LynnB’s Comments (group member since Aug 07, 2011)

LynnB’s comments from the Pick-a-Shelf group.

TBR Bender - June 2025
Completed 24 June 2025

B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from April 2025 reads.
1.
Esperanza Rising, Pam MuñozRyan, 25 Apr
historical fiction, middle grade, young adult

2.
The Lies We Leave Behind, Noelle Salazar, 21 Apr
historical fiction, romance, world war II

3.
The Turtle House, Amanda Churchill, 15 Apr
historical fiction, Japan, family

C. Like for Like (L4L)
1. (Esperanza Rising, historical fiction)

The Women of Chateau Lafayette, Stephanie Dray, 9 June 2025

2. (The Lies We Leave Behind, romance)

Every Tom, Dick & Harry, Elinor Lipman, 4 June 2025

3. (The Turtle House)

The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel, ReShonda Tate, 14 June 2025

D. Your Options

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added (could be the month and even if it was a new book you read/added in January 2025, read another book you added in January 2025)

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author

✔3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)
(The Women of Chateau Lafayette), Stephanie Dray

Tough Luck, Sandra Dallas, 24 June 2025

4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
(The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel, Queen)

Mrs Queen Takes the Train, William Kuhn, 20 June 2025

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.


D.2. new books
1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
(Every Tom, Dick & Harry, both pub. 2025)

Seeds of Fate, Sarita Dasgupta, 12 June 2025

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read a book from a series by a new-to-you author OR (for stand alone book) read another book by a new-to-you author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)

4. Title: Using one of your book titles, read from a shelf with a word* in title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/[INSERT WORD IN TITLE HERE]
*word cannot be articles, preposition, or connective

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages

Completed March 2025

B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from January 2025 reads.

1.
There Are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak, historical fiction, literary fiction, fiction
2.
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books, Kirsten Miller, fiction, books about books, contemporary
3.
Brightly Shining, Ingvild H. Rishøi, contemporary, holiday, novella

C. Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves.
Shelf 1: (There Are Rivers in the Sky)
Shelf: historical fiction
Read:
Where Lilacs Still Bloom, Jane Kirkpatrick, 14 Mar 2025

Shelf 2. (Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books)
Shelf: Humor
Read:
Nothing to See Here, Kevin Wilson, 9 Mar 2025

Shelf 3: (Brightly Shining)
Shelf: Contemporary
Read:
Sweetness in the Skin, Ishi Robinson, 7 Mar 2025

D.2. new books
✔1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
(Sweetness in the Skin)

Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman, Patrick Hutchison, 22 Mar 2025, both published 2024

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, (for stand alone book) read another book by a new-to-you author
(Nothing to See Here)

The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading, Dwight Garner, 16 Mar 2025

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages
(Where Lilacs Still Bloom), 371 pp.

Banned Book Club, Kim Hyun Sook, 26 Mar 2025, 199 pp.

Completed!

B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from January 2025 reads.

1.
There Are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak, historical fiction, literary fiction, fiction
2.
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books, Kirsten Miller, fiction, books about books, contemporary
3.
Brightly Shining, Ingvild H. Rishøi, contemporary, holiday, novella

C. Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves.
Shelf 1: (There Are Rivers in the Sky)
Shelf: historical fiction
Read:
Where Lilacs Still Bloom, Jane Kirkpatrick, 14 Mar 2025

Shelf 2. (Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books)
Shelf: Humor
Read:
Nothing to See Here, Kevin Wilson, 9 Mar 2025

Shelf 3: (Brightly Shining)
Shelf: Contemporary
Read:
Sweetness in the Skin, Ishi Robinson, 7 Mar 2025

D.2. new books
✔1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
(Sweetness in the Skin)

Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman, Patrick Hutchison, 22 Mar 2025, both published 2024

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, (for stand alone book) read another book by a new-to-you author
(Nothing to See Here)

The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading, Dwight Garner, 16 Mar 2025

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages
(Where Lilacs Still Bloom), 371 pp.

Banned Book Club, Kim Hyun Sook, 26 Mar 2025, 199 pp.

Tien wrote: "@LynnB, the avatar is the one that shows on the group listing page of GR. Like on this page: https://ww..."

Ah, thanks! I was thinking something else.

