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Me too, it selected some books I had truly forgotten about; my tbr is over 700:(
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Very brave Allanah to delete them all. Once in a while I weed out my list and find titles I wonder why I added . I need to do that again .
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I was thinking that when I cleared the list, I thought if I really want to read it, I will.
I figure if I haven't read it in twelve months, then I may never get to it. Maybe it will re-appear on my Recommendations and I'll add it at a later stage.I still find the Randomiser a good way to select books every now and then.
Bette BookAddict wrote: "A new way to select a book from your ever-growing To Be Read bookshelf. Why not let the Randomiser select your next book for you? Click on the link: http://www.random.org/integers/"
I use that on my group's bookshelf to choose the set of books to vote on for our next read. For us, it seems to work better than member nominations -- more likely to bring up less common but very discussable books.
I just did a spring-cleaning on my TBR list few days ago as well. Mine wasn't too long, but I get antsy about clutter so even a couple hundred was a lot to me. I decided to give myself this rule: if this book was put in my hands right now and I HAD to read it, would I think "bleh okay" or would I think "sure!"? If the answer was "sure!" then it stayed, otherwise I tossed it. I'm going to try to stick to this rule - no more shrugging my shoulders and saying "eh maybe someday" when adding to my TBR list. We'll see how well that works long-term ;)
How many did you end up with Shannon Noel?Since I've had a vision problem, I have a different view on the books. I can't bear the thought that I'll maybe not able to read all the books I want to. So I operate on GR with a the list of 30 books or less. It keeps me focused on what I intend/hope to read in the next few months.
If the list starts getting to 30, I look to see what to take off it. For example I'll probably take Remembrance of Things Past Swanns Way off it soon, since I'm no closer to reading it now than at any stage in the rest of my life. It will probably reappear at some stage!
@Gill I was reading about Proust the other day and I'm thinking about a year of Proust once I've finished Dante. It feels like something I have to read at some point but it is so so long it is a bit monumental and I do hate the idea of not reading anything else
It is interesting how each of us uses the to-be-read shelf. I use it here as a place to stash books that people recommend to me or I see a review that looks good or one of my friends has given a 5 star rating to. So most of the books I actually already own (in print or on my Kindle) don't go into my TBR... I guess that I am really using it as a shopping list for when I am at the library or in a bookstore! There are some exceptions of course.In any case, I don't really use it to decide what to read next very often, although I will reorganize it so that books on it that I plan to read soon will be closer to the top.
Gill wrote: "How many did you end up with Shannon Noel?"There's 160 on there right now - it was somewhere in the low 200s before I cleaned, can't quite remember. So, not too bad.
I'm so sorry about your vision trouble. I wouldn't be able to bear that thought either. :( That's a great system, limiting it to 30. I do something similar where I have a smaller TBR list, my "priority list." That one has 45 on it and it's the books that sound the most appealing to me right now or that I've been meaning to get to.
I wish goodreads had a shopping list section! I like to make a note if books I want to read but don't own and books I already own and want to read but they all have to go on one tbr list
Heather you can add another shelf and give it whatever name you want. I have three wish-list shelves, and it is from there I usually buy (bad libraries) and choose books. I still like to keep all the other books since I switch books around from shelves as my interests change.
I have done that but it annoys me they have to be on one of the 3 shelves
I really do not understand, Heather, you can have as many shelves as you wish. I have probably more than one hundred shelves. I shelve books by topic and location and how much I want to read them.
Heather, if you make your wishlist shelf exclusive, then you can move books from your to read shelf, so it doesn't appear on both. I think that's what you mean?
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My 'tbr' on Goodreads is like over 1000. I want to narrow it down to the ones I actually own. I usually add anything I am interested in to it.
Alannah wrote: "That's a good idea Shirley. I didn't know you could do that, makes it a lot easier. Thanks."I've just made two exclusive lists - a "to read" list (books I already own) and a wish list - books I would like to read but don't own. I am going to thin out my wishlist too!
