Trim 2020 Continuation - (Optional/Unofficial; Planning and Organizational Thread

[Joy D]

Amy wrote: "Joy! That's four books with me! What fun!"
Surely at least one of these will come up during the year!

I updated my list in the above thread for now, but may change out a couple before we finalize. Except for the buddy reads - I'm not changing those.

[Theresa]

Joanne wrote: "Oh, and by the way-I am letting Meli pull the first number, so Theresa cannot accuse me of being Anti-French and cheating"

😂😂😂

[Theresa]

Joy D wrote: "I am joining in on placing The Bird King at #23"

Great - up to 4 I think!

[Theresa]

Idit wrote: "I'm joining you for Grand Hotel Theresa
.."

How exciting! That should be fun. It's been in one of my nightstand TBR Towers for ages. I've seen the movie and the Broadway show, so it is way past time for me to read the book.

[Amy]

Idit - this thread is crashing on my phone app too! That happened for November Horizons. I have learned I can only look at this thread on the computer. So glad to hear I'm not the only one this is happening to, but so sorry its happening to us both...

[Amy]

And that's four for Ninth House at #2.

[LibraryCin]

Joanne wrote: "Thanks Cindy- I was thinking of using this
https://www.random.org/- as it only generates one number, not a list.
Meli Look at them both and let me know what you think ..."

That's the link where I started! I didn't notice the little one number generator on the side. I found the one in the list that would work, clicked on it and provided that link.

It's probably just as easy (easier!) to use the one number one that you're looking at on that page, yes!

[KateNZ]

The thread was crashing on my phone too, but the latest GR update seems to have fixed it. EDIT - well that was short lived... back to crashing ... AMY WHAT DID YOU DO TO THIS THREAD?? rofl ...

I’m not posting a Trim list as such, but there are a few things here that I own and that I’ll probably end up reading during the year so will time it to join in with the buddy reads if I can.

I don’t own Ninth House yet but it’s not long away, I suspect!

[Jen]

1. A Dog's Journey: Film Tie-In
2. Galápagos
3. The Fireman
4. Suite Française
5. Horns
6. Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves
7. Thin Air
8. Rise - The Complete Newsflesh Collection
9. 11.22.63
10. The Good People
11. The Crooked Staircase
12. Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
13. The Hatching
14. Murder Beyond the Grave
15. Pines
16. Wool
17. The South Pole 2000
18. NOS4A2
19. Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
20. Picnic at Hanging Rock
21. The Wicked King
22. Into the Drowning Deep
23. The Binding
24. Edgar Sawtelle

I may have accidentally done 2 for October oops so 24 is new (well I've been meaning to read it for about 5 years since it was a gift so this might motivate me) but other than that I'm using the same list as this year.

I still have some catch up to do from this year since I started in May but I will get to those during the school holidays hopefully.

[Amy]

So far so good, no apparent snags in launching the continuation. I'm glad everyone is excited and that there is buzz. I am now thinking ahead to keep it running smoothly. Meli, we should coordinate about its actual start. I am thinking sometime in the end of December, we can coordinate to make sure to do this almost simultaneously. I will post the actual Trim 2020 thread with its instructions and have it ready to go, and as soon as I do this, Meli can be the second to post and announce the number, and it will be a surprise even to me. My plan is to let this thread where people are joining in and figuring out their lists to go for quite a bit, certainly after Christmas, and when the new thread is launched, with even the new Buddy list opportunities that have been created, people can still either join in late or change things around. But we will be in Phase Two. Somewhere a few days after the thread is launched, one of the admins will move it from Footnotes 2019 to Footnotes 2020, so that everyone knows where to find it. If there is already an existing Footnotes 2020 folder before January 1, when Meli and I are ready to go, it will start there. If any one has any questions or suggestions, now is a good time, so that we launch smoothly. And that we can use this planning organizational thread not just for list creating and sharing, but to work out any kinks. I am excited for all the challenges this year, and to see us all grow even more connected in the books and stories we love. Happy Early Everything, Love, Amy

[Meli]

Charlotte wrote: "I'm in for the Ninth House! I hope it comes up soon as I really want to read it!!

I've only did minor tweaking to my original list. I switched out ones that I didn't actually own for ones that I d..."

Yay! So excited there are so many for Ninth House! This makes up for all the times the tags I wanted didn't win.

