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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!

Spin to slim
September 2020

Spun: 6

#6 on TBR
Knot of This World 09/05

#6 in series
Wicked Harvest 09/11
A Catered Birthday Party 09/15
The Gun Also Rises 09/24

Pages
And Then There Were None (267p) 09/01
Buyer Beware (268p) 09/12
Wired (336p) 09/17
3 Men and a Body (236p) 09/19
Pruning the Dead (346p) 09/28

Month
Uneasy Money (June) 09/17
Hook, Line and Blinker (June) 09/22
Something Blue (June) 09/25
Staged 4 Murder (June) 09/26
Escapes Can Be Murder (June) 09/27

Day
Paint the Town Dead (09/06) 09/10
Mind Your Own Beeswax (01/06) 09/28

Year
Double Knot (2016) 09/07
For Whom Death Tolls (2016) 09/18
Queen Witch (2016) 09/19

SPIN TO SLIM - September 2020
Number 8

1) added to TBR in August (8th month) - I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (added 18/8/12)
2 published in a year with an 8 - Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams (originally published 29/12/1982) 18/9/20 *****
3) 8 in the page count - The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness (348 pages) 16/9/20 ****
4) #8 on owned-tbr list - VALIS by Philip K. Dick 13/9/20 *****

Spin to Slim
Duration: 9/1/20-9/30/20

Spin of the wheel: 9

1. Ghostly Camping- Lily Harper Hart- 9/2/20 (229 pages)
2. Cut to the Crone- Amanda M. Lee- 9/3/20 (first published September 1st 2020)
3. Shadows in Death- J.D. Robb- 9/8/20 (first published September 8th 2020)
4. Mayhem & Mistletoe- Amanda M. Lee- 9/8/20 (first published September 8th 2020)
5. The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma- Trenton Lee Stewart- 9/9/20 (first published January 1st 2009)
6. Hybrid Academy: Year One- L.C. Mortimer- 9/14/20 (198 pages)
7. Ashes of Honor- Seanan McGuire- 9/17/20 (first published September 4th 2012)
8. Magic in the Blood- Devon Monk- 9/26/20 (first published May 5th 2009)
9. Send in the Hero- Timothy Ellis- 9/28/20 (319 pages)
10. Hail the Hero- Timothy Ellis- 9/28/20 (first published September 12th 2015)
11. Burnside's Killer- Timothy Ellis- 9/29/20 (293 pages)

Spin to Slim #2

258 pp + title & author's name start with B (2nd ltr of alphabet): Blanche Cleans Up by Barbara Neely
Title & author's name start with B: Blanche Passes Go by Barbara Neely 9/16/20
TBR #2169: The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy by Julia Quinn 9/19/20
Two word title & TBR #4269 & 232 pp: Pot Luck by Kendel Lynn 9/26/20

Spin to Slim - September
September 2020

My Spin to Slim Challenge (msg 7)

Books Read: 19

My Number is One

Page count with 1

✔🍬122 pp ~ Zane ~ 09.12 ★★★
✔🍬146 pp ~ Boots and Buckles ~ 09.06 ★★★
✔🍬150 pp ~ Looking for Prince Charming ~ 09.08 ★★★
✔🍬156 pp ~ Kevin & Chelsea ~ 09.03 ★★★
✔🍬161 pp ~ Luck of the Dragon ~ 09.01 ★★★
✔🍬178 pp ~ Naughty in Norway ~ 09.19 ★★★
✔🍬186 pp ~ Boots and Roses ~ 09.06 ★★★
✔🍬196 pp ~ Quiet & Kilted ~ 09.28 ★★★
✔🍬317 pp ~ Wild Hunger ~ 09.09 ★★★★


Series with 1

✔🍬#1 19th Precinct ~ Deadly Fall ~ 09.15 ★★★
✔🍬#1 Well Met ~ Well Met ~ 09.17 ★★★★
✔🍬#1 Second Gift ~ Embers of Hope ~ 09.28 ★★
✔🍬#1 Night Prince ~ Once Burned ~ 09.11 ★★★★
✔🍬#1 Red Moon ~ Time Trap ~ 09.08 ★★★
✔🍬#1 Stage Dive ~ Lick ~ 09.13 ★★★★


Published in January, or with year ending in 1

✔🍬January 1989 ~ Only Forever ~ 09.14 ★★★
✔🍬January 2002 ~ Marly's Choice ~ 09.13 ★★★
✔🍬January 2018 ~ Death Below Stairs ~ 09.30 ★★★★
✔🍬January 2019 ~ Playing for Keeps ~ 09.23 ★★★★

Spin to Slim
Goal: 10/10

Spun: 1 - Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) - 9/4/2020 to 9/5/2020
Spun: 9 - Paper Towns published in September - 9/10/2020 to 9/11/2020
Spun: 1 - Divergent (Divergent #1) - 9/12/2020
Spun: 5 - Insurgent 525 pages - 9/13/2020
Spun: 3 - Allegiant (Divergent #3) - 9/13/2020
Spun: 6 - The Sea of Monsters published in 2006 - 9/14/2020
Spun: 5 - The Titan's Curse published in May 5th - 9/15/2020
Spun: 3 - The Battle of the Labyrinth published in March - 9/16/2020
Spun: 9 - The Last Olympian published in 2009 - 9/17/2020
Spun: 10 (1) - Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands #1) - 9/20/2020

Spin to Slim
September 2020

Number Spun: 8

Read:
Becoming A Vincent 287 pages ✔️ 9/19/20 ⭐️⭐️⭐️


Number Spun: 2

To Read:
Going Wild 2nd book in series




(view spoiler)[ 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. (hide spoiler)]

Challenge complete!
Updated post: My Spin to Slim Challenge (msg 7)

Books Read: 19