Pick-a-Shelf discussion

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

B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from February 2025 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

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CassieV

Joanna

Lauren

LaurLa

LynnB

Marie(UK)

Marina

Meg

Tien

Vanessa

My Top 5 reads & shelves
See How They Run (Embassy Row #2) by Ally Carter : young-adult, mystery, ya, favorites, 2016
A Killer's Code (Daniela Vega #3) by Isabella Maldonado : netgalley, mystery, 2025, thriller, suspense
Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon : historical-fiction, fiction, 2021, 2020, 2024
Scarlet (Scarlet Revolution #1) by Genevieve Cogman : fantasy, historical-fiction, vampires, historical, 2023
Aurora's End (The Aurora Cycle #3) by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff : sci-fi, young-adult, science-fiction, favorites, 2022

Like 4 Like

Top Shelf: favorites
🗸 Book 1: A Man Betrayed (The Book of Words #2) by J.V. Jones -Read 04/29

Top Shelf: netgalley
🗸 Book 2: In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune -Read 04/30

Top Shelf: fiction
🗸 Book 3: Blackbringer (The Guardians of Dreamdark #1) by Laini Taylor -Read 04/26

Top Shelf: fantasy
🗸 Book 4: One Hundred Candles (Past Midnight #2) by Mara Purnhagen -Read 04/27

Top Shelf: science-fiction
🗸 Book 5: Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody -Read 04/18

D.1. Your TBR (all these books are on my TBR)
🗸 1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added
Blackbringer (The Guardians of Dreamdark #1) by Laini Taylor >>> add Dec '19 >>> The Lady of the Lake (The Witcher #5) by Andrzej Sapkowski -Read 08/27

🗸 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
A Man Betrayed (The Book of Words #2) by J.V. Jones >>> Master and Fool (The Book of Words #3) -Read 05/31

🗸 3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune >>> TK >>> Split Infinity (Lifespan of Starlight #2) by Thalia Kalkipsakis -Read 05/08

🗸 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)
Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody >>> White Night by Ellie Marney -Read 04/24

🗸 5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
One Hundred Candles (Past Midnight #2) by Mara Purnhagen >>> 235p + 50 = 285p >>> The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu -Read 04/26

D.2. new books
🗸 1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody >>> pub 2024 >>> Empire of Shadows (Raiders of the Arcana #1) by Jacquelyn Benson -Read 04/29

🗸 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
A Man Betrayed (The Book of Words #2) by J.V. Jones >>> Winter's Fate (The Poisoned Kingdoms #1) by Amelia MacLeod -Read 04/05

🗸 3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)
Blackbringer (The Guardians of Dreamdark #1) by Laini Taylor >>> LT >>> TL >>> Master of Iron (Bladesmith #2) by Tricia Levenseller -Read 06/30

🗸 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
In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune >>> lives >>> Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner -Read 04/05

🗸 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
One Hundred Candles (Past Midnight #2) by Mara Purnhagen >>> 235 pages >>> 5285 pages The Wire in the Blood (Tony Hill & Carol Jordan #2) by Val McDermid -Read 04/26

TBR Bender - April 2025
Completed 29 April 2025

B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from February 2025 reads.
1.
Exile Music, historical fiction, music, World War II
2.
Crow Talk, nature, contemporary, animals
3.
The Lion Women of Tehran, historical fiction, historical, Iran

C. Like for Like (L4L)
1. (Exile Music)
Shelf: Historical Fiction

The Underground Library, Jennifer Ryan, 11 Apr 2025

2. (Crow Talk)
Shelf: Contemporary

The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife, Anna Johnston, 8 Apr 2025

3. (The Lion Women of Tehran)
Shelf: Historical Ficiton

The Turtle House, Amanda Churchill, 15 Apr 2025

D. Your Options

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added.
(The Underground Library)
both added Dec 2023

A Wild and Heavenly PlaceRobin Oliveira, 16 Apr 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.
(The Turtle House, 304 pp.

Force Of Nature, C.J. Box, 20 Apr 2025, 385 pp.


