Pick-a-Shelf discussion

✂️trim✂️

/trɪm/

verb: make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts.

noun: an act of cutting something in order to neaten it.

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A regular bookshelf has 4 sides so we are going to "trim" its 4 "sides" (ie. 4 different ways).

1. How many?!?!
Look at the total number of your TBR, take the last digit and read that many books off your TBR. If you have a "0", read 10 books.
Try to read what's already on your TBR prior to starting this challenge. You may concentrate on a certain TBR shelf if you have a number of TBR shelves.

2. Share the love
Sort your TBR by one (1) of the following options:
✂️ "num ratings"
✂️ "avg rating"
✂️ "date added"
✂️ "date pub"

and read:
a. Books with the highest number / most recent date
b. Books with the least number / oldest date
Try to read the same number of books (a+b) as you did for (1) above, if not more.

3. Monstrosity
Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.
Yes, the biggest book and just the One. If the thickest is 1,000+ pages but the 5th thickest is only 300+ pages, DO choose the book closest to 1,000+ pages

4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series!
Or at least, catch up to the latest instalment.
You must have read at least the first book before October 2021. Again, try to read the same number of book you read for (1), if not more.

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This is an open ended challenge so you're welcome to start anytime and finish anytime you like.

Any book on your TBR counts for this so let's get that number down!

Bea

Charity

Christina

Elvenn

Lagullande

LaurLa

LynnB

Meg

Rosemary

Susan

Tien

As I said I'm keen to do this again as end of year looming closer, I feel that I need to work read harder OFF my own-TBR ;)

Trim That TBR

Strictly for my 'own-to-read' books!

PROGRESS: 19/19 as at 12/30/21

1. How many?!?!
GOAL : 6 books

🔖 The Buried Giant -Read 10/16/21
🔖 The Old Curiosity Shop -Read 10/23/21
🔖 The Spanish Promise -Read 10/29/21
🔖 Four: A Divergent Collection (Divergent #0.1-0.4) -Read 11/05/21
🔖 Tales from Firozsha Baag -Read 11/12/21
🔖 Shadow of the Fox (Shadow of the Fox #1) -Read 11/15/21

2. Share the love
Sort your TBR by "date added" and read:
a. Books most recently added (before Oct 1)
✂️ Resurrection Bay (Caleb Zelic #1) -Read 12/17/21
✂️ Midnight in Everwood -Read 10/27/21
✂️ Birds of a Feather -Read 11/04/21

b. Books with oldest date added
✂️ The Silent Country -Read 12/30/21
✂️ Devil's Corner -Read 11/18/21
✂️ Unpolished Gem -Read 10/27/21

Try to read the same number of books (a+b) as you did for (1) above, if not more.

3. Monstrosity
Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.

916p - A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge #3) -Read 11/27/21

4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series!
Or at least, catch up to the latest instalment.
You must have read at least the first book before October 2021. Again, try to read the same number of book you read for (1), if not more.

📚 The One Impossible Labyrinth (Jack West Jr #7) -Read 10/11/21
📚 The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles #3) -Read 12/07/21
📚 UnSouled (Unwind Dystology #3) -Read 12/12/21
📚 Hunting Prince Dracula (Stalking Jack the Ripper #2) -Read 12/16/21
📚 Waistcoats & Weaponry (Finishing School #3) -Read 12/19/21
📚 Unravel the Dusk (The Blood of Stars #2) -Read 12/24/21

Argh! I'm still working on last Trim! I thought it was until the end of the year? I have no hope of finishing it, though...

