Mount TBR 2018 discussion
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JANUARY 2018:TBR Books Read -
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TBR started at 140.
TBR is now down to: 132
I broke my own rule and bought a few books without immediately reading them. That means I Capture the Castle, Daughter of the Pirate King and Valley of the Dolls were all added to my TBR. If I wouldn't have gotten them, my TBR would have been at my goal for the month, which was 129. Still, I don't think I did too badly. I read Thunderhead right away, which was good. And I already read Winter last year but needed it in paperback to match my set. Love that series so much.
Good luck and happy climbing
Hilary S wrote: "Good luck and happy climbing"thanks! :)
FEBRUARY 2018:TBR Books Read -
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* returned that POS.TBR started at 132.
TBR is now down to: 128
Went to Ollie's Bargain Outlet and got 4 books for $1.99 each. Couldn't resist. Don't even feel bad about it. Overall, don't think I did too great this month. I wanted to get my physical TBR down to at least 125 (and I would have if I didn't buy those Ollie's books hehe). Goal for next month is to get my TBR down to 120 or less!
MARCH 2018:TBR Books Read -
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TBR started at 128.
TBR is now down to: 123
- Okay, so I kind of messed up this month because I got into the mood to go to the library and ended up reading a bunch of books not on my TBR instead. I'm not exactly mad about it, but I do wish I would have had time to read more of my own books this month. I don't think I did too badly with book buying this month. When I was at Ollie's this month, I started to look at the books, but didn't really feel like buying any, so that's progress!
- Got Children of Blood and Bone for my birthday (already read it from the library and LOVED IT!!)
- Decided to unhaul two unread books (books 2 and 3 of Mistborn). I pretty much never unhaul an unread book. Progress or just wasteful? I can't decide.
- Decided to ask for the Lux series for my birthday because I am trash. xD Before adding those books, my TBR was actually down to 119 - lower than my goal of 120!
I hope you find I Capture the Castle as fantastic I did. I think it will earn its keep and totally justify its purchase :)
Karen wrote: "I hope you find I Capture the Castle as fantastic I did. I think it will earn its keep and totally justify its purchase :)"Thank you. 5 star reads have been hard to come by this year for me. I hope I love it!
APRIL 2018:TBR Books Read -
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TBR started at 123.
TBR is now down to: 121
Goal is to get TBR down to 115.
Went to Ollie's and got 4 books for under $10. Already read and 5 starred three of them and really, REALLY wanted to read Roots anyway so I got that too. 2 of the books were just replacement copies for really old/gross versions of books I already had. So that only technically adds one book to my TBR that I planned on reading anyway. Not bad.
Spent the majority of the month reading the Lux series that I bought last month so it doesn't count for this challenge but did still technically lower my TBR anyway. Also read 4 library books because I HAD to. Once I read The Raven Boys, I couldn't NOT figure out what happens next. No regerts. Not even a single letter.
I like the way you are keeping a tally of books in and out! I think I will try that approach, starting in April. Good luck w your challenge!
I like this tracking format you're using for your climbing & TBR! I might do it at the end of every month, at least the books hauled & unhauled part! Good climbing!
Pam wrote: "I like the way you are keeping a tally of books in and out! I think I will try that approach, starting in April. Good luck w your challenge!"Thanks. :) It seemed the easiest way to me. Good luck to you too.
Natália wrote: "I like this tracking format you're using for your climbing & TBR! I might do it at the end of every month, at least the books hauled & unhauled part! Good climbing!"Thank you. :) Have fun tackling your TBR.
MAY 2018:TBR Books Read -
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TBR started at 121.
TBR is now down to: 113
Goal is to not worry about it.
Overall climb progress: 35/60
I feel like I've had a good month and I'm on track to reach my goal by the end of the year. I ended up losing my library card and since I'm too shy/lazy/cheap to go get another one, I cut back on my library usage for the time being and that's helped me focus on my own books.
JUNE 2018:TBR Books Read -
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TBR started at 113.
TBR is now down to: 104
-- 6/1: Goal is to read all of the books I bought this year so far and haven't read. Turns out that is 8 books so I feel pretty confident that I'll be able to do it. That way I'll be caught up for the year and won't have managed to make my TBR any longer.
-- 6/4: Scratch that, reverse it. It's 9 books now. Got The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo from Ollie's for $3.99! :D
-- 6/30: What a horrible awful slumpy ass month this was. Only technically finished 4 books this month. This coming after devouring 29 books in May. I wish I could say now that the month is over I'm feeling ready to read again, but at this point I'm still slumping hard.
