Down The TBR Hole is a meme created by Lia @ Lost in a Story that revolves around cleansing your TBR of all those books you’re never going to read and sort through it all to know what’s actually on there. It works like this:
- Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.
- Order on ascending date added.
- Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more if you're feeling adventurous) books. Of course if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last time.
- Read the synopses of the books.
- Decide: Keep it or let it go?
So I made a comment the other day about wanting to be more active on the blog again, and so Joood, my arch-nemesis, bossed me into joining this meme. I'm just going to warn you that this is going to be an exercise in futility for me, because I add dozens of books to my to-read shelf on Goodreads every day as I enter literally all of the giveaways. But that is also going to add another element to my posts, because I refuse to completely break up with a giveaway win, at least for now. I may change my mind on that in the future. But also, since my shelf is so crazy out of control and only getting worse, I'm going to have to go through way more than ten books per post. So for now, my posts will be light on graphics, and I'm only going to explain the books I'm keeping. Let's go, shall we?
At the end of my last list, I'd managed to whittle my list down to 139,458, but since it was the 15th, I entered a WHOLE lot of giveaways (because more giveaways end in the middle of the month than on most days). So this is where we're starting today.
Current To Read Count: 139,526
Selfless Love by Ellen Birx - Goodbye
Second Verse by Jennifer Walkup - Adios
Auntie Maim: Revenge of the Homophones by David Tish - See ya later
Starlight by Mimi Strong - This book appears to be out of print, so away it goes
Paternity by Susan Baruch - Ciao
Fields of the Fatherless by Elaine Marie Cooper - TTFN
Something Yellow by Laura Templeton - Auf wiedersehen
An Illicit Pursuit by Liv Bennett - I can't find this book on Amazon, so it may have been unpublished or renamed. Either way, off the list it goes
The Aquatic Labyrinth by Alastair Fontana - Boy bye
Avalon by Mindee Arnett - Sayonara (10)
Evertrue by Brodi Ashton - Hasta la vista
Her Dark Curiosity by Megan Shepherd - Later
Warrior by Ellen Oh - Bye for now
The Promise of Amazing by Robin Constantine - Adios
Succubus by Gladys Quintal - See ya
The Obvious Game by Rita Arens - Goodbye
The Birth of a Phoenix by Candice Snow - This book seems to be out of print, so it's coming off the list.
Madeline's Protector by Vanessa Riley - Ciao
Body Sculpting with Kettlebells for Men by Roger Hall - Don't need this book
For the Benefit of Those Who See by Rosemary Mahoney - I won a copy of this book, so it stays. (20)
Hacking Leadership by Mike Myatt - Auf wiedersehen
The Lucifer Genome by Glen Craney and John Jeter - TTFN
Sexy Witches by Charity Parkerson - Bye
Death of the Body by Rick Chiantaretto - Hasta la vista
Plaster Scene by Michael J. Holley - Sayonara
Splatterlands by various authors - Later
Vagrant Kings by R.E. Graswich - Goodbye
WOD Motivation by Eleanor Brown - Don't need this
A Lifetime to Wait by Jackie Mae - I think I won a copy of this book, so it stays for now.
Sun Dance at Turtle Rock by Patricia Costa Viglucci - Adios (30)
The Kota by Sunshine Somerville - See ya
Revontuli by Andrew Eddy - Auf wiedersehen
The Great Heist by Jeff McArthur - Ciao
Ayshus on the Inside by Richard Gist - This can go
Close Quarter by Anna Zabo - TTFN
Cora's Heart by Rachel Herron - Bye
Denial Deceit Discovery by J. James - Hasta la vista
Her Unexpected Cowboy by Debra Clopton - Sayonara
When the Siren Calls by Tom Barry - Later
Choices of Fate by S. Simone Chavous - Not keeping this one (40)
Mystery of the Ballerina Ghost by Janelle Diller - Goodbye
In the Dying Eyes of Night by Dawn Peers - This book is out of print, so off my list it goes
Saltwater Witch by Chris Howard - I didn't win a copy of this book, but it sounds really intriguing, so I'm keeping it on my list for now.
