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.
August 1st-7th
TBR Start Total: 1493
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 4
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 7
Books DNF:
Others Deleted From TBR: 1 Target Total: 1450
New Total: 1489
A decent week overall to start the month. Buying a few books did a bit of damage this month but the total is still going down which is the main thing. 1450 here I come!
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August 8th-14th
TBR Start Total: 1489
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 23
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 23
Books DNF: 0
Others Deleted From TBR: 0
Target Total: 1450
New Total: 1489
Strange week! I treated myself to a pile of Paddington books (books for younger kids this time) and read every one of them through the week! I didn't have time to read anything else but no damage to the TBR and hopefully on a downward track again this week!
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Strange week! I treated myself to a pile of Paddington books (books for younger kids this time) and read every one of them through the week! I didn't have time to read anything else but no damage to the TBR and hopefully on a downward track again this week!
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I found more paperbacks while I was doing a bit of tidying and realised they weren't on my TBR, and I also found more ebooks. As depressing as it is I've had to re-adjust my TBR to add them on and re-start Tackling The TBR with the new numbers. *sighs* Oh well, no point whining, I just need to get my head down and get on with it! The good news is that each kids book can be read in one day so I should be able to recover this damage soon!
August 15th-21st
August 15th-21st
TBR Start Total: 1489
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 40
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 0
Books DNF: 0
Others Deleted From TBR: 0
Target Total:1500
New Total: 1529
My TBR is so out of control. LOL
ReplyDeleteYes same here! This week was a horror show and I need to get it under wraps but it doesn't feel high on my list at the moment!
Deletehmmmm...i don't set a target total, but maybe that would help me. thanks for the idea
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental
Targets are good if you keep them fairly easy and gettable. Sort of, get to the first small goal and then set another one you can reach. That helps the motivation and makes you feel you are achieving stuff!
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