The Challenge Factory discussion

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!

Snake eyes (2)

1. Penne Dreadful Catherine Bruns 8/1/19, published 2019
2. BLIND SIGHT Tanya R. Taylor 8/2/19, published 2019, 227 pages (had to use Amazon for pages, none shown on GR)
3. Needled to Death Annelise Ryan 8/3/19, published 2019
4. Death for Dessert: A Plainwood Lake Mystery Emmalee Laurens 8/4/19, published July 29, 2019
5. Wed, Read & Dead V.M. Burns 8/5/19, published 2019, 263 pages
6. The Time for Murder is Meow T.C. LoTempio 8/6/19, published 2019, 312 pages
7. Murder on the Rocks Allyson K. Abbott 8/8/19, published in 2013
8. A Thread of Darkness Sally Goldenbaum 8/9/19, published July 2, 2019
9. 50% Off Murder Josie Belle 8/10/19, published April 3, 2012, 288 pages, added to TBR 2-2 2017
10. Death of a Kitchen Diva Lee Hollis 8/11/19. 352 pages, pub. Mar. 6, 2012
11. Death of a Country Fried Redneck Lee Hollis 8/12/19, published 2012
12. A Bias for Murder Sally Goldenbaum 8/13/19, published 2019
13. Murder in the Secret Garden Ellery Adams 8/15/19, published Aug. 2, 2016, 302 pages
14. And Then They Were Doomed: A Little Library Mystery Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli 8/16/19, published 2019, 323 pages
15. By Cook or by Crook Maya Corrigan 8/17/19, 320 pages; published 2014, was #1250 on GR TBR
16. Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder Tonya Kappes 8/18/19, published 2/11 2019
17. Deadly Ride Nic Saint 8/19/19, 222 pages
18. Jealousy Filled Donuts Ginger Bolton 8/20/19, 256 pages
19. Desolate Shores Daryl Wood Gerber 8/22/19, published 2019, 239 pages
20. And Then There Were Crumbs Eve Calder 8/23/19, published 2019
21. Murder in the Locked Library Ellery Adams 8/24/19, published 2019, 320 pages
22. By Book or By Crook Eva Gates 8/25/19, published 2015
23. Murder's No Votive Confidence Christin Brecher 8/26/19, published June 25, 2019
24. Pride, Prejudice and Poison Elizabeth Blake 8/27/19, published 2019, 332 pages
25. Bark If It’s Murder V.M. Burns 8/28/19, published Aug. 27, 2019

8 here

12 for me!

Using the "2":

#2 in TBR
Persuasion (08/03) 12/1817

#2 in series
Dead and Berried (08/06)
Ditched 4 Murder (08/09)
Flying Too High (08/13)
Twist and Shout Murder (08/12)
Body on Baker Street (08/25)

Pages
Sweet Tea and Spirits (08/05) 248p
Dead and Berried (08/06) 325p
Clouds in My Coffee (08/07) 256p
Veil of Night (08/10) 402p
Murder in the Locked Library (08/11) 289p
Flip the Witch Switch (08/12) 327p
The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse (08/14) 288p
Killer Dress (08/16) 222p
Pineapple Beach House (08/17) 239p
Send in the Clowns (08/18) 238p
Death in an English Cottage (08/24) 228p
Derby Divas (08/26) 208p
Two Crazy: Fickle Finger of Fate (08/27) 244p
Bundle of Trouble (08/28) 296p

Year

Changing Habits: A Short Story 12/14 (08/23)

12 for me too!

