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September TBR Bender 2025Completed 2 Oct 2025
B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from July 2025 reads.
1.
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos, Judy Batalion
Nonfiction, history, world war II
2.
Remainders of the Day: A Bookshop Diary, Shaun Bythell
Nonfiction, books about books, Scotland
3.
The Memory of Lavender and Sage, Aimie K. Runyan
Magical realism, romance, France
C. Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves
1. (The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos, nonfiction)
The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life, Helen Whybrow, 29 Sept 2025
2. (Remainders of the Day: A Bookshop Diary, nonfiction)
It Rhymes With Takei, George Takei, 11 Sept 2025
3. (The Memory of Lavender and Sage, France)
Last Twilight in Paris, Pam Jenoff, 10 Sept 2025
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.
(Last Twilight in Paris, 336 pp.)
The Woman With the Cure, Lynn Cullen, 21 Sept 2025, 400 pp.
D.2. new books
✔1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
(It Rhymes With Takei, pub June 2025)
The Last Assignment: A Novel of Dickey Chapelle, Erika Robuck, 25 Sept 2025, pub. Aug 2025
✔2. Series (maybe): Using one of your books, (for stand alone book) read another book by a new-to-you author
(The Salt Stones, pub. June 2025))
The Great Mann, Kyra Davis Lurie, 2 Oct 2025, pub. June 2025
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
September TBR Bender 2025
B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from July 2025 reads.
1. Cry Wolf
2. The Little French Bistro
3. The Teller of Small Fortunes
C. Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves
1. Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance: Soul Taken
2. France, Contemporary, Literary Fiction: Blackberry Wine
3. Fantasy, Cozy, Mystery: Moonlight and Mischief
D. Your Options
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)
Blackberry Wine was added December 1, 2011
Key West Connection was also added on that date
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)
Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs (PB)
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
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.
Moonlight and Mischief has 161 pages
The Friend has 212 pages
B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from July 2025 reads.
1. Cry Wolf
2. The Little French Bistro
3. The Teller of Small Fortunes
C. Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves
1. Urban Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance: Soul Taken
2. France, Contemporary, Literary Fiction: Blackberry Wine
3. Fantasy, Cozy, Mystery: Moonlight and Mischief
D. Your Options
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)
Blackberry Wine was added December 1, 2011
Key West Connection was also added on that date
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)
Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs (PB)
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
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.
Moonlight and Mischief has 161 pages
The Friend has 212 pages
September TBR Bender 2025B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from July 2025 reads.
1. The Antidote historical fiction, magical realism
2. Lonely Mouth book club, contemporary, family
3. The Lamb horror, queer, gothic
C. Like for Like (L4L)
For each of Your Books, pick one shelf from their top 3-5 shelves
1. The Antidote historical fiction, magical realism First Name Second Name✔️
2. Lonely Mouth book club, contemporary, family Blue Sisters✔️
3. The Lamb horror We Used to Live Here✔️
D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added
Blue Sisters == June 2024 == Private Rites
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
First Name Second Name == The Second Chance Convenience Store✔️
5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
We Used to Live Here +108= Creation Lake✔️
September TBR BenderRead: 4/6
Top 3 July Reads:
* The God of the Woods - Mystery, Thriller, Hist. Fiction
* Amy and Isabelle - Literary Fiction, Contemporary, Coming of Age
* Mean Moms - Mystery, Thriller, Summer
Like for Like (L4L):
* The God of the Woods - Hist. Fiction
✅1. The Song of Achilles - Hist. Fiction - 9/26/25
* Amy and Isabelle - Contemporary
✅2. Britt-Marie Was Here - Contemporary - 10/7/25
* Mean Moms - Mystery
3. Still Life - Mystery
TBR:
Series: Britt-Marie Was Here - standalone
✅4. My Friends - same author - 11/10/25
Pages: Still Life - 293pg
5. The Orchardist - 448pg
New:
Pages: The Song of Achilles - 351pp
✅6. A Couple: What if the end was just the beginning? A Parisian love story, told in reverse - 198pp - 11/30/25
My spot :)B: My Books - From July
1. Food Freedom Forever: Letting Go of Bad Habits, Guilt, and Anxiety Around Food - Nonfiction / Health / Food
2. My Dear Hamilton - Historical Fiction / Fiction / Favorites
3. Wormwood Abbey - Fantasy / Historical Fiction / 2025
C. Like for Like
1. Fiber Fueled: The Plant-Based Gut Health Program for Losing Weight, Restoring Your Health, and Optimizing Your Microbiome Shelf: Health Added: Jan 4, 2021
2. The Starless Sea Shelf: Favorites Added: Nov 21, 2019
✔3. A Wizard of Earthsea Shelf: Fantasy Added: Feb 17, 2017 Read 11/3/25
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)
Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts (using Fiber Fueled, added: 1/2/21)
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)
All Our Wrong Todays (by Elan Mastai, using The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern)
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.
