The TBR pile is simultaneously a bookworm’s greatest joy and utter terror.
I mean, raise your hand if you’ve ever felt victimised by your TBR. I see you all. I DO. Come stand with me, fellow fiends, because we are all in this together. Once upon a time, I had a dream of having only 10 books on my TBR at a time, so I could be calm and peaceful and all those silly unattainable words. Now there are 60+ books on it. HAHAHAHAH HA haha ha…ha…..
No I’m not crying, you’re crying.
There are many reasons I have so many unread books. And I can see your eyeballs practically bursting with the “BUT WHY, CAIT, ARE YOU GOING TO EXPLAIN ALL WITH MUCH DETAILS BECAUSE PLEASE??” question. Which, as your magnanimous queen, I will answer. Bless your curious hearts.
- I receive far too many unsolicited review-copies ergo I end up reading them instead of my own bought books. Ergo TBR never never never shrinks. (Although I have quit many publishers’ mailing lists because this was getting so stressful for me.)
- I am addicted to the library which is a constantly moving TBR which means the books I own get ignored in favour of library books with due-back dates. Now now, I might be an Evil Overlord but I do not incur library fines. #priorities
- Netgalley. JUST NETGALLEY, OKAY?!!??? And Edelweiss too, while we’re at it. Basically, if you are not aware, these are places for book-reviewers to sign up and receive free ebooks in exchange for reviews. MY SOUL HAS BEEN EATEN. Because #free. I’m a poor bookworm, okay? If I can’t afford to buy all the new releases at least I still get to read them! But let’s not talk about how many I request! Nope! Let’s pretend I have sense! (Spoiler: Just look at all these lies omg.)
- I sometimes overhype myself about a book and then can’t bear to read it. So that book I was “absolutely dying to read more than anything in the existence of ever” is still unread on my shelf. I don’t even know either, peoples. I don’t make sense.
- It’s a sequel and what was the first book about again??? I GOT NOTHING. <— Actual story of my entire life. I could re-read, but who has time for re-reading when there are 60+ books on the TBR??? And yet that problem doesn’t get solved BECAUSE I NEED TO RE-READ BECAUSE I KNOW NOTHING, JON SNOW. I HAVE NO MEMORY OF THIS PLACE, GANDALF. INSERT ANY OTHER MEMORY-LESS FANDOM REFERENCE YOU LIKE HERE.
- My TBR gives me awfully judgy stares. And it’s just intimidating. I tried talking to it, taking it out for dinner, frolicking with it in the meadows. But it CONTINUES TO JUDGE ME. Obviously I avoid it because of this omg.
The moral of the story is: #HelpCait
Oh I joke, I joke. The moral of the story is I have a rather neglectedly large TBR and should fix that. Someday? Maybe??? Although to be perfectly honestly: I LOVE MY PILE OF UNREAD BOOKS. Firstly, I won’t be bored when the apocalypse happens. Secondly, I will one day build a book igloo out of them and be 1000 x more satisfied with life. And thirdly, the magical potential of an upcoming good book IS COMFORTING. What’s worse: too many books or not enough??? Although I would like it to be a little less overwhelming eventually. #goals
Today I’m featuring some books I should’ve read 94 years ago but have not because what are my life choices???? What are my decisions??? I’m linking up to Top Ten Tuesday prompt “Books On Your TBR That You STILL Haven’t Read Yet“.
1. CHAOS WALKING TRILOGY
Okay I have read The Knife of Never Letting Go. And if you’ve read it you’ll know that my reaction is INTENSE. BROKENNESS. AND. I. AM. NOT. OKAY. NOR. WILL. EVER. BE. AGAIN. Hence I have had the other two sitting on my TBR for just about forever.
Do they sell courage anywhere? Because I would like to buy a few boxes.
(Also fun fact: I got these from thrift-stores! That’s why they don’t match. But they don’t match in an aesthetically pleasing way, SO ISN’T THAT NICE?)
2. INKHEART TRILOGY
I’ve owned these for…oh who can know?? At least 4 years??? And when I say “I’ve owned these” I mean, my sister and I bought them and then I stole them from her room because my need to be surrounded by books is greater than hers. I’m currently in the process of absorbing books by osmosis. This will help all TBR problems. #Science
Anyway. I have read Inkheart (although there is no review on goodreads???? what is this life????) I have not read Inkspell and Inkdeath. And it’s been so long since I Inkified myself that I’ll need to re-read book 1. WHO HAS TIME FOR THAT??? THESE BOOKS ARE BEASTS.
Also I actually loved the movie. I’m not even ashamed. I love Dustfinger. I am also Aunt Eleanor.
3. THE ROSE AND THE DAGGER (TW&TD #2)
Technically I’ve only had this on the TBR for about 6 months! WHICH REALLY ISN’T THAT LONG. But since I titled this post “TBR of shame” and there are at least 9 of you who constantly am threatening to exile me to Jupiter with no snacks to live without happiness or WiFi if I don’t hurry up and read it — I figured I should add this to the list.
I will read it. One day.
What is it they say? Never do today what you can procrastinate, cry over, and whinge about tomorrow?
4. PETER PAN. PETER PAN EVERYWHERE.
I have a huge addiction to Peter Pan, ergo to Peter Pan retellings. What can I say? THEY NEVER GET OLD. #ShutUpImHilarious So while I collect them like the avid enthusiast I am, do I actually read them? No. No I do not. They just get added to my TBR which towers 7ft above my head and I pet them and whisper I probably love them, but don’t make any real commitment.
I maybe have a commitment problem?
Least to say I’ve owned Unhooked, Never Never, and Nora & Kettle for most of the year. (I included Never Ever in the photo because it’s more Peter Pan, but I’ve actually only had it for a month.)
5. MOST OF MELINA MARCHETTA
Someone should probably revoke my Australian card and reduce me to Disappointing Potato. I’ve only read two Marchetta books. TWO. She is like one of the top-name authors of Aussie lit and EVERYONE LOVES HER. I love her too! Please believe me! It’s just I heard On Jellicoe Road is 98% guaranteed to destroy lives and I am too young for this pain. I’m just a child. I need cupcakes and sprinkles and a pillow fort. I’m not ready to be damaged.
