as a person who reads like 95% library books this was a very interesting watch! I feel like my biggest frustration is the difficulty of getting access to new releases, especially titles that are either extremely popular or not at all in the mainstream, so in that case I might be the opposite and turn into more of a book buyer haha
Have you ever considered getting an ereader. I believe many countries have digital libraries now. More importantly you can always just download a book from libgen etc
@@3choblast3r4 i make excellent use of my library's plethora of apps, however, new releases still take a long time to be added or have waits of 12+ weeks :/
@@elskabee I write as a hobby. If I ever get published or self publish or whatever. I literally couldn't care less if someone that wouldn't have otherwise been able to buy, afford or simply wasn't sure they'd like the book, would pirate it. Absolutely nothing is lost. There are countless books I ended up loving but that I would never have tried if I had to pay for them. That I now own anniversary editions or leatherbounds of. And since I live in the Netherlands, libraries are stocked with Dutch versions of books and I can't imagine how long it takes for a new book to be added. I haven't used a library since I was 16 or so I don't know if libraries pay authors per copy they loan out.. but you're not stealing a hard copy from a store. You're reading a copy of a digital copy. And if you actually like the book, then you can still buy it when you do have the means, or when you see a nice special edition you'd like etc. Not to mention that piracy could instantly be lowered by ten fold if publishers didn't charge almost the same price for a digital copy that a physical paperback costs. Lastly, not every author deserves money. Authors can be people you don't want to support for a variety of reasons while still having written very interesting or good books. Like Cixin Liou, who supports the uyghur genocide. But has written two relatively decent books with very very good sci fi concepts. Anyway, to each his own. Have a nice day :)
Love this! I read 90% from the library and then buy the books that I loved after borrowing them. It makes me feel better as a consumer buying only books that I love. I do also like the idea of having a handful of unread books on your shelf to read so support authors and to keep things fresh without feeling overwhelmed.
@@joshina4497 Strange, I thought I replied already but my reply is not here. Anyway, libgen and zlib. zlib is only available trough TOR (often offline even on TOR) and through the telegram bot that you can access if you've ever donated to zlib. Libgen has returned now zlib is gone, but seems to have less content than before zlib existed. If you don't have an ereader, don't know how ebooks work, how to view them on your pc/laptop/tablet/phone (would not recommend phone, it's really bad for your eyes) or anything of that sort. Please feel free to ask. Lastly, if you can't find whatever book you're looking for on libgen, tell me what book you're looking for (I promise I won't judge .. maybe little lol), and if you have a preference for a specific format (e.g kindles use mobi, other devices use epub etc). If I can find the book on zlib or elsewhere I'll upload it to wetransfer or something and give you a link through the youtube comments.
I know not everyone wants to organize their books like this, but I have a separate shelf/space for my unread books. Then I know if I’m looking at that shelf that all of those books are ones I still need to read. And especially if you want to keep it below 10, like if you keep those on a different shelf it’s really easy to immediately see how many new unread books you have
I do this. I have half a bookshelf in the bedroom (my partner uses the other half for the same purpose) with my unread books, so it is easier to grab a new one when I finish my current book.
I personally like videos about more random older books instead of the hyped books that I have already heard about a million times, but I understand why those get better views.
Maybe I'm weird, but I enjoy hearing about older books in videos! Those are the books that are easier to pick up secondhand and I haven't been back into reading for that long, so there's definitely stuff I haven't heard of! Loved all of the content you put out this year!
I love your plan to just go into a store and buy books. I find that watching and reading reviews can really influence which books I read as well as my opinions on them and I’m sure it has caused me to avoid books I probably would have loved. Sometimes reading reviews after I finish a book even makes me question my enjoyment of it. Reading is such a personal and subjective hobby so I’ve been trying to avoid reading reviews and just letting my heart lead the way lol.
Yes! This was so inspiring! My entire book collection was in storage for 4 years as I made a series of moves, and when I finally started unpacking it recently, I realized how many unread books I have, and how much my tastes have changed. (Plus, many of the books were bought aspirationally and never really matched my taste to begin with.) I'm planning to start unhauling & reading down my current unread list in 2023.
As someone who buys books secondhand, I am starting to notice the excess/surplus is growing, but there are less buyers. Nowadays, I enter used book shops, read the gists, and realize, "Man, now I know why this was unhauled." I don't really buy "new releases" as much because I've been burned by a lot of them before--such an expensive mistake all because of the hype around them. Nowadays, I just borrow from The Internet Archive--I've read a lot from them so far, and it's free! I wish to donate to them once I'm more financially stable. :)
This video is going to inspire me to finally tackle some of my unread books on the shelves! Not as many as yours but it's weird that it isn't an instinct to just look at my shelf for my next read, unless I'm specifically inspired.
I actually did enjoy watching you read older books this year. I’m not savvy enough to easily figure out the navigation of the choose your own adventures. This is a great video to start the new year with! Makes me motivated to read my owned books 🎉
This is awesome and so inspiring. My goal this year is to mainly read books I own. And I'm sorry your "choose your own adventure" videos didn't do as well because they were so creative and fun! Definitely some of my favorite videos I watched last year.
