Pick-a-Shelf discussion

This is the thread for February. Some of the instructions are posted below as well for your ease of reference.

B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from December 2024 reads.

C. Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves (aside from "to-read", "currently-reading"). (they may end up being duplicated if you are a genre reader).

You will read a book from each of these shelves (preferably those already on your TBR).

D. Your Options

For this section, you may choose to either read purely from your TBR or new books* or BOTH! There are separate tasks as per below options:

*the definition of new books here is quite liberal; it could literally be a new book you've brought home or newly published book which you've put on your TBR last year or new-to-you... whichever works for you

Each of the books you read for L4L are to be used as starting point for each of below prompts (ie. 1 book cannot be used for more than 1 prompt per option).

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added (could be the month and even if it was a new book you read/added in January 2025, read another book you added in January 2025)

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)

4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
^we're not going to be super strict here, it could be exactly identical, found intact or just of similar nature (eg. monster - monstrous is acceptable)

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.


D.2. new books
1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read a book from a series by a new-to-you author OR (for stand alone book) read another book by a new-to-you author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)

4. Title: Using one of your book titles, read from a shelf with a word* in title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/[INSERT WORD IN TITLE HERE]
*word cannot be articles, preposition, or connective

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages

Amy

Bea

CassieV

Christina (AKA Babbling)

Coralie

Elaine

Jayme(theghostreader)

Joanna

Joyce

Lauren

LaurLa

LynnB

Marina

Meg

Nat

Susan

Tien

Vanessa

My Top 5 reads & shelves
Taproot by Keezy Young : graphic-novels, fantasy, lgbt, queer, romance
Mina Wentworth and the Invisible City by Meljean Brook : steampunk, romance, fantasy, novella, kindle
Girl Detective (Friday Barnes #1) by R.A. Spratt: mystery, middle-grade, children, favorites, kids
Soundless by Richelle Mead : fantasy, young-adult, ya, romance, books-i-own, 2016
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami : fiction, 2023, favorites, 2024, 2022

Like 4 Like

Top Shelf: lgbt
🗸 Book 1: Aurora Burning (The Aurora Cycle #2) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff -Read 02/28

Top Shelf: steampunk
Book 2: Competence (The Custard Protocol #3) by Gail Carriger

Top Shelf: mystery
🗸 Book 3: Dark Days (Skulduggery Pleasant #4) by Derek Landy -Read 02/24

Top Shelf: favorites
🗸 Book 4: Night of the Dragon (Shadow of the Fox #3) by Julie Kagawa -Read 03/26

Top Shelf: fiction
🗸 Book 5: Extinction by Hannie Rayson -Read 02/28

D.1. Your TBR (all these books are on my TBR)
🗸 1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added
Extinction by Hannie Rayson << Jun 2021 >> May 2021 >> Blade of Secrets (Bladesmith #1) by Tricia Levenseller -Read 03/29

🗸 2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author
Aurora Burning (The Aurora Cycle #2) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff >> Aurora's End (The Aurora Cycle #3) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff -Read 03/05

🗸 3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)
Competence (The Custard Protocol #3) by Gail Carriger >> Scarlet (Scarlet Revolution #1) by Genevieve Cogman -Read 02/18

🗸 4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
^we're not going to be super strict here, it could be exactly identical, found intact or just of similar nature (eg. monster - monstrous is acceptable)
Dark Days (Skulduggery Pleasant #4) by Derek Landy >> Immortal Dark (Immortal Dark Trilogy #1) by Tigest Girma -Read 03/16

🗸 5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
Night of the Dragon (Shadow of the Fox #3) by Julie Kagawa >> 399 + 50 = 449 >> Froi of the Exiles (Lumatere Chronicles #2) by Melina Marchetta (593p) -Read 02/27


D.2. new books
🗸 1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
Night of the Dragon (Shadow of the Fox #3) by Julie Kagawa << 2020 >> Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon -Read 02/18

🗸 2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read a book from a series by a new-to-you author OR (for stand alone book) read another book by a new-to-you author
Extinction by Hannie Rayson >> Saltblood by Francesca De Tores -Read 02/07

🗸 3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)
Competence (The Custard Protocol #3) by Gail Carriger << GC --> CG >> After She's Gone by Camilla Grebe -Read 07/04

