2025 Reading Challenge discussion

TBR JAR CHALLENGE

Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

The TBR Jar challenge was the big winner of our 2021 Challenge Poll, so we are bringing it back! There are four ways to pick the book titles you’ll be reading for this challenge:

1) You can use books on a specific list or books for a specific challenge. Some examples are: PopSugar, BookRiot Read Harder, any of the Goodreads listopias, etc.

2) You can let Goodreads let choose your books for this challenge:
Step 1: Select the number of books you want to read for this challenge.
Step 2: Go to the “My Books” tab on the top of the Goodreads Page.
Step 3: Bring up your “Want-To-Read” shelf.
Step 4: On the bottom of the page in the middle, go to the “sort” field and select “Random.”
Goodreads will generate a random list of books for you!

3) You can use the following tasks and pick a matching book later.
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.

4. You can use any random generator on the internet to choose prompts or subjects. Some examples are: The TBR machine, Color picker, Wikipedia, random word generator, or shuffle your playlist and read books that have to do with those songs.

Write all your selected book titles or tasks on slips of paper, throw them in a jar, and shake! Just let us know how many books you will be reading for this challenge.

We love how creative you all are, and would love to see the pictures of your jars! Happy Reading!

How to Participate:

1. Post here telling the challenge leader that you'd like to join the challenge. You can choose your books for the challenge at the beginning, or add them as you go. You can join a challenge at any time, as long as the challenge is still active. You must choose a goal for the challenge.

2. Whenever you finish a book for the challenge, post here and let the challenge leader know so they can update your progress. Please be sure to post the number of books you have completed and the number of your original message every time you post an update.
The challenge leader is not able to keep track of your total number of books for you because of the number of participants in the challenge. The number of the original post is used to identify you, as there can be many members with the same name. The challenge leader will not look at this post to track your progress.

Example:
message 32 updated! 2/25 books read!

For more information about how challenges work, check out this thread or ask your challenge leader.

P.S. Please do not delete posts! It makes updating very confusing for the Moderators! If you decide to leave the challenge, please just let us know. You can edit your original post to say {redacted}. Thank you!


Participants:
Allie - 50/50 - completed!
Alyana - 30/30 - completed!
Alys - 0/32
Amanda - 6/20
Amy - 12/12 - completed!
Andrea - 0/20
Angela - 2/10
Ann - 10/15
AnnaG - 4/50
Ariail - 32/32 - completed!
Ashleigh - 8/8 - completed!
Auntie Terror - 11/12
Bailey ✰ - 3/5
Barry - 10/10 - completed!
Beverly - 44/106
Bonnie - 0/40
Bray - 0/20
✨ Brianna Raquel ✨ - 32/32 - completed!
Brittany - 20/29
Caro - 0/10
Carol - 193/144 - completed!
Carri Carey - 32/32 - completed!
Carmen - 96/96 - completed!
Carrie - 0/15
Chrissie - 1/5
Christene Paula - 3/32
Claire - 0/5
Claire (msg 75) - 5/10
Cordelia - 15/15 - completed!
Craig - 18/32
CrazyAsACupcake - 19/20
Danielle - 1/32
Dee - 0/65
Dominique - 0/32
Dubhease - 41/40 - completed!
Elaine - 52/52 - completed!
emilia - 0/6
Erin - 0/12
Greg - 22/35
Hao - 0/36
ilovebakedgoods (Teresa) - 0/6
Jam - 4/10
Jeffrey - 0/12
Jenn - 0/32
Jennifer - 0/100
Jessie - 0/20
Joy D - 20/20 - completed!
Julia - 0/7
Justicia - 0/10
Kendra - 32/32 - completed!
Ketty - 5/25
Kimberly - 0/50
Kristina - 130/110 - completed!
☆ Laura - 3/20
Laura ☾ - 0/32
Laura - 12/12 - completed!
Laura Jane - 0/10
Lauri - 0/32
Leslie - 0/10
Leticia - 0/20
Linda - 0/98
Marianne - 0/20
Marleen - 3/20
Martha - 4/32
Martha☀ - 9/25
Maureen - 0/40
Megan - 12/12 - completed!
Megan (msg 33) - 5/20
Megan BG - 6/12
Meghan L - 0/12
Megs - 1/20
Michelle - 1/10
Molly - 7/32
Nat - 20/20 - completed!
Nicole - 3/20
nikki docking - 0/50
Nisanka - 24/24 - completed!
Queenie - 0/32
Rachael - 11/32
Rachel - 0/10
Rina - 0/20
Risa - 0/11
Robynne - 2/20
Sabrina Smith - 0/40
Sara - 0/7
Sarah - 50/50 - completed!
SarahKat - 44/44 - completed!
Sarah c - 5/10
Satin - 0/12
Shari - 0/32
Snezana - 0/24
Stephanie - 4/12
Suzanne - 32/32 - completed!
Tania - 0/11
Tari - 50/50 - completed!
TCampbell - 36/36 - completed!
TEE - 20/20 - completed!
Toni - 0/52
Tresdivas - 0/36
Victoria - 6/15
Yana - 12/50
Ziggy - 24/24 - completed!

