Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Challenge Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2023

For Each Month, read a book that was either:
1. added to TBR in that month (before 2023), OR
2. published in that month (any year)

GOALS for each month will be
12 books in January
11 books in February
10 books in March
...
2 books in November
1 book in December

BUT, if you don't meet your GOAL for that month, the balance will rollover onto the next month & accumulate over the year
Example:
Goal for March is 10.
Read only 7 books
Balance left 3 books being rolled over to April.

So for April, you have to read 9 (April's goal) + 3 (rollover from March) = 12 books. All 12 books should be April's tasks: added to TBR in April (before 2022) and/or published in April (any year).

If there's a balance left in April (ie. say only read 10 books), it is to be rolled over to May, again same guideline.

Notes:

If you're like me, your GR bookshelf is nearly un-manageable to browse for books added in a certain month. To make it easier, I'd recommend that you download your GR library as an excel file and use your filtering options for this.

1. Go to "My Books"
2. Under the heading "Tools", you'll find "Import and export" (scroll down to around mid-page; it's on your left hand side, underneath your shelf list)
3. Click "Export Library" -it may take some time for GR to generate this so just wait a bit
4. When your file is ready, a link will show up under "Export Library" noting "Your export from [date] - [time]". Click this link & save in desired folder when prompted.

Looking at your Excel file:
1. Go to "Data" tab and click, "Filter" (You'll see tabs in each column headers with little triangles)
2. Click on the tab for "Date Added" (Column P)
3. In the Dialog box for "Search (All)", type in the month you're looking at (do NOT use numerical values) & click OK. Your Data will be sorted to show only books added in that month for all years.

Template
January
GOAL: 12
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Read:
Rollover:

February
GOAL: 11 + x Rollover
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Read:
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March
GOAL: 10 + x Rollover
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April
GOAL: 9 + x Rollover
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Read:
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May
GOAL: 8 + x Rollover
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June
GOAL: 7 + x Rollover
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July
GOAL: 6 + x Rollover
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August
GOAL: 5 + x Rollover
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10.
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September
GOAL: 4 + x Rollover
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10.
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October
GOAL: 3 + x Rollover
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9.
10.
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November
GOAL: 2 + x Rollover
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Read:
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December
GOAL: 1 + x Rollover
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5.
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7.
8.
9.
10.
Read:
Rollover:

Amy

Bea

Charity

Christina (AKA Babbling)

Coralie

Dee

Elaine

Jayme

Joanna

Joyce

Kristina Simon

Lagullande

Lyn (Readinghearts)

Meg

Nat

Pat

Rebecca

Rosemary

Susan

Tien

I'll try this again. I did so well last year, lol. But I think I have a better handle on it this time around.

January
GOAL: 12
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2.
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6.
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9.
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Read:
Rollover:

February
GOAL: 11 + x Rollover
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March
GOAL: 10 + x Rollover
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April
GOAL: 9 + x Rollover
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May
GOAL: 8 + x Rollover
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June
GOAL: 7 + x Rollover
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July
GOAL: 6 + x Rollover
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August
GOAL: 5 + x Rollover
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September
GOAL: 4 + x Rollover
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October
GOAL: 3 + x Rollover
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November
GOAL: 2 + x Rollover
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December
GOAL: 1 + x Rollover
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You can do it, Lyn !

Tien wrote: "You can do it, Lyn !"

Keep telling me that!

Yeah, I'm in also. I didn't do well this year. I think I am going to leave December with 6 rollovers uncompleted. Still, it took me awhile to figure this game out and get the hang of it, and then I had a serious several months of reading slump during the summer.

Oh, well. Another year. Another try.

I have 4 books from 2022 January to start off this year that didn't get read last year. Nice.

January
GOAL: 12
1. For Love of Livvy (TBR 1/7/12)
2. Start Shooting (TBR 1/7/12, pub 1/10/12)
3. A Year on Ladybug Farm (pub 1/17/09)
4. The Book of Names (pub 1/2/06)
5. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal (pub 1/17/01)
6. Home Front (pub 1/31/12)
7. The Orphan Master's Son (pub 1/10/12)
8. The Cat Who Smelled a Rat (pub 1/29/01)
9. All the Birds in the Sky (pub 1/26/16)
10. The Rook (pub 1/11/12)
11. Bluebird, Bluebird (TBR 1/8/19)
12. The Widows of Malabar Hill (pub 1/9/18)
Read:
Rollover:

February
GOAL: 11 + x Rollover
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4.
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6.
7.
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Read:
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March
GOAL: 10 + x Rollover
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10.
Read:
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April
GOAL: 9 + x Rollover
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2.
3.
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5.
6.
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8.
9.
Read:
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May
GOAL: 8 + x Rollover
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4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Read:
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June
GOAL: 7 + x Rollover
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5.
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7.
Read:
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July
GOAL: 6 + x Rollover
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August
GOAL: 5 + x Rollover
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September
GOAL: 4 + x Rollover
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October
GOAL: 3 + x Rollover
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Read:
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November
GOAL: 2 + x Rollover
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December
GOAL: 1 + x Rollover
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Read:
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January
GOAL: 12
1. Where the Drowned Girls Go (pub Jan 22)
2. Dragon's Time (pub Jan 11) ✔️
3. Good Neighbors (added Jan 21) ✔️
4. The Unpersuadables: Adventures with the Enemies of Science (pub Jan 13) ✔️
5. The Last Runaway (pub Jan 13) ✔️
6. Afterlife (added Jan 20) ✔️

Read: 5
Rollover: 7

February
GOAL: 11 + 7 Rollover
1. The Liar's Dictionary (added Feb 22) ✔️
2. P is for Pearl (pub Feb 18) ✔️
3. The Palace of Illusions (pub Feb 08) ✔️
4. Hogfather (added Feb 22) ✔️
5. The Daughter of Time (added Feb 20) ✔️
6. Cherry Beach (published Feb 20)✔️
7. Heart Berries (published Feb 18)✔️
8. Instructions for a Heatwave (published Feb 13)✔️
Read: 8
Rollover: 10

March
GOAL: 10 + 10 Rollover
1. Blood of Dragons (published Mar 13)✔️
2. How the Penguins Saved Veronica (published Mar 20)✔️
3. No One Is Talking About This (added Mar 21)✔️
4. Shine your Icy Crown (published Mar 21)✔️
5. The Marriage Portrait (added Mar 22)✔️
Read: 5
Rollover: 15

April
GOAL: 9 + 15 Rollover
1. Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body (pub Apr 16)✔️
2. The Confessions of Frannie Langton (pub Apr 19)✔️
3. Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine (pub Apr 10)✔️
4. The It Girl (added Apr 22)✔️
Read: 4
Rollover: 20

May
GOAL: 8 + 20 Rollover
1. This Time Tomorrow (pub + added May 22)
2. Great Circle (pub May 21)✔️
3. Nimona (pub May 15)✔️
4. Family of Liars (pub May 22)✔️
5. The Shadow of the Wind (pub May 01)✔️
6. This Is Your Mind on Plants (added May 22) ✔️
7. P.S. I Still Love You (pub May 15) ✔️
8. One Hundred Years of Solitude (pub May 67) ✔️
9. The Swan Song of Doctor Malloy (pub May 13) ✔️
10. Starfish (added May 21) ✔️
11. Providence (added May 20) ✔️
12. Exit West (added May 22) ✔️
13. The Murder Rule (pub + added May 22) ✔️
Read:12
Rollover:16

June
GOAL: 7 + 16 Rollover
1.The Perks of Being a Wallflower (added Jun 14)✔️
2.An Anonymous Girl (added Jun 21)✔️
3.The Bay (pub Jun 22)✔️
4.Black and Blue (added Jun 15)✔️
5.Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech (added Jun 22)✔️
6.The Relentless Moon (added Jun 21)✔️
7.The Unsinkable Greta James (added Jun 22)✔️
8.The Things She Owned (added Jun 20)✔️
9.Return to Valetto (pub Jun 23)✔️
10.The Good Wife of Bath (added Jun 21)✔️
Read: 10
Rollover: 13

July
GOAL: 6 + 14 Rollover
1. A Trail Through Time (pub Jul 14)✔️
2. Lock Every Door (pub Jul 19)✔️
3. The Cat and The City (added Jul 20)✔️
4. Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match (Jul 22)✔️
5. There But For The (added Jul 14)✔️
6. Foal's Bread (added Jul 14)✔️
7. The Binding (added Jul 19)✔️
Read: 7
Rollover: 13

August
GOAL: 5 + 13 Rollover
1. Faithful Place (added Aug 22)✔️
2. Limberlost (added Aug 22)✔️
3. Babel: An Arcane History (pub Aug 22)
4. The Hummingbird Effect (pub Aug 23)✔️
5. Room (pub Aug 10)✔️
6. Lemon (pub Aug 19)✔️
7. The Family Upstairs (pub Aug 19)✔️
8. The Bread the Devil Knead (added Aug 22)✔️
9. The Good Daughter (pub Aug 17)✔️
Read: 8
Rollover: 10

September
GOAL: 4 + 10 Rollover
1. Happy Place (added Sep 22)✔️
2. This Devastating Fever (added + pub Sep 22)✔️
3. A Fatal Grace (pub Sep 06)✔️
4. A Single Thread (pub Sep 19)✔️
5. Light from Uncommon Stars (added + pub Sep 21)✔️
6. Wrong Place Wrong Time (added Sep 22)✔️
7. We Two Alone: Stories (pub Sep 20)✔️
8. Mini Shopaholic (pub Sep 10)✔️
9. How to Do Nothing (added Sep 20)✔️
10. The Bus on Thursday (pub Sep 18)✔️
Read: 10
Rollover: 4

October
GOAL: 3 + 4 Rollover
1. The Hired Man (added Oct 14)✔️
2. Landline (added Oct 14)✔️
3. Doing Time (pub Oct 17)✔️
4. In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination (pub Oct 11)✔️
5. Heartstopper: Volume Four (added Oct 21)✔️
6. The Missing Sister (pub Oct 22)✔️
7. Magpie Murders (pub Oct 16)✔️
Read: 7
Rollover: 0

November
GOAL: 2 + 0 Rollover
1. 56 Days (added Nov 21)✔️
2. Foster (added Nov 22)✔️
Read: 2
Rollover: 1

December
GOAL: 1 + 0 Rollover
1. Diary of a Void (pub Dec 20)✔️
Read: 1
Rollover: 0

I missed this last year, but I'll try it for this year.

