Read and Reduce - September 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. 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!

[Nell]

September Read and Reduce
Rolled 1 + 3 = 4

4 word title & TBR #4070: Better Late Than Never by Jenn McKinlay 9/01/19
4 word title & TBR #4075: Death in the Stacks by Jenn McKinlay 9/22/19

[Meg]

Sep 2019 read and reduce
3 this time!

#3 in TBR
The Madness of Mercury (09/03)

#3 in series
Death in a Stately Home (09/09)
Look Both Ways (09/20)
Message in the Mantel (09/22)

Pages
The Agatha Christie Book Club (09/01) 283p
A Caribbean Mystery (09/04) 243p
The Spook in the Stacks (09/04) 336p
Secondhand Spirits (09/08) 336p
Foul Play at the Fair (09/10) 304p
A Cast-Off Coven (09/14) 336p
Night of the Living Deed (09/19) 283p
Dead Ringer (09/24) 304p
Spooky Sweet (09/28) 238p
And Then There Were Crumbs (09/30) 347p

Month
Witch at Last (09/07) 03/16
Initiation in Paradise (09/15) 03/19
Daisy Jones & The Six (09/18) 03/19

Year
Death Comes to the Village (09/12) 11/13

[Jennifer]

September Read and Reduce

2+3=5

5 letters in title
Found September 2

Added to TBR
To Catch a Bad Guy (added in 2015) September 12

5 in the isbn
Sunfall: Season One September 17

5 in the publication date
The King in Yellow September 24
Angel America September 26

[Karen ♐]

September Read and Reduce

5+3=8

1. One Reckless Summer Toni Blake - 384 pgs - 9/4
2. Welcome to Serenity Sherryl Woods - 384 pgs - 9/6
3. The Tyrant Penelope Sky - 280 pgs - 9/12
4. Claim Me Hard Vanessa Vale - 238 pgs - 9/15
5. The Last Widow Karin Slaughter - Pub 8/20/19 - 9/17
6. Everything Bared Kristine Cayne - 268 pgs - 9/20
7. Tall, Dark, and Texan Jodi Thomas - Pub 2008 - 9/25

[Tari]

September Read and Reduce

2+3=5 (finally something other than a 2 or a 9!)
Ideas: 2015 pub. year, a 5 in the pages, 5th in series, 5 in the pub. day, 5 in the ISBN/ASIN (if that's ok)

1. Premeditated Peppermint Amanda Flower 9/6/19, published 9/25/18, 352 pages
2. Toxic Toffee Amanda Flower 9/8/2019, published June 25, 2019
3. A Curio Killing Mary Ellen Hughes 9/9/19, ISBN 0738752266
4. Buried in a Book Lucy Arlington 9/10/19, 285 pages
5. In Cave Danger Kate E. Dyer-Seeley 9/12/19, #5 in the Pacific Northwest series; 352 pages
6. Fatal Cajun Festival: A Cajun Country Mystery Ellen Byron 9/13/19, #5 in Cajun Country series
7. Booked for Trouble Eva Gates 9/14/19, published 2015
8. First of September: An Amelia Bay Cozy Mystery Kathleen Joyce 9/15/19, ASIN: B077TX5PSZ, 250 pages
9. Something Borrowed, Something Mewed Bethany Blake 9/18/19, #5 in the Lucky Paws Petsitting Mysteries
10. Christmas Cocoa Murder Carlene O'Connor 9/20/19, ASIN: B07MDQ574F
11. Mrs. Morris and the Ghost Traci Wilton 9/25/19 ASIN: B07K5ZC4TS
12. Reading Up a Storm Eva Gates 9/27/19, published April 5, 2016
13. It's Your Party, Die If You Want To Vickie Fee 9/28/19, 352 pages
14. Yarn to Go Betty Hechtman 9/30/19, was 581 on TBR, ISBN: 0425252213

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Tari wrote: "...5 in the ISBN/ASIN (if that's ok)"

That's a good idea. I like it.

[Tari]

Lanelle wrote: "Tari wrote: "...5 in the ISBN/ASIN (if that's ok)"

That's a good idea. I like it." Cool, thanks! I did it a couple of times already 'cause I would spot the number when I was double checking page numbers, months etc.

[Diana S]

September Read and Reduce
Rolled: 6+2 =8

1.

[Mary!]

September Read & Reduce
Rolled 6 (2 + 4)

6th book on "What to Read Next" list (sorted randomly each time)
Bone Gap by Laura Ruby 09/03/2019
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng 09/07/2019
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard 09/29/2019

6th book on "2019 Randomizer" List

6 in total page number
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty 09/21/2019 (460 pages)

6 in publishing date
The Farthest Edge by Kristen Ashley 09/09/2019 (Pub: June, 6, 2017)
Beloved by Toni Morrison 09/22/2019 (Pub: Sept, 16, 1987)
Dirty by Kylie Scott 09/30/2019 (Pub: April, 19, 2016)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 09/30/2019 (pub: May 6, 2014)

6th in series

[Connie]

September Read and Reduce
Rolled 11 (5 + 6) (ONE, double ones/Eleven when possible)

Read so far: 9

ONE-word titles
Hardscrabble. Sandra Dallas. 9/11/19
Barkskins. Annie Proulx. 9/25/19

Published in double 1/11th month, November
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and RedemptionBryan Stephenson. 9/1/19 5 stars Also read on the FIRST of the month.
Becoming. MIchelle Obama. 9/9/19
Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home. Nina Stibbe. 9/29/19

From 1st page of my TBR
Okay for Now. Gary D. Schmidt. 8/5/19. 5 stars. Also 2011.

Published in 2011
Okay for Now (see above)

1st in a series
Vanishing Girls. Josie Quinn#1. Lisa Regan.
A Long Way from Chicago. RIchard Peck.
(Not finished: Beware the Past. DCI Matt Ballard #1. Joy Ellis.)

11th in series
Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 11. Konami Kanata. 9/30/19
(Not finished: The Nature of the Beast. Andre Gamache #11. Louise Penny.)

[Tari]

Update to msg. 6: ended the month with 14 books

[Connie]

Tari wrote: "Update to msg. 6: ended the month with 14 books"

Nice job, Tari!!!

[Connie]

I'm ending the month with 9 read using ONEs/DOUBLE ONEs.

[Mary!]

Message 10: reduced by 8

[Karen ♐]

Finished - Reduced by 7 - Message 5