Nothing But Reading Challenges discussion

Have you noticed the longer you are active on Goodreads, the larger your “to-read” (TBR) shelf becomes?

How do you tackle it? In date order? Alphabetical? Or do you just ignore it and hope to get to the books “one day”?

Rules: For this challenge, you’ll use a randomiser* to randomly pick numbers. Use these corresponding numbers on your “to-read” shelf to challenge yourself to read those books.

❶ Step 1
Go to http://www.random.org/integers/ to get your random numbers. (Instructions under spoiler.)
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1. Change the number in part 1 to the number of books you are choosing.
   In this example, I changed 100 to 2.

2. Change the second number (100) to the number of books on your “to read” shelf.
   In this example, I changed it to 187.

3. Click “Get Numbers.”
   



The next page will give you your random numbers:

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❷ Step 2
Go to your “to-read” shelf and find the books that match your numbers on your shelf. They are your selected books! (Example continues under spoiler.)
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In this example, the numbers given were 52 and 110 and book number 52 is “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.”



Note: You may need to "turn on" your position number on your shelf. To do this, go to your "to-read" shelf, click on "Settings" (top right) then make sure "position" is selected and "save"

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*If you prefer not to use the randomiser, you may just choose random numbers yourself by rolling a dice, picking a number out of a hat, just choosing a number in your mind - up to you!!

Duration: One year from start date. (Though to keep with the original challenge each book selected should be read within one month. )

Levels:

Headlock: 1-8 books.
Coathanger: 9-17 books.
Spear Tackle: 18-26 books.
No Suspension: 27 + books

Help in Assigning Numbers to Your Books - (Screen under spoiler.)
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How to “turn on” the position indicator on your “to-read” shelf:

• Go to setting (blue arrow) and check-mark the box position (red arrow) and numbers will be assigned (purple arrow) to your books based on your add dates.

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This is such a fun challenge that we want to offer it new every year! (Original challenge credit goes to Karen)

Reading Challenges ~ Emerald Coin

Earn your Emerald Coins with Reading Challenges joined on or after April 1, 2016.

To Earn an Emerald Coin:
One Coin upon reaching the No Suspension Level in one year


Learn about Gem coins here

Participants:

Amar
Amber
Amelia
Aminko
Angie
Anna

Aymee

Beth
〰️Beth〰️
Briana

Carrie
Cassandra
Cassie
Cheryl
Christina
Craterdweller

Devann

Ebony
Eldarwen
Elaine

Gaijinmama
Grace

Isabelle

Jessi
Jillypenny
JustJJ

Karen ♐
Keely
Kristina Simon

Lauri
LaurLa
Leigh
Linda C
Lindsay
Lisa
LittleRedRidingHood
Louise
Lyndi

Megan L

Nele

Paula

Rocsana
Richard
Riley

Sam
Sarah
Sixty
Sophie
Sunshine
Suzanne

Tara
Tari
Tefek
These Violent Delights

Vicki Willis

Yvonne

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1/1/20-12/31/20
Coathanger: 9-17 books
Books read:
Books DNF:

1. #392 The Manchester City Songbook
2. #154 Still Missing
3. #941 What You Need #1 Just What I Needed #2 on list
4. #375 Amy & Roger's Epic Detour
5. #215 Birdman
6. #146 What Looks Like Crazy
7. #746 The Luxe
8. #2181 The Kissing Game
9. #1223 Two Kinds of Truth
10. #2110 Miss You Love You Hate You Bye
11. #1930 Yes, It's Hot in Here: Adventures in the Weird, Woolly World of Sports Mascots
12. #659 Traffick
13. #1058 One Was Lost
14. #750 Songs of the Humpback Whale
15. #493 Colder Case
16. #1962 Going Down and Man Candy
17. #2130 The Knocked up Plan

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
Coathanger: 9-17 books
Duration: Jan - Dec 2020
2/12

📖(#3) In the Company of the Courtesan (june 30th)
📖(#62) Ancillary Justice (march 29th)
(#117) Ross Poldark
(#166) Euphoria
📖(#283) Les Liaisons dangereuses (february 9th)
(#437) Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery
(#463) The Hating Game
(#509) Homegoing
📖(#533) Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (july)
📖(#545) Pretty Girls (april 30th)
📖(#577) The Golem and the Jinni (january 31st)
📖(#651) We Sold Our Souls (May 31th)




(back up in case of DNF)
(#233) Unraveling Oliver
(#591) The Golden Compass

Starting with 27

15026
9090
4874
15761
6570
7899
4278
5027
13742
9156
1300
26925
20988
20922
17859
2994
6337
14129
12386
23332
7303
25781
5376
3726
21385
68
13131

I'm going to go with 10 books from my actual to-read shelf and 15 from my just-interested/ read-at-some-point shelf.
I might change some numbers up through the year because some books are hard to get a hold of without buying them.

