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TBR Jar - 2020
How to Participate1. Post here telling the Challenge Leader that you'd like to join the challenge. You can choose your books for the challenge at the beginning, or add them as you go. You can join a challenge at any time, as long as the challenge is still active. You must choose a goal for the challenge.
2. Whenever you finish a book for the challenge, post here and let the challenge leader know so they can update your progress.
Please be sure to post the number of books you have completed every time you post an update. The Challenge Leader is not able to keep track for you because of the number of participants in the challenge.
3. Some members choose to update their original post with their progress to keep track of their challenge more easily, but make sure to also post a new message so the Challenge Leader knows to go look at your original post. In this case, please indicate your progress before you list your books. You can look at how other members report their progress to find a strategy that works well for you.
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message 32 updated! 2/25 books read!
For more information about how challenges work, check out this thread or ask your challenge leader.
PS. Please do not delete posts! It makes updating very confusing for the Moderators! If you decide to leave the challenge, please just let us know. You can edit your original post to say {redacted}. Thank you!
Participants:
Alison - 0 / 50
Anissa - 0 / 5
Ann - 10 / 14
AnnaG - 25 / 25 Completed!
Anusha - 0 / 50
April - 17 / 15
Auntie Terror - 14 / 20
Bailey � - 15 / 15 Completed!
Beverly - 36 / 36 Completed!
Blagica - 0 / 15
Brea - 0 / 10
Carmen - 32 / 32 Completed!
Carrie - 0 / 5
Cassie - 1 / 10
Catka - 50 / 50 Completed!
Christina - 10 / 10 Completed!
Christine - 124 / 124 Completed!
ChuiB - 6 / 20
Claire - 0 / 2
Crystal - 4 / 25
D.L. - 1 / 8
Dalynn - 0 / 12
Darlene - 18 / 20
Deanie - 2 / 20
Debra - 0 / 60
Delaney - 7 / 7 Completed!
Dominique - 0 / 20
Eggp - 32 / 32 Completed!
El ratón lector - 32 / 32 Completed!
fran - 1 / 20
Gaijinmama - 4 / 10
Gail - 0 / 10
Genevieve - 0 / 36
Greg - 19 / 20
Gretchen - 0 / 10
Gwen S. - 8 / 6 Completed!
Haley - 3 / 12
HeatherH - 2 / 10
Ilona - 1 / 10
Isabella - 0 / 10
Izzy - 0 / 9
Janine - 25 / 20 Completed!
Jenn - 8 / 40
Jennifer (m. 11) - 1 / 7
Jennifer (m. 138) - 5 / 6
Jordynn - 6 / 27
Joy D - 12 / 12 Completed!
Kara - 0 / 24
KaraBeta - 15 / 25
Katherine - 5 / 50
Kathleen - 10 / 10 Completed!
Katie_Potatie - 0 / 32
Kay (PhoenixArisen) - 10 / 12
Kelsey - 16 / 15 Completed!
Ketty - 0 / 12
Kiwi Begs2Differ � - 40 / 40 Completed!
Kristin - 2 / 40
Kylie (m. 51) - 0 / 6
Lama - 15 / 35
Laura - 5 / 25
Laura C - 31 / 32
Lauri - 3 / 14
Lindsay - 2 / 24
Lisa - 0 / 5
Luci - 6 / 5 Completed!
Lulu - 0 / 20
Maggie - 0 / 15
Manda - 7 / 8
Mani - 6 / 6 Completed!
Maria - 0 / 5
Marja - 8 / 8 Completed!
Martha - 16 / 32
Mary-Ann - 0 / 20
MaryAnn (EmilyD1037) - 0 / 33
Marythios (AkaSusanne) - 2 / 50
matilde - 0 / 12
Maureen - 26 / 27
Megan BG - 10 / 20
Megan L - 9 / 12
Melissa - 29 / 32
Michele - 20 / 20 Completed!
Michelle - 6 / 20
MM - 0 / 100
Monica - 23 / 50
Nancy Ann - 6 / 10
Nat - 1 / 20
Nethra - 20 / 25
Nicole - 5 / 25
Nisanka - 11 / 11 Completed!
Pam - 8 / 10
Rachael - 10 / 10 Completed!
Rachel - 0 / 32
Regina - 12 / 12 Completed!
ReGina - 0 / 25
Rina - 20 / 20 Completed!
Sabah - 3 / 10
Samantha (m. 54) - 0 / 32
Samantha (m. 6) - 7 / 10
Sara - 37 / 37 Completed!
Sarah - 15 / 15 Completed!
