The Challenge Factory discussion

Is your TBR shelf getting out of hand. Join the club!

For this monthly challenge, spin the wheel. Using the number you got, pick a book from your TBR shelf. (For number 10, you can use either '1' or '0' or both.) You decide how many books you want to reduce from your TBR pile using the number you got.

Example: you spun a 6. You can read #6 on your TBR list. Or:
the book can be published in a year ending in 6
the book can be published in June (the 6th month)
the book can be the 6th in a series
the book can have a 6 in the page number.

It's up to you how the number connects with a book from your TBR list. The possibilities are endless, but the book must be associated with the number you spun.

Happy reading and let's slim down our TBR lists!

June Spin to Slim

Spin was a 4

1. No Filter Heather Day Gilbert 6/1/20, 240 pages
2. How to Bake a Murder K.J. Emrick 6/2/20, 194 pages
3. Picture Perfect Murder Jenna St. James 6/7/20, pub. date Nov. 14 (2015)
4. Murder and Meringue Cake Rosie A. Point 6/10/20, 4th in series
5. Killer Souffles and Cliches Mel McCoy 6/13/20, 234 pages
6. One Woman's Junk JB Lynn 6/14/20, 246 pages
7. A Sprinkling of Murder Daryl Wood Gerber 6/14/20, ASIN B07W8Y4D6R
8. Destination Murder K.J. Emrick 6/15/20, 164 pages
9. It Takes a Witch Heather Blake 6/17/20 ISBN 0451235525
10. A Deadly Grind Victoria Hamilton 6/19/20, ISBN0425248011
11. Witcher Upper Amy Boyles 6/23/20, pub date 6/14
12. Beach Blanket Barbie Kathi Daley 6/28/20, pub date 2014
13. Vanilla Vendetta Rosie A. Point 6/29/20, ASIN B0845WHQ2K
14. All You Need Is Fudge Nancy Coco 6/30/20, 4th in series

June Spin to Slim #6

TBR #3660: Deadly Currents by Beth Groundwater 6/19/20
Pub in 2016: The Semester of Our Discontent by Cynthia Kuhn 6/26/20

Got a '5' this month...

#5 in TBR
Plainly Murder 06/04

#5 in series
In Cahoots with the Prickly Pear Posse 06/26

Pages
Delayed Death (254p) 06/04
Coached to Death (352p) 06/06
The Cracked Spine (305p) 06/23
Where the Heart Leads (495p) 06/27

Month
Topped Chef (05/13) 06/02
Hearse and Gardens (05/16) 06/09
The Jane Austen Society (05/26) 06/28
Maisie Dobbs (05/25) 06/30

Day
A Little Night Murder (08/05) 06/11
Murder at Archly Manor (10/15) 06/16
Bossypants (04/05) 06/17
The Puppy Project (02/25) 06/23

Year
Crushed Velvet (2015) 06/19
Death Before Decaf (2015) 06/20
Wicked Days (2015)

Spin to Slim
Duration: 1 - 30 June

Read: 6

#5 in Series:
Point and Shoot 6/8

Published on 5th:
Wolf Lost 6/6

Published in May:
Machine Metal Magic 6/26

Published in 2015:
Heat 6/19

5 is last # in page count
Gives Light 6/7 (285 pages)
Deductions 6/10 (225 pages)

June Spin to Slim
Duration: June 1 - 30, 2020

Spun 6

#6 on "What to Read Next" list (sorted randomly each time)
The Nobodies by Liza Palmer 06/15/2020

#6 on "Randomizer" list

#6 in publishing date
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson 06/28/2020 (pub. 06/02/2020)
Bounty by Kristen Ashley 06/26/2020 (pub. 04/18/2016)
A Burning by Megha Majumdar 06/20/2020 (pub. 06/02/2020)
Credible Threat by J.A. Jance 06/16/2020 (pub. 06/02/2020)

6th in a series

# 6 in the page number.
Make You Mine by Ann Lister 06/06/2020 - 462 pages

Spin to Slim - June


Duration: June 1-30

Spun: 7

TASK 1. PUBLISHED IN A YEAR ENDING IN 7 [2017]

TASK 2. BOOK PUBLISHED IN JULY

TASK 3. 7TH BOOK IN A SERIES

TASK 4. HAS A 7 IN THE PAGE NUMBER.

TASK 5. 7TH BOOK IN MY TBR LIST.
My Life is not a Horror Movie, Derek

TASK 6. BOOK BEGINS WITH THE 7TH LETTER IN THE ALPHABET [G]

TASK 7. SEVEN WORD TITLE

June Spin to Win

#6

Read a book from TBR with a 6 in # on list Fit to Die J.B. Stanley (#596 on list). 6/23/20

Read a book published in June. Mayhem at the Orient Express Kylie Logan 6/5/20. published June 2014

Read a book published in a year that ends in 6. Chocolate Crunch Murder. Susan Gillard 6/8/20. published 2016

JUNE 2020 SPIN TO SLIM
Spin - #1

I can read #1 on my TBR list OR
the book can be published in a year ending in 1
the book can be published in January (1st month)
the 1st of any month
the book can be the 1st in a series
the book can have a 1 in the page number.

