Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Please post your March plan here.

Below is the main part of instruction including links to the wheels:

B. TBR only 👀

We are going to specifically focus on a random category per month and all the books read for this section must be from your TBR*

*TBR - the books must have been added to your TBR at the very least the last day of the previous month. For example, for November, I can read a book I added on 31 October.

You can spin the wheels on the 15th of current month for next month's category to allow for your planning.

For the Main Category, you can follow the below link and spin the wheel:

https://wheeldecide.com/index.php?c1=...

There are only 6 Main Categories for which then you will need to spin another wheel, depending on what you need for the Main Category you've spun:

For letters: https://wheeldecide.com/index.php?c1=...

For numbers: https://wheeldecide.com/index.php?c1=...

For continents: https://wheeldecide.com/index.php?c1=...

You will then ONLY read books that fit this category for the month.

You may have 2 categories per month, if you like, BUT each book must meet both categories to qualify for the challenge.

C. New Books ✨ (Optional)

The only "New Books" you can read for this challenge are those you can make a connection to your "TBR only" books. You may be as creative as you like with these connections BUT note that total of "New Books" read must be LESS than total of "TBR only" books read.

By "New Books", it would mean the book wasn't or hasn't ever been on your TBR so if you have discovered a new author whom you'd like to read all the backlist for, this is the space for it

You make make connections to any "TBR only" books you've read throughout the year and each of these books may have multiple connections.

Amy

Bea

CassieV

Christina (AKA Babbling)

Coralie

Joanna

Joyce

Lauren

Laurla

LynnB

Meg

Nat

Rosemary

Susan

Tien

Vanessa

👀 Main Category: published in year ending...
👀 Number: 9

Goal: 5

The Raven's Tale by Cat Winters (pub 2019) -Read 03/28
The Ink Stain (Monsarrat #4) by Meg Keneally (pub 2019) -Read 03/31
Descendant of the Crane by Joan He (pub 2019) -Read 04/06
The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy #2) by S.A. Chakraborty (pub 2019)

Eyes on the TBR (2026) - MARCH

Books must have been added to your TBR at the very least the last day of the previous month.

Goal: 3 books per month
Main Category: Published in year ending in ...
Number: 3

1. The Frozen River, Ariel Lawhon, 22 Feb 2026, pub 12/2023; added to TBR 6/23
2. Hang the Moon, Jeannette Walls, 6 Mar 2026, pub. 3/2023; added to TBR 3/23
3. River Sing Me Home, Eleanor Shearer, 18 Mar 2026, pub. 3/2023;added to TBR 12/2022

Possibilities:
Palisades Park, own
Tale for the Time Being, own
Hang the Moon. Library
Rogue Justice, library
River Sing Me Home, own
Hello Beautiful, own
Storm Watch, library

Eyes on the TBR - Maech

Main Category: author's country
Continent: South America
Goal: 5

*1. Island Beneath the Sea
+2. Two Brothers
+3. Veronika Decides to Die
*4. Ficciones
5. The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

Wow! I had to search a lot to find authors that I might be willing to read. Most SA authors that I have tried has been in the 2-3* range.

A couple of books chosen were by authors that I have read and liked but whose chosen book is not on my TBR. (I have put a + sign before them.) Another two were actually on my TBR. (I have starred them.) The final book is a new to me author.

OK...I just reread the rules..."*TBR - the books must have been added to your TBR at the very least the last day of the previous month. For example, for November, I can read a book I added on 31 October." So, I am assuming any book I added to my TBR today will count for TBR March. Therefore, I am keeping my current list.

March: Author's Initial W or T

✔1. The Chronoliths, Robert Charles Wilson - fin 3/5
✔2. We Begin at the End, Chris Whitaker - fin 3/10
✔3. Wandering Son, Vol I, Shimura Takako - fin 3/14
✔4. [b:Alien Clay, Adrian Tchaikovsky - fin 3/14
✔5. Home, Toni Morrison - fin 3/15

COMPLETED 3/15

Eyes on TBR March
Read: 2/3

Main category: First word of title starts with
Letter: V or A

✅1. Violeta - Apr. 2026
✅2. The Age of Calamities - Feb. 2026
3. The Venus School

Goal: 3 books per month

Main category: First word of title starts with
Letter: W or T
I will not count The.

Read:
✔ 1. Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban, 12 Mar 25
✔ 2. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy, 27 Mar 26
✔ 3. Two-Way Murder by E.C.R. Lorac, 28 Mar 26

Options:
They Shoot Horses Don't They by Horace McCoy
Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
Trouble for Lucia by E F Benson
Traps by Friedrich Durrenmatt
Twenty-third Man by Gladys Mitchell
Two-penny Bar by Georges Simenon
Two-Way Murder by E C R Lorac
Welcome Death by Glyn Daniel
White Priory Murders by Carter Dickson
Wild Horses by Dick Francis
Water Room by Christopher Fowler
What Happened at Hazlewood by Michael Innes
Wind/Pinball by Haruki Murakami
Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
Wings Above the Diamantina by Arthur W Upfield

MARCH
Goal: 3 books per month
Main Category: Published in year ending in ...
Number: 4

1.The Long Way Home✔️

2.The Lion Women of Tehran✔️

3.The Fox Wife✔️

March
Goal: 3 Books

Main category: Author's Country (Born/Living In)...
Continent: Europe

Books:
✔︎ 1. Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade (Stockholm, Sweden)
Read: 10.3.2026
Rating: 3.5 Stars

✔︎ 2. Cold Fury by Toni Anderson (Shropshire, UK)
Read: 5.3.2026
Rating: 2 Stars

✔︎ 3. Only a Promise by Mary Balogh (Wales, UK)
Read: 3.3.2026
Rating: 4 Stars

Eyes on the TBR (2026) - MARCH DONE

Books must have been added to your TBR at the very least the last day of the previous month.