I also won Saving Francesca and The Piper’s Son last December. They are currently underneath 30 other books, hence I haven’t even touched them. #shame
6. THE SHADOW QUEEN
So I just discovered it has this GORGEOUS map under the dust jacket and I just…oh this is what true love feels like. I CAN’T BREATHE. I WANT TO PET THIS MAP FOREVER. I’ve owned this since January and I was thinking, “That really isn’t that long.” Except, excuse you, Cait. That is nearly 9 months. August is nearly over. THE YEAR IS NEARLY OVER.
7. THE HOST
Reason #1 why I have not read this: super creepy eyeball on the cover. How am I supposed to feel comfortable when that eye feels like it’s judging me for all my life choices? Plus it’s a brick. I could stand on this and actual be normal height. I’ve owned it for at least 2 years and not even cracked open the cover.
8. THE GIRL WHO CIRCUMNAVIGATED FAIRYLAND
It’s the title, I tell you. It’s so ridiculously long it exhausts me and every time I look at it, I use up all my reading quota for the day and cannot go on to read the book. I’ve owned the book for years. MAYBE TWO. MAYBE THREE. I won a copy and, like, there’s a dragon on the spine right?? And it’s all fairy tales and whimsical right??? WHY HAVEN’T I READ IT YET, WHAT AM I DOING.
Good news is, I recently read this author’s Deathless, which I loved. Because death, obviously. So I should get to The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In a Ship Of Her Own Making soon. #exhausted
9. THE REST OF SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT
I have read 6 of them!! (The last one I read was back in February, 2015 though…oops.) And there’s only like 4 more + a million novellas that are actually normal novel sizes while the actual novels ARE THE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT OF AN ARCTIC WHALE. I’m sensing a pattern in this post about my avoidance mechanism when it comes to large books.
10. WOLF BY WOLF
Oh shush. I can see you judging right now. And I’ve only had it for a year which truly isn’t that long in the scheme of things. Some cheese must mature longer, you know. (FYI sometimes Beemster cheese can mature for 26+ months and that’s a long time okay?? Almost as long as it takes me to decide what to read next.) Anyway, YELL ALL YOU WANT. But at least when I do read it, I won’t have to wait for the sequel? #PositiveProcrastinationReasoning
I also read Inkheart a year ago and don’t remember anything now. I own the other books in the series. But, TIME TIME TIME. Also, I am not reading anything these days as my main exams are just a week away and tomorrow is my computer exam. #tripleshame
WHY DON’T WE HAVE MORE TIME. 😭 *sobs forever* I just need, like, a few more hours per day to read…(Omg but good luck with your exams!! Probably focusing on them is actually wise of you.😂)
This post officially speaks to me on the highest level possible than all of your other posts. THIS. IS. IT.
I have to confess though I have around 27 books in my TBR stack. It’s the Tower of Shame, and it looks at me everyday while I continue to put the books in it off for another day/week/month. I think the one I haven’t gotten the urge to read yet is Rebel of the Sands as well as Front Lines! I was at page 100-something because of your review on it, then I just stopped because THERE WAS NO WAR YET. It seems like a really shallow reason but I came for war and Rio and the rest were still training. So. I must abandon that until I become a bit more patient.
And really, Cait? I always thought that you NEVER had any books in your TBR. I thought that you read a book, put it down, then moved to get another book, then the process repeats?!?! THAT MEANS YOU ARE HUMAN NOW, I THINK.
OH GOOD. I’M VERY GLAD YOU LIKED IT. We can be happily crushed by our TBRs together, yes? And ahhh, I do understand about Front Lines! It honestly was a bit slow for me.😂 There’s like only war at the end, I think? WHICH IS WEIRD FOR A WAR BOOK. I saw the sequel up on netgalley and though about requesting and then I was like…nah.😂
PFFT, I AM NOT HUMAN, DON’T GET THAT ILLUSION. It’s just sometimes I don’t read because I have to go smite a planet or something. That’s the only reason. *nods*
Absolutely LOVE your blog. Every single post makes me laugh out loud (or at least giggle because I am at work and not supposed to be reading blogs!).
Last weekend I actually went through my bookshelves to see how many unread books I own and the result made me super sad… There is only 20 books on my TBR (19 now because I started one yesterday). This means I am free to buy as many books as I want! Book shopping spree starts today!
OMG THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY I CANNOT EVEN. <333 LIKE, JUST COME HERE SO I CAN GIVE YOU CAKE AND SQUISH YOU WITH HAPPINESS.
Ohhhhhh, you definitely need to improve that TBR of yours. It doesn't sound nearly overwhelming enough. *nods sagely*
*piles books on your head*
I have an incredible number of unread books and are aware of it. Ha ha. But do not really care. I live in a small apartment. So I have my tbr books with me, while the books I have read are still in the bookshelf in my room at my parents house. Not sure how many books. It may be 60 or perhaps 70. Ha ha. I obsessed with buying books and reading unfortunately not as fast as I wanted at times. Plus sometimes I find really interesting books at the library. #Readerproblem. The host is great. Not my favorite book or my favorite genre. But I did actually like it.
I think it’s probably the bookworm curse to collect faster than we read, right??!😭😂 BUT I’M NOT EVEN SORRY AND NOT EVEN STOPPING. I’m sure it’ll work out…sure of it…*gets crushed to death by TBR*
My TBR list is 79, my to-get list is 2 (my Goodreads list, anyway – my mental list is probably bigger), and my waiting-on-my-shelf list is at least 4 (some of which I’ve had for years). It is SO STRESSFUL! I need to retire so that I can read all the books I want to read *cries*.
“The TBR Of Shame” fits me perfectly.
I actually haven’t read a single one of the books on this list. I started Patrick Ness’s More Than This but didn’t finish it, and that’s the closest I’ve got to anything on this list.
