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: 4
Old Books Added: 0
New Books In: 4
Old Books Added: 0
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 6
Books DNF: 2Books Read: 6
Others Deleted From TBR: 12
Re-reads: 1
New Total: 1183
Good job and amazing job of keeping track! I like how you've laid this all out in a straightforward manner. I might have to borrow your thought process for this!
ReplyDeleteYou'd be very welcome to use it! I felt it kept everything clear for me and broke down the types of books coming in and out.
DeleteOff to a great start!! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThanks Erica!
DeleteWoohoo on getting that number down! As you saw, mine went up, oi. But now that I have a little more time tonight I am going to take a more serious look at books I am no longer interested in.
ReplyDeleteI'm certainly going to be looking at culling the books on e-reader that get really poor reviews or aren't ones I REALLY REALLY want to read. Then I need to get a list of everything on the e-readers that isn't on my Goodreads TBR and get them added. I'm still finding reasons NOT to look for that list I had...
DeleteYou are better organized at this than I am. Wow. That number looks daunting. Here's to a great month and year of reads. :)
ReplyDeleteYes I certainly hope this is the book beast taming year...
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