Becoming a Woman of Extraordinary Faith: What If You Gave It All to God? (240 pages, using Wizard of Earthsea, 183 pages) Read 12/1/25
Read: 2/6
September 0/6
B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from July 2025 reads.
1. The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict 5 July 2025 ★★★★★ Historical, Mystery, Book Club
2. Cinder Luna by Marie Soleil 10 July 2025 ★★★★★ Retellings, Fairy Tales, Cinderella
3. Primal Mirror by Nalini Singh 20 July 2025 ★★★★★ Paranormal, Shapeshifters, Urban fantasy
Like for Like (L4L)
1. Book Club: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
2. Cinderella: An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn
3. Urban Fantasy - Tricks for Free by Seanan McGuire
D.1. Your TBR
1. Shelved - March 2024 - The Lost Apothecary
Tea and Empathy by Shanna Swendson
2. Title word. - Gentleman - An Offer From a Gentleman
Lady Margaret's Mystery Gentleman by Christine Merrill
3. Author’s initials - (SM) Tricks for Free
Cinderella and the Scarred Viscount by Sarah Mallory
SeptemberMy top 3 July books:
The Luneburg Variation - Fiction / Italian Literature / Italy / Chess / Historical Fiction
Racconti di demoni russi - Fiction / Russia / Audiobook / Literature / Short Stories
The Princess Bride - Fantasy / Fiction / Romance / Humor / Adventure
L4L
The Luneburg Variation by Paolo Maurensig
Top shelf: TBD
Book #1: TBD
Racconti di demoni russi by Andrea Tarabbia
Top shelf: TBD
Book #2: TBD
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Top shelf: TBD
Book #3: TBD
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.
Books read: 0/6
SEPTEMBER
My Top 5 Reads in July & shelves:
✔Under Heaven(Under Heaven #1): fantasy, historical fiction, historical, historical fantasy
✔The Widows of Malabar Hill:mystery, historical fiction, fiction, India, historical
✔ Gods of Jade and Shadow:fantasy, historical fiction, fiction, mythology, romance
✔Viral Nation(Viral Nation #1): ya, dystopia, science fiction, time travel, fiction
✔The First Omega: science fiction, novella, fiction, dystopia
Like 4 Like : a book on one of the 3-5 top shelves
Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (Viral Nation)
✔Book 1: The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds #2) - fin 9/8
Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (Under Heaven)
✔Book 2: Defending the Galaxy (Sentinels of the Galaxy #3) - fin 10/18
Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (The Widows of Malabar Hill)
✔Book 3: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax - fin 8/2
Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (The First Omega)
✔Book 4: Stories of the Raksura, Volume 1: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud - fin 9/2
Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (Gods of Jade and Shadow)
✔Book 5: Chain of Iron (The Last Hours, #2) - fin 8/1
D1 Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your [Like 4 Like] books, read from closest date added
✔Chain of Iron (The Last Hours, #2), added 3/23/25
✔When the Angels Left the Old Country, added 11/28/24 - fin 10/7
2. Series: Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or another book by the same author
✔The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds #2) - fin 9/8