Overall climb progress: 40/60
JULY 2018:TBR Books Read -
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TBR started at 104
TBR is now down to: 101
-- 7/1: Goal is to overcome the slump but not stress over it. I do better when I don't force myself to read. I would very much like to get my TBR down to 100 or less though. That would be cool.
-- 7/3: Got a free book from the library and a free bluray!
-- 7/10: So done with bullshit books. From now on, if a book I own sucks, I'm just throwing it out the window and forgetting about it forever. Let's face it. 2 years ago I was a book buying idiot. My tastes have changed. I no longer feel the need to read just any book that sounds cool. Nobody has time to read something they're not 100% excited to read in this world of a billion good books. On the bright side, I've definitely learned from my mistakes. I no longer buy random books just because they're cheap or I heard somebody talk about it, etc. Pretty much just been using the library and then when I read a book I love, I will plan to buy that instead of one I haven't read yet.
-- 7/31- Kind of interesting that I spent $0 on books this month. I didn't actually buy any. Just picked up a free one from the library cart. It's been a major long time since I bought 0 books. Not sure how I feel about it. Hopefully I get at least one book next month though.
Overall climb progress: 44/60
AUGUST 2018:TBR Books Read -
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TBR started at 101
TBR is now down to: 93
-- 8/1: Goal = No real goal for this month. Just keep reading whatever catches my fancy for now. TBR should dip down under 100 now, so YAY!
-- 8/26: Unhauling a bunch of unread books makes me sad but I'm seriously not going to force myself to finish a series I don't like. I just don't like wasting money.
-- 8/29: Happy with the progress I made this month. :)
--8/31: Weirdly enough, I counted and I unhauled the exact number of books that I bought this year. wtf. 32 bought. 32 unhauled.
Overall climb progress: 50/60
SEPTEMBER 2018:TBR Books Read -
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TBR started at 93
TBR is now down to: 90
-- 9/1: Goal = It would be nice to take 3 books off my TBR this month. That way it'd be down to 90 and I'd be up to 53. I'm rereading old favorites and I have some library holds so hopefully I can actually achieve this.
-- 9/29: Unintentionally read all purple books this month. lol Love it. I'm happy with what I got done since most of the month was dedicated to playing Persona 5 anyway.
Overall climb progress: 53/60
OCTOBER 2018:TBR Books Read -
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TBR started at 90
TBR is now down to: 85
-- 10/1: Goal = This may be a stretch, but my goal is to read 7 books off my tbr this month and complete the climb!
-- 10/30: My BTS obsession took away the majority of my reading time this month but I'm 100% okay with that. I feel confident that I will finish the challenge by next month, just need to read 3 more books! Wee! I also think that my book buying is totally under control now.
Overall climb progress: 57/60
NOVEMBER 2018:TBR Books Read -
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TBR started at 85
TBR is now down to: 80
-- 11/1: Goal - Read three books and finish the challenge!
-- 11/21: Completed challenge!!
Overall climb progress: 61/60
DECEMBER 2018:TBR Books Read -
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TBR started at 80
TBR is now down to: 76
-- 12/1: No goals. Just do whatever this month.
12/8: This month is obviously Christmas and so there will be some books being hauled this month. I'm not about to feel bad about it any time soon. Most of the books I got this month were books I already read and loved so it doesn't add much to the TBR anyhow.
12/26: So that's pretty much it for the year. My goal a year ago was to get my TBR down to around 75. It's at 76. Close enough. lol I WIN 2018!
Overall climb progress: 64/60
Congrats on completing your challenge!!
Jessika wrote: "Congrats on completing your challenge!!"thank you! :)
Congrats Kristen! I see you even made some extra miles circling the peak :)
Sam wrote: "Congrats Kristen! I see you even made some extra miles circling the peak :)"haha yeah. Thanks. I'm glad I did this this year. (:
Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "Well done!"Thank you! Happy New Year!
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I'm officially out of shelf space and so I will be limiting the amount of books I can buy in 2018. My rule is that I can't buy it unless I need to read it ASAP and the library doesn't have it or I've already read it and love it and need it in my life. I don't want to keep adding any unread books that will sit for months or years at a time, basically. We'll see how that goes. haha
I also want to limit my library usage in 2018. My rule for myself is that I'm only allowed 1 library read after ever 3 TBR reads. Or basically around 3 library reads per month tops. This is counting physical library books and overdrive ones.
I'll probably only update once per month one big wrap up. Wish me luck!
Overall climb progress: 64/60 completed 11/21