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1. How many?!?!
🔖The Invisible Library *FINISHED*
🔖The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue *FINISHED*
🔖Middlegame *FINISHED*
🔖The Mother Fault *FINISHED*

2. Share the love
Sort your TBR by avg rating and read:
a. Books with the highest number
✂️ My body keeps your secrets (4.57) *FINISHED*
✂️ Dark as last night (4.28) *FINISHED*
b. Books with the least number
✂️ Angel Catbird, Vol. 1 (2.75) *FINISHED*
✂️ The Life of Elves (2.76) *FINISHED*

3. Monstrosity
Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.
A Suitable Boy *FINISHED*
The Arabian Nights
The Cider House Rules
Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars *FINISHED*

4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series!
📚Come Tumbling Down *FINISHED*
📚Heartstopper: Volume Two *FINISHED*
📚The Taming of the Queen *FINISHED*
📚Men at Arms *FINISHED*

Marina wrote: "Argh! I'm still working on last Trim! I thought it was until the end of the year? I have no hope of finishing it, though..."

Don't worry, Marina. Trim is always open-ended so work on your own pace :)

Gee, I am confused! I looked back at the TRIM that I am working on and it is labelled 2020! (However, I did notice that it was posted December 2020, so I do not feel too bad.)

I still have 4 on that one to go. Oh, well.

I will be back to start this one.

Bea wrote: "Gee, I am confused!"

Me too, Bea! The one labelled 2020 that I am working on started 1/1/21 and finishes 31/12/21. So I guess that my Trim 2021, will run from 1/1/22 :)

Bea wrote: "Gee, I am confused! I looked back at the TRIM that I am working on and it is labelled 2020! (However, I did notice that it was posted December 2020, so I do not feel too bad.)

I still have 4 on th..."

Sorry, I changed the name of that thread to 'separate' it from this one. I put 2020 because that's when it was posted...

Don't worry, it's open-ended!

You are just keeping me on my toes, Tien.

Thanks, Tien, good to know this is open-ended after all :)

Trim That TBR 2021
Completed Sept 2022

I choose to start Oct 1. I'll choose books the day before because who knows what I'll read in the meantime??? (though I'll limit to books owned or at the library)

✔How many?!?! 2 (292) as of today, but I'll go with 5.
Look at the total number of your TBR, take the last digit and read that many books off your TBR. If you have a "0", read 10 books.
Try to read what's already on your TBR prior to starting this challenge. You may concentrate on a certain TBR shelf if you have a number of TBR shelves.
1. The Hole in Our Gospel (nf) - DNF
2. Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 - A World on the Edge, Helen Rappaport, 28 Mar 2022, (nf)
3. The Guilty Dead, P.J. Tracy, 8 June 2022, (f)
4. The Funeral Dress, Susan Gregg Gilmore, 10 May 2022, (f)
5. Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler, Bruce Henderson, 9 Jan 2022, (nf)

✔2. Share the love
Sort your TBR by one (1) of the following options:
✂️ "avg rating"

and read:
a. Books with the highest number / most recent date
b. Books with the least number / oldest date
Try to read the same number of books (a+b) as you did for (1) above, if not more.
1. The Last Green Valley, Mark T. Sullivan, 17 Sept 2022, 4.50
2. A Psalm for the Wild-Built, 4.33, DNF, it was awful!
3. The Bookshop of Second Chances, Jackie Fraser, 28 Nov 2021, 3.60
4. The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, Joanna Cannon, 23 Aug 2022, 3.65
5. Tears of Pearl, Tasha Alexander, 18 Oct 2021, 3.72

✔3. Monstrosity
Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.
1. His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life, Jonathan Alter, 10 Nov 2021, 800 pp.
2. The Forest, 784 pp.
3. The Rose Code, Kate Quinn, 18 Jan 2022, 624 pp.
4. Figuring, 578 pp.
5. Daughters of Ireland, 576 pp.