Pfft, forget retirement, we need immortality so we can get all these books read. IT’S JUST A SMALL REQUEST, I’M SURE WE’LL FIND IT. CAN WE ORDER IT ONLINE??? *goes to look up immortality on amazon*
Inkheart! I read the German version of this ages ago and quite liked it. Never finished the second one though.. It’s not as good, so don’t feel bad xD
Eeep, that’s disappointing.😂 ONE DAY I’LL GET TO IT THOUGH!! Probably when I’m 99 years old, but still. One day.
Uh, my TBR list is just too long, it’s embarrassing 🙂
We can be shamefully embarrassed together. *hi fives*
I have like 150+ on my physical tbr so don’t feel too bad. 😉 It is why I don’t go to the library.
And I am with you on some of these series like Chaos Walking, The Wrath and the Dawn, Skullduggery Pleasant, Finnikin of the Rock (Melina Marchetta) so yeah… Oops I guess, haha.
I go to the library every week. DO YOU SEE MY PROBLEM HERE?😭😂 (I take my preschooling nephew/niece on a playdate there, but like it’s ulterior motive because I clearly need new books. Ahem. Clearly. I mean, my TBR is not enough of course.)
I’m reading Grave Peril now, but I read the first two books in the series two years ago. Usually, I’m pretty good at remembering what’s happened in books. Right now, I feel like a bookish failure because I’m not sure what I should already know so I hope there’s not meant to be any dramatic irony…
My life is like 98% of the time feeling like a bookish failure because I REMEMBER NOTHING. IT IS MY CURSE. So I feel for you. *shares forgotten cake with you*
Oh my… when you say TBR shelf, you are only talking about books you’ve actually bought? Are kindle freebies included? If yes… then my TBR shelf has hundreds of books… Plus my physical shelves with beauties from both RT last year and BEA this year. Plus books I can’t help but buying because they’d look so beautiful in my livingroom before I actually get around to reading them…
You are right, though, we’ll never be bored after the apocalypse, because we’d still have books 😀
I don’t even know what I mean by TBR these days.🙈🙊 I just remembered I won like 30+ indie kindle books once (like I don’t even remember entering the contest hahah) so LET’S NOT TALK ABOUT THE DARK DEPTHS OF MY KINDLE.
And bonus! When the apocalypse comes we can block out the zombies by piles of books. *nods* They’ll never get in and we can just read in peace. #winning
I Think your TBR is fine, Cait. What’s 60 books? That’s nothing! All is good. I have at least one entire, double-stacked bookcase that is my TBR. (I say at least, because I don’t separate my red from the TBR, so they’re all muddled up together. I know I have a lot, and that one bookcase is the least it will fill. Might be more.)
I have so many, I can’t even remember what’s in the pile. I know I have unread books from before becoming a blogger, and I’ve been blogging for seven years. When you get sent all of these books, and you aren’t the fastest reader, they pile up. Literally. I have run out of bookshelf space (despite having 4 tall bookcases and one half-sized one), and I’m going to have to start making piles on the floor. I did consider only requesting ebooks for a while, but I can’t. I love physical books! So much more than ebooks! Plus my dad is currently borrowing my Kindle as his one broke.
The Host is actually really good! At least I thought so. I’d be intrigued to know what you thought of it, but there are more recent books to read.
What book have I putt off for a ridiculously long time? I think I need Goodreads’ help on this one… (Ok, according to Goodreads, I have 937 books to read. HOWEVER, I only created a wishlist shelf a few years after being on Goodreads, so some of them are “want to read” where others are “to read”. But it still gives you an idea as to how behind I am. Haha!) (Actually, going through the list, some of these I no longer have because unsolicited and not my bag… so it’s not QUITE as bad. But still.) Ok, The DUFF by Kody Keplinger. I’ve had that for ages. OH, The Gathering Dark/Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo. Not read yet, either. I’ve not read the sequels to Fury by Elizabeth Miles. The Mara Dyer books, I’ve had the first one since it was released…. just so many! Too many. It’s ridiculous, really.
Great post, Cait! I so love your blogging voice 🙂
OMG A WHOLE BOOKCASE?! Okay I feel much better.😂 Although I mostly do separate my TBR from my read books…unless I honestly don’t plan to read it in the near future, then I stick it in the bookshelf, because honestly my TBR pile fell over the other day. I think it’s trying to tell me something…
And YES. People assume I buy a lot of books, but I like HARDLY EVER BUY BOOKS. I just get sent them a lot. And I used to love it sooo much but now I’m just overwhelmed.😂 And I am a fast reader! So I can only imagine what it’d be like for slow readers! (Let’s not even talk about the dark depths of my kindle though hahahaha.)
And I’ve been told the Host is awesome. SO WHY HAVEN’T I TRIED IT. GAH, JO. I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M DOING WITH MY LIFE.
I have like 1,000+ books added on goodreads too. NOT EVEN SORRY. SOMEONE GET ME IMMORTALITY SO I HAVE TIME FOR ALL THESE BEASTS. Omg but the Duff is really good!! And also Shadow & Bone. <3 Although I think the sequel is WAY better and I'm not even going to talk about the finale.😂 #saysshewhosshipsunk
*squishes you and gives you cake* YOU ARE TOO NICE TO ME.
CAAAAIIIT, OMGGGG. HOWWWWW??? HOW. CAN. YOU. JUST. STOP. AFTER. TKONLG???
(okay, I waited almost a year between book two and three too, but that was because I was to scared of the ending). UNEXCEPTABLE. I’ll hunt you down and make you read them, you just wait!
I’m there with you with Marchetta though. I LOOOVED The Lumatere Chronciles (so much delicious pain!) but as I’m not big on contemporary, I still have to read all the others.
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In a Ship Of Her Own Making has been on my list FOR AGES. YEARS AND YEARS. I don’t even own a copy yet *cough*
YOU CAN’T TALK SINCE YOU DID THE SAME THING!! *shrieks and sobs and whispers Manchee’s name* I just…I just…I’M NOT OKAY. (Although honestly I’ll need to reread TKONLG before going on because I’ve forgotten details. I think it was the pained-numbed haze because I have no clue what went down in the finale anymore. Because #suffering.)