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I'd like to join. The best year I had for the TBR jar was one where I used these prompts. I'll be doing that again and using a TBR generator/spinner to choose which prompts I do each month:

Progress: 12/32

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest: Olive Kitteridge
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages: The Swimmers*** 5/10/22
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love: The Last Cuentista ✔ 1/29/22 *****
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges: How the Penguins Saved Veronica ✔ 1/2/2022 ***
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it: Under the Whispering Door 1/11/2022 ****
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you: The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland *** 9/7/22
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read: Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot 6/8/2022 ****-1/2
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format: How High We Go in the Dark 1/9/22 ****
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read: The Last Thing He Told Me 2/28/22 ***
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page: The Lincoln Highway 6/13/22 *****
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR: The Ten Thousand Doors of January 1/24/2022 ****
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself: So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix 5/26/22 ****

I wasn't going to do this but I like the prompts so I will give that a try. As there are 3 I am unlikely to do on this list I will go for 29

22/29
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1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself. (hide spoiler)]

Hola!
Count me in, please! 😉

PROGRESS: 96/96

I randomized my TBR shelf and came up with this list: 2022 TBR Jar
The Golden Bowl✔
Blue Dahlia✔
The Winter Sea✔
Starry Night✔
The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince✔
Royal Assassin✔
Death of a Fool✔
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail✔
Blackmailing the Billionaire✔
Perfil asesino✔
The Brading Collection✔
Trouble in Mudbug✔
La ley del amor✔
Ulysses✔
QUEEN MARGOT✔
The Strawberry Hearts Diner✔
All Creatures Great and Small✔
The Road Trip✔
Crazy Little Thing Called Love✔
Elephants Can Remember✔
Girls Night Out✔
Faithful Place✔
Desert Heat✔
Asking for Trouble✔
The Land of Mango Sunsets✔
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras: The Extraordinary Journeys✔
El amor huele a café✔
Los hermanos Karamázov✔
Still Life✔
Los tres mosqueteros✔
How the Marquis Got His Coat Back✔
The Talented Mr. Ripley✔
Untalented✔
Sexy in Stilettos✔
Silas Marner✔
Buy a Bullet✔
Death Comes as the End✔
The Man Who Smiled✔
Destination Unknown✔
Heidi✔
Hard Times✔
Street of the Five Moons✔
La isla de la pasión: Una Novela✔
The Bride Test✔
The Wedding Gift✔
The Amersham Rubies✔
The Reception✔
One Night with You✔
Second Chance Summer✔
Opposites Attract✔
The Leavenworth Case✔
Going Cowboy Crazy✔
La casa verde✔
El asesinato del sábado por la mañana✔
Cat's Cradle✔
Out✔
Historias de cronopios y de famas✔
Clutch of Constables✔
Ladies’ Bane✔
Imperfect Chemistry✔
Ransom✔
Tales of the Blood Kissed✔
La tumba negra✔
El tiempo entre costuras✔
Delicioso suicidio en grupo✔
The Hour of the Star✔
I'm Traveling Alone✔
The Bat✔
Ordeal by Innocence✔
Raven Black✔
La mujer de verde✔
Travels with My Aunt✔
El guardián invisible✔
Las tres bodas de Manolita✔
Marianela✔
Scaramouche✔
The Blue Castle✔
Death Comes for the Archbishop✔
Unfaithful✔
Aquitania✔
Murder is Easy✔
Te trataré como a una reina✔
Claimed✔
Surrender✔
Dare to Love✔
A Hidden Fire✔
The Rest Falls Away✔
El hombre que amaba a los perros✔
Dusk✔
The Wolf Within✔
The Island of Doctor Moreau✔
Shirley✔
The World According to Garp✔
Stories for Christmas✔
A Grosvenor Square Christmas✔
Parker Pyne Investigates✔

I’m in for 12!

1. The Wives by Tarryn Fisher - completed January 2022
2. When the Reckoning Comes by LaTanya McQueen - completed February 2022
3. The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask - completed March 2022
4. The Lost Man by Jane Harper - completed April 2022
5. The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams - completed May 2022
6. The Almost Sisters by Joshilyn Jackson - completed July 2022
7. Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeline Thien - completed August 2022
8. A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson - completed September 2022
9. An Untamed State by Roxane Gay - completed November 2022
10. The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman - completed December 2022
11. Last Train to Istanbul by Ayse Kulin, translated by John W. Baker - completed December 2022
12. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich - completed December 2022

12/12 - challenge completed!

TBR Jar - 2022
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Progress: 30/30

✅1. The Night She Disappeared - 02/11
✅2. Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 - 03/22
✅3. A Slow Fire Burning - 03/01
✅4. The Stranger in the Mirror - 04/04
✅5. If I Was Your Girl - 01/11
✅6. Maybe in Another Life - 05/02
✅7. 28 Summers - 01/17
✅8. To Get Me To You - 02/17
✅9. Third Watch - 01/02
✅10. Back in the Burbs - 05/12
✅11. River Road - 02/02
✅12. Four Aunties and a Wedding - 05/25
✅13. Helter Skelter - 01/03
✅14. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock - 03/23
✅15. Here's to Us - 01/09
✅16. Firefly Lane - 02/17
✅17. Never Never - 02/20
✅18. A Drink Before the War - 05/18
✅19. Killman Creek - 06/01
✅20. Invisible Girl - 04/25
✅21.The Hate U Give - 01/21
✅22. Concrete Rose - 01/19
✅23. The Making of Us - 01/27
✅24. The Book of Cold Cases - 03/17
✅25. Someone We Know - 01/14
✅26. Everything, Everything - 04/06
✅27. There You'll Find Me - 03/10
✅28. Food: A Love Story - 05/04
✅29. The Art of Racing in the Rain - 01/25
✅30. Little Secrets - 01/23

📚 COMPLETED 📚

I will be doing Around the Year in 52 Books. 52/52

I also aim to have at least 40 books for the challenge come from my TBR shelf. 41/40