Read 7/25

1. #16 Angels & Demons
2. #8 Sophie's World
3. #20 The City of Brass
4. #34 Das Parfum: Die Geschichte eines Mörders
5. #11 Iceland's Bell
6. #22 It Devours! - 20.07.2020
7. #40 Verdammnis - 06.09.2020
8. #2 Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher - 12.05.2020
9. #13 The Picture of Dorian Gray - 13.07.2020
10. #5 Die unendliche Geschichte - 16.03.2020

1. #9 Memoirs of a Geisha
2. #71 Bonjour tristesse
3. #173 Heretics Anonymous
4. #26 You're Never Weird on the Internet - 09.01.2020
5. #202 Destroy All Monsters
6. #222 Miracle Creek
7. #120 Die besten Geschichten
8. #98 The Binding
9. #192 Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens
10. #125 Warrior of the Wild
11. #217 Echo After Echo
12. #57 Salt to the Sea
13. #201 A Curious Beginning
14. #65 Get Some Headspace - 03.05.2020
15. #27 The Catcher in the Rye

Coathanger: 9-17 books.

I'm going to do 12, and have a book a month.

10280 The Queen's Vampire
2276
14313
19426
23146
14400
12808
13596
192
22603
11170
2969

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
January - December 2020

My TBR Tackler Challenge (msg 10)

Level ~ No Suspension: 27+ Books | 27 Books Read



✔🍬118 ~ Tempting Fate ~ 06.13 ★★★★
✔🍬121 ~ Intimate Surrender ~ 10.30 ★★★★
✔🍬228 ~ One Starlit Night ~ 04.25 ★★★
✔🍬72 ~ 2nd Chance ~ 02.08 ★★★★
✔🍬96 ~ Stardust ~ 06.28 ★★★
✔🍬100 ~ Dangerous Affairs ~ 03.16 ★★★
✔🍬8 ~ Too Hot to Handle ~ 02.01 ★★★★
✔🍬279 ~ A Bad Day for Sunshine ~ 07.06 ★★★★
✔🍬284 ~ In Plain Sight (Way of the Warrior) ~ 10.02 ★★★★




✔🍬376 ~ Yesterday's Promise ~ 03.10 ★★
✔🍬223 ~ Getting Dirty ~ 09.27 ★★★★
✔🍬371 ~ The Gift ~ 01.04 ★★★★
✔🍬114 ~ Hunted ~ 08.27 ★★★★
✔🍬377 ~ Slow Burn ~ 02.29 ★★★★
✔🍬289 ~ 'Roo and the Angel ~ 08.09 ★★★
✔🍬224 ~ The House of Lies ~ 08.07 ★★★
✔🍬323 ~ Lucky Break ~ 04.18 ★★★★
✔🍬29 ~ Bound in Death ~ 06.05 ★★★



✔🍬12 ~ On Thin Ice ~ 02.27 ★★★★
✔🍬370 ~ Happy Ever After ~ 04.30 ★★★★
✔🍬320 ~ The Burning Island ~ 07.08 ★★★
✔🍬168 ~ Catch Me If You Can ~ 07.31 ★★★★
✔🍬229 ~ Madly ~ 03.14 ★★★★
✔🍬7 ~ So Tough to Tame ~ 03.09 ★★★★
✔🍬241 ~ Serpent's Kiss ~ 07.25 ★★★★
✔🍬150 ~ Trigger Snappy ~ 02.15 ★★★★
✔🍬147 ~ Jealous And Freakn' ~ 05.31 ★★★

2020 TBR Tackler Challenge Coathanger Level 9-17 books


Starting with 10
*if randomiser picked book in a series I had not started I chose the first book or the next book in a series if I had started for continuity.

📚Completed: 4/10 📚

✔️873 The Truth About Lord Stoneville 🔹. 1/30/20****
3298 Hollow Kingdom
234 Foundation
2703 Whistling Past the Graveyard
✔️219 Beasting Beauty 🔹 2/8/20***
2562 The Female of the Species
✔️2466 We Are Never Meeting In Real Life 🔹5/23/20***
1807 No Friend But the Mountains: Writing from Manus Prison
2408 Gentlewoman: Etiquette for a Lady, from a Gentleman
✔️3006 Vlad 🔹 5/17/20 ****

the length of some of y'all's TBRs is giving me a minor heart attack lol

2020 TBR Tackler Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Complete 0/20

1. (341): The Power of Myth
2. (463): Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear
3. (410): We Are All Made of Stars
4. (27): Last Light
5. (791): Vampire Academy
6. (26): The Accident Man
7. (325): Running with Scissors
8. (433): The Leavers
9. (804): The Orphan's Tale
10. (39): Beat the Reaper
11. (561): Miraculum
12. (79): The Pact
13. (292): The Killing Jar
14. (670): A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
15. (782): Unwind
16. (838): The Betrayal
17. (963): The Next Girl
18. (187): Ready Player One
19. (801): Once and for All
20. (882): Desolate Angel

I would like to give this one a go. I will try and go for 30. Many of the books on my list are part of a series so I have to adapt it slightly to make the goal possible.

It is unlikely that I will choose to remove more than a few of these books, but in the case that I do, I will randomly generate a new number to add a different book.