And I need to finish the Finnikin series. Oh shh. Stop judging me. But I’ve read Finnikin TWICE so that redeems me a little, right?!
Haha…ha… nope not crying over my TBR either. And definitely possibly running out of books is much much worse than having too many TBR. I can’t even imagine the hell that not having several (hundreds) of books to read next. TBR is both comfort and anxiety triggers. Solution find more books…
Exactly!! I mean, imagine having NO NEW BOOKS TO READ AT ALL?! < -- true horror story
I actually owned Inkheart and Inkspell, not sure what even happened to Inkspell, but I dnf Inkdeath, the first one was the only good one really, although Inkspell was ok.
I should be reading this book I got at the library book sale called Zenith, but it’s book 2 and book 1 Exodus was only ok so…and the Warrior Heir which apparently is a big deal right now because it was in Barnes in Nobles YA section or whatever, but it was so weird…
I remember Inkheart being really good but I gave it 3-stars in 2012 and didn’t review it?!?? Curse my beginning blogger failures.😂 So I will DEFINITELY need to re-read before going on…although I haven’t ever really heard people rave about Inkspell/Inkdeath, so…gah.
Is that Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima?? Because I hated that one omg.🙈🙊 The Demon King series by her is like 5-stars AND BRILLIANT but I don’t even know what was going on with the Warrior Heir series. ughghghg.
YES! I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING!
I have made the very wise decision to simply not count all of the books that are on my TBR and try (emphasis on *try*) not to think about them too often :’)
That is probably a wise decision, tbh. WHAT WE DON’T KNOW CAN’T KILL US??? < --- sound bookworm logic
So much YES to this post! Yes, so many books on the TBR list of shame for me as well! And that’s only the TBR list of shame, then there is still the regular TBR which is even bigger, but oh well 🙂
It’s like you said, I don’t really mind a big TBR, because even though it’s intimidating and stressy, it’s also so conmfortable to know there are still so many books out there to read! Imagine there would be no books left to read at all – how awful would that be? 😉
Most of these books are still on my TBR too. Especially the Chaos Walking trilogy, The Rose and the Dagger, Unhooked and Finnikin of the Rock, or any Melina Marchetta.
Big TBRs are like mixed glory and terror, right?! I mean, I wouldn’t want NO BOOKS to read…omg, that is like a true nightmarish thought. But at the same time, my TBR actually fell over yesterday because I stacked it too high.😂 So I may have a slight problem, ahem.
Ohhh Finnikin is GLORIOUS. Total recommend!! (We won’t talk about how I haven’t finished the series…😂)
I feel like the majority of my bookshelves have books I haven’t read. Why.
And I feel like recovering from The Knife of Never Letting Go will take years. But once you do finish the series you’ll love it (I mean I can’t promise that you’ll be sane afterwards). It’s GREAT. 😀
*sobs wildly* HOLD ME, MAWA, I JUST CAN’T. (I feel like though, it’s been so long I’ll need to re-read TKONLG and relive that horror so I can read on because I don’t remember all the details. The torture prospect is not good. NOT GOOD.)
I have so many on my ever growing TBR. I have books I am sure I will never read sitting on my physical and goodreads list. I love old book stores. The used books kind that isn’t half price books. But I just pick up books I have no idea about. I have never heard of them and I like the cover or the title. then I love adding books I see on blogs. Very very very addicting. Then of course netgalley and edelweis. UGGGG.I feel you
Ohhh the struggle is SO REAL. *collapses in a heap* Especially when books are cheap (or free).😂 I am rubbish at library sales. I mean, like 20 cents for a book??? I’M NOT GOING TO SAY NO. (And netgalley should have like a pop-up that says “hello you’ve requested a lot of books are you ok” because that would be helpful.)
I read Inkheart and tried to read Inkspell and sadly never got into it. I have a couple of books I own which I haven’t read yet, and lots of ebooks that I won or bought and still haven’t got around to reading and lots more that I want to read but haven’t found a copy of yet. That would be maybe 100 priority books altogether. I do have a goodreads list which I occasionally peruse but I haven’t figured out how to remove books I no longer want to read from it, so it’s not really representitive of my book reading desire. I try not to worry about my TBR because I refuse to let reading be stressful.
Ohhhh ebooks. EBOOKS. *laughs manically and then cries* Once I won like 30+ indie authors ebooks. I didn’t even know what I was entering for but omg that was intense.😂 So I have all of them on my kindle and, erm, will probably never get to them. That was at least a year ago. Sometimes I pretend my kindle doesn’t exist because it’s too scary in there.😂
You can remove books from goodreads to-read shelves!! I can’t remember how though. BUT I HAVE DONE IT. When I’ve been feeling brave. I have 1000 books added. Halp me Shanti what have I done.😳
My TBR, according to goodreads, is over 400 + books. I don’t own hardly any of them. I tend to buy a few books at a time, not very often, and then I read them within a week. BUT there is ONE book that hAS BEEN STARING AT ME FOR OVER A YEAR AND IT’S CITY OF EMBER AND OMG I WANTED TO READ IT SO BADLY BUT I JUST CAN’T BRING MYSELF TO PICK IT UP HELP.
OMG YOU HAVE TO READ CITY OF EMBER IT’S REALLY GOOD AND REALLY CUTE AND I LIKED IT A LOT ERGO IT MUST BE GOOD BECAUSE I HAVE GOOD TASTE. *nods sagely* Before this year I was super good at reading what I acquired, like…within a month at least! This year I just fell apart.😂
Okay I promise I’ll read it as soon as my brother finishes it and gives it back.
*pats you on back and offers cake and coffee* It’s just a phase, you’ll be fine.
