Tackling The TBR

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 posts how you want and when you want just reduce the pile!

Jul 1st-7th
TBR Start Total: 1058

BOOKS IN:
New Books In: 4
Old Books Added: 0

BOOKS OUT:
Books Read: 11
Books DNF: 1
Others Deleted From TBR: 0

Rereads this year: 2 

New Total: 1051 

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Jul 8th-14th

TBR Start Total: 1051

BOOKS IN:

New Books In: 3

Old Books Added: 0

BOOKS OUT:

Books Read: 6

Books DNF: 0

Others Deleted From TBR: 5

Rereads this year: 2

New Total: 1043

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Jul 15th-21st

TBR Start Total: 1043

BOOKS IN:

New Books In: 3

Old Books Added: 0

BOOKS OUT:

Books Read: 4

Books DNF: 3

Others Deleted From TBR: 1

Rereads this year: 2

New Total: 1029

The totals don't look right this week because I found nine books I've read which are still down as TBR. As I haven't read them this week, they aren't in my weekly total but are counted in my TBR final total. I could do with a few more surprises like that to reduce the pile!

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Jul 22nd-31st

TBR Start Total: 1029

BOOKS IN:

New Books In: 6

Old Books Added: 0

BOOKS OUT:

Books Read: 9

Books DNF: 0

Others Deleted From TBR: 4

Rereads this year: 2

New Total: 1018
Total was adjusted when I found more books marked TBR that I had previously read.