By the Month... (2023)

[Joanna]

Not too bad this month--I managed to read 11, which puts me at 24 books total.

[Tien]

I... totally smashed March which left me with only 3 rollovers ;p

I can relax the rest of the year? lol

[Bea]

Oh, my. Another month where this game got lost in the woods. Really not doing well. I seem to be reading a lot, but nothing for this game!

March: 10 + 9 + 11 = 30. Read 1.

However, I did manage to read 1 more from Feb (although it didn't count since not a March book) and I am reading 3 others from previous months (which also won't count for this game).

Tien, you are an amazing woman. Congrats on the status!

[LaurLa]

Finished 7! Which is the "average" goal per month, so at least I'm not losing ground, too much! My rollover is 10 so April is 9 + 10 rollover = 19.

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

My rollover is 18

[Joyce]

I am doing well in March actually read 12 lowering my rollover to 9 so now I have to read 18 in April.

[Meg]

Just 5 for me, so 15 roll over

[Meg]

Just 4 this month, so rollover is up to 20 😳

[Bea]

HaHa, Meg! I beat you! (Gotta win at something with this game!)

May = 8
Rollovers: 9+9+11+9 = 38

[LaurLa]

Finished this month with 7 again. I guess that means I'm doing okay...
My rollover is 12 so May is 8 + 12 rollover = 20.


Oy, I can't wait until the goal gets lower than 'average'!

[♞ Pat]

March and April were pretty brutal reading months, but at least I'm caught back up to where I was in FEBRUARY.... and now if I can just stay abreast of THAT, I think I may make it to the year end with a zeroed out list.

Rolled over 10 at the end of April, so I'm at 18 with an average of 12 books a month (of which some don't fit, but whatcha gonna do?)

I'm actually really loving this challenge, and I'm getting a ton of books pulled off of my old TBR shelves. Whoever thought it up is a genius!

[Susan]

♞ Pat wrote: "Whoever thought it up is a genius! "

It's Tien. She has the most amazing ability to come up with ideas for things like this.

[Tien]

:D Thank you :D

[Joyce]

Finished April with only 5. giving me a rollover of 13 added to May. At least I did really well in March and not too bad in May.

This is a favorite challenge of mine as I have so much on my TBR that I have lots to choose from and does help me make choices for other challenges.

[Bea]

I think that I am going to have to put this game on hold for now. Although I have a lot of books (7) on my desk that apply to May's reading, it will be June before they are read. Out of 44 yet to read during May, that is only 16%.

And, 44 + June's 7 is 51. No longer do-able for me as I will be camping for 1 week in June.

[Tien]

all good, Bea! Good try anyway :)

[Meg]

Bea wrote: "I think that I am going to have to put this game on hold for now. Although I have a lot of books (7) on my desk that apply to May's reading, it will be June before they are read. Out of 44 yet to r..."

Bea, are you sure you are counting right? By my calculations the total to read so far is only 50, so you shouldn't have 44 left unless you have read hardly any, which I know you haven't from your monthly updates.

[Meg]

I put proper effort into this one in May and read 12. I still need an average of 6 books per month going forward and don't want to leave it all until December like I did last year! Not much seems to get published in December so it's a tough one.

[Rosemary]

I actually over-read for this in May and ended up with an extra book and nowhere to put it ;)

[Bea]

Meg wrote: "Bea, are you sure you are counting right? By my calculations the total to read so far is only 50, so you shouldn't have 44 left unless you have read hardly any, which I know you haven't from your monthly updates."

Meg, 50 is correct but so is my count. I have only read 6 in the actual months that they were due to have been read. All the others were read after the particular month had ended...and thus do not count. Nope...time to stop on this game.

[Meg]

Bea wrote: "Meg wrote: "Bea, are you sure you are counting right? By my calculations the total to read so far is only 50, so you shouldn't have 44 left unless you have read hardly any, which I know you haven't..."

Ah right that makes sense. Fair enough!

[Joyce]

I did really well in May but terrible in June. Too many Chunky books

[LaurLa]

Well, I backslid in June and only read 5... so my rollover is now 15 which makes my July total 21. Oh boy. Going the wrong direction!

[Meg]

I had a good June
Read: 9
Rollover: 14

[Tien]

LaurLa wrote: "Well, I backslid in June and only read 5... so my rollover is now 15 which makes my July total 21. Oh boy. Going the wrong direction!"

Don't worry, LaurLa, the goal number will slowly decrease and you'll be fine by the end lol

[LaurLa]

Tien wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "Well, I backslid in June and only read 5... so my rollover is now 15 which makes my July total 21. Oh boy. Going the wrong direction!"

Don't worry, LaurLa, the goal number will slowly decrease and you'll be fine by the end lol"

That is the plan (and the hope!!)

[Amy]

My original comment has some kind of error that won't allow me to make updates, so I've created this one to cover the second half of the year.

Original comment fixed. Updated in both comments that I'm DONE!