Completed: 77/78

January
GOAL: 12
✅ 1. The Pisces (added Jan 2022) - 1/17/23
✅ 2. Olga Dies Dreaming (pub. Jan. 2022) - 1/17/23
✅ 3. The Children's Blizzard (pub. Jan. 2021) - 1/3/22
✅ 4. The Fates Will Find Their Way (pub. Jan. 2011) - 1/22/23

Read: 4
Rollover: 8

February
GOAL: 11 + 8 Rollover
✅ 1. We Were Kings (pub Feb. 2022) - 2/6/23
✅ 2. Hamnet (added Feb. 2022) - 2/7/23
✅ 3. Swimming in the Dark (pub Feb. 2020) - 2/25/23
✅ 4. Gone Girl (added Feb. 2016) - 2/27/23
✅ 5. Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical (added Feb. 2016) - 2/6/23
✅ 6. The Grace of Kings (added Feb. 2022) - 2/17/23
✅ 7. Rush (pub. Feb. 2013) - 2/13/23
✅ 8. Misbehaving (pub. Feb. 2014) - 2/19/23
✅ 9. Illicit (pub Feb. 2013) - 2/27/23

Read: 9
Rollover: 10

March
GOAL: 10 + 10 Rollover
✅ 1. The Cyberiad (added Mar 2011) - 3/7/23
✅ 2. Fluke (added Mar 2016) - 3/9/23
✅ 3. Sleeping in Flame (added Mar 2010) - 3/15/23
✅ 4. Perdido Street Station (pub Mar 2000) - 3/22/23
✅ 5. All Seated on the Ground (added Mar 2020) - 3/24/23
✅ 6. The House in the Cerulean Sea (pub Mar 2022) - 3/30/23
✅ 7. Lessons in Chemistry (pub Mar 2022) - 3/31/23
✅ 8. The Elephant Vanishes (pub Mar 1993) - 3/19/23
✅ 9. Fever (pub. Mar. 2013) - 3/31/23
✅ 10. The Murders of Molly Southbourne (added Mar. 2022) - 3/28/23
✅ 11. Timebound (added Mar. 2020) - 3/26/23

Read: 11
Rollover: 9

April
GOAL: 9 + 9 Rollover
✅ 1. Sea of Tranquility (pub. Apr 2022) - 4/6/23
✅ 2. Mother Dear (added Apr. 2022) - 4/1/23
✅ 3. Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird (added Apr. 2009) - 4/16/23
✅ 4. Crows & Cards (pub. Apr. 2009) - 4/11/23
✅ 5. Sag Harbor (pub. Apr. 2009) - 4/4/23
✅ 6. Time's Echo (pub. Apr. 2014) - 4/5/23
✅ 7. A Girl's Story (pub. Apr. 2016) - 4/13/23
✅ 8. The First Mrs. Rothschild (added Apr. 2020) - 4/27/23
Read: 8
Rollover: 10

May
GOAL: 8 + 10 Rollover
✅ 1. The Anatomy of Jane (pub. May 2016) - 5/2/23
✅ 2. Darling Discovered: A True Story of Submission (pub. May 2016) - 5/17/23
✅ 3. The Wishbones (pub. May 1997) - 5/30/23
✅ 4. Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America (pub. May 2004) - 5/30/23
✅ 5. Soulless (added May 2012) - 5/23/23
✅ 6. Nightswimming (pub. May 2012) - 5/12/23
✅ 7. The Last Colony (added May 2021) - 5/23/23
✅ 8. Remarkably Bright Creatures (pub May 2022) - 5/16/23
Read: 8
Rollover: 10

June
GOAL: 7 + 10 Rollover
✅ 1. Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas (pub. June 2001) - 6/8/23
✅ 2. Exhalation (added June 2020) - 6/1/23
✅ 3. Dark Age (added June 2022) - 6/16/23
✅ 4. Caliban's War (pub June 2012) - 6/24/23
✅ 5. Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (pub June 1990) - 6/30/23
✅ 6. The Chateau (pub June 2018) - 6/30/23
✅ 7. I Will Not Beg (pub June 2019) - 6/9/23
✅ 8. Stealing His Thunder (pub June 2016) - 6/18/23
✅ 9. The Metronome (pub June 2012) - 6/5/23
Read: 9
Rollover: 8

July
GOAL: 6 + 8 Rollover
✅ 1. Signs Preceding the End of the World (added July 2020)
✅ 2. After I Do (pub July 2014) - 7/9/23
3. The Russian Debutante's Handbook (added July 2008) - DNF
✅ 3. Web of Desire (pub July 1993) - 7/4/23
✅ 4. Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants (pub July 2002) - 7/27/23
✅ 5. Exit West (added July 2020) - 7/17/23
✅ 6. In Mercy, Rain (pub July 2022) - 7/5/23
Read: 6
Rollover: 8

August
GOAL: 5 + 8 Rollover
✅ 1. Purity in Death (pub. Aug. 2002) - 8/17/23
✅ 2. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (pub. Aug. 2007) - 8/20/23
✅ 3. Foxglove Summer (added Aug. 2020) - 8/28/23
✅ 4. If Cats Disappeared from the World (pub Aug. 2012) - 8/30/23
✅ 5. Burn (pub. Aug. 2013) - 8/19/23
✅ 6. Ghostwritten (pub. Aug. 1999) - 8/25/23
✅ 7. Bad Feminist: Essays (pub. Aug. 2014) - 8/31/23
✅ 8. It Ends with Us (pub. Aug. 2016) - 8/11/23
Read: 8
Rollover: 5

September
GOAL: 4 + 5 Rollover
✅ 1. An Abundance of Katherines (pub Sept. 2006) - 9/24/23
✅ 2. Galveston (added Sept. 2011) - 9/13/23
✅ 3. Heaven (pub Sept 2009) - 9/30/23
✅ 4. The Keeper of Lost Causes (pub Sept 2007) - 9/6/23
✅ 5. The City of Ember (added Sept 2010) - 9/3/23
✅ 6. The Teacher's Pet (pub Sept 2014) - 9/8/23
✅ 7. I'll Give You the Sun (pub. Spet. 2014) - 9/10/23
✅ 8. Less Is Lost (pub Sept. 2022) - 9/17/23
✅ 9. The Love Hypothesis (pub Sept 2021) - 9/21/23
Read: 9
Rollover: 0 (huzzah!)

October
GOAL: 3 + 0 Rollover
✅ 1. The Kingdom of Gods (pub. Oct. 2011) - 10/12/23
✅ 2. Murder at the Vicarage (pub. Oct. 1930) - 10/22/23
✅ 3. Skeleton Song (pub. Oct. 2022) - 10/13/23
Read: 3
Rollover: 0

November
GOAL: 2 + x Rollover
✅ 1. Last Night at the Lobster
✅ 2. Rectified
Read: 2
Rollover: 0

December
GOAL: 1 + x Rollover
1.
Read:
Rollover:

I will go for it again! And I plan to read more in the earlier months. I have 12 books planned for January - I just have to read them!

January
GOAL: 12
✔ 1. The Diviners by Margaret Laurence, read 3 Jan 23, added 20 Jan 22
✔ 2. Deep Work by Cal Newport, read 5 Jan 23, published Jan 2016
✔ 3. A Silent Death by Peter May, read 7 Jan 23, published Jan 2020
✔ 4. The Recognitions by William Gaddis, read 10 Jan 23, added 18 Jan 22
✔ 5. Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto, read 17 Jan 23, added 18 Jan 22
✔ 6. Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery, read 17 Jan 23, pub Jan 1909
✔ 7. Striding Folly by Dorothy L. Sayers, read 17 Jan 23, added 18 Jan 11
✔ 8. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, read 27 Jan 23, pub Jan 2016
✔ 9. A Meditation on Murder by Robert Thorogood, read 28 Jan 23, pub Jan 2015
✔ 10. Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer, read 30 Jan 23, pub Jan 2013
✔ 11. Other Half by Jordan Castillo Price, read 31 Jan 23, added 15 Jan 21
Read: 11
Rollover: 1

February
GOAL: 11 + 1 Rollover
✔ 1. The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle, read 1 Feb 23, pub Feb 1890
✔ 2. The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, read 4 Feb 23, pub Feb 1905
✔ 3. The Clicking of Cuthbert by P.G. Wodehouse, read 9 Feb 23, pub Feb 1922
✔ 4. The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle, read 12 Feb 23, pub Feb 1915
✔ 5. The Lantern Men by Elly Griffiths, read 13 Feb 23, pub Feb 2020
✔ 6. The Case of the Murdered Muckraker by Carola Dunn, read 19 Feb 23, pub Feb 2002
✔ 7. The Harpole Report by J.L. Carr, read 22 Feb 23, added 2 Feb 22
✔ 8. Lessons in Desire by Charlie Cochrane, read 22 Feb 23, pub Feb 2009
✔ 9. The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz, 28 Feb 23, pub Feb 23
Read: 9
Rollover: 3

March
GOAL: 10 + 3 Rollover
✔ 1. His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle, read 4 Mar 23, added 10 Mar 22
✔ 2. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, read 5 Mar 23, added 10 Mar 22
✔ 3. The Room of Lost Things by Stella Duffy, read 11 Mar 23, pub Mar 2008
✔ 4. The Obesity Code by Jason Fung, read 13 Mar 23, pub Mar 2016
✔ 5. Wild by Cheryl Strayed, read 18 Mar 23, pub Mar 2012
✔ 6. The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward, read 20 Mar 23, pub Mar 2022
✔ 7. A Death in Tokyo by Keigo Higashino, read 20 Mar 23, pub Mar 2011
✔ 8. Are You Dave Gorman? by Dave Gorman & Danny Wallace, read 21 Mar 22, added 21 Mar 18
✔ 9. Uneasy Money by P.G. Wodehouse, read 23 Mar 23, pub Mar 1916
✔ 10. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, read 26 Mar 23, pub Mar 2022
✔ 11. Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier, read 28 Mar 23, added 5 Mar 16
Read: 11
Rollover: 2

April
GOAL: 9 + 2 Rollover
✔ 1. The Girl on the Boat by P.G. Wodehouse, read 1 Apr 23, pub Apr 1922
✔ 2. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel, read 2 Apr 23, pub Apr 2022
✔ 3. Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells, read 2 Apr 23, pub Apr 2021
✔ 4. The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham, read 3 Apr 23, pub Apr 1929
✔ 5.Inspector French and the Crime at Guildford by Freeman Wills Crofts, read 11 Apr 23, added 17 Apr 22
✔ 6. Pusher by Ed McBain, read 15 Apr 23, added 12 Apr 21
✔ 7. Engleby by Sebastian Faulks, read 20 Apr 23, added 20 Apr 17
✔ 8. Banker by Dick Francis, read 21 Apr 23, added 12 Apr 21
✔ 9. The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard, read 28 Apr 23, added 24 Apr 21
✔ 10. Dead Simple by Peter James, read 29 Apr 23, added 3 Apr 21
Read: 10
Rollover: 1

May
GOAL: 8 + 1 Rollover
✔ 1. Coffin And The Paper Man by Gwendoline Butler, read 1 May 23, pub May 1991
✔ 2. Lessons in Discovery by Charlie Cochrane, read 1 May 23, added 20 May 18
✔ 3. The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry, read 8 May 23, pub May 2016
✔ 4. Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels, read 11 May 23, pub May 1996
✔ 5. Martyn Pig by Kevin Brooks, read 13 May 23, pub May 2002
✔ 6. The Queen by Andrew Morton, read 14 May 23, pub May 2022
✔ 7. The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, read 26 May 23, pub May 2006
✔ 8. Network Effect by Martha Wells, read 27 May 23, pub May 2020
✔ 9. Mr Finchley Discovers His England by Victor Canning, read 30 May 23, added 23 May 22
Read: 9
Rollover: 0

June
GOAL: 7 + 0 Rollover
✔ 1. The Living and the Dead by Patrick White, read 2 June 23, added 26 June 2022
✔ 2. The Alchemist's Apprentice by Kate Thompson, read 6 June 23, added 11 June 2017
✔ 3. The Bookseller's Tale by Ann Swinfen, read 16 June 23, pub June 2016
✔ 4. The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths, read 18 Jun 23, pub June 2022
✔ 5. Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor, read 25 Jun 23, pub June 2013
✔ 6. A Note of Madness by Tabitha Suzuma, read 27 Jun 23, added 12 Jun 17
✔ 7. Tell No One by Harlan Coben, read 29 Jun 23, pub June 2001
Read: 7
Rollover: 0

July
GOAL: 6 + 0 Rollover
✔ 1. Love Lies Bleeding by Edmund Crispin, read 13 Jul 23, added 31 Jul 22
✔ 2. The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga, read 19 Jul 23, added 6 Jul 18
✔ 3. The Snow Goose and The Small Miracle by Paul Gallico, read 20 Jul 23, added 25 Jul 22
✔ 4. Ancestry by Simon Mawer, read 31 Jul 23, pub Jul 2022
✔ 5. Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard, 31 Jul 23, added 2 Jul 21
Read: 5
Rollover: 1

August
GOAL: 5 + 1 Rollover
✔ 1. Blacklands by Belinda Bauer, read 8 Aug 23, added 29 Aug 21
✔ 2. The Abbot's Agreement by Melvin R. Starr, read 9 Aug 23, pub Aug 2014
✔ 3. Heartstone by C.J. Sansom, read 14 Aug 23, added 29 Aug 21
✔ 4. Bad Day at the Vulture Club by Vaseem Khan, read 31 Aug 23, pub Aug 19
Read: 4
Rollover: 2

September
GOAL: 4 + 2 Rollover
✔ 1. Malice by Keigo Higashino, read 9 Sept 23, pub Sept 1996
✔ 2. Think Least of Death by Steven Nadler, read 14 Sep 23, pub Sep 2020
✔ 3. Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd, read 22 Sep 23, pub Sep 2018
✔ 4. Lamentation by C.J. Sansom, read 27 Sep 23, added 7 Sep 2019
✔ 5. Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Maturin, read 28 Sep 23, added 21 Sep 2021
Read: 5
Rollover: 1

October
GOAL: 3 + 1 Rollover
✔ 1. A Long Way from Verona by Jane Gardam, read 3 Oct 23, added 6 Oct 17
✔ 2. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, read 8 Oct 23, pub Oct 2022
✔ 3. Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman by Alan Rickman, read 24 Oct 23, pub Oct 22
Read: 3
Rollover: 1

November
GOAL: 2 + 1 Rollover
✔ 1. Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, read 6 Nov 23, added 25 Nov 22
✔ 2. Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope, read 7 Nov 23, added 28 Nov 22
✔ 3. Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo, read 13 Nov 23, added 27 Nov 22
Read: 3
Rollover: 0

December
GOAL: 1 + 0 Rollover
✔ 1. Mystery Mile by Margery Allingham, read 9 Dec 23, added 27 Dec 22
Read: 1
Rollover: 0, finished!

