The TBR Challenge!

Posted March 18, 2008 by Rowena in News | 5 Comments

Hey guys!
Is anyone participating in Avidreader’s TBR Challenge? I think it’ll be a great one and I think we all have TBR piles that go on and on and don’t quit so we should totally all participate in this…more information below.

 

From Her Site:

Just curious to know how many books do most of you have in your TBR piles? At last count I had 783 books. That is not counting a) ebooks or b) graphic novels. Most of the books I plan to spotlight on TBR Day are books that are really, really old. Books I’ve hung onto for years. At the other end of the spectrum – how many readers do not have a TBR pile?

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I use to always rationalize why my TBR pile was so large was because if the bottom fell out and I was out of a job – my TBR pile could sustain me for quite a few years. [g] I would love to one day do a true count but that takes a lot of work. Most of my books are in a temp controlled storage room 10 minutes away.

One of the biggest headaches for me having such a huge TBR stockpile is when the mood hits me – I like to rearrange them. Or when I see a great review of an older book, I have to go looking for it and that means rearranging them again. Anyway, this will be the year of reading out of my TBR pile because while having hundreds of books around me is reassuring, it is also annoying.

I still buy new books but not as many as I did when I first started reading. Over the years my spending has steadily decreased. Plus and I know many booksellers don’t want to hear this either but since buying and reading ebooks – my bookstore visits have been decreased even further. I love to browse but I would never buy anything. I usually end up buying books for somebody else. Anyway, I think I’ve rambled enough. TBR Day starts this Wed. Can’t wait to see what good books readers found in their TBR piles.

Gather up those books in the TBR and get the reading, the challenge starts tomorrow! =)


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5 responses to “The TBR Challenge!

  1. This is totally me! I’m sure I’m at about 1500 in my TBR pile, and adding to it by the day. What I really need to do is purge those books I have no intention of ever reading, though that will probably only cut the stack down by about 250 books tops.

    I’m going to challenge myself to read at least two books from my TBR pile a month, with one of those being a book that’s been on the pile for at least two years.

  2. Rowena

    Hey guys,

    I’ll have to start this next week as well because I just found out about this the day before it actually happened so I’ll start late but I’m so in this challenge! =)

  3. Rowena

    Farrah Rochon,

    1500 books? HOLY CRAP, That’s a library right there…someday, I’ll be there but I’m definitely not there now…do you have a special room just for your books? That is totally what I’m going to do. *sigh*

    Katiebabs,

    I want that kind of library!

    Sarai,

    Then I can’t wait to read what you guys have got going….=)

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