The Reading Frenzy discussion

Hello and welcome to 2024's 8th round of Wheel of TBR! First off I'd like to apologize for posting this month's prompts so late- its been a bit chaotic on my end this week and this is the first opportunity I've had to get this discussion thread up. Second, there are only 4 prompts this round but one of them depends on the response from one of you- and since I didn't reach out until this evening I hope you're all ok waiting just a little longer for that prompt's reveal. Basically what I'm saying is I'm a bit of a mess this month, haha! But I hope you'll still stick around and continue the quest of reading as many great books as possible so without further ado I present to you this month's prompts!

The Prompts

Spin #1



Spin #2



*This is the second month in a row this type of challenge has popped up but I'm not mad at it! It's been successful in getting me to read books I've had on my shelves FOREVER and some have been so good I'm sorry I waited so long to read them. I hope you all have a similar experience.

Spin #3



*Another repeat offender but one that provides a different challenge each time- I hope you've been having as much fun with these as I have!

Spin #4



*Shia chose the prompt: read a retelling!

And that's a wrap- it's a short and sweet round this month so it should be an easy one to beat- as always I'm eager to see your TBR's and I wish you all an amazing reading month!📚🫶🏻

The prompt Shia has chosen for spin #4 is to read a retelling!

Thanks Shia ☺️

Thanks Shia!!

1. A Book with a Subtitle/2. From GR TBR #100-110
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime
3. Random Item Generator: Paper
Flirting with the Enemy
4. Group Member Prompt Choice: Read a Retelling
A Game of Fate

1) A Book with a Subtitle: Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV

2) From GR TBR #100-110: Company Town

3) Random Item Generator:👶 Incidents Around the House (taking it as kids in general not specifically babies)

4) Read a Retelling: Lady Macbeth

1. A book with a subtitle and 3. Random item generator (TV): Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
2. GR TBR 100-110: Rua
4. Group member choice: read a retelling: Cinder

1. A book with a subtitle - TBD
2. GR TBR 100-110 & 4. Group member choice: read a retelling - Once Upon A Time
3. Random item generator (flashlight): TBD

Hopefully I can complete all the prompts this month since there are only 4!

1. Book with a subtitle: Barnum: An American Life(CR)
2. GR TBR #100-110: The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy ✅
3. Random item generator (apple): The Simplicity of Cider or Biting the Sun
4. Retelling: Scarred ✅

1. Book with a subtitle: Zodiac Academy: Fated Throne
2. GR TBR #100-110:
3. Random item generator (lip gloss):
4. Retelling:

Nat wrote: "1. A book with a subtitle and 3. Random item generator (TV): Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
2. GR TBR 100-110: Rua
4. Group member choice: read a retellin..."

I ended up finishing Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones for prompt #1 and The Woman in Me for prompt #3. I am still waiting on Cinder to come in from the library, and based on how slow I have been on reading on my Kindle (I had 4 ARCs that came out this month and have not finished any of them), I will not be finishing Rua.
I finished my second summer class earlier in the month and started a new semester yesterday, so if I get Cinder in the next day or two, I should be able to finish it, other wise, I will be trying to stick only to audiobooks for the next few months.
So, although I only got halfway through the prompts, I honestly feel like surviving this month made it a success :)