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-if I read a book not on the TBR it counts for books read for the week but not for this challenge.
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.
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January 8th-14th
TBR Start Total: 1561
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 0
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 1
Books DNF: 0
Others Deleted From TBR: 0
Target Total: 1550
New Total: 1560
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January 8th-14thTBR Start Total: 1560
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 0
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 2
Books DNF: 0
Others Deleted From TBR: 0
Target Total: 1550
New Total: 1558
It might only be two books but they were big books so I'm pleased with that!
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January 15th-21st
TBR Start Total: 1558
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 0
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 0
Books DNF: 0
Others Deleted From TBR: 0
Target Total: 1550
New Total: 1558
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January 22nd-31st
TBR Start Total: 1558
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 1
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 1
Books DNF: 0
Others Deleted From TBR: 14
Target Total: 1500
New Total: 1544
I found 14 political reference books that should have been marked as read which were still on the TBR so I gleefully removed them. That led to me hitting my first mini target of 1550 which was good. I reset that target and refocused!
It is good that you are keeping up with this.
ReplyDeleteIf I didn't I think I'd end up drowning in a pile of books!
DeleteI'm glad you're making progress.
ReplyDeleteIt feels like very little since the book highs of 2019!
DeleteOne day I may count my unread books, one day but not soon! Good luck with reducing!
ReplyDeleteIt can be a very depressing thing to do, believe me! You can't hide from it when the numbers are staring you in the face!
DeleteI love and admire how well you can track all of this. Good luck and I know someday you'll get it tackled :)
ReplyDeleteI could have made so much progress in the pandemic if it hadn't caused my slump! It's frustrating that I rarely want to read at all these days.
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