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I may not know what that is, but it will be there when I'm ready to read it.
That's kind of what I have been doing. I just feel like I am falling farther and farther behind. Maybe, I am looking at it backwards...
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If there is something you wanna read, then it's at the top of the pile.
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I added a "must read" shelf for those I want to make a note that they should be read next. You could even go with a "must read 1", "must read 2", etc. and prioritize them that way.What I've been adding to the "must read" shelf is anything that had a particularly appealing description, or had a rating of above 4 on both Amazon and GoodReads, with a number of reviewed.
Since I've been downloading 15-20 free Kindle books each day, I needed something to remind me which were the best for my next read. To tell the truth, I'm surprised how few of the free books have been terrible. I always figure I can quickly delete the free book off my Kindle if I don't like it, but have only done it rarely.
I know how you feel, Bill. My TRB list is humongous. But I look at it as something that exists not for me to conquer but to glance at when I am desperate for something to read and haven't seen a good suggestion posted at HA lately. But most books I read aren't plan, I just somehow fall assbackward into them.I do have a friend-recommends shelf that lets me know that someone at HA has raved about a book, I've looked it up and read the description, and it looks like a sure winner. I try to get to them first.
But my next read is usually a spur-of-the-moment thing: someone just talked up a great book; someone asked for a buddy read; I just saw that a book is out I've been waiting for; I pick up my Kindle and scroll through it.
Hell, it's all good!
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I made an On Deck Circle TBR -meaning read these next!
Yeahhh...didn't work. :)
I think maybe I just get myself all wound up and overwhelmed by the volume. I should probably learn not to take myself so seriously and just enjoy the backlog : ) I won’t throw away my list, but I think I may just try and go with the flow. As Tressa says “Hell, it’s all good!” …and it is!
My TBR list is also out of control. I have a tendency to read the latest and greatest rather than something I bought last month or even last year. So - to make sure that alll my TBR books have an equal chance to go to the top of the list, I have Calibre select the next book to read. It's working well.
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If that makes any sense, which it probably doesn't. :)
Sure it makes sense, Charlene. I'm pretty flexible with what I read...and I don't download anything unless I think I'm going to absolutely love it. So the Calibre deal works for me.
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Charlene wrote: "I'm in the same boat. I made an On Deck Circle TBR -meaning read these next!
Yeahhh...didn't work. :)"
HAHA! We will just have to muddle through it together, Charlene!
I don't manage it. I pick my next book based on what I feel like reading at that moment, not what my TBR list looks like. They are in the order that I put them there.
I have the same problem. I typically read just what I feel like at the moment. Though I do have books that I have been wanting to read forever and just haven't started them. I also feel overwhelmed with the amount of books on my TBR list.So I have installed bookshelves into my closet, one is too high to reach so I have to give it effort with a ladder to reach it and a lower shelf that I can reach with ease. I keep the books I REALLY want to read on the lower shelf and the books that I want to read eventually on the top shelf.
Since the top shelf takes effort, I find my self sticking to the bottom shelf which is nice and fixes the problem of what to read next.
As for the overwhelming issue, I have the bottom shelf smaller than the top, that way fewer books are there and I can focus on those and completely ignore the top shelf and my list looks smaller visually. Once I finish a book I put it on the top shelf.
As the bottom shelf gets empty I put books from the top shelf that weren't a priority onto it.
Maybe try something like that? If it makes sense at all haha.
I really want to get a better system in my TB. I really liked what Randy Dec 22 is doing "Must read 1- Must read 2" and I liked Tressa Friends-Recommended. So I will be working on my TBR utilizing Randy's an Tressa's systems.
Let's see where it will get me. ;-)
Me I just go with the flow. All my TBR books are in the cupboards and drawers under the TV, so when I'm ready for a new one, I just go rootin' around until I come up with one that calls out to me. Then I go with it. Unless I'm joining in a group or buddy read, then I'll read that one. But usually it's just whatever I'm feeling when I go pick.
I've never managed my tbr list very well. I always get sidetracked or trying to squeeze in another book. This year I'm doing something different. I want to read longer/larger books. I'm lowering my goal of how many to read. I made two lists of books I would like to read next year each with 13 books.
