2025 Reading Challenge discussion

TBR JAR CHALLENGE

Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

The TBR Jar challenge was the big winner of our 2022 Challenge Poll (again!), so we are bringing it back! There are four ways to pick the book titles you’ll be reading for this challenge:

1) You can use books on a specific list or books for a specific challenge.
Some examples are:

(a) The Popsugar 2023 Reading Challenge:
https://www.popsugar.com/entertainmen...

(b) Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge:
https://bookriot.com/read-harder-2023

(c) 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Or pick any other Listopia list)

2) You can let Goodreads let choose your books for this challenge:
Step 1: Select the number of books you want to read for this challenge.
Step 2: Go to the “My Books” tab on the top of the Goodreads Page.
Step 3: Bring up your “Want-To-Read” shelf.
Step 4: On the bottom of the page in the middle, go to the “sort” field and select “Random.”
Goodreads will generate a random list of books for you!

3) You can use the following tasks and pick a matching book later.
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.

4) You can use any random generator on the internet to choose prompts or subjects. Some examples are: The TBR machine, Color picker, Wikipedia, random word generator, or shuffle your playlist and read books that have to do with those songs.

Write all your selected book titles or tasks on slips of paper, throw them in a jar, and shake! Just let us know how many books you will be reading for this challenge.

We love how creative you all are, and would love to see the pictures of your jars! Happy Reading!

How to Participate:

1. Post here telling the challenge leader that you'd like to join the challenge. You can choose your books for the challenge at the beginning, or add them as you go. You can join a challenge at any time, as long as the challenge is still active. You must choose a goal for the challenge.

2. Whenever you finish a book for the challenge, post here and let the challenge leader know so they can update your progress. Please be sure to post the number of books you have completed and the number of your original message every time you post an update.
The challenge leader is not able to keep track of your total number of books for you because of the number of participants in the challenge. The number of the original post is used to identify you, as there can be many members with the same name. The challenge leader will not look at this post to track your progress.

Example:
message 32 updated! 2/25 books read!

For more information about how challenges work, check out this thread or ask your challenge leader.

P.S. Please do not delete posts! It makes updating very confusing for the Moderators! If you decide to leave the challenge, please just let us know. You can edit your original post to say {redacted}. Thank you!


Participants:

Participants:
Amanda - 1/20
Ann - 14/25
Anu - 2/15
Ariail - 0/32
Ashleigh - 7/7 - completed!
Ashly - 0/12
Auntie Terror - 9/12
Aysha Shiann - 0/30
Barry - 10/10 - completed!
Beth - 9/15
Beverly - 65/100
Bre - 0/10
Carmen - 32/32 - completed!
Carri Carey - 32/32 - completed!
Christine - 1/ 95
Cordelia - 17/20
CrazyAsACupcake - 0/20
D.L. - 7/15
Darlene - 20/20 - completed!
Dominique - 0/20
Dubhease - 7/7 - completed!
Echo - 15/15 - completed!
Elaine - 7/30
Emily - 18/21
Gail - 0/10
Gem - 10/12
Greg - 11/35
Gretchen - 0/10
Hao - 0/30
Hina ♡ - 25/40
Izajen - 0/36
Jane - 0/20
Jenn (m. 51) - 0/32
Jenn (m. 67) - 46/100
Jennifer - 1/23
Jill - 5/20
Jodi - 22/20 - completed!
Joelyn - 0/5
Joy D - 20/20 - completed!
Julie - 6/ 15
Kendra - 32/32 - completed!
Kristina - 162/170
Laura - 0 /25
Lilili - 45/45 - completed!
Linda - 3/20
Lisa - 6/5 - completed!
M (aka DarkBeauty73) - 41/52
Mariana - 6/32
Marianne - 0/20
Martha☀ - 17/30
meg - 0/23
Megan - 0/32
Megan BG - 3/6
Meghan L - 0/12
Michelle - 0/10
Nat - 6/20
Nicolle - 0/3
Nisanka - 26/26 - completed!
Patty - 25/25 - completed!
Rachel (m. 10) - 15/15 - completed!
Rachel (m. 53) - 0/20
Raluca - 0/35
Ras Tazie - 0/10
Rina - 7/32
Roevardotter - 24/32
Sara - 0/5
Sarah - 46/50
Sarah c - 0/10
SarahKat - 44/44 - completed!
Sophia - 0/12
Stephanie - 3/15
Suzanne - 0/32
TCampbell - 40/40 - completed!
Teresa - 0/10
Ziggy - 2/12

Goal: get a try to 45 books added in 2020-2021 (read or delist)

COMPLETED

Progress: 45/45

Read 27
Delisted 18
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JANUARY:
1) La verità su Bébé Donge, pg. 170
2) Servo e serva, pg. 300
3) L'uomo duplicato, pg. 272
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FEBRUARY
4) I venti di sabbia, pg. 444
5) Lo smemorato di Tapiola
6) La spiaggia, pg. 384
7) Alabama
8) Il defunto signor Gallet, pg. 157
9) Il club delle vacche grasse, pg. 256
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APRIL
10) The Battered Body
11) Black Beans & Vice
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MAY
12) I provinciali, pg. 439
13) Pian della Tortilla, pg. 263
14) La signora Dalloway, pg. 252
15) Il massacro del Monte Rainier, pg. 336
16) Tornare a casa, pg. 310
17) Morte sul vulcano, pg. 448

JUNE:
18) Il porto delle nebbie
19) Non scrivermi, pg. 432
20) L'ora di tutti, pg. 336
21) L'ispettore Cadavre

JULY:
22) Sotto il vulcano, pg. 408
23) Montagne e nuvole negli occhi, pg. 304
24) Malinverno, pg. 336

AUGUST
25) I testamenti
26) Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, pg 476
27) Il mio anno di riposo e oblio

ALSO, DELISTED:

1) La famiglia Karnowski
2) La principessa d'Irlanda
3) La corona d'inverno
4) Il trono d'autunno
5) Splendor in the Glass
6) Un male necessario
7) Le nere ali del tempo
8) Gli amici silenziosi
9) Piranesi
10) Senza nome
11) Holiday
12) A Killer Plot
13) Murder in the Mystery Suite
14) L'innocenza
15) Life
16) Paris
17) New York
18) I Melrose
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READ

Please put me down for 20 randomly generated books. Thanks!

