Books of 2017

[brigdh]

I will eventually get around to posting a recap of all my 2016 reading, but first I wanted to post about my new project for 2017: Mount TBR. The idea is simply to get as many books off your TBR (to-be-read) list as possible, whether that means clearing out your Kindle's harddrive or getting physical books off your shelves.

While I do have plenty of ebooks stored that I've been meaning to get around to someday, my main problem is the physical books I've picked up on sudden impulses at second-hand bookstores or been given as gifts:



Yes, those are all unread books. Even the ones in the piles to side. Yes, the shelves are double-stacked. Clearly I've needed to start reducing their numbers for a while now.

I first heard of the Mount TBR challenge from just_ann_now; you can officially sign up on GoodReads or on the challenge starter's blog, and there are levels you can commit to – 12 books is Pike's Peak, 100 books is Mount Everest, etc. However, I think personally I'm going to be lazy and not join any particular group, but simply clear off as much of this bookcase as I can manage in twelve months.

We'll see if that doesn't just tempt me to acquire more.

Comments

[sholio]

Can I ever relate to this. I did a book purge last year, or maybe the year before, and finally got rid of some books I'd literally been carting around with me since college -- through multiple cross-country moves -- in the expectation that I might someday read them. hahahaha NO, after 20 years I don't think it's happening. And I STILL have a large box of unread books that keeps getting deeper.

So yeah, this might be something I should try, too.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Ha, I can't quite commit to dumping anything unread yet, though some of these books are probably at least 10 years old. But if I didn't take on this project, it may soon reach that point!