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Read and Reduce - Feb. 2019
sounds great! i will join! reserving my spotRead & Reduce
Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2019
Goal: Reduce TBR by 3 books
I rolled a 6 (5 + 1). I'm going to use it for books I added to my TBR shelf in the month of June (the sixth month of the year). I went to my TBR-library owns shelf and sorted by date added. I think I'll start with A Change of Heart, which I added in June 2016.
BOOKS COMPLETED: /3
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It's a wonderful challenge :-)I got double 5! Yohoo!
So... I want to read 10 books:
#10 on my TBR list
And Another Thing...
A book published 1955
Carbonel: The King of the Cats
A book published 2010
Mockingjay
A book published May 5th
A Hat Full of Sky
Book #5 in two series
The Word for World is Forest
Mostly Harmless
A book with page number reducing to 10 (for example 451 - 4+5+1=10)
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (109 pages)
A book with 10 in title
Jungfrustenen Yeah... cheating? There is TEN in the title! JungfrusTENen!
Book with title starting with T -E- N
T - The Tempest
E - The Eternal Champion
N - Nightshade City
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Duration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2019
I hope to read 2 books this month.
I rolled a 3. I'm off to look at my TBR list.
1. The Pride of the Peacock 303 pages
2. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library pub. 2013
3. The Marriage List page 3 of my TBR list
4. Cat's Paw page 3 of my TBR list
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I got double 5! Yohoo!"
I imagine the 1 and 0 would be the easiest numbers to use.
Read and Reduce - Feb. 2019Example: you rolled a 7. You can read #7 on your TBR list
the book can be published in a year ending in 7
the book can be published in July (the 7th month)
the book can be the 7th in a series
the book can have a 7 in the page number.
It's up to you how the number connects with a book from your TBR list
Read: 2
Rolled: 2+4
1. Pub 5/24/16 - Sugar Daddy Sawyer Bennett
2. Pub 11/6/16 - Blindsided Kaylea Cross - 2/20
3. Pub 1996 - The Fall of Shane MacKade Nora Roberts - 2/15
I'm in...Example: you rolled a 7. You can read #7 on your TBR list
the book can be published in a year ending in 7
the book can be published in July (the 7th month)
the book can be the 7th in a series
the book can have a 7 in the page number.
It's up to you how the number connects with a book from your TBR list
Rolled: 5 & 3 = 8
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This didn't work out for me. I have too many books to review for authors/publishers and 2 blogs so doesn't seem like I'll read much from my TBR pile. :(Cute idea and maybe will get some of the items on my TBR read and removed from it. I like that there are choices.
February 1 - 28, 2019
read 0/??
For this monthly challenge, roll two dice. Using the number you got, pick a book from your TBR list. For numbers 10, 11, and 12, you can use either number or both. You decide how many books you want to reduce from your TBR pile using the number you rolled.
Example: you rolled a 7. You can read #7 on your TBR list
the book can be published in a year ending in 7
the book can be published in July (the 7th month)
the book can be the 7th in a series
the book can have a 7 in the page number.
It's up to you how the number connects with a book from your TBR list.
I rolled 6 + 1 for 7
I will read:
TBR #7 GR (added 1/14/2014) I love it will fit other challenges and was already on my Kindle ready to read!
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Finding Harmony (Cypress Corners #1) by JoMarie DeGioia
I like this, I just need to find dice or could a number generator work?
Kat wrote: "I like this, I just need to find dice or could a number generator work?"They have virtual dice here: https://www.random.org/dice/
Lanelle wrote: "For this monthly challenge, roll two dice. Using the number you got, pick a book from your TBR list. For numbers 10, 11, and 12, you can use either number or both. You decide how many books you w..."
Do we only roll once and read books during the month that fit or do we roll after each time we complete a book?
Alright, so I got five and four:I chose one book from the fourth page of my tbr list: The Spirit Of The Laws, by Montesquieu
And also one book from the fifth page of my tbr list: The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America, by Borneman, Walter R.
:D Two down, a bunch more to go :D.
Rolled 3+3= 61.Gap Creek by Robert Morgan pg. 326
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You are welcome to use real dice, or there is a link to random.org at the beginning of the instructions. (Thank you, Danielle :)
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One number for the month.
Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "Do we only roll once and read books during the month that fit or do we roll after each time we complete a book?"One number for the month."
Great - thanks for the quick response. I joined the other challenge you mentioned as well.
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Nathan, if you got 5 and 4, then your number would be 9, right? You should be looking for books associated with 9. Sorry for the confusion. There always seems to be a learning curve for each new reading challenge.
Lanelle wrote: "For this monthly challenge, roll two dice. Using the number you got, pick a book from your TBR list. For numbers 10, 11, and 12, you can use either number or both. You decide how many books you w..."
When I go to my Goodreads list of TBR it starts with book 3 and counts from there? Any idea why it doesn't show a one or a 2 TBR?
In this case do I go by GR's counter or say book 9 is really the seventh book?
