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I rolled 5 + 3 = 8. I'd like to reduce my TBR and ARCs by at least 8 or 10 books.1. The Body in the Wetlands Judi Lynn 5/3/19: 268 pages
2. Them Bones Carolyn Haines 5/7/19: 318 pages, added to TBR in 2018
3. Sifting Through Clues Daryl Wood Gerber 5/8/19: #8 in series
4. Murder In Galway Carlene O'Connor 5/10/19: 288 pages
5. Dire Threads Janet Bolin 5/20/19 ISBN: 0425241890
6. Staged to DeathKaren Rose Smith 5/22/19: 384 pages
7. Pies and Prejudice Ellery Adams 5/23/19 ISBN: 9780425251409
8. Murder in the Paperback Parlor Ellery Adams 5/24/19 Published August 2015
9. A Catered Mother's DayIsis Crawford5/26/19 Published April 28, 2015
10. Sconed to Death Lynn Cahoon 5/29/19 published May 28
11. Murder with Cucumber Sandwiches Karen Rose Smith 5/30/19 published May 28
May Read/ReduceRolled: 3
#3 on TBR list:
Mardi Gras Murder 05/06#3 in series:
The Readaholics and the Gothic Gala 05/10
Borrowed Crime 05/26Pages:
No Regrets 243 pgs 05/18Month:
Swamp Team 3 03/14 (05/19)
Tails, You Lose 03/15 (05/22)
Death by Dumpling 03/18 (05/24)Year:
Whose Body? Kindle ed: 04/13 (05/27)
Read and Reduce - MayRolled: 7 (3+4)
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
1. Tripwire Lee Child - 417 pgs - 5/10
2. Speak No Evil Allison Brennan - Pub 2007 - 5/13
3. Roomies Christina Lauren - Pub 2017 - 6/10
May: Rolled 5 + 3 = 88 letters in author's first and last names & published in 2018: Victoria Thompson, Murder on Union Square 5/19/19
TBR #2853: A Most Novel Revenge by Ashley Weaver 5/27/19
Published in 2018: Decluttering at the Speed of Life: Winning Your Never-Ending Battle with Stuff by Dana K. White 5/28/19
Set in 1938: Murder, She Uncovered by Peg Cochran 5/31/19
May: Rolled 2+3=5Published in 2015
5th book in a series
5 in the page number
5th page of your TBR list
5th book on TBR
1. Beneath This Ink - Published in 2015
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Duration: May 1 - 31
I rolled a 9
added 4/10/19 The Copenhagen Connection 5/8/19 ***
Published 5/19/2015 A School for Unusual Girls 5/21/19 ***
added 3/29/19 Bob 5/21/19 ****
9th on my list Thirteenth Child 5/28/19 ***
Page 9 of my TBR list:
Absolutely Normal Chaos
Juniper Berry
Miss Leslie's Secret
The Seven Tales of Trinket
The Other Side of Heaven
Mischief and Manors
The Pull of the Moon
Read and Reduce - May 2019 Duration: 5/1/2019 - 5/31/2019
Rolled: (5+1) 6
6th Book from "What To Read Next shelf"
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee 05/14/2019
6th Book from bottom of "What To Read Next shelf"
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 05/26/2019
6th Book from "Randomizer" Shelf
Educated by Tara Westover 05/17/2019
6 in page number
The Slow Burn by The Slow Burn (376 pages)
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson 05/08/2019 (396 pages)
6 in publishing date
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad 05/31/2019
I rolled 3 + 3 = 6.Read: 6, appropriately
6th page of TBR list
The One and Only Ivan Karen Applegate. 5/31/19. 4 stars.
6 in page number
The Widow Fiona Barton. 5/10/19. 336 pages
Birding for the Curious Nate Swick. 5/9/19. 176 pages.
Red Clocks Leni Zumas. 5/25/19. 356 pages
2016 publishing year
The Trespasser. Also 6th in a series. see below.
6th month, June, publishing date
Matchmaking for Beginners published June 2018. Read 5/30/19. 5 stars.
6th in a series
The Trespasser Tana French. 464 pages. 6th in a series, published in 2016. Read 5/26/19. Also 464 pages.
The Challenge FactoryRead and Reduce - May 2019
Duration: 5/1/2019 - 5/30/2019
Progress: 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. You decide how many books you want to reduce from your TBR pile using the number you rolled.
I rolled 7
Read #7 on your TBR list:
- The Law of Nines by Terry Goodkind
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:
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 1 by Kieron Gillen - ***** - 5/7/2019 - 272 Pages
the books can be on the 7th page of your TBR list
Ending the month with 11 books read (msg 2)
Finishing the month with 8 books - see message 3. Ready for June!
Connie wrote: "Nice job, Tari and Meg!" Thanks, Connie!
Mary wrote: "Reduced by 6 - Message 9"Nice job, Mary!
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Books mentioned in this topic
The One and Only Ivan (other topics)Matchmaking for Beginners (other topics)
Murder with Cucumber Sandwiches (other topics)
Murder, She Uncovered (other topics)
Sconed to Death (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Mona Awad (other topics)Peg Cochran (other topics)
Lynn Cahoon (other topics)
Dana K. White (other topics)
Ashley Weaver (other topics)
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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. You decide how many books you want to reduce from your TBR pile using the number you rolled.
For numbers 10, 11, and 12, you can use either number or both.
For 10, you can use '1' or '0' or 10.
For 11, you can use '1' or 11.
For 12, you can use '1' or '2' or 12.
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!