I am going to do 7 randomly generated books

1. Woman on the Edge - finished Feb. 9
2. The Jane Austen Project - finished March 26
3. Alice - finished May 24
4. The Starless Sea - finished July 15
5. The Apollo Murders - finished August 22
6. How a Woman Becomes a Lake - finished September 30
7. The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life - finished October 25

I'm going to read the 32 prompts

Progress: 32/32

✔️ 1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. Inkheart - Read 4/5/23
✔️ 2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. Daughters of Sparta - Read 1/13/23
✔️ 3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. Blood Memory - Read 11/14/23
✔️ 4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. The Hanging Game - Read 8/6/23
✔️ 5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born. Crocodile on the Sandbank - Read 3/12/23
✔️ 6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR. The Omen - Read 10/3/23
✔️ 7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. All Good People Here - Read 1/24/23
✔️ 8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. Broken Prey - Read 1/27/23
✔️ 9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user. The Other People - Read 2/22/23
✔️ 10. Read a book with a cover you love. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Read 4/19/23
✔️ 11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. The Guncle - Read 3/7/23
✔️ 12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith - Read 7/17/23
✔️ 13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name. The Face on the Milk Carton - Read 6/2/23
✔️ 14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list). Storm Prey - Read 4/7/23
✔️ 15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges. Disappearing Moon Cafe - Read 1/14/23
✔️ 16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it). The Time Traveler's Wife - Read 1/22/23
✔️ 17. Read the book with the least number of ratings. The Last Drop of Hemlock - Read 6/24/23
✔️ 18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it. The Phantom Tollbooth - Read 1/3/23
✔️ 19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf. The Fire and the Ore - Read 1/23/23
✔️ 20. Read a book that you own. Magic Hour - Read 2/20/23
✔️ 21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you. The Boy in the Suitcase - Read 1/6/23
✔️ 22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read. Lord of the Flies - Read 6/6/23
✔️ 23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish. Neverwhere - Read 10/15/23
✔️ 24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. The Children on the Hill - Read 4/20/23
✔️ 25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma - Read 6/8/23
✔️ 26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden - Read 9/27/23
✔️ 27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page. Invisible Murder - Read 1/11/23
✔️ 28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. Verity - Read 5/7/23
✔️ 29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Read 5/16/23
✔️ 30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme (art) Piece by Piece: How I Built My Life - Read 8/17/23
✔️ 31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR. Pachinko - Read 6/15/23
✔️ 32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself. Demon Copperhead - Read 5/3/23

I failed miserably at this challenge in 2022 but I am back again.
For this year, I will read 30 TBRs - some rolled over from last year's TBR Jar and some using the Randomizer function.
My list has 35 books, since many are on my TBR list because I haven't found copies of those books yet.

TBR Jar 2023 Year Long Challenge
Goal: 30 books
I used the Randomizer function to select 35 books from my TBR list - but many are still there because I haven't found those books yet!
22/30
TBR Jar challenge message #8

◻ = randomized pick
⏰️ = book from last year's TBR Jar challenge

✅️ 84, Charing Cross Road
✅️ The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
◻ Alone in the Classroom
◻ The Art of Possibility
✅️ Beyond Belfast: A 560 Mile Journey Across Northern Ireland On Sore Feet
✅️ The Black Book 04 Oct
✅️ The Bourne Identity
◻ The Boy at the Top of the Mountain
✅️ Brooklyn
⏰️ The Carbon Cycle: Crossing the Great Divide
✅️ The Echo Chamber 13 April
✅️ Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
◻ Full Dark House
⏰️ Girl, Woman, Other
✅️ In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
◻ The Island of Missing Trees
✅️ Local Woman Missing
✅️ Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night
◻ The Mistress of Spices
✅️ Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail
⏰️ The Orenda
◻ Plastic: A Toxic Love Story
✅️ The Reader
✅️ Rebecca
✅️ Rock Paper Scissors05 Jan
✅️ Sadness Is a White Bird 02 Oct
⏰️ Signs of Life: To the Ends of the Earth with a Doctor
◻ The Songbook of Benny Lament
◻ Sophia's Secret
✅️ Starlight 19 Mar
◻ These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901
✅️ A Thousand Splendid Suns
✅️ Tomorrow, When the War Began
✅️ A Visit from the Goon Squad
✅️ Watch Me Disappear 10 Jan
⏰️ What Is Left the Daughter
◻ Where There's a Will: Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race Across a Continent
✅️ Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams 12 Feb
⏰️ The Yellow House

I'm in for 44. 12 Random and all the prompts

44/44

1. S.T.A.G.S
2. Cruel Beauty
3. Migrations
4. The Ginger Man
5. The Neil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction
6. Wizard for Hire
7. The Quarry Girls
8. Fairest of All
9. Sea of Rust
10. The Sparrow
11. The Elephant Whisperer
12. The Almost Sisters

