Down the TBR Hole #2

Down the TBR Hole is a meme created by the lovely Lia @ Lost in a Story for bloggers to keep track of their ever-growing TBR list. The meme is an attempt to reorganise our never-ending Goodreads TBR lists and make judgments on whether we should keep a certain book on the list, or delete it.

I tend to keep my TBR below 400 books, because I think that’s a reasonable amount of books, but I also know that whenever I see a book hyped, I have a tendency to add it to my TBR without thinking of whether or not I actually want to read it. More often than not, it’s not something I’m really interested, but I feel bad because it’s hyped, or diverse, or all these people on Twitter are screaming about it. I’ve got to stop feeling bad about not wanting to read a book because it’s popular / feeling left out of a conversation. So hopefully, I can do that through Down the TBR Hole.

How the meme works:

• Go to your Goodreads “to-read” shelf.
• Order on ascending date added.
• Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
• Read the synopses of the books
• Decide: keep it or should it go?
• Don’t forget: if you are going to continue this meme each work, keep track of where you left off.

The Books

Pros:
Charles Dickens.

Cons:
Charles Dickens.
You know what I mean if you’ve ever read him.

Judgement:
GO

Pros:
I feel like this is an important book to read at this point in history.
It’s also a book in my Classics Club TBR.

Cons:
I’ve tried reading it before and I gave up, but I was also much younger then.

Judgement:
KEEP

Pros:
It sounds interesting.

Cons:
I don’t really have the time to get into a kids series right now.

Judgement:
GO

Pros:
It’s the last book in a series and I really like the first book.

Cons:
A lot of people don’t seem to like this one, and heaps of reviews are saying it’s slow and drags out. Also, it was published back in 2012, and the content from that year wasn’t the best.

Judgement:
GO

Pros:
I love Oscar Wilde. And I just found out it’s a play.

Cons:
None.

Judgement:
KEEP

Pros:
I loved the author’s other work, How I Live Now.

Cons:
I accidentally read a spoiler for this and I’m upset. Not at reading the spoiler, at what happens in the book. That’s very upsetting. It’s queer-baiting, basically.

Judgement:
GO

Pros:
This is the book that inspired C.S. Pacat, who’s my favourite author. It’s also historical and sounds awesome.

Cons:
It’s from the 1960s.

Judgement:
KEEP

Pros:
I only have like 3 or 4 books left in this series. I just want to know how it ends!

Cons:
I don’t really care for vampires anymore, and I can barely remember what happens in the other books I’ve read.

Judgement:
KEEP

Pros:
I liked the first book and this one seems cute.

Cons:
I just don’t think I’m ever going to read it.

Judgement: 
GO

Pros:
I love British history and this book is about one of my most favourite periods.

Cons:
I heard the author took liberties with history in this book.

Judgment:
KEEP

Books Removed: 5
TBR total before: 366
TBR total now: 361

I managed to get rid of five books, which I think is pretty good! Have you gone through a clean up of your Goodreads TBR recently? Give it a go with Lia’s Down the TBR Hole!!