🗸 4. Title: Using one of your book titles, read from a shelf with a word* in title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/[INSERT WORD IN TITLE HERE]
*word cannot be articles, preposition, or connective
Dark Days (Skulduggery Pleasant #4) by Derek Landy >> dark >> Apprentice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain #2) by Hannah Nicole Maehrer 5x -Read 02/13

🗸 5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages
Aurora Burning (The Aurora Cycle #2) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff >> 512p --> 288 >> Past Midnight (Past Midnight #1) by Mara Purnhagen -Read 03/28

TBR Bender (2025) - 02 - February
Completed 13 Feb 2025

Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from December 2024 reads.
1. Finding Margaret Fuller, Allison Pataki, historical fiction, fiction, feminism

2.The Grey Wolf, Louise Penny, mystery, mystery thriller, Canada

3. The Music of Bees, Eileen Garvin, fiction, contemporary, nature


Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves (aside from "to-read", "currently-reading"). You will read a book from each of these shelves (preferably those already on your TBR).

Shelf 1: (Finding Margaret Fuller)
Shelf: Historical Fiction
Read:
The Booklover's Library, Madeline Martin, 3 Feb 2025

Shelf 2: (The Grey Wolf)
Shelf: Mystery
Read:
Below Zero, C.J. Box, 9 Feb 2024

Shelf 3: (The Music of Bees: A Novel)
Shelf: Fiction
Read:
Exile Music: A Novel, Jennifer Steil, 5 Feb 2025

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added (could be the month and even if it was a new book you read/added in January 2025, read another book you added in January 2025)

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)

4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
^we're not going to be super strict here, it could be exactly identical, found intact or just of similar nature (eg. monster - monstrous is acceptable)

✔5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
(Below Zero, 400 pp.)

Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force's Most Infamous Murder Cases, Simon Read, 11 Feb 2025, 480 pp.



D.2. new books
✔1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
(The Booklover's Library), pub 2024

The Lion Women of Tehran, Marjan Kamali, 13 Feb 2025, pub 2024

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read a book from a series by a new-to-you author OR (for stand alone book) read another book by a new-to-you author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)

4. Title: Using one of your book titles, read from a shelf with a word* in title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/[INSERT WORD IN TITLE HERE]
*word cannot be articles, preposition, or connective

✔5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages
(Exile Music: A Novel, 432 pp.)

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne, 6 Feb 2025, 218 pp.

TBR Bender (2025) - February

B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from December 2024 reads.
The Women
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies
The Stationmaster's Cottage

C. Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves.

Shelves:
The Women: Historical Fiction - Pachinko
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies: Romance - From Blood and Ash
The Stationmaster's Cottage: Contemporary - Yellowface

D. Your Options

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added (could be the month and even if it was a new book you read/added in January 2025, read another book you added in January 2025)
From Blood and Ash added to TBR Dec 2023 - Nettle & Bone added also Dec 2923

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position) [RK]
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang - The Gilded Chamber: A Novel of Queen Esther by Rebecca Kohn

4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
Pachinko 490p - Demon Copperhead 548p

February Bender - DONE!

Like for Like (L4L)

1. This Motherless Land - africa
All the Glimmering Stars - Completed 2/15/25

2. Nothing More Dangerous - 2020
The Dark Corners of the Night - Completed 2/10/25

3. The Reformatory - 2024
The House of Cross - Completed 2/2/25

4. What a Fool Believes: A Memoir - memoir
The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man - Completed 5/9/25

5. 5. The Frozen River - mystery
Deep Sleep - Completed 2/12/25


D. Your Options

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: The House of Cross - added October 9, 2024
Cold Wind - added October 5, 2024 - Completed 2/4/25

2. Series: The Dark Corners of the Night
Shadowheart (next in series) - Completed 3/14/25

3. Author: All the Glimmering Stars by Mark T. Sullivan
The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley - Completed 5/1/25

4. Title: The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (BOOK) - Completed 5/3/25

5. Pages: Deep Sleep - 365 pages
Nemesis - 464 pages - Completed 3/8/25

D.2. new books
1. Date (published in the same year): The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man - published May 23, 2023
Locked In - published Nov 2, 2023 - Completed 6/2/25

2. Series: The House of Cross
Ragdoll (1st in series by new-to-me author) - Completed 2/4/25

3. Author (reversed initials): Deep Sleep by Steven Konkoly
Dust by Kara Swanson - Completed 2/12/25

4. Title word: All the Glimmering Stars
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/stars
Idol - Completed 4/12/25

