The home page of The Storygraph shows 4 random options from your TBR pile whenever you log in, and I've been finding that actually makes older titles feel new and shiny again, like a grab bag of things I've already decided I wanted to read but may have forgotten about. I'm a mood reader too and sometimes something will pop out at me and it feels like the right time to read it.
If you don't use The Storygraph, you could randomly choose some books from your TBR (close your eyes and point! choose some random numbers and find which books fall at those points on your list!), or as Lyn suggested, I've gone back to the very beginning of my TBR to see if something jumps out at me (or even whether it's time to take it off the list). Looking forward to hearing others' suggestions!
Thanks! I have a Storygraph account but have ignored it these past few months because I just find Goodreads easier to organize my books, but I need to go back over there sometimes. I remember liking that suggestion feature.
Oh, how I identify with all 5 of your points. I don't think readers ever have enough or too many books. The shiny new covers get me every time and I find myself checking out book from Libby when I see books that sound interesting. I have more books checked out than I could read in a month. What a life!
I am so excited to see that film based on Hendrix. I really enjoyed Final Girl Support Group and the Book Club one. I love horror movies.
Have you seen The Invitation? I saw it in theaters a few weeks ago.
And I love that your books can be claimed on your taxes. As a teacher in Canada, I can't claim my laptop purchase let alone the books I purchase for my classroom (or that I purchase for myself and then they end up in my classroom!!!)
I posted on Twitter me organizing my TBR stacks. I read books for myself, and for a local bookstore to recommend for schools ..... so so many books. I need another vacation just to put a bigger dent in my piles!!!
I'm afraid to count how many books I have in my TBR mountain; it has to be in the hundreds. I'm out of shelf space so I need to cull my collection again. I'm a hard core mood reader too. Right now it's paranormal. Tomorrow it could be something completely different. I tried reading a contemporary last night but I couldn't do it because that's not what I want to read right now. It also doesn't help that I discovered r/RomanceBooks on Reddit. Readers will throw out requests for book recommendations and I'm like I didn't know I needed that in my life. I've found so many good books that I may not have considered before or even heard about, but it also doesn't help my book buying habit.
When I do go through my books I try to be honest with myself if I'll ever truly read something. I've had books for years that I did eventually read because the time was right. Otherwise, I've got nothing for suggestions.
r/RomanceBooks is a huge contributor to my TBR too! I also will add a book to my TBR because I heard about it there, but then forget the reason why I added it. I wish I could read all of the books I hear about right away, but the recommendations keep coming in so fast!
yes, this is a problem for me too. I hear something recommended and am excited right them to read it but by the time I get to it, I forget--now why did i want this one again?
Not really. I try not to buy too many books (both budget and space being issues). And I have realized that if I own a book I am LESS likely to read it promptly because I can read it any time, right?
I am a major library patron, and I have a ton of books from there awaiting attention. I run across a recommendation, or an author I love comes out with a new book (present company included!) and I request it so I don’t forget. There is no way to control how long it takes to show up. Right now I have about 60 “dead tree” books in the house, about 12 of which are overdue. Only upside is that the libraries here are still not charging fines.
I have a folder of photos of book covers on my phone recording book titles I figured I would return and request again sometime. It helps me keep a record, but I almost never go back to it.
I hear you on how owning a book makes you less likely to read it. I do tend to read a book more quickly if i have the pressure of needing to return it to the library.
OMG... I hear you on the TBR list/pile. I want to go through my physical and digital bookshelves to figure out how many un-read books I own. I already know that my digital is an embarrassingly high number which often leads to re-reading as the sheer number on unread books leaves me with decision fatigue.
My tips are:
* decide on a way to sort the books and read the first unread one in the list (for a while I was sorting my Kobo library A-Z by either title or author and filtering to only unread)
* if I'm reading a book that is part of a series, instead of instantly buying the rest of the series if I really liked the book I'm reading - add those other books in the series to my "to buy AND read" list. I find if I instantly buy the other books, it just displaces the existing unread books.
* for physical unread books - be honest with yourself about whether you will truly ever read the book. If you're not going to read it, and you don't have specific reasons for keeping the book, then kindly rehome it to someone who will read it.
* last one as a reader with a limited book budget - as much as those free books through BookFunnel & Prolific Works help stretch the book budget... consider if I truly need to take advantage of the book offer since I can only read so many books (I'll note that I did grab the book from this newsletter since it's one I will read)
Thanks, Lyn! These are great tips. :) I do like the idea of resorting the books so they're in a different order. I can't read from a straight up list because of the mood reading thing, but I could go down the list until one caught my attention. And I hear you on the free books. I did stop doing that a long time ago--downloading something just because it was free or a good deal. I only buy the deals if it's a book I already had on my wishlist.
My TBR / TBL is hopeless. I am a one-click addict and I can't resist a sale when Audible has one. As a result I have more books/audiobooks that I will ever be able to read in my lifetime (I'm already over 65). I'd probably have to live until about 300 and never buy another book/audiobook from today forward. I can guarantee that neither of those things is going to happen. LOL
The home page of The Storygraph shows 4 random options from your TBR pile whenever you log in, and I've been finding that actually makes older titles feel new and shiny again, like a grab bag of things I've already decided I wanted to read but may have forgotten about. I'm a mood reader too and sometimes something will pop out at me and it feels like the right time to read it.
If you don't use The Storygraph, you could randomly choose some books from your TBR (close your eyes and point! choose some random numbers and find which books fall at those points on your list!), or as Lyn suggested, I've gone back to the very beginning of my TBR to see if something jumps out at me (or even whether it's time to take it off the list). Looking forward to hearing others' suggestions!