I have to add, the widgets and avatar ideas don't matter to me one way or the other. (My age and lack of tech knowledge is speaking here, but what would an avatar do/be on this book group?)

Condolences, Tien. I'm sorry to hear about your MIL. I know that grief really upends things for a good while. Taking care of yourself and family has to be first!

I'm enjoying the TBR Buster and haven't any ideas to add at the moment.

TBR Bender: May 2025
Completed

B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from March 2025 reads.
1.
The Jackal's Mistress, historical fiction, civil war, romance
2.
One Hundred Saturdays, nonfiction, history, memoir
3.
Chancing your Arm, ireland, contemporary, mystery

C. Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves (aside from "to-read", "currently-reading").
You will read a book from each of these shelves (preferably those already on your TBR).
1. (The Jackal's Mistress)
Shelf: historical fiction

Where the Sky Begins, Rhys Bowen, 6 May 2025

2. (One Hundred Saturdays)
Shelves: nonfiction, memoir

The Bookseller at the End of the World, Ruth Shaw, 6 May 2025

3. (Chancing your Arm)
Shelf: Ireland

The Irish Girl: A Novel, Ashley E. Sweeney, 3 May 2025

D. Your Options

For this section, you may choose to either read purely from your TBR or new books* or BOTH! There are separate tasks as per below options:

*the definition of new books here is quite liberal; it could literally be a new book you've brought home or newly published book which you've put on your TBR last year or new-to-you... whichever works for you

Each of the books you read for L4L are to be used as starting point for each of below prompts (ie. 1 book cannot be used for more than 1 prompt per option).

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added (could be the month and even if it was a new book you read/added in January 2025, read another book you added in January 2025)

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)

4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
^we're not going to be super strict here, it could be exactly identical, found intact or just of similar nature (eg. monster - monstrous is acceptable)

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
(The Bookseller at the End of the World, 267 pp.)

The Bohemians, Jasmin Darznik, 13 May 2025, 368 pp.

D.2. new books
1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, (for stand alone book) read another book by a new-to-you author
(Where the Sky Begins, Rhys Bowen)

Small Mercies, Dennis Lehane, 1 June 2025

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)
(The Irish Girl: A Novel, Ashley E. Sweeney)

The First Mrs. Rothschild, Sara Aharoni, 20 May 2025

4. Title: Using one of your book titles, read from a shelf with a word* in title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/[INSERT WORD IN TITLE HERE]
*word cannot be articles, preposition, or connective

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages

TBR Bender (2025) - 02 - February
Completed

Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from December 2024 reads.
1. Finding Margaret Fuller, Allison Pataki, historical fiction, fiction, feminism

2.The Grey Wolf, Louise Penny, mystery, mystery thriller, Canada

3. The Music of Bees, Eileen Garvin, fiction, contemporary, nature


Like for Like (L4L)

Shelf 1: (Finding Margaret Fuller)
Shelf: Historical Fiction

The Booklover's Library, Madeline Martin, 3 Feb 2025

Shelf 2: (The Grey Wolf)
Shelf: Mystery

Below Zero, C.J. Box, 9 Feb 2024

Shelf 3: (The Music of Bees: A Novel)
Shelf: Fiction

Exile Music: A Novel, Jennifer Steil, 5 Feb 2025

.
D.1. Your TBR
✔5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
(Below Zero, 400 pp.)

Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force's Most Infamous Murder Cases, Simon Read, 11 Feb 2025, 480 pp.

D.2. new books
✔1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
(The Booklover's Library), pub 2024

The Lion Women of Tehran, Marjan Kamali, 13 Feb 2025, pub 2024

✔5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages
(Exile Music: A Novel, 432 pp.)

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne, 6 Feb 2025, 218 pp.

TBR Bender - April 2025
Completed 29 April 2025

B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from February 2025 reads.
1.
Exile Music, historical fiction, music, World War II
2.
Crow Talk, nature, contemporary, animals
3.
The Lion Women of Tehran, historical fiction, historical, Iran

C. Like for Like (L4L)
1. (Exile Music)
Shelf: Historical Fiction

The Underground Library, Jennifer Ryan, 11 Apr 2025

2. (Crow Talk)
Shelf: Contemporary

The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife, Anna Johnston, 8 Apr 2025

3. (The Lion Women of Tehran)
Shelf: Historical Ficiton

The Turtle House, Amanda Churchill, 15 Apr 2025

D. Your Options

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added.
(The Underground Library)
both added Dec 2023

A Wild and Heavenly PlaceRobin Oliveira, 16 Apr 2025

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)

4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
^we're not going to be super strict here, it could be exactly identical, found intact or just of similar nature (eg. monster - monstrous is acceptable)

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
(The Turtle House, 304 pp.