DONE!!

January
GOAL: 12
1. Thirteen (published Jan 25, 2018) - Completed 1/3/23
2. Silent Witness (published Jan 08, 2019) - Completed 1/6/23
3. The Memory of Light (published Jan 26, 2016) - Completed 1/10/23
4. If I Tell You the Truth (published Jan 19, 2021) - Completed 1/8/23
5. No Land to Light On (published Jan 4, 2022) - Completed 1/10/23
6. The Overnight Guest (published Jan 25, 2022) - Completed 1/7/23

Read: 6
Rollover: 6

February
GOAL: 11 + 6 Rollover
1. With Love from London (published Feb 08, 2022) - Completed 2/12/23
2. The Match (added to TBR on Feb 08, 2022) - Completed 2/7/23
3. This Bitter Earth (published Feb 1, 2002 - Completed 2/14/23
4. Blood Men (published Feb 10, 2010) - Completed 2/12/23
5. The Cove (published Feb 22, 2012) - Completed 2/10/23
6. Stay Awake (added to TBR on Feb 08, 2022) - Completed 2/8/23
7. Storm and Fury (added to TBR on Feb 15, 2022) - Completed 2/11/23
8. A Stranger in Town (published Feb 2, 2021) - Completed 2/7/23
9. Cold Hard Truth (published Feb 25, 2022) - Completed 2/8/23
10. The Silent Sisters (published Feb 22, 2022) - Completed 2/9/23
11. My Wife is Missing (added to TBR on Feb 8, 2022) - Completed 2/17/23
12. Vanishing Girls (added to TBR on Feb 7, 2021) - Completed 2/22/23
13. Unmissing (published Feb 15, 2022) - Completed 2/22/23
14. When I Was You (published Feb 1, 2020) - Completed 2/23/23
15. The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls - Completed 2/26/23
16. These Deadly Games (published Feb 1, 2022) - Completed 2/28/23

Read: 16
Rollover: 1

March
GOAL: 10 + 1 Rollover
1. Fid's Crusade (published Mar 23, 2018) - Completed 3/26/23
2. The Kaiju Preservation Society (published Mar 15, 2022) - Completed 3/31/23
3. The Patient's Secret (published Mar 8, 2022) - Completed 3/14/23
4. Dark Saturday (published Mar 25, 2016) - Completed 3/11/23
5. The Hiding Place (published Mar 30, 2021) - Completed 3/16/23
6. Between Black and White (published Mar 15, 2016) - Completed 3/12/23
7. The Whole Body Reset: Your Weight-Loss Plan for a Flat Belly, Optimum Health & a Body You'll Love at Midlife and Beyond (published Mar 1, 2022) - Completed 3/4/23
8. Sudden Death (published Mar 24, 2009) - Completed 3/9/23
9. Blown Away (added Mar 12, 2013) - Completed 3/5/23
10. One Last Unveil (published Mar 1, 2022) - Completed 3/21/23
11. All That Is Mine I Carry with Me (published Mar 7, 2023) - Completed 3/27/23

Read: 11
Rollover: 0

April
GOAL: 9 + 0 Rollover
1. Five Little Indians (published Apr 14, 2020) - Completed 4/15/23
2. Hard Hit (published Apr 25, 2019) - Completed 4/8/23
3. Scarlet Carnation (published Apr 1, 2022) - Completed 4/9/23
4. The Housemaid (published Apr 26, 2022) - Completed 4/17/23
5. The Dead List (published Apr 25, 2017) - Completed 4/12/23
6. Four Treasures of the Sky (published Apr 5, 2022) - Completed 4/19/23
7. Devil's Bargain (published Apr 22, 2019) - Completed 4/18/23
8. The Murder Rule (added Apr 18, 2022) - Completed 4/22/23

Read: 8
Rollover: 1

May
GOAL: 8 + 1 Rollover
1. Just After Midnight (added May 23, 2019) - Completed 5/6/23
2. What Makes Us (added May 20, 2021) - Completed 5/13/23
3. Project Hail Mary (published May 4, 2021) - Completed 5/27/23
4. Carrie Soto Is Back (added May 21, 2022) - Completed 5/11/23
5. The Inside Ring (published May 3, 2005) - Completed 5/8/23
6. Before You Knew My Name (published May 4, 2021) - Completed 5/4/23
7. West with Giraffes (added May 26, 2022) - Completed 5/21/23
8. The Winners (added May 14, 2022) - Completed 5/19/23
9. Keep This to Yourself (published May 21, 2019) - Completed 5/10/23
10. The Secret To Superhuman Strength (published May 4, 2021) - Completed 5/23/23

Read: 10
Rollover: 0

June
GOAL: 7 + 0 Rollover
1. All the Sinners Bleed (published Jun 6, 2023) - Completed 6/21/23
2. Nightcrawling (published Jun 7, 2022) - Completed 6/10/23
3. The German Wife (published Jun 28, 2022) - Completed 6/9/23
4. Aurora (published Jun 7, 2022) -Completed 6/7/23
5. The Testing (published Jun 4, 2013) - Completed 6/3/23
6. More Happy Than Not (published Jun 2, 2015) - Completed 6/4/23
7. Finding Me (added Jun 20, 2022) - Completed 6/19/23
8. Girl, Forgotten (added Jun 23, 2022) - Completed 6/16/23

Read: 8
Rollover: 0

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

Read: 7
Rollover: 0

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

Read: 4
Rollover: 1

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

Read: 3
Rollover: 2

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

Read: 5
Rollover: 0

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

Read: 1
Rollover: 1

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

Read: 2
Rollover: 0

Like Seriously Serial, I don't think this is a challenge I'm really likely to finish, but what the heck, here we go....

January
GOAL: 12
1. Chasing the King of Hearts (pub Jan 2006) 3/1/23
2. Murder on the Orient Express (pub Jan 1934) 8/1/23
3. In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom (shelved Jan 2016) 15/1/23
4. Urn Burial (pub Jan 1996) 22/1/23
5. Aranyak: Of the Forest (shelved Jan 2018) 25/1/23
6. Verdict of Twelve (shelved Jan 2021) 26/1/23
7. Crooked House (shelved Jan 2022) 31/1/23
8. The Melody (shelved Jan 2018) 31/1/23
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I'm in
January 1-December 2023
January
GOAL: 12
1.The Murder on the Links completed 01/2/23
2. Attachments completed 01/7/23
3. The Gates of Sleep 1/24/23
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February
GOAL: 11 + 9 Rollover
1.Moon Called 2/4/23
2. Eye Spy 2/6/23
3. Dead in the Family 2/12/23
4. I, Alex Cross 2/22/23
5. Dead Reckoning completed 2/27/23
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Read: 5
Rollover: 7

March
GOAL: 10 + 7 Rollover
1.Blood Bound completed 3/10/23
2. Before We Were Yours 3/13/23
3. Dead Until Dark 3/30/23
4. Iron Kissed 3/23/23
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Rollover: 8

April
GOAL: 9 + 8 Rollover
1. Living Dead in Dallas completed 4/3/23
2. The Joy Luck Club 4/11/23
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May
GOAL: 8 + 7 Rollover
1.By the Sword
Completed 05/2/23
2. Fiddler Fair 5/10/23
3.Silver Borne completed 5/17/23
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June
GOAL: 7 + 12 Rollover
1. Club Dead completed 06/1/23
2. A Scandal in Battersea 06/3/23
3. Three to Get Deadly 06/9/23
4. The Book of Two Ways 06/20/23
5. Dead to the World 06/25/23
6. The Hills Have Spies 06/30/23
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Rollover: 13

July
GOAL: 6 + 13 Rollover
1. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban completed 07/6/23
2. The Freedom Writers Diaryby Erin Gruwell completed 07/10/23
3. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstoreby Robin Sloan completed 07/17/23
4. High Five by Janet Evanovich completed 07/21/23
5. Four to Score completed 07/28/23
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Rollover: 7

August
GOAL: 5 + 7 Rollover
1.Acorna's World completed 08/8/23
2. Hot Six completed 08/11/23
3. Reserved for the Cat completed 08/15/23
4. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
completed 08/20/23
5 Magic's Pawn completed 08/26/23
6. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Completed 08/30/23
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Rollover: 6

September
GOAL: 4 + 6 Rollover
1. Dead to the World completed 09/9/23
2. Acorna's Search completed 09/14/23
3. Acorna's Rebels completed 09/18/23
4. Magic's Promise 09/25/23
5. Acorna's Triumph 09/30/23
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October
GOAL: 3 + 5Rollover
1.Phoenix and Ashes completed 10/7/23
2 The Roommate
Completed 10/14/23
3. The Tuesday Club Murders completed 10/18/23
4. Take a Thief 10/21/23
5. Magic's Price 10/28/23
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November
GOAL: 2 + 3 Rollover
1. Arrows of the Queen completed 11/4/23
2. The Fairy Godmother completed 11/11/23
3.Arrow's Flightcompleted 11/18/23
4.Beach Read completed 11/30/23
5.Dead to the World completed 11/21/23
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December
GOAL: 1 + 0 Rollover
1.Pink Lemonade Cake Murder completed 12/1/23
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January
GOAL: 12
✅ 1. The Light of the World (added Jan 8 '18) 1/2
✅ 2. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (added Jan 8 '18) 1/3
✅ 3. The Keeper of Lost Causes (added Jan 28 '22) 1/3
✅ 4. The Paradox Hotel (added Jan 28 '22) 1/4
✅ 5. A Girl Like That (added Jan 7 '18) 1/8
✅ 6. The Power (added Jan 8 '18) 1/11
✅ 7. The White Card: A Play (added Jan 2 '19) 1/12
✅ 8. Duel with the Devil: The True Story of How Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Teamed Up to Take on America's First Sensational Murder Mystery (pub Jan 1 '13) 1/13
✅ 9. Bless Me, Ultima (added Jan 8 '18) 1/14
✅ 10. Keturah and Lord Death (added Jan 31 '21) 1/15
✅ 11. I Love a Broad Margin to My Life (pub Jan 18 '11) 1/18
✅ 12. The Fever (pub Jan 1990) 1/20
Read: 12/12
Rollover: 0

February
GOAL: 11
✅ 1. Heart Berries (pub Feb 6 '18) 2/4
✅ 2. The Verifiers (pub Feb 22 '22) 2/8
✅ 3. Invisible Planets: Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation (added Feb 18 '22) 2/9
✅ 4. The Memory Theater (pub Feb 16 '21) 2/12
✅ 5. The Wandering Fire (added Feb 3 '22) 2/16
✅ 6. The Future Is Yours (pub Feb 9 '21) 2/17
✅ 7. Blindsighted (added Feb 6 '22) 2/18
✅ 8. Honor Bound (pub Feb 19 '19) 2/22
✅ 9. Lovecraft Country (pub Feb 16 '16) 2/22
✅ 10. Next Year in Havana (pub Feb 6 '18) 2/25
✅ 11. The Boatman's Daughter (added Feb 29 '20) 2/26
Read: 11/11
Rollover: 0

