You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

Need a little help with your TBR, or wishlist? This challenge will help you get things under control. Pick one of the letters in OCTOBER and determine its numeric value as below.

O -15
C - 3
T - 20
O - 15
B - 2
E - 5
R - 18

Pull up your shelf from "My Books". Sort the shelf by clicking on the # sign. Then scroll down till you find the corresponding number. Read the book that is in that position in one of your shelf.

General Rules:

1. The book may be in any format - paperback, ebook, audiobook.
2. The book may be combined with the Year Long Challenge and the Group Themed Read.
3. The book must be read between October 1 and October 31, 2022 (based on your local time zone).
4. The challenge is for one book. You may read more books if you chose but you may only report one.
5. The book must be 175 pages or more determined by the issue you read.

In the case of ebooks & audiobooks, use the hardcover or paperback edition to determine page length. From the book page, select “all editions”, then select the first paper edition as your guide. If reading an ebook and there is no paper edition, the ebook book must be at least 250 pages. If reading an audiobook and there is no paper edition, your book must be a minimum of 6 hours long.

There will be no scoring. When you report your completed challenge, tell us which letter you chose and give a short blurb about your book. What was the date you added the book to your shelf?

Excellent! My number 20 is a good October pick: Weirdo . my library doesn't have it but I'm going to try out a free online library for the first time. Backup will be my #3 In the Shadow of the Banyan

Oh, this is good. I need to get an older book off my TBR.

Looks good! I need my laptop to gopher for this one, though.

***No badge needed! Will only be reporting here.

Almost made it. Finished the last one on 11/1.

I'll see how many I get through:

O -15 Scones and Scoundrels **Finished 10/25
C - 3 Murder's a Witch ***Finished 10/21
T - 20 Freedom's Forge: How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democracy That Won World War II. ***Finished 10/1
O - 15 The Loyal Wife (two 15s so I picked something at random from that same page in my list) ****Finished 10/11
B - 2 150 Pounds: A Novel of Waists and Measures Finished 10/31
E - 5 Dorothy Parker Drank Here. **Finished 11/01
R - 18 Death on Tap. **Finished 10/19

I might go with The Time Traveler's Wife which is #2 in my TBR, and it's been in my shelf since 2013!

Jennifer wrote: "I'll see how many I get through:

O -15 Scones and Scoundrels
C - 3 Murder's a Witch
T - 20 [book:Freedom's Forge: How American Business Built the Arsenal of Democra..."

You only need one to complete the challenge, but you can read as many as you like.

I am going to pick C and read book #3 on tbr list. It's Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance It's one that I am interested to read because I recently read Becoming by Michelle Obama.

I picked O and 15th book on my 2022 TBR is The Case of Comrade Tulayev. Looks like a handful! But there's an introduction by Susan Sontag!

I picked T and got Red Rider's Hood. It is the second book in a series, so I am going to read the first book: Dread Locks

O Les Fleurs du Mal
C East Lynne
T New Grub Street
O Poor Miss Finch
B Mary Barton
E Soulless
R Half of a Yellow Sun

I am going with the letter T…#20.
The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop & Cafe.

I am going with either B (#2), E (#5) or O (#15)
#2 - Good Tidings
#5 - The King's Sister
#15 - The Midwife's Confession

These books have been on TBR shelf since 2015! Also have copies on kindle.

I'll go with T#20 - The American Roommate Experiment

Anna wrote: "O Les Fleurs du Mal
C East Lynne
T New Grub Street
O Poor Miss Finch
B Mary Barton
E Soulless
R [book:Half of ..."

Anna - How did you end up with 2 different books for "O"? They should both be the same book, #15 on your TBR.

I saw that Jennifer chose an alternate for one of her O's, but she wants to see how many she can do. You only need to read one book to complete the challenge, so no need to change the second O unless you are trying to complete them all.

Once you read the first book it will shift all the later books down a number. So you could pick one number and keep going as many times as you want!

