A Challenge For Myself And You
Posted by The Boy With BooksJul 27
I was talking to Senfaye earlier, and I asked her how many books were on her To Be Read pile. The answer was “a lot”, which, c’mon, is an answer I bet a lot of us have. But it got me thinking. So I went and dug around in the garbage dump my room. I have eighty-four books that I plan on reviewing sitting on my bookshelf. This is a problem for me. I routinely pick up or at least write down three or more books every week that I wat to read, and I read one or two every week.
Thus, I have challenged myself. I will not requet, borrow, check-out, purchase, or otherwise pick up any books (to review or otherwise) until I have read (or attempted to read) and reviewed all eighty-four of those books on my shelf. If someone sends me a book without contacting me first, it goes to the end of the line. If they talk to me first, I will let them know about this project of mine; if they still want to send me a book, great, but it has to wait its turn.
All you book bloggers out there, I challenge you to do the same! Read through your whole To Be Read/Reviewed stack/pile/shelf before picking up any other books. If you’re in, post in the comments and maybe I’ll make a little graphic or something.
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12 comments
Comment by Catherine on 27 July 2009 at 11:00 PM
84?! Hot damn. I only have two and a half on mine.
Comment by The Boy With Books on 27 July 2009 at 11:01 PM
@Catharine: You live out in the boonies, is why. =P
Comment by Catherine on 27 July 2009 at 11:04 PM
@Robbie: Exactly. Adele and I were lamenting this the other day. No one cares about us.
I think I might go down to the gardens and eat worms, actually.
Comment by Erica on 27 July 2009 at 11:05 PM
Wow that’s dedication! I ummm *cough* picked up like 30 more books last week (though I’ve read about 9 of them previously) and my TBR pile is so large I really would rather not type it. The books want to come home with me, really! I mean when they’re 5/$1 or .50 or .25 how can I resist? lol. At last count my TBR pile was well over 100… but there’s so many new books I want too so I’ll alternate between the older tbr and newer
Comment by The Boy With Books on 27 July 2009 at 11:10 PM
@Erica: I feel for you! My TBR list is actually somewhere around 275. Including some Shakespeare, Pride & Prejudice, etc.
Comment by Erica on 27 July 2009 at 11:12 PM
I should actually count my books some time. My entire desk is completely filled with mainly books I haven’t read yet
Comment by The Boy With Books on 27 July 2009 at 11:15 PM
I have 2 full size bookshelves in my room, and about forty or so more books on a shelf in the living room.
Comment by Erica on 27 July 2009 at 11:18 PM
Awesome! My brothers moving out (yay!) so I get his room and I’m getting new book shelves. My books are currently either A) on my tiny little bookshelf B) in stacks on my desk C) in rubbermaid bins or other storage D) unaccessable in my basement E) in stacks on my floor or randomly around my house. lol. so once I get book shelves they will all move to my room.
Comment by Book Chic on 27 July 2009 at 11:28 PM
Oh dear lord, I’m not sure I can do that, lol. I’m trying to limit my library books to one at a time now, and plan on reading backlist titles (i.e. ARCs from previous months I have yet to get to) along with current titles. So I’d be reading like three books at a time.
I also really need to get together my donate-to-library books because that’ll help clear up my room (and shelves/drawers) quite a bit. And will also help with cataloguing all my books. So yeah, I don’t think I can do your challenge, but I’m doing a little one of my own, I guess.
Good luck with it though!! Would love to read updates on it as you go along.
Comment by khy on 27 July 2009 at 11:47 PM
Oh gosh, I have no idea if I could manage that. xD I have less books to read than you- 65, plus last 2/3 of the one I’m reading now- but I still have a lot. I don’t think I could stop acquiring books completely- I am NOT waiting to buy Blood Promise! O_O I am going to be at the bookstore the day it comes out! xD- but I will slow down getting books, probably.
Comment by Mitali (Alley of Books) on 28 July 2009 at 5:53 AM
Oh wow! That is a huge number, but I feel your pain because a few weeks prior I had something of the same problem. I managed to get the number down marginally but my TBR pile still looms on my shelf.
I’m going to be in trouble coz I wont get much reading done this week due to Term Paper prep and the actual paper itself.
Plus I get books from the public library and my old high school library to review and recommend.
So, I dont know if its possible for me to accept the challenege.
Oh and as Khy said, I can’t wait to buy some books for my guilty pleasure!
LOL –> Shakespeare and P&P… Hahah believe me I read some form of them everyday! =)
Comment by Krista on 28 July 2009 at 3:08 PM
Wow, I can could never do that. I own about 40 books that I plan to read, but I can’t resist the temptation of more books.