D.2. new books
1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
(The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife)
both pub. 2024

The Last Twelve Miles, Erika Robuck, 29 Apr 2025

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

My top 3 reads from February 2025

The Things That Matter Most contemporary, australia
Victorian Psycho horror, historical fiction, gothic
Broken Country historical fiction, romance, mystery

Like 4 Like
1. Anything Is Possible contemporary✔️
2. She's a Lamb! horror✔️
3. After Darkness historical fiction✔️

D1 - TBR
1. Date: added in same month
After Darkness added May 2015 == The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August✔️

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
Anything Is Possible == Oh William!✔️

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials
She's a Lamb! =MH= Days of Light✔️

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.

My Top 3 reads & shelves
1. A Year on Ladybug Farm: Chick lit, Friendship, Southern

2. Moving Target: Mystery, Suspense, Detective

3. Broken Angels: Historical Fiction, War, Holocaust


Like 4 Like
Top Shelf: Chick lit, Friendship, Southern
Book 1: Summer Rental

Top Shelf: Mystery
Book 2: Murder at the Dolphin Hotel Read 3/8/25

Top Shelf: War
Book 3: Home Front Read 3/16/25


D.1. TBR (all these books are on my TBR)
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added

I added Home Front to my TBR on 4/18/2012. That same day I also added Bridge of Scarlet Leaves

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)

The author for Murder at the Dolphin Hotel is Helena Dixon (HD)

The Next One to Fall by Hilary Davidson

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)

Summer Rental - summer

The Sweet Remnants of Summer

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

APRIL - DONE!

Like 4 Like

Top Shelf: Shadows of Pecan Hollow - fiction
Book 1: Dept. of Speculation - Completed 9/10/25

Top Shelf: All the Glimmering Stars - historical-fiction
Book 2: A Place Called Freedom - Completed 4/24/25

Top Shelf: James - 2025
Book 3: PS: I Hate You - Completed 4/18/25

Top Shelf: The Dark Corners of the Night - crime
Book 4: Reunion in Death - Completed 3/20/25

Top Shelf: This Is Why We Lied - thriller
Book 5: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Completed 4/6/25

D.1. Your TBR (all these books are on my TBR)
1. Date: PS: I Hate You (added Mar 2, 2025) -read from closest date added
Murder at Haven's Rock (added Mar 1, 2025) - Completed 3/19/25

2. Series: Reunion in Death - read the next book in the series
Purity in Death - Completed 3/28/25

3. Author: Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill - read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)
The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer - Completed 5/31/25

4. Title: A Place Called Freedom - read a book with an identical word in title
Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party - FREEDOM - Completed 10/5/25

5. Pages: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (264 pages) - read a book with at least 50 pages more.
Force Of Nature (385 pages) - Completed 3/9/25

D.2. new books
1. Date: Dept. of Speculation (published in 2014) - read a book published in the same year.
Under Locke (published Jan 19, 2014) - Completed 7/31/25

2. Series (maybe): A Place Called Freedom - for stand alone book read another book by a new-to-you author
Dead Man’s Grave - Completed 4/9/25

3. Author: Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb - read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)
Mercy Kill by Robin James - Completed 5/16/25

4. Title: PS: I Hate You - read from a shelf with a word* in title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/hate?page=2
A Curse So Dark and Lonely - Completed 4/28/25

5. Pages: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (264 pages) - read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages
The Children of Eve (464 pages) - Completed 6/24/25

April TBR Bender 2025
Read: 6/6
Completed 5/22/25

Top Reads from February:
* Recursion
* Fuzzy Nation
* There Are Rivers in the Sky

L4L
February book: Recursion - Time Travel
✅1. Here and Now and Then - Time Travel - 4/14/25

February book: Fuzzy Nation - Fantasy
✅2. The City and Its Uncertain Walls - Fantasy - 4/16/25

February book: There Are Rivers in the Sky - Historical Fiction
✅3. Skylark Farm - Historical Fiction - 4/28/25

D1 - TBR:
Pages: Skylark Farm - 288 pages
✅4. Monkey Dancing: A Father, Two Kids, And A Journey To The Ends Of The Earth - 368 pages - 5/22/25

D2 - new:
Series: Here and Now and Then - standalone
✅5. The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing - standalone, new author - 3/20/25

Author: The City and Its Uncertain Walls - H-M
✅6. We Do What We Do in the Dark - M-H - 5/22/25

April Spot :)

