When you have so many books on your TBR how do you decide?
Question for you all. When you have so many books on your TBR how do you decide?
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Question for you all. When you have so many books on your TBR how do you decide?
gutfeeling about what I would enjoying the most at that moment.
With pain ?
I just pick a book that fits with my mood!
By the number of pages. If a book is shorter, I’ll pick it up sooner so that I can start a new one before too long.
Mood I’m in. I have everything sorted by theme and genre.
sorted! that is smart.. maybe I will do that too… someday 😉
I recommend totes…animals, husbands, and small children love a nicely sorted stack. Chaos reigns. 🙂
LOL, I only have a husband, but I hardly think he’s seeing those books piled up in the corner… he is not a reader.
I just close my eyes and reach for a book.
im terrible, if its got a dog in, i normally choose it first. but if i start a series i have to continue with that
My daughter and I have recently made to read jars for this problem lol
Cry and then buy more books.
I reach in blindly and pick one out. If I don’t fancy it I put it back and try again!
Thank you all!!
I go of my mood at the time ?
If it’s time for a classic I generally go with one of the shortest, if it’s time for a non-fiction I go with what I have and for the rest it’s what I think I’m in the mood to. I aim to read one classic and one non-fiction each month this year.
Try to resist buying more but then I can’t and it becomes endless. Before I die I’ll maybe finish them all. XD
I just go with what im in the mood for. Sometimes a new read sometimes a re read
I switch up genres each time so that at least limits my choices!
I just go by mood
Literally just by mood. Sometimes I debate on making a TBR jar, but I feel like it’s a waste of time to sit down and write out all 200+ books on my TBR shelves.
I go with my mood. Sometimes a book sits there for a day or two and then I replace it with another because my mood has changed. I like to mix up genres and favor shorter books over longer ones.
I get it down to twenty and roll a die. Haha
My mood.
Put the names on a folded memo in a jar and take one. That is the one to read. Finish en klaar.
Ek moet dit ook doen Annette.
I have my lol sister pick she loves it
I go of my mood
Pretty much at random and some times I just grab a bunch and start pounding them back
Because I have such a ridiculous amount of TBRs, I don’t have any solid method. But currently what I am trying to do is read at least one “older” TBR for every two new books I read. It’s very hard NOT to read the most recent acquisition first when it’s something you’ve been anticipating for months by a favorite author. But I am trying to be at least a bit disciplined, because my older (by “older” I mean “have been waiting at least 1 year”) TBRs are so many!
I keep mine in order according to the month and year I bought them and read them in that order !!! Right now I’m on the books I bought in July 2015 !!!!
What moves me in the right direction the fastest.
Wait — current events.
No — when I bought it.
Ugh — publication date.
Prep for discussion with friends???
Ah-ha! Lay them out in a circle. Spin myself dizzy. The book that ends up closest when I collapse.
Mood has a big impact on my decision
My mood
I don’t it’s a struggle haha
what ever looks good and I am in the mood for
It’s like a library…!!!!! Joy
Read what’s due back at the Library first! If I bought all the books I read, I’d starve to death.
I set my books in piles I have my paranormal stacked from order I received them unless I have to many books by the same author then I go every other one, my other adult or ya I just have stacked and pick from my mood and my middle school books I just pick randomly
I read all of them. Just joking, I don’t really know, I started mine only a week ago!
Depends on my mood! ?
Whatever takes my mood at the time. Lately I’ve been reading thrillers but I might move on to fantasy or humour or biography. .. I’m sure you get the point lol.
When I get half way through my current book I start thinking what to read next. I start narrowing it down to about 3 or 4 books then when I finish I lay those few out in front of me and look at them. I look at the subject, the thickness, and the author. Then I just randomly pick one
I just read whatever grabs my attention.
I usually have a few going at a time anyway lol! There are just too many I always want to read! ?
Well, I’m usually reading three or four books at a time. When I can’t decide on the next novel or non-fiction book, I pull out a short-story collection at random and read a couple stories. Since I have well over a hundred SS collections, this has never failed to redirect my taste and make the next choice easier.
Mood I’m in, or I buy more books and read those, lol. I have to work on that because my tbr list is getting out of control and I don’t know if I’ll ever finish it at this rate.
I wouldn’t be worried about that, quite frankly. I mean, if you finish your list, you’ll just ask for recommendations to find more good reads, and next thing you know it’ll start up all over again lol.
Lol true, thanks I will continue what I do!
I go by everyone’s comments on the book, what they have to say about it before I decide to read.
My mood.
length.. or title or summary..
Depends on how I feel
Foreword
What I’m in the mood for at the time
The worst is in you are in the mood for a book you still dont have and so you just have to go and buy it ?
so true
THE ONE i JUST BOUGHT!
Close my eyes and pull one off the shelf
I just do and I’m always correct :):):)
I’m doing a challenge which makes choosing the next book easy.
It depends on my mood. If I am in the mood for a mystery I’ll pick up one of Sue Grafton’s alphabet series book. ( currently up to P) or a Harlan Coben book. If I want a lighter read I may pick up a book like The Arrangement, which is on my summer reading list. ?
Go out and get another one? Haha
Eeny meeny miny mo
By the time I get just a couple checked off I’ve already added double or triple that back to my list! There are so many books and so few hours in a day! ?
I go by series, and how long they’ve been on the list! Or sometimes just whatever tickles my fancy!!!! lol
well, I have 3 bookshelves and they are all TBR, because if I love them, I’m going to read them again, whichever one looks good, don’t number then, then out of spite I would totally ruin that list even though I made it.
It depends on my mood. I like to read a good long book that makes me think. Then follow that with a light read like a cozy mystery.
I actually use a book jar. I put all the titles of the books I want to read in the jar and pick out another book when I’m done with the last one. I like to switch things up!
That’s a great idea!
I just pick the one that looks most interesting at the time. I have a wide variety so I never get bored with reading books of the same general description.
I have over a hundred…i just grab one that looks good
I read three or four chapters of each book, whichever one holds my attention is the one I stay with to the end.
Read the first chapter of a randomly selected one and see if I want to continue or try the next one
I am guilty of sitting in Goodwill, in their furniture section (nice comfy sofa), reading one of their books. If it grabs me in 2 or 3 chapters, I’ll buy it. If not.. I’ll put it back
It takes me ages. I can’t pick at random because if I’m not in the right mood for that book I won’t enjoy it.
If I truly have no preference, I will pick 3at random, and then go by earliest copyright date.
For a new bedtime reading book, it has to be one with short chapters or sections where I can stop anywhere, so ones like phrases descriptions are good for this.
I save my tbr list in goodreads.
When I want to read a book, I start with the one I added first because I might lose interest in it later.