I Did Something A Little Different for My March 2021 TBR

At the end of February, I tried something a little different for my March TBR. I did something similar to a "bookshelf scavenger hunt" of sorts to decide the 6 books that would be on my March TBR.

These were the steps I took:

1. I counted all the specific shelves that have books on them (13)
2. I then counted the books on the shelves that seemed to have 10+ books on them, and I used the highest number
1. The highest number was 22 books on one shelf
3. To my Instagram story, I posted the questions sticker and asked my followers to give me two numbers
1. The first number, a number 1-13, would represent a specific shelf
2. The second number, a number 1-22, would represent a specific book on the pre-determined shelf
4. Once I got some responses, I looked at the first number and went to that shelf
5. I then looked at the second number and counted the books until I got to a book corresponding with that number
1. If the number was more than the number of actual books on the shelf, then I would keep counting until I got to that number, essentially going through the books on that same shelf a 2nd time

This was a long, tedious process. However, I found it really enjoyable to do. It allowed for my TBR to a bit more spontaneous and slightly out of control. (I did have some amount of control over it, since I was only including physical books on my bookshelf and not library books or ebooks).

I know that the way I explained the process may be a bit confusing, so please feel free to DM me on my bookstagram for a bit more of an explanation.

Also, if you need help in setting up your own monthly TBRs without using this method, where you actually choose the books you'll read and don't leave it up to chance, please see the following post from February: 10 Tips for Setting Up Monthly TBR Lists.