Force Of Nature, C.J. Box, 20 Apr 2025, 385 pp.


D.2. new books
1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
(The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife)
both pub. 2024

The Last Twelve Miles, Erika Robuck, 29 Apr 2025

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read a book from a series by a new-to-you author OR (for stand alone book) read another book by a new-to-you author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)

4. Title: Using one of your book titles, read from a shelf with a word* in title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/[INSERT WORD IN TITLE HERE]
*word cannot be articles, preposition, or connective

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages

01 - January, Completed.

My top 3 reads from November 2024, 4&5 star
1.
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout - 2024, fiction, literary fiction
2.
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta - non-fiction, politics, 2024
3.
Straw Dogs of the Universe: A Novel by Ye Chun - historical fiction, fiction, 2024

Like4Like
1. (Tell Me Everything)
Shelf: 2024

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books, Kirsten Miller, 2 Jan 2025

2. (The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism)
shelf: non-fiction

Secrets of the Octopus, Sy Montgomery, 2 Jan 2025

3. (Straw Dogs of the Universe)
Shelf: historical fiction

The Potter's Field, Ellis Peters, 5 Jan 2025

D1 - Your TBR

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author.
(Secrets of the Octopus)
What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird, Sy Montgomery, 5 Jan 2025


D2 - New Books
1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
(Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books, 2024)
Sandwich, Catherine Newman, 3 Jan 2025, pub. June 2024


2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read a book from a series by a new-to-you author.
(The Potter's Field, Brother Cadfael)
She Who Knows, Nnedi Okorafor, 5 Jan 2025, She Who Knows #1

Completed.

My top 3 reads from November 2024, 4&5 star
1.
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout - 2024, fiction, literary fiction
2.
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta - non-fiction, politics, 2024
3.
Straw Dogs of the Universe: A Novel by Ye Chun - historical fiction, fiction, 2024

Like4Like
1. (Tell Me Everything)
Shelf: 2024

Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books, Kirsten Miller, 2 Jan 2025

2. (The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism)
shelf: non-fiction

Secrets of the Octopus, Sy Montgomery, 2 Jan 2025

3. (Straw Dogs of the Universe)
Shelf: historical fiction

The Potter's Field, Ellis Peters, 5 Jan 2025

D1 - Your TBR

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author.
(Secrets of the Octopus)
What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird, Sy Montgomery, 5 Jan 2025


D2 - New Books
1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
(Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books, 2024)
Sandwich, Catherine Newman, 3 Jan 2025, pub. June 2024


2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read a book from a series by a new-to-you author.
(The Potter's Field, Brother Cadfael)
She Who Knows, Nnedi Okorafor, 5 Jan 2025, She Who Knows #1

I finished quickly because for the first time since I started doing this yearly challenge, I got a TBR ending in 1!

Trim That TBR 2024
1 Oct 2024 - 30 Sept 2025 (my choice of dates)
COMPLETED 27 Jan 2025

✔1. How many?!?! (281)
Look at the total number of your TBR, take the last digit and read that many books off your TBR. If you have a "0", read 10 books.

Radar Girls, Sara Ackerman, 25 Dec 2024

✔2. Share the love
Sort your TBR by one (1) of the following options:
✂️ "num ratings"
✂️ "avg rating"
✂️ "date added"
✂️ "date pub"
and read:
a. Books with the highest number / most recent date
b. Books with the least number / oldest date
Try to read the same number of books (for a+b) as you did for (1) above, if not more.

3.56, The Body of a Young Man, Mildred Walker, 22 Dec 2024
4.64, Now or Never, Janet Evanovich, 11 Dec 2024

✔3. Monstrosity
Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.

A Free Life, Ha Jin, 27 Jan 2025, 660 pp.

✔4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series!