March:
GOAL: 10
✅ 1. All the Horses of Iceland (pub March 1 '22) 3/2
✅ 2. Mona (pub March 1 '19) 3/5
✅ 3. The Cybernetic Tea Shop (pub March 16 '16) 3/6
✅ 4. The Lake of the Dead (added March 14 '22) 3/11
✅ 5. Half a Soul (pub March 29 '20) 3/12
✅ 6. Hide (added March 14 '22) 3/19
✅ 7. Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet (pub March '22) 3/20
✅ 8. The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories: A Collection of Chinese Science Fiction and Fantasy in Translation from a Visionary Team of Female and Nonbinary Creators (pub March 8 '22) 3/25
✅ 9. The Darkling Bride (pub March 6 '18) 3/26
✅ 10. The Hole (pub March 23 '16) 3/26
Read: 10/10

April:
GOAL: 9
✅ 1. Puzzle for Fools (added Apr 6 '22) 4/3
✅ 2. Spear (pub Apr 19 '22) 4/8
✅ 3. Easy Beauty (pub Apr 5 '22) 4/11
✅ 4. American War (pub Apr 4 '17) 4/14
✅ 5. The Female Man (added Apr 17 '22) 4/14
✅ 6. The Forever Summer (pub April 25 '17) 4/22
✅ 7. The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography (pub Apr 5 '18) 4/22
✅ 8. Africa is not a Country (pub April 7 '22) 4/25
✅ 9. The Forest of Stolen Girls (pub Apr 20 '21) 4/25
Read: 9/9

May:
GOAL: 8
✅ 1. The Stranger (pub May 19 '42) 5/10
✅ 2. Pastoral Song: A Farmer’s Journey (added May 7 '22) 5/11
✅ 3. The Old Woman with the Knife (added May 17 '22) 5/11
✅ 4. Black Water Sister (pub May 11 '21) 5/13
✅ 5. In the Dark (added May 7 '21) 5/14
✅ 6. Sorrowland (pub May 4 '21) 5/20
✅ 7. Pachinko (added May 10 '18) 5/22
✅ 8. The Wrath and the Dawn (pub May 12 '15) 5/25
Read: 8/8

June:
GOAL: 7
✅ 1. Hither, Page (pub June 7 '19) 6/3
✅ 2. The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir (pub June 2 '20) 6/13
✅ 3. Counterfeit (pub June 7 '22) 6/16
✅ 4. The Book of Lost Things (added June 15 '18) 6/20
✅ 5. You're Invited (added June 9 '22) 6/21
✅ 6. Crazy Rich Asians (pub June 11 '13) 6/28
✅ 7. The Jane Austen Society (added June 22 '20) 6/29
Read: 7/7

July:
✅ 1. Providence (added Jul 12 '21) 7/10
✅ 2. Deathless (added Jul 31 '21) 7/12
✅ 3. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore (added Jul 11 '19) 7/20
✅ 4. Leech (added Jul 11 '22) 7/21
✅ 5. The Sleepless (added Jul 11 '22) 7/25
✅ 6. Cloud Cuckoo Land (added July 31 '21) 7/22
Read: 6/6

Aug:
✅ 1. Liberation Day (added Aug 17 '22) 8/8
✅ 2. Brideshead Revisited (added Aug 26 '22) 8/15
✅ 3. The Darkest Corners (added Aug 7 '21) 8/20
✅ 4. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida (pub Aug 4 '22) 8/23
✅ 5. Assassin's Quest (added Aug 25 '21) 8/26
Read: 5/5

Sept:
✅ 1. Fingersmith (added Sept 23 '18) 9/17
✅ 2. The Bone Shard Emperor (added Sept 25 '22) 9/17
✅ 3. Mary (added Sept 28 '22) 9/26
✅ 4. The Stars Undying (added Sept 8 '22) 9/30
Read: 4/4

Oct:
✅ 1. Ringworld (pub Oct 1 1970) 10/15
✅ 2. The Fisherman (added Oct 8 '21) 10/14
✅ 3. The Honjin Murders (added Oct 5 '22) 10/18
Read: 3/3

Nov:
✅ 1. Keeper of Enchanted Rooms (pub Nov 1 '22) 11/4
✅ 2. The Darkest Road (pub Nov 1986) 11/19
Read: 2/2

Dec:
✅ 1. Mirage (added Dec 11 '18) 12/16
Read: 1/1

By The Month... (2023)

January
GOAL: 12

✓1. Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce (TBR Jan 2, 2021) Read: 1/2/23
✓ 2. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (pub Jan 31, 1963) Read: 1/3/23
✓ 3. Kisscut by Karin Slaughter (TBR Jan 31, 2013) Read: 1/5/23
✓ 4. Impulse by Ellen Hopkins (pub Jan 23, 2007) Read: 1/7/23
✓ 5. Amazonia by James Rollins (TBR Jan 6, 2011) Read: 1/8/23
✓ 6. Arsenic and Old Books by Miranda James (pub Jan 15, 2015) Read: 1/12/23
✓ 7. The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver (pub Jan 3, 1997) Read: 1/11/23
✓ 8. A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter (TBR Jan 31, 2013) Read: 1/14/23
✓ 9. Blackout by Connie Willis (pub Jan 28, 2010) Read: 1/20/23
✓ 10. Killman Creek by Rachel Caine (TBR Jan 22, 2020) Read: 1/23/23
✓ 11. Sovereign by April Daniels (TBR Jan 8, 2021) Read: 1/25/23
✓ 12. I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen (TBR Jan 23, 2022) Read: 1/26/23
Read: 12/12
Rollover: 0

February
GOAL: 11 + 0 Rollover
✓ 1. Step on a Crack by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge (pub Feb 6, 2007) Read: 2/5/23
✓ 2. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (pub Feb 5, 2013) Read: 2/12/23
✓ 3. The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin (TBR Feb 26, 2013) Read: 2/15/23
✓ 4. Run for Your Life by James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge (pub Feb 2, 2009) Read: 2/21/23
✓ 5. Forbidden City by James Ponti (pub Feb 1, 2022) Read: 2/23/23
✓ 6. Already Home by Susan Mallery (TBR Feb 14, 2011) Read: 2/25/23
✓ 7. The House on Tradd Street by Karen White (TBR Feb 12, 2013) Read: 2/25/23
✓ 8. Wildcard by Marie Lu (TBR Feb 6, 2021) Read: 2/28/23
Read: 8/11
Rollover: 3

March
GOAL: 10 + 3 Rollover
✓ 1. Starting Now by Debbie Macomber (TBR Mar 23, 2014) Read: 3/6/23
✓ 2. Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde (pub Mar 31, 2002) Read: 3/8/23
✓ 3. Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby (pub Mar 29, 2022) Read: 3/11/23
✓ 4. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (TBR Mar 9, 2010) Read: 3/13/23
✓ 5. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (pub Mar 31, 2022) Read: 3/31/23
✓ 6. Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (pub Mar 16, 2021) Read: 3/20/23
✓ 7. Heroine by Mindy McGinnis (pub Mar 12, 2019) Read: 3/18/23
✓ 8. Blood Rites by Jim Butcher (TBR Mar 7, 2019) Read: 3/28/23
✓ 9. A Darkness Absolute by Kelley Armstrong (TBR Mar 24, 2019) Read: 3/25/23
Read: 9/13
Rollover: 4

April
GOAL: 9 + 4 Rollover
✓ 1. A Merry Life by Sarah Branson (pub Apr 9, 2022) Read: 4/9/23
✓ 2. Genuine Lies by Nora Roberts (TBR Apr 21, 2015) Read: 4/18/23
✓ 3. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (pub Apr 5, 2022) Read: 4/22/23
✓ 4. Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir by Ruth Reichl (pub Apr 2, 2019) Read: 4/23/23
✓ 5. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (pub Apr 22, 2003) Read: 4/25/23
✓ 6. Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark (pub Apr 4, 2006) Read: 4/27/23
Read: 6/13
Rollover: 7

May
GOAL: 8 + 7 Rollover
✓ 1. Book Lovers by Emily Henry (pub May 3, 2022) Read: 5/4/23
✓ 2. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (TBR May 25, 2021) Read: 5/9/23
✓ 3. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (pub May 1, 2006) Read: 5/14/23
✓ 4. Undead and Unreturnable by MaryJanice Davidson (TBR May 22, 2012) Read: 5/16/23
✓ 5. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (pub May 9, 2017) Read: 5/17/23
✓ 6. Kitty Confidential by Molly Fitz (TBR May 17, 2019) Read: 5/19/23
✓ 7. Bootlegger's Daughter by Margaret Maron (pub May 1, 1992) Read: 5/22/23
✓ 8. How to Walk Away by Katherine Center (pub May 15, 2018) Read: 5/23/23
✓ 9. School's Out—Forever by James Patterson (pub May 23, 2006) Read: 5/24/23
✓ 10. The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett (TBR May 17, 2018) Read: 5/27/23
Read: 10/15
Rollover: 5

June
GOAL: 7 + 5 Rollover
✓ 1. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (TBR Jun 18, 2019) Read: 6/4/23
✓ 2. A Mirror Mended by Alix E. Harrow (pub Jun 14, 2022) Read: 6/5/23
✓ 3. The Wife by Meg Wolitzer (TBR Jun 2, 2019) Read: 6/7/23
✓ 4. This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron (pub Jun 29, 2021) Read: 6/8/23
✓ 5. The Nobodies Album by Carolyn Parkhurst (TBR Jun 29, 2010) Read: 6/14/23
✓ 6. A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (pub Jun 8, 2010) Read: 6/15/23
✓ 7. Wolfsong by T.J. Klune (pub Jun 20, 2016) Read: 6/24/23
✓ 8. The Alienist by Caleb Carr (TBR Jun 13, 2019) Read: 6/13/23
✓ 9. Silent Scream by Karen Rose (pub Jun 1, 2010) Read: 6/30/23
✓ 10. The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton (pub Jun 16, 2020) Read: 6/22/23
Read: 10/12
Rollover: 2

July
GOAL: 6 + 2 Rollover
✓ 1. The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun (TBR Jul 12, 2019) Read: 7/1/23
✓ 2. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (pub Jul 1, 2003) Read: 7/4/23
✓ 3. Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (TBR Jul 29, 2018) Read: 7/11/23
✓ 4. The Hen of the Baskervilles by Donna Andrews (pub Jul 16, 2013) Read: 7/14/23
✓ 5. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez (TBR Jul 1, 2019) Read: 7/16/23
✓ 6. The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite (pub Jul 28, 2020) Read: 7/18/23
✓ 7. Beachcombers by Nancy Thayer (TBR Jul 12, 2010) Read: 7/21/23
Read: 7/8
Rollover: 1

August
GOAL: 5 + 1 Rollover
✓ 1. Charlatans by Robin Cook (pub Aug 22, 2017) Read: 8/16/23
✓ 2. Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer (TBR Aug 26, 2010) Read: 8/29/23
✓ 3. The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (pub Aug 30, 2022) Read: 8/30/23
✓ 4. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick (pub Aug 13, 2013) Read: 8/31/23
Read: 4/6
Rollover: 2

September
GOAL: 4 + 2 Rollover
✓ 1. Soulless by Gail Carriger (pub Sep 4, 2009) Read: 9/2/23
✓2. Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (pub Sep 8, 1932) Read: 9/4/23
✓3. Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers (TBR Sep 25, 2022) Read: 9/5/23
✓4. The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (TBR Sep 20, 2021) Read: 9/8/23
✓5. Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire (pub Sep 4, 2012) Read: 9/10/23
✓ 6. Love Letters by Debbie Macomber (TBR Sep 17, 2022) Read: 9/14/23
Read: 6/6
Rollover: 0

October
GOAL: 3 + 0 Rollover
✓ 1. A Knife in the Fog by Bradley Harper (pub Oct 2, 2018) Read: 10/5/23
✓ 2. Joyland by Stephen King (TBR Oct 1, 2013) Read: 10/6/23
✓ 3. Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina García (TBR Oct 25, 2010) Read: 10/8/23
Read: 3/3
Rollover: 0

November
GOAL: 2 + 0 Rollover
✓ 1. The Choice by Nora Roberts (pub Nov 22, 2022) Read: 11/8/23
✓ 2. Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (TBR Nov 22, 2010) Read: 11/14/23
Read: 2/2
Rollover: 0

December
GOAL: 1 + 0 Rollover
✓ 1. Recursion byBlake Crouch (TBR Dec 23, 2020) Read: 12/29/23
Read: 1/1

Susan wrote: "Groan! I made a really stupid mistake, thinking I was cleaning up my clutter. I'd made shelves for each month: BTM-Jan, BTM-Feb, etc. But I deleted those shelves once the months were over. I could'..."

oh no!! Maybe you could just have BTM and skip the month because you can always sort it by date added/published ?

