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Sammy 96
Cassie Cruel 0
C 80
Teresa 0
Jenny 20
Michelle 0
Caraina 5
Melanie 139
Christene_littleLibrary 0
KatrinaG 21
Angie 87
Michelle 32
Shan A 32
Heather 16
jonidyan 29
IN!Total points: 96
1. The Castle - 3 points
2. Tommo & Hawk - 5 points
3. A Toast to the Old Stones: A Tale from Kinloch - 1 point + discussion of brides and what they want + 2 points
4. The Way of Shadows - 5 points + the new prince marries the princess + 2 points
5. The Gustav Sonata - 1 point
6. Third Eye - 1 point
7. Tigana - 5 points
8. No Tomorrow - 5 points
9. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet - 5 points
10. The Burning Issue of the Day - 3 points
11. Spellslinger - 3 points
12. Caught in the Light - 3 points
13. Raybearer - 3 points
14. Her Steadfast Hero / Her Devoted Hero - 3 points
15. Foul Play Suspected - 1 point
16. Cross - 3 points
17. Beware the Past - 3 points
18. The World Inside - 1 point
19. Dr. Mitchell - 3 points, + characters hook up at a wedding + 2 points
20. The Pavilion in the Clouds - 1 point
21. The Lost for Words Bookshop - 3 points
22. The Road Home - 3 points
23. The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant - 1 point
24. Vineland - 3 points
25. Murder by Candlelight - 3 points
26. Elric of Melniboné - 7 points
27. Paladin's Hope - 1 point
28. Shadowblack - 1 point
29. The Female Man - 1 point
30. QualityLand - 3 points
31. Sunset Park - 3 points
33. Imager - 3 points
Points: 80When Red Is Black
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard
Island of Secrets and Sacrifice BONUS
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Crocodile Tears
Austen at Sea BONUS
The Beast and the Enchantress BONUS
Three Bags Full
Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman
Rock Paper Scissors
Miracle in a Dry Season BONUS
Revenge of the Librarians
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 1
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 2
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
I Could Chew on This: And Other Poems by Dogs
How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 3
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 4
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 5
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 6
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 7
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 8
A Man & His Cat Vol. 9
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 10
A Man & His Cat Vol. 11
A Man and his Cat 12
Winter
The Canterville Ghost
The London Eye Mystery
The Importance of Being Earnest
Your Heart's Desire BONUS
The Prince and the Sea Witch
The Mistletoe Mystery
Stars Above BONUS
Carabosse and the Spindle Spell
Gothel and the Maiden Prince
Cinderella's Dress
Thanksgiving Day Parade
Iceberg
The Old Man and the Sea
The Life of Saint Paul
Fairest of All BONUS
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
Murder by Memory
Robert Peary: Boy of the North Pole
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running total- 20Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me 3
Dream Count 3+2 wedding in story
The Bright Sword 5
Wild Dark Shore 1
In the Shape of a Boar 3
The Tainted Cup 3
TBR Busters: June 2025Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Challenge Rules
📗Books must be a minimum of 100 pages
📗Graphic novels are allowed provided they meet the minimum page requirement
📗Audiobooks are allowed. Please use the default GR book for page numbers. If the default is a large print version, use the next most popular edition.