I’m reading Inkheart right now! I’m hoping to read the other two books soon too, because my sister likes them and has been nagging me to read them. 😉 But I have such a long list of books I own that I still need to read (and then I take a trip to the library…)
Sisters are so glorious for nagging book recommendations aren’t they? :’) (I used to nag my sister all the time haha.) AHEM. But omg I’m the same. I stare at my TBR that is about to fall on my head and murder me…and then off I go to the library. IT MAKES NO SENSE YET IT IS MY LIFE.
I think we are all wallowing in shame now! I managed to forget my TBR (lingering in the back of my head). I was procrastinating on reading The Last Star even though I really loved the others, so WHY? NO LOGIC! I probably have like 50 books on my TBR AND THEY ARE ALL JUDGING ME I CAN FEEL IT! I’m in a weird book rut even though I has SO many I could read! Oh and also I have to say: INKHEART TRILOGY IS AMAZING!!!!!!! When you get around to digging up your TBR, read it because it is wonderful!! Be brave Caiiiiiiit! xxx
WE ARE IN THIS STRUGGLE TOGETHER, ENGI. *tries to hide from TBR’s judgy stare* I mean, we’re getting to it, right?! We’re doing our best! WE JUST NEED MORE TIME. (I also need to read The Last Star.😂)
And omg I definitely will devour the whole Inkheart collection….eventually. I mean books about books definitely have a certain awesome charm, right?!
Oh man, your post is just making my TBR even bigger. I NEED more Peter Pan retellings in my life, and I have been eyeing ‘the book that has a title like it’s a fall out boy song’ for a long time, and I might have to order it soon.
Omg “the book that has a title like it’s a fall out boy song” is basically how I’m going to refer to it FOREVER NOW.😂 SO PERFECT. SO TRUE.
And bahah, your TBR is most welcome. It if falls and squashes you, I shall come dig you out!! AREN’T I SO KIND.
I like having a TBR but currently mine is burying because I’m adding books faster than I can read (Goodreads says it’s 300+ pffff). I attempt to use a “shortlist” adding books I want to read in the nearish future and just look at that number pretending everything’s fine (also so my eyes won’t combust). I also reserve waaaay too many books from the library and once I get there, I borrow more. It’s calling me. OMG it’s so stressful trying to read all the library books before the due date. Help. I’ve been wanting to start the Chaos Walking trilogy because I’ve heard about all it’s fabulous. Also the first book has the word ‘knife’ in it and I’m getting some stabby vibes (I can’t run from that). I feel like a bit of a sham – I claim Melina Marchetta is one of my favourite authors but I’ve only read 2 of her books (hide me) but from the ones I’ve read, they’re glorious.
Meeeee too. Like I wouldn’t ever get rid of my TBR. I love it. <3 But I may also be buried by it and die very soon.😂 And generally the only books that get prioritised are my library books and ARCs *sigh* And all the books I buy/desperately-want-to-read end up NOT GETTING READ AND IT'S BIZARRE AND I NEED TO FIX THAT. ahah. Ahem.
And I'm the same with Marchetta so at least we can hide in shame together?😂
My Goodreads TBR is around 300. Not too bad. Heh heh. I was trying to go with the actual prompt of “tbr books I haven’t read from before I started blogging”, for my Top Five Friday, but other than some classics I was pretty good about reading everything I bought and books from the library. Proof that blogging takes up a good chunk of reading time! So, I am going to pull a Cait cheat and do series I haven’t finished that I started before blogging. AND YOU MUST FINISH THE INKHEART BOOKS because they are brilliant and she is writing more! XD
Omg, I can’t even look at my Goodreads TBR at this point.😂 It’s like 1000+ books. ahah. And I legit want to read them all. I JUST NEED IMMORTALITY THAT’S NOT MUCH TO ASK. And blogging DOES take up a lot of reading time. Sometimes I spend more time answering comments and visiting blogs than actually reading…which feels weird being a BOOK blogger and doing that. But ahhah. WHATEVER WE MUST DO, RIGHT.
And I will finish Inkheart eventually I promise!
Oh my gosh, completely not adding to your TBR, even if I thought the book was amazing – let’s go with the osmosis plan!! 😀
Still even MORE in love with your bookshelf!! Maybe you could do a post featuring how to colorfully design one’s shelves of wonderous words! 😉
Osmosis is the ONLY WAY TO WIN AT THIS POINT. *shrieks* i’m going to be buried by my TBR pretty soon anyway.😂 Ahhh, thankyou about my bookshelf! But I literally just put in books in coloured sections, so there’s really not much to it.😂
Ohhh if you had to drop everything and read just one off this list I’d recommend the Chaos Walking Trilogy. It’s one of my favourite series of all time next to The Raven Boys and pretty much anything by V.E. Schwab and I’M OBSESSED.
I like to keep my TBR nice and short because long lists terrify me – right now my Goodreads lists there being 36.
I’ve read Inkheart too but I remember nothing other than it was a book about books (and who doesn’t love a good book about books?) I also vaguely remember reading The Host and also being put off by the creepy eye because I’m weird and I hate book covers with people on them – but I remember it being really good!
The book that’s been on my TBR since forever is the 8th Artemis Fowl book. I read the first 7 years ago and they were my childhood but all I remember about it was child geniuses and violent fairies. And 7 books is wayyy too many to have to reread just to appreciate the final one! Maybe when the apocolypse hits I’ll finally get around to it 🙂
Fabulous post as always <3
OMG THAT IS SUCH HIGH PRAISE!! *flails* Like Stiefvater and Schwab are my TOP authors of ever. <3 So I need to finish Chaos Walking asap clearly.😂
And that's me with Inkheart! I mean, I loved it but I can't remember anything?? I remember the movie a lot better whoops. And omg Artemis Fowl! I HAVE NEVER READ THAT. Which is probably a bookworm travesty right?!
I really enjoyed the Chaos Walking series. It gets very political in my opinion. I’m currently reading the Wrath and the Dawn and will make sure I just move into book 2 without stopping so it doesn’t become my TBR of Shame 🙂 And I’ve only read Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta but it was so weirdly good that it’s in my list of books I want to read again.