Sarah c - 7 / 10
SarahKat - 44 / 44 Completed!
selina � - 13 / 32
Sheila - 8 / 10
Simbarahe - 0 / tbd
Snezana - 10 / 24
Sonsoles - 6 / 10
Sophie - 0 / 12
Stephanie - 2 / 15
Sue - 0 / 100
Sunshine - 3 / 15
Susan (dalmatian21) - 15 / 15 Completed!
Susan C - 16 / 20
Suzanne - 20 / 32
Tari - 12 / 12 Completed!
Tasha� - 0 / 12
Taya - 1 / 24
TCampbell - 24 / 24 Completed!
Ula - 0 / 5
Vale - 2 / 32
Valerie - 3 / 5
Veer - 0 / 32
Ziggy - 11 / 50
Updated up to message 604 on January 10, 2021.
I wrote 33 book titles on slips of paper: books that I own physical copies of, but have never read. It's a twist on the Clear the Shelves challenge!I am hoping to read at least 10 this year.
Here is a picture of my cute little jar:
1/10
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
I'll go for 20. I'm going to let ŷ take the wheel.0/20
1. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
2. The Poisonwood Bible
3. Red Mars
4. The Keep
5. Grave of Hummingbirds
6. All the Birds in the Sky
7. The Mysteries of Udolpho
8. The Blind Assassin
9. Love & Zombies
10. Mythago Wood
11. We Were Liars
12. The Devil Rides Out
13. Illuminae
14. All the Pretty Horses
15. Authority
16. The Shining Girls
17. Hyperion
18. The Shining
19. City of Saints and Madmen
20. The Great God Pan
I would like to join for 10, randomly chosen by ŷ.Progress: 7/10
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4. Winter of the World �
5. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek �
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7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince �
8. Anna Karenina
9. The Return of the Witch
10. Out of Oz
I will read 20 books from this list. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die.Main list: (if two are listed, that's because there was a tie in the list. I used a random number generator...when I pull that number I'll pick at that time which I prefer to read...hope that's okay...if not please let me know.)
because most of these were new to me and not on my TBR list, I did use veto power, so some of the random numbers were recast.
1. Fools of Fortune by William Trevor (ordered)
2. A Woman's Life by Guy de Maupassant (own on kindle)
3. Kieron Smith, Boy by James Kelman (library) OR The Guide by R.K. Narayen (buy - book or kindle)
4. Antic Hay by Aldous Huxley (library e-audio)
5. Simon and the Oaks by Marianne Frederickson (ordered)
6. Stone Junction by Jim Dodge (ordered)
7. Nemesis by Philip Roth (library) OR The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt (library e-audio)
8. Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille (ordered)
9. Garden, Ashes by Danilo Kis (buy) OR The Comfort of Strangers by Ian McEwan (library)
10. Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal (buy) OR Memoirs of a Peasant Boy by Xose Neira Vilas (own on kindle) OR Like Life by Lorrie Moore (buy)
11. Martin Eden by Jack London (library e-audio)
12. The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (library e-audio)
13. The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham (library e-audio)
14. Youth by J.M. Coatzee (library...read boyhood first?)
15. So Long a Letter by Mariama Ba (buy)
16. Troubles by J.G. Ferrell (buy) (might need to replace with another)
17. The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro (library e-audio)
18. The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark (currently reading)
19. Blindness by Henry Green (ordered)
20. The Sea by John Banville (library e-audio)
I also used the same random number generator to get a list of alternates. I have some trouble with attention span stuff so if a book becomes a "not gonna happen" book because of overly dense writing or length, I'll use a second jar and pull one of these books out of it and read it instead.
1. Impressions of Africa by Raymond Roussel (buy)
2. Black Dogs by Ian McEwen (library)
3. The Golden Ass translated by Jack Lindsay (buy)
4. Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse (buy)
5. God's Bits of Wood by Sembene Ousmane (buy)
6. Albert Angelo by B.S. Johnson (buy)
7. Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf (buy)
8. The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall (own on kindle)
9. Time's Arrow by Martin Amis (library)
10. Thaïs by Anatole France (own on kindle)
I'll change these to link to the actual books as I progress. Thanks!
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This sounds exciting - I will sign up for 10 random books
Goal: 10. PROGRESS 6/10
1- The Immoralists by Chloe Benjamin
2- The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
3- The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
4- The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
5- Fashionably Late by Beth Kendrick
6- Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian - My Story of Rescue, Hope, and Triumph by Yusra Mardini
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Goal: 10. PROGRESS 6/10
1- The Immoralists by Chloe Benjamin
2- The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
3- The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
4- The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
5- Fashionably Late by Beth Kendrick
6- Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian - My Story of Rescue, Hope, and Triumph by Yusra Mardini
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TBR Jar ChallengeDuration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
I am going to shoot for 5 books because I tend to get WAY too overzealous on challenges sometimes. I guess I can’t help myself because they all look SO fun. I will choose my books based on the list of tasks provided.
