clearing out my TBR for the new year (is 600 books too many?)

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  • Опубликовано: 3 дек 2024

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  • @booksandquills
    @booksandquills  Год назад +22

    Nothing better to start the new year with than a tidy TBR (of hundreds of books 👀). I thought December was the perfect time for the annual 'to read list' clear out, and perhaps you'd like to join me, or just spot a few titles you might want to add to your own TBR. See you in the new year for my favourite books of 2022! - Sanne

    • @mabusestestament
      @mabusestestament Год назад

      I’d be interested in hearing your take on the shocking news that they have been censoring Roald Dahl’s work and on a very big scale. Not just deleting and altering words but even *adding* whole sentences to put things ‘in context’ for new prints they are releasing from now on.
      Do you think British authors have the courage to collectively start a campaign against this hostility against literature/ art?
      And what’s next?
      Luckily I have the non-censored versions. I was shocked to read the news, sad days 😢

  • @denisadellinger4543
    @denisadellinger4543 Год назад +3

    I just went through my Goodreads list and cleaned out a lot of books. I kept going back in and getting rid of old books that were added when I first joined Goodreads. 2011 is just a little old. I wanted to concentrate on the books I have read and books I already have.

  • @libraryofkayla
    @libraryofkayla Год назад +2

    There’s something so satisfying at seeing the number go down. I’ve got 436 on mine currently and you’ve inspired me to try to get it down to 400

  • @HelloMellowGlow
    @HelloMellowGlow Год назад +4

    I cleared my TBR while listening to you! Got rid of about 100 books. Thanks for the motivation!

  • @storiesofwonderland8900
    @storiesofwonderland8900 Год назад +2

    I cleared my list a while back and I'm so happy I did!

  • @johnsaxongitno4life588
    @johnsaxongitno4life588 Год назад +1

    All I can say is wishing you the best of luck with your reading your amazing books 📚 for your tbr and also thank you for adding to my tbr list please stay safe and enjoy your reading love you and your amazing channel ❤❤

  • @kaliejohnson1061
    @kaliejohnson1061 Год назад +1

    I do not understand why everyone hates on Artemis. 😩 It's one of my favorite books of all time and my favorite Andy Weir book. It also has a fantastic audio book! I definitely need to do a clear out I have...over a thousand books on my TBR on goodreads!

  • @Alex-kv3fg
    @Alex-kv3fg Год назад +6

    I was so excited to see Pew on your wishlist! It's a really short but poignant exploration of gender, race and societal norms that is a sort of retelling of a Ursula Le Guin short story and I haven't seen anyone else read it before. Would highly recommend ☺️

  • @KMC3050
    @KMC3050 Год назад +4

    I want to like StoryGraph, but it’s just too frustrating to use in the way I need.

  • @eynuh
    @eynuh Год назад

    So glad to see The Woman Who Had Two Navels on your tbr/wishlist! Interested to hear your thoughts on it!

  • @ellenkarlsson9490
    @ellenkarlsson9490 Год назад +3

    I recently read Ready Player One, there was a lot of 80's pop culture references that went over my head but otherwise I really enjoyed it. I loved Artemis, it was one of my favorite books of last year, the only negative thing I can say about it is that it takes place during an unrealistically short time span.

    • @booksandquills
      @booksandquills  Год назад +2

      I ended up watching the film for Ready Player One first, and I know you shouldn't judge a book by its film, but it was enough for me to know I'm not currently interested in reading it.

  • @alexafrankovitch93
    @alexafrankovitch93 Год назад

    What a great idea, I’ll be doing this tonight! Also, I’m not a huge fan of WWII books either but I will say All the Light We Cannot see stands out for me because of the mystery/magical realism elements. Just in case you or anyone else is on the fence about it - it isn’t just a super heavy, trauma-centered book.

  • @emeline_4
    @emeline_4 Год назад

    I just sorted through my StoryGraph TBR a couple of days ago! It is truly a good time of year for it 😄 I’m only at the beginning of the video and can’t wait to see what you ‘declutter’

  • @sunshineJHwitz
    @sunshineJHwitz Год назад +1

    1. This was oddly therapeutic to watch.
    2. Thanks for not deleting me. 🤣

  • @rebekkacraigon763
    @rebekkacraigon763 Год назад +2

    I 100% need to do this too 🥴

  • @xFruitMachine
    @xFruitMachine Год назад +3

    The Madwoman Upstairs by Catherine Lowell is one of my favourtie books and no one knows it exists.

    • @booksandquills
      @booksandquills  Год назад +1

      Ohh good to know! I haven’t looked up any reviews of it before.

  • @bettyreads222
    @bettyreads222 Год назад

    Started going through my list right alongside with you haha bc mine is at over 2300 🙆‍♀️ therapeutic haha

  • @AbiofPellinor
    @AbiofPellinor Год назад

    Iiiiiii should really do the same with my own "want to read" shelves 😅

  • @knjigoloznica
    @knjigoloznica Год назад

    Quick question: is there a possibility on Storygraph to add books and editions as a regular user? Goodreads doesn't allow it anymore, and I own and read a bunch of Serbian indie books that are not on there.

  • @13BlueNight
    @13BlueNight Год назад +1

    Surprised to see I'm the King of the Castle by Susan Hill on your TBR list! My class read it for our lit GCSE and I don't think anyone had much positive to say. From what I remember the writing was fine (probably quite good really) but the story was just rather upsetting. Hopefully if you do read it you find it more enjoyable than we did!

  • @BRhymesss
    @BRhymesss Год назад

    Eeeep I have 600+ on mine too
    I need to clear it out but I so quickly add things when hearing a rave review and then forget why I added it and I’m scared to get rid of a good book now lmao

  • @amymaddess3325
    @amymaddess3325 Год назад

    You have to read The Time Machine asap!

  • @emf263
    @emf263 Год назад +1

    I need to do this with my physical tbr 😅

    • @booksandquills
      @booksandquills  Год назад

      That definitely takes a lot more effort (and I find it a lot harder to decide)!

  • @mikkareads
    @mikkareads Год назад

    600? Oh no, that is WAY too much, however did that happen, I'd NEVER! 😱 (Just kidding, my TBR currently has 588 books, though I haven't added them all to StoryGraph yet, I'm pretty new there.)

  • @deborah8750
    @deborah8750 Год назад +1

    The title of this video is the constant story of my life, especially since joining Bookstagram 😅

  • @amymaddess3325
    @amymaddess3325 Год назад

    The Luminaries is my favourite book of all time, I was in suspense when you almost deleted it

  • @jewelloveslife
    @jewelloveslife Год назад +2

    lol it hurt to see you remove some of my favorites!! but I understand growing away from YA

    • @booksandquills
      @booksandquills  Год назад +3

      I bet there’s some amazing ones in there! And I still love YA too, but mostly not ones with contemporary settings.

  • @jxstonight
    @jxstonight Год назад +1

    I read Conversion and really disliked it bc it was so dissapointing

  • @user-dk3vt
    @user-dk3vt Год назад +2

    I just checked and I have 2250 books on my Storygraph tbr.. half of which I am sure I'll never even want to pick up. 🥲 When I started getting into reading again I would just add every book I saw to my tbr without even checking the synopsis so it's all just a mess honestly.. and at this point I just think it's gotten too out of hand for me to do anything about it 😭 (edit: i got it down to 2205 and I'll probably have to continue removing books everyday 😴)