Prompts
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
Speaks the Nightbird by Robert McCammon
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
Dance of a Burning Sea by E.J. Mellow
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
The Bone Orchard Mythos Prelude by Jeff Lemire
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
Blue Moon Rising by Simon R. Green
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
Black Powder War by Naomi Novik
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
The Maid by Nita Prose
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
A Children's Bible by Lydia Millet
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
The Opus by Joe Ciampaglio
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
20. Read a book that you own.
Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
Zero Days by Ruth Ware
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
The It Girl by Ruth Ware
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
Space, the Final Frontier: A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune

TBR JAR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023


15/15


1. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.The Golden Compass By Philip Pullman 5/20 5 stars
2. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself : The Severed Thread BY Leslie Vedder 4/18 5 stars
3.Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher: The Only Survivors By Megan Miranda 5/5 4.5 stars
4. Read a book with a cover you love: Her Dark Curiosity By Megan Shepherd 10/29 4 stars
5.Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages: Twisted Lies By Ana Huang 4/29 4 stars

6.Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user :Creep By Jennifer Hillier 5/13 4.5 stars
7. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation:The London Séance Society By Sarah Penner 4/4 4 stars
8Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges: The Writing Retreat By Julia Bartz 3/6 5 stars
9.Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it : Dark Corners By Megan Goldin 8/17 5 stars
10 Read a book that you own: Barbarian Mine By Ruby Dixon 6/1 5 stars
11. Read a book that an IRL : Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read: Ravensong By T.J. Klune 10/2 5 stars
12 Read a book that you feel you "should" read: Beach Read By Emily Henry 5/15 3.5 stars
13 Read a book in your favorite genre or format : Dark Roads By Chevy Stevens 8/11 4.5 stars
14 Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme. : Barbarian's PrizeBy Ruby Dixon 5/29 4 star
15. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book:The Headmaster's List By Melissa de la Cruz ( first book) 3/29 4 stars

I'm in!

Goal: 11
Progress 3/11 (27.27%)

Random
Africa in My Blood - Jane Goodall
Undressing the Moon - T. Greenwood
The Leavers - Lisa Ko
🌍In a Dark, Dark Wood - Ruth Ware
T is for Trespass - Sue Grafton

Prompts:
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. - Take My Hand - Dolen Perkins-Valdez
🌍4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. - Clearing the Clutter for Good Feng Shui - Mary Lambert
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. - Sing Unburied Sing - Jesmyn Ward
10. Read a book with a cover you love. - A Spark of Light - Jodi Picoult
🌍18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it. - Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. - The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah

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I'll sign up for 7 this year, all randomly generated:

7/7

✅1. An Arrow to the Moon
✅2. The Trouble with Hating You
✅3. Luna Caged: Behind the Wall
✅4. Cruel Beauty
✅5. Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
✅6. The Storyteller
✅7. Revenge, Murder in Three Parts

20 random!

1. The Mountain in the Sea 8/27
2. Brideshead Revisited 8/15
3. The Stars Undying 9/30
4. The Forever Summer 4/22
5. Next Year in Havana 2/25
6. Killers of a Certain Age 6/4
7. Elder Race 1/22
8. The Cloisters 9/16
9. The Future Is Yours 2/17
10. Cloud Cuckoo Land 7/22
11. Devil House
12. Fingersmith 9/17
13. Africa Is Not a Country: Notes on a Bright Continent 4/25
14. Chasing the Boogeyman 5/24
15. A Girl Like That 1/8
16. The Eye of the World 12/15
17. The Lake of the Dead 3/11
18. The Darkling Bride 3/26
19. Black Water Sister 5/13
20. Sorrowland 5/20

Completed: 19/20

So last year was a fail in finishing my TBR list...but that's OK. I'm going for 65 this year plus the 35 leftovers...so a total of 100.

30/35 and 38/65

Left from 2022:
1. The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time by Leslie Pockell
2. 13 Days, The Pythagoras Conspiracy by L. A. Starks FINISHED 4/25
3. 13 on Halloween by Laura A. H. Elliott FINISHED 1/25
4. 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Moa Awad FINISHED 4/17
5. The 13th Day of Christmas by Robert Blevins FINISHED 6/16
6. The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy FINISHED 1/30
7. The Captain's Door by Ciara Houghton
8. East and West by Pearl Buck FINISHED 5/21
9. The East End by Jason Allen FINISHED 5/17
10. East of Peculiar by Suzann Ledbetter FINISHED 6/28
11. Easy Bake Coven by Liz Schulte FINISHED 9/11
12. An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris FiNISHED 4/21
13. Fado Alexandrino by Antonio Lobo Antunes
14. Fail Safe by Eugene Brudick FINISHED 7/21
15. Faerie Moon by Matt Mark FINISHED 4/11
16. Fallen by Lauren Kate FINISHED 1/18
17. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher FINISHED 1/7
18. Galveston by Suzanne Morris FINISHED 3/26
19. A Game of Proof by Tim Vicary FINISHED 6/13
20. Game of Scones by Mary Lee Ashford FINISHED 1/22
21. The Glory Box: Pineapple in Winter by Claudine Marcin FINISHED 12/9
22. The Guards by Ken Bruen FINISHED 7/18
23. Half Demon's Revenge by Lina J. Potter FINISHED 9/29
24. Half of What You Hear by Kristyn Kusek Lewis FINISHED 3/20
25. Half the World by Joe Abercrombie FINISHED 6/2
26. Hook and Peter by Doram Jocoby
27. The Lies You Told by Harriet Tyce FINISHED 8/3
28. Lost Days by R. W. Ridley FINISHED 7/4
29. Not Fade Away by Laurence Shames and Peter Barton FINISHED 11/2
30. Salem Falls by Jodi Picolt
31. Stories to Stay Awake By by Alfred Hitchcock FINISHED 2/5
32. Strange Highways by Dean Koontz FINISHED 9/4
33. The Summer I Learned to Dive by Shannon McCrimmon FINISHED 2/23
34. There Will Come a Darkness by Kay Rose Pool FINISHED 1/29
35. Vernon Can Read by Vernon E. Jordan FINISHED 6/9

