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!

August Spin to Slim - #6

Pub 2016: Braking for Bodies by Duffy Brown 8/09/20
TBR #2966: Word to the Wise by Jenn McKinlay 8/13/20
6 letters in author's last name: Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas 8/17/20
6 letters in author's first name: Kendel Lynn, Swan Dive 8/23/20

Spin to Slim August
Duration: August 1- August 31

Spin of the wheel: 4

1. Temper- Xander Boyce- 8/1/20 (441 pages)
2. Pretend You Don't See Her- Mary Higgins Clark- 8/2/20 (published April 28th 1997)
3. Pearls and Poison- Duffy Brown- 8/3/20 (304 pages)
4. Crime and Poetry- Amanda Flower- 8/5/20 (364 pages)
5. Midnight Sun- Stephenie Meyer- 8/8/20 (published August 4th 2020)
6. Wicked Cravings- Suzanne Wright- 8/11/20 (published April 16th 2013)
7. Alien in the House- Gini Koch- 8/13/20 (544 pages)
8. Freaky Seas- Amanda M. Lee- 8/14/20 (published August 4th 2020)
9. Curse a Brew Streak- Lily Harper Hart- 8/15/20 (published August 4th 2020)
10. Murder on Mulberry Bend- Victoria Thompson- 8/18/20 (published March 4th 2003)
11. Year One- Nora Roberts- 8/19/20 (419 pages)
12. Zero Sum- B. Justin Shier- 8/21/20 (450 pages)
13. Undead and Unreturnable- MaryJanice Davidson- 8/24/20 (Undead #4)
14. Emerald Blaze- Ilona Andrews- 8/25/20 (400 pages)
15. House of the Rising Sun- Kristen Painter- 8/26/20 (434 pages)
16. One August Morning: The True Story of Lizzie Borden- Troy Taylor-8/29/20 (254 pages)
17. Lokahi- Edie Claire- 8/30/20 (first published April 15th 2016)

Spin to Slim
August 2020

Spun a 5 this round, got more books in than I thought I would...

#5 on tbr:
2 Bodies for the Price of 1 08/05

#5 in series:
Shattered at Sea 08/19
The Pajama Frame 08/31

#15 in series:
Fatally Flaky 08/26

Pages
A Share in Death (259p) 08/02
Shooting Gallery (352p) 08/05
Living the Vida Lola (305p) 08/29

Month
Sweet Tea and Spirits (05/22) 08/16
Ghostal Living (05/02) 08/22
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (05/01) 08/31

Day
Death Comes to London (11/25) 08/24
Murder on the Village Green (05/05) 08/28
The Case of the Questionable Quadruplet (04/05) 08/30

Year
Booked for Trouble (2015) 08/08
Ghost of a Potion (2015) 08/14
Death at Wentwater Court (2015) 08/16
Miz Scarlet and the Bewildered Bridegroom (2015) 08/18

Spin to Slim - August
Duration: 1 - 31 August

Spin the Wheel: 6

6th in Series:
Find and Keep 8/13

Published in June:
When Red Cried Wolf 8/3
Wolves of Black Pine 8/9
The Last Sun 8/17

Published in 2016
Pathfinder's Way 8/7

Published on the 6th
Paris A to Z 8/15

6 in Page Count
Ashes, Ashes, They All Fall Dead 8/8
Every Dark Corner 8/23

Spin to Slim - August

#5

5th TBR list
published in a year ending in 5
published in May - the 5th month
5th in a series
5 in the page number

Spin to Slim - August
August 2020

My Spin to Slim Challenge (msg 8)

Books Read: 12

My Number is Nine

Page count with 9

🍬179 pp ~ The Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride ~ 08.15 ★★★
🍬219 pp ~ Sex, Lies and Midnight ~ 08.12 ★★★


Series with 9

🍬Nikki Heat #9 ~ Heat Storm ~ 08.21 ★★★★


Publication date with 9

🍬January 1954 ~ The Toll-Gate ~ 08.24 ★★★★
🍬June 1992 ~ Loving Laura ~ 08.14 ★★★
🍬March 2009 ~ The Many and The One ~ 08.30 ★★★
🍬October 2009 ~ Anansi Boys ~ 08.16 ★★★
🍬June 29, 2012 ~ Hunted ~ 08.27 ★★★★
🍬September 2014 ~ Starting from Scratch ~ 08.10 ★★★★
🍬October 29, 2018 ~ Trent ~ 08.19 ★★★
🍬April 2019 ~ Love Me ~ 08.12 ★★★
🍬November 2019 ~ The Rise of Magicks ~ 08.23 ★★★★

My number is 3.
Triple Threat—360 pages

Spin to Slim - August

My number is Eight again!

The Challenge Factory
Spin to Slim - August
Duration: 8/1/2020 - 8/31/2020

Progress: 0 out of 1+

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 Number is 4

Finished - thank-you!
Updated post: My Spin to Slim Challenge (msg 8)

Books Read: 12