On Top of Your Game by Carrie Cheadle - Don't really need this
Dead Stock by Tim Hall - See ya
The Summer House by Alice Thomas Ellis - Adios
Klondike House by John Dwyer - Auf wiedersehen
High Road to Tibet by John Dwyer - This can go
Flashover by Colin T. Nelson - Ciao
The Exiles Return by Elizabeth de Waal - TTFN (50)
The Final Taboo by Dan Wasserman - Bye
Theirs to Cherish by Shayla Black - Hasta la vista
Melting the Ice by Jaci Burton - Sayonara
The Devil Laughed by Gerrie Ferris Finger - Later
Johnny Came Home by Tony Breedon - Goodbye
Luckbane by Tony Breedon - This one goes
The Ghost of the Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin - See ya
Beyond the Door by Maureen Doyle McQuerry - Adios
Pure Grit by Mary Cronk Farrell - This can go
Parent's Guidebook to Minecraft by Cori Dusmann - Don't need this (60)
Undead of Winter edited by Sarah Glenn - Auf wiedersehen
The Lost Boys by Lilian Carmine - Ciao
The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics by various editors - Getting rid of this one
Linear Shift by Paul B. Kohler - Bye
Bound by Lorelei James - TTFN
Unremarried Widow by Artis Henderson - Hasta la vista
The Ascendant by Drew Chapman - This goes
The Beasts of Upton Puddle by Simon West-Bulford - This seems to be out of print, so away it goes
The Wolf by Joseph Smith - Sayonara
Birthright by Barry Ahern - Later (70)
Fearsome by S.A. Wolfe - Goodbye
The Clockwork God by Jamie Sedgwick - See ya
Come Little Children by D. Melhoff - This can go
Our Time by Jessica Wilde - Ciao
Perfect by Rachel Joyce - Auf wiedersehen
Lunchbox Jokes: Animals by Deana Gunn - Don't need this one
Nightmares of Caitlin Lockyer by Demelza Carlton - Bye
Keeping Minds by Vinal Lang - This one goes
Loving Her by C.M. Hutton - I think this is out of print now, so off my list it goes
Doubt by Anne-Rae Vasquez - TTFN (80)
A Gift for Jarrod by Lizzie Ashworth - Not going to need this one
Y: A Novel by Marjorie Celona - Hasta la vista
Edited to Death by Linda Lee Peterson - Sayonara
Ramblings and Rhymes by Arietta Bryant - This goes
Behold the Lamb by C. Austin Tucker - Later
It's a Colorful Christmas by Niki Alling - Goodbye
Command Authority by Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney - Don't need this anymore
Erased by Margaret Chatwin - See ya
Tequila Mockingbird by Tim Federle - This one stays because I need it.
Obama on Edge by George Thomas Clark - Ciao (90)
Angels Bleed by Max Hardy - Auf wiedersehen
Stardust by Mimi Strong - I think this is out of print, so away it goes
Speculum by Darryl Sollerh - This is out of print, so it's leaving my list
Misdirected by G.M. Rogers - This book isn't available anymore, so it's not on my list anymore
Our Totally Ridiculous, Made-Up Christmas Relationship by Brittainy C. Cherry - This book can stay because I already own the Kindle copy, and Christmas is coming!
The Second Revolution by Gary Hansen - Bye
Shadow Game by Darryl Sollerh - This one goes
A Rooster Once Crowed by Bryant Cornett - TTFN
Girl Act by Kristina Shook - Hasta la vista
In My Wildest Dreams by Wayne Jackson - Sayonara
Books removed: 95
Books kept: 5
Once again I removed a lot of books from my list, but it took me a few days to actually finish this one because I was working and sleep took precedence over finishing a blog post.
Did I make any bad judgements with books I removed? - Katie