My TBR list is too big also for all the reasons you listed (I’m a sucker for new releases) but I’m trying to work through it with out getting new books right now. 😬 *that will obviously stop with Throne of Glass book 5 coming out soon!
Oh is it political?! Gawsh, another reason for a re-read because I didn’t get that from book 1 hhahah. I’M SO CLUELESS SOMETIMES IT’S EMBARRASSING.😂 Ahem. But omg another lover of Jellicoe Road! I feel so bad for not having read it!!
Is it weird that I actually have considered building an igloo out of books? I was wondering if I owned enough books that I could hide myself inside them . . .
Last time I counted, I had 24 books on my TBR shelf. I’ve been trying really hard to keep it at a manageable number this year.
OF COURSE IT’S NOT WEIRD. I would be heavily considering it now, except a throne is my #1 priority. I just haven’t got enough floorspace for one, but it’ll happen soon for sure. *nods*
I hear you Cait, I hear you. I’ve had a Netgalley copy of Wolf By Wolf for quite some time now and just never got around to it. I think I got it just before I started my channel and that was nearly a year ago… Oops.
Stuff happens. I still want to read it but it might take some more time… Ah well.
Eeep, at least we’re in the Wolf by Wolf shame together, right?!😂 But at least we can read it and be ready for the sequel! So truly: WE ARE WINNING HERE.
I don’t know for sure how many books are on my TBR list, but I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m getting close to a hundred by now . . . it’s practically 20 pages long on Goodreads, I know that. (For a reason why, a reenactment of what happens when I see a new book on GR:
Me: *sees book* Oh, hey, this looks cool. *clicks for more information* *reads a few reviews*
Reviews: THIS BOOK IS AWESOME YOU SHOULD READ IT.
Me: Oh, cool! *clicks “add to TBR”* *promptly forgets about book because I already have a dozen books out from the library that I need to read yesterday*)
I want to read The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland soon, though. I saw the whole trilogy in my college library yesterday, and the only reason I didn’t pick it up was that I wanted Diana Wynne Jones at that moment.
Oh I totally didn’t even go into my Goodreads list.😂 Because I have 1000+ books on there BUT I don’t own them. So it’s just wishful thinking, phew.😂 But literally that is ME on goodreads. I basically just click all the books and gah I just CAN’T HELP MYSELF THEY ALL SEEM SO GOOD???
I sort of have a physical TBR pile… but most of the those books are snuggled into my bookshelf very nicely even if I haven’t read them yet. So I don’t have a real ‘pile’. The list in my head is much longer because any time I see a good looking book I think “Oh I want to read that” and that equals being put on my ‘TBR list/pile’. Which I think is worse because then I forget almost all of them? and WORSERER because that means LIKE HALF THE BOOKS THAT EXIST IN THE WORLD ARE ON MY ‘TBR LIST’. So yeah. That’s a problem. Maybe. Not sure yet.
IT IS TERRIFYING TO THINK OF FORGETTING A BOOK ONE WANTS TO READ. I live in fear of that honestly because seriously…I need to read everything. Absolutely everything. LISA, I NEED TO LIVE FOREVER. *concentrates on turning into an immortal dragon*
I KNOW RIGHT??? THERE ARE SO MANY BOOKS OUT THERE I WANT TO READ, I CAN NEVER DIE.
The Host! I completely forgot about The Host. Now it’s staring at me from behind. D:
My TBR is now counting 189 books, but I’m sure I forgot some, since I keep adding more. I’m kind of overwhelmed, mostly because I’m behind on EVERYTHING. I’m so late with fandoms and new books. Hopefully I’ll be able to read a lot of books from my TBR soon!
We can be haunted by The Host together. *shares chocolate cake of fear with you*
Omg that’s a lot on your TBR too!!😂 I mean, I love my TBR because I love knowing I have epic books to read next, but it *does* get a bit scary sometimes…and I’d rather have it a BIT more manageable…by the end of the year I hope?!
I am terrible with the Library! I currently have checked out Tell me Three Things & Court of Mist and Fury and I’m returning both of them early Thursday so I can get another book I was hoping to read. Both books are still on my TBR but I want to read this one now!
Lucky for me my TBR mostly consists of e-books because I have had a reoccurring dream about my huge TBR pile tumbling down and killing me. (Thankfully it’s still the way I want to go)
But the library is impossible because IT’S JUST TOO TEMPTING, right?!?😂 I literally cannot walk out without a book. Or…nine. Ahem.
But ebooks are also awesome for not feeling too guilty about TBR size. heehhhh. I didn’t even talk about the dark depths of my kindle in this post because I’m IN DENIAL OVER IT.
ALL of these reasons apply to me and my beloved TBR pile. My biggest problem is reading when I should be doing work, and not reading when I have PLENTY of time to do so- where is my logic? I have no idea.
I’d like to think someday my TBR pile will reduce a tiny bit, but with all the amazing books out there and waiting to be put into my hands the struggle is real.
A lovely selection of books, I really need to get cracking with ‘Chaos Walking’ trilogy too. I remember buying the books and saying to myself “yes I’ll start these once I finish uni for Summer,” Summer is practically over and I haven’t even started- oops!
Emma @ Emma’s Bookery
Gah, where is my logic too? Because I have the same problem. Somedays I literally only remember to go read when it’s like late at night and then my EYES ARE TOO TIRED. Hence TBR = will probably be the death of me.😂 And I mean, even when I don’t buy books (because am kinda a poor bookworm anyway) I still manage to find tons of free ones so my problem never really ends.😂
At least we can band together in our Chaos Walking procrastination!
Oh hey, this is a fun topic for TTT! And I *totally* understand the whole library books thing… it’s gotten to the point now where I tell my spouse “I’m going to get another hit” and he says “Tell your dealer I said hello” and we’re actually talking about the public library….