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In this case do I go by GR's counter or say book 9 is really the seventh book?"
That is really weird. I've asked my fellow moderators if they know why your TBR list starts with 3. I'll let you know what they say.
For now, I would go by the Goodreads' counter. It would get confusing if you were always subtracting 2 :)
So my goodreads to-read list starts out with two zeroes before the numbers start, but my library did have my 9th book, so I added that to my library holds:Furiously Happy, by Jenny Lawson
I plan on starting a new series of mystery novels after I read the current one, so I might get around to reading the ninth of that series, but it'll be awhile :p.
Lanelle wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "When I go to my Goodreads list of TBR it starts with book 3 and counts from there? Any idea why it doesn't show a one or a 2 TBR?In this case do I go by GR's counter or say book 9 ..."
Thanks - that's what I thought but didn't want to start off incorrectly.
As we remove books we read the count will continually change anyway.
Read and Reduce - Feb. 2019*Rolled 3+2=5
1. Alice I Have Been 2/1 -345 pages
2. A Tale of Two Cities 2/1 pub 1859
3. Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File 2/1 pub 11.15
4. I've Got My Eyes on You 2/2 257p
5. The Wizard of Lies 2/5 Read on the 5th of Feb
6. The Orphan Sky 2/7 Pub 2015
7. The Moon in the Palace 2/20 5 words in title
8. The Man Who Spoke Snakish 2/12 5 words in title
9. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 2/12 Pub in MAY
10. Providence 2/17 359 pages
11. Papillon 2/19 544 pages
12.In the Darkness pub 1995
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Good point.
I'm in. Rolled 6+4=10. The great book hunt is on.
I'm in. I don't know if I will manage more than one book since I work full time and am working on a part time PhD. I often have trouble choosing my next book when I am not in the middle of a series. This sounds like a fun idea. If it works well, I may continue to do it beyond February.
My first book will need to wait until I finish some large assignments for next week that involve about 1300 pages of reading and 20 pages of writing AND the current book I am reading (Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue).
I rolled 5 + 1 = 6.
I'm in. I rolled 1 + 5 = 6 and will read Make Room! Make Room! published in 1966. I may keep this method beyond February as I often have trouble deciding what to read next.
Pleasure reading is usually limited to my commute and when I need to block everyone out at work. So I am not sure if I will manage more than one book under this challenge.
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Read and Reduce - Feb. 2019
🎲I rolled a 6 & 2 = 8
🔶 #8 in a series
🔶 Published in a year ending in 8
🔶 Published in August (the 8th month)
🔶 8 in the page number.
Help! The 7th book on my GR TBR pile is now #327. It showed I read it today - when I haven't yet, All I did was click on the link to read about the book and see if I wanted to read it or go with another option. I was able to delete where it said I read it but if I go to the book it shows it was on my TBR in 2014 and again today. But it still shows I only have 325 books in my TBR pile on GR. Luckily I had already put the info in my post.Please advise if there's a way to correct it.
Read and Reduce - February 2019I rolled 1+5 = 6
1. Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld / published 2016 /- 02/10/2019
2. The Wicked King by Holly Black / 336 pages / - 02/09/2019
I rolled Lucky 7 (6+1) - DONE @8All published in year ending with 7:
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First Case (05/2017) 02/08 2.
Barking with the Stars (11/2017) 02/103.
A Deadly Éclair (11/07/2017) 02/114.
Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case (07/2017) 02/125.
Review To A Kill (08/2017) 02/176.
Gone With The Ghost (05/17) 02/187.
Scheduled to Death (01/2017) 02/198.
15 Minutes (01/2017) 02/24
Read and ReduceDuration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2019
I rolled a 6 & 1 = 7
#7 on my "What to read next" list
1. 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich 02/02/2019
2. The Library Book by Susan Orlean 02/08/2019
3. Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse 02/12/2019
4. Tommyland by Tommy Lee 02/17/2019
5. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut 02/20/2019
I like this! Rolled an 8. Will read books from page 8 of my TBR.1) Incompetence by Rob Grant
2) All Families are Psychotic by Douglas Coupland
JoAnne wrote: "Help! The 7th book on my GR TBR pile is now #327. It showed I read it today - when I haven't yet, All I did was click on the link to read about the book and see if I wanted to read it or go with an..."It sounds like a duplicate listing. The book may be on your shelf in two formats. On the "My Books" page, there is a find duplicates link in the left hand column near the bottom. You can find and delete multiple copies of books on your list.
That can happen when you click on a TBR book in a different format from the one on your list. It also happens when you enter a giveaway for a TBR book in diff't format. It's a bug that GR has yet to fix.
Read & ReduceDuration: Feb. 1 - 28, 2019
Rolled: 12
Using the number you got, pick a book from your TBR list. For numbers 10, 11, and 12, you can use either number or both. You decide how many books you want to reduce from your TBR pile using the number you rolled.Example: you rolled a 7. You can read #7 on your TBR list
the book can be published in a year ending in 7
the book can be published in July (the 7th month)
the book can be the 7th in a series
the book can have a 7 in the page number.