Goal: 5 ; Progress: 0/5
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book with a cover you love.
3. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
4. Read a book that you own.
5. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
I will sign up for 7 books using the random option1.The Tiger Prince
2.Roar and Liv
3.Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country
6.Bright Shiny Morning
7.Perfect Prophet
I'll join for 15 books chosen randomly by ŷ.1. Tempted �
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In for 25! --- 25/25 done! Completed! Will push on to try to complete some in my "bonus lists"TBR Jar - top 25 on Total TBR sorted by highest rated:
�1) The Liberal Media Industrial Complex
�2) Behind the Mask: My Autobiography
�3) Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs: The Life of a Yorkshire Vet
�4) The Complete Sherlock Holmes
�5) The Hate U Give
�6) Penshaw: A DCI Ryan Mystery
�7) How to Build a Car: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Formula 1 Designer
�8) East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
�9)Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm
�10) Imposter
�11) The Hermitage
�12)Longstone
�13) Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
�14) Seven Bridges
�15) Supernatural Academy: Year Two
�16) Saving Missy
�17) The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
�18) Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
�19) Before We Were Yours
�20) Valley of Death
�21) The Fear Bubble: Harness Fear and Live Without Limits
�22) The Complete Miss Marple Collection
�23) Borderlands: A DCI Ryan Mystery
�24) Feasts
�25) Going Postal
Bonus Lists: Top & Bottom 25 by ŷ rating on my TBR
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Bottom Rated - NB if not read in year, intend to ditch 10 out of this list
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I'm going to sign up for 60 books using random 1.Fury of Fate
2.Maze 10/25/20
3.Murder at the Art Gallery10/22/20
4.Violet: The Swelling Tide 9/29/20
5. Mist in the Mountains10/2/20
6.What Zombie Apocalypse?10/2/20
7.Entanglement: A Novel of Psychic Suspense 10/16/20
8.Bad Habits: A Vigilante Kidnapping Thriller10/16/20
9.Predators in the Woods10/25/20
10.Earning It 11/4/20
11.Shadow of the Wolf11/4/20
12.The Bodies We Won't Bury: Love is Dangerous 11/11/20
13.The Little Prince Returns11/14/20
14.Black & White 11/14/20
15.Blood Ties 11/18/20
16.Melt With You 11/24/20
17.The Underground Railroad 11/27/20
18.An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew 11/27/20
19.Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 11/30/20
20.Shadows Falling 11/30/20
21.Sister Midnight: A Novel of Erotic Obsession12/2/20
22.The Helios Disaster 12/3/20
23.Bound 12/4/20
24.Close 12/5/20
25.Christmas, a Cat and Cardiac Arrest 12/5/20
26.Curvy Diversion12/6/20
27.No Place to Die 12/8/20
28.Insanity 12/9/20
29.The Black & Blue Butterfly Tattoo 12/10/20
30.Fatal Decision 12/11/20
31.Message In A Bottle12/12/20
32.Stitch12/22/20
33.Make Enterprise Great Again: The Gods Must Be Crazy!: Cradle of Communism to Catacomb of Capitalism: A Proposal to bring back the House of Roosevelt's12/16/20
34.The Dream Jumper's Christmas12/15/20
35.Stalking Jack: The Hunt Begins...12/23/20
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Please put me down for 24 books/tasks, thanks!TBR Jar, January 1 - December 31
Goal: 32/32, 100.00%
I would like to join for 10, randomly chosen by ŷ.7/10
1,Happily Imperfect: Living life your own way 27/11/20
2,The Ghost Factory 26/12/20
3,The Only Story 30/12/20
4,I'm Fine and Neither Are You
5,In the Far Pashmina Mountains
6,An Unfamiliar Murder 25/4/20
7,(3 BOOK BUNDLE) The Escort Next Door: 1, 2 & 3 22/12/20
8,dEaDINBURGH: Vantage
9,The Teacher 3/5 19/3/20
10,The Truth and Other Lies 31/5/20
I'll try for all 32 prompts from the tasks mentioned above.22/32
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year: Sabrina & Corina: Stories
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages: The Priory of the Orange Tree
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages: Holy the Firm
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read a book the 20th book on any page of your TBR: Bluebird, Bluebird
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher: The Lost Queen
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors: The Night Watchman
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another ŷ user: The Garden of Small Beginnings
10. Read a book with a cover you love: She Weeps Each Time You're Born
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover: State of Wonder
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges: Celestial Bodies 1/6/2020
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf: Wolf Hall
20. Read a book that you own: The Night Circus
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you: Big Little Lies
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read: Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. This Tender Land
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read: I rarely read horror. For this prompt I read The Sun Down Motel I didn't care for the book and will likely continue not reading this genre.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page: Let the Great World Spin
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book: Dear Edward Meets criteria for hyped and bestseller.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation: Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR: Tracks
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself: Hamnet
Write all your selected book titles or tasks on slips of paper, throw them in a jar, and shake! Just let us know how many books you will be reading for this challenge.
