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 your posts how you want and when you want just reduce the pile!
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Jun
1st-7th
TBR Start Total: 1062
BOOKS IN:
New Books In:
Old Books Added:
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read:
Books DNF:
Others Deleted From TBR:
Rereads this year: 2
Nothing to report for week one this month. No book buys or books read.
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Jun 8th-14th
TBR Start Total: 1062
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 16
Old Books Added: 0
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 1
Books DNF: 0
Others Deleted From TBR: 0
Rereads this year: 2
New Total: 1077
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Jun 15th-21st
TBR Start Total: 1077
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 6
Old Books Added: 0
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 11
Books DNF: 5
Others Deleted From TBR: 3
Rereads this year: 2
New Total: 1063
This was a very good week and I've repaired most of the damage caused by the holiday book buying! Hurrah! Next week hopefully will get things fully back on track!
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Jun 22nd-30th
TBR Start Total: 1063
BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 6
Old Books Added: 0
BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 10
Books DNF: 0
Others Deleted From TBR: 1
Rereads this year: 2
New Total: 1058
Total is on the move downwards again after a good reading week. Hopefully I'll keep that going over the summer!
Come on, I want to see the magic number!
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Glad you were able to get things right back on track after the book spree. I have to admit, I wondered if you were going to abandon this project after that. Guess I didn't need to worry :-D
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It was certainly a bit of a setback but thankfully I'm in a motivated reading zone at the moment! I sooo want to get to that magic number but I keep finding books on the ereader that aren't in my TBR which means I don't go down as much as I'd like! Thanks for the support, it is appreciated!
DeleteThis is great you did a great job of getting this down again!
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I'm glad I got it back down so quickly after that holiday splurge!
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