1. Letter from the Birmingham Jail
2. City of Fallen Angels
3. A Slow Fire Burning
4. Insurgent
5. Eragon
6. The Yellow Wallpaper
7. White Oleander
8. Red Prophet
9. The Woman in the Window
10. The Girl Who Played with Fire
11. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
12. Those Who Prey
13. Three Weddings and a Bar Mitzvah
14. Cross My Heart, Hope to Die
15. The Night Circus
16. Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur
17. No Lifeguard on Duty
18. Many Waters
19. Charmed & Ready
20. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe 
21. The Paris Apartment
22. The House in the Cerulean Sea
23. Witch Princess
24. We Were Liars
25. One by One
26. Home Before Dark
27. The Halloween Tree
28. The Summer Tree
29. Bunny
30. The Well of Lost Plots
31. The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956
32. James and the Giant Peach
33. Bridge to Terabithia
34. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
35. The Fall of the House of Usher: An Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
36. Hench
37. The Faceless Ones
38. Seven Minutes in Heaven
39. Size 12 and Ready to Rock
40. Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories
41. The Remains of the Day

I was already planning to create a TBR jar for next year, so I’m definitely joining this challenge! What I’d like to do is make a jar with all my physical TBR books in it and all the Popsugar prompts in it. So that’s not completely one of the options from the challenge, but I hope that’s fine too 🤗

Aiming at 20 books!

Progress: 4/20



1: popsugar prompt ‘tiger in title or on the cover’: Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
2: physical tbr pick: De chirurg
3: physical tbr pick: Desperation
4: popsugar prompt ‘a book about witches’: The Lighthouse Witches

TBR JAR
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

I'm singing up for 24 book. Each month I will pull 3 books from a jar and aim to read at least 2 of them.

January picks:
1. This Savage Song
2. In the House in the Dark of the Woods
3. Every Note Played

Signing up for the 32 prompts!

✅ 1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. Epic Fail - Read 9/5/22
✅ 2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. The Queen's Gambit - Read 5/12/22
✅ 3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. Speaks the Nightbird - Read 3/9/22
✅ 4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. The Grownup - Read 2/11/22
✅ 5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born. 'Salem's Lot - Read 5/19/22
✅ 6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR. It Ends with Us - Read 7/1/22
✅ 7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Read 1/11/22
✅ 8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. Sudden Prey - Read 2/13/22
✅ 9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user. Rock Paper Scissors - Read 6/8/22
✅ 10. Read a book with a cover you love. Stan Lee's Alliances: A New Reality - Read 2/2/22
✅ 11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. The Haunting of Hill House - Read 4/6/22
✅ 12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book. Me Talk Pretty One Day - Read 1/7/22
✅ 13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name. City of Ghosts - Read 5/6/22
✅ 14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list). Heartless - Read 6/12/22
✅ 15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges. The Green Mile - Read 5/24/22
✅ 16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it). City of Bones - Read 5/16/22
✅ 17. Read the book with the least number of ratings. Heroes Reborn: Collection One - Read 2/24/22
✅ 18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Read 4/18/22
✅ 19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf. Under the Whispering Door - Read 7/7/22
✅ 20. Read a book that you own. The Woods - Read 1/17/22
✅ 21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you. Strange the Dreamer - Read 1/2/22
✅ 22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read. Flowers for Algernon - Read 5/5/22
✅ 23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish. Spinning Silver - Read 3/8/22
✅ 24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. Chosen Prey - Read 7/3/22
✅ 25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read. Firefly: Still Flying: A Celebration of Joss Whedon's Acclaimed TV Series - Read
✅ 26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book. The Black Dahlia - Read 2/16/22
✅ 27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page. Layla - Read 2/23/22
✅ 28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. Daisy Jones & The Six - Read 1/5/22
✅ 29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation. Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs - Read 6/24/22
✅ 30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme (travel) A Darker Shade of Magic - Read 8/15/22
✅ 31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR. The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West - Read 8/3/22
✅ 32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself. Beastly - Read 5/12/22

My jar will consist of music playlists set on shuffle. Since I've got too much for a single playlist I draw groups of some sort. I'll be doing the challenge in steps of five, and will probably raise my goal along the way.

Progress: 2/5

Round One: German Musicians (also from a TV show), The Dark Tenor & Sing meinen Song das Tauschkonzert
01. Written in the Scars - The Dark Tenor
02. The Fallen - The Dark Tenor
03. Love is Light - The Dark Tenor The Lost Book of the White ✓
04. Love's a Burden - Wincent Weiss (singing Beyond the Black) The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems ✓
05. Run with Me - Michael Patrick Kelly (singing Jeanette Biedermann)

Oh boy...a new year of reading a diverse selection of books from my huge list of "want to" books. I let Goodreads generate a random list. I'm going for 106 this year.
67/106