Khadija wrote: "I really want to get a better system in my TB. I really liked what Randy Dec 22 is doing "Must read 1- Must read 2" and I liked Tressa Friends-Recommended. So I will be working on my TBR utilizing ..."Khadija, I really get psyched about reading ASAP books my friends here recommend, hence my "friends recommended" shelf. I don't want their suggestions to get lost in my long list of TBR books.
I have no problem changing my mind about which book I'm reading next. Sometimes I have one picked out, but if a friend really praises a book, I try to grab it.
I have so many books on my TBR stack that I gave up trying to manage them years ago. I just go with the flow and pick up what strikes at that time. Pretty scientific, right?
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I don't manage; I try and fail miserably. Between the Recommendations tab; recommendations from friends, recommendations from groups and then seeing everyone's reviews for "an awesome book"; my TBR is hopeless. It is huge, like an ass during christmas dinner. I have created lists that only show how ridiculous my list is; so I have only 6 lists.. i think... what to read, what to buy, what i own, etc. The only way I have kept it in check is getting rid of the TBRs based upon the giveaways i have entered and have failed to win. If it was an iffy book anyway; I will remove it; but not always. I have entered and won great books... soooo... :O
All the books on my TBR shelf are the books I actually own in paper format, from time to time I read a book from there depending on my mood. This year I haven't really done that so much because I've been reading so many books from the library and lately on Kindle. I do try to make sure the books on my TBR shelf are the ones I have interest in, if that is no longer the case I downsize. I don't add books to my TBR shelf I don't own...the ones I come across and they look good or by authors I love or were recommended highly on HA, those go on my amazon wish list. I try not to overwhelm myself. With the Kindle, I just seem to stockpile books and read them on a whim, since they are free and don't take up any physical space, I don't feel the need to manage them.
Randy wrote: "I added a "must read" shelf for those I want to make a note that they should be read next. You could even go with a "must read 1", "must read 2", etc. and prioritize them that way.What I've been ..."
Randy, where do you get all the free Kindle books? My son got a Kindle for Christmas and I'd like to point him to the free stuff.
thanks !
Goodreads is such a great tracking system. Not sure how I survived without it before! I currently have 1000 TBR. Seriously, that exact number as of today lol. About a 100 are free ebooks, the rest books. I keep them on bookshelves by genre, then author name order. Don't seperate the TBR from read as there's too many.
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Jaye wrote: "Randy, where do you get all the free Kindle books?"Mainly from visiting here every day:
http://www.ereaderiq.com/free/
I have a profile I click on that shows me all the free books since I last visited (usually daily, since the offerings change each day), in the genres of Horror, SF, and Fantasy, sorted by average customer review.
I typically download 10-20 books each day. If they have a rating higher than 4 on both Amazon and GoodReads, they usually go on my "Must Read" list. Or if the description particularly appeals to me in some way, I may download it directly to my Kindle Paperwhite.
I do need to update GoodReads with each purchase I do, but that only takes a few seconds to do the search and add the shelves.
I also have a number of RSS feeds that tell me when something free and new shows up in the top rated lists, or free and has a new tag on it that I'm interested in.
For example, a Yahoo pipe that creates an RSS feed of free books that have recently been tagged with "Zombie":
http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run...
Or, the Amazon RSS for top free Historical Romance books:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/rss/top-free...
Randy wrote: "Jaye wrote: "Randy, where do you get all the free Kindle books?"Mainly from visiting here every day:
http://www.ereaderiq.com/free/
I have a profile I click on that shows me all the free book..."
Thank you very much for all the useful information !
I will pass it along.
thanks again, Randy.
I just added a "you own these books, read them next" shelf for my TBR. I have a problem with buying new books when I still have ones I haven't read yet. My excuse to my husband is "buying new books makes me happy!" To which he replies: "No. No more." haha
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I may go insane, but I'll be well read when I get there...
Hold the presses. Bandit got a Kindle? When did this happen? I'm sure this isn't something I'd forget.
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I got a Kindle last year as an insanely generous gift from my HA friend, it just took me this long to start using it. Now I use it a lot, though. I download all the great free books that Nikki finds for us. It's weird as a reading format, but very convenient and very OCD friendly :)
Quality problem, I know.
So, here is my question, I am curious how do you manage your TBR list? Do you have a system to pick your next read?