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages
The Dark Corners of the Night - 364 pages
This Is Why We Lied - 453 pages - Completed 2/8/25

My top 3 reads from December 2024

Playground science fiction, literary fiction, nature
My Name Is Lucy Barton literary fiction, contemporary, family
Stone Blind mythology, fantasy

Like 4 Like
1. literary fiction == Maureen✔️
2. literary fiction, contemporary, family == Banyan Moon✔️
3. fantasy == Weyward✔️

D1 - TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added
Weyward (added Jan 31 2022) == Amazing Grace Adams (added Feb 1 2022)✔️

4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
Banyan Moon == Water Moon✔️

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
Maureen (144) == The Famous (338)✔️

My Top 5 Reads in December & shelves:

✔The Bezzle: mystery, audiobook, thriller, science fiction
✔The Lost Bookshop: fantasy, fiction, historical fiction, magical realism, audiobook
✔Tales from the Inner City:short stories, graphic novels, fantasy, fiction, art
✔The Watchmaker's Daughter: fantasy, historical-fiction, mystery, romance, historical
✔Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow: fiction, contemporary, romance, audiobook, literary fiction

Like 4 Like : a book on one of the 3-5 top shelves

Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (The Bezzle)
✔Book #1: Atlantis Gene - fin 4/21

Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (The Lost Bookshop)
✔Book #2: Shadow Study - fin 2/4

Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (Tales From the Inner City)
✔Book #3: We Are Not Strangers: A Graphic Novel - fin 2/9

Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (The Watchmaker's Daughter)
✔Book #4: Velocity Weapon(The Protectorate #1) - fin 6/27

Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow)
✔Book # 5: The Echo Wife - fin 2/26

D1 Your TBR

✔1. Date: Using one of your [Like 4 Like] books, read from closest date added
✔ The Echo Wife, added 3/27/22
✔ Chain of Gold (The Last Hours, #1), added 2/26/20 - fin 3/22

✔2. Series: Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or another book by the same author
✔Atlantis Gene, by A.G. Riddle
✔Quantum Radio - fin 4/20

✔3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)
✔Velocity Weapon(The Protectorate #1), by Megan O'Keefe - fin 6/27
✔Infomocracy (Centenal Cycle #1), by Malka Ann Older - fin 7/5

✔4. Title:Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
✔Shadow Study (shadow)
✔A Gathering of Shadows - fin 2/12

✔5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
✔We Are Not Strangers: A Graphic Novel, 197 pages
✔August Snow, 313 pages - fin 2/7

COMPLETED 7/5

Goal: 3 books
Read: 6/6 - done!

December Books
1. The Navigating Fox
2. The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands
3. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

L4L
1. Novella - The Butcher of the Forest 3/7
2. Fantasy - The West Passage 1/24
3. Nonfiction - Below the Edge of Darkness: A Memoir of Exploring Light and Life in the Deep Sea 3/16

Options: D.1 TBR
1. Pages - 160 + 50 - Three Eight One 3/24
2. Date - added 24 Aug 2024 - The Last Hour Between Worlds 3/20
3. Title - "memoir" - Consent: A Memoir 4/19

February

1. A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston 16 December 2024 ★★★★★ magical Realism
2. The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin 13 December 2024★★★★ Historical Fiction
3. Sweet Talk by Cara Bastone 27 December 2024 ★★★★★ Romance

L4L
1. Magical Realism: The Naturalist Society by Carrie Vaughn
2. Historical Fiction: When We Were Enemies by Emily Bleeker
3. Romance : To Love Jason Thorn by Ella Maise



D1.

1. Date added: October 2024 The Naturalist Society
A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen

2. Author's initials: EB When We Were Enemies by Emily Bleeker
Bad Reputation by Emma Barry

3. Word in title: love To Love Jason Thorn
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

TBR Bender ❱❱ February ❱❱ COMPLETE
February - December 2025

My February TBR Bender (msg 11)

December Books
🔺Nobody's Perfect ❱❱ fiction; humor; romance; contemporary; chick-lit
🔺Shadowed Steel ❱❱ urban fantasy; fantasy; vampires; paranormal; romance
🔺The Woman by the Lake ❱❱ romance; romantic-suspense; contemporary-romance; mystery; contemporary