I'm very surprised to hear your "choose your own adventure" video under performed as that was one of my favourites from you this year! Since they were older books I thought it was fun waiting to see if you'd have the same opinions I had when I read them lol. Either way you definitely crushed your goal and seeing as this was a goal of my own moving into the new year it was very motivational to see ☺
I buy 3 books at a time, when I'm on the last one, I order 3 more :) I find that this makes the tbr less overwhelming. Its unusual for books to go out of print, so I feel that I have plenty of time to get through my wishlist :) This way also means that I can buy based on the mood I'm in or what I fancy, that way books don't get ignored :) great vid!
i love your motivations for this video, it’s so relatable! i miss the days when i would go to b&n and pick out 3-5 books and then read those books before going to go buy new books. i like having a small physical tbr because i get overwhelmed easily if i have too many. such a great video!! 🖤
To avoid this situation myself I read books from my local library first. If I love them, I add them to a list and ask for them for my birthday and Christmas, or buy it myself. That way if I don’t love a book, it was free, there’s less waste and my bookshelf only has those books I love.
i actually decided to go through all of my books this year as i am moving in august and i'd rather not drag them all with me. plus it's just nice to only surround yourself with things you love.
Thank you for making this video. Lately book buying hasn’t been as fun and exciting because I have such an overwhelming tbr shelf. Doing that’s at lease for a couple months at a time for me will definitely help
I had a similar challenge last year, except my system was to buy one new release/new to me book for every three books I read from my owned tbr. It served as a motivator and kept me from feeling FOMO too much. Overall it was a success even though I also didn’t fully complete my challenge. I enjoyed this video a lot and am looking forward to your new haul!
Congrats Chandler this is so impressive!! I use my library for most of my books, and I mostly read new releases. I have bought many of my favorite books I read for myself after I read it and found out I loved it. It felt silly at first since I had recently read it and wouldn’t pick it up right away to reread but it brings me so much joy now to have all my favorite books on my shelf. Mostly series and romance, some other special/emotional ones, all comforting. I can wait for a good deal too and pick up the occasional new book I’m really excited about. I got rid of some impulsive books I didn’t enjoy or never actually seemed to want to read last year & building up a library of favorites to reread and remember fondly has helped me limit spending and increase my happiness with my books. I wish you luck in finding what works for you, just over sharing my experience to anyone :)
you are the first booktuber I've come across to rate Circe lowly, wow. Me and my bookclub all did, too, but I just assumed we were anomalies since everybody and their dog swears it's the greatest book in the world xD
I tried reading it last year and couldn’t get past the first two pages lol. I tried like 3 diff times and each time I didn’t get past the first few pages😅
I love this idea so much and it’s one that I’m definitely going to utilize in the new year. Since I work at a library and also have access to donated material, I tend to either prioritize library books to read b/c of the impending deadline, or snatch donated material that we do not want to then add to my own shelves. It’s lead to the majority of my bookshelves being unread books. The hardest part for me, when it comes to getting rid of books is the ones that I had good intentions to read for whatever reason, but now do not want to read. I struggle so badly with letting go of those books!
Yess this has been my goal the last year and going into this year too. I really miss actually reading books when I buy them and being so excited about that process! Proud of you for accomplishing this goal!
watching this at midnight to start my year off right ❤ chandler, you are a massive inspiration to me and my reading goals; thank you so much for making these types of videos!!
Wow! I loved this so much! I’m wanting to get through all of my physical unread books and this just sparked even more motivation. Thank you so much for sharing it all.
Ive been struggling to read books lately and this was a nice inspiring video - I'd be happy to get through 10 books this year, but your thoughts on how to approach the kinds of books on your shelf and the buying mindset was quite lovely! Definitely want to have a look through my shelves now because I know there's old books and TBRs that don't spark joy that could do with a new home
this was such an interesting video, and you did amazing reading most of those owned books. also, i'd love to see you vlog the rest of the stormlight archives, i want to get to them this year so it'd be super fun!
So fun!! Love this. I did my own version of this challenge this year, and went from 60 unread books to 16. My goal going forward is to have less than 10, just like you said. I absolutely agree with you that book buying is so much more fun when you have a smaller physical tbr!
Yes! This is kind of what I'm planning for 2023. I have 169 owned books between e-books and physical, and my plan is to try to read all of them in 2023. This year I read 200+ books so I'm hoping this is possible, in addition to still reading some new releases I'm excited for!
I only ever buy physical copies of my 5 star reads. I'm very fussy with my 5 stars so I love that my shelves literally only reflect the books that I know I love. My normal reading is all on my ereader. I very rarely read physical copies.
I think I want to do a similar challenge! This video was so inspiring. I can definitely think of a few books on my shelf that are collecting dust that I know I have no interest in. I also know I have books that were purchased a few months ago and I don't want them sitting on my shelf for the next five or more years. Thank you for such a great video!
You’ve inspired me to do this challenge for 2023! I love buying books, but when I already have so many unread ones it starts to make it stressful for some weird reason
Love this video and totally agree with wanting to enjoy book buying again! I also have close to 200 unread books on my shelves, many of which I don’t intend to read anytime soon, and mostly stopped buying new books this year as a result of the guilt of already owning so many unread books. I miss buying new books so much and am so tired of having to stare at the books I’m keeping around because I might, maybe, someday be interested in reading them!!