Idit wrote: I'll join you for quite a few - Hag-Seed, Notes of a crocodile and few of the other buddy reads

Awesome! So many buddy reads, this will be the best trim yet :)

Amy wrote: "Charlotte - Six of those on your list are six of my top favorites in life. A few of them made my top ten for the decade! And you're in Incantation with us!

Meli, that's three so far for Ninth Hous..."

You sure you don't wanna join!? >:-)

Joanne - yes, that is the randomizer I've used in the past for other purposes, so I will use that one. Just let me know when I need to do that and I will be sure to post on the desired date.

Will we use this thread to announce the number before the start of each month?

[Joanne]

Meli wrote:Will we use this thread to announce the number before the start of each month?

This thread will be moved to 2020 Footnotes when the Mods open it. And yes, this is where the # will be announced each month. The thread will be used for continued conversation, and announcing the monthly pick. In order to keep it more fluid, no reviews will be posted here(but in Tag and Monthly folders)-Amy If I don't have that right, please feel free to slap my fat little fingers😉

[Joanne]

I sorta(-no not really) wish I had waited on Ninth House....so good! Meli, you are going to be in ghost heaven and I will wager, you will be the 1st one done reading! I am going to be following that Buddy Read, I still want to talk about it!

[Johanne]

Just had a look at my list to see if I could take something out, because I want to join in on the Ninth House. And lo and behold I had a book listed twice by mistake! So now I´ll join in if #2 is drawn.

[Meli]

Joanne wrote: "I sorta(-no not really) wish I had waited on Ninth House....so good! Meli, you are going to be in ghost heaven and I will wager, you will be the 1st one done reading! I am going to ..."

This is great news, and of course it will be great if you join the buddy read!

Johanne wrote: "Just had a look at my list to see if I could take something out, because I want to join in on the Ninth House. And lo and behold I had a book listed twice by mistake! So now I´ll join in if #2 is d..."

Excellent!

Now watch it be one of the 12 that NEVER gets picked :P

[Amy]

Actually, there’s going to be a new thread when we announce the numbers. This is just the planning and organizational one. I think we crossed wires because I said that just a little bit ago, that you and I should coordinate when the new thread is introduced and you should be the second post with the number, and it will be a surprise even to me. I’m in the middle of something, but let me know that you were able to find it in my last post above. We are not announcing the numbers on this thread. This is just to create and share lists and get organized.

[Amy]

We definitely crossed wires. It’s seven posts up from this one where I explain what’s next.

[Joanne]

Amy wrote: "We definitely crossed wires. It’s seven posts up from this one where I explain what’s next."

I was not clear-I did not mean this post, I meant the new one in 2020-Ok, I will shut up now.....l

[Shelly]

I am going to jump in with an Optional Unofficial Trim 2020 list. I usually like to pick my next book after considering several options, instead of being told what to read, even if I am being told by myself! But several of the buddy reads are very enticing! Besides, being told what to read can be very freeing and actually give me more time to read instead of pondering the options. Since I didn't have a 2019 version, I get to start from scratch and put together a list of 24 books. I am still working on it, but here are the buddy reads I would like to join:
1. An American Marriage
2. Ninth House
5. Circling the Sun
10 Hundred Year Old Man
11. From Sand and Ash
13. Hate U Give
18. Once Upon a River
19. Next Year in Havana
21. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

Will update with complete list of 24 soon!
Thanks Amy for getting us organized.

[Amy]

I am loving how Ninth House and From Sand and Ash have just swelled. We were a lonely three or four for S and A and now we are at least doubled! It’s going to be a fun year!

[Meli]

Amy wrote: "I am loving how Ninth House and From Sand and Ash have just swelled. We were a lonely three or four for S and A and now we are at least doubled! It’s going to be a fun year!"

Yes, I am also please :)

[Joanne]

Meli wrote: "Amy wrote: "I am loving how Ninth House and From Sand and Ash have just swelled. We were a lonely three or four for S and A and now we are at least doubled! It’s going to be a fun year!"

Yes, I am..."

Ya know Meli, you "could" fix the number for January...lol!

[Meli]

Joanne wrote: "Meli wrote: "Amy wrote: "I am loving how Ninth House and From Sand and Ash have just swelled. We were a lonely three or four for S and A and now we are at least doubled! It’s going to be a fun year..."

HAHAHAHAHA! Now I am going to feel guilty as hell if it is fairly picked because it will seem completely rigged :P

[Meli]

Johanne - I just realized you are also reading Left Hand of Darkness! Excellent! So many buddy reads, I could have a buddy read for almost every pick *^_^*

[Johanne]

Oh I thought it was on purpose you put yours in #3! what a coincidence.

