Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Tackling the TBR Week 28: July 22 - July 31, 2019


I am desperately trying to get my TBR under control. I have a huge backlog of books and often end up reading new books that are not even on my list, instead of trying to whittle down the list that continues to balloon up on Goodreads. Chuckles had the idea first, and we are going to use this as a chance to encourage each other to get those books read instead of always grabbing new ones and thus never making a dent in the physical and digital stacks we already have. It will also give us a chance to take a good look at our lists and see if there are ones we are no longer interested in. We will be posting on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and the last day of the month.


Previous Week's TBR Total: 3,346

Books Added to TBR: 8

Books Removed from TBR: 115

Currently Reading: 8

Books Read: 2

Books DNF-ed: 2

New TBR Total: 3,231

We've been home in Minnesota since last week, so I have not read as much as normal. Our whole family lives here and we have spent a lot of time visiting my grandparents. I have been able to go through my TBR though to remove books I am no longer interested in reading, so that's a big time bonus. Naturally we also visited the library here in town and I found a couple books of interest, and Eleanor snagged a ton of Magic Tree House books we have not read yet, so we are plowing through those.

8 comments:

  1. 115 is a good chunk deleted! I keep wondering if I should have a clean up of my tbr on Goodreads. I'm sure there's books there I don't even remember adding!

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    1. I highly recommend it! I started using Goodreads in I think 2012 and I added a bunch of books about the Tudors and that period, but I have read so many books on the subject that are more current/factually correct, so I deleted many that I know I don't need to read them. Plus there are a ton that I just don't really care to read anymore. It's a good feeling!!

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  2. Good clean out! I love Minnesota! I spent many years in Michigan which is similar but different, I had a best friend in college from Minnesota and visited her and sang at her wedding. Lots of good memories.

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    1. I am a Minnesota girl through and through! I hate living in Nebraska, but that's where we have to be for the time being, so I'll deal with it. But as soon as I can, I am leaving! Do you remember where in MN she was from?

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    2. Ah, my memory-:( Somewhere way north, maybe Duluth? We would always kid her that she was from the Yukon territory because of that novel, Mrs Mike.

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  3. Wow, excellent removal of books from the TBR! Congratulations!

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    1. Thank you! I knew I had to make up for lack of reading somehow, and it has been a while since I have found such a huge cluster of books together to delete.

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