My first video of yours and I’m obsessseeedd! I love how in depth you were about your goals and how you plan on achieving them. This must’ve been a ton of work to create! Thank you so much for sharing Subscribed for surreee ❤
As for tracking your unread books. Since getting to zero I have a spreadsheet where I add any book purchase and then it filters out books for which I've filled in the 'finished' date. That way I easily see the number. I also add the info about the nr of books on my TBR in my wrap-up videos
thats what I do. I read books online and if i really love it i buy a physical copy of it. its so fun and i get so happy when i look at my shelves and see books that i enjoy
I am trying to do the same this year! I can only buy a new book once I have read 5 from my physical shelf (KU books don't count) and I think it will really help me reign in my over-consumption of buying books, letting them gather dust, just to donate them down the road!
I don't have nearly as many books as you do, but I do have enough unread books for it to be overwhelming. One of my resolutions is to prioritize reading the books I own (as opposed as library books). Thank you for the inspiration to see it can be done. :)
I always set the goal to get my owned unread books to 0 and keep failing. I read a chunk and then buy a chunk, read some, buy some. Maybe 2023 or 2024 will finally be the year that I do it. I think it will be doable since I’ll be on a budget and making larger necessary purchases throughout the year. I love the two box idea. I already do that where I’ll decide if I really really want to keep a book or if it’s better to give to someone else that will love it more or would be okay rereading through my library.
I plan to do this in 2023, but I cut down my giant TBR to be around 20 books, since I read around 20 books a year. I realized there was no reason for me to spend time reading something I heard about in passing on 2016 Booktube (which I thought I needed to read to be considered an avid reader) when I could just pick up random things that sound interesting month to month. I didn't own any of the books I wanted to read which helped!
I would bave a tbr section in your bookshelf, and then for each book you keep, you can put in in it's regular genre/color/whatever section on the shelves. ALSO, I love your shelves in the background, a dream!!!
Thanks for sharing! It's pretty inspiring to see you've done this and is motivating me to continue to read my shelves too. I think when I got into books as a teen and discovered booktube, I would also buy anything discounted if even one person had talked about it. I've learnt a lot.
Congratulations!! I spent about 2.5y to get to zero. Since then I kept a maximum of 30 in mind but I'm lowering it to 15 in 2023 because I definitely want to have my owned unread books move around faster
Where I live, we have several opportunities to buy books for 50c or $1. It’s dangerous though. One time walked away with 20+ books and paid less than 8 dollars lol
Happy New Year! I know you were working so hard to get through these all last year, it's awesome to see the final results! Also, if you want to drop your latest skincare routine...
I wanna do this so bad. I’ve been kind of doing it, but I only finish about two or three books a month so it’s been a slow process. But to buy books and then not buy any until I’ve read what I have is the goal. Congratulations on a job well done!
Pretty much everything you said at the beginning sounded just like me. When I first discovered booktube I went completely crazy buying books alot of which I got just because I found it and was like oh someone mentioned this it sounds familiar. Don't really remember what it's about but I'm gonna buy it anyway. The worst part was I was just getting back into reading after a very long time so I definitely should've been more selective about the books I bought. Because now I have a lot I haven't read and am still trying to get into a rhythm with reading. I totally overbought books and it's overwhelming and I'm upset that I didn't grow my collection more slowly and organically by reading the books I owned before buying more. Doing what you talked about and go into a store, not know anything about a book, read the description and then decide on my own whether to get it or not. But I didn't do that so here I am.
What a timely video….I’ve been cataloging my unread owned tbr. I plan to read at least 50 of them in 2023 and the other 50 for kindle unlimited/library finds. I read 115 books in 2022 so I think it will be manageable 😅
This video was just a delight! At the beginning of 2022 I def read more ebooks, but slowly I started going through the books that are actually on my shelves. Now that doesn't mean I didn't buy books bc - oh boy - I def bought quite a lot, but I pretty quickly read them as well. My biggest goal for 2023 is to read 80 or more percent of the books on my shelves (now, I'm on 68%)😁
I must admit after the pandemic I’m terrified of not having a large amount of unread books on my shelves - just in case! A zero TBR is just not a goal I ever want to achieve.
Well done! I'm aiming to do it this year, but I am allowing myself to get my most anticipated new releases, and I have the Fairyloot adult fantasy subscription which I'd like to continue with, so it'll only be 2-3 new books a month and I'll read those within the month I get them. Otherwise, I have a bit over 100 unread books to read. 79 if I don't count all of my Discworld books, because I have that entire 50ish book series and don't really intend to knock out the over 30 I still have unread back to back or anything, I have my lifetime to read them all!
so happy i’ve just found your channel 😁 i’m going to make it a goal to have less than 20 unread books on my shelves by the end of ‘23 !! once i’m home from work, i’m gonna make a spreadsheet too 😋😋
The whole why section just speaks to me. I don't have a huge collection of books, comparatively to what most book readers I've known have in their bookshelves. I rarely read books anyways; and, to top off of that, I am a slow reader. Despite the minuscule number of books I own, having so many unread books sit on my tables, drawers etc has left me rather overwhelmed by my financial choices, and my forte in books in general. Honestly, I still don't know what to do with some of these unread books, but one thing's for certain and that's I have to be financially responsible
Your comment on mass market, YESSS! I hate mass market and I hate hardback. So it really sucks for me because I have fave authors (like JR Ward) where that’s the only two options. So I’m thinking I will start buying ebooks for anything that doesn’t have a standard paperback option
I am currently reading "Second Genesis" by Dr. Jeffrey Anderson, a sci fi thriller I picked up at Goodwill more than ten years ago. I have been trying to read more of the many unread books on my shelves.