Read and Reduce - August, 2019
Rolled 12
Can use a 1 or 2

Up to Me Michelle Leighton - 8/2 - Series #2
Good Guy Kate Meader - 8/6 - Series #1
Exquisite Ella Frank - 8/9 - Series #1
Cage Harper Sloan - 8/9 - Series #2
Texas Princess Jodi Thomas - 8/11 - Series #2
Luke Emily March - 8/13 - Series #1
Texas! Chase Sandra Brown - 8/15 - Series #2
The Prey Allison Brennan - 8/17 - Series #1
Skin Deep Pamela Clare - 8/21 - Pub 2012
Lost and Found Sisters Jill Shalvis - 8/21 - Series #1
Zoey: Dr. Richards' Littles 1Pepper North - 8/23 - Series #1
Sway Lauren Dane - 8/29 - Pub 2012
XV Lana Sky - 8/31 - Series #1

Duration: August 1-31, 2019
Roll: 6


the books can be published in a year ending in 6
the books can be published in June (6th month)
The Rest of the Story 8/15/19
the books can be the 6th in a series
the books can have a 6 in the page number
A Court of Mist and Fury (626 pages) 8/4/19
Marked (306 pages) 8/15/19
The Last Mrs. Parrish (560 pages) 8/20/19
Always Never Yours (336 pages) 8/20/19
The Selection (336 pages) 8/22/19
the books can be on the 6th page of your TBR list
Book published on a day containing a 6
Eleanor & Park (Published: 2/26/2013) 8/9/19
The Great Alone (Published: 2/6/18) 8/31/19

August Read & Reduce
Rolled 6 + 4 = 0 or 1

Published July 30, 2019: Let's Fake a Deal by Sherry Harris 8/08/19
304 pages & Published 2018: Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen 8/17/19
1st in series: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters 8/21/19
TBR #2461: A Likely Story by Jenn McKinlay 8/28/19

Rolled 6+2=8

Pub. In August (8th month) any year
pub. Aug. 6, 2019

8 letter word in title

8 word title

8th letter of alphabet H


8 in pub. Year
A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea pub. Jan. 2018 8.5 - 8

8 in page count
208 pages

8th book checked out from library

8th book in a series or with an 8 in bk #, ex. 18, 28 etc
#8 playful brides

Rolled 4 + 2 = 6 Read: 9

First word of title is 6 letters

The Golden Tresses of the Dead Alan Bradley. 4 stars. 8/5/19

Author’s last name is 6 letters

Silver , Josie. One Day in DecemberOne Day in December. 8/12/19
Finney, Jack. Time and AgainTime and Again. 8/25/19

Published in 2016

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Matthew Desmond. 8/17/19

Published in 2006

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Timothy Egan. 8/6/19

Published in 6th Month, June

The Lost for Words Bookshop Stephanie Butland.JUNE 2018 8/26/19

600 dewey decimal number

Inside of a Dog -- Young Readers Edition: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know Alexandra Horowitz. 8/11/19; 636.7 Also 256 pages.

Page numbers ending in 6

Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World. Rutger Bregman. 336 pages. 8/25/19
We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a True Story Josh Sundquist. 326 pages. 8/30/19

Rolled 3 + 4 = 7

7th on What To Read Next Shelf (sorted randomly)
Staged by Olivia Cunning 08/09/2019
A Dangerous Act of Kindness by LP Fergusson 08/13/2019

7th on Randomizer shelf
M.L. Stedman - The Light Between Oceans 08/16/2019

7 in publishing year
Rode Hard, Put Up Wet by Lorelei James 08/30/2019 (2007)

7 in page count
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 08/10/2019 (317 pages)
Kissin' Tell by Lorelei James 08/22/2019 (327 pages)
The Rumor by Elin Hilderbrand 08/30/2019 (370 pages)

7th in series

7 in title
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 08/03/2019

I'm gonna end the month at 25 and update msg. 2 now, since it'll be a busy end of week.

Meg wrote: "12 for me!

Using the "2"..."

All done for August (see msg 4). See you next month!

Message #10: Rolled 7; Reduced by 8

Message 9, Reduced by 9, Rolled 6. :-)

Message 8, Reduced by 13, Rolled a 12

Karen ♐ wrote: "Message 8, Reduced by 13, Rolled a 12"

Wow, Karen! Good job!

Connie wrote: "Karen ♐ wrote: "Message 8, Reduced by 13, Rolled a 12"

Wow, Karen! Good job!"

Thanks!