Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Please post your July 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

Cassie V

Christina (AKA Babbling)

Joanna

Joyce

Lauren

Laurla

LynnB

Meg

Rosemary

Susan

Vanessa

Eyes on the TBR (2026) - JULY

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 initial ...
Letters: Y or O

1. Olivia Campbell, Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine, 29 June 2026
2. Ozeki, RuthA Tale for the Time Being, 10 July 2026
3.


Possiblilities:
The Women in White Coats
The Lotus Shoes
An Immense World
Land (O'Ferrell)
A Tale for the Time Being
Cursed Daughters
Fire and Ore
We Chase Shadows
Maine Characters

Eyes on the TBR (2026) - JULY

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 a year including....
Letters: 8

1. American Wife (2008)
2. Heidi (1880) ✔️
3. The Psychology of Time Travel (2018)


Options:
The Diving Pool: Three Novellas
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
A Fraction of the Whole
The Lace Weaver
The Next Girl
You Let Me In
Man Out of Time
Before Your Memory Fades
The Last Summer of Ada Bloom
The Au Pair
The Sentence is Death

July 2026

Title starts with
K or S
1.
2.
3.

Potential
Salvation in Death
Kiss Me, Catalina
Ship Wrecked
A Spy Unmasked
The Seven Year Slip

Eyes on TBR - July
Read: 1/3

Main category: First Word of Title Starts with
Letter: C or I

✅1. The Cliff House - July 2026
2. The Insecure Mind of Sergei Kraev
3. In the Province of Saints: A Novel

July

Goal: 3 minimum
Last word of title ends with E or L

1. My Husband's Wife - Completed 7/4/26
2. Almost Criminal - Completed 7/5/26
3. Don't Even Breathe - Completed 7/4/26
4. In the Age of Love and Chocolate - Completed 7/1/26
5. Her Cold Justice - Completed 7/15/26
6. In His Wake - Completed 7/11/26
7. The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre - Completed 7/13/26
8. Imposter Syndrome - Completed 7/18/26

July

Main Category: Last word in title ends in
Letter: B or R
Goal: 3

1. Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength - Read 7/20/26
2. Caring for One Another: 8 Ways to Cultivate Meaningful Relationships - Read 7/28/26
3.

DONE - Eyes on the TBR (2026) - JULY

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

Author's Country Born or Living in: North America


1.Woods of the Raven by Mary Calmes Born USA Read 7/1/26
2.Farenheit 451Born in Illinois USA Read 7/12/26
3.One Dark Window Born in USA Read 7/15/26

Eyes on the TBR - July
Goal: 3 books per month

Main category: First word of title starts with
Letter: P or Z

✔ 1. Pompeii by Robert Harris, 18 Jul 26
✔ 2. The Plumed Serpent by D.H. Lawrence, 25 Jul 26
✔ 3. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall, 26 Jul 26

Options:
The Plumed Serpent by D H Lawrence
Prisoners of Geography by Tim Mashall
The Painful Truth by Monty Lyman
Pompeii by Robert Harris
more...

July: Published in year ending in 3

✔1. An Honest Man (Koryta), pub 7/25/23 - fin 7/6
✔2. The Long Game, pub 6/27/23 - fin 7/12/26
✔3. The Element of Fire, pub 7/1/1993 - fin 7/19
✔4. Iron Flame, pub 11/7/2023 - fin 7/19
5.

Eyes on the TBR ❱❱ July
July 2026

My July Eyes on the TBR (msg 12)

Goal ❱❱ 3 books per month

Category Spin ❱❱ Author initial
Secondary Spin ❱❱ C or I

TBR only



💥catherine gayle ❱❱ Taking A Shot ❱❱ 07.11 ★★★★
💥carolyn haines ❱❱ A Gift of Bones ❱❱ 07.29 ★★★
💥cate c. wells ❱❱ Return to Monte Carlo ❱❱ 07.31 ★★★★
💥kate clark stone ❱❱ The Last Sunday in May ❱❱ 07.26 ★★★★

New Books



connection ❱❱ Sweet Revenge (from April) ❱❱ set in New Orleans
💥Bridal Jitters ❱❱ 07.20 ★★★

July
Goal: 3 Books

Main category: Last word ending in . . .
Letter: Y or O

Books:
1. Forever and a Day by Jill Shalvis
2. Storm Echo by Nalini Singh
3. Her Silent Cry by Lisa Regan

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

GOAL: 1-3 books

TBR only 👀
Main Category: First Word of Title Starts with
Letter: H or Q

👀 Main Category: First word of title starts with
👀 Continent: E or L

Goal: 5

The Lantern's Ember by Colleen Houck -Read 07/30
Lethal White (Cormoran Strike #4) by Robert Galbraith -Read 07/31
The Lake of Tears (Deltora Quest #2) by Emily Rodda
Early Mornings at the Laksa Cafe by Janet Tay