Niamh's 2021 Challenge: Reduce the Kindle TBR

[Niamh]

A couple years ago, I set my personal challenge as reading books I owned a physical copy of but was yet to read. I managed to reduce my print TBR by about 30, because I kept buying more print books to replace the ones I had finished.

This year, it's time to tackle the Kindle TBR. I started the year with 364 unread books on my Kindle, and I'm aiming to get that down to 300. Knowing me, I'm likely to have a similar issue to the last challenge, as I'll keep buying more e-books to read as I cross some off the list, but that's future me's problem, and more books isn't bad in the long run.

[Niamh]

Niamh's 2021 Challenge - Reduce the Kindle TBR
Last edited: 01/01/2022
Books read: 22
Current TBR count: 354

1. The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler 4🌟
2. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren 4🌟
3. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson 4🌟
4. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 3.5🌟
5. Fable by Adrienne Young 4.5🌟
⛔Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks (AA) - DNF at 20% (book taken off TBR count, not added to read count)
6. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom 5🌟
7. My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life by Rachel Cohn 4🌟
8. One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London 4.5🌟
9. No Ordinary Star by M.C. Frank 4🌟
10. The Queen's Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz 3🌟
11. The Voyage to Magical North by Claire Fayers 3.5🌟
12. The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand 4🌟
13. Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List 3🌟
14. My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren 4🌟
15. The Protected by Claire Zorn 4🌟
16. Losing It by Cora Carmack 4🌟
17. The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth 4🌟
18. Matched by Ally Condie 4🌟
19. Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak (AA) 4🌟
20. All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace 3🌟
21. Skyhunter by Marie Lu 4🌟
22. Everyone We've Been by Sarah Everett 4🌟

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good luck Niamh - a great challenge. I think we all do the same thing, don't we!!! At least we'll never have a lack of reading material :)

[Niamh]

I found a couple books that had somehow been added to my "to read" Kindle folder twice, so my count remaining has jumped down by 3 or so. I need to go through my Kindle and figure out if there's any more that I've already read that are in the "to read" folder, and also download a couple books I've bought since last connecting the Kindle to the internet, so we'll see what all that fiddling around does to my TBR count

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good luck!!

[Niamh]

Finished going through the Kindle and downloading all the new books, and the TBR count is now up to 373 🤦‍♀️📖

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

!! I wish mine was only 373 ;)

[Sarah]

Niamh wrote: "Finished going through the Kindle and downloading all the new books, and the TBR count is now up to 373 🤦‍♀️📖"

A worthy challenge, Niamh - best of luck!

[Wild]

I'm definitely guilty of doing both that's for sure. And now, for some of my favourite books, I've been buying the Audible version so I can keep the story going to & from work driving (if I wasn't driving I'd be reading myself but the blue unies don't like you distracted driving lol).

Best wishes on reaching your goal Niamh.

[Niamh]

Ahaha oops, despite this challenge, I've been reading print books, so I've only just hit 5 e-books read this year 😅

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha! That's funny Niamh!!

[Niamh]

Most of the rest of the books I've chosen for the two annual A-Z challenges are on my Kindle. I was reading print books I'd chosen for the Summer Challenge before deciding Kindle TBR would be my personal 2021 challenge

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's fair enough - and it's only early days!

[Niamh]

Well, one way to take a book off the TBR count is to try reading it, not enjoying it, then giving up and counting it as a DNF. Unfortunately, I found myself slogging through the first 20% of Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks, not enjoying it at all, then finally made the call this morning to just list it as a DNF and move onto something I will enjoy more.