TBR Books for 2023
1. The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff FINISHED 2/13
2. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer FINISHED 4/14
3. Blood Countess by Lana Popovic FINISHED 5/5
4. The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart FINISHED 12/15
5. Brain Droppings by George Carlin FINISHED 11/2
6. The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner FINISHED 10/16
7. I Am A Girl from Africa by Elizabeh Nyamayaro FINISHED 1/13
8. I Am A Soldier, Too by Rick Bragg FINISHED 3/13
9. I Am C-3PO by Anthony Daniels FINISHED 3/28
10. I Am David by Anne Holm FINISHED 4/21
11. I Am Legend by Richard Matheson FINISHED 11/17
12. I'm A Stranger Here Myself by Bill Bryson FINISHED 3/18
13. Jack Jetstark's Intergalactic Freakshow by Jennifer Lee Rossman FINISHED 1/30
14. Jack Maggs by Peter Carey FINISHED 4/5
15. Jackrabbit Junction Jitters by Ann Charles FINISHED 8/21
16. Kairos by Mechelle Morrison FINISHED 1/19
17. Karina by E. B. Mann FINISHED 6/8
18. L'Abbe C by Georges Bataille FINISHED 2/23
19. L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Vol. 35 by L. Ron Hubbard FINISHED 3/17
20. L. A. Noire: The Collected Stories by Megan Abbot FINISHED 8/4
21. Lacy Eye by Jessica Treadway FINISHED 11/15
22. Lovesickness by Junji Ito FINISHED 6/8
23. MacBeth by Jo Nesbo FINISHED 4/17
24. Machu Picchu: The History and Mystery of the Inca City by Jesse Harosta FINISHED 5/9
25. Maciek's Story by Ian C. P. Irvine FINISHED 4/17
26. Madame Bovery by Gustave Flaubert FINISHED 7/26
27. Mesopo by Eva Dietrich FINISHED 4/9
28. Notes From a Small Island by Bill Bryson FINISHED 7/31
29. The October Country by Ray Bradbury FINISHED 5/23
30. One Two Three by Laurie Frankel FINISHED 9/24
31. The Girl Behind the Red Rope by Ted Dekker FINISHED 12/30
32. The Other Passenger by Louise Candlish FINISHED 7/26 (Originally titled The Other Couple)
33. The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews FINISHED 1/22
34. Step on a Crack by James Patterson FINISHED 1/27
35. Stone Cross by Marc Cameron FINISHED 9/7
36. Tunnel In the Sky by Robert Heinlein FINISHED 6/11
37. The Wild Boys by William S. Burroughs FINISHED 2/2
38. The Zoo At the Edge of the World by Eric Kahn Gail FINISHED 11/7

Hola!
Count me in please! 😉

PROGRESS: 32/32

❎1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. The Invisible Man
❎2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. Tres plumas blancas
❎3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. Lejos de Luisiana (768 pages)
❎4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. The History of Violets (88 pages)
❎5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Decade: '60 / pub. date: 1968)
❎6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR. La amortajada
❎7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. Secret Desires of a Gentleman (3.85)
❎8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. Todo va a mejorar
❎9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user. Confesiones (Evita Lecturitas)
❎10. Read a book with a cover you love.
❎11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
❎12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book. El corazón es un cazador solitario
❎13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name. The Soulmate Equation by Christina Lauren (C. L. = Carmen López)
❎14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list). Midnight's Children
❎15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges. El general en su laberinto
❎16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it). Eleanor Oliphant está perfectamente (1,077,918)
❎17. Read the book with the least number of ratings. Testigo de medianoche (27)
❎18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it. Canto yo y la montaña baila
❎19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf. Un mar violeta oscuro
❎20. Read a book that you own. Persuasion
❎21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you. Los incomprendidos
❎22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read. La fiesta del chivo
❎23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish. Por la parte de Swann
❎24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. Los crímenes de Oxford Mystery
❎25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read. The History of Violets (poetry)
❎26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book. Lo último que me dijo
❎27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page. Love in a Fallen City
❎28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
❎29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation. Truly, Madly
❎30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme. The Penguin Pool Murder (Monthly: This or that?)
❎31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR. Norte y sur (Group)
❎32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself. The Penelopiad

Can't Wait Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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I'll join for 20, please!

I'll join for 5, please and thankyou :)

Progress: 6/5

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. Recitatif
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user. The Monsters in our Shadows
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read. Kindred
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read. The Love Hypothesis
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. The Color Purple
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.

I'm in for 20, please :)

20/20

1. Goodnight from London
2. Silence for the Dead
3. Divine Rivals
4. Storm Echo
5. The Eye of the World
6. Black Sun
7. Half a Soul
8. Victoria
9. Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
10. Migrations
11. The Fairy Bargains of Prospect Hill
12. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
13.The Wishing Game
14. Still Life
15. The Golem and the Jinni
16. A Study in Scarlet Women
17. The Prison Healer
18. A Day of Fallen Night
19. A Fire Endless
20. Wuthering Heights

TBR JAR
January 01 - December 31
Progress: 170/170

One of my goals is to clear out a lot of my TBR pile, so this challenge is perfect! Count me in for 100 books - I'll determine which ones I'll be reading later.