1. 10 Short Stories About Ghosts, Aliens, Cats and Other Nonsense by David Cooper FINISHED 1/19
2. 100 Cupboards by N. D. Wilson FINISHED 2/9
3. 100 Things to do In America Before You Die by Bill Clevlen FINISHED 3/2
4, 10th Annual SF by Judith Merril FINISHED 8/20
5. The 10th Kingdom by Kathryn Wesley
6. 11 Great Horror Stories by Betty Owen FINISHED 9/27
7. The 12th Year Awakening by Jason Ellis FINISHED 9/30
8. The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time by Leslie Pockell
9. 13 Days, The Pythagoas Conspiracy by L. A. Starks
10. 13 on Halloween by Laura A. H. Elliott
11. 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad
12. The 13th Day of Christmas by Robert Blevins
13. Alice by Christina Henry FINISHED 1/28
14. Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughn FINISHED 6/9
15. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
16. Beyond the Storm by Carolyn Zane FINISHED 3/31
17. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
18. The Captain's Door by Clara Houghton
19. Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood FINISHED 3/3
20. Down the Darkest Road by Kylie Brant
21. Dying for Dinner Rolls by Lois Lavrisa FINISHED 4/4
22. e. e. cummings, A Life by Susan Cheever FINISHED 1/27
23. The Eagle and the Raven by James Michener FINISHED 3/10
24. The Eagle Catcher by Margaret Cole FINISHED 3/19
25. Early Riser by Jasper Fforde FINISHED 5/26
26. Earth by David Brin FINISHED 8/12
27. The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler FINISHED 8/5
28. Earthcrack by Sharon Canipe FINISHED 10/10
29. East and West by Pearl Buck
30. East Coast Toast by Walker Newton FINISHED 9/19
31. The East End by Jason Allen
32. East of Peculiar by Suzann Ledbetter
33. Easy Bake Coven by Liz Schulte
34. An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris
35. Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean FINISHED 5/21
36. Fable by Adrienne Young FINISHED 2/4
37. A Fabulous, Formless Darkness by David Hartwell FINISHED
38. The Face by Dean Koontz FINISHED
39. Face Down in the Morrow Pie by Kathy Lynn Appleton FINISHED 5/2
40. The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry FINISHED
41. The Face of Fear by Dean Koontz FINISHED
42. The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano Lesnevih FINISHED
43. Fade Away by Harlan Coben FINISHED 11/11
44. Fado Alexandrino by Antonio Lobo Antunes
45. Faerie Moon by Matt Mark
46. Fail Safe by Eugene Brudick
47. Fallen by Lauren Kate
48. Far Side of the Sea by Kate Breslin FINISHED 4/26
49. F'lorna of Rodesh by Alisa Hope Wagner FINISHED 1/26
50. Fool Moon by Jim Butcher
51. G. by John Berger FINISHED 1/23
52. Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero FINISHED 3/9
53. Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado FINISHED 8/3
54. Gad's Hall/The Haunting of Gad's Hall by Nora Loft FINISHED
55. Galak's Rising y Christina Goebel FINISHED 7/8
56. The Galapagoes Incident by Felix Savage FINISHED 8/1
57. Gallery of Ghosts by James Reynolds FINISHED
58. Galveston by Suzanne Morris
59. Game Changer by Neal Susterman FINISHED
60. A Game of Proof by Tim Vicary
61. Game of Scones by Mary Lee Ashford
62, The Glory Box by Claudine Marcin
63. The Guards by Jack Taylor
64. H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker FINISHED 1/31
65. H2O by Irving Belateche FINISHED 2/28
66. H NGM M, Murder is the Word by J. C. Gatlin FINISHED 3/28
67. Hadley and Grace by Suzanne Redfearn FINISHED 11/4
68. Half a Heart by Karen McQuestion FINISHED 5/27
69. Half a King by Joe Abercrombie FINISHED 7/21
70. Half Demon's Revenge by Lina J. Potter
71. Half Lies by Sally Green FINISHED
72. Half of Man is Woman by Zhang Xianliang
73. Half of What You Hear by Kristyn Kusek Lewis
74. The Half Sister by Sandie Jones
75. Half the World by Joe Abercrombie
76. Hook and Peter by Doram Jocoby
77. Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky FINISHED 5/3
78. In the Presence of Spirits by Barbara Parks FINISHED 3/6
79. Ink in the Blood by Kim Smejkal FINISHED 1/16
80. Jim Henson by Brian Jay Jones
81. Left to Die by Lisa Jackson FINISHED
82. The Lies You Told by Harriet Tyce
83. The Line Between by Tosca Lee FINISHED 1/4
84. Lost Days by R. W. Ridley
85. Lost December by Richard Paul Evans FINISHED 3/7
86. Nightfall Garden by Allen Houston FINISHED 2/8
87. Neverworld by E. Racine FINISHED 2/10
88. Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton FINISHED 4/10
89. Salem Falls by Jodi Picolt
90. The Secret of Moon Lake by Sofia Nova FINISHED
91. The Shark by Mary Burton FINISHED 1/8
92. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith FINISHED 5/15
93. A Song for Bellafortuna by Vincent LoCoco FINISHED 7/1
94. Stories to Stay Awake By by Alfred Hitchcock
95. Strange Highways by Dena Koontz
96. The Summer I Learned to Dive by Shannon McCrimmon
97. The Swarm by Frank Schatzing
98. There Will Come a Darkness by Katy Rose Pool
99. Truths I Never Told You by Kelly Rimmer FINISHED 11/11
100. Unspoken by Lisa Jackson FINISHED 3/25
101. Until the Robin Walks on Snow by Bernice Rocque FINISHED 7/19
102. The Verdon Affair by Nick Dybek FINISHED 6/4
103. Vernon Can Read by Vernon E. Jordan
104. Weeper by Greg Morgan FINISHED 7/24
105. When We Were Brave by Karla M. Jay FINISHED 1/13
106. The Witch of Portobello by Paul Coelho FINISHED 7/2

Sign me up for 50 books! I will roll random prompts monthly and then choose books to fit.

Progress: 50/50 Completed!

