In late 2018 and 2019 I'm making a big effort to reduce my TBR by buying less, getting stuff read and getting rid of the things that I just don't want to read from my bookshelves and my ereaders Maurice and Myrnin! I'll be doing this regular post to show my progress-what came into the house what I read and DNFed and what was taken off the TBR.
The TBR total shown is the total number of books I own but have not read yet-wishlist books are NOT in my TBR! Books in refers to bought, downloaded or gifted THIS WEEK. Books added are books I bought a while back but haven't yet added to my Goodreads TBR so they aren't newly bought, just newly added. Both of these categories together are my 'in' total. Books read and DNFed are obvious. Deleted from the TBR are books or sequels I no longer want to read and have been removed. These three categories are my books 'out'.
This is my second post for the challenge. In week two one book was a reread (Icebound) and is not reduced from the TBR total. To stop confusion I'm creating a new category for that! These are my stats for the first week and this week.I didn't make much progress this week but hope to read a few more books next week when I'm not as tired!
DECEMBER 1st-7th
TBR Total: 1227
New Books In: 3
Old Books Added: 2
Books Read: 2
Books DNF: 3
Others Deleted From TBR: 23
New Total: 1204
DECEMBER 8th-14th
TBR Total: 1204
New Books In: 0
Old Books Added: 0
Books Read: 1
New Books In: 0
Old Books Added: 0
Books Read: 1
Books DNF: 0
Others Deleted From TBR: 0
New Total: 1203
*one reread not counted in overall reading*
Utter Ruthlessness.
ReplyDeleteThat is what you need to feel when going through your tbr. Cut that number in half!
Actually, I think we might have gone over this, but just WHAT is your goal for your tbr?
If it was that easy I'd have done it already! The books I have on the tbr are all books I want to read and paid good money for so I'm not just going to dump them without looking at them. I will reduce it but it will take time. I eventually want to get down to a maximum of 200.
DeleteI admire your dedication to this process. I've given up :)
ReplyDeleteI am determined to reduce the pile next year! I shall forge on!
DeleteGood luck! This is a big challenge.
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
My tbr hovered around 800 for a few years but shot out of control last year when I stopped caring! Now I need to repair that damage!
DeleteI admire your ability to not add any books this year. I can't remember the last time that happened to me. I like seeing no DNFs too.
ReplyDeleteWell I did ok this week but I can't say how next week will go! I intend to try really hard next year! Actually I am hoping for DNFs to help me clear the shelves!
DeleteI really like this idea. I think I will be joining you over winter break and getting my own TBR organized.
ReplyDeleteMy whole attitude to books need to change next year! Buy less, get more samples and freebies/bargains instead of grabbing paperbacks, reading more but less stress on targets each month. Fingers crossed!
DeleteI have a self-imposed book ban going (I am about 95% successful right now, I snagged a couple for my Kindle yesterday - but they were books on sale and on my TBR, win-win). I don't have specific monthly goals, my reading taste changes so much from day-to-day and sometimes I am just burned out on a subject. I am also nearing the end of any ARCs I have right now and am trying to stay away from NetGalley too. I just want to get to the books on my TBR and start clearing the shelves - THEN I can buy new treasures!
DeleteI'll allow myself the odd Kindle book-2 or 3 during the month I think but that's ok! Maybe next year we can both clear our shelves a bit!
DeleteI don't know if I can tackle my TBR. This would be great for me to do but don't know if I could find the time to actually get my numbers up to do it.
ReplyDeleteMary
All I needed was my Goodreads TBR number as a starting point and off I went! That only works of course if you don't have a mixture of owned and wishlist books on the want to read page. I keep mine seperate!
DeleteI keep trying to clean up my mess, but....
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental
It can be depressing to look at the numbers and see the task ahead!
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