Bev's 2017 TBR Challenge

[Leslie]

Amy for January - decades: book set in any decade in from 1900-1990's or that spans any of those decades

Jan for February - sci-fi/pnr

Anna for March - Marmy/horror/book you've been afraid to read

Tasha for April - "everyone" has read but me

Nay for May - try, try again: book you started but never finished

Bev for June - I need my girl by The National: https://www.google.com/search?q=the+n... use this song, lyrics, video etc to inspire your book choice

Grey for July - numbers: number in title, or book number related somehow

Lisa A for August - one word title

Leslie for September - school/military

Tessa for October - next in series

Jean for November - cowboy

Michelle S December - color in title

[Jean]

Good job Leslie! Now, we need Grey's pick!

[Leslie]

Thanks Jean! It's no biggie, I love a challenge that will help my TBR ;)

Please everyone let me know if I have anything incorrect and post any questions. I don't mind trying to track down the answers.

I'm going to create a shelf "Bev's 2017 TBR Challenge" to help keep track of pics.

Thanks Bev for suggesting this. :)

[Ela]

If you need a filler count me in.

[Leslie]

Ela wrote: "If you need a filler count me in."

Hi Ela! Bev was the creator of this fun challenge. She just chose the first 12 people that responded as the "theme pickers" but EVERYONE can participate. :)

[Jan]

I'm starting to get excited about some of these books from my tbr that have somehow gotten lost or forgotten. (or dnf'ed). Now I'm remembering why I bought them in the first place :) I've made up a plan, but things may change as the year rolls on......
J Exaltation Of Larks
F Seveneves
M Thoughtless
A The Hating Game
M The Man I Love
J High Strung
J Station Eleven
A Risk (Dannika Dark)
S Vincent (Made Men)
O Eidolon
N Sing My Name
D The Whites by Harry Brandt

[[deleted user]]

Oh, wow that's my name. I really just saw these tbr challenges and stole it. Then you all jumped in. So, really a group thing.
LeslieM, thank you for keeping track for us, it is awesome.
Ela, read with us, please! Just choose books from your tbr that match the themes.

[Jean]

I'm still compiling my list, but yes this is a great way to uncover those forgotten books we've downloaded so long ago.

[Ela]

Sounds like a plan!

[Nay]

I love the idea of everyone posting their tentative lists! I change my mind so often that I'm going to put at least two options for each category on my 'theme challenge' bookshelf, but when I find time, I'm going to compile a list with my top choice for each theme and post it here.

But as a couple of people have already mentioned, I know that although this challenge will help me get 12 old tbr books read, I'll probably end up adding at least 20 new-to-me books to my tbr! lol Oh well--I lurve adding new books!!

[Grey]

I can't wait to do this! Its going to be fun!

[Jan]

R I like your idea of a couple of options for each category. I'm sure as the year goes on we'll change our minds about what we read when. I've gotten re-interested in some of my tbrs now I'm looking at them again and might not wait for 'their' month before reading them. But who cares ;) we'll be starting to clear out the tbr list so it's all good.

[Leslie]

Before we Were Strangers -(mc's met in previous decade)

Love & Relativity - (no sci-fi/pnr so I'm doing science. MC is marine biologist)

It's All Relative - (from the Marmy list)

Sea of Tranquility - (popular book I haven't read yet)

Carter Reed - (I'm "trying" Tijan again because I disliked Fallen Crest)

A Stone in the Sea - (MC is a musician)

Six of Hearts - ("6")

Forget - (One word title)

Power Play - (cop/military)

The Difference Between Us (2nd in series)

Wild Card (cowboy)

Color in title - TBD

[Lisa]

Leslie - I love your picks!!

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

It's a little depressing. I keep seeing everyone's list (not to mention my own tbr) and thinking "why haven't I read that yet?"

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

We're going to need discussion threads for each month. It would be great to have a top post in each monthly thread with everyone's pick for the month.

[[deleted user]]

Nice list Leslie, especially with the pictures.

Fabi, every time some starts discussing what books they have for each theme, or others throw out suggestions, I remember all these books I have and forgot about.

[Grey]

The month the theme chooser chose, they have to write their book review too... right?

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

I review almost all my books so I definitely will.

[Leslie]

Fabi wrote: "It's a little depressing. I keep seeing everyone's list (not to mention my own tbr) and thinking "why haven't I read that yet?""

Hopefully this will spur us into reading more off our TBR. I'm thinking it might go the other way and ADD to it as well.

[Leslie]

Fabi wrote: "We're going to need discussion threads for each month. It would be great to have a top post in each monthly thread with everyone's pick for the month."

Yes, we definitely need a thread for each month. :)

I think (but am not sure) the only way to have everyone's pick show up on the top of the post is if someone gathers all the info and then types them all in. Right?

[Leslie]

Grey wrote: "The month the theme chooser chose, they have to write their book review too... right?"

I don't write reviews (I suck at it) but am happy to discuss each of my picks every month!!

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

Leslie wrote: I think (but am not sure) the only way to have everyone's pick show up on the top of the post is if someone gathers all the info and then types them all in. Right? ..."

Yes, someone would create the first post and then add/edit to it as each of us chooses our monthly read.

I'm happy to help. But I'm not sure I have the permissions to do so here. January is up.

[Ela]

Ok here's mine!

