Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Please post your April 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

Rosemary

Tien

Vanessa

Eyes on the TBR (2026) - APRIL

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: Last word of title ends with ...
Letters: K or S

1. Sleeping Giants, Rene Denfeld, 22 Mar 2026
2. The God of the Woods, Liz Moore, 3 Apr 2026
3. At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities, Heather Webber, 6 Apr 2026
4. In the Shadow of Vesuvius, Tasha Alexander, 29 Apr 2026



Possibilities:
God of the Woods
The Plague of Doves
Sleeping Giants
Palisades Park
In the Shadow of Vesuvius
Lost Hours
The Lotus Shoes

April
Goal: 3 Books

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

Books:
✔︎ 1. At Close Range by Laura Griffin
Read: 8.4.2026
Rating: 4 Stars

✔︎ 2. All the Feels by Olivia Dade
Read: 21.4.2026
Rating: 2 Stars

✔︎ 3. An Art Lover's Guide to Paris and Murder by Dianne Freeman
Read: 16.4.2026
Rating: 3 Stars

Eyes on the TBR (2026) - APRIL

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: Last word of title ends with ...
Letters: E or L

1. The Old Woman with the Knife
2. You, Me, and the Colors of Life
3. Go Gentle

Possibilities:
Shy Girl
When Lemons Give You Life
The Mountains We Call Home: The Book Woman's Legacy

Goal: 3 books per month

Main category: Author's country (born/living in)
Continent: Europe
AND
Main category: Published in year containing
Number: 6

Read:
✔ 1. Bolt by Dick Francis, 12 Apr 26 (UK, 1986)
✔ 2. Picture Miss Seeton by Heron Carvic, 14 Apr 26 (UK, 1968)
✔ 3. Forfeit by Dick Francis (1969, UK)

Options:
Picture Miss Seeton by Heron Carvic (1968, born UK)
Bolt by Dick Francis (1986, UK)
Dead Cert by Dick Francis (1962, UK)
Forfeit by Dick Francis (1969, UK)
The Gustave Sonata by Rose Tremain (2016, UK)
and more

Goal 3 books

Published in year containing 1
Author's name beginning with W or T

Possibles
Boundary Waters by William Kent Krueger read April 7
Doing Time by Jodi Taylor read April 12
A Borrowed Man by Gene Wolfe
Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire – The Last Account of the Vanishing Empire by Simon Winchester

April 2026

Published in Year ending
in 6

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.

1. The Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst 17 April 2026 ★★★★★ First published March 31, 2026
2. I Dream of Dragons by Ashlyn Chase 16 May 2026 ★★★ First published April 5, 2016
3. The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao 11 September 2026 ★★★★ First published January 20, 2026 January 21, 2026 – Shelved



Potential
Silver Road - 2016
Heartless - 2016
Killing Thyme - 2016
Twelve Months - 2026
Such a Perfect Family - 2026
The Astral Library - 2026

Eyes on TBR - April
Read: 3/3

Author's Country
Europe

✅1. Stay with Me by Hanne Ørstavik (Norway) - April 2026
✅2. On the Calculation of Volume III by Solvej Balle (Norway) - April 2026
✅3. Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (UK) - May 2026

Eyes on TBR - April

Main Category: published in year ending in
Number: 1
Goal: 5

1. The Violets of March
2. Louise's War
3. Infinitum
4. Locust Summer
5. Griffin & Sabine

April Spot

Main Category: Last Word of Title Ends With
Letter: X or N
Goal: 3

1. The Paper Magician - Read 4/16/26
2. The Accidental Beauty Queen - Read 4/22/26
3. Jane Austen - Read 4/28/26

Eyes on the TBR: April 2026 completed

Goal: 3 books per month
Main Category: First Word of the title starts with
Letter: V or A

1. A Familiar Magicadded to TBR 4/25/20 Read 4/23/26
2. The Abandoned added to TBR 8/28/16 Read 4/21/26
3.A Midnight Pastry Shop Called Hwawoldang added to TBR 6/22/26 read 7/3/26

👀 Main Category: published in year containing...
👀 Number: 5

Goal: 5

The Amber Owl (Heartwood #1) by Juliet Marillier (pub 2025) -Read 04/12
Rook by Sharon Cameron (pub 2015) -Read 04/13
The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien (pub 2025) -Read 05/05
The White Rose: Munich, 1942-1943 by Inge Scholl (pub 1952) -Read 05/08
2 Sisters Murder Investigations (2 Sisters Detective Agency #2) by James Patterson & Candice Fox pub. 2025 -Read 05/29

April - DONE!

Published in year containing 7
Goal: 3 minimum

1. Creation in Death (published 2007) - Completed 4/12/26
2. Minor Detail (published 2017) - Completed 6/5/26
3. The Day of the Jackal (published 1971) - Completed 6/9/26

Eyes on the TBR ❱❱ April
April 2026

My April Eyes on the TBR (msg 15)

Goal ❱❱ 3 books per month

Category Spin ❱❱ Author's initial
Secondary Spin ❱❱ B or R

TBR only


💥author last initial R ❱❱ Stolen in Death ❱❱ 04.11 ★★★★
💥author last initial B ❱❱ My Friends ❱❱ 04.18 ★★★
💥author last initial R ❱❱ Irish Rebel ❱❱ 04.25 ★★★★
💥author last initial B ❱❱ Sweet Revenge ❱❱ 04.29 ★★★

New Books


💥connection ❱❱ Stolen in Death ❱❱ author same first initial J ❱❱ Dark Frost ❱❱ 04.24 ★★★

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

GOAL: 1-3 books

TBR only 👀
Main Category: Published in Year Ending in 1
Palmetto by Ania Ahlborn 4/7/2026
2021

April: Author's Initial Y or O
*same as my January roll!

1. Just Out of Jupiter's Reach, Nnedi Okorafor
2. Murder at an Irish Wedding, Carlene O'Connor
3. Children of the Fleet, Orson Scott Card
4. So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo
5. Fourth Wing, Rebecca Yarros