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Is your TBR shelf getting out of hand. Join the club!

For this monthly challenge, spin the wheel. Using the number you got, pick a book from your TBR shelf. (For number 10, you can use either '1' or '0' or both.) You decide how many books you want to reduce from your TBR pile using the number you got.

Example: you spun a 6. You can read #6 on your TBR list. Or:
the book can be published in a year ending in 6
the book can be published in June (the 6th month)
the book can be the 6th in a series
the book can have a 6 in the page number.

It's up to you how the number connects with a book from your TBR list. The possibilities are endless, but the book must be associated with the number you spun.

Happy reading and let's slim down our TBR lists!

May Spin to Slim - #1

81 pp: The Wedding of Ginger & Basil by Lee Strauss 5/04/20
TBR #4271: Murder on the Flying Scotsman by Lee Strauss 5/06/20
1st in series & TBR #4125: Jane Darrowfield, Professional Busybody by Barbara Ross 5/11/20
160 pp & TBR #3941: The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist 5/12/20
#10 in series: Murder on Eaton Square by Lee Strauss 5/17/20
#11 in series: Murder by Plum Pudding by Lee Strauss 5/18/20
Pub in January: Murder on Fleet Street by Lee Strauss 5/25/20

May Spin to Slim - #4

94 pgs - Close to the Bone by Kendra Elliot 5/01/2020
4 letter word in title - Very Bad Things by Ilsa Madden-Mills 5/04/2020
4 letter word in title - The Darkest Star by Jennifer L. Armentrout 5/06/2020
419 pgs- Patsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn 5/07/2020
4 letter word in title - The Hot Flash Club by Nancy Thayer 5/09/2020
First published 1/01/2004 - The Hot Flash Club Strikes Again by Nancy Thayer 5/12/2020
441 pgs - Delirium by Lauren Oliver 5/16/2020
Published 8/22/2014 - The Mesmerist by Pam McCutcheon 5/17/2020
Published 4/09/2019 - The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold 5/19/2020
4 letter word in title - Harley & Rose by Carmen Jenner 5/19/2020
Published 4/03/2014 - Love Always, Kate by D. Nichole King 5/21/2020
First published 1/01/2004 - Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
4 letter word in title - Brave Girl, Quiet Girl by Catherine Ryan Hyde 5/27/2020

May Spin to Slim

Spin was a 10 yikes

1. Dead and Berried Karen MacInerney 5/6/20, pub. 2010
2. A Spell for Trouble Esme Addison 5/14/20-GR page says first published 5/10/20
3. The Deep End Julie Mulhern 5/24/20 At this posting, there were 10 listings under genre on the GR main page (yup best I could do here, 10 is tough lol)

May 2020 Spin to Slim

Spin = "2"

#2 on TBR
Death by Lotto 05/02

#2 in series
A Fatal Grace 05/03
Clouds of Witness 05/11
Wicked Business 05/11
Dim Sum of All Fears 05/18
A Killer Retreat 05/22

Pages
Finding Harmony (265p) 05/08
Murder on the Orient (SS) (242p) 05/13
Monday's Murderer (209p) 05/14
Brewed Awakening (352p) 05/20
Aunt Bessie Decides (278p) 05/21
Good Grooves and Grand Larceny (201p) 05/28

Day
Auf'd (06/20) 05/03
Hurricane Force (02/02) 05/07
Murder at the Marina (04/02) 05/12
Wrongful Termination (12/21) 05/15
Murder, She Knit (03/27) 05/17
Toxic Toffee (06/25) 05/19
Scone Cold Killer (01/23) 05/29

Month
Murder in an Irish Village (02/23) 05/04
Buried in a Bog (02/05) 05/06
Can You Keep A Secret? (12/16) 05/27

Year
Rumble in the Bayou (2010) 05/02
Regency Gold (2014) 05/05
Killer Apple Pie (2017) 05/06
By Cook or by Crook (2014) 05/10
Back to School Murder (2012) 05/10
Murder in Stonehill Manor (2017) 05/21
Visualizing The Beatles (2018) 05/22
Close Up (2020) 05/23
The Lady Chosen (2011) 05/30