📗Any book in any language will be accepted as long as it meets the criteria
📗Rereads are allowed
Point System
Total Points: 5
1. Peach Cobbler Murder - Joanne Fluke 6/2/25 | 320 pgs. | 3pts.
2. A Cup of Flour, A Pinch of Death - Valerie Burns 6/2/25 | 288 pgs. | 1pt.
3. Fighting Destiny - Julie Trettel 6/2/25 | 250 pgs. | 1pt.
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read 58 /2875 (I keep adding books, some books may be on more than 1 list) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
TBR may = 2875 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
DNF = 6
total points : 139
1 Murder, She Knit 1
2 A Charming Crime 3
3 A Charming Cure 1
4 A Charming Wish 1
5 Poirot Investigatess (Hercule Poirot, #3) 1
6 Snowcaps, Skiing, & Sabotage 3
7 A Charming Spell 1
8 A Charming Magic 1+2 Petunia
9 You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight 1
10 A Charming Secret 1
11 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 7
12 My Friends 3
13 Kinsey and Me 1
14 The Man in the Brown Suit 3
15 Assaulted Caramel 3+2 Mira
16 The Secret of Red Gate Farm 1
17 First Wife's Shadow 3
18 Still Beating 3
19 Christmas Caramel Murder 1
20 The Mystery of the Blue Train 3
21 The Housemaid's Secret 3
22 Thieves' Gambit 3
23 Lethal Licorice 3
24 Premeditated Peppermint 3
25 Toxic Toffee 1
26 A Charming Fatality 1+2
27 Stay Away from Him 3
28 A Charming Ghost 1
29 A Charming Hex 1+2
30 House of Glass 3
31 Death by Coffee 3
32 One for the Money 3
33 Death by Tea 3
34 The Reappearance of Rachel Price 3
35 The Housemaid Is Watching 3
36 Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer 1
37 It Happened on the Lake 5+2
38 Chapter One 3
39The Outsiders 1
40The Missing Half 1
41 Matchmaking Can Be Murder 3
42 56 Days 3
43 Death by Pumpkin Spice 3
44 The Fifth to Die 5
45 Serial Burn 3
46 Heist Royale 3
47 One Golden Summer 3
48 On a Quiet Street 3
48 Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis 1
49 The Great Lunenburglary 1
50 The Things We Leave Unfinished 3+2
51 Flipped for Murder 3
51 Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder 3
TBR Busters: June 2025Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
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Total: 21 1. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 2 6/3/25 | 403 pages | 3 pts
2. The Traitor of Sherwood Forest 6/8/25 | 416 pages | 3 pts
3. Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady, R.M.S. Titanic, 1912 6/8/25 | 204 pages | 1 point
4. The Nightingale 6/11/25 | 440 Pages | 3 points
5. The Deep 6/13/15 | 420 pages | 3 points
6. That's Not My Name | 6/13/25 | 297 pages | 1 point
7. Tears of Tess | 6/14/25 | 376 pages | 3 points
8. The Summer I Remembered Everything | 6/15/25 | 304 pages | 3 points
9. Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941 | 6/16/25 | 160 pages | 1 point
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It's back......
TBR Busters
Duration: June 1 - 30, 2025
Theme: Brides (2 bp)
Books Read | Total Points: 87
1. The Vampire and the Case of the Wayward Werewolf ~ 6/1 | 529 pgs | TBR 2024 | 5 pts
2. Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me ~ 6/3 | 377 pgs | TBR 2024 | 3 pts
