Pick-a-Shelf discussion

Please post your September 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.

Eyes on the TBR (2026) SEPTEMBER

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: first word of title starts with ...
Letter: W or T

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2.
3.

Some possibilities:
Tree of Light and Flowers
Theo of Golden
Twilight Garden
Time Hop Coffee Shop
Whistler
The Woman and Her Stars
Whisking Hour
Water Witches

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....
Number: 7

1. Birdcage Walk (2007)
2. Tell Me Something True (2027)
3. The Almost Sisters (2017)

And the Rest Is History (2017)

Eyes on TBR - September
Read: 0/3

Main category: Auth. country (born or living in)
Continent: Africa

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2.
3.

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

Main category: Last word of title ends with
Letter: H or Q

1.
2.
3.

Possibilities:
Welcome Death by Glyn Daniel
Faithful Unto Death by Caroline Graham
Untimely Death by Cyril Hare
The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy
The Switch or Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard
Unnatural Death by Dorothy L Sayers

Oops. I forgot to save a message space for posting the links. Apologies, everyone.

Amy

CassieV

Christina (AKA Babbling)

Joanna

Lauren

LynnB

Meg

Rosemary

Tien

September 2026

Last word in the title ends
X or N

1.
2.
3.


Potential
The Darkest Edge of Dawn
Smoke and Iron
The Union
Dispel Illusion
Artificial Condition
Accomplice to the Villain

September

Main Category: Author's Initial
Letter: X or N
Goal: 3

1.
2.
3.

September

Author's country (born/living in)
Africa
Goal: 3 minimum

1.
2.
3.

👀 Main Category: Author's country in
👀 Continent: Asia

Goal: 5

September
Goal: 3 Books

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

Books:

1. Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh (New Zealand)
2. Poison Bay by Belinda Pollard (Australia)
3. Her Buried Bones by Fiona Tarr (Australia)