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By the Month...
Lagullande wrote: "Can I just check, please - the books for each month have to be read entirely within that month, yes?, ie not started earlier and not finished later.So if I started a book in January (which I adde..."
I was just about to ask the same question! There's a long book I want to read for Trim that TBR and I've already started it (would probably start from the beginning again anyways though) but I just know it'll take me over a month to read.
But if we need to start and finish within the same month, it's probably not a good candidate for this game.
also: are re-reads ok? I'd have to pick the date it was originally added to my tbr, even if it's on my "read" shelf at the moment.
Challenge Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2022January
GOAL: 12
1. Still Me by Jojo Moyes - published 30/1/18
2. The Last Quarrel: The Complete Edition by Duncan Lay - added 27/1/16
3. Loving Mr. Daniels by Brittainy C. Cherry - added 19/1/16
4. Flames of Love by Erin Wright - added 28/1/20
5. The Key of Kilenya by Andrea Pearson - added 26/1/16
6. Flawless by Jan Moran - added 26/1/16
7. The Festival of the Moon by Spencer Baum - added 20/1/15
8. Thirty-Eight Days by Len Webster - added 27/1/17
9. One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus - added 3/1/18
10. The Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride by Cora Seton - added 18/1/20
11. Welcome to Sugartown by Carmen Jenner - added 27/1/17
12. Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews - added 6/1/16
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February
GOAL: 11 + x Rollover
1. P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern - published 3/2/04
2. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert - published 16/2/06
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March
GOAL: 10 + x Rollover
1. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander - published 1/3/01
2. In Between Dreams by Iman Verjee - published 6/3/14
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April
GOAL: 9 + x Rollover
1. The Beach Café by Lucy Diamond - published 1/4/11
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May
GOAL: 8 + x Rollover
1. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells - published 22/5/96
2. Marked by P.C. Cast - published 1/5/07
3. If You Ask Me by Betty White - published 3/5/11
4. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - published 14/5/12
5. Bridge Over Troubled Dreams by Delta Goodrem - published 14/5/21
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June
GOAL: 7 + x Rollover
1. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank - published 6/47
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I rarely ever re-read that this didn't even occur to me!! but sure thing :)
☕️📚By The Month Challenge📚☕️Gonna give this a whirl, but have no idea how successful I'll be. Here's hoping!
For Each Month, read a book that was either:
1. added to TBR in that month (before 2022), OR
2. published in that month (any year)
GOALS for each month will be
12 books in January
11 books in February
10 books in March
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2 books in November
1 book in December
January: 9/12
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February: 1/11 + 3 rollover
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March: 8/10 + 13 rollover
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April: 5/9 + 15 Rollover
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May: 4/8 + 19 Rollover
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June: 0/7 + 23 Rollover
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July: 2/6 + 30 Rollover
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August: 1/5 + 34 Rollover
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September: 3/4 + 38 Rollover
☑️Consent to Kill - Published Sep 2006 - Read Sep 9th
☑️Worth The Wait - Published Sep 2012 - Read Sep 22nd
☑️Gathering Blue - Published Sep 2000 - Read Sep 26th
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Tien wrote: "Ines wrote: "also: are re-reads ok? I'd have to pick the date it was originally added to my tbr, even if it's on my "read" shelf at the moment."I rarely ever re-read that this didn't even occur t..."
Awesome, thx Tien! I often have to reread when I'm continuing a series after too long a time. I'm very bad at reading series, I have so many Part 1s I stopped on ^^'
By the Month...
January - December 2022
My By the Month Challenge (msg 58)
January Goal ➺ 12
January Actual ➺ 4
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February Goal ➺ 11 books + 8 rollover
February Actual ➺ 5
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March Goal ➺ 10 books + 14 rollover
March Actual ➺ 10
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April Goal ➺ 9 books + 14 rollover
April Actual ➺ 3
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May Goal ➺ 8 books + 20 rollover
May Actual ➺ 10
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June Goal ➺ 7 books + 18 rollover
June Actual ➺ 4
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July Goal ➺ 6 books + 21 rollover
July Actual ➺ 10
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August Goal ➺ 5 books + 17 rollover
August Actual ➺ 12
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September Goal ➺ 4 books + 10 rollover
September Actual ➺ 9
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October Goal ➺ 3 books + 5 rollover
October Actual ➺ 4
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November Goal ➺ 2 books + 4 rollover
November Actual ➺ 5
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December Goal ➺ 1 book + 1 rollover
December Actual ➺ 4
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How is it that I haven't looked at some of these for years but now I'm like "What? I have to wait that many months to read this book?" XD
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lol - I FEEL you!!!