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
Duration: 1st January - 31st December 2020
No Suspension: 27+ books

10/30

1. #401 名探偵コナン 19 (Detective Conan #19)
2. #273 Memoirs of a Geisha
3. #490 Tokyo Ghoul, tome 1
4. #741 The Crowlands
5. #389 Call the Midwife
6. #293 The Proposal
7. #60 Ivanhoe
8. #100 The Professor
9. #805 Curiosity Thrilled the Cat
10. #879 A Wartime Secret
✔11. #295 The Key 10/11/20
✔12. #84 The Fellowship of the Ring 4/1/20
13. #265 Library Wars: Love & War, Vol. 1
14. #824 His Bloody Project: Documents Relating to the Case of Roderick Macrae
✔15. #36 Schindler's List 15/2/20
16. #791 100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover's Guide (Removed 11/1/20)
17. #799 A Grim Almanac of Essex
18. #148 Three Men in a Boat
19. #516 Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl/Platinum, Vol. 1
20. #365 History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi Volume 44
21. #130 The Crimson Fairy Book
22. #525 Pokémon Adventures: Diamond and Pearl/Platinum, Vol. 10
✔23. #478 The Silver Chair 20/12/20
24. #721 Bakuman, Band 1: Traum und Realität
✔25. #755 Attack on Titan: Junior High Omnibus, Vol. 3 3/11/20
26. #436 Detektif Conan Vol. 55
✔27. #592 The Murmur of Bees 28/7/20
✔28. #500 Pokémon Adventures, Vol. 14 14/2/20
29. #777 The Librarian of Auschwitz
✔30. #771 The Cold War: A Beginner's Guide 25/5/20
31. #104 The Last Anniversary
32. #509 僕のヒーローアカデミア 13 Boku No Hero Academia 13
✔33. #566 Where There's Smoke 13/10/20
✔34. #69 The Color Purple 6/5/20
35. #103 The Lost Colony

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
1/1/20 – 31/12/20
Level – Spear Tackle
0/25

1 - #13 - Feral Sins – Suzanne Wright
2 - #14 - King's – Mimi Jean Pamiloff
3 - #47 - Anything But Sweet – Terry Candis
4 - #73 - Fighting Love – Abby Niles
5 - #142 - The Chosen – J.R. Ward
6 - #179 - Can't Hardly Breathe – Gena Showalter
7 - #211 - Slow Burn Cowboy – Maisey Yates
8 - #250 - Blood Vow – J.R. Ward
9 - #263 - Cherish Hard – Nalini Singh
10 - #264 - Chain of Gold – Cassandra Clare
11 - #303 - Tangled – Emma Chase
12 - #417 - Stalking Jack The Ripper – Kerri Maniscalco
13 - #451 - House of Earth and Blood – Sarah J Maas
14 - #569 - Wires and Nerve – Marissa Meyer
15 - #609 - Alpha's Promise – Rebecca Zanetti
16 - #631 - Storm and Fury – Jennifer L Armentrout
17 - #675 - Vengeance – Rebecca Zanetti
18 - #731 - Smoke Bitten – Patricia Briggs
19 - #752 - Darkness Returns – Alexandra Ivy
20 - #844 - Forgive My Fins – Tera Lynn Childs
21 - #866 - Dearest Ivie – J.R. Ward
25 - #886 - The Queen of Nothing – Holly Black
23 - #889 - Rock Hard – Nalini Singh
24 - #911 - The King – Jennifer L Armentrout
25 - #930 - A Curse So Dark and Lonely – Brigid Kemmerer

Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

All linked up in post #3

My spot!

I'll go for the Coathanger Spear Tackle level with 15 20 books. If, by chance, I actually manage to get those 15 20 snuck in in good time, I might add a few more.

TBR at the start of the year: 618 (Dec '19) / 626 (Jan '20)
TBR at the end of the year:

1. #173 - Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
2. #179 - The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
3. #318 - The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer
4. #485 - The Shakespeare Secret by Jennifer Lee Carrell
5. #271 - The Mabinogion by Evangeline Walton



6. #59 - Das Rätsel um Majestic 12 by Wolfgang Hohlbein
✔ 7. #355 - Stalking Jack the Ripper by by Kerri Maniscalco - read 26th April
✔ 8. #556 - Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas - read 4th April
✔ 9. #181 - Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion - read 7th March
10. #544 - The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty



✔ 11. #575 - Grave Destiny by Kalayna Price - 20th May
12. #73 - Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella
13. #153 - Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
✔ 14. #516 - Lover Unleashed by J.R. Ward (#9) - replaced by Lover Avenged by J.R. Ward (#7) which was my next in series - 2nd August
15. #43 - Elfentanz by Wolfgang Hohlbein



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Eta: I added quite a few more books since I set this up that I'm going to add 5 more number to this list to get to move into Spear Tackle level, and I'll take books from the very recent ones.

✔ 16. #590 - Brief Cases by Jim Butcher - read 13th April
✔ 17. #602 - Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin - read 24th May
18. #614 - Schwarzer Nachtschatten by Jürgen Siebold
19. #597 - A House of Ghosts by W.C. Ryan
20. #623 - The Lascar's Dagger by Glenda Larke




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Over half-way through the year and I haven't really had much inclination so far to pick up most of these books - there are about 5 I want to read but just don't seem to get around to hehe.