✔The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds #3) - fin 11/8
3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)
✔Defending the Galaxy (Sentinels of the Galaxy #3), Maria Snyder
✔The Mongolian Wizard (The Mongolian Wizard #1), Michael Swanwick - fin 7/20
4. Title:Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
✔Stories of the Raksura (stories)
✔Bloodchild and Other Stories - fin 8/20
5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
✔The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, 204 pages - fin 8/2
✔His Majesty's Dragon, 356 pages - fin 8/1/25
COMPLETED 11/8
My Top 5 Reads in July & shelves:
✔Under Heaven(Under Heaven #1): fantasy, historical fiction, historical, historical fantasy
✔The Widows of Malabar Hill:mystery, historical fiction, fiction, India, historical
✔ Gods of Jade and Shadow:fantasy, historical fiction, fiction, mythology, romance
✔Viral Nation(Viral Nation #1): ya, dystopia, science fiction, time travel, fiction
✔The First Omega: science fiction, novella, fiction, dystopia
Like 4 Like : a book on one of the 3-5 top shelves
Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (Viral Nation)
✔Book 1: The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds #2) - fin 9/8
Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (Under Heaven)
✔Book 2: Defending the Galaxy (Sentinels of the Galaxy #3) - fin 10/18
Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (The Widows of Malabar Hill)
✔Book 3: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax - fin 8/2
Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (The First Omega)
✔Book 4: Stories of the Raksura, Volume 1: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud - fin 9/2
Top Shelf: https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... (Gods of Jade and Shadow)
✔Book 5: Chain of Iron (The Last Hours, #2) - fin 8/1
D1 Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your [Like 4 Like] books, read from closest date added
✔Chain of Iron (The Last Hours, #2), added 3/23/25
✔When the Angels Left the Old Country, added 11/28/24 - fin 10/7
2. Series: Using one of your books, read the next book in the series or another book by the same author
✔The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds #2) - fin 9/8
✔The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds #3) - fin 11/8
3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)
✔Defending the Galaxy (Sentinels of the Galaxy #3), Maria Snyder
✔The Mongolian Wizard (The Mongolian Wizard #1), Michael Swanwick - fin 7/20
4. Title:Using one of your books, read a book with an identical^ word in title
✔Stories of the Raksura (stories)
✔Bloodchild and Other Stories - fin 8/20
5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
✔The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax, 204 pages - fin 8/2
✔His Majesty's Dragon, 356 pages - fin 8/1/25
COMPLETED 11/8
TBR Bender ❱❱ September
❱❱ COMPLETESeptember - December 2025
My September TBR Bender (msg 11)
July Books
🔺Wounded ❱❱ romance; military fiction; contemporary; new adult; war
🔺Good Tidings ❱❱ mystery; paranormal; ghosts; romance; cozy mystery
🔺The Sapphire Affair ❱❱ romance; romantic suspense; contemporary
Like for Like
☑️military fiction ❱❱ Wounded