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If (as is highly likely for me) I end up carrying a number of books over in the early months, I may well get to the point where there are not enough qualifying books on my TBR. I probably won't have that many books which were either
"1. added to TBR in that month (before 2022), OR
2. published in that month (any year)."
Reading an average of 6.5 books per month doesn't sound hard, but even finding 20-30 eligible books in a given month may be very hard.
And suggestions for how to deal with that if/when it happens?
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If I think of anything later on, I'll come back :)
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I guess it just literally hit upon me that we could use this GR feature. I use it only occasionally so I kinda forgot about it.
There's nothing I can do if you haven't got books added to you TBR is certain months prior to 2022... BUT for books published in certain month of any year, you could refer to this:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/popula...
Or you can access this from
>Browse
>New Releases
>More New Releases (near bottom right, underneath a bunch of book covers)
On this page, you'll see drop down menus for which you can choose which year and/or month. Unfortunately, you can only view per month for current, last, & next year. This is so frustrating!! You used to be able to view more years :/
Please do be careful though as these are Popular New Releases but also refers to new edition so please check book's page for original published month.
Another thing I can think of is that sometimes there are listopias... I'll see if I can find some & post here.
If you search for month & year, you may be able found lists such as this:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
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Yes and No, Susan,
1. added to TBR in that month (before 2022) <--this limits on TBR
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2. published in that month (any year). <--this doesn't
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January
GOAL: 12
1. The Maid by Nita Prose published January 2022
2. The Push by Ashley Audrain published January of 2021
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February
GOAL: 11 +10
1. I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys published February 2022
2. The Final Detail by Harlan Coben published Feb 2000
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Rollover: 9 + 10
March
GOAL: 10 +19
1.Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller published March 2021
2. The Next Thing You Know by Jessica Strawser published March 2022
3. Girl in Ice by Erica Ferencik published in March 2022
4. Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu published March 2022
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Rollover: 6+19
April
GOAL: 9 + 25
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May
GOAL: 8 + x Rollover
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GOAL: 6 + x Rollover
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GOAL: 5 + x Rollover
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GOAL: 2 + x Rollover
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Welcome to the Challenge! May the odds be ever in your favour ;p
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Tien wrote: "aw, it's ok... even if you "start" this challenge in Feb, it's average of 7 - still possible ;)"I did a bit of Maths, and I worked out that if you read 7 books a month for this challenge, you'll be left with 1 to read in December. But if you only read 6 a month, you'll have 12 left in December. I think/hope that's right.
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I did a bit of Maths, and I worked out that if you read 7 books a month for this chall..."
The total books for the challenge is 78 so dividing by 12 months (or 11 months if you start in February - that's if you didn't hit any January books) will give you 6.5 or 7.09 - I rounded down but yes, either way there'd be extra to read in Dec... it's my "average" monthly goal though hopefully I'll hit some extra in months before December.
So one thing I considered for some books but forgot about for others: Planning sequels. That I hadn't added to my TBR yet, of course.I *know* that usually people have to wait 6-18 months for a sequel but I'm so bad at remembering and getting back into it that it's better for me to read all parts in one go. Well. Part 2 of The Book of Dust was published in October. I could have waited to read both in October but forgot and read it now. On the other hand, Part 3 doesn't even have a publishing date yet, so spreading it out might actually be better.
In any case, definitely something I need to consider when I decide which month (TBR or pub) to pick when reading a series.
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I added book 2 in October but book 3 in August (different years...) but thankfully, publications for books 2 & 3 are August & November respectively so I can do it by publication date, woot!
Tien wrote: "LOL - I totally understand what you mean, Ines!! There's a trilogy for which I debated what to do with too I added book 2 in October but book 3 in August (different years...) but thankfully, publ..."
