Kellyn's Attempt at Reduction

[Kellyn]

Today, February 17th 2017, I have 235 books in my to-read list. This is after I went through it and deleted hundreds of books that I'd probably never read. So ... here goes. :)

[Lana]

Good luck with that, Kell. (Honestly, I'm not entirely sure if I meant that to be sincere or sarcastic. Probably a little of both. :P ) Do you have a process that you're doing to try to read everything on your TBR?

[Kellyn]

Not really. I'm still trying to come up with something that would actually work for me.

[Lana]

Maybe you could have a limit of like five books to add to your TBR every month, but you have to read ten of them each month. Or you could just have a goal to read a certain amount every month.

[Lana]

How has this been going? Any closer now?

[Kellyn]

So now I have 267. So yeah, I'm closer ... to be smothered by my to-read list. xD This is not working for me ...

[Lana]

Well, you know, the first thing you do when you're in debt is to spend less than you make. So you have to add less to your TBR than you take off of it. Because that's the easiest thing in the world to do. :P

[Kellyn]

I'd have to actually read more, then .... xD Seriously, though, I have over ten books on my to-read list ... and I feel like this is a problem ... ;)

[Lana]

*pats sympathetically* You can do it, Kell!

[Kellyn]

I still have 267. New rule: no adding any books to the to-read list. Only reading. Lots of reading.

Now I'm starting to think I need help reducing my currently-reading list ... :P

[Karis]

I've had to do the same rule at times.

[Kellyn]

And ... now it's 240! That's good, right?

[Karis]

Of course, any progress is still progress.

[Lana]

Yes, that is good! *high fives*

[Elle]

Good luck!!

[Kellyn]

AND NOW IT'S 245?!?!?! What the heck? I'm really bad at this ...

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Hey you're doing better than me! I have 1361 on the tbr list so far.... why do I love adding more to the pile instead of removing some? The world may never know. :P

[Kellyn]

Crystal wrote: "Hey you're doing better than me! I have 1361 on the tbr list so far.... why do I love adding more to the pile instead of removing some? The world may never know. :P"
Whoa ... :O Maybe you should go through it and see if there are any you don't want to read anymore or something.

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Kellyn wrote: "Crystal wrote: "Hey you're doing better than me! I have 1361 on the tbr list so far.... why do I love adding more to the pile instead of removing some? The world may never know. :P"
Whoa ... :O May..."

Yeah. I'm just concerned that I'll spend all day online debating whether that book is worth keep on my tbr or not... lol :)

[Kellyn]

Crystal wrote: "Kellyn wrote: "Crystal wrote: "Hey you're doing better than me! I have 1361 on the tbr list so far.... why do I love adding more to the pile instead of removing some? The world may never know. :P"
..."
Well, just delete it quickly. With your eyes closed. :P

[Kellyn]

EDIT: down to 242!

[Elle]

NICE! I assume some of that was deleting, right?

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Kellyn wrote: "Crystal wrote: "Kellyn wrote: "Crystal wrote: "Hey you're doing better than me! I have 1361 on the tbr list so far.... why do I love adding more to the pile instead of removing some? The world may ..."

Good idea! Disclaimer: I'd probably lead the mouse over to something random, missing the book, and blow up the computer... xD

[Kellyn]

Elise wrote: "NICE! I assume some of that was deleting, right?"
Yes, it was mostly deleting. :)

[Kellyn]

Crystal wrote: "Kellyn wrote: "Crystal wrote: "Kellyn wrote: "Crystal wrote: "Hey you're doing better than me! I have 1361 on the tbr list so far.... why do I love adding more to the pile instead of removing some?..."
Ha, that'd be me. :P