Goal: 3 books per month
Main Category: Author's Initial
Letter: V or A

1.Doctor Who: The Forever Trap by Dan Abnett - Read 3/30/26
2.The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez Read 3/26/26
3.Hunting Kat by Kelley Armstrong Read 3/29/26

My March spot

Main Category: Last Word of Title Ends With
Letter: K or S
Goal: 3

1. Dangerous - Read 3/12/26
2. Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World - Read 3/28/26
3. The Hero of Ages - Read 3/31/26

March 2026

Author's initials
F or M

1. Trail of Dead by Melissa F. Olson 24 March 2026 ★★★★ January 21, 2018 – Shelved
2. The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows 28 March 2026 ★★★★ December 12, 2018 – Shelved
3. Premeditated Peppermint by Amanda Flower 29 March 2026 ★★★ February 19, 2023 – Shelved



Potential
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
Eye of Heaven by Marjorie M. Liu
Book, Line, and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay
The Forgotten Book by Mechthild Gläser

Eyes on TBR March

First word of the title starts with V or A

1. Agent in Place - Completed 4/5/26
2. Aftertaste
3. Valor's Choice - Completed 4/17/26
4. A Deadly Influence - Completed 4/18/26

Eyes on the TBR ❱❱ March
March 2026

My March Eyes on the TBR (msg 15)

Goal ❱❱ 3 books per month

Category Spin ❱❱ Published in year ending in
Secondary Spin ❱❱ 4

TBR only


🫧published Mar 2014 ❱❱ Night Broken ❱❱ 03.14 ★★★★
🫧published June 2014 ❱❱ Actually Love: Jessie & Zach ❱❱ 03.18 ★★★
🫧published Sep 2014 ❱❱ The Long Way Home ❱❱ 03.08 ★★★
🫧published Mar 2024 ❱❱ Dan & Kara ❱❱ 03.14 ★★★★
🫧published August 2024 ❱❱ Nine Tailed ❱❱ 03.27 ★★★

New Books


connection ❱❱ Dan & Kara ❱❱ title starts with D
🫧The Dragon’s Mail Order Bride ❱❱ 03.13 ★★★

Eyes on the TBR: March 2026
Duration: March 1 - March 31, 2026

GOAL: 1-3 books

TBR only 👀
Main Category: Published in Year Containing 2
Now She's Dead by Roselyn Clarke 3/7/26
2025
Miss Pinkerton by Mary Roberts Rinehart 3/16/26
1932
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson 3/21/26
2019
Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington 3/22/26
2023
The Family Across the Street by Nicole Trope 3/23/26
2021
Just a Girl by Alyssa Cole 3/28/26
2023

New Books ✨ (Optional)
Connect to Miss Pinkerton above.
Published 1932

Also published in year containing 19

Barefoot in the Park: A Comedy in Three Acts by Neil Simon 3/21/26
1964
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney 3/26/26
1990 - Also actually a TBR book!
Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn 3/28/26
1986 - Also actually a TBR book!

March 2026

Published in a year containing 0
Author from Europe

The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan read March 1
The Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves read March 13
Saturation Point by Adrian Tchaikovsky read March 9
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden read March 16
Remember That Day by Mary Balogh read March 22

Goal: 5

Completed: 0/5

Main category: Published in year containing
Number: 9

1. Casino Royale (1953)
2. Dune (1965)
3. Black Water (1992)
4. The Red Tree (2009)
5. The Book of X (2019)

Completed
Eyes on the TBR (2026) - MARCH

Goal: 3 books per month
Main Category: Published in year ending in ...
Number: 3

1. The Frozen River, Ariel Lawhon, 22 Feb 2026, pub 12/2023; added to TBR 6/23
2. Hang the Moon, Jeannette Walls, 6 Mar 2026, pub. 3/2023; added to TBR 3/23
3. River Sing Me Home, Eleanor Shearer, 18 Mar 2026, pub. 3/2023;added to TBR 12/2022

completed

March 2026

Author's initials
F or M

1. Trail of Dead by Melissa F. Olson 24 March 2026 ★★★★ January 21, 2018 – Shelved
2. The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows 28 March 2026 ★★★★ December 12, 2018 – Shelved
3. Premeditated Peppermint by Amanda Flower 29 March 2026 ★★★ February 19, 2023 – Shelved



Potential
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen
Eye of Heaven by Marjorie M. Liu
Book, Line, and Sinker by Jenn McKinlay
The Forgotten Book by Mechthild Gläser