1. Draw 2 and combine: The Darkness Outside Us
2. Mass market paperback: Emma
3. Romance: When Lightning Strikes
4. Kindle Unlimited: How to Be an Imperfectionist: The New Way to Fearlessness, Confidence, and Freedom from Perfectionism
5. Randomize Goodreads TBR: Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes
6. Own Voices: Harlem Shuffle
7. Disability Rep: Turtles All the Way Down
8. Christian Fiction: Hello, Hollywood!
9. Re-read: Obsidian
10. For a 2022 Challenge: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
11. Author I've Read Before: The Dark Forest
12. E-book: Vulnerable
13. Mom Pick: Dead Voices
14. Not-Owned TBR: Sizzling Sixteen
15. YA Fantasy: Our Dark Duet
16. Illustrated Cover: The Happy Ever After Playlist
17. Classic: A Little Princess
18. Most Recent Acquisition: Ravensong
19. Library book: The Key to Love
20. Historical fiction: Our Darkest Night
21. Author with three names or a middle initial: The City We Became
22. TBR vet: Dangerous Passage
23. Pretty cover: Death of an Eye
24. Book born (published) in May: The Homewreckers
25. One-word title: Heartsong
26. POC character: Dark Waters
27. Color wheel: Little Thieves
28. Face on cover: Spy x Family, Vol. 7
29. Light read: All Summer Long
30. Freebie: Upside Down
31. Treat your shelf: Midnight Secretary, Vol. 05
32. Read a play: Lover's Vows
33. <1000 reviews: Sanditon
34. 1+ million ratings: Pride and Prejudice
35. Second chance book: Mansfield Park
36. Audiobook: Death Comes to Pemberley
37. Romantic suspense: Exit Strategy
38. Historical romance: Not the Duke's Darling
39. Mystery: Bedeviled Eggs
40. Highest rated on shelf: Unlawful Contact
41. These books will self-destruct: Dead Witch Walking
42. Adult: Mexican Gothic
43. Smut: Depraved: A Dark Romance
44. Nonfiction: The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World
45: Hyped: It Happened One Summer
46. YA Contemporary: Only Mostly Devastated
47. Translated: Anxious People
48. Poetry: Ballad of Reading Gaol
49. Features Winter: A Christmas Carol
50. Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: Sense and Sensibility

I'll sign up for 44. 12 randomized and the 32 prompts

44/44

Randomized
1. The Housekeeper and the Professor
2. Binary Star
3. The Magician's Elephant
4. Bødy
5. When the Elephants Dance
6. The Unpassing
7. Boneset & Feathers
8. Fifth Business by Robertson Davies
9. A Night in the Lonesome October
10. The Grace of Kings
11. Verity
12. Delirium

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
Different Class by Joanne Harris
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
Death of a Nightingale by Lene Kaaberbøl
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
One Year Bible-NIV
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
Randomize by Andy Weir
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
The Devil's Novice by Ellis Peters
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
The Girl in Red by Christina Henry
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
The Woods by Harlan Coben
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
Song of the Forever Rains by E.J. Mellow
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
A Taste for Monsters by Matthew J. Kirby
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
The Ouroboros Cycle, Book One: A Monster's Coming of Age Story
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
The Sanctuary Sparrow by Ellis Peters
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
Thirty-Three Ways of Looking at an Elephant by Dale Peterson
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien narrated by Andy Serkis
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
20. Read a book that you own.
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien narrated by Andy Serkis
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
Spellsinger by Alan Dean Foster
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
Bearing an Hourglass by Piers Anthony
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
One Italian Summer
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
A House Between Earth and the Moon by Rebecca Scherm
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (Mystery)
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.
A Whole New World by Liz Braswell

I will do individual lists of ten books. I have 140 books so far in my TBR, so we'll see how this goes.

The Bad Beginning
The Polar Express
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
Conversations with God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 1
Tangerine
The Bluest Eye
The Library Book
The Poisonwood Bible
The Wizard of Oz

Progress: 0/10

I did my random list a while back in preparation lol, but I was going to do 6, but then got a trilogy in the mix, so I'll do 8 in total (including the two sequels).

These were randomised using the Goodreads random feature:

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Tracking

8/8 COMPLETE

✅The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water
✅Children of Earth and Sky
✅In Another Time
✅The Master of Whitestorm
✅Empress
✅The Riven Kingdom
✅Hammer of God
✅The Actual Star

TBR JAR CHALLENGE

Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

I used Randomizer for this challenge


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Have always seen this challenge but never attempted it - 2022 is the year to try!

Going to try for 12 books & see how it goes.

12/12

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year - The Hunting Party' by Lucy Foley
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages - 'Cold Blood' by Robert Bryndza
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. - 'A Murder of Magpies' by Mark Edwards
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. - 'It Ends with Us' by Colleen Hoover
8. Read a book by one of your favourite authors. - 'Wish You Were Here' by Jodi Picoult
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user. - 'Reminders of Him' by Colleen Hoover
10. Read a book with a cover you love. - 'Heart Bones' by Colleen Hoover
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. - 'Moths' by Jane Hennigan
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name. - Every Last Secret' by A.R. Torre
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you: 'Dial A for Aunties' by Jesse Q. Sutanto
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read: 'The Hate U Give' by Angie Thomas
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. - 'The Final Girl Support Group' by Grady Hendrix
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.

OK I will join as well. Many of these prompts already fit my Bookworms Take Shelfies TBR so I will try at least 20 of the prompts given here.

2/20

My List
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. The Devil's Due
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. The Library of Legends
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. Middlesex
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. The Little Prince
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born. Dragonflight
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. - Winnie the Pooh - DONE - 2 Jan 2022
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. The Cylon Curse
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user. The Age of Innocence
10. Read a book with a cover you love. The Silk Weaver's Wife
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. The Lost Apothecary
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name. (Robert Louis Stevenson - TBD)
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
19. Read a book that you will add to at least one other shelf. I Love You, I Hate You - DONE - 10 Jan 2022
20. Read a book that you own. Wrath of the Gods
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read. Red, White & Royal Blue
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. The Viking Deception
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read. Spinning
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. Girls of Paper and Fire
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation. Oh Say Can You Say?
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.