Thanks! I have a Storygraph account but have ignored it these past few months because I just find Goodreads easier to organize my books, but I need to go back over there sometimes. I remember liking that suggestion feature.
Oh, how I identify with all 5 of your points. I don't think readers ever have enough or too many books. The shiny new covers get me every time and I find myself checking out book from Libby when I see books that sound interesting. I have more books checked out than I could read in a month. What a life!
Yes, it is definitely one of the better problems to have. Too many books! :)
Hope you had a Happy Birthday!
Thank you for the freebie!
My physical TBR is embarrassing and my kindle is bad, too. I have no advice. I ordered four books last night, but two are sports books for my husband.
Going to watch Hocus Pocus 2 this weekend.
Thank you! And I have Hocus Pocus 2 on my list as well. :)
I am so excited to see that film based on Hendrix. I really enjoyed Final Girl Support Group and the Book Club one. I love horror movies.
Have you seen The Invitation? I saw it in theaters a few weeks ago.
And I love that your books can be claimed on your taxes. As a teacher in Canada, I can't claim my laptop purchase let alone the books I purchase for my classroom (or that I purchase for myself and then they end up in my classroom!!!)
Ooh, I haven't seen The Invitation. I need to add that too my list. :)
I hope you enjoy. I liked it!!
I posted on Twitter me organizing my TBR stacks. I read books for myself, and for a local bookstore to recommend for schools ..... so so many books. I need another vacation just to put a bigger dent in my piles!!!
I think a vacation just for reading sounds like a great idea! lol
I'm afraid to count how many books I have in my TBR mountain; it has to be in the hundreds. I'm out of shelf space so I need to cull my collection again. I'm a hard core mood reader too. Right now it's paranormal. Tomorrow it could be something completely different. I tried reading a contemporary last night but I couldn't do it because that's not what I want to read right now. It also doesn't help that I discovered r/RomanceBooks on Reddit. Readers will throw out requests for book recommendations and I'm like I didn't know I needed that in my life. I've found so many good books that I may not have considered before or even heard about, but it also doesn't help my book buying habit.
When I do go through my books I try to be honest with myself if I'll ever truly read something. I've had books for years that I did eventually read because the time was right. Otherwise, I've got nothing for suggestions.
r/RomanceBooks is a huge contributor to my TBR too! I also will add a book to my TBR because I heard about it there, but then forget the reason why I added it. I wish I could read all of the books I hear about right away, but the recommendations keep coming in so fast!
yes, this is a problem for me too. I hear something recommended and am excited right them to read it but by the time I get to it, I forget--now why did i want this one again?
Oh I haven't even heard of that Reddit. I think I need to stay far, far away! lol
Not really. I try not to buy too many books (both budget and space being issues). And I have realized that if I own a book I am LESS likely to read it promptly because I can read it any time, right?
I am a major library patron, and I have a ton of books from there awaiting attention. I run across a recommendation, or an author I love comes out with a new book (present company included!) and I request it so I don’t forget. There is no way to control how long it takes to show up. Right now I have about 60 “dead tree” books in the house, about 12 of which are overdue. Only upside is that the libraries here are still not charging fines.
I have a folder of photos of book covers on my phone recording book titles I figured I would return and request again sometime. It helps me keep a record, but I almost never go back to it.
So many books, so little time!
I hear you on how owning a book makes you less likely to read it. I do tend to read a book more quickly if i have the pressure of needing to return it to the library.
OMG... I hear you on the TBR list/pile. I want to go through my physical and digital bookshelves to figure out how many un-read books I own. I already know that my digital is an embarrassingly high number which often leads to re-reading as the sheer number on unread books leaves me with decision fatigue.
My tips are:
* decide on a way to sort the books and read the first unread one in the list (for a while I was sorting my Kobo library A-Z by either title or author and filtering to only unread)
* if I'm reading a book that is part of a series, instead of instantly buying the rest of the series if I really liked the book I'm reading - add those other books in the series to my "to buy AND read" list. I find if I instantly buy the other books, it just displaces the existing unread books.
* for physical unread books - be honest with yourself about whether you will truly ever read the book. If you're not going to read it, and you don't have specific reasons for keeping the book, then kindly rehome it to someone who will read it.
* last one as a reader with a limited book budget - as much as those free books through BookFunnel & Prolific Works help stretch the book budget... consider if I truly need to take advantage of the book offer since I can only read so many books (I'll note that I did grab the book from this newsletter since it's one I will read)
Thanks, Lyn! These are great tips. :) I do like the idea of resorting the books so they're in a different order. I can't read from a straight up list because of the mood reading thing, but I could go down the list until one caught my attention. And I hear you on the free books. I did stop doing that a long time ago--downloading something just because it was free or a good deal. I only buy the deals if it's a book I already had on my wishlist.
I hear you on the mood reading. Often I need to go down the list until one catches my attention.
I've also learned to delete ebooks that I DNF otherwise I end up DNF the same book multiple times.
I keep track of my DNFs in my reading journal (and why I DNFed them) and that has been very helpful so that i don't forget.
My TBR / TBL is hopeless. I am a one-click addict and I can't resist a sale when Audible has one. As a result I have more books/audiobooks that I will ever be able to read in my lifetime (I'm already over 65). I'd probably have to live until about 300 and never buy another book/audiobook from today forward. I can guarantee that neither of those things is going to happen. LOL
Maybe we all just need to be bitten by vampires so we can be immortal and have enough time to finish our TBRs. ;)
DMed you on twitter :)