B: My Books - February
1. Outliers: The Story of Success - Non-Fiction / Psychology / Business
2. Praying the Bible - Christian / Prayer / Christian Living
3. Depression: A Stubborn Darkness–Light for the Path - Counseling / Christian / Non-Fiction

C. Like for Like
✔1. Found: God's Peace: Experience True Freedom from Anxiety in Every Circumstance Shelf: Non-fiction Added: Jan 3, 2021 Read 12/9/25
2. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World Shelf: Christian Added: Nov 18, 2022
✔3. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics Shelf: Non-Fiction Added: Jun 13, 2024 Read 9/20/25

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)
Station Eleven (Added: 1/13/21 - using Anxious for Nothing) Read 5/24/25

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)
A Shadow Bright and Burning (Author: Jessica Cluess, using The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer)

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.
The Stardust Thief (468 pgs, using Prisoners of Geography - 256 pgs) Read 4/30/25

Read: 4/6

April
Goal: 3 Books
Read: 9/9

February Books
1. Who Cries for the Lost by C.S. Harris
Shelves: Mystery, Historical Fiction, 2023, Historical Mystery, Historical
2. Kitty's House of Horrors by Carrie Vaughn
Shelves: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Fantasy, Vampires, Werewolves
3. Key of Valor by Nora Roberts
Shelves: Romance, Fantasy, Own, Paranormal, Fiction

Like for Like
✔︎ 1. Mystery - Fatal First Edition by Jenn McKinlay (320)
Read: April 4, 2025
Rating: 3.5 Stars
✔︎ 2. Paranormal - Red Wolf by Jennifer Ashley
Read: March 31, 2025
Rating: 3 Stars
✔︎ 3. Romance - Fatal Accusation by Marie Force (334)
Read: March 8, 2025
Rating: 2 Stars

Options - TBR
✔︎ 1. 50 Extra Pages (370+) - The Murder Club by Alexandra Ivy (393)
Read: April 11, 2025
Rating: 3.5 Stars
✔︎ 2. Word in title (Wolf): Midnight Wolf by Jennifer Ashley
Read: May 23, 2025
Rating: 3 Stars
✔︎ 3. Next in Series - Fatal Fraud by Marie Force
Read: April 4, 2025
Rating: 2 Stars

Options - New
✔︎ 1. Publication Year (2024) - The Boy Who Cried Bear by Kelley Armstrong
Read: August 15, 2025
Rating: 3 Stars
✔︎ 2. Series w/New Author: The Making of a Highlander by Elisa Braden
Read: April 17, 2025
Rating: 3 Stars
✔︎ 3. Pages (334-->458): The Third to Die by Allison Brennan
Read: May 12, 2025
Rating: 4 Stars

My top 3 reads in February:

Storie della Serie Cremisi - Horror
Entry Island - Mystery / Crime / Fiction / Historical Fiction / Thriller
The Bald Soprano - Plays / Theatre / Classics / France / Drama

L4L

Storie della Serie Cremisi by Lucio Besana
Top shelf: Horror
Book #1: The Watchers - read 11/05

Entry Island by Peter May
Top shelf: fiction
Book #2: Gli onori perduti - read 04/05

The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco
Top shelf: classics
Book #3: The Scapegoat - read 22/06

D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Gli onori perduti (added 25/06/2014) -> The Luneburg Variation (added 25/06/2014)

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: The Watchers (279 pages) -> La principessa sposa (331 pages)

Books Read: 5/6

TBR Bender ❱❱ April ❱❱ COMPLETE
April - December 2025

My April TBR Bender (msg 12)

February Books
🔺A SEAL's Salvation ❱❱ romance; contemporary; military fiction; military romance
🔺Nobody's Darling ❱❱ contemporary romance; romance; strong-female-character; social-justice-issues
🔺Undercover Love ❱❱ romance; contemporary; romantic suspense; chick lit; new adult

Like for Like



☑️military fiction ❱❱ A SEAL’s Salvation
🔺Gideon ❱❱ 06.14 ★★★★
☑️strong-female-character ❱❱ Nobody's Darling
🔺Breaking Badger ❱❱ 03.22 ★★★★
☑️romantic suspense ❱❱ Undercover Love
🔺Strangers on This Road ❱❱ 05.14 ★★★