I'll sign up for 20, and I'll decide closer to the New Year whether I'll try prompts or a jar :)

I decided to make a jar and put all of the titles in there :D

1. Cinderella Is Dead
2. Battle Royale
3. Ugly Love
4. The List
5. The Midnight Library
6. Where the Crawdads Sing
7. Vox
8. The House in the Cerulean Sea
9. Circe
10. Ariadne
11. Murder on the Orient Express
12. They Both Die at the End
13. Running Girl
14. Boy, Everywhere
15. Rebecca
16. The People in the Trees
17. People Like Us
18. The Lamplighters
19. How We Fall Apart
20.

19/20

GoodReads random generator suggested these 40 titles to me in this order.
Many have been on my TBR for a long time because I cannot get a hold of them in my tiny library system. I will make a decent effort for this challenge but I expect to only read 25 of these in whatever order they come to me.

9/25

Cannery Row
Skippy Dies
Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer
Washington Black
Sh*tshow
Trail Magic and the Art of Soft Pedaling: Mountain biking 3,000 miles along the Continental Divide
Ask Again, Yes
The Yellow House
✔ The Ruins 03 Mar
✔ Bel Canto 04 June
Watch Me Disappear
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
Signs of Life: To the Ends of the Earth with a Doctor
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About .....
The Insecure Mind of Sergei Kraev
Speak
The Story of the Night
Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
Heart of Darkness and Other Tales
So Much for That
✔ Eyes Wide Open 17 Apr
The Bourne Ultimatum
✔ November 9 03 May
✔ In a Country Garden: Life at Ravenhill Farm 02 Dec
✔ The Climb: The Autobiography 12 Apr
The Bone Clocks
The Orenda
Girl, Woman, Other
Rock Paper Scissors
✔ Naked 10 May
Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail
The Golden Compass
The Woman in White
✔ The Word Is Murder 14 May
What Is Left the Daughter
Magnolia Nights
The Carbon Cycle: Crossing the Great Divide
✔ Apples Never Fall 27 Jan
Ginny Moon
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

As I do each year, I will have 15 books in my jar, choosing one each month. The extra ensure that even December is a surprise.
10/12


1. Bubbly By The Sea
2. The Chemist
3. The City We Became
4. Darling Rose Gold
5. A Dragonbird in the Fern
6. Geekerella
7. The Impossible Knife of Memory
8. Somewhere Only We Know
9. Into the Wild
10. My Contrary Mary
11. Neverwhere
12. Over the Woodward Wall
13. Serafina and the Black Cloak
14. Storm and Fury
15. Texts from Jane Eyre: And Other Conversations with Your Favorite Literary Characters

TBR Jar - 2022

I'm in with 20 books.
9/20

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.


2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.


3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
- 1403 pages

4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
- 48 pages

✔️5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born. 1972-

6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.


7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
3.98- or or

✔️8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.


9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.


✔️10. Read a book with a cover you love.


✔️11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.


12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.


13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.

14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
#132 -

✔️15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.


16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).


17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.


18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.


19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.

20. Read a book that you own.

21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.

22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.

23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.

24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.

✔️25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
Romance-

26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.

27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.

✔️28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
Awards:

29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.

✔️30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
March - Wish Upon a Star - read books you believe will make you happy-


✔️31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.


32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.

Goal: 10
Progress: 1/10 (10%)

Random:
1. The Kept Woman - Karin Slaughter
2. In a Dark, Dark Wood - Ruth Ware
3. Since We Fell - Dennis Lehane
4. The Language of Threads - Gail Tsukiyama
5. The Magician's Assistant - Ann Patchett

Prompts:
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. - The Next Best Thing - Jennifer Weiner

6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR. - Watch Me Disappear - Janelle Brown

✦11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. - Watership Down

14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list). - A Little Life - Hanya Yanahigara

26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book. - Everything we didn't say - Nicole Baart

I’ll sign up for 5 to start!

Progress: 3/5

Using random sort this year I got...

✅1. The Deep by Rivers Solomon
2. Dawn by Octavia E. Butler
✅3. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
✅4. The Death Cure by James Dashner
5. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Vol. 2 by Naoko Takeuchi

Hello, please sign me up for 36 books!
I'll generate the list later on and add it to the post! Thank you

I'm in for 32! I'm already doing the PopSugar 2022 challenge but I'm going to keep it separate as I like having more prompts to motivate me!

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.

Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

So much of life, it seems to me, is determined by pure randomness. Sidney Poitier

Hello, I would like to participate! Goal is 20 books.

0/20

Going for 20 books!

Update 5/20 completed

✅1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. Seabiscuit: An American Legend

✅2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. Good Girl, Bad Blood

6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR. The Tyrant’s Tomb

7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.Back in the Burbs

✅8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. Yes Please

9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user. All the Feels

10. Read a book with a cover you love. Pride and Premeditation

11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. We Are the Brennans

✅12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book. The Love Hypothesis

13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name. Shatter Me

16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).A Court of Thorns and Roses

18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.Tokyo Ever After

20. Read a book that you own. The Collective

21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you. The Charm Offensive

22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.Cloud Cuckoo Land

✅24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.The Last Rose of Shanghai