I ended up reading 126 books in 2022. I probably do not need to buy anything for the next six months with all the stuff I still have to read. I really do not want to hold on to anything I’m not really going to keep and reread. I’m looking forward to seeing if I can incorporate some of these tips.
The choose your adventure vlogs flopped??? That really surprises me, I loved that series so much! And I loved your Jane Austen video!! Some of my favorites of yours
I tried to do this last year, but I only finished reading 18 books. I still have over 150 unread books. I'm planning to borrow less books from the library and read my own books this year.
Happy New Year Chandler. Excellent video, with superb production values and outstanding inspiring content. Thanks for sharing. But of course that's to be expected from a mult-talented and literate woman such as yourself.
You could dedicate and label one shelf section for your unread books as the way to keep track of how many you have at any time. On my 3 shelves that are 4 feet long I have 2 decorations and the rest is all books. I have my read books laying flat and my unread standing up so I know what I want to get through. I only have 18 read books in my physical collection and only 11 of those are on my shelves right now, Harry Potter series is in storage sadly. I just set up my shelves a couple months ago and then promptly bought about 35 books and got about another 30-40 from a free book library that I want to read so I have 111 books on my shelves. I think this is the most books I have ever owned and I adore my shelves. 1/2 of the read books I will be donating to the Little Free Library for other people to possibly enjoy. The others I liked and will be keeping. I plan to only keep my favorites and ones I think my kids will like when they get a little older or anything my mom wants to read the next time she comes to my house. Looking at my shelves makes me very happy and excited to dive into those stories. It's insane to me that you read 24 books a month basically! I can barely get through 10 books a YEAR. LOL
hmm i wanna do something like this, i've been thinking i buy too many books bc they no longer fit on my shelf and are filling up my closet. i read about 40 books a year, so there's no way i could read them all at once. but since i dnf pretty easily i could prob get rid of more. anyways thanks for this video i'm gonna go look how many books i read this year i already owned as a starting point
I keep a track on my owned unreaad books by having just 1 shelf in my book case devoted to unread books. I have a small stack of library books too. I am also ruthless when it comes to donating books i don't love. I don't keep them to fill space on my shelves. I have some series i love and also a shelf devoted to auto-buy authors. I am trying to keep to 1 book case and not have my books take over the house.
You can monitor the unread nook by putting them on their own shelf or on your bedside table. I keep my priority books in my bedroom. My 24 in 2024 are always there reminding me, so I don't get distracted by other books in my mood reading ways.
Loved watching this! I try to have my shelves full of only things I enjoyed as well, so I'll get rid of anything below 4 stars. But I have been falling for bargains more these days and buying more unread books 🙃 I want to try and read more physical books this year, cause honestly I'm definitely more of an ebook/audiobook person, so if I don't challenge myself I don't think I will do it lol
My goal for 2023 is to not buy ANY new books (unless part of one of the two established 40+ book series I read) and to go through my shelves, get rid of any books I don't frequently re-read and make a huge dent/complete the books I haven't read and decide if they are ones I would keep or not. This video is almost like a sign to actually go through with it
I love this, a good reminder to make use of what we already have instead of excessive consumption of new new new
as a person who reads like 95% library books this was a very interesting watch! I feel like my biggest frustration is the difficulty of getting access to new releases, especially titles that are either extremely popular or not at all in the mainstream, so in that case I might be the opposite and turn into more of a book buyer haha
oh i feeeeel that big time. that's why i ended up purchasing books this year at all tbh!
Have you ever considered getting an ereader. I believe many countries have digital libraries now. More importantly you can always just download a book from libgen etc
@@3choblast3r4 i make excellent use of my library's plethora of apps, however, new releases still take a long time to be added or have waits of 12+ weeks :/
@@3choblast3r4 im gonna be honest, im not going to support piracy. author's deserve money for their work.
@@elskabee I write as a hobby. If I ever get published or self publish or whatever. I literally couldn't care less if someone that wouldn't have otherwise been able to buy, afford or simply wasn't sure they'd like the book, would pirate it. Absolutely nothing is lost. There are countless books I ended up loving but that I would never have tried if I had to pay for them. That I now own anniversary editions or leatherbounds of. And since I live in the Netherlands, libraries are stocked with Dutch versions of books and I can't imagine how long it takes for a new book to be added. I haven't used a library since I was 16 or so
I don't know if libraries pay authors per copy they loan out.. but you're not stealing a hard copy from a store. You're reading a copy of a digital copy. And if you actually like the book, then you can still buy it when you do have the means, or when you see a nice special edition you'd like etc. Not to mention that piracy could instantly be lowered by ten fold if publishers didn't charge almost the same price for a digital copy that a physical paperback costs.
Lastly, not every author deserves money. Authors can be people you don't want to support for a variety of reasons while still having written very interesting or good books. Like Cixin Liou, who supports the uyghur genocide. But has written two relatively decent books with very very good sci fi concepts.
Anyway, to each his own. Have a nice day :)
Love this! I read 90% from the library and then buy the books that I loved after borrowing them. It makes me feel better as a consumer buying only books that I love. I do also like the idea of having a handful of unread books on your shelf to read so support authors and to keep things fresh without feeling overwhelmed.