I'm in! I didn't know there would be prompts this year. I might go for a total of 44! 12 from TBR Randomizer and all 32 prompts.44/44
Randomizer: 12/12
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Sign me up for 40. The 36 prompts and 4 randomized books
I'm in for 24 from the randomiser.4 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
3 Educated
🎲2 Almost Love
🎲1 Edward Adrift
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I'm in, I think I'm going to do random generator for this challenge instead of the promptsTBR Jar 2020
0/32 Random generator
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I am so glad we're doing this challenge again this year! I really enjoyed reading my randomly selected books. Well, truthfully, because of some family issues, I wasn't sure I'd even finish but I only have 4 (out of 30) to finish up and I feel pretty confident that I will. So I'm going for 36 books this next year. Here we go...not necessarily in this order. 36/36l. Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories FINISHED 1/21
2. A Dead Red Heart FINISHED 2/29
3. Burned Bridges FINISHED 8/6
4. Under the Water FINISHED 10/24
5. The Alchemist FINISHED 3/23
6. The Forgotten Room FINISHED 11/7
7. Awake FINISHED 7/21
8. Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving FINISHED 11/11
9. The Invisible Library FINISHED 5/13
10. Sendero FINISHED 11/12
11. A Sorrow in Our Heart: The Life of Tecumseh FINISHED 1/30
12. Grave Mercy FINISHED 8/29
13. The Binding FINISHED 11/3
14. The Disneyland Quest FINISHED 11/21
15. Playing with Fire FINISHED 6/22
16. Rosie Colored Glasses FINISHED 2/8
17. The Quintland Sisters FINISHED 11/17
18. Beyond the Horizon FINISHED 10/14
19. The Surgeon FINISHED 4/6
20. The Last Prayer FINISHED 11/21
21. Alphabet Killer: The True Story of the Double Initial Murders FINISHED 1/3
22. Call of the Herald FINISHED 5/6
23. The Lost Girls FINISHED 3/14
24. The Last Black Unicorn FINISHED 2/16
25. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest FINISHED 10/7
26. God's Eye FINISHED 12/4
27. The Mapmaker's Wife FINISHED 6/17
28. The Knife of Never Letting Go FINISHED 1/29
29. Gino's Mom FINISHED 7/31
30. American Born Chinese FINISHED 8/3
31. The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope FINISHED 4/24
32. Signs in the Blood FINISHED 6/10
33. Little Women FINISHED 9/17
34. The Rapture of Canaan FINISHED 11/4
35. The Illustrated Man FINISHED 11/20
36. Howl's Moving Castle FINISHED 9/4
12 books from my ŷ TBR.
12/12 completed
�1. They Called Us Enemy
�2. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
�3. West
�4. Remarkable Creatures
�5. Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen
�6. Eight Perfect Murders
�7. We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
�8. The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
�9. Girl with a Pearl Earring
�10. Euphoria
�11. Death in Her Hands
�12. Women Talking
12/12 completed
�1. They Called Us Enemy
�2. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
�3. West
�4. Remarkable Creatures
�5. Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen
�6. Eight Perfect Murders
�7. We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast
�8. The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession
�9. Girl with a Pearl Earring
�10. Euphoria
�11. Death in Her Hands
�12. Women Talking
4/257: The Witch of Willow Hall
8: Underground: A Human History of the Worlds Beneath Our Feet
9: The Starless Sea
10: Beyond the Black Door
11: The Plaza: The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel
12: The Mother-in-Law
13: Full Throttle
14: Not Even Bones
15: The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
16: Welcome to Night Vale
17: The Doll Factory
18: Tasting the Past: The Science of Flavor and the Search for the Origins of Wine
19: Bonk
20: Get Well Soon: History's Worst Plagues and the Heroes Who Fought Them
21: The Dead Girls Club
22: 1st to Die
23: Baby Teeth
24: The Sun Down Motel
25: Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction
26: Strange Practice
27: Ghost Wall
Welcome to the challenge, everyone! You've all been added to the list of participants.