Den of Iniquity, J.A. Jance, 17 Oct 2024, latest book, #26 JP Beaumont series, first book read 2008

Above, in E. Completion, the link is missing to post the completion. :)

(I think I've finished, but as it's the first month of this, I hope you will check my completion post when I post it to see if I did this correctly!)

B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from January 2025 reads.

1.
There Are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak, historical fiction, literary fiction, fiction
2.
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books, Kirsten Miller, fiction, books about books, contemporary
3.
Brightly Shining, Ingvild H. Rishøi, contemporary, holiday, novella

C. Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves.
Shelf 1: (There Are Rivers in the Sky)
Shelf: historical fiction
Read:
Where Lilacs Still Bloom, Jane Kirkpatrick, 14 Mar 2025

Shelf 2. (Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books)
Shelf: Humor
Read:
Nothing to See Here, Kevin Wilson, 9 Mar 2025

Shelf 3: (Brightly Shining)
Shelf: Contemporary
Read:
Sweetness in the Skin, Ishi Robinson, 7 Mar 2025

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added (could be the month and even if it was a new book you read/added in January 2025, read another book you added in January 2025)

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)

4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
^we're not going to be super strict here, it could be exactly identical, found intact or just of similar nature (eg. monster - monstrous is acceptable)

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.


D.2. new books
✔1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
(Sweetness in the Skin)

Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman, Patrick Hutchison, 22 Mar 2025, both published 2024

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, (for stand alone book) read another book by a new-to-you author
(Nothing to See Here)

The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading, Dwight Garner, 16 Mar 2025

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)

4. Title: Using one of your book titles, read from a shelf with a word* in title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/[INSERT WORD IN TITLE HERE]
*word cannot be articles, preposition, or connective

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages
(Where Lilacs Still Bloom), 371 pp.

Banned Book Club, Kim Hyun Sook, 26 Mar 2025, 199 pp.

TBR Bender (2025) - 02 - February
Completed 13 Feb 2025

Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from December 2024 reads.
1. Finding Margaret Fuller, Allison Pataki, historical fiction, fiction, feminism

2.The Grey Wolf, Louise Penny, mystery, mystery thriller, Canada

3. The Music of Bees, Eileen Garvin, fiction, contemporary, nature


Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves (aside from "to-read", "currently-reading"). You will read a book from each of these shelves (preferably those already on your TBR).

Shelf 1: (Finding Margaret Fuller)
Shelf: Historical Fiction
Read:
The Booklover's Library, Madeline Martin, 3 Feb 2025

Shelf 2: (The Grey Wolf)
Shelf: Mystery
Read:
Below Zero, C.J. Box, 9 Feb 2024

Shelf 3: (The Music of Bees: A Novel)
Shelf: Fiction
Read:
Exile Music: A Novel, Jennifer Steil, 5 Feb 2025

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added (could be the month and even if it was a new book you read/added in January 2025, read another book you added in January 2025)

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)

4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
^we're not going to be super strict here, it could be exactly identical, found intact or just of similar nature (eg. monster - monstrous is acceptable)

✔5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
(Below Zero, 400 pp.)

Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force's Most Infamous Murder Cases, Simon Read, 11 Feb 2025, 480 pp.



D.2. new books
✔1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
(The Booklover's Library), pub 2024

The Lion Women of Tehran, Marjan Kamali, 13 Feb 2025, pub 2024

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read a book from a series by a new-to-you author OR (for stand alone book) read another book by a new-to-you author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)

4. Title: Using one of your book titles, read from a shelf with a word* in title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/[INSERT WORD IN TITLE HERE]
*word cannot be articles, preposition, or connective

✔5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages
(Exile Music: A Novel, 432 pp.)

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne, 6 Feb 2025, 218 pp.

.
LOST 2025 from books I own or can borrow
(Completed 20 Oct 2025)

✔1. The Way of Beauty, Camille Di Maio, 20 Oct 2025
✔2. The First Mrs. Rothschild, Sara Aharoni, 20 May 2025
✔3. Here and Now, Santa Montefiore, 24 May 2025
✔4. Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey, Kathleen Rooney, 16 Feb 2025
✔5. House Lessons: Renovating a Life, Erica Bauermeister, 24 Apr 2025
✔6. The Company Daughters, Samantha Rajaram, 8 Oct 2025
✔7. The Girl in the Woods, Camilla Läckberg, 17 Oct 2025
✔8. Greenwood, Michael Christie - DNF, read 25%
✔9. The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos, Judy Batalion, 14 July 2025
✔10. The Women of Chateau Lafayette, Stephanie Dray, 9 June 2025

I'm going to start with just 3 books, I may go to 4 or 5 books later. I'll start this as a placeholder. I can't plan too far in advance 'cuz odds are that I'll read some of them in December, forgetting that they're for January. Lol!