By The Month '23
78/78 books

January
GOAL: 12
1. Secret Ones (Dream of Asarlai #1) add Jan '11 -Read 01/03
2. The Will and the Wilds pub Jan '20 -Read 01/06
3. Quicksand add Jan '17 -Read 01/10
4. The Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe #4) add Jan '17 -Read 01/13
5. Tattoo of Crimson (Blood of the Fae Book #1) pub Jan '23 -Read 01/18
6. A Kind Man pub Jan '11 -Read 01/31
Read: 6 as at 01/31
Rollover: 6

February
GOAL: 11 + 6 Rollover
1. Fridays with the Wizards (Castle Glower #4) pub Feb '16 -Read 02/04
2. Assassin's Heart (Assassin's Heart #1) pub Feb '16 -Read 02/06
3. Zero Day Code (End of Days #1) add Feb '21 -Read 02/08
4. New Amsterdam (New Amsterdam #1) add Feb '11 -Read 02/10
5. Snuff add Feb '11 -Read 02/16
6. The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch #1) add Feb '17 -Read 02/21
7. Poor Man's Orange (Harp in the South #3) add Feb '16 -Read 02/28
Read: 7 as at 02/28
Rollover: 10

March
GOAL: 10 + 10 Rollover
1. Eugénie Grandet add Mar '11 -Read 03/05
2. The Sorrows of Young Werther add Mar '11 -Read 03/07
3. Jude the Obscure add Mar '11 -Read 03/08
4. The Shadow of the Lion (Heirs of Alexandria #1) pub Mar '02 -Read 03/12
5. The Convent's Secret (Glass and Steele #5) pub Mar '18 -Read 03/14
6. Elizabeth Costello add Mar '11 -Read 03/15
7. The Trial add Mar '11 -Read 03/16
8. Thursday's Child (Frieda Klein #4) pub Mar '14 -Read 03/17
9. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane pub Mar '17 -Read 03/21
10. Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers pub Mar '23 -Read 03/21
11. Through The Looking Glass And What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland #2) add Mar '11 -Read 03/24
12. The Communist Manifesto add Mar '11 -Read 03/25
13. A Bone to Pick (Aurora Teagarden #2) add Mar '11 -Read 03/26
14. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (Aurora Teagarden #3) add Mar '11 -Read 03/27
15. Succubus Blues (Georgina Kincaid #1) add Mar '11 -Read 03/27
16. The Julius House (Aurora Teagarden #4) add Mar '11 -Read 03/29
17. Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community and the Meaning of Generosity pub Mar '19 -Read 03/29
Read: 17 as at 03/29
Rollover: 3

April
GOAL: 9 + 3 Rollover
1. Genesis (Project Nemesis #2) add Apr '18 -Read 04/04
2. The Turning add Apr '11 -Read 04/04
3. If I Were God, I'd Make Myself Clearer: Searching for Clarity in a World Full of Claims add Apr '11 -Read 04/06
4. The Known World add Apr '11 -Read 04/11
5. Built to Move: The 10 Essential Habits to Help you Move Freely and Live Fully pub Apr '23 -Read 04/18
6. Lost Roses (Lilac Girls #2) pub April '19 -Read 04/28
Read: 6 as at 04/28
Rollover: 6

May
GOAL: 8 + 6 Rollover
1. Storm Born (Dark Swan #1) add May '11 -Read 05/03
2. Depends What You Mean By Extremist pub May '17 -Read 05/12
3. Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) pub May '23 -Read 05/16
4. This Rough Magic (Heirs of Alexandria #2) add May '11 -Read 05/23
5. The Bride Test (The Kiss Quotient #2) pub May '19 -Read 05/24
6. Of Light and Shadow pub May '23 -Read 05/25
7. The Throne of Fire (The Kane Chronicles #2) pub May '11 -Read 05/30
8. Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys #1) pub May '19 -Read 05/31
Read: 8 as at 05/31
Rollover: 6

June
GOAL: 7 + 6 Rollover
1. A Bell for Adano -pub. June '44 -Read 06/10
2. Hurricane Song -pub. June '08 -Read 06/15
3. The Edge of Never (The Edge of Never #1) -add June '16 -Read 06/23
4. Caliban's War (The Expanse #2) -pub. June '12 -Read 06/26
5. Ordinary Monsters (The Talents Trilogy #1) -pub. June '22 -Read 06/29
Read: 5 as at 06/29
Rollover: 8

July
GOAL: 6 + 8 Rollover
1. Esio Trot -add Jul '11 -Read 07/02
2. The Other Two -add Jul '11 -Read 07/03
3. Dirty Beasts -add Jul '11 -Read 07/03
4. Murder on the Eiffel Tower (Victor Legris #1) -add Jul '21 -Read 07/10
5. The Redbreast (Harry Hole #3) -add Jul '22 -Read 07/22
6. The Protected -pub Jul '14 -Read 07/24
7. The Girl and the Mountain (Book of the Ice #2) - add Jul '20 -Read 07/24
8. The Witches -add Jul '11 -Read 07/28
Read: 8 as at 07/28
Rollover: 6

August
GOAL: 5 + 6 Rollover
1. 28 Days -add Aug '22 -Read 08/02
2. The Witch Hunter (The Witch Hunter #1) -add Aug '15 -Read 08/22
3. Twisted Pretty Things (Shadows of London #1) -pub Aug '21 -Read 08/31
Read: 3 as at 08/31
Rollover: 8


September
GOAL: 4 + 8 Rollover
1. Joan of Arc by Mark Twain -add Sep '11 -Read 09/04
2. A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2) -add Sep '11 -Read 09/11
3. The Franchise Affair (Inspector Alan Grant #3) -add Sep '11 -Read 09/12
4. To Love and Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant #4) -add Sep '11 -Read 09/15
5. The Singing Sands (Inspector Alan Grant #6) -add Sep '11 -Read 09/16
6. Acorna's World (Acorna #4) -add Sep '11 -Read 09/20
7. Revenge, Murder in Three Parts pub Sep '20 -Read 09/24
8. Cloud Cuckoo Land -pub Sep '21 -Read 09/25
9. The Reader (The Reader Trilogy #1) -pub Sep '16 -Read 09/25
Read: 9 as at 09/25
Rollover: 3

October
GOAL: 3 + 3 Rollover
1. Black Ice by Becca Fitzpatrick -pub Oct '14 -Read 10/06
2. Sweet Thursday (Cannery Row #2) by John Steinbeck -add Oct '20 -Read 10/10
3. Limberlost by Robbie Arnott -pub Oct '22 -Read 10/20
Read: 3 as at 10/20
Rollover: 3

November
GOAL: 2 + 3 Rollover
1. The Silence of Bones by June Hur -add Nov '18 -Read 11/05
2. No Plan B (Jack Reacher #27) by Lee Child -pub Nov '22 -Read 11/10
3. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan -pub Nov '21 -Read 11/27
Read: 3 as at 11/27
Rollover: 2

December
GOAL: 1 + 2 Rollover
1. Snow by Orhan Pamuk -add Dec '11 -Read 12/4
2. Time is a Mother by Ocean Vuong -add Dec '22 -Read 12/22
3. Dead Silent (Calladine & Bayliss #2) by Helen H. Durrant -add Dec '21 -Read 12/27
Read: 3 as at 12/27

I love this challenge. I'm 1.5 books away from completing this year's so I'm excited to do it again.

January
Goal: 12
1. The Black Sheep
2. Sybil, or the Two Nations
3. The Way We Live Now
4. Daniel Deronda
5. The Riddle of the Sands
6. Nostromo
7. The Rainbow
8. The Good Soldier
9. A Passage to India
10. Men Without Women
11. Journey to the End of the Night
12. U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money
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February
Goal + Rollover: 11 + x
1. Death Masks
2. Proven Guilty
3. White Night
4. Turn Coat
5. Changes
6. Ghost Story
7. Cold Days
8. Buried Leads
9. Small Town Spin
10. Devil in the Deadline
11. Farewell, My Lovely
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March
Goal: 10 + Rollover
1. A House Divided
2. The Stranger
3. The Johnstown Flood
4. The Likeness
5. Faithful Place
6. A Long Way Home
7. A Light in the Attic
8. Howl and Other Poems
9. Flight of the Old Dog
10. Night Of The Hawk
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❄️January

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GOAL: 12
✔ 1. Published January 9th 2018 The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey January 17, 2023 ★★★★

☔️2. January 16, 2022 – Shelved as: to-read Hide Your Heart by Tracey Alvarez

🎃3. January 20, 2018 – Shelved as: to-read Autumn Bones by Jacqueline Carey

☘️4. Published January 12th 2021 The Brass Queen by Elizabeth Chatsworth

❤️ 5. January 2, 2022 – Shelved as: to-read Deconstructed by Liz Talley

✔ 6. January 21, 2018 – Shelved as: to-read Blueberry Muffin Murder byJoanne Fluke January 31, 2023 ★★★

❤️ 7. January 3, 2021 – Shelved as: to-read Water Memory by Daniel Pyne

❤️8. January 3, 2021 – Shelved as: to-read Not One of Us by Debbie Herbert

🎄9. first published January 8th 2008 A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix

🎄 10. January 21, 2018 – Shelved as: to-read Charred Tears by Lizzy Ford

✔ 11. January 7, 2021 – Shelved as: to-read If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane January 11, 2023 ★★★★ (switching to Audio changed date added)

☘️12. January 21, 2018 – Shelved as: to-read Queen of Swords by Katee Robert
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Read: 3
Rollover: 9
Year: 3/78

❤️February
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✔ 🏖️ 1. February 5, 2019 – Shelved as: to-read Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts February 9, 2023 ★★★★
🎃 2. February 5, 2019 – Shelved as: to-read Dance of the Gods by Nora Roberts
🎃3. February 5, 2019 – Shelved as: to-read Valley Of Silence by Nora Roberts
🎃4. February 5, 2019 – Shelved as: to-read Lord of the Fading Lands by C.L. Wilson
✔ 🎄 5. (first published February 1st 1998) Dream a Little Dream by Susan Elizabeth Phillips February 9, 2023 ★★★
❄️6. First published February 1, 2022 Deconstructed by Liz Talley
✔ ❄️7. First published February 1, 2021 Water Memory by Daniel Pyne February 28, 2023 ★★★
❄️8. First published February 1, 2021 Not One of Us by Debbie Herbert
🦃 9. First published February 16, 2017 The Empress by Laura Martínez-Belli
❄️ 10. (RE READ) February 18, 2009 Ravenous by Sharon Ashwood
✔ ❤️ 11. First published February 23, 2021 Scandal at the Speakeasy by Lauri RobinsonFebruary 28, 2023 ★★★
✔ 🇺🇸 12. First published February 23, 2021Make It Sweet by Kristen Callihan February 15, 2023 ★★★★
🇺🇸 13. First published February 23, 2021 Love at First by Kate Clayborn
🦃14. First published February 4, 2021 The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu
🎄 15. First published February 24, 2015 One Kiss More by Mandy Baxter
🎄 16. First published February 4, 2020 Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli
🎄 17. First published February 13, 2018 Honor Among Thieves by Rachel Caine
✔ 18. First published February 9, 2011 The Doctor's Deadly Affair by Stephanie Doyle February 25, 2023 ★★★
🎄 19. First published February 14, 2020 The Duchess of Chocolate by Sydney Jane Baily
🎄 20. First published February 4, 2014 Scintillate by Tracy Clark
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Read: 6
Rollover: 14
Year: 9/78