July
GOAL: 6 + 0 Rollover
1. My Cone and Only (published Jul 20, 2021) - Completed 7/20/23
2. The Suicide House (published Jul 28, 2020) - Completed 7/9/23
3. Immortal in Death (published Jul 1, 1996) - Completed 7/19/23
4. The 6:20 Man (published Jul 12, 2022) - Completed 7/12/23
5. Upgrade (published Jul 7, 2022) - Completed 7/7/23
6. The Secret Witness (published Jul 1, 2022) - Completed 7/7/23
7. The It Girl (published Jul 12, 2022) - Completed 7/4/23

Read: 7
Rollover: 0

August
GOAL: 5 + 0 Rollover
1. Things You Save in a Fire (published Aug 13, 2019) - Completed 8/15/23
2. Heart Bones (published Aug 19, 2020) - Completed 8/26/23
3. And There He Kept Her (added Aug 28, 2022) - Completed 8/7/23
4. Rock Paper Scissors (published Aug 19, 2021) - Completed 8/10/23

Read: 4
Rollover: 1

September
GOAL: 4 + 1 Rollover
1. The Dark We Seek (published Sep 16, 2022) - Completed 9/10/23
2. The Bad Penny (published Sep 14, 2023) - Completed 9/29/23
3. Rich Blood (published Sep 1, 2022) - Completed 9/26/23

Read: 3
Rollover: 2

October
GOAL: 3 + 2 Rollover
1. The Vanished Days (published Oct 5, 2021) - Completed 10/15/23
2. The Sun Also Rises (published Oct 22, 1926) - Completed 10/8/23
3. Hard Shot (published Oct 17, 2019) - Completed 10/8/23
4. Far from the Tree (published Oct 3, 2017) - Completed 10/6/23
5. The Boys from Biloxi (published Oct 18, 2022) - Completed 10/4/23

Read: 5
Rollover: 0

November
GOAL: 2 + 0 Rollover
1. Dark of Night (published Nov 15, 2022) - Completed 11/7/23

Read: 1
Rollover: 1

December
GOAL: 1 + 1 Rollover
1. Winter Loon (published Dec 1, 2018) - Completed 12/3/23
2. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (added December 1, 2015) - Completed 12/10/23

Read:2
Rollover: 0

[Joyce]

I had a really bad June and July especially July. I am going to be rolling over 18 books for August. I'd better get on the ball this month.

[LaurLa]

Read 8 this month which is 2 more than the monthly goal, so I made headway with the rollovers! Woohoo!
August goal 5, Rollover 13 = Total August goal 18

[LaurLa]

Joyce wrote: "I had a really bad June and July especially July. I am going to be rolling over 18 books for August. I'd better get on the ball this month."

You'll get there!!!

[Meg]

I read 7 in July. If I can keep up an average of at least 6 every month from now on, I will finish on track.

[LaurLa]

Uh, oh. Not a good a good month... I went backwards with only 4 read. September: goal 4 + 14 rollover = 18 total!

EDIT: I didn't realize that the book I was finishing yesterday I had added in August. Yay, so I at least read the goal and maintained rollovers... so total is now 17!

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I read 6 books in August. Most i read in a month.

[Tien]

I only read 3! My worst ever but I had a huge month in July so I've already made up for being behind :)

*pats past me on the back* lol

[Meg]

I read 8 in August. That rollover is going down!

[Jayme(theghostreader)]

I had 7 rollover books for August and I read 6 books .

[Joanna]

I love the way this challenge works where the numbers are getting smaller so as the end of the year gets closer it actually gets more manageable.

I have 5 rollover this month, the lowest it's been.

[Susan]

Finished September with none left to carry over until October. Yay! This is the home stretch.

[Kristina Simon]

Susan wrote: "Finished September with none left to carry over until October. Yay! This is the home stretch."

Me, too! First time that's happened, but it should be easy enough to keep it that way through the end of the year!

[Tien]

Wow!! Well done, you two!

I still have a bit carry over even if I think I did well in September but it's ok, still plenty of time to go.

[Meg]

A good month for me with 10 read. Rollover just 4 now

[LaurLa]

Well I maintained for September. Goal was 4 and I read 4. So rollovers stay the same (13). My total October goal will be 16.

[Joyce]

My total rollovers so far are 25. I really got off track this fall.

[Meg]

I read 9 this month, but I only needed 7! My rollover is now 0 🎉

[LaurLa]

Meg wrote: "I read 9 this month, but I only needed 7! My rollover is now 0 🎉"

Way to go!!!

[LaurLa]

I read 5... goal was 3... rollovers were 13. Now I am at 11 rollovers with a total goal for November of 11... If I can cut that in half before December, I will be happy!

[Meg]

LaurLa wrote: "I read 5... goal was 3... rollovers were 13. Now I am at 11 rollovers with a total goal for November of 11... If I can cut that in half before December, I will be happy!"

I noticed last year that there seem to be less books published in December, so it's a good idea to get more done in Nov

[LaurLa]

Meg wrote: "I noticed last year that there seem to be less books published in December, so it's a good idea to get more done in Nov"

Yep, and for some reason my tbr is heavy on books added in the earlier months of the year rather than the fall - although there is a fair number of December adds, so hopefully that will make up a difference!

[PAS, Moderator AC]

The 2024 thread for this challenge is opened!

[Tien]

I've got 3 left to read in December, woohoo! totally doable :)

How's everyone else doin'?