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Let's Book It! (2021)
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Let's Book It for MAY 2021
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1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
May-09 science-fiction
May-10 french
May-11 american-history
May-12 horror
May-13 5-stars
May-14 short-story-collection
May-15 gothic
May-16 humour
May-17 graphic-novels-and-comics
May-18 keeper
May-19 stand-alone
May-20 hollywood
2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser)
3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed
4. Recommendation 3: Go to , use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
5. Last Month 3: Pick your best read from last month and read from "Readers Also Enjoyed / See similar books�" list (link found on book page; right hand corner)
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Simple Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal
Completed Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal AND complete all 5 monthly tasks
Ultimate Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal AND complete all 5 monthly tasks with *
*Generate a letter per month and for that month, read book/s where title and/or author's first/last name begins with that letter
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Anna's Reading Life
Bea
Charity
Christina (AKA Babbling)
Darleen
Elvenn
Jayme(the ghost reader)
Joanna
Joyce
June
Lagullande
Lauren
LaurLa
Lusie
LynnB
Marina (Sonnenbarke)
Marie (UK)
Meg
Nat
Snowtulip
Susan
Tien
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GOAL: 2,500 pages per month
Progress: 2,566/2,500 as at 08/06
Completed Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal AND complete all 5 monthly tasks
1. Revisit:
208p - Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 3 -Read 05/06
506p - The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles #3)
70p - The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
414p - When It's Real
May-09 science-fiction - Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 3
May-10 french - The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles #3)
May-11 american-history - The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
May-12 horror - Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 3
May-13 5-stars - The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles #3)
May-14 short-story-collection - The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
May-15 gothic - The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles #3)
May-16 humour - Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 3
May-17 graphic-novels-and-comics - Soulless: The Manga, Vol. 3
May-18 keeper - The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles #3)
May-19 stand-alone - When It's Real
May-20 hollywood - When It's Real
2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser)
419p - A Million Worlds with You (Firebird #3) -Read 07/28
3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed
My current borrowed books from the library:
368p - Quakeland: On the Road to America's Next Devastating Earthquake -Read 05/06
332p - The High Mountains of Portugal -Read 05/10
144p - The Women's War -Read 05/10
.391p - Glory in Death (In Death #2) -Read 05/13
4. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
331p - My Brilliant Friend (L'amica geniale #1) - DNF
288p - The Travelling Cat Chronicles -Read 05/31
5. Last Month 3: Pick your best read from last month and read from "Readers Also Enjoyed / See similar books�" list (link found on book page; right hand corner)
The Chase
416p - The Prison Healer (The Prison Healer #1) -Read 08/06
Let's Book it May - Finsihed �Completed Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal AND complete all 5 monthly tasks
Read: 10/5 books
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
� May-09 science-fiction Dragon Prince [3-may-2021] ★★
May-10 french
May-11 american-history
May-12 horror
� May-13 5-stars Second Chance Pass [6-may-2021] ★★�
May-14 short-story-collection
May-15 gothic
May-16 humour
May-17 graphic-novels-and-comics
May-18 keeper
� May-19 stand-alone
Maybe This Time [3-may-2021] ★★
Meant to Be [18-may-2021] �
� May-20 hollywood
Holding Up the Universe [22-may-2021] ★★�
� 2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser)
A Duke in Time [16-may-2021] ★★
� 3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed
The Restorer [26-may-2021] ★★�
One False Move [31-may-2021] ★★★★
� 4. Recommendation 3: Go to , use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
- Jonathan Unleashed [29-may-2021] ★★
� 5. Last Month 3: Pick your best read from last month and read from "Readers Also Enjoyed / See similar books�" list (link found on book page; right hand corner)
Best read April: All Rhodes Lead Here recs:
- Not Pretending Anymore [25-may-2021] ★★★★
Goal: 5 BooksPlan: Simple +
Random letter: T
✔︎ 1. Revisit: Science Fiction
Book: Bound to Darkness by Lara Adrian
Date read: May 13, 2021
Rating: 3.5 Stars
✔︎ 2. Revisit: Humour
Book: Run to You by Rachel Gibson
Date read: May 9, 2021
Rating: 4 Stars
✔︎ 3. TBR 1:
Book: Extreme Honor by Piper J. Drake (True Heroes #1)
Date read: April 28, 2021
Rating: 3.5 Stars
✔︎ 4. TBR 1:
Book: Love and Other Wild Things by Molly Harper
Date read: May 10, 2021
Rating: 3.5 Stars
✔︎ 5. Last Month 3: In the Dark by Loreth Anne White
Book: The Undertaker's Daughter by Debra Webb
Date read: May 20, 2021