☘️March
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✔ 1. (first published March 1st 1987) Destiny by Sally Beauman March 27, 2023 ★
✔ 2. March 24, 2021 – Shelved as: to-read Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione March 31, 2023 ★★★★
❄️ 3. March 8, 2021 – Shelved as: to-read The Brass Queen by Elizabeth Chatsworth
☔️ 4. First published March 10, 2020 Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams
❤️ 5. First published March 1, 2021 The Wedding Game by Meghan Quinn
✔ 6. First published March 2, 2021 Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron March 7, 2023 ★★★★
❄️ 7. First published March 5, 2014 Green Eyes in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters
👰🏽 8.First published March 1, 2001 Time After Time by Constance O'Day-Flannery
🎃 9. First published March 6, 2018 Tricks for Free by Seanan McGuire
🎄 10. First published March 10, 2015 The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows
🎄11. First published March 1, 2005 Calculated Risk by Stephanie Doyle
❄️12. First published March 1, 2012 Queen of Swords by Katee Robert
✔ 13. First published March 1, 2007 Beau Crusoe by Carla Kelly March 31, 2023 ★★★★
🎄 14. First published March 2, 2010 Revenge Wears Rubies by Renee Bernard
🎄15. First published March 23, 2010 Death by a Honeybee by Abigail Keam
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Year: 13/78

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❄️1. First published April 8, 2015 Hide Your Heart by Tracey Alvarez
✔ 2. April 14, 2020 – Shelved Undercover Bromance by Lyssa Kay Adams April 17, 2023 ★★★★★
🇺🇸 3. First published April 19, 2022 Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse
✔4. First published April 26, 2019 The Shadow Warrior by Ann Aguirre April 29, 2023 ★★★★★
🎄5. First published April 21, 2015 No Time Like the Past by Jodi Taylor
☘️6. First published April 6, 2021 Pride and Premeditation by Tirzah Price
✔7. First published April 1, 2021 The Secret Stealers by Jane Healey April 29, 2023 ★★★
🌷8. April 6, 2021 – Shelved I Thought You Said This Would Work by Ann Wertz Garvin
🌷9. April 4, 2022 – Shelved The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding by Lydia Kang
☔️10. First published April 5, 2022 The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa
☔️11. First published April 27, 2021 Gone Too Far by Debra Webb
✔12. First published April 27, 2021 The Seat Filler by Sariah WilsonApril 30, 2023 ★★★★
🎄13. April 9, 2020 – Shelved The Hanged Man by K.D. Edwards
🏫14. April 7, 2020 – Shelved Well Played by Jen DeLuca
🌷15. First published April 18, 2017 The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore
❤️16. First published April 10, 2019 The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary
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Rollover: 25
Year: 17/78

January
GOAL: 12
1. The Noise of Time completed Jan 14
2. Shards of Earth completed Jan 7
3. Siren Queen completed Jan 13
4. The Golden Enclaves completed Jan 5
5. Outlawed completed Jan 15
6. The Husband Hunter's Guide to London completed Jan 10
7. The Heap completed Jan 20
8. Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge completed Jan 21
9. Confessions of a Mask completed Jan 29
10. Into the Riverlands completed Jan 25
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Rollover: 2

February
GOAL 11 + 2 Rollover
1. The Chosen and the Beautiful completed Feb 8
2. The Cabin at the End of the World completed Feb 9
3. Age of Ash completed Feb 12
4. Peaces completed Feb 12
5. Amatka completed Feb 14
6. Paladin's Grace completed Feb 15
7. Even the Dogs completed Feb 21
8. Laurus completed Feb 23
9. Fated completed Feb 28
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Rollover: 4

March
GOAL 10 + 4 Rollover
1. The Kaiju Preservation Society completed March 2
2. The Spear Cuts Through Water completed March 19
3. Firebrand completed March 22
4. Tao Te Ching completed March 22
5. Last Exit completed March 23
6. Providence completed March 24
7. The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die completed March 25
8. The River of Silver: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy completed March 27
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April
GOAL 9 + 6 = 15
1. Why Kill the Innocent read April 5
2. Saint Death's Daughter read April 7
3. Time Was read April 10
4. The Cellist of Sarajevo read April 15
5. The Hazards of Time Travel read April 18
6. Meddling and Murder read April 21
7. The Edge of Worlds read April 26
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Read: 7
Rollover: 8

May
GOAL 8 + 8 = 16
1. The Perplexing Theft of the Jewel in the Crown read May 6
2. Aurora Rising read May 9
3. Eversion read May 10
4. Octavia Gone read May 11
5. Cupid and Psyche read May 11
6. Evelina's Garden read May 15
7. A Long Petal of the Sea read May 19
8. We Are All Completely Fine read May 20
9. Eyes of the Void read May 25
10. Assassin's Fate read May 29
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Read 10
Rollover 6

June
GOAL 7 + 6 = 13
1. Bethlehem Road read June 4
2. The Half Life of Valery K read June 6
3. Someone to Cherish read June 9
4. Summerland read June 12
5. The Book of Speculation read June 15
6. Firefly read June 21
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read 6
Rollover 7

July
GOAL 6 + 7 = 13
1. And What Can We Offer You Tonight read July 4
2. A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking read July 6
3. Seal of the Worm read July 16
4. The Harbors of the Sun read July 15
5. Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen read July 14
6. Annex read July 19
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read 6
Rollover 7

August
GOAL 5 + 7
1. We All Fall read Aug 5
2. The Bedford-Row Conspiracy read Aug 5
3. The Second Sleep read Aug 13
4. The Bronze Key read Aug 13
5. War Cry read Aug 14
6. The Bruising of Qilwa read Aug 14
7. Legion read Aug 14
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Read 7
Rollover 5

September
GOAL 4 + 5
1. Before Your Memory Fades read Sept 2
2. Plague Birds read Sept 23
3. The Winter Long read Sept 22
4. Winterlight read Sept 9
5. Alice Payne Arrives read Sept 26
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Read 5
Rollover 4

October
GOAL 3 + 4 rollover = 7
1. The Mountain in the Sea read Oct 9
2. A Spindle Splintered read Oct 9
3. In the Forest of Forgetting read Oct 12
4. Magic Study read Oct 15
5. Medar read Oct 15
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Read 5
Rollover 2

November
GOAL 2 + 2 rollover = 4
1. Imperfect Alchemist read Nov 19
2. City of Last Chances read Nov 21
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Read 2
Rollover 2

December
GOAL 1 + 2 rollover = 3
1. Paladin's Faith read Dec 13
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Read 1

Why the heck not…

January
GOAL: 12
1. City of Masks (published Jan 2004)
2. The Paris Bookseller (published Jan 2022)
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February
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March
GOAL: 10 + x Rollover
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April
GOAL: 9 + x Rollover
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May
GOAL: 8 + x Rollover
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August
GOAL: 5 + x Rollover
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September
GOAL: 4 + x Rollover
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October
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November
GOAL: 2 + x Rollover
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By the Month

Jan 1 - December 31, 2023

For Each Month, read a book that was either:
1. added to TBR in that month (before 2022), OR
2. published in that month (any year)

January
GOAL: 12
✔1. Paganini's Ghost, pub Jan 5, 2010
✔2. Sand, pub 1/9/2014 - fin 1/7
✔3. The Speed of Dark, added 1/11/2012 - fin 1/9
✔4. Ain't Burned All The Bright, pub Jan 11, 2022 - fin 1/12
✔5. The Serpent Sea, pub 1/3/2012 - fin 1/15
✔6. Winterkeep, pub 1/19/2021 - fin 1/18
✔7. The Fifth Assassin, pub Jan 15, 2013 - fin 1/21
✔8. Esau, first pub 1/10/1996 - fin 1/25
✔9. The Chatelet Apprentice, pub 1/1/2000 - fin 1/27
✔10. The Interior, added 1/3/15 - fin 1/30
✔11. Dead Irish, added 1/1/2021 - fin 1/30

Read: 11
Rollover: 1

February
GOAL: 11 + 1 Rollover = 12
✔1. Camouflage (Ghost Targets #4), pub 2/26/12 - fin 2/4
✔2. Golden Fool (Tawny Man #2) added 2/21/21 - fin 2/6
✔3. With a Hammer for My Heart, added 2/7/22 - fin 2/6
✔4. Clay's Ark (Patternmaster #3), added 2/6/17 - fin 2/10
✔5. The Bluest Eye, added 2/8/22 - fin 2/13
✔6. Beaker's Dozen, added 2/20/11 - fin 2/19
✔7. The Crossing Places (Ruth Galloway #1), pub 2/5/09 - fin 2/20
✔8. The Bookman's Wake (Cliff Janeway #2), 1st pub 1/1/95 - fin 2/20
✔9. Pandemonium (Delirium #2), pub 2/28/2012 - fin 2/23
✔10. The Bonesetter's Daughter - fin 2/25
✔11. Halfway Human, pub 2/1/1998 - fin 2/28

Read:11
Rollover:1

March
GOAL: 10 + 1 Rollover = 11

✔1. The Game(Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes # 7), added 2/9/22 - fin 3/9
✔2. Seveneves, added 3/25/15 - fin 3/14
✔3. August, added 3/13/13 - fin 3/19
✔4. Tar Baby, pub 3/12/1981 - fin 3/21
✔5. The Bookman's Promise (Cliff Janeway #3)|10227048], pub 3/9/2004 - fin 3/23
✔6. Heaven's Prisoner's, author Matthew Angelo, first pub 3/19 - fin 3/27
✔7. The Last Exit, by Max Gladstone, pub 3/8/22 - fin 3/28
✔8. Heaven's Prisoners, by James Lee Burke, added 3/18/2016 - fin 3/28
✔9. Raven (Delerium 2.5), pub 3/5/2013 - fin 3/29
✔10. The Janus Stone, pub 3/1/2010 - fin 3/31
✔11 The House in the Cerulean Sea, pub 3/16/2020 - fin 3/31

Read: 11
Rollover:0

April
GOAL: 9 + 0 Rollover = 9
✔1. Salaryman's wife, pub 4/5/2000 - fin 4/3
✔2. God Help the Child, first pub 4/21/15 - fin 4/4
✔3. Ghost Brigades, added 4/4/15 - fin 4/6
✔4. Lawn Boy (Jonathan Evison), pub Apr 2018 - fin 4/9
✔5. Burning Chambers, added Apr 2019 - fin 4/13
✔6. Redwood and Widlfire, pub Apr 2011 - fin 4/18
✔7. Reconstructing Amelia, pub Apr, 2013 - fin 4/22
✔8. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage, first pub Apr 2013 - fin 4/27
✔9. The Trusted, by John M Green, pub 4/1/2013 - fin 4/30

Read 9
Rollover 0

May
GOAL: 8 + 0 Rollover = 8
✔1. The Sleeping Nymph, pub 5/27/2019 - fin 5/3
✔2. Set My Heart to Fivepub 5/28/2020 - fin 5/13
✔3. The Water Knife, pub 5/26/2015 - fin 5/14
✔4. Case Histories, added 5/15/2020 - fin 5/20
✔5. Children of Earth and Sky, pub 5/10/2016 - fin 5/22
✔6. The Leavers, pub 5/2/2017 - fin 5/25
✔7. The City of Mirrors, pub 5/24/2016 - fin 5/30
✔8. Correspondents: A Novel, pub 5/15/2019 - fin 5/31

Read:8
Rollover:0

June
GOAL: 7 + 0 Rollover = 7
✔1. She Stood for Freedom, pub 6/7/2016 - fin 6/1
2. The Day After Tomorrow
3. Existence
4. Locked Rooms
5. A Welcome Grave
6. The Probable Future
7. The Mongoliad

Read:7
Rollover:0

July
GOAL: 6 + 0 Rollover = 6
✔1.Night’s Slow Poison, pub 7/2012 - fin 7/5
✔2.The House At Sea's End - fin 7/7
✔3.A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, pub 7/2022 - fin 7/10