✔4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series!
Or at least, catch up to the latest instalment.
You must have read at least the first book before October 2021. Again, try to read the same number of book you read for (1), if not more.
1. The Man with the Silver Saab, Alexander McCall Smith, 29 Oct 2021 (Det. Varg #3)
2. The Cure for What Ales You, Ellie Alexander, 24 Oct 2021 (Sloan Kruse #5)
3. A Death Long Overdue, Eva Gates, 14 Dec 2021 (Lighthouse Library #7)
4. It's a Wonderful Woof, Spencer Quinn, 27 Jan 2022, (Chet & Bernie #12)
5. Something to Hide, Elizabeth George, 21 Jan 2022, (Insp. Lynley #21)

Trim 2021
Start date: October 1

1. How many?!?!
Look at the total number of your TBR, take the last digit and read that many books off your TBR. If you have a "0", read 10 books.

I am in trouble already! Both my WANT TO READ (Owned books - 209) and my WISHLIST (TBR not owned - 1259) end in 9!!! I will be reading this challenge's books well into 2022.

1. The Irish R.M. Read 4/2/22 - 3*
2. The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War
3. So Help Me God!
4. Hot Button Read 1/28/22 - 3*
5. Music and Silence Read 12/28/21 - 2*
6. Five Seasons
7. The Queen's Fool
8. The Return of Merlin Read 6/18/22 - 5*
9. Nights of Horseplay: Equine fantasies from South Carolina's thoroughbred country Read 1/5/22 - 3*

I used my WANT TO READ (owned books) list for this group. Non-Kindle.

2. Share the love
Sort your TBR by one (1) of the following options:
✂️ "num ratings"
✂️ "avg rating"
✂️ "date added"
✂️ "date pub"

I am thinking I will read the most recent and the oldest since I never get to do FOUND or LOST/FOUND due to taking most of the year to read LOST. I am using my WISHLIST TBR for this.

and read:
a. Books with the highest number/most recent date
1. A Wicked Slice Read 11/15/21 - 4*
2. Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
3. One Good Dog Read 12/5/21 - 3*
4. The Exiles
5. Tracks Read 12/5/21 - 3*

(All were added in September 2021.)

b. Books with the least number/oldest date
Try to read the same number of books (a+b) as you did for (1) above, if not more. (Will do less for oldest due to participating each year in LOST)
1. Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World (added May 2011) Read 12/12/21 - 4*
2. Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean: How a Generation of Swashbuckling Jews Carved Out an Empire in the New World in Their Quest for Treasure, Religious Freedom--and Revenge (added May 2011) Read 11/27/21 - 3*
3. A Drop of the Hard Stuff (added June 2011) Read 5/11/22 - 3*
4. Carte Blanche (added June 2011) Read 7/3/22 - 2*

3. Monstrosity
Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.
I am using the WISHLIST TBR for this one

1. The Fireman - 768p
2. Against All Enemies - 756p
3. The Angel of Darkness - 752p
4. The Museum of Abandoned Secrets - 727p
5. The Tea Rose - 675p Read 4/8/22 - 4*

(Although The Tea Rose is the smallest of the 5, it was added to my WISHLIST TBR in June 2011 and has been planned for other challenges but never read.)

4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series!
Or at least, catch up to the latest installment.
You must have read at least the first book before October 2021.

(I am listing series books from my NEXT IN SERIES list which are the oldest on the list planned for other challenges but never read.)

1. The Sinner (added 2014)
2. Vengeance in Death (added 2016)
3. The Absent One (added 2016)
4. A Trick of the Light (added 2016) Read 12/15/21 - 4*
5. Callander Square (added 2017)
6. Better Read Than Dead (added 2018) Read 6/7/22 - 4*
7. Redemption Point (added 2019)
8. The Brass Verdict (added 2020)
9. Black Rose (added 2021) Read 4/18/22 - 4*

1. How many?!?!
Total number of your TBR = 877
7 books per challenge

1. The Light Fantastic
2. The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History
3. The One and Only Ivan - Read 10/7/2021
4. Edge of the Galaxy
5. Rebel in the Ranks
6. Imperial Justice
7. Vicious