My top 3 reads from November 2024, 4&5 star
1.
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout - 2024, fiction, literary fiction
2.
The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism by Tim Alberta - non-fiction, politics, 2024
3.
Straw Dogs of the Universe: A Novel by Ye Chun - historical fiction, fiction, 2024

Like4Like
1. (Tell Me Everything)
Shelf: 2024
Read:
Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books, Kirsten Miller, 2 Jan 2025

2. (The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism)
shelf: non-fiction
Read:
Secrets of the Octopus, Sy Montgomery, 2 Jan 2025

3. (Straw Dogs of the Universe)
Shelf: historical fiction
Read:
The Potter's Field, Ellis Peters, 5 Jan 2025

D1 - Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added (could be the month and even if it was a new book you read/added in January 2025, read another book you added in January 2025)

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author.
(Secrets of the Octopus)
What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird, Sy Montgomery, 5 Jan 2025


3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)

4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
^we're not going to be super strict here, it could be exactly identical, found intact or just of similar nature (eg. monster - monstrous is acceptable)

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.

D2 - New Books
1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
(Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books, 2024)
Sandwich, Catherine Newman, 3 Jan 2025, pub. June 2024


2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read a book from a series by a new-to-you author.
(The Potter's Field, Brother Cadfael)
She Who Knows, Nnedi Okorafor, 5 Jan 2025, She Who Knows #1


3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)

4. Title: Using one of your book titles, read from a shelf with a word* in title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/[INSERT WORD IN TITLE HERE]
*word cannot be articles, preposition, or connective

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages

Bea wrote: "How's everyone doing? 2025 games will start posting early December for planning.

I'll be signing up for LOST and others again. I need to go through my TBR next week and see if there is anything to drop because I've lost interest in it and add some new books.

My TBR ends with a 1 right now! That's a first. Lol!

Trim That TBR 2024
1 Oct 2024 - 30 Sept 2025 (my choice of dates)

✔1. How many?!?! (281)
Look at the total number of your TBR, take the last digit and read that many books off your TBR. If you have a "0", read 10 books.

Radar Girls, Sara Ackerman, 25 Dec 2024

✔2. Share the love
Sort your TBR by one (1) of the following options:
✂️ "num ratings"
✂️ "avg rating"
✂️ "date added"
✂️ "date pub"
and read:
a. Books with the highest number / most recent date
b. Books with the least number / oldest date
Try to read the same number of books (for a+b) as you did for (1) above, if not more.

3.56, The Body of a Young Man, Mildred Walker, 22 Dec 2024
4.64, Now or Never, Janet Evanovich, 11 Dec 2024

✔3. Monstrosity
Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.

A Free Life, Ha Jin, 27 Jan 2025, 660 pp.

✔4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series!

Den of Iniquity, J.A. Jance, 17 Oct 2024, latest book, #26 JP Beaumont series, first book read 2008

Finished and on to FOUND....

Lynn's LOST list, 2024
Completed 6 Sept 2024

✔1. The Ragged Edge of Night, Olivia Hawker, 10 Feb 2024
✔2. The Ice Child, Camilla Läckberg, 14 Feb 2024
✔3. The Art of Inheriting Secrets, Barbara O'Neal, 6 Aug 2024
✔4. How We Disappeared, Jing-Jing Lee, 17 July 2024
✔5. Vanishing Grace: What Ever Happened to the Good News?, Philip Yancey, 6 Sept 2024
✔6. The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis, 21 June 2024
✔7. The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende, 18 June 2024
✔8. The Crime and the Crystal, Elizabeth Ferrars, 21 Jan 2024
✔9. Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan, Bruce Feiler, 15 Jan 2024
✔10. Winterkill, C.J. Box, 14 Jan 2024