Read and Reduce - March 2019

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

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!

[Karen ♐]

Read and Reduce - March, 2019

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

Rolled: 3+5

1. Luke - The Callahan Brothers Emily March - Pub 8/22/06
2. Cocky Bastard Penelope Ward - Pub 8/14/15 - 3/30
3. The Inn at Rose Harbor Debbie Macomber - Pub 8/14/12 - 7/3

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

I'm in.
Duration: March 1 - 30, 2019
I got snake eyes (1 + 1)

Books with 2 from my TBR list:
Cat's Paw 200 pages
3/15/19 *** Snow Treasure pub. 1942
The Acropolis pub. 2012
DNF Miss Harcourt's Dilemma added July 28, 2016
Summers at Castle Auburn added July 2, 2015
Mr. and Mrs. Bunny - Detectives Extraordinaire! pub. 2012
3/27/19 *** Katie Lost and Found 322 pages
Trick of the Eye 202 pages
The Observables 206 pages
Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula 286 pages
A Lady in the Smoke added Aug. 12, 2016
Mischief and Manors 272 pages
Tides of Love 200 pages
DNF The Spirit of Grace pub. Dec. 12, 2015
The Watermelon King pub. July 20, 2015
3/22/19 **** Amanda's Eyes pub. 2012
Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms 272 pages
3/11/19 ** A Spy's Devotion 322 pages
3/13/19 *** Dark Witch pub. Oct. 29, 2013

[Meg]

Rolled 4 (1+3)

Has a 4 in page number:

Recipes for Love and Murder (384) 03/09
A First Date with Death (304 pgs) 03/14
Promise Not to Tell (334 pgs) 03/25
Turbo Twenty-Three (Kindle - 354 pgs)

Published in April:

The Shadow of Death (04/2018) 03/08
The Postman Always Dies Twice (04/2017) 3/24

Published in 2004 or 2014:

Death in the English Countryside (09/2014) 03/05
Sweet Payback (02/2014) 03/06
Death at the Wheel (09/2014) 03/09
Tailing a Tabby (07/2014) 03/19
Big Bunny Bump Off (02/2014) 03/11
A Catered Murder (11/2004) 03/13
Fit To Be Tied (10/2014) 03/15
Ghost Story (10/2014) 03/19

[Jeanne]

I'm in again for March. Rolled a 7 (2+5). Proposed Reads:

1. Murder on the SS Rosa by Lee Strauss; pub. May 3, 2017
2. Killer Party by Lynn Cahoon; pub. July 18, 2017
3. Bed, Breakfast & Bones by Carolyn L. Dean; pub. July 38, 2016
4. Murder by Misunderstanding by Leighann Dobbs; pub. Sept. 12, 2017
5. Above the Bridge by Deborah Garner; pub. Dec. 7, 2012
6. Lowcountry Book Club by Susan M. Boyer; pub. July 5, 2016
7. The Blood Detective by Dan Waddell; pub. Feb. 28, 2017
8. A Just Clause by Lorna Bennett; pub. June 13, 2017
9. an Invitation to Murder by Leighann Dobbs; pub. Sept. 26, 2017
10. Barely Legal by Stuart Woods; pub. Aug. 8, 2017

[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

For this monthly challenge, roll two dice. Using the number you got, find books on your TBR list. You will use
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.

March roll: 5+1

1. 3/5 The Silent Corner published in June (6th month)
2. 3/7 Dune 604pgs
3. 3/15 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 206 pgs
4. 3/18 Whispering Rock 369 pgs
5. 3/24 The Bookshop of Yesterdays 368 pgs

[Nell]

March: Rolled 5 + 4 = 9

Published September 1995: All Shall Be Well by Deborah Crombie 3/10/19
391 pages: The Other Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn 3/21/19
Purchased Feb 2019: Fields' Guide to Abduction by Julie Mulhern 3/29/19

[Tari]

I'm not sure of which books yet since this is my first challenge like this, but I rolled 6 (2+4). (edited to correct I'm using June for shelved or published month) :)

March: Rolled 2 + 4 = 6
Will post as I go:

Published June 30, 2016
Published June
On p. 6 of my GR TBR
Pub. Feb 26, 2019
Pub. Feb. 28, 2016
196pages
Pub. Feb. 26 2019
Pub. Feb. 26 2019
pub. Nov. 6 2018, 165 pages
216 pages
269 pages
336 pages

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Tari wrote: "I'm not sure of which books yet since this is my first challenge like this, but I rolled 6 (2+4) and I am thinking I'll go with books I've added to my TBR GR shelves in a February (not this year), ..."

