Does anyone use a TBR Jar? I've tried this once before but it didn't stick. I just need to get these unread books managed!!! I feel like a hoarder but doing a few challenges at once doesn't help either. What do you guys do to manage the hoards when they take over? #LitsyAtoZ #EpicStephenKingReread #1001books #Passportlitsy #totallyoutofcontrol
MaleficentBookDragon We used one in a book club I was in. I was consider trying it for myself. I plan on picking my top 25 or so books and pick from those. 7y
IamIamIam @MaleficentBookDragon It seems like a great idea for a book club! I thought I could manage the challenges with, like, "wild cards" or a slip that indicates a challenge book instead of a specific TBR book. 7y
kricheal I have 2 tbr jars one for non fiction and the other for fiction. ARCs take priority over those. Oh and jars are for only print books. Overdrive, audible, Amazon prime, and serial reader all kind of work around it...ok I lied I'm am unorganized mess over here 😂😂😂 In my head it all seems like a totally organized system, trying to explain it...well 🤷♀️ 7y
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IamIamIam @kricheal I hear organized chaos & that's a concept I'm COMPLETELY familiar with!!!! So your TBR is a loose organizing system you kind of use to make yourself feel better about the list? Sounds like my book buying ban bullet journal!!!! 😂😂😂 Lasted me 6 weeks!!! 🤗😚 7y
kricheal @IamIamIam YES! Also I stress for some reason about what book I'm going to read next before I'm finished reading my current print. WHY am I letting books give me "book picking" anxiety? Life is hard enough. Hence my luck of the draw jars. That's what I call them. My teenage kids even make fun of me for them?? 7y
Crewgurl Yeah, I don‘t think you‘ll find much help with this problem here 😂 I use Bookbuddy, which at least helps me keep track of what I have!!! 7y
IamIamIam @kricheal Hahaha, I'm loving this complex code more and more as we go along! 😂😂😂 7y
IamIamIam @Crewgurl I think I'm looking for that one super organized person to reassure me that it's possible and not just a Pinterest fail waiting to happen, cute mason jars or not! 🤣 7y
kricheal @IamIamIam It gets better. I bought the brightest neon multicolored 4" x 4" block note paper to make it aesthetically pleasing to look at AND I keep a list of everything I that is TBR and cross reference to make sure that I don't forget to add something to the jar 7y
kricheal If I could just stick to print, I'd be golden. 7y
Eggs I just have to STEEL myself to Do It:: whittle down the tbr. I did go through my kindle books and my physical books and yanked (for sale or donate)or deleted what I knew I'd never read-Sheesh 7y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I have one. Haven't used it yet. I'm such a moody reader, I'm worried I'll pick a book I don't want to read. 7y
TrishB I get my daughter to pick when I get overwhelmed! She just asks any themes you don‘t want to read today! It usually works great 👍🏻 7y
IamIamIam @kricheal That's the real problem. And the library has SOOOOO many cool books I don't have!!! Lol, I think the wild cards could help with that so I'm not beholden to only my books! 7y
IamIamIam @Eggs Those free Kindle books are a KILLER! They're so hit and miss and then they're the first in a series and I get so angry because I just don't like committing to a series!!! Lol 7y
IamIamIam @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I know, I'm the same way. Maybe we could do a 50 page limit and if we're not feeling it after 50, it can ripen on the bookshelf until it gets picked again. So many stipulations!!!! 😂 7y
IamIamIam @TrishB That's a great option! The last time my daughter chose a book for me, my husband and I were going into the city on the train & she picked a Richard Russo book... I need a little bit less chaos than a train ride for Russo's overly descriptive prose so I downloaded Red Rising instead! 😂😂 7y
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