TBR JAR CHALLENGEDuration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
1.Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
2.Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. A Clash of Kings 784 pages
3. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. Ark 39 pages
4. Read a book the 20th book on any page of your TBR. Before They Are Hanged
5. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher The girl in the woods
6. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. The Warrior Heir
7. Randomize your TBR and read the first book. Obsidio
8. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges. What Angels Fear
9. Read the book with the least number of ratings. The Wicked Girls
10. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it. Red Seas Under Red Skies
11. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf. Sometimes I Lie
12. Read a book that you own. Sawkill Girls
13. Read a book that you feel you "should" read. A Heart in a Body in the World
14. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. Fantasy - The Blade Itself
15. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book. Snow Creek
16. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page. 24 Hours
17. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. The Turn of the Key
18. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme. One Kick
19. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR. The Da Vinci Code
20. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself. And I Darken
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I'm in for ten books please. I let ŷ choose my books for this challenge and I actually forgot I had some of them on my shelf. This is my random list:✔️ This Savage Song finished 7 July, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️ Station Eleven finished 7 June, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
✔️ A Mystery for Ninepence finished 10 July, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️ Rivers of London finished 2 April, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️ Frankenstein finished 8 March, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
✔️ The Starless Sea finished 9 May, ⭐⭐⭐⭐� with review
✔️ Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch finished 16 May, ⭐⭐� with review
✔️ The Long Call finished 24 February, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
✔️ Witchsign finished 22 March, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✔️ The Tethered Mage finished 16 August, ⭐⭐⭐⭐
COMPLETED: 10/10
For this challenge I want to read 12 books that I already own. I do have a shelf with them in ŷ, so following the instructions put in the Challenge the 12 books are:1.Rawblood
2.The Great Alone
3.The Clockmaker's Daughter
4.Philida
5.The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro
6.Objetivo 4
7.An Untamed State
8.Frankissstein: A Love Story
9.How to Build a Girl
10.Barbara the Slut and Other People
11.Diarios de Kolimá
12.All the Names They Used for God
TBR Jar 202012/12
You can use the following tasks and pick a matching book later.
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. Ghostly Paws Leighann Dobbs 4/21/20
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
Murder in the Bayou Boneyard Ellen Byron 9/17/20
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
>100 pages Killer Spring Fling Mollie Cox Bryan 7/31/20 86 pages
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read a book the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. 4.05 as of this posting--Killer Green Tomatoes Lynn Cahoon 3/16/20
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
Puppies in Paradise Kathi Daley 5/18/20
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another ŷ user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love.--
Christin Brecher 3/2/2011. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.-
Elle Brooke White 4/4/20 (pig/tomatoes)12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
TH-The Triple Hoax Carolyn Keene 5/22/20
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
Quilt or Innocence Elizabeth Spann Craig 9/5/20
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
Mystery--The Book of Candlelight Ellery Adams 2/3/20
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
Comma--Murder, She KnitPeggy Ehrhart 1/9/20
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.
I like to let ŷ randomize my tbr, and I choose the first 15, to choose 12 from (that way, even the final month is a surprise)My 15 possibilities:
1. Beautiful Disaster
2. Peony in Love
3. Fly Away Home
4. The Storyteller
5. Jane Eyre
6. Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
7. Sweet Black Waves
8. Tru & Nelle
9. Dry
10. Gathering Blue
11. Love Letters to the Dead
12. The Overneath
13. The Vanishing Deep
14. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
15. The Forgotten Garden
I’m going for the 36 prompts!
Hola!Sign me in for 32, please. (I'm going to follow the list of tasks you've, so nicely, proposed)
(I used my 2020-Globetrotter shelf for the selection, except for a couple of tasks that I borrowed from other challenges I'm in 😉)
PROGRESS: 32/32
�1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. Soldados de Salamina
�2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
Red Sorghum
�3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. Los asesinos del emperador: El ascenso de Trajano, el primer emperador hispano de la historia
�4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. The White People
�5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born. Cien años de soledad
�6. Read a book the 20th book on any page of your TBR. Delirio
�7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher. Natural Novel
�8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors. N or M?
�9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another ŷ user. The Devotion of Suspect X
�10. Read a book with a cover you love. The Cry of the Dove
�11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. The Turtle of Oman
�12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book. La niebla y la doncella
�13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name. The Ice Princess (Camila Läckberg = C. L. = Carmen López)
�14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list). Caramelo: En Espanol
�15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges. Evil Under the Sun
�16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).Odisea
�17. Read the book with the least number of ratings. The blue lake & other stories
�18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it. La saga/fuga de J. B.