Member Corner Tracking Post

My TBR for this year is a random 10 from my Want to Read stack:

1. Ultimate Power: A Thriller - Stephen Frey - COMPLETED
2. Hiding the Past - Nathan Goodwin - COMPLETED
3. Privileged Information - Stephen White - COMPLETED
4. The Last Victim - Kevin O'Brien - COMPLETED
5. Eight Perfect Murders - Peter Swanson - COMPLETED
6. The Devil Tree - Keith Rommel - COMPLETED
7. Nightwatching - John Zunski - COMPLETED
8. Whispers from the Dead - Karen Hopkins - COMPLETED
9. The Maze - Jason Brannon - COMPLETED
10. Rogue - J.B. Turner - COMPLETED

I will commit to 20, selected by the randomizer (and to be read in any order):

✅1. On the Road by Jack Kerouac - 2/27/23 - 3* - My Review
✅2. Improbable Patriot: The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright Who Saved the American Revolution by Harlow Giles Unger - 2/8/23 - 4* - My Review
✅3. The Strays by Emily Bitto - 2/25/23 - 4* - My Review
✅4. Vox by Christina Dalcher - 1/5/23 - 2* - My Review
✅5. Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates - 4/10/23 - 2* - My Review
✅6. Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion - 7/6/23 - 2* - My Review
✅7. The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson - 4/16/23 - 4* - My Review
✅8. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick - 7/30/23 - 4* - My Review
✅9. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré - 2/20/23 - 3* - My Review
✅10. The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia - 7/23/23 - 4* - My Review
✅11. Solovyov and Larionov by Eugene Vodolazkin - 8/25/23 - 3* - My Review
✅12. All the Names by José Saramago - 8/26/23 - 4* - My Review
✅13. Dalva: A Novel by Jim Harrison- 4/9/23 - 4* - My Review
✅14. Golden State by Ben H. Winters - 7/16/23 - 2* - My Review
✅15. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson - 6/1/23 - 4* - My Review
✅16. The Girl Who Came Home by Hazel Gaynor - 5/16/23 - 3* - My Review
✅17. Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre - 2/16/23 - 4* - My Review
✅18. Augustus by John Williams - 5/12/23 - 4* - My Review
✅19. Solo Faces: A Novel by James Salter - 8/17/23 - 3* - My Review
✅20. Scythe by Neal Shusterman - 7/24/23 - 4* - My Review

Challenge Completed 8/26/23

I'd like to join in again, please.

I'm trying for 12 books again.


12/12 books read

This is my TeaBR jar:



And I'll be the prompt list, drawing a prompt from it each month:
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. -> Spitzweg
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. -> Schuld und Sühne
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. -> Sieben kurze Lektionen über Physik
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. -> The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love. -> Orientreisen: Reportagen aus der Fremde
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. -> What Abigail Did That Summer
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name. -> The October Man (c,b)
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it. -> Die Nebelkrähe
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf. -> A Short History of Queer Women
20. Read a book that you own. -> The Stranger Times
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. -> A Marvellous Light (gaslamp fantasy)
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page. -> Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.

Sign me up for 50 books which I have got Goodreads to generate a random list from my want to read shelf.

50/50-COMPLETED

Books Read
✅1.Not All Princesses Dress in Pink (12/1/23)
✅2.The Guest List (14/1/23)
✅3.A Light in the Attic (15/1/23)
✅4.The First to Die at the End (18/1/23)
✅5.Curious George Goes to the Hospital (29/1/23)
✅6.Silent Snow, Secret Snow (10/2/23)
✅7.The Spanish Love Deception (11/2/23)
✅8.Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (12/2/23)
✅9.Activist (15/2/23)
✅10.The Little House (16/2/23)
✅11.Oh, the Places You'll Go! (28/2/23)
✅12.Tudor Secrets Scandals (8/3/23)
✅13.East London Suffragettes (9/3/23)
✅14.We Were Liars (11/3/23)
✅15.Stephen Hawking (12/3/23)
✅16.The Foot Book (12/3/23)
✅17.Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (17/3/23)
✅18.Caddie Woodlawn (18/3/23)
✅19.D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths (22/3/23)
✅20.A 1960s Childhood: From Thunderbirds to Beatlemania (28/3/23)
✅21.If You Give a Pig a Party (30/3/23)
✅22.Woman Without Shame: Poems (31/3/23)
✅23.If You Give a Mouse a Brownie (31/3/23)
✅24.A Clockwork Orange (2/4/23)
✅25.Madeline and Her Dog (22/4/23)
✅26.Dating Dr. Dil (23/4/23)
✅27.The Boy Who Was (24/4/23)
✅28.The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes on (25/4/23)
✅29.All the Flowers Kneeling (27/4/23)
✅30.Time is a Mother (27/4/23)
✅31.Lady Katherine Knollys: The Unacknowledged Daughter of King Henry VIII (28/4/23)
✅32.Normal Distance (29/4/23)
✅33.The Edge of the Union (29/4/23)
✅34.Any Way the Wind Blows: Simon Snow (2/5/23)
✅35.Banker (8/5/23)
✅36.The Marriage Bureau for Rich People (4/6/23)
✅37.The Trayvon Generation (11/6/23)
✅38.A Color of His Own (15/6/23)
✅39.The Last Princess: The Devoted Life of Queen Victoria's Youngest Daughter (18/6/23)
✅40.19 Love Songs (21/6/23)
✅41.Dark Fairy Tales (30/6/23)
✅42.Doctor Who: The Clockwise Man (2/7/23)
✅43.Eve Green (4/7/23)
✅44.Beast (5/7/23)
✅45.A 1980s Childhood: From He-Man to Shell Suits (6/7/23)
✅46.Beauty's Daughter: The Story of Hermione and Helen of Troy (10/7/23)
✅47.Minn of the Mississippi (2/8/23)
✅48.How High We Go in the Dark (5/8/23)
✅49.My Name Is Lucy Barton (1/10/23)
✅50.Sunny Side Up

I will do twenty books out of the following:

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.