Like for Like



☑️humor ❱❱ Nobody's Perfect
🔺Bananapants ❱❱ 02.18 ★★★★
☑️urban fantasy ❱❱ Shadowed Steel
🔺Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors ❱❱ 04.06 ★★★★
☑️romantic-suspense ❱❱ The Woman by the Lake
🔺Exposed ❱❱ 02.23 ★★★★

Options - TBR



☑️Date ❱❱ Bananapants ❱❱ added Sep 2024
🔺Dorothy Daisy, A Fiona Gavelle Mystery ❱❱ 03.01 ★★★
☑️Author ❱❱ Exposed ❱❱ author initials ❱❱ KC
🔺Unlaced ❱❱ 04.25 ★★★
☑️Pages ❱❱ Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors ❱❱ 370 pages ❱❱ 502 pages
🔺What A Dragon Should Know ❱❱ 03.11 ★★★★

Options - New



☑️Date ❱❱ Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors ❱❱ pub Feb 2012 ❱❱ pub May 2012
🔺Karma ❱❱ 02.01 ★★★★
☑️Series ❱❱ Exposed ❱❱ new series Heart's Ease
🔺Against Her Rules ❱❱ 02.16 ★★★★
☑️Pages ❱❱ Bananapants ❱❱ 392 pages ❱❱ 35 pages
🔺Random Acts of Trust ❱❱ 02.28 ★★★★

My top 3 reads in December:

Jane Eyre - Classics / Fiction / Gothic / Historical Fiction / Literature
The Land Of Maybe - Travel / Nonfiction / Nature / Memoir / Denmark
Il giardino di Fuyang o Come si scrive amore a Panama - Panama / Short Stories

L4L

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Top shelf: fiction
Book #1: The Naked Woman by Armonía Somers - read 15/02

The Land Of Maybe by Tim Ecott
Top shelf: travel
Book #2: ioParto - read 30/03

Il giardino di Fuyang o Come si scrive amore a Panama by Rosa María Britton
Top shelf: short stories
Book #3: Storie della Serie Cremisi by Lucio Besana - read 17/02

Options

D.1. Your TBR

3. Author: ioParto by Miriam Orlandi --> Voladoras by Mónica Ojeda - read 10/04

4. Title: The Naked Woman --> The French Lieutenant’s Woman - read 08/04

5. Pages: Storie della Serie Cremisi (260 pages) --> La discendenza (575 pages) - read 18/05

Read: 6/6 - COMPLETED

February Plan

B: My Books - December
1. Letters from Father Christmas - Christmas / Fantasy / Fiction
2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Fiction / Classic / Favorites
3. Habits of Grace: Enjoying Jesus through the Spiritual Disciplines - Christian / Christian Living / Theology

C. Like for Like
✔1. Mistborn: The Final Empire Shelf: Fantasy Added: Nov 25, 2014 Read 3/20/25
✔2. The Odyssey Shelf: Classic Added: Jan 1, 2021 Read 8/29/25
✔3. Becoming a Vessel God Can Use Shelf: Christian Added: May 1, 2012 Read 5/24/25

D.1. Your TBR
✔1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added (could be the month and even if it was a new book you read/added in January 2025, read another book you added in January 2025)
The Blue Sword - Added Jan 2021 (using The Odyssey) Read 3/27/25

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author

✔3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (using Mistborn - Brandon Sanderson) Read 4/29/25

✔4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
^we're not going to be super strict here, it could be exactly identical, found intact or just of similar nature (eg. monster - monstrous is acceptable)
Becoming a Woman of Influence: Making a Lasting Impact on Others (Using Becoming a Vessel God Can Use) Read 7/4/25

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.

Read: 6/6

B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from December 2024 reads.

C. Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves (aside from "to-read", "currently-reading"). (they may end up being duplicated if you are a genre reader).

You will read a book from each of these shelves (preferably those already on your TBR).
Arrow's Flight 2/8/25
Arrow's Fall 2/15/25
Magician: Master

D. Your Options

For this section, you may choose to either read purely from your TBR or new books* or BOTH! There are separate tasks as per below options:

*the definition of new books here is quite liberal; it could literally be a new book you've brought home or newly published book which you've put on your TBR last year or new-to-you... whichever works for you

Each of the books you read for L4L are to be used as starting point for each of below prompts (ie. 1 book cannot be used for more than 1 prompt per option).