So let's say 10 out of these are probably not going to be read. To make things a little more interesting and because I am BORED out of my mind at the office, I'll go do another 10 random picks and see what sparks my interest in those. Besides, it'll give me something to do.


#499 - Nightblade by Ryan Kirk
#590 - The Whisper Man by Alex North
#406 - Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb
#193 - Watership Down by Richard Adams
#206 - The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley



#12 - The Rogue by Trudi Canavan
#339 - Raven's Shadow by Patricia Briggs
#303 - Bite Club by Rachel Caine
#184 - Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
#470 - Come Away with Me by Kristen Proby

Welcome Eldarwen!
all linked up HERE

Devann wrote: "the length of some of y'all's TBRs is giving me a minor heart attack lol"

I thought I was reading some wrong, lol 🤓

Going for 25 off of my READ FIRST shelf.

1. The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth: Popularity, Quirk Theory and Why Outsiders Thrive After High School 8/12/20
2. My Amish Boyfriend 2/28/20
3. When It's Real
4. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
5. The Darkest Touch 1/28/20
6. Champion
7. I Am Legend
8. Interview with the Vampire
9. All Creatures Great and Small / All Things Bright and Beautiful
10. Last Sacrifice
11. The Novice
12. Roses of May 9/17/20
13. We Need to Talk About Kevin
14. Hell House
15. You vs You: 12 Ways to Kick Your Own Ass and Win
16. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
17. I Am the Weapon
18. Radiant Shadows
19. The Art of Racing in the Rain
20. Brave New World
21. Everlasting 2/2/20
22. Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor, Healing and Hope in My Life As an Animal Surgeon
23. The Subtle Knife
24. Shifting Shadows
25. Sphere

TBR Tackler Challenge
1/1/20-12/31/20
No Suspension 27+

1. (409) Diamond Head Cecily Wong
✔2. (616) Time's Convert Deborah Harkness 1/7
✔3. (827) Ninth House Leigh Bardugo
✔4. (700) Pet Sematary Stephen King
5. (678) 1Q84 Haruki Murakami
6. (401) 77 Shadow Street Dean R. Koontz
7. (366) The Crown's Game Evelyn Skye
8. (359) The Taxidermist's Daughter Kate Mosse
9. (550) Seeing Red Sandra Brown
10. (426) All Is Not Forgotten Wendy Walker
✔11. (655) Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife Mary Roach 3/6
12. (772) Chosen Chandra Hoffman
13. (88) Bone River Megan Chance
14. (296) The Wedding Dress Rachel Hauck
15. (612) The Music of the Deep Elizabeth Hall
16. (456) Leave Me Gayle Forman
17. (292) Every Exquisite Thing Matthew Quick
18. (480) Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly
19. (111) Maternal Harbor Marie F. Martin
20. (232) Fragile Lisa Unger
21. (295) Into the Fury Kat Martin
22. (808) My Sister, the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite
23. (545) The Buddha in the Attic Julie Otsuka
24. (320) Excavation James Rollins
25. (557) Watch Me Disappear Janelle Brown
26. (795) The Bay At Midnight Diane Chamberlain
27. (506) The Bear and the Nightingale Katherine Arden

I’m in for 12
2/12 done

65-خوشبخت مردن
62-رهش
97-اثر مركب
18-سوييت فرانسوى
39-جنايت و مكافات
68-بهترين شكل ممكن
34-ژرمينال
27-دنياى قشنگ نو
60-خسى در ميقات
24-گبسك رباخوار
19-پدر، عشق و پسر
28-بل امى

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
1/1/20-12/31/20
Coathanger: 9-17 books
Books read: 5

12 selected from Random.org tool.
*= changed to the first book in the series I haven't read or need to read next (TBR numbers subject to change anyway, because I normally add a few to it every day) Will add links once the book is read.

*2299—Doom and Broom Sara Bourgeois 1/25/20
*593—Murder in Cherry Hills Paige Sleuth 1/22/20
*835—Murder in an Irish Village Carlene O'Connor 3/17/20
*862—Stabbed in the Baklava-Tina Kashian
*1687—Barks Speak Louder than Desserts, Cynthia Tart
*475—Dead Bolt, Juliet Blackwell
2040—Man’s Best Alibi, #2 Secrets of Sanctuary
*2309—A Stitch Before Dying, Anne Canadeo
2216—Cupcakes and Cyanide, PL Harris
*2342—Picture Perfect Murder Jenna St. James 6/7/20
325—A Peach of a Murder Livia J. Washburn 2/14/20
*1143—Double-Booked for Death, Ali Brandon

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
No Suspension: 50 Books
Completed: 0 of 50