Becca wrote: "My 'tbr' on Goodreads is like over 1000. I want to narrow it down to the ones I actually own. I usually add anything I am interested in to it."At the bottom of the review page, you can 'tick' a box if you own a book. Remember to then 'save' your review. I wonder if that would help you.
Then, at the bottom of your Bookshelf page, it has a shelf called 'owned'.
@Allanah , you inspired me to clean out my to read list . I wasn't brave enough to delete the whole thing but I did go from 287 to 195 . I may do another run through . For a long time I tried to keep it at 100 which but then it crept up .
Heather wrote: "I have done that but it annoys me they have to be on one of the 3 shelves"At first I thought maybe you didn't realize you can add shelves, but I THINK I understand now (maybe)... So, your books can go on multiple shelves, yes, but it bugs you that they HAVE to go on either Read, Currently Reading, or Want to Read. Am I understanding correctly? I'm not sure I understand the problem though because you either have read a book or want to read a book - would you add a book you have no interest in? And if you're shopping for a book, that means you want to read it, right? That's where I'm confuzzled.
You CAN have multiple TBR lists - is that the issue? You just add the book to your "Want to Read" and then whatever other shelf you want. For instance I have a "priority list" with books that I want to read before the others.
@shannon I have to Be Read, a might read and a next-up schedule shelf. All are exclusive. You could have a To be Read and a Priority TBR shelf, maybe?
In one of my other groups, every May they have a challenge called 'mount tbr' and you make a list of 25 books from your tbr shelf numbered from 25-1. When you finish a book you get points. If the book was listed at #23 you'd get 23 points and depending on how many pages it was you get more points i.e. 1-300 =2 points, 301-500= 4 points 501-700= 6 points, 701+=8 points. Was quite a good idea I thought.
I've just been looking at this thread and then my shelves. So if I've understood this correctly does this mean I can have an exclusive shelf completely separate from the tbr, currently reading, and read shelves?
Gill wrote: "I've just been looking at this thread and then my shelves. So if I've understood this correctly does this mean I can have an exclusive shelf completely separate from the tbr, currently reading, and..."Yes, I've just done that with my shelves to differentiate between what I actually own and need to read, and those I don't own.
@Gill Yes, you can have as many exclusive shelves as you wish. I have ten!read (1300)
currently-reading (3)
to-read (775)
abandoned (2)
books-i-wont-read (1)
did-not-like (2)
might-read (18)
next-up-schedule (4)
on-hold (2)
print-too-small (13)
reading-to-hayley (2)
to-re-read (1)
tried-but-not-for-me (39)
will-never-read (2)
Thanks, everyone. I can't remember at the moment what I originally wanted an exclusive shelf for, I'm sure it will come back to me some time!
Within the past week I added about ten more books to mine! I am reading three that are not even on there. The next book I read I will go to my date-added and read one of the oldest ones I added.
I mainly use the app so the shelving is a bit less clear. I think I need to create an exclusive shelf.
I often have books I want to remember as recommended to me but I might want to look them up later before adding to my TBR. I don't have the time to add multiple shelves so a tbr soon and a tbr later would be perfect for me
I often have books I want to remember as recommended to me but I might want to look them up later before adding to my TBR. I don't have the time to add multiple shelves so a tbr soon and a tbr later would be perfect for me
Gill wrote: "Thanks, everyone. I can't remember at the moment what I originally wanted an exclusive shelf for, I'm sure it will come back to me some time!"Replying to myself! What I want the exclusive shelf for, is to keep a list of the non-fiction books that I have on my kindle. It's not that any of them are vital to read in the near future but if I don't have a list handy I'm never going to get round to reading any of them.
@Gill Why not call it non-fiction tbr?@Heather A rec tbr?
Not sure if you two were asking a question.
Bette BookAddict wrote: "@Gill Why not call it non-fiction tbr?@Heather A rec tbr?
Not sure if you two were asking a question."
I'm sorted with it now, Bette. Thanks
I wasn't really asking a questions as I know the answer, just don't like it! Shelves aren't great on the app, I don't think. Something the developers need to work on
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I have noticed that too.
Oh darn, I guess I'll clean mine out...just to see how my interests have evolved!
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