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Dec 18, 2015 10:43AM
I'm debating how to approach my reading for 2016. I was thinking of using a random number generator each month, where the number would correspond to a letter of the alphabet (1=A, 2=B, etc) and I would start at that letter each month and go forward through the alphabet picking titles until the month is over.
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That's a really interesting idea... I may have to steal it one of these months.
Good luck Cindy.I love your idea Cindy.
That's a super interesting idea! I'm always looking for cool things to help me clear off my massive to-read list. You'll have to let us know how you like it if you decide to go that route.Good luck with your challenge!
Cassandra wrote: "That's a super interesting idea! I'm always looking for cool things to help me clear off my massive to-read list. You'll have to let us know how you like it if you decide to go that route.Good lu..."
Thanks! :)
Cassandra wrote: "That's a really interesting idea... I may have to steal it one of these months."Thanks! Go ahead and steal away! :)
Zara wrote: "Good luck Cindy.I love your idea Cindy."
Thanks! :)
I concur with everyone else; that's a very creative idea for managing the TBR list. For 2016, I'm having my significant other and my roommate both pick a book off my shelves for me to read each month. That will help push my comfort zone a bit, as well as knock some books off the shelves. Good luck with your challenge Cindy!
Jackie B. wrote: "I concur with everyone else; that's a very creative idea for managing the TBR list. For 2016, I'm having my significant other and my roommate both pick a book off my shelves for me to read each mon..."I really like that idea, Jackie. I may have to have my sweetie pick a book for me each month. ☺
Good luck with your goal and I'm interested to see how your challenge works!
Books for JanuaryBrooklyn
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
After I finished the first two, I used a random number generator to find the letter to start the rest of the books for the month. It gave me 8 which made me start with H.
Hollow City
Irish Girls about Town
Just Kids
Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family
Library of Souls
Audio books
The Cat Who Talked Turkey
Hollywood Divorces
Oooh, that's cool-- reading the books with alphabetical titles from H. I have stayed away from A-Z challenges because they seem so large.... they tend to intimidate me. O_oGood luck, Cindy!
Books for FebruaryI started the first book of the month in January.
Maeve's Times: In Her Own Words
Then I got the number 24 from the random number generator which would be a book starting with X. I don't have any books that start with X, so I skipped to Y and went forward from there.
The Year of the Book
No Z book title, so I skipped to A.
Absolutely Truly
Started B, but it wasn't very good, so I skipped to C.
Coraline
Dumplin'
Eleanor & Park
From Elvis To Elvira: My Life On Stage
Guitar Notes
Happily Ever After
Audio books:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I'll add my voice to the chorus that thinks starting with a random letter and working through the alphabet is a cool idea!
Books for MarchI started this in February
Instructions for a Heatwave
I got the number 10 which is the letter J.
A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
I started K, but I didn't like it, so I moved on to L.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life
Miss Dreamsville and the Lost Heiress of Collier County
The Night Circus
Our Little Secret: The True Story of a Teenager Killer and the Silence of a Small New England Town
The Postmistress
Audio books:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Books for AprilI started this book in March and then I wanted to read the second book in the series.
The Quilter's Apprentice
Round Robin
I bought this while on vacation, so it's not the letter I generated.
Hollywood: A Very Short Introduction
I generated 15 which is the letter O.
The Orphan of Ellis Island
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
No Q books at home.
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter
A Star for Mrs. Blake
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Very Valentine
The Wednesday Letters
I read this for another challenge.
Tear You Apart
Audio books
Best Friends, Occasional Enemies: The Lighter Side of Life as a Mother and Daughter
The Lincoln Myth
The Book of Names
Books for MayI picked a few books that I wanted to read without picking a letter at the beginning of the month.
The Yellow House
Go Set a Watchman
Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale
I used the randomizer and got 8 which is the letter H.
The Heroes' Welcome
In the Unlikely Event
Joy in the Morning
I read this book for another challenge.
When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II
No K books at home, so I went to L.
Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen
Audio books:
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Books for JuneI started this in May.
The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia
I got 20 on the randomizer and that is T.
The Truth About Alice
The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green
Verdun: The Lost History of the Most Important Battle of World War I, 1914-1918
The previous book took me a long time to read because while I was very interested in the subject matter, the author was rather pompous and condescending. I got a little annoyed and just wanted to read books, so I ignored my next letter and just read some books that I have had for awhile and haven't read.
The BFG
Father's Arcane Daughter
We Fought Back Teen Resisters of the Holocaust
The Ghost of Alcatraz
Audio book:
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Books for JulyI didn't use the randomizer this month.
The 5th Wave
The Infinite Sea
The Last Star
My Army Life and the Fort Phil Kearny Massacre
The Luckiest Girl
Counting Coup: Becoming a Crow Chief on the Reservation and Beyond
Wonder
Custer's Heroes: The Little Bighorn Medals of Honor
Lost & Found
Picture This
Fangirl
High-Spirited Women of the West
A Paris Affair
Murder is Binding
Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood
The Way to Rainy Mountain
The Cat Who Went Underground
Girl The Reaper
Books for AugustThe Sky Is Everywhere
Every Frenchman Has One
Hidden Stories of the First World War
Life of the Party: The Remarkable Story of How Brownie Wise Built, and Lost, a Tupperware Party Empire
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
Room
The Beekeeper's Daughter
Queen Bee Goes Home Again
Books for SeptemberA Dublin Student Doctor
An Irish Country Wedding
Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat
Star Cursed
Sisters' Fate
Housebroken: Admissions of an Untidy Life
Books for OctoberThe Theory of Death
Ghosts of the California Missions and El Camino Real
If You Come Softly
Three Lives for Mississippi
Homer: The Ninth Life of a Blind Wonder Cat
I Woke Up Dead at the Mall
Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids
Forbidden
The Man in the High Castle
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
Audio book:
The Harlequin
Books for NovemberAlexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction
Let it Snow
The Secrets of the Notebook: A Woman's Quest to Uncover Her Royal Family Secret
Vassa in the Night
How to Be Danish: A Journey to the Cultural Heart of Denmark
Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman
March: Book Three
Breaking Cat News: Cats Reporting on the News that Matters to Cats
Red Queen
Audio book:
Divergent
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