JAN - An Exaltation of Larks by Suanne Laqueur
FEB - Vampire Girl (Vampire Girl, #1) Karpov Kinrade
MARCH - God-Shaped Hole Tiffanie DeBartolo
APRIL - All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
MAY - WOLFSONG TJ KLUNE (NOT A FAN OF MM)
JUNE - Hot Ticket (Sinners on Tour #3) by Olivia Cunning
JULY - A Gift of Time (Nine Minutes, #3) by Beth Flynn
AUG - Burned (Fever, #7) by Karen Marie Moning
SEPT - Charade (Games #1) by Nyrae Dawn
OCT - Night Broken (Mercy Thompson #8) by Patricia Briggs
NOV - Shine Not Burn (Shine Not Burn #1) by Elle Casey
DEC - Green Eggs and Ham (Beginner Books B-16) by Dr. Seuss

[Lisa]

Mine is all fleshed out now too. I had a few holes:
JAN - An Exaltation of Larks/Suanne Laqueur (if I can wait)
FEB - Wolfsong/TJ Klune
MAR - Rushed/Brian Harmon
APR - Thoughtless/SC Stephens
MAY - Pride and Prejudice/Jane Austen
JUN - Wait/AL Jackson
JUL - 27 Truths/MJ Fields
AUG - Bookish/Olivia Hawthorne
SEP - Not by Sight/Kay Lyons Stockholm
OCT - Endless Love Letter (Love Letter Duet #2)/Callie Anderson
NOV - Bothered/Jessa Jacobs
DEC - With Visions of Red/Trisha Wolfe

[Nay]

That's 3 Exaltation of Larks so far for Jan.

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

That's awesome. A BR for Jan. I still have to finish it too, so maybe if I'm not done yet...

[Jan]

Ooh I'm loving the look of these lists! And I think your ideas for our discussion are all good. Oh yes, Ela. I forgot Night Broken is on my tbr too! I have a hard copy so it didn't pop up when I was checking my kindle. I would like to fit it in somewhere.... *scratches chin thoughtfully* Oh darn it, IDK....

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

R. wrote: "That's 3 Exaltation of Larks so far for Jan."

Did you mean that you are also reading this one for January? Or were you just making a comment? lol My brain is in overdrive today.

[Leslie]

This is so fun, seeing everyone's lists.

[Michelle]

My January read is Tell the Wolves I'm Home.

Haven't picked my others yet. Ya'll are ON IT. I'm jealous. Can we read the same thing as someone else?

[Lisa]

Absolutely you can. The goal is to clear out your tbr, rediscover some buried items, and hopefully not blow our lists up even more than they are!!

[Grey]

Oh! an Exaltation of Larks is a decades book? Score!!! I'll do that one then! LOL

[Robin]

I thought I posted mine here but I guess not!

January - Amityville Horror
February - The Raven Boys
March - Forbidden
April - either Night Owl or Sweet Gum Tree
May - The Shining
June - Waiting for the Sun :D
July - TBD. I have a ton of these.
August - TBD too
September - On the Island, I think...
October - The Roman or Twisted Palace
November - After the Rain
December - Letters Written in White

[Jan]

Hey, Grey, welcome to our January BR of Ex of L :)

[Ela]

Considering I'm getting lip about my color book, can I get a few suggestions?

[Jan]

Ela I just had a quick look at your tbr and I saw a book there with a colour name: Deep Blue. I don't know anything about it, tho....... but better than Green Eggs n Ham? BTW you've got an awesome (and intimidating!) tbr! You've got your work cut out to get that list into shape :)

[Ela]

Fine! I'll consider trading Green Eggs for Deep Blue Eternity by Boyd! I guess I'll be intertwining lots of mindless smut...lol

[Robin]

So same ole, same ole?

[Jan]

The one I saw on your list was by Jules Barnard.

[Ela]

I think they're both on there but this one had better ratings.

[Jan]

Fair enough.

[Nay]

Fabi wrote: "R. wrote: "That's 3 Exaltation of Larks so far for Jan."

Did you mean that you are also reading this one for January? Or were you just making a comment? lol My brain is in overdrive today."

Obviously my brain is too! I saw this earlier and thought it was Robin's (R.) comment. Didn't even notice this was me! lol

I've already read it--I just noticed that 3 other people were going to read it in January. But I think it's even more now!

[Leslie]

Ela wrote: "Considering I'm getting lip about my color book, can I get a few suggestions?"

I found some options for you

[Grey]

Blue eyed Devil was amazing... I read that in real book form a long time ago...

[Nay]

If anyone's having trouble with the cowboy theme, Melanie Harlow's newest book, After the Fall, has a cowboy as the hero.

And if you like uber alpha heroes and full-on erotica, I HIGHLY recommend Lorelei James' Rough Riders series. L. James can flat out write some super HOT sex scenes!

She also has the Black Top Cowboys series, which I haven't enjoyed quite as much, but since I still have several of those to read, I think I'm using one for my cowboy book.

[Ela]

Why Leslie, you really MUST NOT want my choice to stay as Green Eggs??? LMAO

Thank you for taking the time to find all these, Red looks good AND Black Hills! At this rate I will be changing my list constantly.

[Leslie]

Ela, I actually had bad dream, couldnt
fall back asleep... so at 3:30 this a.m. I was scrolling through your TBR. It kept my mind busy and was perfect task for me. Incidentally, I love Green Eggs & Ham. ;)

[[deleted user]]

Green Eggs and Ham is a classic.

[Fabi NEEDS Email Notifications]

bev, what's your January read?