2. Share the love
Sort your TBR by ✂️ "date added"
a. most recent date
1. The Mother-in-Law - Read 11/10/2021
2. The Turn of the Key - Read 10/15/2021
3. The Silent Patient - Read 10/11/2021
4. The Wives - Read 10/29/2021
5. The Family Upstairs - Read 6/20/2022
6. The Woman in the Window - Read 11/22/2021
7. My Lovely Wife

b. oldest date
1. The Epic of Gilgamesh - Read 12/27/2021
2. Nutcracker and Mouse King and the Tale of the Nutcracker
3. American Psycho - Read 6/26/2022
4. Atonement
5. Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories - Read 6/12/2022
6. House of Flowers - Read 6/6/2022
7. The Code of the Woosters

3. Monstrosity
Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.
Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady

4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series!
1. The Inimitable Jeeves
2. Very Good, Jeeves!
3. Thank You, Jeeves
4. Right Ho, Jeeves
5. The Daughter of Time
6. Inferno - Read 10/25/2021
7. Origin

I have 243 books on my TBR so this will be a lot easier than last time for me :)
Books must have been on my TBR before 1 October 2021.

Completed 15/15 books 18 December 2021

1. How many?!?! - 3 - finished
✔ 1. Black Summer by M.W. Craven, finished 1 Oct 21
✔ 2. Mr Loverman by Bernardine Evaristo, 4 Oct 21
✔ 3. The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin, 10 Oct 21

2. Share the love
a. Books with the highest average rating:
✔ 1. The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman, 20 Oct 21 (4.61)
✔ 2. A Taste of Freedom by Ajahn Chah, 21 Nov 21 (4.56)
✔ 3. This Is How We Are Human by Louise Beech, 9 Dec 21 (4.55)
b. Books with the lowest average rating:
✔ 1. Alas! by Rhoda Broughton, 13 Dec 21 (2.50)
✔ 2. The Unfortunate Traveller by Thomas Nashe, 18 Dec 21
(2.72)
✔ 3. Nancy by Rhoda Broughton, 19 Nov 21 (2.82)

3. Monstrosity
Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.
They are:
Tombland by C J Sansom (866) - #7 in series
✔ The Goldfinch by Donna Tarte (771), 4 Dec 21
Heartstone by C J Sansom (730) - #5 in series
Sovereign by C J Sansom (662) - #3 in series
At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill (656)

4. Catch Up - finished
My challenge is to read the rest of the Saga series, which is books 5-9.
✔ Saga, Vol. 5 by Brian K. Vaughan, 4 Oct 20
✔ Saga, Vol. 6 by Brian K. Vaughan, 6 Oct 20
✔ Saga, Vol. 7 by Brian K. Vaughan, 9 Oct 21
✔ Saga, Vol. 8 by Brian K. Vaughan, 11 Oct 21
✔ Saga, Vol. 9 by Brian K. Vaughan, 11 Oct 21

Wondering if anyone is willing to attempt Atlas Shrugged with me :)

or A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge #3)

Trim That TBR 2021/22
1 October 2021 - 30 September 2022

Books from my Want-to-read (books in the house), and my To-read-net-galley (books downloaded) shelves = 102 + 11 = 113

✔️1. How many?!?!
GOAL : 3 books
✔️9/10/21 The Mussel Feast
✔️20/11/21 The Pebbles on the Beach
✔️5/12/21 Thirteen White Tulips


✔️2. Share the love
Sort your TBR by one (1) of the following options:
✂️ "num ratings"
✂️ "avg rating"
✂️ "date added"
✂️ "date pub"

and read:
a. Books with the highest number / most recent date
b. Books with the least number / oldest date
Try to read the same number of books (a+b) as you did for (1) above, if not more.