Oh, that's true, Vicki. Just read number 20 (for example), then your books shift by one and you can read the new #20.

I considered the shifting of books a little differently, but I think you could decide if you wanted to assign the books to the numbers before or after reading. I will likely only read one of them though, so my numbers won't change.

They can also designate different shelves. I have "to read" and "to listen to", so there's that option.

Janice wrote: "They can also designate different shelves. I have "to read" and "to listen to", so there's that option."

Thank you for clarifying that, Janice. I'm not sure how to make those numbers show up on my other shelves. Would it work to order by date added and just count down?

Edit: This won't work because I end up with a lot of older books that I've already read first. I don't have my shelves sorted in a helpful manner for this, so I'll just stick with the original TBR shelf.

I think they need to be exclusive shelves.

You could pick "to read" and "wishlist" if you have a wishlist shelf.

I don't have a wishlist shelf. I have an audible shelf, but it combines to read and read books. No worries. I'll just pick one of the originals. They look good and they've been sitting on my shelf forever.

These are my options:

O -15 Pachinko
C - 3 The Craftsman
T - 20 The Betrayals
O - 15
B - 2 The Good Samaritan
E - 5 The Last Runaway
R - 18 The Aftermath

At this moment I think it be The Aftermath but by the time I get to it ......,who knows 🤨

I'm trying on taking part on a monthly challenge here again. Been failing the last months to do that, so I'll give it another try.

O -15 Mazel Tov: The Story of My Extraordinary Friendship with an Orthodox Jewish Family
C - 3 Victory of Eagles
T - 20 Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism
O - 15
B - 2 The Reluctant Mage
E - 5 The Night Horses
R - 18 The People in the Trees

I'm still doubting between Mazel Tov: The Story of My Extraordinary Friendship with an Orthodox Jewish Family and The People in the Trees

O -15 The Hound of the Baskervilles
C - 3 The Coffin Dancer
T - 20 Rubyfruit Jungle
O - 15
B - 2 The Bone Collector
E - 5 In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
R - 18 Time's Edge

Interesting to look back at what I wanted to read in 2016. I think I might be able to read at least 1 of these this month. Although, Rubyfruit Jungle has been on here since I joined GR and I have yet to find a copy of it to borrow or buy used.

I think I will go with O - #15 Human Acts

O-15 - Throne of Glass
C-3 - Great Circle
T-20 - The Great Alone
O-15
B-2 - Beautiful World, Where Are You
E-5 - The Personal Librarian
R-18 - Crazy Rich Asians

So many good choices. I think I will go with B-2 Beautiful World, Where Are You

Well, I got a few interesting choices:


O - Belgarath the Sorcerer
C - 1984
T - Lord of Light
O -
B - The Fellowship of the Ring
E - The Color of Magic
R - Magician: Apprentice

Sooooo.... I realized that I need to do a mass cleaning of my TBR list after looking at the options I was given for this - the dates go back 10 years! And my tastes in books have changed so so much since then! hahaha!

Sue Q wrote: "Sooooo.... I realized that I need to do a mass cleaning of my TBR list after looking at the options I was given for this - the dates go back 10 years! And my tastes in books have changed so so much..."

haha I know that feeling. I tried it a few weeks ago and it feels good. Though I have added more to it recently.

Grainne wrote: "Sue Q wrote: "Sooooo.... I realized that I need to do a mass cleaning of my TBR list after looking at the options I was given for this - the dates go back 10 years! And my tastes in books have chan..."

Haha awesome Grainne!!

I pick number 20, so I will be reading Murder At 40 Below by Tom Brennan.

I picked O-15 from my to-read shelf and started reading The Knife of Never Letting Go last night.

Sandra wrote: "I might go with The Time Traveler's Wife which is #2 in my TBR, and it's been in my shelf since 2013!"

I started listening to this one a couple of days ago. I'm finding it more romantic than I usually like. I will give it one more hour and decide if I keep going or dnf it.

I did several, but I'm just going to report the first one.

:-) Off to do that now.