🔺Frank's Independence Day ❱❱ 08.03 ★★★★
☑️ghosts ❱❱ Good Tidings
🔺The Hexed ❱❱ 11.26 ★★★★
☑️romantic suspense ❱❱ The Sapphire Affair
🔺Return to Me ❱❱ 08.17 ★★★★
Options - TBR
☑️Date ❱❱ The Hexed ❱❱ added May 2014
🔺Love, Tussles, and Takedowns ❱❱ 08.23 ★★★★
☑️Title ❱❱ Return to Me ❱❱ me
🔺Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake ❱❱ 09.17 ★★★
☑️Pages ❱❱ Frank's Independence Day ❱❱ 146 pp ❱❱ 346 pp
🔺California Dreaming ❱❱ 08.22 ★★★
Options - New
☑️Date ❱❱ Return to Me ❱❱ published 2009
🔺The Huntress ❱❱ 10.18 ★★★
☑️Series ❱❱ Frank's Independence Day ❱❱ new series/author ❱❱ Dark River Days
🔺Newly Undead In Dark River ❱❱ 09.13 ★★★★
☑️Author ❱❱ The Hexed ❱❱ initials HG ❱❱ GH
🔺Unbreakable Bond ❱❱ 08.31 ★★★
SEPTEMBER - DONEC. Like for Like (L4L)
1. Fifty-Fifty - thriller
2. The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death - crime
3. I See You've Called in Dead - 2025
4. The Mistake - audiobook
5. Whistle - mystery
D. Your Options
D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: - Memory in Death (added July 10, 2025) - read from closest date added
2. Series: Trickster's Point - read the next book in the series
3. Author: Nobody’s Fool by Harlan Coben - read a book by an author with the same initials
4. Title: Dead Law - read a book with an identical word in title
5. Pages: She Won't Leave (241 pages) - read a book with at least 50 pages more
D.2. new books
1. Date: She Won't Leave (published Apr 10, 2024) - read a book published in the same year
2. Series: Memory in Death - read a book from a series by a new-to-you author
3. Author: Trickster's Point by William Kent Krueger - read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)
4. Title: Dead Law - read from a shelf with a word from the title
www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/law
5. Pages: Nobody’s Fool (352 pages) - read a book where the first number of pages is that of your book's last number of pages
SeptemberGoal: 3 Books
Read: 4/9
July Books
1. Come Sundown by Nora Roberts
Shelves: Romance, Nora Roberts, 2017, Romantic Suspense, Mystery
2. You Say It First by Susan Mallery
Shelves: Romance, Susan Mallery, Contemporary Romance, 2017, 2018
3. Olivia and the Masked Duke by Grace Callaway
Shelves: Historical Romance, Historical, Friends-to-Lovers, Age-Gap, 2021
Like for Like
✔︎ 1. Mystery - Seeing Red by Sandra Brown
Read: September 16, 2025
Rating: 3.5 Stars
2. Contemporary Romance - Storm by Janie Crouch
✔︎ 3. Historical Romance - The Pleasures of Passion by Sabrina Jeffries
Read: November 17, 2025
Rating: 2 Stars
Options - TBR
✔︎ 1. Date (December 2024) - Only Enchanting by Mary Balogh (February 2025)
Read: October 9, 2025
Rating: 2 Stars
2. Pages (255+): The Forgotten One by Catherine Bybee (383)
✔︎ 3. Series: A Talent for Temptation by Sabrina Jeffries
Read: November 21, 2025
Rating: 3 Stars
Options - New
1. Publication Year (2017): Lost and Found Sisters by Jill Shalvis
2. Pages (204): Indiscreet by Mary Balogh (400)
3. Author: Forever and a Day by Jill Shalvis
This is the thread for 0September. Some of the instructions are posted below as well for your ease of reference.B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads
from July 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).