606 - John Adams
277 - Tahn
1011 - The Great Passage
1043 - Mary's Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein
673 - The Shepherd's Castle
1130 - The Gentle Art of Tramping
584 - The Sleeper and the Spindle
1031 - Terminal Freeze
298 -438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
705 - Wrecked
751 - The Thorn of Emberlain
690 - The Original Homeschooling Series
959 - In Other Lands
442 - The Library Book
842 - Tower of Dawn
111 - Flowers for Algernon
99 - Spirit Fighter
651 - The Wise Woman and Other Stories
502 - The Kind Worth Killing
295 - Timesurfers
1208 - The Slave Across the Street: The True Story of How an American Teen Survived the World of Human Trafficking
951 - Stay with Me
1200 - The Turn of the Key
763 - The Kindly Ones
451 - LaRose
200 - The House We Grew Up In
386 - Artful
495 - Facing the Wind: A True Story of Tragedy and Reconciliation
353 - Dragonsong
117 - Crime and Punishment
602 - Black Water Rising
396- Margarettown
337 - Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat
225 - Demon
1192 - We Are the Dead
939 - City of Miracles
1063 - Possessing the Secret of Joy
1115 - Vengeful
1100 - Wolf by Wolf
681 - The Curate's Awakening
717 - The Witch's Boy
579 - Crow Hollow
586 - The Kingdom of Gods
1071 - Pilgrimage, Volume 1: Pointed Roofs, Backwater, Honeycomb
161 - A Short History of Nearly Everything
294 - The Priestess and the Dragon
514 - Black-Eyed Susans
585 - The Broken Kingdoms
554 - All the Rage
838 - Daughter of Smoke & Bone

Welcome everyone,

All linked up in Post 3

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
Jan-December 2020
12/12

1. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller4/18/20
2. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving 3/12/20
3. Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin 5/4/20
4. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein 7/5/20
5. Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis 7/29/20
6. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 7/13/20
7. The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx 3/30/20
8. The Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mills 7/21/20
9. The Luxe by Anna Godbersen 9/30/20
10. Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Homefront in World War II by Penny Colman 6/25/20
11. Dan and Phil Go Outside by Dan Howell 6/24/20
12. Just One Wish by Janette Rallison 7/8/20

This sounds fun! I'll start with 10.

1/10

🌟1. #69 - To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
2. #322 - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
3. #7 - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
4. #94 - Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
5. #151- Smoke & Summons by Charlie N. Holmberg
6. #314 - Origins by Lyla Oweds
7. #193 - A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn
8. #249 - Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly
9. #208 - Morning Star by Pierce Brown
10. #147 - An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks

12/28/19 Ok, I’d like to join. I ran out of data over the holidays so I’ll have to do the randomizing later, but I’m claiming my spot.
01/01/20 - I'm back and ready to set this up...I'm aiming for 75 books off my TBR this year and hopefully this will help me with keeping it fresh!

Books completed: 30/75

402 "Redshirts" by John Scalzi (01/12/20)
137 "The Basketball Diaries" by Jim Carroll (04/18/20))
668 "Death Notice" by Zhou HaoHui (03/10/20)
682 "The Merry Spinster" by Mallory Ortberg (02/11/20)
40 "Waiting for the Barbarians" by J.M.Coetzee (03/12/20)
1256 "The Snow Queen" by Joan D. Vinge (04/09/20)
327 "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" by Laurence Sterne (own)
1079 "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (03/15/20)
1172 "Eagles and Angels" by Juli Zeh (own)
451 "The Reason I Jump" by Naoki Higashida (08/27/20)
923 "Translators Wife" by Deena Linett (09/21/20)
1159 "Blood Sisters" by Kim Yideum
702 "An Ocean of Minutes" by Thea Lim (09/13/20)
620 "Beautiful Wreck" by Larissa Brown (03/18/20 )
1038 "The Color of Magic" by Terry Pratchett (own)
1209 "Do You Dream of Terra Two?" by Temi Oh ($3.99 Kobo)
1238 "ODY-C: Cycle One" by Matt Faction (hoopla)
964 "Made for Love" by Alissa Nutting (03/21/20))
470 "The Immortalists" by Chloe Benjamin (06/28/20)
594 "Simulacron 3" by Daniel F. Galouye
662 "Let me Lie" by Claire Mckintosh (08/29/20)
356 "Doctor Strange: From the Marvel Vault #1" by Roger Stern (07/08/20)
806 "Vicious" by V. E. Schwab (SMPL)
1040 "The Tale Teller" by Anne Hillerman (SMPL)
376 "This Perfect Day" by Ira Levin (04/02/20)
1185 "First Cosmic Velocity" by Zach Powers
691 "Mistakes were made, but not by me" by Carol Tavris (WPL C)
378 "Red Mars" by Kim Stanley Robinson (WPL)
1233 "Robopocalypse" by Daniel H. Wilson (08/01/20)
743 "Barbary Station" by R. E. Stearns (WPL)
114 "The Crooked Maid" by Dan Vyleta (SMPL)
406 ""The Man Who Folded Himself" by David Gerrold (Hoopla)
566 "English Passengers" by Matthew Kneale (OD)
1129 "The Kiss" by Kathryn Harrison (WPL)
532 "The Sand Child" by Tahar Ben Jelloun
998 "Women's War" by Jenna Glass
60 "Lord of Light" by Roger Zelazny (hoopla book)
295 "Summerland" by Michael Chabon (04/08/20)
1094 "A Conspiracy in Belgravia" by Sherry Thomas (07/02/20)
481 "Get In Trouble" by Kelly Link (WPL)
907 "The Last Days of Video" by Jeremy Hawkins (hoopla book)
201 "Fear" by L. Ron Hubbard (Hoopla book)
365 "Gateway" by Frederik Pohl
394 "Faller" by Will MacIntosh
147 "The Amber Fury" by Natalie Haynes (WPL)
323 "Maus" by Art Spiegelman (03/10/20)
724 "Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi (08/24/20)
607 "The Good House" by Tananarive Due
474 ""The Heart's Invisible Furies" by John Boyne (14/11/20))
894 "Gyo" by Junji Ito (04/11/20)
940 "A Note of Explanation; An Unexpected Story..." by Vita Sackville-West (Hoopla)
901 "The Memory Box" by Eva Lesko Natiello (07/04/20)
151 "High Fidelity" by Nick Hornby (WPL)
450 "The Kindly Ones" by Jonathan Littell ($19.99 Kobo)
771 "The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet" by Becky Chambers (WPL)
1153 "The Damned" by Andrew Pyper (08/06/20)
1116 "Wanderers" by Chuck Wendig (07/28/20)
1254 "Idlewild" by Nick Sagan (SMPL)
865 "Zone One" by Colson Whitehead (08/06/20)
948 "Aberrant" by Marek Sindelka ($12.48 Kobo)
1143 "Douglas Adams' Starship Titanic" by Terry Jones (05/08/20)
244 "The White Mountains" by Christopher John (WPL)
11 "Marathon Man" by William Goldman (WPL)
318 "Ruthless" by Ron Miscavige (WPL)
674 "The Painted Man" by Peter V. Brett (aka the Warded man, $8.99 Kobo)
187 "Neverending Story" by Michael Ende (04/12/20)
1097 "The Queen of the Conquered" by Kacen Callender ($12.99 Kobo)
260 "Delicious Foods" by James Hannaham (OD)
415 "Hyperbole" by Ryan Parmenter
1005 "I Drink for a Reason" by David Cross (own)
908 "Along Came a Spider" by James Patterson (07/08/20)
824 "Sadness is a White Bird" by Moriel Rothman Zecher (WPL)
989 "The Devil Aspect" by Craig Russell ($16.99 Kobo)
732 "The Captives" by Debra Jo Immergut (Hoopla audio)($11.99 Kobo)
88 "Waterland" by Graham Swift