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added (could be the month and even if it was a new book you read/added in January 2025, read another book you added
2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author-Spy, Spy Again

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)

4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
^we're not going to be super strict here, it could be exactly identical, found intact or just of similar nature (eg. monster - monstrous is acceptable)


5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.


D.2. new books
1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read a book from a series by a new-to-you author OR (for stand alone book) read another book by a new-to-you author

Joyce's February TBR Bender: COMPLETED

B. My Top December 2024 Reads

1. The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan
2. Hidden Pictures
3. The Secret of the Old Clock

C. Like 4 Like (numbers correspond with books as listed above)
(view spoiler)[For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves (aside from "to-read", "currently-reading"). (they may end up being duplicated if you are a genre reader).

You will read a book from each of these shelves (preferably those already on your TBR). (hide spoiler)]

1. Romance - Full Tilt 2/21/25

2. Mystery -Manhattan Is My Beat 2/7/25

3. Classics- Red Planet 2/22/25

D1/TBR: (Use L4L books as starting point)
(view spoiler)[Each of the books you read for L4L are to be used as starting point for each of below prompts (ie. 1 book cannot be used for more than 1 prompt per option).

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added (could be the month and even if it was a new book you read/added in January 2025, read another book you added in January 2025)

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)

4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
^we're not going to be super strict here, it could be exactly identical, found intact or just of similar nature (eg. monster - monstrous is acceptable)

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more. (hide spoiler)]
1. Date: using Full Tilt added June 2011 - 6/Touched by an Alien Added June 2011 6/27/25
2. Title: using Manhattan Is My Beat - Manhattan Mayhem: New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America 5/13/25
3. Pages - Using Red Planet 256 pages -Magical Midlife Madness 316 pages 2/4/25


6/6 books read

February TBR Bender
Read: 5/6

December Top 3:
Neon Roses - Queer, Historical Fiction, LGBT
City Boy - Classics, Humor
Beartown - Contemporary, Sports, Realistic Fiction

Like for Like:
Neon Roses - Queer, Historical Fiction, LGBT
✅1. There Are Rivers in the Sky - Historical Fiction - 2/12/25

City Boy - Classics, Humor
✅2. Fuzzy Nation - Humor - 2/2/25

Beartown - Contemporary, Sports, Book Club
✅3. Then We Came to the End - Book Club - 6/25/25

D1
Date: Then We Came to the End (Nov. 2007)
4. Typical American (Nov. 2007)

D2
Pages: Fuzzy Nation (303pp)
✅5. Recursion (326pp) - 2/13/25

Series: There Are Rivers in the Sky
✅6. The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon (new author) - 2/1/25

Top three books from December

The Mimicking of Known Successes - mystery, sci-fi, science fiction
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. - science fiction, fantasy, sci-fi
The Mercy of Gods - science fiction, sci-fi, 2024

L4L
mystery - The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen read Feb 18
fantasy - The Revenge of the Rose by Michael Moorcock
science fiction - The Secret of Abdu El-Yezdi by Mark Hodder read March 11

D1 from my TBR
1. Date The Keeper of Lost Causes was added on Jan 7, 2025 and so was -
The Year of the Hare

4. Title - using SECRET from The Secret of Abdu El-Yezdi -
The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen

5. Pages - The Revenge of the Rose has 256 pages -
The House of Doors

D2 New
1. Date - The Secret of Abdu El-Yezdi was published in 2013 -
The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

2. Series - The Revenge of the Rose is part of a series - book from a series by a new-to-me author
Skin read March 13

5. Title - from The Keeper of Lost Causes using shelf LOST CAUSES -
TBD

Read 3/9

February
Goal: 3 Books
Read: 9/9

December Books
1. Payback in Death by J.D. Robb
Shelves: Mystery, 2023, 2024, Romance, JDRobb
2. When Blood Lies by C.S. Harris
Shelves: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, 2022, Historical
3. A Very Bellamy Christmas by Minerva Spencer
Shelves: Historical Romance, Romance, 2024, Historical, Kindle Unlimited

Like for Like
✔︎ 1. Mystery - Fatal Reckoning by Marie Force
Read: January 24, 2025
Rating: 2 Stars
✔︎ 2. Historical Mystery - Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters
Read: February 7, 2025
Rating: 3 Stars
✔︎ 3. Romance - Key of Valor by Nora Roberts
Read: February 16, 2025
Rating: 4 Stars

