items from my "Currently Reading" list.

Also looking forward to the Final 2012 ReadaThing from December 22/23 - 31st . . . Please consider joining us!! See http://www.librarything.com/topic/145298 for more info . . . and spread the word!

And a big CONGRATULATIONS!! to Rose and the others who have met their goals!!

Finished 9 books off my shelf this month, the last one with about 90 minutes to spare in the month.

This leaves me at 91, just about on pace to reach my 100 book goal.

http://www.librarything.com/topic/145327

December thread is up

I hit 108 in total. I didn't touch the tickers.

Many thanks to LucindaLibri for her congratulations, and congratulations to everyone else who met or exceeded their totals. Way to go! :)

I'm a little late with my monthly totals due to computer problems. I completed two books off my shelves for November. I updated the group ticker. I can't believe that I figured it out and didn't mess anything up.

Finished November with only 4 books read for a total of 47 BOMBS gone. Still that means I only have 3 books left for the year!