Tari, your total is 6, so you should go with the 6th month.

[⚣Michaelle⚣]

I rolled a 9...so that means I need to pick books from my TBR that:

2019/2009
September
9th in a series
9 in the page number
On the 9th page of my TBR list

(Not going for 9th in order on my TBR unless I can choose to filter it RANDOM.)

[Christine]

Read and reduce
March1st - March 31st

I am in. I rolled 3+6=9

Releases in 2019/2009
Published in September
9 in the page number

Read1/4

The Diviners published September 2012
Two Witches and a Whiskey February 2019 release finished 03/03/19 4 stars
Odd & True published September 2017

[Shala]

I will probably only be able to reduce my books by two or three, but I'll give it a shot.

Roll: 2 + 5 = 7

[~Melissa~]

Read and Reduce March 2019

I will roll later and update ....

[Charlotte (Buried in Books)]

I’m in (last month was an epic failure).

I rolled 1+2 = 3

Going to aim to complete 3

Books from page 3 of my TBR list in Goodreads:

Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Fast Food Nation: What The All-American Meal is Doing to the World by Eric Schlosser
The Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl

[Skandia]

March: Rolled 2 + 3 = 5

[Ashly]

I got 5+3=8

[Tari]

Lanelle wrote: "Tari, your total is 6, so you should go with the 6th month" Ohhhh I see, thanks, was thinking anything goes with either number lol (just a nutty newb to this) Thanks, I appreciate you saying something, will adjust my list I'm making! Sorry just seeing this, I don't get the email notices just rely on notices here and they really get buried!

[Suzanne]

The Challenge Factory
Read and Reduce - March 2019
Duration: 3/1/2019 - 3/31/2019

Progress: 5 out of 1+

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!

March: Rolled 2 + 1 = 3

Read #3 on your TBR:
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - **** - 3/25/2019 - 489 Pages

Books Published in year ending with 3:
The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs - ***** - 3/12/2019 - 179 Pages - Published 1973

Books published in March:
Dark Prince by Christine Feehan - *** - 3/7/2019 - 447 Pages - Published March 8, 1999

3rd in a series:
Another Kind of Dead by Kelly Meding - **** - 3/20/2019 - 355 Pages

3 in the page number:
Redemption by Susannah Sandlin - **** - 3/19/2019 - 357 Pages

Books on the 3rd page of my TBR:

[Vanessa]

Read and Reduce - March 2019
Duration: 3/1/2019 - 3/31/2019

I rolled an 8.

Confessions by Kanae Minato 3/6/19
-Audio version I listened to published 8/19/14
The Victims' Club by Jeffery Deaver 3/18/19
-Published 2018
Brimstone and Marmalade by Aaron Corwin 3/19/19
-Added to my TBR in 8/2018
Murder, Interrupted by James Patterson 3/23/19
-Published 2018
Bewitching Blend by Kennedy Layne 3/25/19
-Published 2018
A Well-Crafted Alibi by Cozy Cat Parker 3/25/19
-Published October 8, 2015
Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin 3/30/19
-228 pages

[Mary!]

Read and Reduce - March 2019
Duration: 3/1/2019 - 3/31/2019

I rolled a 2 (1 +1)

2nd book on my "What to Read Next" Shelf
Becoming by Michelle Obama 03/20/2019
2 in the page number
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero 03/21/2019 (322 pages)
2 in date published
The Lost Girls of Paris by Pam Jenoff (Pub: Jan. 29, 2019) 03/26/2019

[Shala]

I rolled a 7 (5+2)

A book I had from NetGalley for 7 months
Hunting Annabelle by Wendy Heard 3/19/2019