�19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf. The Blind Assassin
�20. Read a book that you own. El péndulo de Foucault
�21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you. La consagración de la primavera
�22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read. Nuestra Señora de París
�23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.Crimen y castigo
�24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format. The Marco Effect
�25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read. Snow, Glass, Apples (Graphic Novel)
�26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book. Mutiny on the Bounty
�27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page. Keeper of the Night
�28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book. The Good Earth (Pulitzer Prize for Novel (1932)
�29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation. Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
�30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme. An African in Greenland
�31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR. Doctor Zhivago
�32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself. Escalera para Electra
I'm in! And will double the fun, by letting ŷ pick some and doing some of the prompts! COMPLETED!!! 12/25/20
Progress: 20/20 (100.0%)
ŷ picks:
Goal: 10 books
�1. Reamde - Neal Stephenson
�2. Before and After - Judy Christie
�3. LaRose - Louise Erdrich
�4. Auschwitz Lullaby - Mario Escobar
�5. The Great Believers - Rebecca Makkai
�6. The Chemist - Stephanie Meyer
�7. The Dog Who Saved Me - Susan Wilson
�8. The Truth About Parallel Lines - Jill D Block * Replace - can't find
Replacement: Our Little Secret - Roz Nay
�9. A Soft Place to Land - Susan Rebecca White
�10. How it Happened - Michael Koryta
Prompts:
�4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. - The Cautious Canine (30 pp) Patricia McConnell *Replaced with Feeling Outnumbered - Karen London
�5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born. - Roots (1976) Alex Haley
�6. Read a book the 20th book on any page of your TBR. - The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neal Gaiman
� 14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list). - Who Do You Love - Jennifer Weiner
�16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it). - The Catcher in the Rye (2,504,754) - JD Salinger
�17. Read the book with the least number of ratings. - Bright Lights, Medium Sized City (12) - Nathan Holic
�20. Read a book that you own.
�26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book. - The Dinner List - Rebecca Serle
�27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page. - The Life We Bury - Allen Eskens
�29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation. - S. - JJ Abrams - Replaced, can't find
Ask Again, Yes - Mary Beth Keane
I would like you to put me down for 20 books. I let ŷ decide:1. Where'd You Go, Bernadette Finished 01/05/20
2. The Beach House
3. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill Finished 02/12/20
4. Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry
5. November Road
6. Summer of '69
7. Holly and Ivy
8. Recursion
9. Summer by the Tides Finished 01/03/20
10. When We Believed in Mermaids
11. The Water Dancer
12. Big Lies in a Small Town
13. Normal People
14. Whisper Network Finished 02/04/20
15. I'll Never Tell Finished 02/20/20
16. Forgiveness Road
17. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
18. The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter
19. The Book of Broken Hearts Finished 02/22/20
20. Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos Finished 02/06/20
7/20
I'm in for 10 - I used my existing TBR and generated a random list.1.) The Sheen on the Silk
2.) Million Dollar Baby
3.) John Saturnall's Feast
4.) Scent of Triumph
5.) The Harper's Quine
6.) Bright Air Black
7.) The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher
8.) The Way of All Flesh
9.) The Tyrant's Shadow
10.) Speaks the Nightbird
I'm in for 10!1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest:
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year:
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages:
6. Read a book the 20th book on any page of your TBR:
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors:
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book:
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
Completed 1/5/2020. Read a book that you own:
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you:
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.
I would like to read 5 of the oldest 20 books on my TBR list, sorted by Date Added.3/5
1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being
2. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
3. The Thirteenth Tale
4.
5.
0/121. The City of Brass
2. The Midnight Lie
3. The Deep
4. To Be Taught, If Fortunate
5. Return of the Thief
6. With the Fire on High
7. The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
8. The Thing Around Your Neck
9. Spin the Dawn
10. Paper and Fire
11. Midnight at the Electric
12. Bridge of Clay
I'm in! This year I'll use an actual physical "jar". I'll be trying for 20 books.
So my jar used to be a tea tin and therefore it's a TeaBR Jar now. You know, because... tea... and stuff... it's really quite funny... no? Well, never mind.
I'll use the list of prompts to fill it and also make myself add any books bought in 2020.