I'll decide which option I'm doing as I go along

Sort your TBR by "num ratings" and read:
a. Books with the highest number
Circe
A Gentleman in Moscow
Their Eyes Were Watching God

b. Books with the lowest number
✔️9/1/22 Dishonoured Bones
✔️10/2/22 The Diehard
Unthinkable: The Culture and Politics of Getting Innovation Wrong

Sort your TBR by "avg rating" and read:
a. Books with the highest number
Aranyak: Of the Forest
✔️16/11/21 The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
The Heart's Invisible Furies

b. Books with the lowest number
✔️9/1/22 Dishonoured Bones
One Another
✔️25/4/22 Aaron's Rod


Sort your TBR by "date added" and read:
a. Books with the latest date
✔️4/12/21 Yesterday
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Tree of Heaven

b. Books with the earliest date
The Road Less Travelled
Flight Behavior
Seeing

Sort your TBR by "date pub" and read:
a. Books with the latest date
Piranesi
The Mirror & the Light
Shuggie Bain

b. Books with the earliest date
✔️15/1/22 Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Madame Bovary
✔️12/12/21 Kidnapped

✔️3. Monstrosity
Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.
The Mirror & the Light
Cathedral of the Sea
A Little Life
✔️16/1/22 Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
The Nix


4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series!
Or at least, catch up to the latest instalment.
(You must have read at least the first book before October 2021.)
Again, try to read the same number of books you read for (1), if not more.
The Mirror & the Light

Count me in!

           Trim that TBR 2021    (1 October 2021 - 30 September 2022)             (9 of 10 read)

I'll be using the shelf from which I choose the books for my Bookopoly shelf (formerly Bookopoly-pool, now tbr).

1. How many?!?! (291 books, 1 being the last digit, I'm rising it to 3)

- Dan-sha-ri: Ordena tu vida ✔ read Oct 10, 2021
- Murder in Mesopotamia ✔ read Dec 12, 2021
- Dead Poets Society ✔ read Dec 22, 2021
Also read: (view spoiler)[
- Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder ✔ read Feb 27, 2022
- Clan Novel: Tzimisce ✔ read Feb 287, 2022
- El invierno más largo (Wolf Winter) ✔ read Mar 22, 2022
- Tostadas de jabón y otros cuentos (Selected Stories) ✔ read Apr 4, 2022
- How to Give Up Plastic: A Guide to Changing the World, One Plastic Bottle at a Time ✔ read Apr 5, 2022
- The Magpie Lord ✔ read Apr 14, 2022
- Taken at the Flood ✔ read Aug 5, 2022
(hide spoiler)]

2. Share the love Sorting my TBR by "date added".

a. Books with the most recent date:
- El observatorio editorial (Sep 21, 2021) ✔ read Dec 7, 2021
- The House of the Spirits (Sep 11, 2021) [not picked]
b. Books with the oldest date (Nov 24, 2013):
- Blackwood Farm ✔ read Oct 31, 2021
- Exile ✔ read May 31, 2022
(Picked from 5 added on the same day!: Vespera, Exile, Blackwood Farm, Blood Canticle and Dracula).

3. Monstrosity: Read 1 of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.

- El pasaje (The Passage) currently reading

Thickest:
- El pasaje (The Passage)
- The Eye of the World
- Brisingr
- Africanus: El hijo del cónsul
- A Court of Wings and Ruin

4. Catch Up: Read that last book in the series! Or at least, catch up to the latest instalment.

- Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse #9) ✔ read Oct 11, 2021
- The Hollow (Hercule Poirot #23) ✔ read Dec 22, 2021
- Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand (Commissaire Adamsberg #6) ✔ read Jun 16, 2022

Tien wrote: "Wondering if anyone is willing to attempt Atlas Shrugged with me :)

or A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge #3)"

I still need to read A Column of Fire (Kingsbridge #3); however, it would not be for this game as I am still working on books much older on my list.

You don't have to read it for this game, Bea, if you still want to buddy read with me. Not sure I could tackle this on my own :/
Not this month though :)

Tien wrote: "You don't have to read it for this game, Bea, if you still want to buddy read with me. Not sure I could tackle this on my own :/
Not this month though :)"

Sounds good, Tien. I don't own it, so it will have to be a library loan. However, my local library has it, so that will mean a 3 week loan with one renewal. A total of 6 weeks if needed.