Rating: 3 Stars
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Goal: 4 books
Simple plan
�1. Revisit: Short Story Collection
Lord Peter: A Collection of All the Lord Peter Wimsey Stories by Dorothy L. Sayers Read 7/19/21 - 4*
�2. TBR 1:
Butcher's Crossing by John Williams Read 6/9/21 - 3*
3. Borrowed:
Butcher's Crossing by John Williams
�4. Recommendation 3:
The Cambridge Curry Club by Saumya Balsari Read 7/30/21 - 3*
�5. Last Month 3: Based on Making Payments 5*
Floating Twigs Read 8/21/21 - 4*
Let's Book It May - FINISHED 18/07Completed Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal AND complete all 5 monthly tasks
Goal: 1,000 pages
�1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
May-09 science-fiction
May-10 french - L'attentato - 264 p. - read 16/05
May-11 american-history
May-12 horror
May-13 5-stars
May-14 short-story-collection
May-15 gothic
May-16 humour
May-17 graphic-novels-and-comics
May-18 keeper
May-19 stand-alone
May-20 hollywood
�2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser) - Il muro - 188 p. - read 18/07
�3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed - Alibaba: La storia di Jack Ma e dell'azienda che ha cambiato l'economia globale - 300 p. - read 14/05
�4. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended - Il centenario che saltò dalla finestra e scomparve - 446 p. - read 01/06
�5. Last Month 3: Pick your best read from last month and read from "Readers Also Enjoyed / See similar books�" list (link found on book page; right hand corner) - Il mare dei mostri. Percy Jackson e gli dei dell'Olimpo - 320 p. - read 05/06
Total: 1,518/1,000
LET'S BOOK IT - MAY:Completed Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal AND complete all 5 monthly tasks.
Goal: 5 books
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
May-09 science-fiction
May-10 french
May-11 american-history
You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington, Alexis Coe, 6 May 2021
May-12 horror
May-13 5-stars
Daisy Jones & The Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid, 17 May 2021
May-14 short-story-collection
May-15 gothic
May-16 humour
Owl Be Home for Christmas: A Meg Langslow Mystery, Donna Andrews, 22 May 2021
May-17 graphic-novels-and-comics
May-18 keeper
May-19 stand-alone
Eternal, Lisa Scottoline, 14 May 2021
May-20 hollywood
�2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using GR randomizer).
(First randomizer choice not available, so second randomizer....)
An Irish Country Cottage: An Irish Country Novel, Patrick Taylor, 2 May 2021
�3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed
A Lonely Death, Charles Todd, 5 May 2021, library
All That We Carried, Erin Bartels, 8 May 2021, library
�4. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
Daisy Jones & The Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid, 17 May 2021
�5. Last Month 3: Pick your best read from last month and read from "Readers Also Enjoyed / See similar books�" list (link found on book page; right hand corner)
Yellow Wife (5 star) --> Golden Poppies (own)
Golden Poppies, Laila Ibrahim, 10 May 2020
May tasks - DONE!Goal: 8 books
Completed
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May
May-09 science-fiction
May-10 french
May-11 american-history
May-12 horror -
May-13 5-stars -
May-14 short-story-collection -
May-15 gothic
May-16 humour -
May-17 graphic-novels-and-comics
May-18 keeper
May-19 stand-alone
May-20 hollywood
2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser) -
3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed -
4. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended -
5. Last Month 3: Pick your best read from last month and read from "Readers Also Enjoyed / See similar books�" list (link found on book page; right hand corner) -
May 2021 - Let's Book ItGoal: 5 books
Plan: Complete
Read: 3/5
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
✔May-13 5-stars - Call Me By Your Name - 5/23/21
2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser) - Convenience Store Woman
�3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed - Everything Sad Is Untrue - 5/23/21
4. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended - Piranesi
�5. Last Month 3: A Deadly Education - 5/28/21
Simple Plan, 3 books as goal, skipping 4 & 5 ~ ~ ~ (3/3 read)1) Revisit ~ May-18 Keepers -> Anne of Green Gables �
2) TBR 1 -> Still Life [ picked by using the randomiser ] �
3) Borrowed -> Demon Diary, Volume 01 �
Ultimate plan. 5 books. Letter D1. Revisit: (Horror)
�Down Among the Sticks and Bones
2. TBR 1:
�Destroying the Joint: Why Women Have to Change the World
3. Borrowed:
�A Darkling Plain
4. Recommendation 3:
�The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman by Denis Thériault
5. Last Month 3:
�The Family Doctor by Debra Oswald
May Simple1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
May-09 science-fiction - Slaughterhouse-Five
2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser) - The Cuckoo's Calling
3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed
4. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended - Fang
5. Last Month 3: Pick your best read from last month and read from "Readers Also Enjoyed / See similar books�" list (link found on book page; right hand corner) - Read A Man Called Ove - recommended to read All the Light We Cannot See
MaySimple
5 Books
completed 11 October 2021
5/5
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May.