Progress: 8/15

1. Beach Read
2. Beach Season
3. Dying for Strawberries
✔ 4. First Comes Baby...
✔ 5. Freshman Blues
6. Head Over Heels
✔ 7. Heir to the Ranch
✔ 8. Hide in Plain Sight
9. Judgment Calls
✔ 10. The Lady in the Attic
✔ 11. Most Likely to Deceive
12. Not a Happy Family
13. Royal Rescue
✔ 14. Santa Baby
✔ 15. Smoke Screen

20 random generator.
1.The Apparitionists: A Tale of Phantoms, Fraud, Photography, and the Man Who Captured Lincoln's Ghost—finished 1/7
2. A Clash of Kings—finished 4/11
3. The Ghosts of Eden Park: The Bootleg King, the Women Who Pursued Him, and the Murder That Shocked Jazz-Age America
4.Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am—finished 1/15
5.A Storm of Swords
6.Beatleness: How the Beatles and Their Fans Remade the World
7. Heretic Queen: Queen Elizabeth I and the Wars of Religion
8.Ariadne—finished 1/25
9.Beholden
10.The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder
11. Sweet Robin: A Biography of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester 1533-1588
12. Elizabeth, Captive Princess—finished 2/2
13.Young Bess
14. The Survival of Princes in the Tower: Murder, Mystery and Myth
15. The King's Man
16.The Tommyknockers
17.The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything
18.Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry
19.Chivalry in Westeros: The Knightly Code of A Song of Ice and Fire
20. Mr. Darcy's Cipher: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

I'd like to join with 15 books picked by Goodreads. I'll add them as I read them.

Progress: 3/15

1. House of Earth and Blood finished January 26
2. The Ardent Swarm finished February 20
3. When I Was You finished February 26

Aiming for all 32 on this

UPDATE: 32/32

✅1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. Attack of the Teenage Brain: Understanding and Supporting the Weird and Wonderful Adolescent Learner
✅ 2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. Time Is a Mother
✅ 3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. His Hideous Heart
✅4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. Birds
✅ 5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born. Territory of Light
✅ 6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR. White Magic
✅7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. How to Read a Book
✅ 8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea
✅ 9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user. Josee, the Tiger and the Fish
✅10. Read a book with a cover you love. Saga, Book Three
✅11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
✅12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey
✅ 13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name. Lucky Star 1
✅ 14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list). Our Colors
✅15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges. Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend
✅16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1: Dog and Chainsaw
✅17. Read the book with the least number of ratings. Hotaru's Way, Vol. 1
✅18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it. White Horse
✅19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf. Apsara Engine
✅20. Read a book that you own. Wolfpack
✅21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you. The Magic Fish
✅22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read. Enter the Body
✅ 23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish. Tales from la Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology
✅ 24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. Witchy, Volume 1
✅ 25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read. A Delayed Life: The True Story of the Librarian of Auschwitz
✅26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book. Terminal Boredom: Stories
✅27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page. Orochi: The Perfect Edition, Vol. 1
✅28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. The Essex Serpent
✅29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation. Trans+: Love, Sex, Romance, and Being You
✅30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme. Crying in H Mart
✅31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR. The Memory Police
✅32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself. Nothing But Blackened Teeth

TBR JAR CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
10 random

The Quarry Girls
The Hollows
The Good Neighbour
A Man
Scar Tissue
Private Games
Love, Lies and Lemon Cake
Stillhouse Lake
The Good Widow
My Lifey

Put me down for 12 randomly generated books.

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2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. All the Light We Cannot See
7. Read a book with an average rating of 3.8 or highter. The Guest List
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors I Still Dream About You
25 Read a book that's in a form or genre you rarely read. Our Town: A Play in Three Acts
3. Read a book that is over 500 pages. House Rules
5. Read a book that was published the decade you were born. The Great Train Robbery
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges Stir of Echoes
20. Read a book that you own. Holidays on Ice
11. Read a book with an animal or a plant on the cover.

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I plan to read twenty randomly chosen books from my current book inventory.

These were chosen from my book inventory spreadsheet using a random number generator.

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★ 1. The Power of Praying for Your Adult Children, by Stormie Omartian
★ 2. The Little House Collection, by Laura Ingalls Wilder / Currently reading: Farmer Boy
✔ Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder - finished January 31 - ★★★★★ - 238 pages
3. Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914, by Francis Hopinson Smith
4. The Heart of the Mountains, by Pepper D. Basham
5. Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman
6. The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis
7. Stuart Little, by E.B. White
8. Self Worth: Discover Your God-Given Worth, by June Hunt
9. Life Along the Applegate Trail, by Linda D. Lochard
10. Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California, by John C. Fremont
11. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life, by C.S. Lewis
12. Girl Interrupted, by Susanna Kaysen
13. Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary, by W.P. Livingstone
14. While We're Far Apart, by Lynn Austin
15. A Day in the Logging Woods, by Kenneth McCully (not listed at GR yet.)
16. Sarah Winnemucca of the Northern Paiutes, by Gae Whitney Canfield
17. Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson
18. Light of the Western Stars, by Zane Grey
19. What Is the Church?, by R.C. Sproul
20. The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, by Hannah Whitall Smith

I'm doing the 2nd one. Keeping my goal low because I did not do well this year.