14/20 books
The books in my jar with numbers for the tasks they fit:
Die Traummeister - 17, 20, 19
Die Sonnenposition - 19, 20, 14
The Long Earth - 27, 20, 19
ѾäԱ - 2, 20, 19
A Short History of Drunkenness - 20, 19, 10
Die unendliche Geschichte - 20, 19, 10, 24
Lincoln in the Bardo - 28, 20, 19
McSorley's Wonderful Saloon - 19, 20, 21
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. - 19, 20, 7
The Muse - 1, 10, 19, 20
Roadside Picnic - 9, 19, 20
Sag den Wölfen, ich bin zu Hause - 10, 13, 19, 20
What if?: Was wäre wenn? - 19, 20, 29
Verirrte Prinzen & bockige Prinzessinnen - 7, 19, 20
The Whispering Skull - 15, 19, 20
Nach dir die Sintflut - 19, 20, 21
Wer die Nachtigall stört - 16, 19, 20
Shirley - 19, 20, 32
1Q84 - 3, 19, 20
The Last Days of New Paris - 6, 19, 20
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History - 19, 20, 26
A Room of One's Own - 12, 19, 20
A Skinful of Shadows - 2, 10, 19, 20
Earthsea: The First Four Books - 19,20,24
Anansi Boys - 8, 19, 20
Schuld und Sühne - 19, 20, 22
Was man von hier aus sehen kann - 11, 19, 20
Drachenelfen - 19, 20, 23, 3
Prinzessin Insomnia & der alptraumfarbene Nachtmahr - 19, 20, 23, 8
Schwarzer Montag - 19, 20
The Salmon of Doubt - 19, 20
and as undecided tasks in the jar:
A Book Fitting a Group or Buddy Read (31)
A Book for a Monthly/Quarterly/Yearly Theme (30)
I have 40 slips in my jar so as to give more than 20 books a chance to be picked but didn't feel like writing down all unread books I own or buying a really huge jar. And as you can see, every book fits task 19 & 20 because of how I sort my books and how I understand my tbr shelf (it only contains books I own in an unread state). Also, I've decided to put in 2019's unfinished books for task 23.
I'm in for 15 this year. I'll be randomly selecting books off my shelves, Kindle, or from my TBR jar.1. Evelina by Francis Burney
2. Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
3. Cold Earth by Sarah Moss
4. The Room by Jonas Karlsson
5. The Glorious Cause by Robert Middlekauf
6. Rebecca by Daphne duMaurier
7. The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
8. The Pioneers by David McCullough
9. Women Talking by Miriam Toews
10. The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope
11. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
12. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
13. The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
14. Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
15. The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
16. Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
17. The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde
I will be in for 12, I will be pulling slips out of a literal jar. lol
I will try for 24, pulling from by TBR list on ŷUpdated message #47
24/24 CHALLENGE COMPLETED
1. A Ride into Morning: The Story of Tempe Wick Read 1/3/20
2. In the Darkness Read 1/1/20
3. An Equal Justice Read 1/5/20
4. Zoo Nebraska: The Dismantling of an American Dream Read 1/8/20
5. What You Did Read 1/12/20
6. The Testaments Read 1/22/20
7. That Wild Country: An Epic Journey through the Past, Present, and Future of America's Public Lands Read 2/2/20
8. Earth Afire Read 2/21/20
9. Nine Perfect Strangers Read 3/5/20
10. A Superior Death Read 3/16/20
11. Everything You Are Read 3/28/20
12. Last Summer Read 4/4
13. The Killer Collective Read 4/22
14. Half Broke Horses Read 4/21
15. Into the Wild Read 4/30
16. The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out Read 5/9
17. The Vine Witch Read 5/23
18. Where the Crawdads Sing Read 6/7
19. The Secrets of Lost Stones Read 6/16
20. They Could Have Named Her Anything Read 7/21
21. What the Wind Knows Read 8/14
22. Unspeakable Things Read 9/3
23. Thin Air Read 8/26
24. The Immortal Conquistador Read 10/2
TBR JAR CHALLENGEDuration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
I'm in for 20 books, chosen randomly by ŷ.
Edited: ŷ picked a few stinkers for me - one's that for various reasons, I couldn't make myself finish. I randomly picked some alternative books to substitute for the DNFs.
16/20
1. A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools
� 2. Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir read 2/3/2020
� 3. Dream Man 10/2/2020
� 4. Whisper Me This read 1/20/2020
� 5. The Saturday Night Supper Club read 1/16/2020
� 6. She Caused a Riot: 100 Unknown Women Who Built Cities, Sparked Revolutions, and Massively Crushed It read 9/3/2020
7. The Secret Life of Sleep
� 8. Darkness, Take My Hand read 1/23/2020
9. Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic
� 10. Life Drawing read 10/25/2020
X 11. Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy DNF
� 11. To Be Sung Underwater read 6/24/2020
� 12. Two Dogs and a Suitcase: Clueless in Charente read 2/18/2020
� 13. Daughter of Moloka'i read 4/2/2020
� 14. I'm Fine and Neither Are You read 2/17/2020
� 15. The Memory Palace read 11/21/2020
� 16. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement read 8/29/2020
X 17. Bleeding Edge DNF
� 17. The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table read 9/29/2020
18. The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
� 19. Underground Airlines read 2/24/2020
� 20. The Spectacular Now read 3/19/2020
Alternative books (in case of DNF)
� 1. The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table read 9/29/2020 (moved)
� 2. To Be Sung Underwater read 6/24/2020 (moved)
3. The Light of the Fireflies
4. Memory's Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia
� 5. Carolina Moon read 11/3/2020
I'm in for 40 books for this one and this will be my only challenge! I'm trying something different this year. The first 10 of my books will be randomly chosen from my jar leftovers from the past two years.