Published 1/04/19 Hotshot Doc 6/04
Published 5/01/17 Love Is Love 6/05
1st in Series Wilder 6/06
Published 5/01/18 Bodies on the Beach 6/06
Published 1/09/18 Thunderhead 6/06
1st in Series Summer Angel 6/06
Published 6/01/10 The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake 6/09

Spin to Slim
June 2020

My Spin to Slim Challenge (msg 11)

15 Books Read

My Number is Four

🍬Page count with 4

✔🍬448 pp ~ Of Blood and Bone ~ 06.18 ★★★★★
✔🍬341 pp ~ Claimed ~ 06.22 ★★★★
✔🍬242 pp ~ The Ballerina & the Fighter ~ 06.21 ★★★★
✔🍬143 pp ~ Fall Easy ~ 06.06 ★★★


Series with 4

✔🍬In Death #40 ~ Obsession in Death ~ 06.08 ★★★★


Publication date with 4

✔🍬pubbed April 2011 ~ Wild Montana Sky ~ 06.04 ★★★
✔🍬pubbed April 2013 ~ Bound in Death ~ 06.05 ★★★
✔🍬pubbed June 2014 ~ Better Homes and Hauntings ~ 06.10 ★★★★
✔🍬pubbed July 2014 ~ Nice Dragons Finish Last ~ 06.25 ★★★
✔🍬pubbed November 2014 ~ Tempting Mr. Weatherstone ~ 06.08 ★★★★
✔🍬pubbed April 2018 ~ Peachy Flippin' Keen ~ 06.01 ★★★
✔🍬pubbed October 14, 1926 ~ Winnie-the-Pooh ~ 06.15 ★★★
✔🍬pubbed March 14, 2014 ~ Heat Wave ~ 06.20 ★★★
✔🍬pubbed October 14, 2010 ~ Neptune's Lair ~ 06.22 ★★★
✔🍬pubbed 1941 ~ N or M? ~ 06.30 ★★★

Spin to Slim June
Duration: 6/1/20-6/30/20

Spin of the wheel: 3

1. His Majesty's Dragon- Naomi Novik- 6/1/20 (384 pages)
2. Broken Beasts- Sara C. Roethle- 6/2/20 (Xoe Meyers #3)
3. Death Without Company- Craig Johnson- 6/3/20 (first published March 16th 2006)
4. Black Zone- Connie Suttle- 6/4/20 (335 pages)
5. The Clocks- Agatha Christie- 6/5/20 (312 pages)
6. The Graveyard Shift- Darynda Jones- 6/9/20 (153 pages)
7. The Adventures of the Mountain Men: True Tales of Hunting, Trapping, Fighting, Adventure, and Survival- Stephen Vincent Brennan- 6/10/20 (316 pages)
8. Lord Peter Views the Body- Dorothy L. Sayers- 6/10/20 (320 pages)
9. Spy, Spy Again- Mercedes Lackey- 6/13/20 (Valdemar: Family Spies #3)
10. Electric Curse- Stacey Brutger- 6/15/20 (357 pages)
11. Damsel Under Stress- Shanna Swendson- 6/17/20 (Enchanted Inc #3)
12. Heartless- Gail Carriger- 6/19/20 (374 pages)
13. X Marks the Scot- Kaitlyn Dunnett- 6/20/20 (304 pages)
14. Kindness Goes Unpunished- Craig Johnson- 6/21/20 (Walt Longmire #3)
15. Darkbeam Part III- Adrienne Woods- 6/23/20 (583 pages)
16. Ravishing in Red- Madeline Hunter- 6/25/20 (350 pages)

The Challenge Factory
Spin to Slim - June
Duration: 6/1/2020 - 6/30/2020

Progress: 0 out of ?

Is your TBR shelf getting out of hand. Join the club!

For this monthly challenge, spin the wheel. Using the number you got, pick a book from your TBR shelf. (For number 10, you can use either '1' or '0' or both.) You decide how many books you want to reduce from your TBR pile using the number you got.

Example: you spun a 6. You can read #6 on your TBR list. Or:
the book can be published in a year ending in 6
the book can be published in June (the 6th month)
the book can be the 6th in a series
the book can have a 6 in the page number.

It's up to you how the number connects with a book from your TBR list. The possibilities are endless, but the book must be associated with the number you spun.

Happy reading and let's slim down our TBR lists!

My Spin: 2

Spin to Slim - June
Duration: 6/1/2020 - 6/30/2020

My number is 2

# 2 on your TBR list

the book can be published in a year ending in 2

the book can be published in February (the 2nd month)
The Third to Die by Allison Brennan

the book can be the 2nd in a series
Filthy Rich: A Powerful Billionaire, the Sex Scandal that Undid Him, and All the Justice that Money Can Buy: The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein - 2nd in James Patterson True Crime Series

the book can have a 2 in the page number
Monster 281 pgs

Done for the month! Thanks, Lanelle -
Updated post: My Spin to Slim Challenge (msg 11)

15 Books Read

Msg. 2 updated for June, got 14 books for a 4 spin. Off to find July!