
I accomplished something a few weeks ago that I didn’t think I was capable of doing: I cleaned up my TBR list. I didn’t just dust the shelves, I went all pregnant-lady-nesting on that thing. I was not initially confident I would be able to find a way to convince my lazy behind to actually do this. I didn’t just have one TBR list to clean out but a slew of shelves on Goodreads masquerading as something far more benign than a daunting TBR list. I had shelves that narrowed down my TBR list. I had shelves that attempted to prioritize my TBR list. I had shelves that did nothing but make me feel like I was succeeding at wearing the pants in my relationship with my TBR list. These shelves served no legitimate purpose.

The one shelf I have yet to tackle is the waiting-on-kindle shelf. These are books I’ve paid for or downloaded for free and are waiting to be read. Don’t judge me by my number. My goal is to go through that beast and get rid of any book that downloaded for free just because it was free, as well as any paid books I don’t think I’ll ever read. There are 233 books sitting on that shelf waiting in limbo. I will never read all of them and don’t want to. Combine that number with the TBR shelf and I'm looking at 447 books vying for my attention.
I have managed to reign my one-clicking habits in since I cleaned house. I don’t buy a book unless I know I’m going to read it soon. I have also tried to pre-order less. Pre-orders were killing my numbers and I often forgot about them until they popped up on my Kindle. I occasionally found myself wondering why I bothered ordering it in the first place.
My goal is to continue limiting my purchases and strengthening my resolve. I need to work harder on saying no to those 99 cents sales. I will also narrow down the waiting-on-kindle shelf. Overall, I eliminated 388 unnecessary books from my TBR list. It’s a great start but now I need to finish the job.
Love the Tackling the TBR series!! Great article Jenny!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Julie! That really means a lot! ~Jenny
DeleteWoot Woot!! I did this about a month ago. I called it my Goodreads cleanse. I felt so much better after I did it. I still would like to go through my shelves and categorize things, though.
ReplyDeleteRe-categorizing the shelves was the hardest part but sooo worth it! I feel such a sense of relief when dealing with them now. ~Jenny
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