I am going to join too. (so much for cutting down on challenges!)
I will start with 12 and see how that goes.

Starting TBR: 322

Ending TBR:

5/12

21 Persona
70 Deadly Stillwater
98 The Last Girl
121 Shift
126 Fragile
140 The Curse of The House on Cypress Lane: Book 0- The Beginning
149 In Our Backyard: Human Trafficking in America and What We Can Do to Stop It
173 The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
222 14
235 Hunting Annabelle
266 Miracle Creek
281 The Other Mrs.

TBR Tackler 2020
Duration: January-December 2020

Starting with 5...

Levels:
Headlock: 1-8 books.
Coathanger: 9-17 books.
Spear Tackle: 18-26 books.
No Suspension: 27 + books

#787 - The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel J. Levitin
#1707 - Die, Die Birdie by J.R. Ripley
#518 - Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron
#1469 - Firestorm by Solange Ritchie
#369 - Phantom Evil by Heather Graham

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
Coathanger: 9-17 books
Duration: Jan - Dec 2020

Books read: 5
Books DNF:

1. Lies by T.M. Logan
2. A Beautiful Poison by Lydia Kang
3. The Gone-Away World by Nick Harkaway
4. No one understands you, and what to do about it by Heidi Grant Halvorson
5. The Test by Sylvain Neuvel (26/7/2020)
6. One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus (30/8/2020)
7. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (17/10/2020)
8. Let Me Clear My Throat by Elena Passarello
9. Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood
10. The Oathbreaker's Shadow by Amy McCulloch
11. Amaryllis by Jayne Castle (27/7/2020)
12. A Girl's Guide to Vampires by Katie MacAlister
13. You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris (13/6/2020)
14. The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
15. First Activation by D.A. Wearmouth
16. Assassin's Honor by Monica Burns
17. The Ensemble by Aja Gabel

Welcome everyone!

All linked up HERE

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020

TBR shelf
Randomizer

Starting date: 01.01.20
TBR at start of Challenge: 10
Current TBR: 10

#11 The Song Rising 06.21.20
#39 Skeleton Crew

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
Coathanger 9-17 books
Duration: January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020
*Books that are marked DNF will be rerolled to actually read 12 books.*

Books Read:
Books DNF:

1. #200 - Secret by Brigid Kemmerer
2. #74 - Defy Me by Tahereh Mafi
3. #291 - Now I Rise by Kiersten White
4. #204 - The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
5. #5 - Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi 2/24/2020
6. #286 - Forgotten by Cat Patrick 10/29/2020
7. #68 - The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison
8. #90 - Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
9. #252 - Forbid the Sea by Seanan McGuire
10. #112 - Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer 4/12/2020
11. #255 - Home Improvement: Undead Edition by Charlaine Harris 1/9/2020
12. #277 - The Missing Season by Gillian French

Ebony wrote: "TBR Tackler Challenge 2020

Starting date: 01.01.20
TBR at start of Challenge: 156
Current TBR: 156"

I really like the posting of the starting TBR and the current TBR. I have never thought of tracking that before. I am going to use that too!