I will watch for the Buddy thread.

Tien wrote: "Bea wrote: "Gee, I am confused! I looked back at the TRIM that I am working on and it is labelled 2020! (However, I did notice that it was posted December 2020, so I do not feel too bad.)

I still ..."

Bea wrote: "You are just keeping me on my toes, Tien."

Add me to the confused ones!! I usually think of the challenge years as when the reading actually takes place rather than when posted so it threw me for a loop as well! But since it's all open-ended, I guess it doesn't really matter :-)

Each time we are nearing the last few months of the year, I feel like I haven't tackled by physical TBR that well (happens every year!!) and that's when I usually dusted TRIM off and post lol

It's to push me to read off my physical TBR as much as I can before year ends but I'm leaving it open ended as it is a lot of pressure otherwise ;)

And... I'm done with this one this year! Woot 19 physical books off TBR, I'm stoked!

So if I will be doing this challenge from Jan '22 - Dec '22 do I post here or wait until a 2022 TRIM is posted?

Oh, somehow I nearly missed that this was a new one. The question of 2021 vs 2022, I guess. I think I'll start it Jan 1, 2022. And I'll have to label my personal notes about it as TRIM 2021-22, to keep from getting confused the next time it comes around. TRIM is one of the challenges I really love.

Christina wrote: "So if I will be doing this challenge from Jan '22 - Dec '22 do I post here or wait until a 2022 TRIM is posted?"

Here, I think, Christina. I suspect the 2022 TRIM will be posted late in the year.

At least that's what I'll be doing.

I finished! Managed to finish off two of my monstrosities on the last day of the year. Good closure.

Susan wrote: "Christina wrote: "So if I will be doing this challenge from Jan '22 - Dec '22 do I post here or wait until a 2022 TRIM is posted?"

Here, I think, Christina. I suspect the 2022 TRIM will be posted ..."
Got it! Sounds good so we'll go with that lol.

Trim the TBR 2022
1/1/22-12/31/22

1. How many?!?! (311 at time of making list)
1. Slaughterhouse-Five
2. Hell House
3. Insidious 1/4/22
4. The Art of Racing in the Rain
5. The Ruins
6. Hot Six
7. The Gender Game 2/28/22
8. Memoirs of a Geisha 1/11/22
9. The Lost Symbol
10. The Price Of Scandal
11. Strong Is the New Beautiful: Embrace Your Natural Beauty, Eat Clean, and Harness Your Power

2. Share the love
Sort by date added...
a. most recent date
1. Book Lovers
2. The City of Dusk
3. Beasts of Prey
4. Dark Sun
5. Angelfall
6. The Soulmate Equation
7. The Love Hypothesis
8. Speak of the Demon
9. The Flame and the Blade
10. Unwilling Vow: Dark Mafia Arranged Marriage Romance
11. The Match 1/7/22
b. oldest date
1. Inferno 2/26/22
2. Wicked Nights
3. Hidden
4. First Drop of Crimson
5. This Side of the Grave
6. Sweet Peril
7. The Iron King
8. Darkest Mercy
9. Faery Tales & Nightmares 2/11/22
10. Black and Blue
11. Moonshine

3. Monstrosity
1. A Clash of Kings

4. Catch Up
1. Sweet Reckoning
2. Blood of My Blood
3. Blood Promise
4. Spirit Bound
5. Last Sacrifice
6. Maximum Ride Forever
7. The Fever Code
8. Unforgiven
9. The Trap
10. Hidden
11. Isla and the Happily Ever After

Christina wrote: "Trim the TBR 2022
1/1/22-12/31/22

1. How many?!?! (311 at time of making list)
1. Slaughterhouse-Five
2. Hell House
3. Insidious
4. [book:The Art of Racing..."

Christina, good news! The Part #2 only needs a total of 11, so you can eliminate half of your list for that part.

Bea wrote: "Christina, good news! The Part #2 only needs a total of 11, so you can eliminate half of your list for that part."