It's up to you how the number connects with a book from your TBR list.
If you are participating in the Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge, feel free to use this challenge to fulfill your commitment there.
Got double 4's = 8
Books Completed - 2/3
Deception and Chaos 4.5* ✔️ 2/8259 pages
Published November 1st 2018
Sins of the Night 3* ✔️ 2/8380 pages
Published June 28th 2005
3.5* ✔️ 2/10272 pages
Published July 30th 2018
@EnziI have a question. Do you roll for each book or do you use the same number for all the books? Because otherwise if you use the same number you can only use it as the number on your TBR once.
Great new challenge guys - perfect to help decide what to read next!!Read & Reduce
February
Rolled 3 + 1 = 4
- 4th on TBR (or library checkout list)
- #4 in a series
- Published in a year ending in 4
- Published in April
- 4 in the page number
Sounds fun, in fact this year I made a 2029 Reading list and on that list there is 136 books on it, thanks to using the random number generator I've read for the month of January 21 books ,2 where unfortunately DNF but they still counted towards my goodreads reading challenge since I've read some of them, anyway it's a fun and nonstress way of picking books to read , because you don't know what the book is going to be until you find the number or numbers.
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You use the same number for the entire month, but you can use that number in multiple ways, i.e., page numbers, publication date, and so forth. I really liked Charlotte's idea of reading books from the 8th page of her TBR list.
Although, once you read #8, the next book on the list would become #8 :)
I might do it each month - page 8 of my tbr is books that have been on there for 10 years!!!!
This sounds like fun! I am going to try to reduce my shelves by 3 books in February.Read 0/3
I rolled a 2 & 4 = 6
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Charlotte (Buried in Books) wrote: "I might do it each month - page 8 of my tbr is books that have been on there for 10 years!!!!"I am so with you! I am bad about buying books when I have no time to get through them. I read mostly 90% through Audible/Kindle with most of the other 10% not being books. It is too easy to pick up the daily deals or freebies. Oh and those free books every month for Prime or Audible members. Woohoo!
Erin-Joi wrote: "Charlotte (Buried in Books) wrote: "I might do it each month - page 8 of my tbr is books that have been on there for 10 years!!!!"I am so with you! I am bad about buying books when I have no time..."
I should have mentioned my want to read list are books I own but haven't read yet. It's such a good thing they are mostly electronic!
Nell wrote: "JoAnne wrote: "Help! The 7th book on my GR TBR pile is now #327. It showed I read it today - when I haven't yet, All I did was click on the link to read about the book and see if I wanted to read i..."Thanks - I didn't know about this feature. I deleted 7 duplicates but this wasn't one of them. Since I know it was the 7th book on my TBR pile I'm sticking with it and will read it in February
I'm going to give this a go. I got 5 + 3 = 8
Which is just perfect; I'm going to go with books added in the month of August, and boy do I have a lot of them.
I'm going to start with The Help by Kathryn Stockett as this will tie into another challenge.
Malina Skrobosinski wrote: "I'm going to give this a go. I got 5 + 3 = 8
Which is just perfect; I'm going to go with books added in the month of August, and boy do I have a lot of them.
I'm going to start with [book:The ..."
Great book. One of my faves!
Read and Reduce - Feb. 20196+2=8
1.I Hear the Sunspot: Limit Volume 1 pub Nov 21, 2018 , 2/10/19, 4.5 stars
2.Bloom page #368, 2/7/19, 3 stars
3.Mature Content added on TBR shelf May 28, 2017
4.Breakaway avg rating 3.89
2/4 read
Lanelle wrote: "Ketutar wrote: "It's a wonderful challenge :-)I got double 5! Yohoo!"
I imagine the 1 and 0 would be the easiest numbers to use."
Going to use all of it :-D
~Melissa's~ Read and Reduce - Feb. 2019🎲I rolled a 6 (4+2)
Valentine's Surprise On pg 6 of my Holiday shelf 2/1/18 3 stars
The Hardest Thing 256 pgs
Hide 466 pgs
Kill Game 65 users tagged as Romance
City of the Lost Published 2016
Cold Dark Places Current Rating 4.16
Transposition Randomized my Jan to read shelf > this was #6
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For this monthly challenge, roll two dice. Using the number you got, find books on your TBR list. You will use this number for the whole month. For numbers 10, 11, and 12, you can use either number or both.
You decide how many books you want to reduce from your TBR pile using the number you rolled.
Example: you rolled a 7. You can read #7 on your TBR list
the books can be published in a year ending in 7
the books can be published in July (the 7th month)
the books can be the 7th in a series
the books can have a 7 in the page number
the books can be on the 7th page of your TBR list
It's up to you how the number connects with books from your TBR list.
If you are participating in the Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge, feel free to use this challenge to fulfill your commitment there.
Happy reading and let's reduce our TBR lists!