In December 2018 I launched Tackling The TBR, a challenge to reduce the ever extending TBR pile and 2019 was pretty successful in that regard. In 2020 I intended to make 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! However the darn Coronavirus Pandemic has put the skids under all my plans and I had to suspend the challenge. I've now decided to bring it back in a bid to kickstart my TBR reduction as nothing else has been working.
The TBR total shown is the total number of books I own but have not read yet-wishlist books are NOT in my TBR! Sometimes there will be a difference between the books read and new total-sometimes I read a book not on the TBR so it counts for books read for the week but
BOOKS IN
-Books in refers to bought,
downloaded or gifted books being added to the TBR list.
BOOKS OUT
-Books read refers to books read that were ON the TBR and DNFed is 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'.
I'm posting my progress on the 7th, 14th, 21st and final day of the month as before, even if there is no progress to report and anyone else is welcome to join in. No rules, set up your posts how you want and when you want, just reduce the pile! And each week I'll add my new week to the end of the post so I can track how the whole month went.
June 26th-July 7th
TBR Start Total: 1518
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 5
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 11
Books DNF: 0
Others Deleted From TBR: 0 Target Total: 1500
New Total: 1512
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July 8th-July 14th
TBR Start Total: 1512
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 3
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 6
Books DNF: 0
Others Deleted From TBR:1
Target Total: 1500
New Total: 1508
A bit of a mixed week really but heh, reduction of four y'know? I'll take it considering the health issues this week! I feel much better now and I'm ready to go for the coming week!
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July 15th-July 21st
TBR Start Total: 1508
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 2
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 6
Books DNF: 2
Others Deleted From TBR: 8
Target Total: 1500-done!
New Total: 1493
OK I've reached the small first total and got down below the 1500 books. My next target is to get down to 1450. Small goals at a time to keep things moving.
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July 22nd-July 31st
TBR Start Total: 1493
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 3
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 2
Books DNF: 1
Others Deleted From TBR:
Target Total: 1450
New Total: 1493
This week was a complete bust for reading. I was too tired to concentrate so busied myself around the house and tidying up and deleting files on the computer instead. Oh well, maybe next week!
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This week was a complete bust for reading. I was too tired to concentrate so busied myself around the house and tidying up and deleting files on the computer instead. Oh well, maybe next week!
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Hey, as long as you are not consistently INCREASING the tbr, I would count that as a win. Sometimes just staying in place is even more of an effort. Especially considering how your week seems to have gone.
ReplyDeleteKeep it up!
Bookstooge
I had hoped for a good end to the month but weeks like this happen and I agree that no damage was done so that's a win! I've already dealt with two books this weekend which is also good! Thanks as always for your support!
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