Jolene
Completed 09/18/25
Miss Amelia's
List
Completed 09/7/25
Phoenix and Ashes
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)
Pick Six: A Havenmill Peach
Novel
All the Way Home: A Sirensong Falls Romance
Flirtasaurus
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
authnhor: 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
Goal: 3 booksRead: 5/6
July Books
1. The Assassins of Thasalon
2. A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines
3. The Message
L4L
Options: D.1 TBR
1. Series - The Oleander Sword
My Top 5 reads & shelves
Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida : 2025, 2024, japanese-literature, contemporary, short-stories
Wildflowers by Kylie Scott : 2025, romance, arc, dystopian, contemporary
Give Me a Reason by Jayci Lee : romance, netgalley, arc, contemporary, giveaways
Daughters of Flood and Fury by Gabriella Buba : fantasy, queer, adult, lesbian, LGBT
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston : romance, lgbtq, 2021, favorites, physical-tbr
Like 4 Like
Top Shelf: japanese-literature
🗸 Book 1: Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada -Read 09/15
Top Shelf: romance
🗸 Book 2: Smoke in the Sun (Flame in the Mist #2) by Renée Ahdieh -Read 10/03
Top Shelf: netgalley
🗸 Book 3: The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama -Read 11/08
Top Shelf: adult
🗸 Book 4: The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso -Read 09/25
Top Shelf: romance
🗸 Book 5: Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) by Leigh Bardugo -Read 09/28
D.1. Your TBR (all these books are on my TBR)
🗸 1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) by Leigh Bardugo >>> add Jun '24 >>> Bride by Ali Hazelwood -Read 10/09
🗸 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
Smoke in the Sun (Flame in the Mist #2) by Renée Ahdieh >>> The Damned (The Beautiful #2) -Read 10/05
3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)
Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada >>> HH >>> For a Muse of Fire (Shadow Players #1) by Heidi Heilig
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)
The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso >>> BOOK >>> The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves & China Miéville
5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama >>> 256p + 50P = 306p >>>
D.2. new books
🗸 1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso >>> Walking Sydney: Fifteen walks with a city’s writers -Read 10/26
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
The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama
3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)
Smoke in the Sun (Flame in the Mist #2) by Renée Ahdieh
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
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2)
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
Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada - 272p >>> 2xxp -
Goodnight Tokyo by Atsuhiro Yoshida : 2025, 2024, japanese-literature, contemporary, short-stories
Wildflowers by Kylie Scott : 2025, romance, arc, dystopian, contemporary
Give Me a Reason by Jayci Lee : romance, netgalley, arc, contemporary, giveaways
Daughters of Flood and Fury by Gabriella Buba : fantasy, queer, adult, lesbian, LGBT
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston : romance, lgbtq, 2021, favorites, physical-tbr
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Top Shelf: japanese-literature
🗸 Book 1: Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada -Read 09/15
Top Shelf: romance
🗸 Book 2: Smoke in the Sun (Flame in the Mist #2) by Renée Ahdieh -Read 10/03
Top Shelf: netgalley
🗸 Book 3: The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama -Read 11/08
Top Shelf: adult
🗸 Book 4: The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso -Read 09/25
Top Shelf: romance
🗸 Book 5: Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) by Leigh Bardugo -Read 09/28
D.1. Your TBR (all these books are on my TBR)
🗸 1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date added
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) by Leigh Bardugo >>> add Jun '24 >>> Bride by Ali Hazelwood -Read 10/09
🗸 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
Smoke in the Sun (Flame in the Mist #2) by Renée Ahdieh >>> The Damned (The Beautiful #2) -Read 10/05
3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in the same position)
Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada >>> HH >>> For a Muse of Fire (Shadow Players #1) by Heidi Heilig
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)
The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso >>> BOOK >>> The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves & China Miéville
5. Pages: Using one of your books, read a book with at least 50 pages more.
The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama >>> 256p + 50P = 306p >>>
D.2. new books
🗸 1. Date: Using one of your books, read a book published in the same year.
The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso >>> Walking Sydney: Fifteen walks with a city’s writers -Read 10/26
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
The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama
3. Author: Using one of your books, read a book from an author with the same initials (first & last only in a flipped position)
Smoke in the Sun (Flame in the Mist #2) by Renée Ahdieh
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
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2)
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
Dinner at the Night Library by Hika Harada - 272p >>> 2xxp -
SEPTEMBER PAS BENDERTOP JULY BOOKS:
1.1Q84
2.Murder by Memory
3.The Light on Farallon Island
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1. JULY BOOK -1Q84
2. JULY BOOK - Murder by Memory
3. JULY BOOK -The Light on Farallon Island
D.1. Your TBR
1. Date: Using one of your books, read from closest date 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
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
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
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B. Your Books
Pick your 3 - 5 top reads from July 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