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 when I first read them so don't count in reducing the pile but is just here as a note to help for end of year stats! The re-read total is the running total so far for the year, not what I've read each week.
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'.
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 posts how you want and when you want just reduce the pile!
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Aug 1st-7th
TBR Start Total: 1018
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 6
Old Books Added: 0
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 3
Books DNF: 0
Others Deleted From TBR: 11
Rereads this year: 2
New Total: 1010
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Aug 8th-14th
TBR Start Total: 1010
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 4
Old Books Added: 0
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 7
Books DNF: 1
Others Deleted From TBR: 3
Rereads this year: 2
New Total: 1003
I got bogged down with a book that took days to read but next week I should reach my target!
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I got bogged down with a book that took days to read but next week I should reach my target!
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Aug 15th-21st
TBR Start Total: 1003
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 0
Old Books Added: 3
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 2
Books DNF: 1
Others Deleted From TBR: 8
Rereads this year: 2
New Total: 995
***SCREAMS***Under the 1000!!!!!
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***SCREAMS***Under the 1000!!!!!
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Aug 22nd-31st
TBR Start Total: 995
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 8
Old Books Added: 2
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 2
Books DNF: 1
Others Deleted From TBR: 6
(Rereads this year: 2)
New Total: 991
A highly successful month overall! Getting below my target of 1000 well before my December deadline was certainly pleasing and now I have to keep going. At the end of November I stopped buying books until January so that will be a perfect time to try and get the TBR pile down a lot more!
A highly successful month overall! Getting below my target of 1000 well before my December deadline was certainly pleasing and now I have to keep going. At the end of November I stopped buying books until January so that will be a perfect time to try and get the TBR pile down a lot more!
Nice! I'm wicked glad to see you didn't fall off the wagon during the spider thing and binge buy a bunch of books. Good job alround!
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It was a close thing! I did waver! Things are going really well so if I can get to 950 before the end of the year, that would be great!
DeleteI'm so pleased for you getting your TBR under the thousand. A well-earned scream!!
ReplyDeleteIt is depressing that having that many is a victory but I'll take it as victory anyway! I'm pleased to reach that target four months ahead of schedule!
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