I do this except I pirate every book I read and then buy a collectors edition etc if I really liked it.
@@3choblast3r4 where do you read them? 🙈
@@joshina4497 Strange, I thought I replied already but my reply is not here.
Anyway, libgen and zlib. zlib is only available trough TOR (often offline even on TOR) and through the telegram bot that you can access if you've ever donated to zlib.
Libgen has returned now zlib is gone, but seems to have less content than before zlib existed.
If you don't have an ereader, don't know how ebooks work, how to view them on your pc/laptop/tablet/phone (would not recommend phone, it's really bad for your eyes) or anything of that sort. Please feel free to ask.
Lastly, if you can't find whatever book you're looking for on libgen, tell me what book you're looking for (I promise I won't judge .. maybe little lol), and if you have a preference for a specific format (e.g kindles use mobi, other devices use epub etc). If I can find the book on zlib or elsewhere I'll upload it to wetransfer or something and give you a link through the youtube comments.
I know not everyone wants to organize their books like this, but I have a separate shelf/space for my unread books. Then I know if I’m looking at that shelf that all of those books are ones I still need to read. And especially if you want to keep it below 10, like if you keep those on a different shelf it’s really easy to immediately see how many new unread books you have
i actually did this midyear :) it's in my most recent bookshelf reorganization vid! you're right, it's a great visual
I do this. I have half a bookshelf in the bedroom (my partner uses the other half for the same purpose) with my unread books, so it is easier to grab a new one when I finish my current book.
I do this too, since it is so much easier to see how many unread books I still have and wether or not I can justify buying new ones.
I personally like videos about more random older books instead of the hyped books that I have already heard about a million times, but I understand why those get better views.
Maybe I'm weird, but I enjoy hearing about older books in videos! Those are the books that are easier to pick up secondhand and I haven't been back into reading for that long, so there's definitely stuff I haven't heard of! Loved all of the content you put out this year!
I love your plan to just go into a store and buy books. I find that watching and reading reviews can really influence which books I read as well as my opinions on them and I’m sure it has caused me to avoid books I probably would have loved. Sometimes reading reviews after I finish a book even makes me question my enjoyment of it.
Reading is such a personal and subjective hobby so I’ve been trying to avoid reading reviews and just letting my heart lead the way lol.
Yes I am on the same especially on Goodreads if something rated was rated below 4 I wouldn’t read it but I might’ve loved it
Years ago before social media was so big I’d just go into a bookstore buy a book and not read reviews and loved it 👀
Yes! This was so inspiring! My entire book collection was in storage for 4 years as I made a series of moves, and when I finally started unpacking it recently, I realized how many unread books I have, and how much my tastes have changed. (Plus, many of the books were bought aspirationally and never really matched my taste to begin with.) I'm planning to start unhauling & reading down my current unread list in 2023.
Same here. It's fun to see how tastes evolve, and freeing to let go of books,
Can't believe you read 280 books, that's incredible !!
Those bin labels made me laugh! Excited for the rest of the video
As someone who buys books secondhand, I am starting to notice the excess/surplus is growing, but there are less buyers. Nowadays, I enter used book shops, read the gists, and realize, "Man, now I know why this was unhauled." I don't really buy "new releases" as much because I've been burned by a lot of them before--such an expensive mistake all because of the hype around them. Nowadays, I just borrow from The Internet Archive--I've read a lot from them so far, and it's free! I wish to donate to them once I'm more financially stable. :)
This video is going to inspire me to finally tackle some of my unread books on the shelves! Not as many as yours but it's weird that it isn't an instinct to just look at my shelf for my next read, unless I'm specifically inspired.
I actually did enjoy watching you read older books this year. I’m not savvy enough to easily figure out the navigation of the choose your own adventures. This is a great video to start the new year with! Makes me motivated to read my owned books 🎉
This is awesome and so inspiring. My goal this year is to mainly read books I own. And I'm sorry your "choose your own adventure" videos didn't do as well because they were so creative and fun! Definitely some of my favorite videos I watched last year.
I'm very surprised to hear your "choose your own adventure" video under performed as that was one of my favourites from you this year! Since they were older books I thought it was fun waiting to see if you'd have the same opinions I had when I read them lol. Either way you definitely crushed your goal and seeing as this was a goal of my own moving into the new year it was very motivational to see ☺
I buy 3 books at a time, when I'm on the last one, I order 3 more :) I find that this makes the tbr less overwhelming. Its unusual for books to go out of print, so I feel that I have plenty of time to get through my wishlist :)
This way also means that I can buy based on the mood I'm in or what I fancy, that way books don't get ignored :) great vid!
i love your motivations for this video, it’s so relatable! i miss the days when i would go to b&n and pick out 3-5 books and then read those books before going to go buy new books. i like having a small physical tbr because i get overwhelmed easily if i have too many. such a great video!! 🖤
ths is SUCH a good idea. i have tons of unread books, and its already jan 8 but i think i’ll try this in 2023!!! what a great idea
I was missing you so I’m very happy about this upload 💖😌
So proud of you girlie! And I’m READY for your stormlight journey
To avoid this situation myself I read books from my local library first. If I love them, I add them to a list and ask for them for my birthday and Christmas, or buy it myself. That way if I don’t love a book, it was free, there’s less waste and my bookshelf only has those books I love.
i actually decided to go through all of my books this year as i am moving in august and i'd rather not drag them all with me. plus it's just nice to only surround yourself with things you love.
