Tackling The TBR February #4

 

 

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-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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February 1st-7th

TBR Start Total: 1544

 

BOOKS IN:

New Books In: 3

 

BOOKS OUT:

Books Read: 0

Books DNF: 0

Others Deleted From TBR: 0

 

Target Total: 1500

 

New Total: 1547

 

Three pre-orders arrived during the week which ruins the figures just a little! 

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February 8th-14th

TBR Start Total: 1547

BOOKS IN:

New Books In: 1

BOOKS OUT:

Books Read: 0

Books DNF: 0

Others Deleted From TBR: 1

Target Total: 1500

New Total: 1542

 

Just HAD to buy a dinosaur horror book this week by an author I like! Also marked as read a few kids books I first read back in the 80's. Will re-read to review at a later stage. It's not REALLY cheating as I have already read them before, just not this week! Call it 'corrective accounting'!

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February15th-21st

TBR Start Total: 1542

BOOKS IN:

New Books In: 2

BOOKS OUT:

Books Read: 2

Books DNF: 0

Others Deleted From TBR: 4

Target Total: 1500

New Total: 1538

 

Changed the category on another four kids books to 'read' as I know I read them in the 80's. I'll re-read and review when time allows. Read two books this week which is a relief and I hope to continue that this week, on the march to my 1500 target! 

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February 22nd-28th

TBR Start Total: 1538

BOOKS IN:

New Books In: 3

BOOKS OUT:

Books Read: 9

Books DNF: 1

Others Deleted From TBR: 0

Target Total: 1500

New Total: 1531

 

A REALLY good week for reading! I've just felt really keen to get stuck into some horror novellas and it has done wonders for the TBR overall. 

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