26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.When You Get the Chance

27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page. Weather Girl

28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. Grown

32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself. Gilded

TBR Jar 2022

Challenge Accepted: January 1, 2022
Challenge Completed: April 16, 2022

1. Willowhope Manor 1-16-22
2. Omega Studies 1-16-22
3. Gabriel's Rule 1-17-22
4. Blue Days 1-19-22
5. The Christmas Manny 1-21-22
6. Secret Santa 1-22-22
7. Master Toby 1-22-22
8. Facing West 1-24-22
9. Treasure 1-28-22
10. Embracing the Storm 1-29-22
11. The Courtship of Julian St. Albans 1-30-22
12. Dead Serious Case #1: Miz Dusty Le Frey 2-3-22
13. Ghost of Lies 2-3-22
14. The Omega's Christmas Wish 2-4-22
15. Iris 2-5-22
16. Up for Heir 2-5-22
17. Hallowed Moon 2-6-22
18. One Step Forward 2-6-22
19. The Botanist's Apprentice 2-7-22
20. Inevitable 2-7-22
21. Life According to Liam 2-7-22
22. Waiting on the One 2-13-22
23. Arctic Sun 2-23-22
24. All That Glitters: A Nocturne Bay Story 2-26-22
25. Completely Changed 2-26-22
26. Egotistical Puckboy 3-22-22
27. Something Fabulous 3-11-22
28. Steal the Wind 3-12-22
29. The Alien Emissary 3-16-22
30. Wanted: Gentle Daddy 3-20-22
31. Just George 3-27-22
32. Old Loyalty, New Love 3-27-22
33. Soul Eater 3-30-22
34. Seeking Sunshine 3-31-22
35. Muscle and Bone 3-31-22
36. Captured 4-1-22
37. The Crazy Bookshop 4-2-22
38. Texas King 4-3-22
39. Finding Home for Christmas 4-9-22
40. The Christmas Swap 4-10-22
41. Bee Cave Magic 4-10-22
42. Country Boy's Alpha 4-10-22
43. A Sucker for You 4-10-22
44. A Layperry's Tradition 4-10-22
45. Heart-jacked 4-10-22
46. The Werewolf's Nymph Neighbor 4-10-22
47. So We Meet-Cute Again 4-11-22
48. His Boy to Cuddle 4-13-22
49. Cupid Hates Me 4-13-22
50. The Last Text 4-14-22
51. Uniquely Average 4-16-22
52. His for Hanukkah 4-16-22

I would like to join this challenge. I'm going to try for all 32 prompts listed below.

TBR Jar 2022
Duration: January - December 2022
18 / 32 Complete

1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
📖 2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. Flying Angels
📖 3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
📖 7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. Hana's Suitcase: A True Story
📖 8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. Lost and Found
📖 9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user. The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
📖 10. Read a book with a cover you love. A Walk Along the Beach
📖 11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. The Girls in the Garden
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
📖 13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name. The Yellow Bird Sings: A Novel
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
📖 15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.The Stars Are Fire
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
📖 19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf. The Giver of Stars
📖 20. Read a book that you own. The Stars Are Fire
📖 21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - Currently Reading
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
📖 24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. The Kennedy Debutante
📖 25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read. The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
📖 28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
📖 29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.The Hypnotist's Love Story
📖 30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme. The Art of Racing in the Rain
📖 31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR. The Husband's Secret
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.

I'd like to sign up for 12 please! I think that this is a more realistic goal for me than my 2021 goal. I'm letting Goodreads pick my books. I'll pull 3 at a time but will read them in order. Hopefully some will also work for my other challenges.

Progress: 4/12

1. The Dragon Republic finished 1/30
2. Star Mother finished 2/3
3. Carve the Mark finished 2/16
4. Blood Rights finished 7/21

Can someone please clarify prompt number 19 - 19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.

Is that a book you HAVE already previously added - which implies a Re-Read.
Or is this a book that you WILL add - which means a new book that fits more than 1 shelf.

We are trying to clear our TBR's here. NOT re-read them. LOL

Robynne wrote: "Can someone please clarify prompt number 19 - 19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.

Is that a book you HAVE already previously added - which implies a Re-Read.
Or is thi..."
I am not the mod but ...
I took this to mean the tags (ie genre) that you have noted when you added a book to your TBR. If you add a book, it automatically is tagged as to-read. Do you have any books that you have added further detail? (ie young-adult or classic).

Martha☀ wrote: "Robynne wrote: "Can someone please clarify prompt number 19 - 19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf."

So read a book that WILL be added to more than one shelf?? GOTCHA!!! Thanks!!

TBR Jar 2022

20/20

Challenge completed 12/10/22

Randomly Generated:
✅1. In a Strange Room by Damon Galgut - 3/11/33 - 4* - My Review
✅2. The Book of Fires by Jane Borodale - 12/10/22 - 4* - My Review
✅3. Galway Bay by Mary Pat Kelly - 11/28/22 - 4* - My Review
✅4. Saving Lucia by Anna Vaught - 3/30/22 - 4* - My Review
✅5. The Head Game: Baseball Seen from the Pitcher's Mound by Roger Kahn - 1/31/22 - 4* - My Review
✅6. The Simulacra by Philip K. Dick - 8/30/22 - 4* - My Review
✅7. The Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt - 7/24/22 - 3* - My Review
✅8. Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. - 8/1922 - 2* - My Review
✅9. The Great Passage by Shion Miura - 8/8/22 - 4* - My Review
✅10. House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest by Craig Childs - 6/14/22 - 4* - My Review
✅11. The Master by Colm Tóibín - 2/23/22 - 5* - My Review
✅12. Solar Bones by Mike McCormack - 6/13/22 - 4* - My Review
✅13. The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge - 6/15/22 - 3* - My Review
✅14. The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch - 4/22/22 - 4* - My Review
✅15. The Other Side of Normal: How Biology Is Providing the Clues to Unlock the Secrets of Normal and Abnormal Behavior by Jordan Smoller - 2/15/22 - 4* - My Review
✅16. Birdsong: A Novel of Love and War by Sebastian Faulks - 9/6/22 - 5* - My Review
✅17. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard - 2/5/22 - 5* - My Review
✅18. It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo - 4* - My Review
✅19. Lean on Pete by Willy Vlautin - completed 5/28/22 - 2* - My Review
✅20. Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert - 1/14/22 - 4* - My Review

Robynne wrote: "Martha☀ wrote: "Robynne wrote: "Can someone please clarify prompt number 19 - 19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf."