Options - TBR



☑️Series ❱❱ Strangers on This Road ❱❱ series Strangers on This Road
🔺Danger in Academia ❱❱ 08.27 ★★★★
☑️Author ❱❱ Gideon ❱❱ initials CA ❱❱ AC
🔺The Unexpected Wedding Guest ❱❱ 03.24 ★★★
☑️Title ❱❱ Breaking Badger ❱❱ badger
🔺Born to Be Badger ❱❱ 09.04 ★★★★

Options - New



☑️Date ❱❱ Gideon ❱❱ published 2015
🔺What Lies Behind ❱❱ 03.27 ★★★★
☑️Series ❱❱ Strangers on This Road ❱❱ new series/author ❱❱ Pucking Wrong
🔺The Pucking Wrong Number ❱❱ 03.30 ★★★★
☑️Author ❱❱ Breaking Badger ❱❱ initials SL ❱❱ LS
🔺The Reluctant Vampire ❱❱ 03.05 ★★★★

APRIL TBR BENDER
TOP READS

The Time Keeper MPGs Fiction; Fantasy ;Inspirational; Contemporary;
The Zoo MPGs Historical Fiction; Russia, Literary Fiction;
Bonded in Death MPGs Futuristic; Mystery; Romance;

Pick a Shelf April

Goal: 6 books
Read: 3/6

Feburary Books
The Villa - 2023, 2024, mystery, thriller, audiobook
Roseanna - mystery, crime, fiction, sweden, scandinavian
The Christmas Guest - christmas, mystery, 2024, 2023, thriller

L4L
1. 2024
The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir 4/23/25
2. Mystery
The Man with the Sack by Margery Allingham 4/24/25
3. Thriller
The Patient by Jasper DeWitt 4/10/25

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
5. Pages: 50 more pages

D2. New Books
1. Date: Published same year
2. Series: New to you series or author
3. Author: Same initials (inverted)
4. Title: Shelf with title word
5. Pages: First number is last number of pages

Joyce's April TBR Bender:

B. My Top February 2025 Reads

1.The Broken Mirror 2/26/25
2.Full Tilt 2/21/25
3.One Day at Horrorland 2/18/25

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.?? or ?? or ??

2.Full Tilt - Mystery Shelf - The Woman in the Library 6/10/25
3.?? or ?? or ??


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.
2.
3.

D.2. new books
(view spoiler)[
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)]
1.
2.
3.

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

B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from February 2025 reads.

B. Books

1.De bijzondere levens van Violette Valérie Perrin 480 p. 10 february

2.Het gefluister achter de deur T.J. Klune 440 p. 23. february 2025

3. Het woud (Bodenstein & Kirchhoff Book 8) Nele Neuhaus 535 p. Read : 8 february 2025

C. Shelves
1. Contemporary We All Live Here
2. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Dageraad boven de boete Suzanne Collins 1 april 464 p. Most read fantasy

3. The Frozen River thriller

D. Tasks
1. Book of 2021 ( book2) We Begin at the End
2. Eeuwige vriendschap ( book 3) Eeuwige vriendschap Nele Neuhaus 20 april 578 p.
3. Zwerm book 1
4. The Book of Doors Het boek der deuren Gareth Brown 431 p. 22 april
5. I’ll have to read an over 500 p. Book

B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from February 2025 reads.
Arrow's Flight
Arrow's Fall
Spy, Spy Again
C. Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from teir top 3-5 shelves (aside from "to-read", "currently-reading"). (they may end up being duplicated if you are a genre reader).
Reserved for the Cat 4/13/25
Gryphon in
Light 4/26/25
The Sleeping Beauty-4/5/25
Acorna's
Search
Explosive Eighteen
Look Alive Twenty-Five

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
Easter Bunny Murder-4/16/25
Shatter Me
Music of the Ghosts
Enchanted to Meet You 4/26/25
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

APRIL

My Top 5 Reads in February & shelves:

✔Shadow Study: fantasy, young adult, magic, romance, fiction
✔We Are Not Strangers - fin 2/9: graphic novels, historical fiction, historical, jewish, fiction
✔The Future of Us - fin 2/9: young adult, romance, fiction, contemporary, science fiction
✔The Book of Doors: fantasy, fiction, magical realism, time travel, books about books
✔The Echo Wife - fin 2/26: science fiction, fiction, thriller, audiobook, mystery

Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (The Future of Us)
✔Book 1: Gods of Jade and Shadow - fin 7/14

Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (We Are Not Strangers)
✔Book 2: Under Heaven - fin 7/7

Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (The Book of Doors)
✔Book 3: Picks & Shovels - fin 8/1

Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (The Echo Wife)
✔Book 4: Garment of Shadows (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #12) - fin 7/26

Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (Shadow Study)
✔Stories of the Raksura, Volume 2: The Dead City & The Dark Earth (The Books of the Raksura #0.3; 3.4; 3.5; 3.7; 3.8) - fin 4/14

D1 Your TBR

1. Date: Using one of your [Like 4 Like] books, read from closest date added
✔Under Heaven, added 7/8/18
✔Viral Nation(Viral Nation #1), added 11/12/18 - fin 7/14

2. Series: Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or another book by the same author
✔Garment of Shadows (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #12) #12)
✔Dreaming Spies (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #13)22318363 - fin 9/1

3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)
✔Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia - fin 7/13
✔The Widows of Malabar Hill, Sujata Massey - fin 7/19

4. Title:Using one of your books, read a book with an identical word in title
✔Stories of the Raksura, Volume 2: The Dead City & The Dark Earth (The Books of the Raksura #0.3; 3.4; 3.5; 3.7; 3.8) (dead) - fin 4/14
✔The Dead Letter Delivery - fin 11/14

5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
✔Picks & Shovels, 341 pages
✔The Bone Tree, 804 pages - fin 2/28

COMPLETED 11/14

APRIL
3/6


1. The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst 8 February 2025 ★★★★★ Fantasy, Cozy, Magic
2. The Wren in the Holly Library by K.A. Linde 22 February 2025 ★★★ urban fantasy, romance, fantasy
3. Love at First Book by Jenn McKinlay 25 February 2025 ★★★★ books about books, romance

L4L
✔ 1. Cozy - Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay 3 May 2025★★★
2. Urban Fantasy - Ashes of Honor by Seanan McGuire
✔️ 3. Books about books - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig ★★★★ 31 July 2025



D1.

1. Series - (Library Lovers mystery #2) Due or Die
(Library Lovers mystery #3) Book, Line and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay
2. Title - Ashes
A Heart of Blood and Ashes by Milla Vane
✔ 3. Author’s initials - MH
Provocative in Pearls by Madeline Hunter 20 April 2025 ★★★

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

February Books
1. The Lives of Christopher Chant
2. The Woman's Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote
3. Heads of the Colored People

L4L
1. Middle Grade - Beyond the Deepwoods 4/20
2. Nonfiction - All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians 4/16
3. Short Stories - The Office of Historical Corrections 5/6

Options: D.1 TBR
1. Author - Paul Stewart - Priya Sharma - Ormeshadow 6/22
2. Title - All That Consumes Us 9/1
3.Pages - 269 + 50 = 319 - Ball Lightning, 384 4/24

April

Top 5 from February
Not in the Plan
The Purity of Vengeance
The Book Censor's Library
Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage
The Frozen River

L4L
Not in the Plan - Lesbian - One Last Stop (pg1)
The Purity of Vengeance - - Sidetracked (pg2)
The Book Censor's Library - Speculative Fiction - Foundation (pg2)
Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage - Espionage - The Secrets We Kept (pg6)
The Frozen River - Crime - The Marco Effect (pg12)

Joyce's April TBR Bender: - COMPLETED

B. My Top February 2025 Reads

1.Full Tilt 2/21/25
2.A Psalm for the Wild-Built 2/15/25
3.Compulsory 2/6/25

C: L4L
1. February Book - Full Tilt - Mystery -New York to Dallas 6/3/25
2. February Book -A Psalm for the Wild-Built - Adventure - The City of Brass 5/29/25
3. February Book -Compulsory- Science Fiction - Mickey7 5/15/25

D.1. Your TBR
1. Series New York to Dallas - Series - Chaos in Death 6/15/25
2. Date - The City of Brass - added 3/6/20 -Chosen Ones 4/29/25 added 4/6/20
3. Pages Mickey7-296 Pages - The Shattered Sword 450 pages 4/8/25