� May-09 science-fiction: Cinder by Marissa Meyer 4 June 2021 ★★★★
� May-16 humour: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne 3 October 2021 ★★★★�
� May-18 keeper: A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet28 August 2021 ★★★★�
� 2. Random: Hidden Sins by Selena Montgomery 11 October 2021 ★★�
� 4. Recommendation: Less by Andrew Sean Greer 19 September 2021 ★★★★�
May EditionPlan: Simple
Goal:3 books
1. Revisit
5-stars: Siege and Storm
Ruin and Rising
A Torch Against the Night
4. Recommendation
- Other culture: Throne of Jade
- Lots of twists and turns: The Windup Girl September 3
-Asian: A Man or The Devotion of Suspect X or When I Hit You
5. Last Month: City of Stairs- Three Parts Dead- May 28 2021
MayGoal 3 books
1) Revisit
5 stars
Coconut Layer Cake Murder
completed 5/8/21
Humour
Seven Up
TBR 1
Acorna's Quest
Completed PlanGoal: 5 books - COMPLETE
1. Revisit
scifi:
2. TBR
3. Borrowed
4. Recommendation
5. Last Month
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I had decided to interpret this as borrowed from a friend, and not count library books. But I don't really borrow many books from friends. Is "borrowed" intended to include "borrowed from a library"?
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May 1 - December 31, 2021
Goal
3 books per month
May 2021 monthly plan:
Completed Plan: Meet/exceed your Goal AND complete all 5 monthly tasks
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
May-17 graphic-novels-and-comics
�Blue is the Warmest Color - fin 5/20
2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser)
�Like a River Glorious - fin 7/2
3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed
�Blue is the Warmest Color - fin 5/20
4. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book
use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
�Blue is the Warmest Color - fin 5/20
5. Last Month 3: Pick your best read from last month and read from "Readers Also Enjoyed / See similar books�"
from last month: Silent in the Grave
�A Study in Scarlet Women - fin 5/25
COMPLETED 7/3
Mod
I had decided to interpret this as borrowed from a friend, and not count library books. But I don't really borrow many books from fr..."
It's for wherever you borrow books from, Susan. Friend, family, library, it doesn't matter.
Month: MayGoal: 5 books
Plan: Complete
✔️1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
May-09 science-fiction: Network Effect, 5/5/21, 4 stars
✔️2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser)
My Unexpected Forever, 5/31/21, 3.5 stars
✔️3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed
Return by Sea, 5/5/21, 4 stars
✔️4. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
Beautiful-A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, 5/28/21, 3.5 stars
✔️5. Last Month 3: Pick your best read from last month and read from "Readers Also Enjoyed / See similar books�" list (link found on book page; right hand corner)
Wild Sign 5/16/21, 4 stars
📅 May tasks: 📅Using Random Letter Generator got L
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
May-19 stand-alone The Corset by Laura Purcell 21/05/2021
2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser) (Number 31)
No One Is Talking About This Patricia Lockwood 03/05/2021
3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed
Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown 14/05/2021
4. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
Swimming Home 07/05/2021 Deborah Levy
5. Last Month 3: Pick your best read from last month and read from "Readers Also Enjoyed / See similar books�" list (link found on book page; right hand corner) The Lighthearted Quest Similar to Flight of the Falcon 29/05/2021
Goal: 4 books - COMPLETEDMay Plan: "Completed" (meet/exceed your Goal AND complete all 5 monthly tasks)
Books Read: 5/4
Tasks Completed: 5/5
✔️1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
May-09 science-fiction
May-10 French The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo 26/5/21
May-11 american-history
May-12 horror
May-13 5-stars
May-14 short-story-collection
May-15 gothic
May-16 humour
May-17 graphic-novels-and-comics
May-18 keeper
May-19 stand-alone
May-20 hollywood
✔️2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser)
How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs If You Ever Want to Get Published 28/10/23
