Pick-a-Shelfdiscussion

I'm excited and a little scared to try this challenge but with so many unread books I could use the motivation and support. I've decided to just start with trying for 5 books from each category because 50 books seem like a lot.

Read 5 books from your stacks/shelves at home that you haven't read yet.
1.How the Other Half HamptonsbyJasmin RosembergFinished 7/26
2.Life's Too Short to Frost a CupcakebyRosie Wilde
3.UgliesbyScott Westerfeld
4.Love the One You're WithbyEmily Giffin
5.The HunterbyL.J. Smith

Read 5 books you have borrowed (from friends, family, the library) so you can return them and make room.
1.Dead to the WorldbyCharlaine Harris
2.Firefly LanebyKristin Hannah
3.Any Place I Hang My Hat: A NovelbySusan Isaacs
4.The Last SongbyNicholas Sparks
5.The Eyre AffairbyJasper Fforde

Read 5 books recommended to you by a friend.
1.Otherwise Engaged: A NovelbySuzanne Finnamore
2.Mating Rituals of the North American WASPbyLauren Lipton
3.The Hunger GamesbySuzanne Collins
4.Catching FirebySuzanne Collins
5.MockingjaybySuzanne Collins

Read 5 books that you have been dreading to tackle either due to reviews you have heard, content or the sheer length of them.

1.The Crimson Petal and the WhitebyMichel Faber
2.Les MiserablesbyVictor Hugo
3.Sheer AbandonbyPenny Vincenzi
4.The Divine Comedy: ParadisebyDante Alighieri
5.Anna KareninabyTolstoi L. N.

Read the 5 books that have been on your TBR the longest.
1.American WifebyCurtis Sittenfeld
2.Hangover SquarebyPatrick Hamilton
3.WhackedbyJules Asner
4.Bought: A NovelbyAnna David
5.Beverly Hills AdjacentbyJennifer Steinhauer

Read the 5 shortest books from your TBR that aren't picture books.
1.Cat's MeowbyMelissa de la Cruz
2.High FidelitybyNick Hornby
3.Story of My LifebyJay McInerney
4.Bright Lights, Big CitybyJay McInerney
5.Nine StoriesbyJ.D. Salinger
6.Holidays on IcebyDavid Sedaris

Read 5 non-fiction books.
1.You Can Get Arrested for That: 2 Guys, 25 Dumb Laws, 1 Absurd American Crime SpreebyRich Smith
2.Chelsea Chelsea Bang BangbyChelsea Handler
3.Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in AmericabyBarbara Ehrenreich
4.You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the MorningbyCelia Rivenbark
5.Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of EverythingbySteven D. Levitt

Read 5 books from series, in order to complete some.
1.Lost in a Good BookbyJasper Fforde
2.The Well of Lost PlotsbyJasper Fforde
3.The ChasebyL.J. Smith
4.The KillbyL.J. Smith
5.Don't Hex with TexasbyShanna Swendson
6.Sugar and Spice: An L.A. Candy NovelbyLauren Conrad

Read 5 books started but never finished. (The winning task from our poll!)
1.Waking Beauty: A NovelbyElyse Friedman
2.HusbandsbyAdele Parks
3.What She Saw...byLucinda Rosenfeld
4.Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the WestbyGregory Maguire
5.Where Love GoesbyJoyce Maynard

Spell something with xx picture books or graphic novels using the first letter of each title.

E-Eloise Takes A BawthbyKay Thompson
M-My Faith in FrankiebyMike Carey

R-Re-GiftersbyMike Carey
E-Electric Girl, Volume 1byMichael Brennan
A-American WidowbyAlissa Torres
D-The Dead Boy DetectivesbyJill Thompson

T-The Velveteen RabbitbyMargery Williams Bianco
H-Heardboy and Weaver a Korean Folk Story
I-Ice HavenbyDaniel Clowes
S-The Shiniest Jewel: A Family Love StorybyMarian Henley