Thank you for making this video. Lately book buying hasn’t been as fun and exciting because I have such an overwhelming tbr shelf. Doing that’s at lease for a couple months at a time for me will definitely help
I had a similar challenge last year, except my system was to buy one new release/new to me book for every three books I read from my owned tbr. It served as a motivator and kept me from feeling FOMO too much. Overall it was a success even though I also didn’t fully complete my challenge. I enjoyed this video a lot and am looking forward to your new haul!
Yes, queen! This motivates me so focus on reading more of my shelves this year!!!!!
A year of anticipation has lead to this 👏 a good reminder from a book queen, happy new year!
Book buying and book reading are definitely two different loves. ♥️
Congrats Chandler this is so impressive!! I use my library for most of my books, and I mostly read new releases. I have bought many of my favorite books I read for myself after I read it and found out I loved it. It felt silly at first since I had recently read it and wouldn’t pick it up right away to reread but it brings me so much joy now to have all my favorite books on my shelf. Mostly series and romance, some other special/emotional ones, all comforting. I can wait for a good deal too and pick up the occasional new book I’m really excited about. I got rid of some impulsive books I didn’t enjoy or never actually seemed to want to read last year & building up a library of favorites to reread and remember fondly has helped me limit spending and increase my happiness with my books. I wish you luck in finding what works for you, just over sharing my experience to anyone :)
you are the first booktuber I've come across to rate Circe lowly, wow. Me and my bookclub all did, too, but I just assumed we were anomalies since everybody and their dog swears it's the greatest book in the world xD
kaikeyi is the better version of circe
I tried reading it last year and couldn’t get past the first two pages lol. I tried like 3 diff times and each time I didn’t get past the first few pages😅
i have seen lots of ppl who didn't like it personally i enjoyed it more than SOA
I couldn't get into that book. I tried but no success.
I also didnt like the book at all
I love this idea so much and it’s one that I’m definitely going to utilize in the new year. Since I work at a library and also have access to donated material, I tend to either prioritize library books to read b/c of the impending deadline, or snatch donated material that we do not want to then add to my own shelves. It’s lead to the majority of my bookshelves being unread books. The hardest part for me, when it comes to getting rid of books is the ones that I had good intentions to read for whatever reason, but now do not want to read. I struggle so badly with letting go of those books!
You did great with your goal, I'm trying to read a lot of books on my bookshelves in 2023! Happy New Year!
I have been looking forward to this video all year, this challenge is one of the reasons I subscribed in the first place!
Love the timing of this video as I set myself this very challenge for 2023 last week!! The cull is done, time to get reading 😍
Yess this has been my goal the last year and going into this year too. I really miss actually reading books when I buy them and being so excited about that process! Proud of you for accomplishing this goal!
watching this at midnight to start my year off right ❤ chandler, you are a massive inspiration to me and my reading goals; thank you so much for making these types of videos!!
I’d love to hear about how you integrate reading into your daily life to get to over 200 books in a year. Thanks for the great content!
i don't do anything particularly special! but youtube and reading are a job for me, so on a focused day i'm reading 5+ hours a day
Wow! I loved this so much! I’m wanting to get through all of my physical unread books and this just sparked even more motivation. Thank you so much for sharing it all.
Ive been struggling to read books lately and this was a nice inspiring video - I'd be happy to get through 10 books this year, but your thoughts on how to approach the kinds of books on your shelf and the buying mindset was quite lovely! Definitely want to have a look through my shelves now because I know there's old books and TBRs that don't spark joy that could do with a new home
What better way to start the new year than with a new Chandler video? 😍
this was such an interesting video, and you did amazing reading most of those owned books. also, i'd love to see you vlog the rest of the stormlight archives, i want to get to them this year so it'd be super fun!
So fun!! Love this. I did my own version of this challenge this year, and went from 60 unread books to 16. My goal going forward is to have less than 10, just like you said. I absolutely agree with you that book buying is so much more fun when you have a smaller physical tbr!
Yes! This is kind of what I'm planning for 2023. I have 169 owned books between e-books and physical, and my plan is to try to read all of them in 2023. This year I read 200+ books so I'm hoping this is possible, in addition to still reading some new releases I'm excited for!
I only ever buy physical copies of my 5 star reads. I'm very fussy with my 5 stars so I love that my shelves literally only reflect the books that I know I love. My normal reading is all on my ereader. I very rarely read physical copies.
Omg yes! I have been waiting for this 👏🎉 Happy New Year to everyone who is already in 2023 😋
I think I want to do a similar challenge! This video was so inspiring. I can definitely think of a few books on my shelf that are collecting dust that I know I have no interest in. I also know I have books that were purchased a few months ago and I don't want them sitting on my shelf for the next five or more years. Thank you for such a great video!
You’ve inspired me to do this challenge for 2023! I love buying books, but when I already have so many unread ones it starts to make it stressful for some weird reason
Love this video and totally agree with wanting to enjoy book buying again! I also have close to 200 unread books on my shelves, many of which I don’t intend to read anytime soon, and mostly stopped buying new books this year as a result of the guilt of already owning so many unread books. I miss buying new books so much and am so tired of having to stare at the books I’m keeping around because I might, maybe, someday be interested in reading them!!