[Charlotte]

Shelly wrote: "Charlotte,
you must really like chunksters. Most of these are big books! Good for you! I have read several of them and loved them all...."

I have a tendency to avoid chunky books and I'm trying to get over that! :)

[Charlotte]

Idit wrote: "I'll join you to the Cutting for Stone if you can switch it to a different number :)"

Which number works for you?? I can change as long as it doesn't impact one of the other buddy reads I'm doing.

[Meli]

Johanne wrote: "Oh I thought it was on purpose you put yours in #3! what a coincidence."

Wait a minute, maybe I did and forgot?? I am such a scatterbrain, I actually can't remember now.

[Johanne]

Well I can't guess what you thought ;) But you might have

[Amy]

Meli, let’s talk offline with Joanne about the secret launch day! I even have the perfect day in mind. More people are also joining us every day, so we maybe gives folks time to get themselves organized and excited!

[Sue]

I'm in!

Here's my list:

1 The Quiet American
2 Ninth House *
3 Nights at the Circus
4 The Question of Red
5 The Great Passage
6 Ask Again, Yes
7 Still Waters
8 Red at the Bone
9 Into the Water
10 Lord of the Flies
11 A History of Loneliness
12 The Only Plane in the Sky
13 Anil's Ghost
14 Among the Missing
15 The Monk of Mokha
16 The Flight Attendant *
17 American Dirt
18 Orange Is the New Black
19 Kindred *
20 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
21 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows *
22 Before We Were Yours
23 The Razor's Edge
24 Vicious *
* Buddy Reads

[Amy]

Sue, I have the Flight Attendant at 16 if you want to join me.....

[[deleted user]]

I'm in!

1. And Then There Were None
2. The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza
3, Birdcage Walk
4, An Almond for a Parrot
5. A Burnable Book
6. The Breaker
7. The Cellist of Sarajevo
8. The Chatelet Apprentice
9. Crime's Strangest Cases: Extraordinary But True Stories from Over Five Centuries of Legal History
10. Cats of the National Trust
11. Dead Letters
12, Crazy Rich Asians
13. Amnesty Anthology
14. The Fatal Tree
15. Gentleman Captain
16. Snowglobe
17. Sense & Sensibility
18. Hawksmoor
19. The Inimitable Jeeves
20. The Lady and the Poet
21. The Einstein Girl
22. The Daughter of Time
23. The Mistress
24. Mysteries

[Shelly]

Sue wrote: "I'm in!

Here's my list:

1 The Quiet American
2 Ninth House *
3 Nights at the Circus
4 The Question of Red
5 The Great Passage
6 Ask Again, Yes
7 Still Waters
8 Red at the Bone
9 Into the Water
10..."

Sue, I am going to add #8 Red at the Bone and #15 Monk of Mokha to my list!

[Joanne]

AMY WHAT DID YOU DO TO THIS THREAD?? rofl ... Yes we know it was Amy....😂🤣

[Joanne]

Sue wrote: "I'm in!

Here's my list:

Sue, I am joining you for Vicious-It was on my 2019 list and I was waiting to see if anyone would add it~

[Joanne]

NEED INPUT:

Meli, Amy-using the randomizer with #'s 1-24, there is a high probability a number already called and read will pop up. We can handle in one of 2 ways:

# 2 on the randomized list of numbers gets called OR

We spin again for a new # 1

EVERYONE-chime in and we will (should) go with the majority

[Meli]

Amy wrote: "Meli, let’s talk offline with Joanne about the secret launch day! I even have the perfect day in mind. More people are also joining us every day, so we maybe gives folks time to get themselves orga..."

Sounds good, just shoot me a PM.

[Meli]

Joanne wrote: "NEED INPUT:

Meli, Amy-using the randomizer with #'s 1-24, there is a high probability a number already called and read will pop up. We can handle in one of 2 ways:

# 2 on the randomized list of n..."

I think it would be easiest to just run the numbers again if a number previously picked pops up.

[Joanne]

I think so too Meli-so that is my vote

[Joy D]

Ok, the math nerd in me loves these random generators. Thanks for the links! I'll be using them.