3. Great Big Beautiful Life ~ 6/3 | 427 pgs | TBR May25 | 3 pts + 2bp
4. All the Glimmering Stars ~ 6/4 | 475 pgs | TBR May25 | 3 pts + 2bp
5. Illuminae ~ 6/6 | 608 pgs | TBR May25 | 5 pts
6. The Stranger at Black Lake ~ 6/6 | 158 pgs | TBR 2024 | 1 pts
7. Boy's Life ~ 6/7 | 627 pgs | TBR May25 | 5 pts
8. Ruin and Rising ~ 6/8 | 470 pgs | TBR 2021 | 3 pts + 2bp
9. What Slays in Vegas ~ 6/11 | 101 pgs | TBR Jan25 | 1 pts + 2bp
10. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet ~ 6/11 | 504 pgs | TBR May25 | 5 pts
11. Tigana ~ 6/12 | 686 pgs | TBR May25 | 5 pts
12. Broken Fields ~ 6/14 | 222 pgs | TBR 2024 | 1 pts
13. White Cargo ~ 6/17 | 447 pgs | TBR 2016 | 3 pts
14. Wild Dark Shore ~ 6/18 | 307 pgs | TBR Mar25 | 3 pts
15. Charming and the Cherry Blossom ~ 6/18 | 550 pgs | TBR 2024 | 5 pts + 2bp
16. Beasts of Prey ~ 6/18 | 496 pgs | TBR May25 | 3 pts
17. Spellslinger ~ 6/20 | 416 pgs | TBR May25 | 3 pts
18. The Berry Pickers ~ 6/21 | 320 pgs | TBR May25 | 3 pts + 2bp
19. Stillhouse Lake ~ 6/21 | 301 pgs | TBR 2017 | 3 pts
20. Conclave ~ 6/25 | 305 pgs | TBR Jan25 | 3 pts
21. Graveyard Dog ~ 6/26 | 162 pgs | TBR 2024 | 1 pts
22. Last Girl Ghosted ~ 6/28 | 434 pgs | TBR 2024 | 3 pts
23. The Author's Guide to Murder ~ 6/30 | 416 pgs | TBR May25 | 3 pts + 2bp
TBR Busters: June 2025Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Theme: Brides
Book/Author - Remember When by Nora Roberts & J.D. Robb
Date Read - 6/2/25
Pages - 440
Points - 3
Book/Author - The Dead Children's Playground by James Kaine
Date Read - 6/4/25
Pages 254
Points - 1
Book/Author - An Impossible Impostor by Deanna Raybourn
Date Read - 6/5/25
Pages - 325
Points - 3
Book - The Burning by Linda Castillo
Date Read - 6/7/25
Pages - 320
Points - 3
Book/Author - Outcry - Holocaust memoirs by Manny Steinberg
Date Read - 6/10/25
Pages - 176
Points - 1
Book/Author - Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board by Zoe Aarsen
Date Read - 6/10/25
Pages - 385
Points - 3
Book/Author - Coyote Lost and Found by Dan Gemeinhart
Date Read - 6/12/25
Pages - 282
Points - 1
Book/Author - Broken Bayou by Jennifer Moorhead
Date Read - 6/14/25
Pages - 265
Points - 1
Book/Author - Network Effect by Martha Wells
Date Read - 6/18/25
Pages - 350
Points - 3
Book/Author - Over Our Dead Bodies: Undertakers Lift the Lid by Ken McKenzie & Todd Harra
Date Read - 6/18/25
Pages - 258
Points - 1
Book/Author - Bred in the Bone by Kendra Elliot
Date Read - 6/20/25
Pages - 101
Points - 1
Book/Author - Below the Bones by Kendra Elliot
Date Read - 6/21/25
Pages - 195
Points - 1
Book/Author - A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Date Read - 6/21/25
Pages - 357
Points - 3
Book/Author - U-boat Hunter: Peter Rogers, HMS Arum, 1939-1945 by Bryan Perrett
Date Read - 6/24/25
Pages - 176
Points - 1
Book/Author - It's Raining Cupcakes by Lisa Schroeder
Date Read - 6/26/25
Pages - 193
Points - 1
Book/Author - The Chosen by J.R. Ward
Date Read - 6/28/25
Pages - 544
Points - 5
TOTAL POINTS - 32
TBR Busters: June 2025Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Theme: Brides
Read books that fit the bonus theme and earn 2 bonus pts for each book that fits.
