autumn pile {bookshelf love}

Remember that reading challenge I started way back when (aka February 2016), called Bookshelf Love? Well, I'm doing it again, but this time, the books in my stack aren't in mortal danger (i.e. they won't be donated or sold if I don't read them by the end of this challenge). On one hand, this means there's less incentive to read them all. On the other, I'm already 90% sure I'm going to love all of these books (or else I've already read and loved them or other books in the same series), which is an incentive itself.

This also means that I'm breaking the only rule among my guidelines by including Harry Potter books. I've already read the entire series, and I don't own several of the books. Ah, well, sometimes rules are made to be broken. I included them because I want to reread the series before delving into The Cursed Child, and while I'm only including the first four in this challenge for the sake of being realistic, I'd really like to finish all of them in this time frame!

Between now and Christmas, I hope to read 10 books. That's 10 books in 14 weeks--a much more reasonable goal than my previous 12 in seven (ugh what was I even thinking).

Anywho! The pile:

Airs Beneath the Moon by Toby Bishop

City of Dragons by Robin Hobb

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

Falling from Horses by Molly Gloss

I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman

The Unexpected Dragon by Mary Brown

guidelines*

1. choose a time frame for your challenge
2. select a stack of unread books from your shelves/piles/boxes/book hoard
3. post a photo and/or list of the books on your blog or social media, along with the chosen time frame
4. use the challenge image in your post (if posting on a blog) and link back to the original challenge page
5. leave a link to your post in the comments on the original challenge page, so you can be added to the list of participants
6. read, read, read!
7. donate, sell, giveaway, or recycle any books still unread at the end of the challenge

*I use this term, and not "rules," intentionally. Make this challenge your own! It is typically helpful to choose a time frame for a reading challenge, though, and no cheating on #2!!! If it causes too much stress or you just can't bear to part with your dearly beloved books, you can forego #7.

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