That's awesome, Tien!
I definitely have to be more aware of that. I rarely add a sequel before having read the previous installment but maybe I should consider it to give me more options next year!
I completed 9 January books in January, pretty happy with that.How did everyone else go?
I also managed to accidentally read 2 February books in January, which I am less happy with!
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I had a goal of 6 but managed to hit 8 so I'm totally stoked ;)
Mary wrote: "By the Month...Challenge Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2022
January
GOAL: 12
READ: 0
Rolled forward : 12
February
Goal: 12 January + 11 February
Jan 1.
Jan 2.
Jan 3.
Jan 4.
Jan 5.
Jan 6.
Jan 7.
Jan 8..."
Well this didn’t go well . . . February will be better . . .
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Meg wrote: "I completed 9 January books in January, pretty happy with that.How did everyone else go?"
I will have finished 7....and the best part is that 3 were for LOST2022 ;)
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Woot, Lagullande, what a score!
Well, I finished 4 in January... so that means Feb's mark is 19? (11 Feb + 8 leftover)... Guess I better make a better effort in Feb!
Bea wrote: "I read 3 and have started 2 others. So January will be 5. I was aiming at 7. My issue is going to be getting them from the library in a timely manner. So I have already started requesting the Febru..."Wait, so is it allowed to finish a book in the following month?
I have to admit, I did a bit of cheating and counted a book that I finished today (cheated on the read date too). Life got inbetween and it still feels like January to me anyways.
The game is supposed to motivate me to read more books, not make me frustrated about the difference of one day in the calendar, so I'm counting it ^^'
Ines wrote: "Wait, so is it allowed to finish a book in the following month?"I checked this out with Tien in Post 51 above, Ines. Her reply in Post 52 said that we should aim to read books completely within the relevant month. But, hey, what's a day or two between friends?? :)
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Question about the rollover... is the amount to be rolled over to the next month just the balance of the month's original goal, or the rolled over goal from the previous month? See below -January goal: 12 - read 3; 9 rollover to Feb
February goal: 11 + 9 rollover = 20; read 5 - rollover 6 (11 minus 5) or 15 (20 minus 5) to March?
Tien wrote: "LOL - look, I'm a bit more strict on myself... I'm not checking through your list so really, it's all up to you. I don't want to make the challenge so strict that you're not having fun since that's..."Cool that it works for you, Tien. For me, it's nice to have these rules (and I really need them!) but if I occasionally bend them to keep things fun it still helps me towards my goal. Like Lagullande said, what's a day or two between friends ;) I don't plan on making it a habit though. I need deadlines!
I think I'll put the true date on my read shelf then, dunnoh why I felt like I had to XD
LaurLa wrote: "Question about the rollover... is the amount to be rolled over to the next month just the balance of the month's original goal, or the rolled over goal from the previous month? See below -Januar..."
As far as I've understood, you have to read 78 books all year. So anything that rolls over from January will also roll over to March. I'm not sure if that was your question or if you were asking about how we're supposed to write this down. I'm guessing it's original goal + all the rollovers.
So for you that's:
February goal 11 + 9 rollover
March goal: 10 + 15 rollover
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Thanks, Ines :)
Thanks... I guess I hadn't actually done the math myself even though I saw where we decided an average of 7 a month was the magic number to keep the later months easier to manage. I freaked a little with 19 already for February.... just have to keep on keepin' on I guess!
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Ines wrote: "As far as I've understood, you have to read 78 books all year. So anything that rolls over from January will also roll over to March."For anyone who's panicking that the target just seems to be going up and up.....I worked out that if you manage 7 books per month, then the target peaks in June (22 books) and starts coming down again after that, and you'll be left with 1 to read in December.
Or if you manage 6 books per month, the target peaks in July (27 books) and then comes down, but you'll be left with 12 to read in December.
Maybe that helps any other number-orientated folk ;)
Lagullande wrote: "Ines wrote: "As far as I've understood, you have to read 78 books all year. So anything that rolls over from January will also roll over to March."For anyone who's panicking that the target just ..."
Yeah, I did the math and 7 is certainly the magic number!
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Yep, that's me...panicking that the target is going up.
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