My first video of yours and I’m obsessseeedd! I love how in depth you were about your goals and how you plan on achieving them. This must’ve been a ton of work to create! Thank you so much for sharing
Subscribed for surreee ❤
same! this randomly showed up on my feed and an automatic subscribe for me.
This is my first video of yours & this is unrelated - but your makeup is beautiful!!!! The lip and blush combo is so flattering on you ❤
As for tracking your unread books. Since getting to zero I have a spreadsheet where I add any book purchase and then it filters out books for which I've filled in the 'finished' date. That way I easily see the number. I also add the info about the nr of books on my TBR in my wrap-up videos
thats what I do. I read books online and if i really love it i buy a physical copy of it. its so fun and i get so happy when i look at my shelves and see books that i enjoy
I am trying to do the same this year! I can only buy a new book once I have read 5 from my physical shelf (KU books don't count) and I think it will really help me reign in my over-consumption of buying books, letting them gather dust, just to donate them down the road!
I don't have nearly as many books as you do, but I do have enough unread books for it to be overwhelming. One of my resolutions is to prioritize reading the books I own (as opposed as library books). Thank you for the inspiration to see it can be done. :)
I always set the goal to get my owned unread books to 0 and keep failing. I read a chunk and then buy a chunk, read some, buy some. Maybe 2023 or 2024 will finally be the year that I do it. I think it will be doable since I’ll be on a budget and making larger necessary purchases throughout the year.
I love the two box idea. I already do that where I’ll decide if I really really want to keep a book or if it’s better to give to someone else that will love it more or would be okay rereading through my library.
This is my dream too...
Realizing my physical tbr is almost 1000 books. So.....
Not gonna happen
I plan to do this in 2023, but I cut down my giant TBR to be around 20 books, since I read around 20 books a year. I realized there was no reason for me to spend time reading something I heard about in passing on 2016 Booktube (which I thought I needed to read to be considered an avid reader) when I could just pick up random things that sound interesting month to month. I didn't own any of the books I wanted to read which helped!
I would bave a tbr section in your bookshelf, and then for each book you keep, you can put in in it's regular genre/color/whatever section on the shelves. ALSO, I love your shelves in the background, a dream!!!
i did that for this challenge, it's in my most recent bookshelf reorganization video :) and thank you!!
the dedication! and I love the way you set this up 😍
Thanks for sharing! It's pretty inspiring to see you've done this and is motivating me to continue to read my shelves too. I think when I got into books as a teen and discovered booktube, I would also buy anything discounted if even one person had talked about it. I've learnt a lot.
Great video and WOW what a challenge! I hope your 2023 reading year is fantastic!
Congratulations!! I spent about 2.5y to get to zero. Since then I kept a maximum of 30 in mind but I'm lowering it to 15 in 2023 because I definitely want to have my owned unread books move around faster
Where I live, we have several opportunities to buy books for 50c or $1. It’s dangerous though. One time walked away with 20+ books and paid less than 8 dollars lol
This was such a surprise to see it made me want to reevaluate my own shelves lol
Happy New Year! I know you were working so hard to get through these all last year, it's awesome to see the final results! Also, if you want to drop your latest skincare routine...
I wanna do this so bad. I’ve been kind of doing it, but I only finish about two or three books a month so it’s been a slow process. But to buy books and then not buy any until I’ve read what I have is the goal. Congratulations on a job well done!
Pretty much everything you said at the beginning sounded just like me. When I first discovered booktube I went completely crazy buying books alot of which I got just because I found it and was like oh someone mentioned this it sounds familiar. Don't really remember what it's about but I'm gonna buy it anyway. The worst part was I was just getting back into reading after a very long time so I definitely should've been more selective about the books I bought. Because now I have a lot I haven't read and am still trying to get into a rhythm with reading. I totally overbought books and it's overwhelming and I'm upset that I didn't grow my collection more slowly and organically by reading the books I owned before buying more. Doing what you talked about and go into a store, not know anything about a book, read the description and then decide on my own whether to get it or not. But I didn't do that so here I am.
What a timely video….I’ve been cataloging my unread owned tbr. I plan to read at least 50 of them in 2023 and the other 50 for kindle unlimited/library finds. I read 115 books in 2022 so I think it will be manageable 😅
This video was just a delight! At the beginning of 2022 I def read more ebooks, but slowly I started going through the books that are actually on my shelves. Now that doesn't mean I didn't buy books bc - oh boy - I def bought quite a lot, but I pretty quickly read them as well. My biggest goal for 2023 is to read 80 or more percent of the books on my shelves (now, I'm on 68%)😁
I did love the choose your own adventure videos that series needs to continue
I must admit after the pandemic I’m terrified of not having a large amount of unread books on my shelves - just in case! A zero TBR is just not a goal I ever want to achieve.
Not me thinking "oh I should try to do this challenge this year..."
Congrats on this big accomplishment!!!