Oh I know, I'm opting to abuse myself harder. lololol . I'm determined to take out a huge chunk this year.

Trim That TBR
January - December 2022

My Trim That TBR Challenge (msg 32)

Books Read ➺ 22

1. How many?!?! Look at the total number of your TBR, take the last digit and read that many books off your TBR.

TBR Owned shelf = 2697
🔹Completely ➺ 02.19 ★★★★
🔹The Rogue ➺ 05.24 ★★★★
🔹Duncan ➺ 08.20 ★★★★
🔹Betwixt ➺ 01.15 ★★★★
🔹Hot Six ➺ 08.22 ★★★
🔹Crashed ➺ 02.05 ★★★★
🔹When Stars Collide ➺ 02.07 ★★★★

2. Share the love Sort your TBR by date added and read:

a. Books with the most recent date
🔹Dec 2021 ➺ The Bromance Book Club ➺ 04.12 ★★★★
🔹Dec 2021 ➺ You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried ➺ 04.30 ★★★
🔹Dec 2021 ➺ Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door ➺ 02.18 ★★★★
b. Books with the oldest date
🔹Mar 2013 ➺ Days like This ➺ 01.26 ★★★★
🔹Mar 2013 ➺ The Next Little Thing ➺ 02.13 ★★★★
🔹Mar 2013 ➺ A Fine Madness ➺ 06.28 ★★★
🔹Mar 2013 ➺ Dry Adultery, Wet Ambition ➺ 07.02 ★★★

3. Monstrosity Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR

🔹649 pp ➺ Breathe ➺ 08.21 ★★★★

4. Catch Up Read that last book in the series! Or at least, catch up to the latest instalment

🔹Body Movers #9 ➺ 9 Bodies Rolling ➺ 04.08 ★★★
🔹Naughty Princess Club #3 ➺ Kiss the Girl ➺ 10.18 ★★★★
🔹I-Team #9 ➺ Chasing Fire ➺ 02.14 ★★★★★
🔹It Had to Be #4 ➺ It Had to Be Them ➺ 06.23 ★★★
🔹Moreno Brothers #5.5 ➺ Tangled ➺ 03.08 ★★★
🔹Remingtion Family #3 ➺ Something Wild ➺ 04.05 ★★★
🔹Wahyas of Walker’s Run #5 ➺ Tamed by the She-Wolf ➺ 09.25 ★★★

Trim That TBR 2021-2022

Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2022

1. How many?!?!
Look at the total number of your TBR, take the last digit and read that many books off your TBR.
# of books on TBR = 155 ==> GOAL 5

Try to read what's already on your TBR prior to starting this challenge.

✔1The Cobweb - fin 1/4
✔2 Chicken Little - fin 1/7
✔3 The Book of Virtue - fin 1/9
✔4 The Water Dancer - fin 1/14
✔5 The Fool's Tale - fin 1/27

2. Share the love
Sort your TBR by one (1) of the following options: num ratings
b lowest
✔1 Future Imperfect: Six Dystopian Short Stories, 40 ratings - fin 2/9
✔2 The Body Human, 44 ratings - fin 3/3
✔3 Never Ever After, 49 ratings - fin 4/14
✔4 New Under the Sun, 40 ratings - fin 4/18
✔5 Expectation, 142 ratings - fin 10/20

3. Monstrosity
Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.

✔Ship of Magic- fin 3/31

4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series!
Or at least, catch up to the latest installment.
You must have read at least the first book before October 2021. Again, try to read the same number of book you read for (1), if not more.
✔1 Winter's Passage (Iron Fey series # 1.5)- fin 1/5
✔2 Glitches (The Lunar Chronicles #0.5) - fin 11/8
✔3 The Last Graduate (Scholomance #2) - fin 1/12
✔4 Passenger (Passenger #1) - fin 1/20
✔5 24 Hours (Missippi #2) - - fin 1/25

FINISHED 10/20/22

Hm, I'm tempted to do a second round to help push me to read my own tbr...

