The Challenge Factory discussion

Boggle is a word game in which players try to find as many words as they can from a grid of lettered dice, within a set time limit. But I think we can use that grid of letters to help us with our TBR lists.

Can you spell a word on the Boggle board using your TBR books?

The letter must connect to a book on your TBR in an obvious way. Such as:
the author's first, middle, or last initial
the month that the book was published
the publisher's name
the first word of the title (you can use or ignore A, An, The)
the first word of the series name (you can use or ignore A, An, The)
the MC's first or last name
the narrator's first or last name
the name of the location where the book is set
the book's MPG (like: Fiction, Adventure, Childrens, Romance)

Rules:
Duration: Sept. 1 - 30, 2025
* No page limit.
* No letter limit for words. I will accept words as short as 1 letter.
* You cannot use any letter on the Boggle board more than once in a word, and the consecutive letters of your words must be adjacent to each other horizontally, vertically, or even diagonally.
* The book must have been on your TBR list for at least one day. (Actually, I don't even mind if you use books that are not on your TBR list :)

I'm in.
I'm going for a big word this month.

P - MC's LN is Poole With This Ring 9/4 ****
I - set at the Isle of Skye Wildfire at Midnight 9/14 ***
S - Saunders, Kate's The Secrets of Wishtide 9/2 ****
T - The Butterfly Conspiracy 9/14 ***
O - Of Paupers and Peers
N - Newbery Award winner The Bronze Bow 9/15 *****

Boggle
September 2025

S - Susan M Boyer - The Sullivan's Island Supper Club 09/27
T - Chelsea Thomas - Shot Through the Tart 09/04
O - Ovidia Yu - Aunty Lee's Chilled Revenge 09/20
N - Nancy Springer - The Case of the Missing Marquess 09/10
E - (The) Eleventh Hour 09/18



C - Carolyn Haines - Ham Bones 09/09
O - Once Upon a Snowy Night 09/08
R - Robert Thorogood - The Queen of Poisons 09/29
N - Night Moves 09/07

I'm in!!

1. September to 30. September 2025

The letter must connect to a book on your TBR in an obvious way. Such as:
the author's first, middle, or last initial
the month that the book was published
the publisher's name
the first word of the title (you can use or ignore A, An, The)
the first word of the series name (you can use or ignore A, An, The)
the MC's first or last name
the narrator's first or last name
the name of the location where the book is set
the book's MPG (like: Fiction, Adventure, Childrens, Romance)

Progress: 9 books, 2 words

S - Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow Jessica Day George 9/2/25 - Title
O - Animal Farm George Orwell 9/14/25 - Author
N - The King of Elfland's Daughter Lord Dunsany 9/11/25 - Books MPG - Novels
A - Kill Joy Holly Jackson 9/4/25 - Series
R - Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 9/3/25 - Author

C - The Making of a Marchioness / The Methods of Lady Walderhurst Frances Hodgson Burnett 9/23/25 - MPG - Classics
O - Julosaurusen Tom Fletcher 9/16/25 - Published - October
A - Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 9/17/25 - MPG - Adventure
L - Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 9/19/25 - MPG - Literature

BOGGLE - September

S - Santa's Secret by Fern Michaels (9/22/25 ⭐⭐)
T - The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore (9/17/25 ⭐⭐⭐)
O - October 31, 2011 was published Zero Day by David Baldacci (9/28/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
L - Liv Constantine author of The Senator's Wife (9/1/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐)
E - Emma - MC - ...grabbed my phone to look at the picture of Emma. p 41
Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez (9/11/25 ⭐⭐⭐)

BOGGLE - September
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No Page limit
the author's first, middle, or last initial
the month that the book was published
the publisher's name
the first word of the title (you can use or ignore A, An, The)
the first word of the series name (you can use or ignore A, An, The)
the MC's first or last name
the narrator's first or last name
the name of the location where the book is set
the book's MPG
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L - Miles Ever After T.L. Swan - 9/1/25 (author's middle initial)
E - Beach Read Emily Henry - 9/8/25
A - Misadventures of a City Girl Meredith Wild - 9/3/25 (MC last name-Madison Atwood)
N - Setting-NYC-Killer for Hire Alexis Abbott - 9/18/25

BOGGLE - September

A - Andy Weir - The Martian - 9/19/25
P - Patricia Cornwell - The Last Precinct - 9/9/25
R - Rose, Jeneva - You Shouldn't Have Come Here - 9/15/25
O - Orlando, Carissa - The September House - 9/14/25
N

BOGGLE - September

A Chrysalis: Antvance into the Unknown 2/9
C Cade Crowley, Demon Hunter 5/9
O Once Hunted, Twice Shy 9/9
R Recovery Road 3/9
N Never Say Whatever Again 1/9
S Jesse Sutanto: Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers 5/9

P Pork Pie Pandemonium 7/9
I Indefinite Fear 5/9
S Sugar and Sliced 6/9
T Total Eclipse of the Hunt 12/9
O Ramon de Ocampo (narrator): Reborn as a Demonic Tree 15/9
L Licence to Chill 1/9

Is Your TBR List Boggling?
September 2025

My Boggling Challenge (msg 10)

