In 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! Re-reads have already been taken off the TBR so don't count in reducing the pile but is just here as a note to help for end of year stats!
BOOKS IN
-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 OUT
-Books read and DNFed are obvious.
-Deleted from
the TBR are books I lost interest in reading, or sequels to DNFed books I no longer want to read and have been removed without starting to read them. These three categories added together are my books 'out'.
This was the state of play at the end of last year so this will be my starting point for this year! Sarah over at https://allthebookblognamesaretaken.blogspot.com/ is also trying to reduce her book pile and we hope to keep each other motivated! I'm posting my progress on the 7th, 14th, 21st and final day of the month and noting what is coming in and out of my house. Anyone else is welcome to join in. No rules, set up your your posts how you want and when you want just reduce the pile!
JANUARY 1st-7th
TBR Start Total: 1199
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 0
Old Books Added: 0
New Books In: 0
Old Books Added: 0
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 0
Books DNF: 0Books Read: 0
Others Deleted From TBR: 0
Re-reads: 0
New Total:
You are doing a weekly count. I want to straighten out my bookcases and record all the books I have and kind of do an assessment of what I want and what I don't. We shall see, school starts back up today.
ReplyDeleteI have so many books that need to be dealt with. I need to make a big dent to get me back on track this year. Trouble is, I pretty much really want to read everything I have! I am going to go through the e-readers and try to cull a few!
DeleteGook luck! I need to tackle my TBR as well!
ReplyDeleteIt's like a heavy weight around our necks!
DeleteI did this last year with my physical TBR pile. I had tackled my Kindle a few years earlier.
ReplyDeleteIt took me a few attempts, as it was my goal (I failed) in 2017 as well but I finally did it last year.
I feel so much better too. Unburdened.
Good luck!
Karen @ For What It's Worth
I long to be unburdened! Getting that pile down to 200 is the ultimate goal but I expect that to take about 3 years unless I make amazing progress!
DeleteI should do this but I am so afraid to count my tbr! I have been giving the ones I know I'll never, ever read to the Little Free Libraries in the city. I guess it's a start but the ebook clutter still remains.
ReplyDeleteI really let my tbr slide last year which sent me into panic mode at the end of last year! If I can buy only what I really want, make more use of samples and free books I can also save money as well as space!
DeleteLove it! I did a similar post and might have to edit mine a bit because you added data that I did not think of. Here's to a successful TBR tackling in 2019!
ReplyDeleteI'm actually feeling quite positive right now! I hope that lasts all year! It's great to have someone else doing this and I'll be looking forward to your posts!
DeleteOhhhh a new counting system for books. I think if anything, I want to start collecting more books. I bought a bookshelf but there's like NOTHING on it so far and it's been 4 months lol... I'd love to see the updates of your list though :) Should be fun!
ReplyDeleteAh you have a great excuse to buy more so embrace it!
DeleteI love how organized you are! I need to tackle my TBR too but so far I've been to chicken to really count out how many books I have and make a plan. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI'm good at making the plans...it's actually doing it that can be the problem!
DeleteYou're looking so well organised for this. Best of luck getting that 1199 down soon :-)
ReplyDeleteI've got excellent reading done this week so that is a good start and I'm trying to delete some ebooks as well!
DeleteGood luck!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lark!
DeleteGreat idea to do this every week! I don't actually know how many unread books I own and I'm way too intimidated by the time it would take to count them, but I do plan on reducing my TBR pile as well.
ReplyDeleteWe'll see how much time I actually have left to read once the week is over and I have to teach again :)
Have a wonderful week!
Goodreads has kept me updated on the horrors of my tbr so that was a good basis to start off with! There might not be progress every week but as long as I can avoid too many buys I should do ok this year!
DeleteYassss!! Good luck!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Erica, I'll need it!
DeleteGood luck Chuckles!
ReplyDeleteThanks Verushka!
DeleteThis is a great way to tackle the beats! I have over 1K on my main TBR GR shelf it took me an hour to go through all of them to pick what I'd like to read this year!
ReplyDeleteI just want to read them all NOW, y'know? I'm already wondering about what great sounding books I won't fit in this year which is pathetic when it's still the first week in January!
DeleteGood luck with the TBR monster haha!
ReplyDeleteRoarrgghh!
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