Well done! I'm aiming to do it this year, but I am allowing myself to get my most anticipated new releases, and I have the Fairyloot adult fantasy subscription which I'd like to continue with, so it'll only be 2-3 new books a month and I'll read those within the month I get them. Otherwise, I have a bit over 100 unread books to read. 79 if I don't count all of my Discworld books, because I have that entire 50ish book series and don't really intend to knock out the over 30 I still have unread back to back or anything, I have my lifetime to read them all!
so happy i’ve just found your channel 😁 i’m going to make it a goal to have less than 20 unread books on my shelves by the end of ‘23 !! once i’m home from work, i’m gonna make a spreadsheet too 😋😋
lil miny Chan in Barnes & noble overwhelmed with mathematical calculations & book choices, my heart
The whole why section just speaks to me. I don't have a huge collection of books, comparatively to what most book readers I've known have in their bookshelves. I rarely read books anyways; and, to top off of that, I am a slow reader. Despite the minuscule number of books I own, having so many unread books sit on my tables, drawers etc has left me rather overwhelmed by my financial choices, and my forte in books in general. Honestly, I still don't know what to do with some of these unread books, but one thing's for certain and that's I have to be financially responsible
Your comment on mass market, YESSS! I hate mass market and I hate hardback. So it really sucks for me because I have fave authors (like JR Ward) where that’s the only two options. So I’m thinking I will start buying ebooks for anything that doesn’t have a standard paperback option
This video was very calming for me, thank you :)
I am currently reading "Second Genesis" by Dr. Jeffrey Anderson, a sci fi thriller I picked up at Goodwill more than ten years ago. I have been trying to read more of the many unread books on my shelves.
I ended up reading 126 books in 2022. I probably do not need to buy anything for the next six months with all the stuff I still have to read. I really do not want to hold on to anything I’m not really going to keep and reread. I’m looking forward to seeing if I can incorporate some of these tips.
The choose your adventure vlogs flopped??? That really surprises me, I loved that series so much! And I loved your Jane Austen video!! Some of my favorites of yours
I tried to do this last year, but I only finished reading 18 books. I still have over 150 unread books. I'm planning to borrow less books from the library and read my own books this year.
Happy New Year Chandler. Excellent video, with superb production values and outstanding inspiring content. Thanks for sharing. But of course that's to be expected from a mult-talented and literate woman such as yourself.
You could dedicate and label one shelf section for your unread books as the way to keep track of how many you have at any time. On my 3 shelves that are 4 feet long I have 2 decorations and the rest is all books. I have my read books laying flat and my unread standing up so I know what I want to get through. I only have 18 read books in my physical collection and only 11 of those are on my shelves right now, Harry Potter series is in storage sadly. I just set up my shelves a couple months ago and then promptly bought about 35 books and got about another 30-40 from a free book library that I want to read so I have 111 books on my shelves. I think this is the most books I have ever owned and I adore my shelves. 1/2 of the read books I will be donating to the Little Free Library for other people to possibly enjoy. The others I liked and will be keeping. I plan to only keep my favorites and ones I think my kids will like when they get a little older or anything my mom wants to read the next time she comes to my house. Looking at my shelves makes me very happy and excited to dive into those stories. It's insane to me that you read 24 books a month basically! I can barely get through 10 books a YEAR. LOL
Congratulations on 100k 🤍
Off topic of your video but your kitty is so gorgeous 🥹
And I don’t have too many unread books (maybe 20 max) so I could definitely do this in 2023
Happy new year girlfriend !!
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the 'choose your own adventure' video was so much fun!! i'm sorry it flopped, some people just don't have taste
thanks so much! no hard feelings to my subs/viewers haha, just something that surprised me a lil :)
hmm i wanna do something like this, i've been thinking i buy too many books bc they no longer fit on my shelf and are filling up my closet. i read about 40 books a year, so there's no way i could read them all at once. but since i dnf pretty easily i could prob get rid of more. anyways thanks for this video i'm gonna go look how many books i read this year i already owned as a starting point
The cat is the star of this video 😻
I love this so much!! I am starting a TBR project in the new year and this is such an inspiration!! ❤
I keep a track on my owned unreaad books by having just 1 shelf in my book case devoted to unread books. I have a small stack of library books too. I am also ruthless when it comes to donating books i don't love. I don't keep them to fill space on my shelves. I have some series i love and also a shelf devoted to auto-buy authors. I am trying to keep to 1 book case and not have my books take over the house.
your outro music makes me feel like im in a nostalgic movie ✨🥲🤝
Happy New Year(!!)-I hope 2023 will be a fantastic year for you!!!!! 💜💜🤍
You can monitor the unread nook by putting them on their own shelf or on your bedside table. I keep my priority books in my bedroom. My 24 in 2024 are always there reminding me, so I don't get distracted by other books in my mood reading ways.
man i only read 52 books during 2022 this is like amazing most i’ve read in a year before is 111
The Empirium Trilogy by Claire Legrand is my all time favorite fantasy series ever! You'll love it.
Loved watching this! I try to have my shelves full of only things I enjoyed as well, so I'll get rid of anything below 4 stars. But I have been falling for bargains more these days and buying more unread books 🙃 I want to try and read more physical books this year, cause honestly I'm definitely more of an ebook/audiobook person, so if I don't challenge myself I don't think I will do it lol
My goal for 2023 is to not buy ANY new books (unless part of one of the two established 40+ book series I read) and to go through my shelves, get rid of any books I don't frequently re-read and make a huge dent/complete the books I haven't read and decide if they are ones I would keep or not. This video is almost like a sign to actually go through with it
I own +190 book and i've only read 6 or 10 of them. 100% of my reads are ebooks ... It's time to change. thanks for the inspiration!
I'm so sorry you rated my year of rest and relaxation ONE STAR???
it was awful
this is EXACTLY what I need to be doing in 2023!!!