HOW TO CONQUER YOUR TBR PILE!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
- How I reduced my to be read pile from over 200 books to under 30! :)
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My TBR pile has been sitting around 30 books for ages and I can't seem to reduce it. I know 30 is not that bad but it's a lot for ME and I'd love to get it down to 10 or so. So thanks for the video, I found it really helpful. Maybe I'll try the 5 out 1 in method.
Thank you! Hopefully the 5 and 1 method works for you! My self control was terrible but it kind of... helped? By making me notice my hauls? Haha best of luck! :D
This is what I needed right now!
I too made the decision to tackle my TBR when it reached a staggering 300 books. I got it down to 139 in March this year but its slowly been increasing again and I'm now at 167. Time to take control again!
Down from 300? Mate that’s awesome! Good luck taking control of it again, it feels so good to reduce it! ✌🏻
Definitely needed this right now; my TBR is still over 250 books and it's not going anywhere because I'm in a reading slump. D:
It's super overwhelming looking at all 250 at once. D: Maybe a small priority list would work? Hopefully you can crunch some numbers, good luck!
Wow that's really impressive! I like how you organized your Goodreads! I'd also add that using the library is very helpful (for me at least), if I have a deadline on a book I'm more motivated to finish it, and it also saves money ^^
Thank you! And yes of course, I’ve only recently started to use my library as a resource and it’s fab. :)
I have 8 books left on tbr! Started in 2020, I made a physical list of books I had and just started reading . I put myself on a book buying ban a couple of times. I’m so happy with what I’ve accomplished.🙂 and that your strategy has worked well for you too.
Under 10 on your tbr is awesome!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I experienced this when I was in college, I have too many unread books. Now that I handle my own money, I reduced my book buying to a 1 to 2 books a month or not even buying. Hahaahha.
These are great advices! 😍😊
Oof, yes I feel that 'reducing book buying to 1-2 a month' hahaha, suddenly we have to be responsible and pay bills? Psht. (Thank you!) :)
The tbr jar deff worked for me ! I made mine and it helped me get over my reading slump with the excitement of mystery picking ! 💜🤗 new subbie thank you!
Ayyy, that’s awesome. 🙌🏻 Thanks heaps!
Well done, lots of great tips!
Hehe thank you 😌
This was a great video with lots of great tips! I started using a priority list this year and I've really liked having it to keep me working towards something. It's just unlucky that it coincided with 2020: The Worst Year Ever, which has brought my reading motivation to the lowest of lows. I'm still hoping to get through most of the books on the list before the end of the year though - I've already read (or DNFed or unhauled) about half. The TBR jar is such a great idea and super cute! I think I'm too much of a mood reader for it to work for me but I'll keep it in mind in case I need some extra motivation.
A couple of months ago I went through my whole Want to Read shelf on Goodreads and culled about 200 books. Most of them I wasn't interested in anymore, or knew I wouldn't enjoy because my tastes have changed since I added them, and then there were the books that I cut because I knew they'd be too hard to get hold of and I wasn't interested enough to make the effort. I got the shelf down to about 280 books. I've been thinking that next year I'll choose about 5 to specifically add to my priorities so I can start getting through them that way. I'm sure I'll add more to the shelf over the course of the year, but small steps still count as progress.
Yay the priority list is definitely motivating! ^__^ But yeah, 2020 has been sucky for all of us, I'm sorry friend.
Yesssss culling Goodreads is so therapeutic. Time definitely helps with the culling of it, I find myself keeping books for six months or a year and then thinking, 'Okay now I'm ready to get rid of it, I haven't been interested in a while now.' So hopefully that happens with some of your 280 to help cut it down further haha!
Mine's stayed pretty consistently at 90. I buy much less than I used to, but I don't get around the the actually reading part much anymore :P
At least it's stayed consistent rather than climbing higher and higher? :P
Love your intro!
Thanks :D
Awesome topic and loved hearing about your process. I don’t mind having a TBR of 125 at the moment, because I don’t own all of them, they’re just the ones I’ve identified I definitely want to read. My priority is to read the physical ones I own to make space as I live in an apartment and shelf space is limited. Now that your TBR is under 30, does that mean they’re the only books you want to read in the future? E.g. I have a TBR of 125 which represents 2 years of reading for me. If you only have 30 wont you run out soon?
Nah the 30 is just books I’ve owned for too long and I need to read. I definitely won’t have a shortage of books once I finish the number, I will super easily find more. I just wanted a way to manage it and not get overwhelmed. 🥰
I just started getting into reading again back in late may so I have just been buying so many books to catch up. so more than 3.5/4 of my shelf is unread. but I haven't bought any more books lately cause I know I need to get through the books I have.
but they're all books I know im interested in so that's not a problem for now. I'm hoping by the end of the year, I can get my tbr pile down to at least half of what I have now. I have 147 tbr books but I hope to get it down to 80 or 90? ahah wish me luck
You can do it! Best of luck :D