May Spin to Slim

Number: 9

9th Book in the Series:

Published in 2019:
How to Run with the Wolves 5/4
Hat Trick 5/9
Throttled 5/22
A New Empire 5/20

Published in September (9):
Dead Man Stalking 5/27
Spider’s Revenge 5/24

Published on the 9th:

With a 9 in the Page Number:
Prosperity 190 Pages 5/3
Not My Mate 159 Pages 5/8
Cowboys Don't Samba 229 Pages 5/13

My spin was a 2

2nd book in a seriesThunderhead
Published in 2012-My Life Next Door
Published in February (2nd month)-The Holdout
2nd book on my BOTM list-The Wife Between Us
2 in the page number-
5/1/20

Mine was also a 2!
1/2

2nd book in Owned Books TBR (sorted via date pub): The Case of Mary Bell: A Portrait of a Child Who Murdered

✘ 2nd book in Owned EBooks TBR (date pub): Wall of Silence | May 05

That's all I want to commit to for now, lol

1.You can read #4 on your TBR list. ---Only the Worthy -M Rice
2. the book can be published in a year ending in 4-- Big Bunny Bump off-- Kathi Daley--pub 2014
3. the book can be pub.in April (the 4th month)Best Murder in Show by Debbie Young
4. the book can be the 4th in a series--Deadly Vestige LewisN.C.
5. the book can have a 4 in the page number--- I Temporarily Do
6. the book title have a 4 in it?
My spin is a 4

My spin is a 10 (Can use 1 or 0)

Page number has a 1 or 0
Master Baker (pg. # 310)
My Life in Shambles (pg. # 350)
Just One Year (pg. # 311)

Published in October
Drive (10/14/17)
The Player (10/8/16)
Wrong (10/7/15)

#1 in series
On the Rocks
Within These Walls
The Kingmaker
The Guy on the Right
Penalty
Come Away with Me

I spun a 7!

Published in a year ending in 7:
Meet Mr. Mulliner
Men Without Women

7th book on page 7 of my TBR list: The War Workers

7th in a series:
Goldfinger
Look to Windward
Pigs Have Wings

So many choices!

Spin to Slim- May
Duration: 5/1/20- 5/31/20

Spin of the wheel: 8

1. Pay Dirt- Rita Mae Brown- 5/3/20 (288 pages)
2. Murder at Sunrise- Kathi Daley- 5/12/20 (228 pages)
3. Disheartened- Terri L. Austin- 5/14/20 (first published August 26th 2018)
4. Alien Diplomacy- Gini Koch- 5/15/20 (448 pages)
5. Murder at the Witching Hour- Kathi Daley- 5/20/20 (first published August 22nd 2016)
6. Veiled in Moonlight- C.J. Archer- 5/21/20 (Ministry of Curiosities #8)
7. A Murder of Shadows- John Conroe- 5/23/20 (268 pages)
8. Murder at Christmas- Kathi Daley- 5/25/20 (218 pages)
9. Libriomancer- Jim C. Hines- 5/26/20 (first published August 7th 2012)
10. The Pillars of Ponderay- Lindsay Cummings- 5/28/20 (384 pages)
11. The Valentine Mystery- Kathi Daley- 5/29/20 (180 pages)

May Spin to Slim
Duration: 1 May - 31 May
Number 10

You can read #10 on your TBR list. Or:
the book can be published in a year ending in 10
the book can be published in October
the book can be the 1 or 0 in a series
the book can have a 1 or 0 in the page number

May Spin to Slim
Duration: 1 May - 31 May

Number: 9


9th Book in the Series:

Published in 2019:
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 5/22/2020
Undetected 5/30/2020
Recursion 5/31/2020



Published in September (9):

Published on the 9th:

With a 9 in the page number:

May Spin to Slim
Duration May 1 -31, 2020

Number: 7

#7 on your What to Read Next Shelf (sorted randomly each time)