✔️3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed
Old Baggage 18/6/21
✔️4. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
Faces on the Tip of My Tongue 12/4/22
✔️5. Last Month 3: Pick your best read from last month and read from "Readers Also Enjoyed / See similar books�" list (link found on book page; right hand corner)
From Cold Comfort Farm:
The Enchanted April 24/11/24
Let's Book It! (2021)
-- COMPLETEMay - December 2021
My May Plan (msg 26)
Monthly Goal: 10 books
Plan: Completed plan
May Tasks:
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🔹
🔹
1. Revisit - Read from any picked shelves for May
✔�science-fiction - Dark in Death - 05.28 ★★★★
✔�5-stars - Equal Rites - 05.07 ★★�
✔�gothic - Lacybourne Manor - 05.11 ★★★★
✔�stand-alone - Love's Wild Desire - 05.03 ★★�
2. TBR 1 - Read random pick from your TBR
✔�A Child's Heart - 05.14 ★★�
✔�Baptism by Blood - 05.09 ★★�
3. Borrowed - Read book/s you borrowed
friends
✔�friend - Already Freakn' Mated - 05.19 ★★�
✔�friend - Twice Tempted - 05.12 ★★★★
4. Recommendation 3 - Go to Which Book and read one of the books listed/recommended
✔�happy - Alison Wonderland - 12.05 ★★
5. Last Month 3 - Pick your best read from last month and read from Readers Also Enjoyed�
✔�Saturdays at Noon - The Christmas Holiday - 12.31 ★★★★
May 2021 - FINISHEDGoal: 3 Books - 3/3
Plan: Simple +
Random letter: 'M'
# of Pages: 1014
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
May-09 science-fiction
May-10 french
May-11 american-history
� May-12 horror - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (Audiobook - 352 pages)
May-13 5-stars
May-14 short-story-collection
May-15 gothic
� May-16 humour - (Audiobook) - Quarrelsome Quartz by Mildred Abbott (340 pages)
May-17 graphic-novels-and-comics
May-18 keeper
May-19 stand-alone - Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon. by Laura Elizabeth Richards (230 pages)
May-20 hollywood
2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser)
� 3. Borrowed: The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis (Audiobook - 322 pages)
4. Recommendation 3: Go to Which Book, use the sliding scale of what you wish your next read is like and read one of the books listed/recommended
5. Last Month 3: Pick your best read from last month and read from "Readers Also Enjoyed / See similar books�" list (link found on book page; right hand corner)
📅 May tasks: 📅 COMPLETEDGoal: 2000 pages
Simple Plan: Meet / exceed your Goal
2063/2000 pages
1. Revisit: Read from any picked shelves for May.
You need only read from 1 shelf but if you like, you can read from all these shelves or crossover between this month's shelves
May-09 science-fiction
Rogue Protocol 158 pages 5/3/2021
Exit Strategy 176 pages 5/7/21
May-16 humour
****The Wee Free Men 5/12/21 375 pages
****The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 256 pages 7/14/21
2. TBR 1: Read random pick from your TBR (using the GR randomiser)
A Drop of Magic 5/28/21 236 pages
3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed
Doctor Who: Touched By An Angel 5/23/21 237 pages from Library
****Doctor Who: Deep Time 7/30/21 256 pages from Library
****Doctor Who: The Gods of Winter: A 12th Doctor Audio Original 51 pages 8/4/21 from library
In the Heart of the Fire 62 pages 8/6/21 from Kindle unlimited
Doctor Who: Borrowed Time 8/14/21 256 pages
Let's Book It! May
Goal: 5 Books
Simple Plan
3/5
1. Revisit: May-16 humour
How to Be a Woman Completed 06/06/2021
3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed
One False Move Completed 31/05/2021
The Craftsman Completed 30/06/2021
Goal: 5 Books
Simple Plan
3/5
1. Revisit: May-16 humour
How to Be a Woman Completed 06/06/2021
3. Borrowed: Read book/s you borrowed
One False Move Completed 31/05/2021
The Craftsman Completed 30/06/2021
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How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Mistakes to Avoid at All Costs If You Ever Want to Get Published (other topics)Old Baggage (other topics)
Cinder (other topics)
A Promise of Fire (other topics)
Doctor Who: Borrowed Time (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Donna Andrews (other topics)Taylor Jenkins Reid (other topics)
Laura Purcell (other topics)
Lisa Scottoline (other topics)
Laila Ibrahim (other topics)
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