Goal ❱❱ 3 Words ❱❱ 14 Books
Books Read ❱❱ 14


☑️P ❱❱ Protecting Truth ❱❱ 09.22 ★★★
☑️A ❱❱ Almost a Bride ❱❱ 09.24 ★★★
☑️L ❱❱ Lady Susan ❱❱ 09.11 ★★★★
☑️E ❱❱ E.M. Foner ❱❱ Party Night on Union Station ❱❱ 09.21 ★★★


☑️C ❱❱ A Cowboy in Paradise ❱❱ 09.09 ★★★
☑️O ❱❱ Obedient [ser] ❱❱ Deliciously Obedient ❱❱ 09.01 ★★★★
☑️R ❱❱ The Richest Man in Texas ❱❱ 09.07 ★★★
☑️N ❱❱ Newly Undead In Dark River ❱❱ 09.13 ★★★★
☑️Y ❱❱ Yates, Maisey ❱❱ Happy After All ❱❱ 09.28 ★★★★


☑️C ❱❱ Cruisin' For A SEAL ❱❱ 09.15 ★★★
☑️A ❱❱ Ashley, Jennifer ❱❱ Hal ❱❱ 09.23 ★★★★
☑️T ❱❱ The Cougar's Timid Little Lynx ❱❱ 09.30 ★★★

Boggle - September

C - CN: Cam Hardy in Puck Boy (Sep. 5 - 3.5 stars)
O - Oregan (setting) - A Merciful Death (Sep 26 - 4 stars)
A - CLN: Adams, Gillian in The One I Left Behind (Sep. 3 - 4 stars)
T - MPG: Thriller for Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave by Elle Cosimano (Sep. 12 - 5 stars)
S - Title for Silent Depths by Reily Garrett (Sep. 12 - 2.5 stars)

Is Your TBR List Boggling? (September)
Duration: September 1, 2025 - September 30, 2025

The letter must connect to a book on your TBR in an obvious way. Such as:
the author's first, middle, or last initial
the month that the book was published
the publisher's name
the first word of the title (you can use or ignore A, An, The)
the first word of the series name (you can use or ignore A, An, The)
the MC's first or last name
the narrator's first or last name
the name of the location where the book is set
the book's MPG (like: Fiction, Adventure, Childrens, Romance)

Rules:
* No page limit.
* No letter limit for words. I will accept words as short as 1 letter.
* You cannot use any letter on the Boggle board more than once in a word, and the consecutive letters of your words must be adjacent to each other horizontally, vertically, or even diagonally.
* The book must have been on your TBR list for at least one day. (Actually, I don't even mind if you use books that are not on your TBR list :)



PALE
P:Paradise Valley - Robyn Carr 9/9/25
A: Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism - bell hooks 9/3/25
L: Lauraine Snelling - A Breath of Hope 9/19/25
E: Emerald Desire - Lynette Vinet 9/25/25

STAIN
S: Sara Nisha Adams - The Reading List 9/25/25
T: This Bitter Earth - Bernice L. McFadden 9/2/25
A: Arundhati Roy - The God of Small Things 9/5/25
I: In the Time of the Butterflies - Julia Alvarez 9/1/25
N: Natalie Fergie - The Sewing Machine 9/3/25

PISTON
P: Priscilla Morris - Black Butterflies 9/16/25
I: In It to Win It - Kelly Jamieson 9/20/25
S: Stone Cold Touch - Jennifer L. Armentrout 9/7/25
T: The Testaments - Margaret Atwood 9/10/25
O: One Mississippi - Mark Childress 9/12/25
N: No One But Us - Elizabeth O'Roark 9/29/25

CATS
C: Charlie Donlea - The Girl Who Was Taken 9/8/25
A: All the Little Hopes - Leah Weiss 9/4/25
T: The Trees - Percival Everett 9/29/25
S: Sheila Connolly - Murder at the Mansion 9/14/25

SHIP
S: Scarlett St. Clair - A Game of Fate 9/16/25
H: Hannah Swensen Series - Cherry Cheesecake Murder - Joanne Fluke 9/24/25
I: Ijeoma (MC) - Under the Udala Trees - Chinelo Okparanta 9/28/25
P: Play to Win - Kelly Jamieson 9/20/25

Completed!

Progress: 9 books, 2 words

S - Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow Jessica Day George 9/2/25 - Title
O - Animal Farm George Orwell 9/14/25 - Author
N - The King of Elfland's Daughter Lord Dunsany 9/11/25 - Books MPG - Novels
A - Kill Joy Holly Jackson 9/4/25 - Series
R - Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson 9/3/25 - Author

C - The Making of a Marchioness / The Methods of Lady Walderhurst Frances Hodgson Burnett 9/23/25 - MPG - Classics
O - Julosaurusen Tom Fletcher 9/16/25 - Published - October
A - Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson 9/17/25 - MPG - Adventure
L - Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury 9/19/25 - MPG - Literature

Completed

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Finished with two words:

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Finished 3 words - thanks, Lanelle!
Updated post: My Boggling Challenge (msg 10)

Goal ❱❱ 3 Words ❱❱ 14 Books
Books Read ❱❱ 14