Completed: 3

1. Either Side of Midnight - Tori de Clare
2. A Year of Biblical Womanhood - Rachel Held Evans
3. House Rules - Jodi Picoult
4. This is Where I Leave You - Jonathan Tropper
5. In Between - Jenny B. Jones
6. The Dinner - Herman Koch

I can’t wait to start this challenge! My goal is 30 books

I will do 12 books. I will use random wheel picker.

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0/12 Read

Message 11 updated - goal 10 books!

As in years gone by, I will have Goodreads choose 15 random books from my "want to read" and aim to read 12 - one each month.
12/12
COMPLETED 12/15/2023

1. The Change
2. The Confidence of Wildflowers
3. Kisses and Croissants
4. A Far Wilder Magic
5. The Year of Magical Thinking
6. Northanger Abbey
7. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
8. A Curious Beginning
9. Squad
10. Real Friends
11. Darling
12. Gallant
13. All Systems Red
14. The Young Elites
15. The Project

I will do 35 books randomly selected from my To Read list (currently 587 books) as I have done many times in the past.

Chance added December 24, 2021.
If It Bleeds May 16, 2021
Hidden Order July 18, 2018.
Easy Prey October 10, 2020.
A Rising Thunder Feb 12, 2022
The Big Nowhere April 10, 2013
Leviathan Wakes September 5, 2018.
Cross of Iron April 20, 2014
The Warrior's Path Feb 16, 2013
Torpedo Run July 3, 2021
Here Be Dragons Apr 12, 2015
Wild Fire March 24, 2022
Doll August 23, 2020

13/35

Update to Message 42
40/40 Read CHALLENGE COMPLETE

1. Murder at Beechwood READ ★★★★★
2. Yeshiva Girl READ ★★★★★
3. Never Meant to Meet You READ ★★★★
4. The Bookstore Sisters READ ★★★★
5. The Quarry Girls READ ★★★★
6. An Impossible Return READ ★★★★
7. Nature Noir READ ★★★
8. This Place of Wonder READ ★★★★★
9. The Road to Paradise READ ★★★★
10. Q are Cordially Uninvited READ ★★★
11. Unworthy READ ★★★★★
12. The Maid READ ★★★★★
13. How to Stop Time READ ★★★★★
14. Lost Souls READ ★★★★
15. Hide READ ★★★★★
16. Mere Mortals READ ★★★
17. Crying in H Mart READ ★★★★
18. Night READ ★★★★
19. One Italian Summer READ ★★★★
20. Young Mungo READ ★★★
21. Rough Beasts of Empire READ ★★★
22. Losing the Peace READ ★★★★
23. Children of the Storm READ ★★★★
24. The Red King READ ★★★★
25. Paths of Disharmony READ ★★
26. The Last Lie Told READ ★★★
27. Signal Moon READ ★★★★
28. Death at Paradise Palms READ ★★★★★
29. The Light Pirate READ ★★★★
30. The Secret Life of Bees READ ★★★★★
31. Night Road READ ★★★★★
32. Night Angels READ ★★★★
33. Feral READ ★★
34. The Reading List READ ★★★★★
35. Middlesex READ ★★★★★
36. Hokuloa Road READ ★★★
37. The People We Keep READ ★★★★★
38. We Are The Light READ ★★★★★
39. Hidden Pictures READ ★★★★
40. Hester READ ★★★★

I'm gonna read the 32 prompts + 8 randomly generated books

Progress: 26/40

Prompts:
✔1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 7/3
✔2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
The Discomfort of Evening by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld 1/2
✔3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera 12/2
✔4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
فن التخلي by عبدالله ناصر 6/2
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
✔7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus 3/2
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
✔9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
Raft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff 20/1
✔10. Read a book with a cover you love.
My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth 5/1
✔11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
A Light in the Forest by Melissa Payne 1/1
✔12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley 2/1
✔13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy 8/2
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
Le syndrome du spaghetti by Marie Vareille
✔15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
The Songs You've Never Heard by Becky Jerams 29/1
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
✔18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson 6/1
✔19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
Chef's Kiss by T.J. Alexander 18/1
✔20. Read a book that you own.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 6/2
✔21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
Ecstasy 65 Days - In the midst of darkness by Abdulhadi Al-Amshan 4/2
✔22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice 7/1
✔23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover 4/2
✔24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman 5/1
✔25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton 21/1
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
✔28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson 4/1
✔29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple 1/1
✔30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
What the Other Three Don't Know by Spencer Hyde 7/2
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
✔32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.
Matilda by Roald Dahl 22/6

Randomly generated books:
1. Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton 3/1
2. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby 9/2
3. 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet by Pamela Paul 7/2
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Please add me to the challenge. I plan to read 20.
Pop sugar Challenge

* Read a book that was published in spring 2023: The Watchmaker's Daughter: The True Story of World War II Heroine Corrie ten Boom

* Read a book is about an athlete or sport: Us Against You

* Read a book that takes place in one day: They Both Die at the End

* read a book about a vacation: People We Meet on Vacation

* Read a book with mythical creatures: A Dirty Job

* Read a book with the main character's name in the title: Anna Dressed in Blood

* Read a book on a celebrity book club list: Where the Crawdads Sing

* Read a book about a family: Daisy Darker

* Read a book set in the decade you were born: Daisy Jones & The Six

* Read a book with a queer lead: Mad Honey

* Read a book by a first time author: I Fell in Love with Hope

Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge.