#7 on Randomizer shelf
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix 05/02/2020

#7 in publishing date
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling05/02/2020 (pub. 06/26/1997)
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang 05/07/2020 (pub. May 7, 2019)
The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose 05/20/2020 (pub. Nov. 7, 2018)

Added to tbr list in July (7th month)
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder 05/ 02/2020 (added July 2017)

#7 in a series

#7 in total page number
The Shipping News by Annie Proulx 05/11/2020 (337 pages)
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb 05/14/2020 (897 pages)
The Gown by Jennifer Robson 05/19/2020 (371 pages)

Spin to Slim
May 2020

My Spin to Slim Challenge (msg 16)

13 Books Read

My Number is Eight

Page count with 8

✅🍬87 pp ~ Bound in Sin ~ 05.17 ★★★
✅🍬89 pp ~ Secret Hideaway ~ 05.23 ★★★
✅🍬298 pp ~ Moon Called ~ 05.12 ★★★★
✅🍬368 pp ~ Phantom Evil ~ 05.09 ★★★
✅🍬384 pp ~ Lady Be Good ~ 05.05 ★★★★


Publication date with 8

✅🍬pubbed May 28, 2019 ~ Desperate Measures ~ 05.09 ★★★
✅🍬pubbed Oct 2008 ~ Unleashed ~ 05.10 ★★★★
✅🍬pubbed March 2018 ~ On Hart’s Boardwalk ~ 05.02 ★★★★
✅🍬pubbed Oct 2018 ~ Royally Yours ~ 05.26 ★★★★
✅🍬pubbed Nov 2018 ~ Diamond Fire ~ 05.21 ★★★★
✅🍬pubbed Dec 2018 ~ Defiance ~ 05.14★★★★
✅🍬pubbed July 30, 2018 ~ Sweatpants Season ~ 05.24 ★★★★
✅🍬pubbed Nov 18, 2011 ~ Jealous And Freakn' ~ 05.31 ★★★

Iron Mike wrote: "I spun a 7!

Published in a year ending in 7:
Meet Mr. Mulliner


Great book!

MAY SPIN to SLIM
I got EIGHT AGAIN!

So far: 12 !

8 in the pages
Bad Animals: A Father's Accidental Education In Autism Joel Yanofsky. Audible. 288 pages. 5/5/20

Gardening for a Lifetime: How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older. Sydney Eddison. 208 pages. 5/21/20

Just Feel: How to Be Stronger, Happier, Healthier, and More. Mallika Chopra. 128 pages. Also eight letters in the title. 5/26/20

Author's Name with 8 letters
MEL STARR. A Corpse at St Andrews Chapel. 5/6/20

The New Birder's Guide to Birds of North America. Bill Thompson III. Also 368 pages. 5/20/20

Published in 2018, 2008, 1998, 198...
Feared Lisa Scottoline. 386 pages. 2018 5/9/20

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell. Robert Dugoni. 2018. 5/27/20

Cluny Brown. Margery Sharp. Published 2/1/1982. 5/14/20

One of EIGHT editions
Dig. A.S. King. Also 891 reviews when I began. 5/5/20.

EIGHT in the author's name
A Good Marriage. Kimberley McCrEIGHT. 5/23/20.

Published in the EIGHTH month
How to Be an Antiracist. Ibram X. Kendi. Published AUGUST 2019. 5/12/20

EIGHT in the publishing date
Saint X. Alexis Schaitkin. Feb 18, 2020. 5/20/20

Calling msg. 4 finished at 3 for a 10 spin. Didn't remember until setting up my June challenge that I could use 1 and 0 alone, but I did manage to find three times that 10 was intact (had to get a little creative!) ;)

Finished:

Message 15; Read 8

I spun, I slimmed and dropped 13 books from TBR this month!
Updated post: My Spin to Slim Challenge (msg 16)

13 Books Read

LaurLa wrote: "I spun, I slimmed and dropped 13 books from TBR this month!
Updated post: My Spin to Slim Challenge (msg 16)

13 Books Read"

NIce job!