Total Points: 32
Page Points
100-300 = 1
301-500 = 3
501-700 = 5
701-900 = 7
901+ = 10
1. Running into Love by Aurora Rose Reynolds | On GRs TBR since January 7, 2018 | 226 pgs. | 1pt
2. Walking in a Witchy Wonderland by Juliette Cross | On GRs TBR since November 17, 2024 | 228 pgs | 1 pt
3. Unexpected Fate by Harper Sloan | On GRs TBR since May 27, 2016 | 300 pgs | 06/04 | 1 pt
4. Nero by S.J. Tilly | On GRs TBR since May 20, 2025 | 368 pgs | 06/06 | 3 pts
5. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry | On GRs TBR since Mar 20, 2025 | 432 pgs | 06/07 | 3 pts
6. Only for the Week by Natasha Bishop | On GRs TBR since Dec 29, 2024 | 288 pgs | 06/07 | 1 pt
7. Take Me to the River by Kaci Rose | On GRs TBR since Jan 03, 2025 | 188 pgs | 06/08 | 1 pt
8. The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish | On GRs TBR since Sep 30, 2023 | 442 pgs | 06/09 | 3 pts
9. The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian | On GRs TBR since Feb 16, 2023 | 348 pgs | 06/10 | 3 pts
10. Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts | On GRs TBR since Jan 29, 2013 | 373 pgs | 06/11 | 3 pts
11. Ruthless Creatures by J.T. Geissinger | On GRs TBR since Jun 18, 2022 | 06/12 | 378 pgs | 3 pts
12. Burn for You by J.T. Geissinger | On GRs TBR since Jul 08, 2018 | 349 pgs | 06/15 | 3 pts
13. Blood Games by Chloe Neill | On GRs TBR since Sep 06, 2017 | 350 pgs | 06/16 | 3 pts
14. Unfurl by Elodie Hart | On GRS TBR since Apr 04, 2025 | 382 pgs | 06/17 | 3 pts
15. Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan | On GRs TBR since Mar 21, 2018 | 460 pgs | 06/20 | 3 pts
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It's back......"
LOL Cannot unsee it!
TBR Busters: June 2025Duration: June 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025
Theme: Brides
Read books that fit the bonus theme and earn 2 bonus pts for each book that fits.
Page Points
100-300 = 1
301-500 = 3
501-700 = 5
701-900 = 7
901+ = 10
Books Read:4
Total Points: 16
1. Praise added FEB25 read-6/1/25 (336pgs)=3pts
2. Crush added MAY25 read 6/7/25 (704pgs)=7pts
3. Firestorm added MAY24 read 6/8/25 (404pgs)=3pts
4. Deep End added Aug24 read 6/14/25 (447pgs)=3pts
TBR Busters: June 2025Points 40
06/02 None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell[390] 📕📕📕
06/10 The Davenports by Krystal Marquis[384] 📕📕📕
06/12 Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty[512] 📕📕📕📕📕📘📘
06/13 The Rule Book by Sarah Adams[356] 📕📕📕
06/16 The Housemaid by Freida McFadden[329] 📕📕📕
06/17 Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross[357] 📕📕📕📘📘
06/21 The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas[487]📕📕📕📘📘
06/24 The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas[400] 📕📕📕
06/29 The Cinnamon Bun Book Store[348] 📕📕📕
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2nd (Non-conventional): Sammy 96
3rd (Traditional): Angie 87
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June 2025
This is a relatively simple challenge. You will just read books from your TBR. The competitive aspect comes from the fact that you are competing against other members. Each book will be worth points. See the chart below for the point value. There will be badges for the top 3 highest scorers. I will award them at the end of the month. Make sure you update your scores. I will give you an extra day to update your scores. Now go work on those TBRs!
Sample tracking post
Total Points: 4 pts
1. Fortune's Fool | 6/3/25 | 3 pts
2. Give and Hazard All | 6/4/25 | 1pt
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Challenge Rules
📗Books must be a minimum of 100 pages
📗Graphic novels are allowed provided they meet the minimum page requirement
📗Audiobooks are allowed. Please use the default GR book for page numbers. If the default is a large print version, use the next most popular edition.
📗Any book in any language will be accepted as long as it meets the criteria
📗Rereads are allowed
Point System
Graphic Novel Points
Page Count Limit: 100 (Actual page count)
Please use this formula to find your adjusted page count (for points):
#Pgs x 1/4 = Adjusted Page Count
❀If your adjusted page count is less than 100, you will get 0.5 points for the book. If it is 100 or higher see the page point chart above for points.
Theme Bonus
Theme: Brides
Read books that fit the bonus theme and earn 2 bonus pts for each book that fits.