Read:3
Rollover:3

August
GOAL: 5 + 3 Rollover = 8

✔1. A Trick of the Light (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #7), pub 8/30/2011 - fin 8/8
✔2. The Unitpub 8/29/2006 - fin 8/11
✔3. Ringer - fin 8/13
✔4. X (Kinsey Millhone #24)|24940998] - fin 8/17
✔5. Camouflage 289 pages - fin 8/18
✔6. Point Of Origin (Kay Scarpetta #9) - fin 8/22
✔7. Earth Girl - fin 8/23

Read:7
Rollover:1

September
GOAL: 4 + 1 Rollover = 5
✔1. The Golden Enclaves, pub 9/22 - fin 9/3
✔2. The Damascened Blade, pub 9/03 - fin 9/9
✔3. Under the Whispering Door, pub 9/21 - fin 9/10
✔4. Day After Night - fin 9/18

Read:4
Rollover:1

October
GOAL: 3 + 1 Rollover = 4
✔1. Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch #3), pub 10/6/2015 - fin 10/4
✔2. Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Aristotle and Dante #2), pub 10/12/21 - fin 10/10
✔3. This is My America, added 10/7/20 - fin 10/20
✔4. Arkfall, added 10/21/20 - fin 10/22

Read:4
Rollover:0

November
GOAL: 2 + 0 Rollover = 2
✔1. Grave Goods, added 11/2022 - fin 11/3
✔2. Night of Cake & Puppets, pub 11/2023 - fin 11/6

Read:2
Rollover:0

December
GOAL: 1 + 0 Rollover = 1
✔1. Pachinko, pub 2/7/17 - fin 12/10

COMPLETED 12/10/23

Sound like a great way to clear out TBR reads!
My thread right here...

book (published/added) read

JANUARY (12)
1. Midnight at the Blackbird Café (1.7.2020) 1.2.23
2. The Ragged Edge of Night (1.1.2020) 1.14.23
3. People of the Book (1.1.2008) 1.24.23
4. Joan Is Okay (1.18.22) 1.24.23
Rollover 12 - 4 = 8 books
February = 11+8 = 19 books

FEBRUARY (19)
1. Love Medicine (2.11.2022) 2.3.23
2. The Cat Who Saved Books (2.5.2017) 2.9.23
3. Oona Out of Order (2.25.2020) 2.10.23
4. Death Without Company (2.17.2022) 2.21.23
5. Only Child (2.6.2018) 2.24.23
6. A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World (2.5.2020) 2..23
Rollover 19 - 6 = 13 books
March 10 + 13 = 23 books

MARCH (23)
1. The Red Lotus (3.17.2020) 3.3.23
2. The Buried Giant (3.3.2015) 3.4.23
3. Firekeeper's Daughter (3.16.2021) 3.6.23
4. Lessons in Chemistry (3.31.2022) 3.14.23
5. The Island of Sea Women (3.5.2019) 3.17.23
6. What the Wind Knows (3.1.2019) 3.25.23
7. The Vanished Man (3.11.2003) 3.26.23
8. Eternal (3.1.2021) 3.28.23
Rollover 23-8=15 books
April 9 + 15 = 24 book

APRIL (24)
1. Horse Tradin' (4.10.20) 4.4.23
2. Unlikely Animals (4.12.22) 4.7.23
3. Sag Harbor (4.28.2009) 4.11.23
4. Under the Whispering Door (4.26.22) 4.14.23
5. The Ardent Swarm (4.11.17) 4.15.23
6. The Silent Unseen: A Novel of World War II (4.5.22) 4.16.23
7. The World Played Chess (4.25.22) 4.17.23
8. Every Heart a Doorway (4.5.16) 4.18.23
9. Summer of '69 (4.9.19) 4.19.23
10. Chicken Foot Farm (4.30.08) 4.20.23
11. My Grandmother's Braid (4.1.22) 4.21.23
12. The Boy from the Woods (4.20.20) 4.23.23
13. The Elephant's Girl (4.3.22) 4.24.23
14. Rock Paper Scissors (4.4.22) 4.28.23
Rollover 24-14 = 10 books
May 8 + 10 = 18 books

MAY (18)
1. Project Hail Mary (5.4.21) 5.5.23
2. The Cartographers (5.18.22) 5.7.23
3. Light from Other Stars (5.7.19) 5.11.23
4. The Plot (5.11.21) 5.15.21
5. Let the Right One In (5.1.04) 5.20.21
6. Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship (5.27.22) 5.21.23
7. Sunflower Sisters (5.12.22) 5.24.23
8. The Beekeeper of Aleppo (5.2.19) 5.30.23
Rollover 18 - 8 = 10 books
June 7 + 10 = 17 books

40/78 = 51% Completed
10 Books ahead of schedule

── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

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Last year for the first couple months I didn't actually plan... just assumed that I'd have the right books since my reading level is so high (25+ a month)... but that didn't work out so well and I stressed myself out in the middle months. So I'll plan better this year! I hope!

By the Month... (2023)
January 2023

My By the Month Challenge (msg 26)

January Goal 🔹12 books
January Actual 🔹6
🔹
(view spoiler)[
published January
January 2011🔹Touch of Frost🔹01.11 ★★★★
January 2015🔹New Year in Manhattan🔹01.07 ★★★
January 2016🔹Just Stop Me🔹01.27 ★★★★
January 2023🔹‎A Vampire's Kiss🔹01.15 ★★★★

added January
January 2014🔹Boots and Twisters🔹01.31 ★★★
January 2015🔹Imperfect Chemistry🔹01.08 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

February Goal🔹11 books + 6 rollover
February Actual🔹10
🔹
(view spoiler)[

published February
February 2009🔹Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand🔹02.25 ★★★★
February 2009🔹Bone Crossed🔹02.07 ★★★★
February 2010 (my edition)🔹First Drop of Crimson🔹02.14 ★★★★
February 2013 (my edition)🔹Fuzzy Navel🔹02.25 ★★★
February 2017🔹Love Me Two Times🔹02.26 ★★★★
February 2021🔹Finlay Donovan Is Killing It🔹02.27 ★★★
February 2021🔹In Over Her Head🔹02.26 ★★★★

added February
February 2015🔹The Shipwreck🔹02.12 ★★★
February 2017🔹Who Do You Love🔹02.02 ★★★★
February 2018🔹Gator Bait🔹02.22 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

March Goal 🔹10 books + 7 rollover
March Actual 🔹 7
🔹
(view spoiler)[
published March
March 2012🔹Accidentally Married to...a Vampire?🔹03.19 ★★★
March 2017🔹Sizzling Summer Nights🔹03.31 ★★★
March 2017🔹Company in the Evening🔹03.08 ★★★
March 2022🔹Stuck with You🔹03.12 ★★★★
March 2022🔹Hearts Collide: Infinity Prism Book One🔹03.24 ★★

added March

March 2013🔹The Miles Between Us🔹03.21 ★★★
March 2022🔹Garrett's Destiny🔹03.27 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

April Goal ➖ 9 books + 10 rollover
April Actual ➖ 7
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(view spoiler)[

published April

April 2012 ➖ A Deeper Darkness ➖ 04.16 ★★★★
April 2012 ➖ Knight ➖ 04.12 ★★★★
April 2013 ➖ The Game ➖ 04.16 ★★★

added April

April 2013 ➖ Son of the Morning ➖ 04.12 ★★★★
April 2019 ➖ Hot Single Dad ➖ 04.02 ★★★★
April 2021 ➖ The Phantom of the Opera ➖ 04.17 ★★★
April 2013 ➖ A Cranberry Inn Christmas ➖ 04.30 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

May Goal ➖ 8 books + 12 rollover
May Actual ➖ 7

(view spoiler)[
published May
May 2014 ➖ Sweet Filthy Boy ➖ 05.24 ★★★★
May 2014 ➖ Avenge Me ➖ 05.07 ★★★★
May 2015 ➖ Beyond Innocence
May 2015 ➖ Grant ➖ 05.21 ★★★
May 2015 ➖ The Vampire's Mail Order Bride ➖ 05.13 ★★★★
May 2015 ➖ Master of the Dark Side ➖ 05.02 ★★★★
May 2020 ➖ Barking Up the Wrong Tree ➖ 05.28 ★★★★

added May
none
(hide spoiler)]

June Goal ➖ 7 books + 13 rollover
June Actual ➖ 5
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(view spoiler)[
published June

June 2003 ➖ The Defiant Hero ➖ 06.30 ★★★★
June 2013 ➖ Officer off Limits ➖ 06.18 ★★★★
June 2014 ➖ Yanked ➖ 06.13 ★★★★
June 2019 ➖ 10 Bodies Lying ➖ 06.04 ★★★

added June

June 2020 ➖ Summer Love Box Set ➖ 06.24 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

July Goal ➖ 6 books + 15 rollover
July Actual ➖ 8
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(view spoiler)[
published July
July 2012 ➖ Double Down ➖ 07.06 ★★★★
July 2013 ➖ The Night Is Alive ➖ 07.26 ★★★★
July 2015 ➖ Sly ➖ 07.16 ★★★★
July 2018 ➖ Slaying It ➖ 07.09 ★★★★
July 2023 ➖ Role Playing ➖ 07.30 ★★★★

added July
July 2014 ➖ Unlocked ➖ 07.17 ★★★★
July 2014 ➖ My Sweetheart ➖ 07.26 ★★★
July 2021 ➖ Bear's Snow ➖ 07.01 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

August Goal ➖ 5 books + 13 rollover
August Actual ➖ 4
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(view spoiler)[
published August
August 2008 ➖ Dragon Actually ➖ 08.29 ★★★★
August 2014 ➖ Taken by Tuesday ➖ 08.02 ★★★★
August 2022 ➖ ‎The Graveside Bar and Grill ➖ 08.17 ★★★★

added August
August 2013 ➖ The Night Is Forever ➖ 08.31 ★★★★
August 2019 ➖ Sweet Rapture ➖ 08.04 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

September Goal ➖ 4 books + 13 rollover
September Actual ➖ 4

(view spoiler)[
published September
September 2013 ➖ Beautiful Bombshell ➖ 09.16 ★★★★
September 2015 ➖ Colt➖ 09.22 ★★★★

added September
September 2021 ➖ Abandoned in Death➖ 09.30 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

October Goal ➖ 3 books + 13 rollover
October Actual ➖ 5
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(view spoiler)[
published October

October 1995 ➖ Secrets of Midnight ➖ 10.28 ★★★
October 2014 ➖ Christmas on the Royal Yacht ➖ 10.20 ★★★
October 2020 ➖ Crazy Stupid Bromance ➖ 10.22 ★★★★

added October

October 2016 ➖ Hard Ever After ➖ 10.23 ★★★★
October 2022 ➖ Bittersweet ➖ 10.31 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

November Goal ➖ 2 books + 11 rollover
November Actual ➖ 6
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(view spoiler)[
published November

November 2014 ➖ Dakota Wedding ➖ 11.11 ★★★
November 2015 ➖ Kellan ➖ 11.14 ★★★

added November

November 2013 ➖ Penmort Castle ➖ 11.12 ★★★★
November 2018 ➖ Wound Tight ➖ 11.30 ★★★★
November 2018 ➖ Dirty Ransom ➖ 11.29 ★★★
November 2022 ➖ Only You ➖ 11.27 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

December Goal ➖ 1 books + 7 rollover
December Actual ➖ 8
➖
(view spoiler)[
published December
December 2012 ➖ The Christine + Jake Affair ➖ 12.03 ★★★
December 2013 ➖ Santa Stole My Ghoulfriend ➖ 12.27 ★★★
December 2019 ➖ You Can't Ruin Christmas ➖ 12.17 ★★★
December 2023 ➖ Same Time Next Year ➖ 12.16 ★★★★

added December
December 2018 ➖ Off the Grid ➖ 12.14 ★★★
December 2021 ➖ Christmas On Anchor Island ➖ 12.03 ★★★
December 2021 ➖ Merry Elf-ing Christmas ➖ 12.17 ★★★★
December 2022 ➖ Window Shopping ➖ 12.08 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

Challenge widget can be found, here, and will open as clock ticks over to Jan-1 PST

I'm going to give this a go!! Saving my spot.