So read a book that WILL be added to more than one s..."

Yes, that interpretation will work. Thanks for checking!

I'd like to join in again. :-)
This year, I'll be using option no. 3 to fill my TeaBR Jar (see picture below). My goal is to read 12 books from it again.

11/12 books



List of prompts:
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. Pet, bought 2021
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. Jenseits von Eden, 667 pages
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. -> Severins Gang in die Finsternis
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. The Song of Achilles, 4.41
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. -> In the Labyrinth of Drakes
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list). -> A Fever of the Blood
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges. -> Der Tag, an dem Tiffany das Wasser aus der Wanne geschaukelt hat: TBR Jar & Genre Bingo Challenge
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own. -> Mein Jahr der Ruhe und Entspannung
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. Fantasy -> Eschenelegie
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book. -> Sandman Vol. 9
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme. 3rd Quarter Theme: Podering the Paranormal -> Elektro Krause
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.

I'm going to go with #2 . so thats 12 books.

Updated to here! Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible. Ben Casnocha

I'm in for the 32 prompts

Progress: 32/32

✅1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. The Graveyard Apartment
✅2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit
✅3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. The Tale of Genji
✅4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. Stacey's Extraordinary Words
✅5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born. Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
✅6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR. Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir
✅7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. When the Night Bells Ring
✅8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. Mexican Gothic
✅9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
✅10. Read a book with a cover you love. Wonderland
✅11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. Bitch: On the Female of the Species
✅12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book. A Curious Beginning
✅13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name. The Book Worlds of East Asia and Europe, 1450–1850: Connections and Comparisons
✅14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list). Wash Day Diaries
✅15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges. The Sea in Winter
✅16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it). Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
✅17. Read the book with the least number of ratings. Haiku Before Haiku: From the Renga Masters to Bashō
✅18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it. The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
✅19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf. Shutter
✅20. Read a book that you own. Opus
✅21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you. Here Is Real Magic: A Magician's Search for Wonder in the Modern World
✅22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read. A Tokyo Anthology: Literature from Japan's Modern Metropolis, 1850-1920
✅23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish. A Rising Man
✅24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. Squad
✅25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read. The Art of Travel Or, Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries

I'm in for 20 books! I randomized my TBR list and came up with the list that can be found here:

TBR jar - My Corner

Progress: 3/20

I'm in for at least 6. I may raise the goal later :)

1) You can use books on a specific list or books for a specific challenge. Some examples are: PopSugar, BookRiot Read Harder, any of the Goodreads listopias, etc.

2) You can let Goodreads let choose your books for this challenge:
Step 1: Select the number of books you want to read for this challenge.
Step 2: Go to the “My Books” tab on the top of the Goodreads Page.
Step 3: Bring up your “Want-To-Read” shelf.
Step 4: On the bottom of the page in the middle, go to the “sort” field and select “Random.”
Goodreads will generate a random list of books for you!

3) You can use the following tasks and pick a matching book later.
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another Goodreads user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.

4. You can use any random generator on the internet to choose prompts or subjects. Some examples are: The TBR machine, Color picker, Wikipedia, random word generator, or shuffle your playlist and read books that have to do with those songs.

Write all your selected book titles or tasks on slips of paper, throw them in a jar, and shake! Just let us know how many books you will be reading for this challenge.

I’m in for 10 book
5/10

Lockdown 9 may
The Good Neighbour
The Assistant 27 feb
Scar Tissue
Geekerella 31 jan
The Sun Down Motel 5 June
The Road Beyond Ruin
Private Games
The Last Thing She Ever Did 1 may
Love, Lies and Lemon Cake

I have so many books on my to read list, but I am only going to put down 35 for this challenge.

The Bone Collector Added To Read Shelf April 17, 2015
Born of Silence Added To Read Shelf October 08, 2018.
Rakóssy Added To Read Shelf July 28, 2014.
Blasphemy Added To Read Shelf March 1, 2015.
Summer Knight Added to Read Shelf October 8, 2020.
Ghost Rider Add To Read Shelf February 19, 2012.
Gladiator Fight for Freedom Added To Read shelf July 30, 2012.
Earth Strike Added to Read shelf April 24, 2014.
Echoes of Betrayal Added December 14, 2018.
Mission of Honor Added May 16,2021
The Book Thief added July 4,2018.
The Cat Who Went into the Closet added January 25, 2018.
Night Fall added January 3, 2019.
Burned added June 28, 2018.
Die Trying added February 3, 2020.
Deal Breaker added February 13, 2014.
The End of All Things added October 20, 2020.
The First Rule added Jul 1, 2014.
War Dogs added January 30, 2015
The Lost Island added August 28, 2015.
Beyond the Highland Mist added Feb 28, 2014
Tango Uniform added July 25, 2020.

22/35

Option 2

I'm going to stick to small because I already have a big list of books that I wanted to read this year and didn't...

(I had to update the list because there were books that weren't available at the library)

Goal: 12

6/12

The Summer Letters Elyse Douglas
The Fountains of Silence
Sleepy Hollow Dax Verley
The Golden Hour
Close Your Eyes Darren O'Sullivan
Game Time: A Coach's Devotional for Life and Leadership Kyle Burkholder
The Perfect Wife
The Horse and His Boy
The Next Best Thing Jennifer Weiner
Monday's Not Coming
The Forgotten Village Lorna Cook
Friend Request

I will sign up for 50. Still deciding how to accomplish that