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Goal: 5 books
So, I have two GR "to be read" shelves: one for books I own and one for any other book that interests me - usually library or kindle books.
I will draw from each.
Top 8 from Wishlist:
1. Body Count
2. The Riders
3. The Violin Conspiracy
4. The Known World
5. "I Am a Man": Chief Standing Bear's Journey for Justice
6. Mad Honey
7. Pancakes and Corpses
8. Gallowglass
Top 2 from Want to Read (Owned):
9. You Don't Want To Know
10. X, Y
Moving Mountains 2026Goal: 26 Books
0/26 Read
Books Read:
1. 1. Poems, Second Series
January (Dec 15th) Draw -
1. The Captain
2. The Guardian Duke
3. We're All Freaking Out (and Why We Don't Need To): Finding Freedom from Your Anxious Thoughts and Feelings
4. The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions
5. Timebound
6. Poems, Second Series
7. Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation
8. How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain
9. The Twilight of American Culture
10. The Paper Magician
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I know, we're all impatient when it comes to planning ha ha ha
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Progress: 0/52 books as at 01/01
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I know, we're all impatient when it comes to planning ha ha ha"
Oops! Well, count it as the 15th's draw.
My spotMoving Mountains '26
Progress: 0/52 books as at 01/01
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January Draw -
1. You, Me, and the Colors of Life*
2. Prisoners of Geography
3. The Essex Serpent
4. The Unseen World
5. A Lifetime of Impossible Days
6. Born Into This
7. The Dilemma*
8. Someone You Can Build a Nest In*
9. Metronome
10. Affinity
Hi Tien - can I also suggest? ... you can also skip a book on the list if the book you draw has already been included in a previous month draw
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Tien wrote: "ooh yes, good one, Meg - I didn't think of that because my list is so huge that the possibility did not occur to me lol"Yeah mine is getting ridiculous - nearly 2000! This might be a good way to cut it down a bit, if something comes up and I don't want to read it I need to delete it!
Oh and I just thought of another reason you would need to skip - if the book isn't out yet. I don't want to get stuck with The Winds of Winter on my list!
I'll start with 12. I'm going to use my owned books for this one.Read: 0/12
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January draw:
1. Peter Pan
2. The Nice and the Good
3. Patty Jane's House of Curl
4. Heart Songs and Other Stories
5. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
6. Passage
7. Lady Helena Investigates
8. This Is How You Lose Her
9. Divisadero
10. Him
Moving Mountain 2026I will start with 12. Read: 2/12 books
Books read:
✔ 1. Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher, 2 Jan 26
✔ 2. Two Storm Wood by Philip Gray, 5 Jan 26
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January Draw (15 Dec):
1. Killing the Shadows by Val McDermid
3. The Judge and His Hangman by Friedrich Durrenmatt
4. Maigret on the Defensive by Georges Simenon
6. The Gustav Sonata by Rose Tremain
7. Alibi Innings by Barbara Worsley-Gough
8. Maigret and the Old Lady by Georges Simenon
9. Longshot by Dick Francis
10. Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert (ebook)
February Draw (15 Jan) (only books on TBR before 1 Jan):
I'm in! My draws below:Draws for January:
1. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters
2. Quite a Ride
3. The Foxhole Court
4. The Institute
5. The Sign of the Beaver
6. The Romanov Prophecy
7. Idoru
8. Isla and the Happily Ever After
9. Sky Masters
10. Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History
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LOL - I took it as granted that books must be accessible (include being published) but I'll add that too :)
Games - General Thread > Moving Mountain - 2026 EdMoving Mountains '26
Progress: 0/52 books as at 01/01
January Draw:
1. Keep Out of the Woods!: Scary True Stories of the Unexplained
2. Out of the Ashes
3. Bad Blood
4. Out of Darkness
5. The Darkest Legacy
6. Return to Hoodoo
7. Wrecked
8. Dark Harvest Magic
9. Girls of Brackenhill
10. This Secret Thing
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Moving Mountains - 2026 EdJanuary's books:
1. I Cheerfully Refuse
2. Letters Across the Sea
3. Somebody's Fool
4. The God of the Woods
5. Two Wars and a Wedding
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sorry, Susan - I missed this. We discussed this over in the mods thread so that's why you couldn't find it here but yes, correct, books drawn at any time can be read at any other time in the year (not necessarily the month they are drawn in/for)
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Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2026
Books must've been added prior to 1/1/26
Books drawn can be read at any time during the year.
Using Considering shelf (TBR is too small)
goal: 52 books/year --> 4-5 books each month
✔1. Clear - fin 1/2
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Moving Mountain 2026I will start with 12. Read: 0/12 books
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January Draw
1.Evangeline
2. Aged for Murder
3. Shadows of Bourbon Street
4. A Fistful of Charms
5. Shade
6. The Eterna Files
7. Raging Heat
8. The Book of Magic
9. Oddjobs
10. A Little Night Muse
Moving Mountain - 2026 EdChallenge Period: Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2025
Goal: 12
Read: 0/12
Books Read:
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As always, this challenge restricted books added to TBR prior to the year it's being played so books must be on TBR prior to 1 January 2026.
Go to your 'to-read' shelf on GR (or any similar shelf you've got set up) and draw 30 Random books using the GR functionality at the bottom of the page of your shelf (as shown below)
Once the page has refreshed and shown you the random selection, list the top 10 books as books qualified for you to read for this challenge.
IF any of the books listed for top 10 is:
1. series book further along in the series than you are currently on; OR
2. book added to your TBR after 31 December 2025; OR
3. book already selected in previous draw; OR
4. book you do not have easy access to (eg. not published etc)
Skip that and go onto the next book and keep listing books until you have 10 from this selection. This list is static and no change can be made to this list once done.
We will be doing this on a monthly basis starting from December 15th 2025 and the last draw will be on November 15th 2026 (ie. 12 random selections)
As usual, your annual goal can be chosen from below:
5 books (5 vowels in the alphabet)
12 books (12 characters in 'PICK-A-SHELF')
26 books (26 letters)
52 books (52 weeks in a year)
You will note that if you generate 10 random books per month, you will have 120 books you could read for this challenge. You do not have to generate your random selection each month especially if you have already met your goal. This is just to give you more flexibility in case there is any books you can't source or DNF.
If you do not have GR to-read shelves then my suggestion would be to get someone to randomly choose books off your TBR for you