Continuing With My Empty Shelf Challenge

28 Books so far.

Have you accepted the Empty Shelf Challenge?

How many have you read this year?

Empty Shelf Challenge

I’ve started several book over the last few months that I just couldn’t get “into.” Trust me – it’s not the books – it’s the reader! 

So I’ve been rereading. That seems to be working right now. I started the year with Agatha Christie and then moved to “The Cat Who….” series and have read 10 of those. I’m comfortable with Qwill and his 2 Siamese cats so that’s what I’m reading right now. I’ve done many reviews on these books so am not going to rehash them here.

However, I do have a couple of quotes from “The Cat Who Sniffed Glue.”

Qwill was talking with a bibliophile and their conversation went like this:

Qwill: How many of these do we have to dust? (talking of a  HUGE personal library)

Eddington: I do a few hundred each time. I don’t hurry. I enjoy handling them. Books like to be handled.

Qwill: You’re a true bibliophile, Edd.

Later in the day:

Qwill: I’m amazed at your knowledge of books, Edd. I wish I could remember everything I’ve read and come up with a trenchant quote for every occasion.

Eddington: (looking guilty) I haven’t done much reading, I took Winston Churchill’s advice. He said, ‘It’s a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.’

Love both of these.

And remember your books like to be handled.

The Empty Shelf Challenge

Jon Acuff put a challenge on his blog that I love! It's "The Empty Shelf Challenge 2014." Read about his challenge H.E.R.E.  You can also check this out on Pinterest H.E.R.E.

The challenge is to empty a shelf in your home and as you read a book in 2014 place it on this shelf. 

This is my shelf.... I haven't put away Christmas decorations yet!! But, this will be my shelf for 2014! Then I will also have my Kindle "shelf."

I hope you will join me - and Jon Acuff for this reading challenge. I'm ready to start reading!!

Let me know if you are joining the challenge! 

Send me a picture of your shelf to share on my blog!

Expand your life - Read!