The other 30 will be based on the tasks provided in the challenge. I've already gone through and selected my books for these 30 tasks. I will post them as I complete them.
Completed:
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover. Half Empty
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book. - The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list). The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it. - Ask Again, Yes
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book. - God Save Texas: A Journey Into the Soul of the Lone Star State
I going to go with 6 from my TBR Jar. These are the 6 I didn't get around read from my jar this year.
I'll try the challenge, with 6 books to start with.1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read a book the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another ŷ user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.
TBR Jar 2020 ChallengeDuration:January 1, 2020-December 31, 2020
Books Completed From Prompts: 2/32
Books Completed Randomizer: 0/20
Total Books: 0/50
You can use the following tasks and pick a matching book later.
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest. Hope Never Dies
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year. In Good Faith
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages. Crime and Punishment 1/11/20
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages. Third Solstice 1/22/20
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read a book the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another ŷ user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.
ŷ Randomizer:
1. The Naked Duke
2. The Bone Collector
3. An Anonymous Girl
4. Kiss of Snow
5. My Hope Next Door
6. The Chatterbox Girl
7. Come Back for Me
8. Infinity
9. My Lovely Wife
10. Love in Every Season: Understanding the Four Stages of Every Healthy Relationship
11. The Girls
12. Hot Head
13. The Light Over London
14. Dead Memories
15. Would Like to Meet
16. Last Day
17. No Exit
18. You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters
19. The Sixth Wicked Child
20. A Prom to Remember
2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Girls Burn Brighter (other topics)Scythe (other topics)
The Kite Runner (other topics)
If I'm Being Honest (other topics)
The Way of Shadows (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Michelle Obama (other topics)Kevin Kwan (other topics)
Mary Rickert (other topics)
Cherie Dimaline (other topics)
Charles de Lint (other topics)
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Duration: January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020
The TBR Jar challenge was the big winner of our 2020 Challenge Poll, so we are bringing it back! There are three ways to pick the book titles you’ll be reading for this challenge:
You can use books for a specific challenge, or books on a specific list.
Some examples are:
(Add a twist to another challenge our group offers)
(A challenge that our group does not offer)
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (Or another of the many Listopia lists)
You can let ŷ choose your books for this challenge.
Step 1: Select the number of books you want to read for this challenge.
Step 2: Go to the “My Books� tab on the top of the ŷ Page.
Step 3: Bring up your “Want-To-Read� shelf.
Step 4: On the bottom of the page in the middle, go to the “sort� field and select “Random.�
ŷ will generate a random list of books for you!
You can use the following tasks and pick a matching book later.
1. Read the book that has been on your TBR list the longest.
2. Read a book you added to your TBR within the last year.
3. Read the book with the most pages on your TBR or one that is over 500 pages.
4. Read the book with the least number of pages on your TBR or one that is under 100 pages.
5. Read a book that is published the year or decade you were born.
6. Read a book the 20th book on any page of your TBR.
7. Read a book that has an average rating of 3.8 or higher.
8. Read a book by one of your favorite authors.
9. Read a book that you added based on the review of another ŷ user.
10. Read a book with a cover you love.
11. Read a book with an animal or plant on the cover.
12. Randomize your TBR and read the first book.
13. Read a book the contains the initials of your name (in any order) in the title or author name.
14. Look at the number of pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder. Read the book that is that same number. (e.g., if you have 20 pages of books in your Want-To-Read folder, read book number 20 from your list).
15. Read a book that helps you complete two or more other yearly or quarterly challenges.
16. Read the book with the most number of ratings (i.e., not the actual average rating, but the number of people who have rated it).
17. Read the book with the least number of ratings.
18. Read the first book from your list that "sparks joy" as soon as you think about reading it.
19. Read a book that you have added to at least one other shelf.
20. Read a book that you own.
21. Read a book that an IRL (in real life) friend, family member, or acquaintance has recommended to you.
22. Read a book that you feel you "should" read.
23. Read a book you previously DNFed and still want to finish.
24. Read a book in your favorite genre or format.
25. Read a book that is from a genre or format you rarely read.
26. Sort your TBR by cover. Read the first or last book.
27. Sort your TBR by title. Read a book from the middle page.
28. Read a hyped, bestseller, or award-winning book.
29. Read a book with a title that contains punctuation.
30. Read a book related to the yearly, quarterly, or monthly theme.
31. Read a book that is featured as a group or buddy read and was already on your TBR.
32. Read a book that is retelling or reimagining of a classic story or the classic itself.
Write all your selected book titles or tasks on slips of paper, throw them in a jar, and shake! Just let us know how many books you will be reading for this challenge.
We love how creative you all are, and would love to see the pictures of your jars!
Happy Reading!