OMG THAT’S HILARIOUS.😂 The library is so totally a dealer…plus like they give books for free. FOR FREE. How are we supposed to resist that!??!??!? Books = drugs. *nods*
If you’re a horrible Australian bookworm I’m probably the worst German bookworm in existence. I read nearly no German books -and I mean as well written by a German as written in German- and I don’t even no why. Cornelia Funke? Nope. Kerstin Gier? The Ruby Red triology, but that was it. And on and on it goes. #shameonme
I have a habit of looking through my parents’/my gandparents’ etc. shelves, finding a book I want to read (mostly some classic), asking if I could take it with me and mostly the answer is something like “Yes, of course, I read this some twenty years ago.” Add this to the books I buy myself and I don’t even want to know how many unread books are on my shelves. *shudders*
I feel guilty every time I buy a new one because some voice in my head reminds me that there are dozens of books I could/should read.right.now.^-^’
There is this one book -number 9 in a series- that I waited one looooong year to be released & was so excited about. It’s been lying on my shelf now for six months. But my expectations are so high that I’m afraid to read it. Really, this is a weird bookworm-habit.
Concerning your pile: I loved The Host! Only I read it several years ago so it would be better to say “I think I might still love the book!”. Even if the first part was a bit boring (just as a little warning, after ca. 100 pages it picked up pace). And I’m really excited about Wolf by Wolf and the Chaos Walking triology although I STILL have to read them. Too much books, not enough time.
Ohhhh but Cornelia Funke is AWESOME!! I’ve probably read more German books than you then hahahah.😂 THAT IS SO WEIRD AHEM. Have you heard of the Shamer’s Daughter? That was one of my favourite books as a kid! Although I’m not sure if I remember correctly…was it German or Dutch? Gah. I think it was German. I’M GOING WITH THAT. IT’S AWESOME ANYWAY.
I only feel like 3% guilty when I get a new book…because usually I’m too excited about it to worry much hahaha. #fail
Oh expectations are DASTARDLY THINGS. I just hype myself up so much that it’s too daunting to even try the book. I read books I don’t even care about and save the highly-anticipated ones…IT MAKES NO SENSE. I AM A SAD THING.😂
Probably.^-^’ Oh well, looks like I’ll have to read more German books. Or at least read SOMETHING by Cornelia Funke.
I don’t know the book so I looked it up and it’s Danish. But funny that you said German OR Dutch since I’m half Dutch. XD Could it be that you’re a bit of a seeress?
EXACTLY! It’s like eating all the meh-stuff first and only then (when you’re already more or less sated) do you eat the cake. Humans are weird things. XD
Oh boy, I haven’t read ANY of these but they are all sound so great. I fear my TBR pile will become even more shameful than it already is as I add all of these new titles to it, haha!
YOU’RE WELCOME FOR ME ADDING TO THE PROBLEM HERE.😂
Point 1: THE HOST IS SO WORTH IT
Point 2: To possibly add to your giant tbr pile, if you love Peter Pan retellings have you read Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson? I adore that book!
Point 3: I own around 200 books and approximately 50% of them are unread. This post made me feel a little better but it also made me feel bad because I don’t even get review copies or use netgalley or the library I just buy too many books
Loved this post, gorgeous images! 🙂
Eeep, I should get onto the Host soon then.😂 AND YES I’VE READ TIGER LILY I LOVE IT. IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL AND JUST A LITTLE BIT HEARTBREAKING. </3
omg 200 books would be quite daunting. But just think! You are well on your way to making a throne out of your TBR!
I had 10 physical books on my TBR (I just answer 7 on your instagram but then I recount my books to find out some hiding TBR books).
I had ton ebooks TBR.
My friend was once give me advice that I should not buying any books before finishing my TBR. So it did not get bigger.
But it is hard. :'(
I prefer to still buy book but only one or two per month so I now have only 10 physical book TBR. I had lot more before.
Maybe it can work for you too.
I hope you can finish your TBR especially the peter pan retelling 🙂
Oh my kindle is a dark depth of unread books too.😂 I don’t even count it because it’s too scary hahha. #dead And that is probably good advice from your friend but BAH WHO HAS TIME TO LIVE SAFELY? Life is short! We must acquire books! Plus how are we going to build a book igloo out of our TBRs if we don’t find all the books?😂 I don’t even buy many books…it’s the library and the ARCs that are my curse!
Ah we have different source of problems then.. I did not have any public library near my home and I have not joined netgalley yet. I am not famous like you either, so I only get arc from penerbit spring. You are right live is short. Now, I remember some discount promo at online bookstore, maybe I should buy more than two book so I can make book iglo 😀
OK, so when you figure out how to read by osmosis, please share your tips because it would certainly help things. I really agree with you on the series thing. If I read book 1 when it first comes out. there is usually so long a wait before book 2, and before you know it. book 3 has arrived and in order to remember what is going on, I’d have to reread book 1. It’s a never ending cycle. Don’t shoot me but I’m not a fan of Peter Pan. However, I do like Captain Hook so I did read one retelling – Alias Hook, when it came out. Christina Henry is doing a dark Peter Pan book and I love her writing so when it comes out. I will venture back into that world. Have you heard the new song “Lost Boy?” I like it as well, despite the distaste for Peter Pan so go figure.
I will for sure! I’ll do a helpful tutorial, because it will be really very handy to absorb books while we sleep, right? We can put books under our pillows and TBR problems = POOF VANISHED.
I do want to read Alias Hook. But like I want to read ANYTHING Peter Pan related haahhha. So I’m doomed that way. (How dare you not like Peter Pan!! *SHOCK AND HORROR* 😂 Just kidding. Fair enough! I shall keep Pete Pan to myself.)
I have not heard the song Lost Boy! I should look it up. 😀
Okay Cait,
so how is this possible?! I´m literally DYING for The Rose & the Dagger to be published in German and you ALLREADY OWN IT BUT DO NOT READ IT?!!!! #don´tgetthat
And then Inktrilogy… The first book was good, the movie okay (but far of the books and where did the unicorns actually come frome?!) but OMG book 2 and 3 were so marvelous, gorgeous and absolutely magical! ♥♥♥ Go read them!
