TBR Book Tag
We are apparently calling things “tags” now? I thought that was a Booktube thing. Alrighty then!
I was *not* tagged by the lovely Elle Thinks, but she swears it was just an oversight…
How do you keep track of your TBR pile?
Just recently, I moved my physical TBR to prime, eye-level shelves in my room (see above.) Before, they were mixed in with everything else. My Goodreads “To Read” shelf is more of a “to maybe think about reading” shelf. I keep track of review books in a Google spreadsheet. And, I randomly save links about books I’m interested in to Pocket.
Is your TBR mostly print or e-book?
It’s mostly not in the physical realm, i.e. my Goodreads “think about reading” list is much longer than my pile of print books or my queue of ebooks.
How do you determine which books from your TBR to read next?
Library due dates, review commitments, recommendations, readalongs and blog events, movie adaptations, award long lists, award short lists, award winners, blogs, Booktube, and social media. Not necessarily in that order. But pretty much in that order.
A book that has been on my TBR the longest?
Physical: I recently unearthed some books that I’ve carried with me from my condo to my first house to my current house. Among them are Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson and Vancouver by Alison Griffiths and David Cruise.
Goodreads: When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman (since 2012) and I actually own a physical copy now.
A book you recently added to your TBR?
Physical: Ann Walmsely’s The Prison Book Club, which I had no intention of buying when I went to see her speak, but she’s just that good.
Goodreads: It’s November, so I’m adding to my Novellas in November bookshelf. The Trumpets of Jericho sounds completely bananas.
A book on your TBR strictly because of its beautiful cover?
No.
I do really like The Steady Running of the Hour by Justin Go, though.
A book on your TBR that you never plan on reading?
Wouldn’t that be a TNR, to not read?
An unpublished book on your TBR that you’re excited for?
Physical: Nope. I’ve stopped accepting review books, and all the publication dates for my BEA books have passed.
Goodreads: The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel, the third (and final?) book in the Thomas Cromwell series. It doesn’t have a cover or a publication date yet. I do not expect to receive an ARC, but I do expect to buy it as soon as it comes out. I read somewhere that she’s still working on it. Sigh.
A book on your TBR that everyone recommends to you?
The Glass Castle and The Round House come to mind.
A book on your TBR that everyone has read but you?
Also The Glass Castle, hence people recommend it. Also, The Road.
A book on your TBR that you’re dying to read?
Icefields by Thomas Wharton, even though Naomi wasn’t taken by it.
Love Me Back by Merritt Tierce, because I’m liking the angry ladies lately. #FerranteFever
How many books are on your TBR shelf?
- 74 physical
- 10 ebook
- 177 Goodreads
This is *not* a normal state of affairs for me and I’m a little dismayed. Many of those 74 books are either library book sale purchases, book swap finds, unsolicited ARCs, or contest wins. Do you sense a TBR challenge coming in 2016? I do…
Tag, you’re it, even if you’re not listed below:
CJ at ebookclassics
Rick at The Book a Week Project
Naomi at Consumed by Ink
Carolyn and Rosemary and Reading Glasses
Rory at Fourth Street Review
Reading in Bed 
It *was* an oversight!!
Also: I’m desperate to read Quicksilver too! We should read and compare notes.
Do you have the cover I used here? I do not, sadly, mine is much plainer.
I’m going to be nicking it off my boyfriend’s friend when we visit him in January, but yes, I think the cover is the same! Think it’s the UK version. Is yours this one? I’ve seen ones like it in the States. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quicksilver-Roman-Neal-Stephenson/dp/344254274X/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1448102875&sr=1-5&keywords=quicksilver+neal+stephenson
I’m glad you’re still dying to read Icefields – I want to know what you think! I liked it, just didn’t love it.
I keep thinking that a TBR challenge is desperately needed around here, too, but I’ve been avoiding it so far…
Yeah I think it’s high time for me. Just because I never hoarded books like this before blogging and I feel weird about having so many.
I think I’ve always had this problem, but it seems worse then ever right now.
I ended up adding a “wish list” shelf to goodreads so that I could distinguish between TBR physical (own), and TBR want to read but don’t own. I can’t bring myself to shelve my unread physical books at home on their own shelves because I’m pretty sure it would be way too overwhelming.
I read When God was a Rabbit years ago and I can’t remember anything about it, so not very memorable.
I decided to move them to the most prominent shelves so I’d be more likely to see them, think about them, and hopefully, read them!
Thanks for the tag, I had no idea what to blog about next and you solved that problem. I forgot I put a hold on The Prison Book Club at the library. Looking at your shelfie, I think I have many of these books on my TBR too. Are you as over the BEA books as I am? The buzz has worn off and most of them I have zero enthusiasm for anymore.
Haha yeah pretty much! I would like to get to The Secret Chord sooner than later but the others… mehhhh…. lol. City on Fire killed me.