Hi Tien. I've got a question about:

"4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series!
Or at least, catch up to the latest instalment."

Does it mean that you're supposed to finish off a series? My goal is 3 books, but I don't have any series that (a) I have already started and (b) only have 3 books left.

Yes, you're to finish off or just catch up with series you've already started. It doesn't mean you have to read all 3 books from 1 particular series though. I read 6 books and each from different series... I should look to rewording this next time around :)

Tien wrote: "Yes, you're to finish off or just catch up with series you've already started. It doesn't mean you have to read all 3 books from 1 particular series though. I read 6 books and each from different s..."

Thanks, Tien. I think I was over-complicating things. I took a look at the books you read and I now see that we just need to read any book from a series (or several) we already started.

COMPLETED!

Trim That TBR 2021

I choose to start Oct 1. I'll choose books the day before because who knows what I'll read in the meantime??? (though I'll limit to books owned or at the library)

✔How many?!?! 2 (292) as of today, but I'll go with 5.

1. The Hole in Our Gospel (nf) - DNF, read over 1/2
2. Caught in the Revolution: Petrograd, Russia, 1917 - A World on the Edge, Helen Rappaport, 28 Mar 2022
3. The Guilty Dead, P.J. Tracy, 8 June 2022
4. The Funeral Dress, Susan Gregg Gilmore, 10 May 2022
5. Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler, Bruce Henderson, 9 Jan 2022

✔2. Share the love
Sort your TBR by one (1) of the following options:
✂️ "avg rating"
and read:
a. Books with the highest number / most recent date
b. Books with the least number / oldest date
Try to read the same number of books (a+b) as you did for (1) above, if not more.

1. The Last Green Valley, Mark T. Sullivan, 17 Sept 2022, 4.50
2. A Psalm for the Wild-Built, 4.33, DNF, read over 1/2
3. The Bookshop of Second Chances, Jackie Fraser, 28 Nov 2021, 3.60
4. The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, Joanna Cannon, 23 Aug 2022, 3.65
5. Tears of Pearl, Tasha Alexander, 18 Oct 2021, 3.72

✔3. Monstrosity
Read 1 (one) of the 5 thickest books on your TBR.

1. His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life, Jonathan Alter, 10 Nov 2021, 800 pp.
2. The Forest, Edward Rutherfurd14938], 13 Mar 2022, 784 pp.
3. The Rose Code, 18 Jan 2022, 624 pp.
4. Figuring, 578 pp.
5. The Daughters of Ireland, Santa Montefiore, 30 July 2022, 576 pp.

✔4. Catch Up
Read that last book in the series!
Or at least, catch up to the latest instalment.
You must have read at least the first book before October 2021.

1. The Man with the Silver Saab, Alexander McCall Smith, 29 Oct 2021 (Det. Varg #3)
2. The Cure for What Ales You, Ellie Alexander, 24 Oct 2021 (Sloan Kruse #5)
3. A Death Long Overdue, Eva Gates, 14 Dec 2021 (Lighthouse Library #7)
4. It's a Wonderful Woof, Spencer Quinn, 27 Jan 2022, (Chet & Bernie #12)
5. Something to Hide, Elizabeth George, 21 Jan 2022, (Insp. Lynley #21)

Well done, LynnB, finished just in time to start the next round ha ha ha

Tien wrote: "Well done, LynnB, finished just in time to start the next round ha ha ha"

Thanks, Tien ... (I think...)! Lol! On to the next one. My TBR dictates I will have a longer list next time.

Well, I started this game with 28 books to read. I am ending it with 12 to go, 5 of which I own.

Finally finished! It took so long to get through the "lowest number of ratings" choice, but there were some good books there. Updated in message # 33 above.

Finished a while ago - just forgot to update! Thanks for hosting!!
Updated post: My Trim That TBR Challenge (msg 32)

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