[Jen K]

Excited to join the unofficial trim as well. This was difficult to choose books I really wanted to read but would also be willing to wait to read until the number is called. I fear the waiting. :)

1 The Nix
2 Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds
3 Janesville: An American Story
4 The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
5 Black Leopard, Red Wolf
6 Homegoing
7 Queenie
8 All the Birds in the Sky
9 The Thirteenth Tale
10 Song of Susannah
11 The Boy on the Bridge
12 An Orchestra of Minorities
13 The Other Americans
14 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
15 Flight Behavior
16 Legendary
17 Behold the Dreamers*
18 A Tale for the Time Being*
19 Kindred *
20 The Orphan Master's Son
21 The Devil's Highway: A True Story
22 Siddartha
23 Girl at War
24 The Heart's Invisible Furies

* Buddy Reads

[Booknblues]

Jen K wrote: "Excited to join the unofficial trim as well. This was difficult to choose books I really wanted to read but would also be willing to wait to read until the number is called. I fear the waiting. :)
..."

I think you have 8 books which I've read on your list. I also have A Tale for the Time Being on my list and will switch it to 18. I have Behold the Dreamers on my Tbr so also added it to number 17.

[Linda C]

just run the numbers again if a number previously picked comes up

[Amy]

So glad you’re jumping in Jen. Excited for you to get to the Nix and the Hearts Invidible Furies. Both made my top ten list the year I read them.

[Sue]

Joanne wrote:

Sue, I am joining you for Vicious-It was on my 2019 list and I was waiting to see if anyone would add it~"

I'm excited about this one and I hope it comes up. I looked it up after seeing it on Olivermagnus's top 10 for the year, and added to my TBR, and to my trim list.

I added soooo many books to my TBR after reading everyone's top 10 lists.

[Ellen]

I will continue. Always happy to get books off the TBR,

1. Snow Bound - Blake Crouch
2. Silent Joe - T. Jefferson Parker
3. High Crimes - Michael Kodas
4. Tell No Lies - Julie Compton
5. The Madonnas of Leningrad - Debra Dean
6. The Barkeep - William Lashner
7. The Cutting Room - Jillianne Hoffman
8. Naked Came the Phoenix - Marcia Talley
9. A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
10. The House at Riverton - Kate Morton
11. The Bone Box - Gregg Olsen
12. Out of Sorts - Aurelie Valognes
13. Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly - Agatha Christie
14. Timebound - Rysa Walker
15. Follow You Home - Mark Edwards
16. Laguna Heat - T. Jefferson Parker
17. Violent Crimes - Philip Margolin
18. The Pearl that Broke its Shell - Nadia Hashimi
19. Lockout - John J. Nance
20. The Hearts of Men - Nikolas Butler
21. Demelza (Poldark #2) - Winston Graham
22. I Will Never Leave You - S. M. Thayer
23. The Lake House - Kate Morton
24. Blind Justice - William Bernhardt

[Idit]

Charlotte wrote: "Which number works for you?? I can change as long as it doesn't impact one of the other buddy rea..."

I only filled up my buddy reads so far, so have plenty of empty spots: 3-7, 9-10, 12-13, 16-18, 21-23
I'll fill up all of these in the next few days, but if you can choose any of these numbers, I'll keep it for this book

[Charlotte]

Idit wrote: "Charlotte wrote: "Which number works for you?? I can change as long as it doesn't impact one of the other buddy rea..."

I only filled up my buddy reads so far, so have plenty of empty spots: 3-7, ..."

How about 16?

[Robin]

Here is my list. The only change I made was that I will not get my trim for this month read . I decided to leave it on the list and removed another book that I think I read awhile back and forgot I did.
1. True Colors- Kristen Hannah
2. The Mysterious Island-Jules Verne
3. Thirteen reason why-Jay Asher
4. Behind the Attic wall-Sylvia Cassedy
5. Norse Mythology- Neil Gaiman
6. Queen’s Gambit-Elizabeth fremantle
7. The girl in the glass-Jeff ford
8. The house of thunder-leigh Nichols
9. Moonlight becomes you-Mary Higgins Clark
10. An anonymous girl-greer Hendricks
11. The real Lolita-Sarah Weinman
12. The light between oceans-M.L Stedman
13. Roald Dahl’s book of ghosts
14. Forgotten-Melody Carlson
15. Good Father-Diane Chamberlain
16. Summer Island-Kristen Hannah
17. The Quest begins-Erin Hunter
18. Sea Monsters-Rick Riordan
19. The Spellbook of Katrina;s-Alyssa Palombo
20. When the lights go out-Mary Kubica
21. Rosemary-Kate Larson
22. Angel experiment-James Patterson
23. These hidden things-heather Gudenkauf
24. Pieces of her-Karin slaughter