Welcome Ebony & Briana!

All linked up HERE

A question
Should we read our randomly selected books in order?

Tefek wrote: "A question
Should we read our randomly selected books in order?"

That's up to you :-)

Lauri's Spot!
TBR Tackler 2020

0 / 24

1. Bossypants
2. Yes, Please
3. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
4. Glory Over Everything
5. Eragon
6. A Clash of Kings
7. The Almost Sisters
8. Caramelo
9. Keeper of Light and Dust
10. Cream Puff Murder
11. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
12. Mahu Fire
13. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
14. The Raven Boys
15. The Midnight Palace
16. The Winter Ghosts
17. The Library at Mount Char
18. Red Rising
19. Holy Sister
20. The Harmony Silk Factory
21. The Sun is Also a Star
22. An Abundance of Katherines
23. The Preacher's Daughter
24. The Peach Keeper

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
Coathanger: 10 books
Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2020
0/10

1. [16] The Other Queen by Phillipa Gregory
2. [60] Graceling by Kristin Cashore
3.[104] Farthing by Jo Walton
4. [109] The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
5. [80]The Sister by Poppy Adams
6.[26] The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
7 [53] The Traveler by John Twelve Hawks
8. [13] In the Night Garden by Catherynne Valiente
9. [193] Beneath the Skin by Adrian Phoenix
10. [74] Eifelheim by Michael Flynn

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
Coathanger: 9-17 books
Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2020
1/12

1- [185] - A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter
2- [210] - The Possessions by Sara Flannery Murphy
3- [546] - The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
4- [143] - Tripwire by Lee Child
5- [503] - The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
6- [182] - Triptych by Karin Slaughter
7- [169] - Mercy by Jodi Picoult
8- [414] - The Stranger Inside by Laura Benedict
9- [517] - Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
10- [524] - Ransom by Danielle Steel
11- [397] -The Cinderella Murder by Mary Higgins Clark (finished: 10/4/20)
12- [244] - Lies She Told by Cate Holahan

TBR Tackler 2020
1/1/20-12/31/20
Coathanger: 15 books
Books read:

1985 - Thread of Hope
4879 Winning Lady Jane
3213 - Hey, Whiskey
4671 Doctor for Christmas
1281 - Quest: Eight Novels of Fantasy, Myth, and Magic

731 - Bullseye
3598 - Las Vegas Crime
2622 - Secrets of Midnight
103 - The Chemistry of Death
4572 - Blake Pierce: Mystery Bundle: Before He Kills, Cause to Kill, Once Gone and A Trace of Death

5063 - The Secret of Seaside
4160 - He's Out There
1577 - Silence Fallen
1074 - Hooked on the Game
2894 - Claimed in Shadows

Welcome everyone!

All linked up HERE

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
Duration: 1/1/20- 12/31/20
TBR at start: 2720 (picking only from 642 added in 2016)
TBR at end: 3291

I'm going to see how many I can do in a year.

1. Dead Shifter Walking- Kim Schubert- 1/1/20
2. Binding Spell- Christine Pope- 1/2/20
3. Demon Song- Cat Adams- 1/2/20
4. Sweet Dreams- Kristen Ashley- 1/6/20
5. Memory Zero- Keri Arthur- 1/7/20
6. The Maze- Catherine Coulter- 1/8/20
7. Midnight Rising- Lara Adrian- 1/13/20
8. Valkyrie- Kate O'Hearn- 1/23/20
9. Curtain- Agatha Christie- 1/24/20
10. For the Birds- Angela Roquet- 1/25/20
11. Black Orchids- Rex Stout- 2/10/20
12. Blood Promise- Richelle Mead- 3/10/20
13. Infinity- Sherrilyn Kenyon- 3/20/20
14. On the Street Where You Live- Mary Higgins Clark- 3/24/20
15. Old Dog, New Tricks- Hailey Edwards- 4/19/20
16. Before I Say Good-Bye: A Novel- Mary Higgins Clark- 4/26/20
17. Fire Study- Maria V. Snyder- 4/29/20
18. Wild Cat- Jennifer Ashley- 4/30/20
19. Pay Dirt- Rita Mae Brown- 5/3/20
20. The Mage in Black- Jaye Wells- 5/10/20
21. The Prophet- Amanda Stevens- 5/19/20
22. The Clocks- Agatha Christie- 6/5/20
23. Heartless- Gail Carriger- 6/19/20
24. Polar Bared- Eve Langlais- 7/25/20
25. A Charming Wish- Tonya Kappes- 7/28/20
26. Pretend You Don't See Her- Mary Higgins Clark- 8/2/20
27. Wicked Cravings- Suzanne Wright- 8/11/20
28. C is for Corpse- Sue Grafton- 8/17/20
29. Bite Me If You Can- Lynsay Sands- 8/28/20
30. The Coffin Dancer- Jeffery Deaver- 9/12/20
31. Wild Fire- Ally Shields- 9/16/20
32. The Accidental Vampire- Lynsay Sands- 9/16/20
33. Ashes of Honor- Seanan McGuire- 9/17/20
34. Raven's Shadow- Patricia Briggs- 9/19/20
35. Light My Fire- Katie MacAlister- 9/21/20
36. Timeless- Gail Carriger- 9/22/20
37. Dark Frost- Jennifer Estep- 9/22/20
38. Magic in the Blood- Devon Monk- 9/26/20
39. Lady Luck- Kristen Ashley- 10/8/20
40. Two Little Girls in Blue- Mary Higgins Clark- 10/26/20
41. Murder, She Meowed- Rita Mae Brown- 11/10/20
42. Shattered- Kevin Hearne- 11/14/20
43. Speaking from Among the Bones- Alan Bradley- 11/20/20
44. Golden Trail- Kristen Ashley- 12/1/20
45. Spirit Bound- Richelle Mead- 12/8/20
46. Chosen- P.C. Cast- 12/28/20