Options - TBR
✔︎ 1. Title Word: A Fatal Illusion by Anna Lee Huber
Read: February 27, 2025
Rating: 3 Stars
✔︎ 2. Next in Series: A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters
Read: March 22, 2025
Rating: 4 Stars
✔︎ 3. Date added (January 2025): Crush the King by Jennifer Estep (Added January 2025)
Read: March 8, 2025
Rating: 4 Stars

Options - New
✔︎ 1. Publication Year (2019): Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey
Read: March 17, 2025
Rating: 4 Stars
✔︎ 2. Title (Shelf - Guardian): Nearly a Lady by Alissa Johnson (p.8)
Read: March 22, 2025
Rating: 3 Stars
✔︎ 3. Series w/New Author: The Watchmaker's Daughter by C.J. Archer
Read: March 28, 2025
Rating: 4 Stars

February TBR Bender

Challenge Accepted: February 1, 2025
Challenge (hopefully) Completed: February 28, 2025

2/9 Complete

B. My Top December Reads

1. Something Unexpected
2. Hannah and the Hitman
3. Deck the Fire Halls

C. Like 4 Like (numbers correspond with books as listed above)

1. Until Bax (Romance)
D1. Author (AR) Like a House on Fire
D2. Author (RA) Can I Trust You?

2. Better Than Friends (Contemporary Romance)
D1. Pages (> 386 p.)
D2. Date (pubbed in 2025)

3. Fearless Bond 2-7-25 (MM Romance)
D1. Date Christmas Delivery: MMM Romance 2-12-25
D2. Series Over the Woodward Wall

D1/TBR: (Use L4L books as starting point)
(view spoiler)[

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added (could be the month and even if it was a new book you read/added in January 2025, read another book you added in January 2025)

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or (for stand alone book) read another book by the same author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)

4. Title: Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
^we're not going to be super strict here, it could be exactly identical, found intact or just of similar nature (eg. monster - monstrous is acceptable)

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more. (hide spoiler)]


D2/New Books: (Use L4L books as starting point)
(view spoiler)[D.2. new books
1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.

2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, read a book from a series by a new-to-you author OR (for stand alone book) read another book by a new-to-you author

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)

4. Title: Using one of your book titles, read from a shelf with a word* in title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/[INSERT WORD IN TITLE HERE]
*word cannot be articles, preposition, or connective

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages (hide spoiler)]

Pick a Shelf February

Goal: 6 books
Read: 7/6

December Books
1. Christmas Corpse- christmas, kindle, cozy-mystery, mystery, 2024
2. In Sheep's Clothing - horror, audiobook, short stories, fiction
3. The Ghost Line - science fiction, sci-fi, horror, novella, short-stories

L4L
1. Mystery The Villa by Rachel Hawkins 2/2/25
2. Horror Was She Wicked? Was She Good? by M. Rickert 2/28/25
3. Sci Fi My Murder by Katie Williams 2/5/25

D1. Your TBR
1. Date: Read from closest date added

2. Series: Next in series or same author

3. Author: Same initials

4. Title: Same title word - My Murder My
If Living is Seeing I'm Holding My Breath by Sunny Moraine 2/28/25

5. Pages: At least 50 more pages - Was She Wicked? Was She Good? Short story
Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall 2/13/25
212 pages

D2. New Books
1. Date: Published same year - The Villa Published January 3, 2023
The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson 2/15/25
Published September 28, 2023

2. Series: New Series or Author
Gathering Mist by Margaret Mizushima 2/14/25

3. Author: Same initials (inverted)

4. Title: Shelf with title word

5. Pages: First page number is L4L book's last

getting all cuahgt up - even though i know i likely won't get these books all read :)

Top 5 Reads from Decemebr
Playground
Just Add Water: My Swimming Life
When Women Were Dragons
Death in the Details -
The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers

L4L (in progress)
Playground - Nature - A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Just Add Water: My Swimming Life - Sports - She Drives Me Crazy (pg4)
When Women Were Dragons - Dragons - - To Shape a Dragon's Breath (pg2)
Death in the Details - Historical Mystery - In This Grave Hour (pg5)
The Cancer Factory: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers - Health - All in Her Head: The Truth and Lies Early Medicine Taught Us About Women's Bodies and Why It Matters Today (pg5)