By the Month

3/8 Complete
Updated through: 5-14-23

Published in May:
1. The Daredevil 5-7-23
2. Pride and Power 5-10-23
3. The Firedancer 5-14-23
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Published in April:
1. Hired: Hadley 4-2-23
2. Natsu & Alec 4-3-23
3. A Beginner’s Guide to Death, Demons, and Other Afterlife Disasters 4-4-23
4. The School Mistress 4-9-23
5. Howl’s Moving Castle 4-9-23
6. The Spooky Life 4-10-23
7. Reckless Roulette 4-14-23
8. If It Ain't Broke Don't Fix It 4-15-23
9. Viking Ink : Tewsbury Daddies 4-15-23


Published in March:
1. Scout 3-2-23
2. The River Prince 3-4-23
3. Breaking and Entering 101 3-10-23
4. Assisted 3-18-23
5. Bridger's Lost Duckie 3-24-23
6. Lord Garrington's Vessel 3-25-23
7. Jilted: Jaren 3-25-23
8. Duckling 3-25-23
9. Den of Corruption 3-26-23
10. Kiss Me, Daddy 3-26-23


Published in February
1. See Me 2-2-23
2. Ted's Temerity 2-4-23
3. Leo and His Lion 2-4-23
4. A Warlock Called Jacob 2-9-23
5. Smolder 2-17-23
6. Be Mine, Vicious Valentine 2-18-23
7. Maniac 2-18-23
8. Submission 2-20-23
9. Hot In Cold 2-21-23
10. Accidental Detour
11. To the Moon and Back


Published in January
1. Moved by You 1-3-23
2. Wanted: Tender Daddy 1-6-23
3. Snow Big Deal 1-11-23
4. Kill the Messenger 1-12-23
5. Jon and Mack's Terrifying Tree Troubles 1-13-23
6. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries 1-14-23
7. Wormwood Summer 1-16-23
8. Eternal Luck 1-20-23
9. Den of Escape 1-21-23
10. Hot Head 1-21-23
11. Something to Dye For 1-21-23
12. Inside Out 1-25-23

I am going to try this again this year.

January
GOAL: 12
1.Brightness Falls from the Air Published Jan 1985 Read 1/31/23
2.Claimed by Desire Published Jan 1, 2012 Read 1/24/23
3.Moonspun Published Jan 1, 2012 Read 1/28/23
4.Doctor Who: Code of the Krillitanes Published 1/1/2010 Read 1/14/23
5.And Then There Were NonePublished 1/18/2011 Read 1/12/23
6.The Lion In the Living Room: How House Cats Tamed Us and Took Over the World Published Jan 18, 2017 Read 1/20/23
7..Beneath the Sugar Sky Published 1/9/18 Read 1/30/23
8.Nowhere to Run < i> Published 1/1/2003 Read 1/31/23
Read: 8
Rollover: 4

February
GOAL: 11 + 4 rollover= 15
1.Sparkling CyanidePublished Feb 1944 Read 2/5/23
2.Purrfectly Deadly Published 2/2017 Read 2/16/23
3.Be Buried in the Rain Published 2/10/1987Read 2/28/23
4.Sex, Lies and Vampires Published 2/1/2005Read 2/1/23
Read: 4
Rollover: 11

March
GOAL: 10 + 11=21 Rollover
1.Lemon Meringue Pie Murder Published 3/1/2003 Read 3/2/23
2.The Curse of the Mummy's TombPublished 3/15/2005 Read 3/4/23
3.A Closed and Common Orbit Published 3/14/2017 Read 3/9/23
4.The Princess Bride Published 3/12/1994 Read 3/10/23
5.Demons of Bourbon Street TBR 3/12/2018 Read 3/15/23
6.The MessengersPublished 3/5/2020 Read 3/17/23
7.Break Shot: My First 21 Years TBR 3/9/2020 Read 3/20/23
8.Driving Heat TBR 3/12/2018 Read 3/20/23
9.The OriginalTBR 3/1/2022 Read 3/23/23
10.Locked RoomsPublished 3/28/2006 Read 3/29/23
11.A Stitch in Time Published 3/17/2021 Read 3/30/23
12. Nocturnal WhispersPublished 3/1/2012 Read 3/31/23
Read: 12
Rollover: 9

April
GOAL: 9 + 9=18 Rollover
1.Quicksand Published 4/22/2008 Read 4/6/23
2.Tithe Published April 2004 Read 4/16/23
3.Entertaining Angels Published 4/17/2013 Read 4/17/23
4.A Bad Day for Sunshine Published 4/7/2020 Read 4/18/23
5.Cerulean Sins Added TBR 4/4/2010 Read 4/24/23
Read: 5
Rollover: 13

May
GOAL: 8 + 13= 21
1.Resurrection On TBR 5/2/2011 Read 5/2/23
2.A Murder in TimePublished 5/25/21 Read 5/10/23
3.It's Like This, Cat Published 5/8/69 Read 5/13/23
4.Jumper: Griffin's Story Published 5/22/2008 Read 5/16/23
5.The Death of Mrs. Westaway Published 5/29/2018 Read 5/24/23
6.Project Hail MaryPublished 5/4/21 Read 5/29/23
7.Making Contact With the Other Side: How to Enhance Your Own Psychic PowersOn TBR 5/26/15 Read 5/29/23
8.The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove Published 5/25/2004 Read 5/30/23
9.The Real SherlockPublished 5/23/19 Read 5/31/23
10.The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance AgentPublished 5/24/16 Read 5/31/23
Read: 10
Rollover: 11

June
GOAL: 7 + 11 Rollover=18
1.Children of TimePublished 6/4/15 Read 6/10/23
2.Give Up the GhostPublished 6/3/19 Read 6/21/23
3.Devil to PayPublished 6/30/09 Read 6/30/23
4.Night MusicPublished 6/4/14 Read 6/29/23
Read: 4
Rollover: 14

July
GOAL: 6 + 14 Rollover=20
1.Six Feet Over: Adventures in the Afterlife Published 7/19/2007/i> Read 7/27/23
2. Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy Published 7/5/11 Read 7/31/23
Read: 2
Rollover: 18

August
GOAL: 5 + 18 Rollover= 23
1.One for the Hooks published 8/10/21 Read 8/1/23
2.The Case of the Missing Marquess published 8/4/2020 Read 8/24/23

Read: 2
Rollover: 21

September
GOAL: 4 + 21 Rollover=25
1.Triptych Published 9/4/2008 Read 9/6/23
2.The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight Published 9/1/2003 Read 9/7/23
3. Possession in Death on TBR 9/1/14 Read 9/8/23

Read: 3
Rollover: 22

October
GOAL: 3 + 22 Rollover= 25
1.Death Be Blueon TBR 10/12/22 Read 10/3/23
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Well...I only read 4 in January, so I'm starting off with a pretty hefty rollover...

Only 5 for me this month.

I'm off to a good start with 6 :)

Well, as usual, I only got a small amount read in this game...2.

So my rollover is 10! It is a good thing that I am doing well on Fifteen...as I am going to need the extra time for this game!!!

10 rollover + 11 Feb = 21 to read.

I'm off to a terrible start! Looks like I'm going to be rolling over at 8 books, which means I'm at least four months until I can get caught up! What was I THINKING???

Rollover 8 books

February = 11+8 = 19 books

But I have a kind of a plan. I pulled all the added/published February books on my shelf to my queue and I'm filling as many challenge tasks with them as I can find. I need to force this issue.

I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself - 8 books read in January - one more than target!

I read 6 books for January. I'm okay with that... for now! My Feb goal will be 11 books + 6 rollovers = 17. That sounds daunting but I know it will work out later in the year if I just keep pace!!

yes, keep heart - rollover numbers will look daunting at the beginning but it will all iron out to being more even near the end.

Tien wrote: "yes, keep heart - rollover numbers will look daunting at the beginning but it will all iron out to being more even near the end."

Oh, yeah. That is true. Thanks for the reminder, Tien.

I am really trying to concentrate on using the month as a criteria for my other challenges as well. Good thing I have a HUGE TBR LOL. I did really well with January having 8 but not as good this month. I feel if I can at least do half the number for the month I will be in good shape.

My number for February is 15

Feb was a good month for me!
Read: 8
Rollover: 10

Feb was good for me too - I read 10. Goal was 11 plus 6 rollover, so now I'm 'down' to 7 rollovers, haha!

Well, I am failing magestically. I read only 1 book in Feb, although I have two books scheduled for Feb on my desk.

Feb 11+10 = 21 - 1 = 20

Mar 10 + 20 = 30...I may end up quitting this game, if this keeps up.

don't give up yet, Bea... it's early days. It still might even out by itself. You can just keep track and see how you go without too much planning :)

I'm only doing little bits of planning here and there.

Tien wrote: "don't give up yet, Bea... it's early days. It still might even out by itself. You can just keep track and see how you go without too much planning :)

I'm only doing little bits of planning here an..."

I think that I have gotten so involved with Fifteen and other group challenges that I have forgotten this one. Oh, well.

Bea wrote: "I think that I have gotten so involved with Fifteen and other group challenges that I have forgotten this one. Oh, well..."

Bea, I've been doing the opposite. I've sort of planned things that could work for 15, but then I put them on my lists for the appropriate month in BTM. So I might postpone a book for 15 until its month comes up. (Consequently, I'm far behind in 15, but should get there by the end of the year.)

Susan wrote: "Bea, I've been doing the opposite. I've sort of planned things that could work for 15, but then I put them on my lists for the appropriate month in BTM. So I might postpone a book for 15 until its month comes up."

I do this, too! I have two books lined up for prompt 10 but I can't read them until May :-/

Susan wrote: "Bea, I've been doing the opposite. I've sort of planned things that could work for 15, but then I put them on my lists for the appropriate month in BTM. So I might postpone a book for 15 until its month comes up."

An interesting idea!

I've been doing the same thing in terms of slotting things for other challenges into the right months.

I read 9 in February, which is pretty good and puts me about on track -- rolling over 10 to March.

I am late to the challenge but need to get my TRB list under control.

January
Goal:12
1. Reckless Girls
2. Fiona and Jane
3. The Maid
4. 30 Things I Love about Myself
5. Olga Dies Dreaming
6. The School for Good Mothers
7. Free Food for Millionaires
8. Joan Is Okay
9. Love & Other Disasters
10. The Accomplice
11. Black Buck
12. Defending Jacob

Read: 0
Rollover: 12

February
Goal 11+12 Rollover
1. The Swimmers
2. The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World
3.The Nineties
4. Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead
5. Group Therapy
6.The American Roommate Experiment
7. America Made Me a Black Man: A Memoir
8. Oona Out of Order
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Read: 0
Rollover: 11

March
Goal 10 +11
1. All the White Friends I Couldn't Keep: Hope—And Hard Pills to Swallow—About Fighting for Black Lives
2. The Golden Couple
3. One Italian Summer
4. Moonshot: Inside Pfizer's Nine-Month Race to Make the Impossible Possible
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April
Goal 9+ X Rollover
1. Funny You Should Ask
2. Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other Explosives
3.Great Circle
4. The Candy House
5. Lessons in Chemistry
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May
Goal: 8 + X Rollover
1. I'm More Dateable than a Plate of Refried Beans: And Other Romantic Observations
2. Under One Roof
3. Adult Assembly Required
4. Disconnected: How to Stay Human in an Online World
5. The Homewreckers
6. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
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June
Goal 7 + X Rollover
1. The Measure
2. Friends and Strangers
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July
Goal 6 + X Rollover
1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
2. Any Way the Wind Blows
3. Boyfriend Material
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August
Goal: 5 + X Rollover
1. All Good People Here
2. All This Could Be Different
3. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
4. Thank You for Listening
5. 1979
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September
Goal 4 + X Rollover
1. The Winners
2. Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
3. Cloud Cuckoo Land
4. The Book of Two Ways

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October
Goal 3 + X Rollover
1. A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020
2. Inciting Joy: Essays
3. It Starts with Us
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November
Goal 2 + X Rollover
1. Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
2. Will
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December
Goal 1+ X Rollover
1. Call Us What We Carry
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