1. Read a book with a trans character This Is How It Always Is

7. Listen to an audiobook performed by a person of colour with an author that is a person of colour: Somebody's Daughter
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. Malibu Rising
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. From Scratch
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. Hidden Pictures
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love. The Book of M
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it. 84, Charing Cross Road
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you. The Island
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read Naked.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book. What Lies in the Woods
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation. I'm Glad My Mom Died
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme. Kindred
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself. Desperate Measures

26/20 completed.

id like to join for 5 randomly generated books!

I'd like to sign up for 21 based on the prompts! (but will be using books from my "owned" shelf instead of my TBR because I desperately need to read the books I already have before buying more)

19/21

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - completed 10/31/2023
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year - The Island at the End of the World by Sam Taylor - completed 8/13/2023
3. Read one that is over 500 pages - The Shining by Stephen King - completed 1/8/2023
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson - completed 12/5/2023
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King - completed 1/27/2023
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold - completed 10/2/2023
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead - completed 1/21/2023
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors - The Institute by Stephen King - completed 3/31/2023
10. Read a book with a cover you love - Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff - completed 2/26/2023
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book - The Comedown by Rafael Frumkin - completed 11/25/2023
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name - The Testaments by Margaret Atwood - completed 3/20/2023
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder; read the book that is that same number - The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - completed 12/18/2023
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings - The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald - completed 12/8/2023
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings - Brain Dance: My Journey with Invisible Illness, Second Chances, and the Wonders of Applied Neuroscience by Diane Grimard Wilson - completed 11/28/2023
20. Read a book that you own - Finding Gobi: The True Story of a Little Dog and an Incredible Journey by Dion Leonard - completed 1/11/2023
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish - A World Without You by Beth Revis - completed 12/3/2023
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format - A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay - completed 4/30/2023
26. Sort your TBR by cover; read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title; read a book from the middle page
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot - completed 2/7/2023
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story - Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin - completed 3/21/2023

I will join for 25 books by setting my Want to Read shelf with a random filter:

1. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
2. Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
3. Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn
4. The Serpent and the Pearl by Kate Quinn
5. The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
6. Lady of the Eternal City by Kate Quinn (Empress of Rome Series #4)
7. As Timeless as the Sea by Serenity Woods (Blue Penguin Bay #3)
8. Beard in Waiting by Penny Reid
9. Promise Canyon by Robyn Carr (Virgin River #11)
10. Live by Night by Dennis Lehane (Coughlin #2)
11. Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella
12. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
13. Grey by EL James
14. Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas (Throne of Glass #2)
15. The Tea Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
16. Annabel by Kathleen Winter
17. Every Day by David Levithan
18. The Virgin Cure by Ami McKay
19. Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
20. Down London Road by Samantha Young (On Dublin Street #2)
21. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
22. Tequila Mockingbird: Cocktails with a Literary Twist by Tim Federle
23. To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters
24. Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
25. See Me by Nicolas Sparks

Sign me up for 35 books

Randomly generated prompts by the TBR machine:

1. Read a book with green on the cover -
2. Read a contemporary book
3. Read a hyped book that everyone has been saying is great - A Gentleman in Moscow
4. Read the lowest rated book on your TBR
5. Read a book with yellow on the cover
6. Read a book written for Young Adults
7. Read the book that has been on your TBR the longest
8. Read a book with an ugly cover - Cine l-a omorat pe Palomino Molero?
9. Read a book with a beautiful cover - Podul cu trei arce
10. Read your most recent book purchase Zeul Deşertului
11. Read a debut novel The God of Small Things
12. Read a book with an animal on the cover - Poartă-ți plugul peste oasele morților
13. Read a book with LGBTQIA+ representation - Foundryside
14. Read a book by an New Zealand author - Poartă-ți plugul peste oasele morților
15. Read a book that has a number in the title - Kim Jiyeong, născută în 1982
16. Read a book with a person on the cover - Profesorul și menajera
17. Re-read a book you've read before
18. Read a book with red on the cover
19. Read a book written by an author from a different country than you -
20. Read a book with orange on the cover - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
21. Pick a book off your tbr with your eyes closed
22. Read a book with food on the cover
23. Read a non-fiction book Drumurile mătăsii. O altfel de istorie a lumii
24. Read a book by an author you haven't read anything from before - Ritornela foamei by J.M.G. Le Clézio
25. Read the shortest book on your TBR
26. Read a book that has won an award
27. Read a book that is based on a true story
28. Read a book by an author who is now deceased
29. Read a book released in 2019 - The Dutch House
30. Read a book set in a school or a university
31. Read a book that was released before you were born - The Moonstone
32. Read a book with pink on the cover
33. Read the longest book on your TBR
34. Read a book with a protagonist who is a person of color
35. Read a book written by multiple authors
36. Read a book that you think you will rate 5 stars - Etruscul
37. Read a book with a one-word title
38. Read a sad book
39. Read the next book in a series you have started but not finished
40. Read a thriller book

I would like to join for 30 books under the random generator list!
0/30

Let’s start with 10

I'm planning to read the list:
3) You can use the following tasks and pick a matching book later.

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. Persuasion: The Art of Influencing People

2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.

3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.The Mists of Avalon

4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. Shaman Pathways - Elen of the Ways: British Shamanism - Following the Deer Trods

5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.

6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.

8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.

10. Read a book with a cover you love.

11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.

12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.

13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.

14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have
20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).

15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.

16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).

17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.

18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.

19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.

20. Read a book that you own.

21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.

22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.

23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.

24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.

25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.

26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.

27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.

28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.

29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.

30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.

31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.

32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.