I would like to play!

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
Duration: 1/1/20 - 12/31/20
TBR at start: 49
TBR at end:
Goal Level: Coathanger: 9-17 books
Read: 5/12

Reading List:
✔ 14: Walk to Beautiful: The Power of Love and a Homeless Kid Who Found the Way
46: The Thirteenth Tale
✔ 24: Lies That Bind Us
16: West with the Night
11: The Sky Below
✔ 04: The Order of the Air Omnibus - Books 1-3
32: The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine who Outwitted America's Enemies
✔ 28: To the Bridge
43: Thief of Time
✔ 41: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
17: Military Science Fiction Vol 1: Synbat / Psychic Warrior
25: Arctic Dreams

Welcome Sam & Craterdweller - Have fun & good luck!

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
Coathanger: 9-17 books (will start with 12
Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2020

12/12

✔1. 313 - Murder on Cape Cod (A Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery, #1) – Maddie Day (4 stars) 7/31/20
✔2. 81 - The Prize - Julie Garwood (4 stars) 4/29/20
✔3. 323 - Above the Waterfall - Ron Rash (3 stars) 7/27/20
✔4. 191 - Remedial Rocket Science - Susannah Nix(4 stars) 2/13/20
✔5. 75 - The Bargain - Mary Jo Putney (3 stars) 4/26/20
✔6. 120 - Rebel - Zoe Archer (4 stars) 2/9/20
✔7. 357 - Wave Good-bye - Lila Dare (3 stars) 5/22/20
✔8. 178 - Sweet Lullaby - Lorraine Heath (3 stars) 2/6/20
✔9. 174 - Buried (Mountain Cove, #1) – Elizabeth Goddard (3 stars) 6/4/20
✔10. 275 - Club Dead - Charlaine Harris (4 stars) 2/24/20
✔11. 16 - Whiter Than Snow - Sandra Dallas (4 stars) 11/14/20
✔12. 55 - Heart Duel – Robin D. Owens (3 stars) 6/10/20

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020

Duration: 01/01/20 - 31/12/20
Coathanger: 9-17 books (aiming for 12)

TBR at start: 92
TBR at end: 81

Read: 12/12

Books to read:

1. #1 - Iron Lake - Date Read 30/06/20 - ★★★★
2. #13 - Pawn of Prophecy - Date Read 16/08/20 - ★★★
3. #19 - Savage Season - Date Read 07/05/20 - ★★★★
4. #32 - The Magicians - Date Read 14/03/20 - ★★★★
5. #41 - Every Dead Thing - Date Read 14/10/20 - ★★★
6. #43 - Fer-de-Lance - Date Read - 25/11/20 - ★★
7. #58 - Plum Island - Date Read 28/08/20 - ★★★★
8. #69 - Artemis Fowl - Date Read 19/04/20 - ★★★
9. #71 - The Eye of the World - Date Read 08/10/20 - ★★★
10. #84 - Kings of the Wyld - Date Read 13/12/20 - ★★★
11. #87 - Unsouled - Date Read 16/06/20 - ★★★★
12. #91 - Eye of the Needle - Date Read 03/04/20 - ★★★★

Additional Books:

#5 - Lord of the Silver Bow - Date Read 11/09/20 - ★★★★★
#60 - Off to Be the Wizard - Date Read 25/08/20 - ★★★★
#80 - The Camel Club - Date Read 25/10/20 - ★★★★
#85 - The Bat - Date Read 06/09/20 - ★★★

Welcome Linda & Richard- all linked up HERE

TBR Tackler Challenge 2020
Coathanger: 9-17 books (will start with 10)
Duration: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2020

1) #29- One Moonlit Night
2) #146- Nothing But Trouble
3) #245- The Renegade Hunter
4) #419- Secret Lives
5) #942- Shadow Heir
6) #1021- Divergent
7) #1070- The Shadowy Horses
8) #1187- Can You Keep a Secret?
9) #1635 Sadie
10) #1659- The Witches Are Coming