But then I have to admit that I have nor even read Peter Pan (do not even OWN it!) and the retellings are only on my eventually-buy-and-read-list…
And for the host… same here! On my tbr but oh my giraffe, why is it soooo huge?!
Greetings, Mary <3
I’M SORRY. FORGIVE ME.😂 I was dying for it too!! TW&TD was like my TOP read of last year and I think it’s just that pressure to live up to book 1 that is scaring me. Like, self-inflicted pressure but whatever shh.
Yes why is the Host so huge.😭 IT’S TERRIFYING ME.
Oh same for me, top read of this year ♥
And hahaha, always these huge books ^^ But Inktrilogy is also enormous and Glass Sowrd was so, too! (But it was GORGEOUS!!!)
CAIT. I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU. YOU HAVEN’T READ WOLF BY WOLF YET? You must do this soon, because Blood for Blood comes out the end of October, I think, and you need to read it before Blood for Blood comes out! There’s even a novella to tide you over (it’s called Iron to Iron and I enjoyed it almost as much as I did the actual book which is a rare, rare thing).
Although I’m one to talk because I have had a copy of The Unbecoming of Myer Dyer since December and I still haven’t read it.
YEAH I KNOW. I’M A SHAME TO HUMANKIND. I CAN’T EVEN LOOK AT MYSELF EITHER. *sighs* But I have time to read it before Blood for Blood comes out!! It is high on the to-do list I promise. And omg that’s very good news about the novella. I almost always hate novellas.😂
*throws Mara Dyer at you* THAT IS A REALLY GOOD SERIES. Says she who hasn’t read the final book for all the aforementioned reasons hahahaah. #dead
Inkheart! Ah! I actually have only read the first one. Multiple times. I think I read the second one but it’s been forever so I’m going to count it as a no since I can’t actually remember if I finished it. I get um…distracted…a lot. I loved the Inkheart movie too! NO ONE ELSE GOT IT BUT ME. So I’m glad to find another one who loved it. I didn’t have a crush on Dustfinger until the movie. lol. Great list! (The Host is cool! Not my top fav ever but it’s worth the read…maybe in e-book tho? That’s how I finally got around to finishing it).
I get distracted a lot too apparently.😂 Because Goodreads says I’ve read it and gave it 3-stars BUT I LITERALLY DON’T REMEMBER ANYTHING. SO WHO CAN KNOW. (Dustfinger was awesome in the movie!!)
Oh ebook would probably be helpful for the Host. Helpful for the wrists too!😂
I HAVE SO MANY BOOKS ON MY TBR AWK. *flails around like a deranged pineapple* I have an ENTIRE BOOKCASE which is double-stacked with books I own but have yet to read. I blame it on library sales? But I have birthday presents and giveaway-won books and ones I actually BOUGH (wonder of wonders) and I haven’t read either, and the guilt is higher on those. XD And let’s not even talk about my kindle app books. #giant
But currently I’m trying to catch up on the stuff I’ve committed to reading and then planning on taking a long-ish break from review-copy books since it’s just tiring me out, even though I love getting free books… *sniff* But I haven’t been reading the books I WANT to read lately, so this obviously has to change. *nodnod* I have one book I borrowed from somebody to finish reading, and about three reviews to write that I’ve already read the book of (huzzah!) and then hopefully I can read what I want! Yay! *collapses*
Oh oh, and I totally read library books and neglect things I own because yes DUE DATES. And I too have priorities and have never incurred a library fine.
:O YOUR INKHEART TRILOGY BOOKS ARE SO MUCH COOLER THAN THE AMERICAN ONES. That one’s also on my guilty-TBR-of-doom, except I haven’t even read the first one yet. XD
For some reason I think I thought you had finished the Skulduggery series… but I guess not. I totally don’t blame you though. Three ginormous books stuffed full of pain probably. XD I’ve only read two and they haven’t gotten to ginormous OR pain yet, so. *shrug*
IT’S TOTALLY FAIR TO WAIT UNTIL ALL THE SEQUELS ARE OUT TO READ A BOOK. I approve.
Basically this post was glorious and I still ADORE your photography alskdjfldkjl and just yes, I relate to this post so much. <3 But at the same time, TBRs are nice to look at, and there's definitely a comfortable feeling to unread books. ^_^
Oh I blame like everything on library sales too. They are EVIL THINGS. Because how is one supposed to go past a book that is only a few cents?? Like, um, no. They need adoption! They need love! WE NEED TO DO THIS!! And I also feel like I procrastinate books I buy and read library books instead because the pressure is lower?😂 Like if I hate a book I actually spent money on I GET SO MAD. But if it’s a library book? Eh, who cares.😂
Saaame with me and review-copies! Except for ebooks because I can choose them. :’) And I like being able to choose hahah. Ahem.
I have incurred library fines in the past and it is like a black mark on my soul AND OMG SOMEONE LOCK ME AWAY I AM A DISGRACE TO HUMANKIND.
Nope. Skulduggery is ANOTHER procrastination.😂 I swore to myself I’d finish them this year, but it looks unlikely tbh. There’s no reason!! I love Derek Landy’s style! I AM JUST A SAD DERANGED LITTLE BEAN.
I’ve only read Fairyland and The Host out of these^^ I loved the first Fairyland but didn’t enjoy the sequel as much…so I’ve sort of stalled there for now. Le sigh. I also really enjoyed The Host way back when I read it. As for the rest of your picks here? THEY ARE ALL ON MY READING LIST TOO AND I HAVE YET TO READ THEM AND IT KILLS ME!!! Especially The Rose & The Dagger and Knife of Never Letting Go! Can we all petition for an extra day in the week dedicated solely to reading?!
WE CAN BE SO VERY DEAD TOGETHER THEN. #sensible *collapses under mountains of unread books* I’ve heard most people say the Host is quite good so I don’t even know why I don’t just read it.😂 But then…why don’t I JUST READ ALL OF THESE???
Can we petition for an entire YEAR dedicated solely to reading???
Once upon a time, Hannah was a little girl who didn’t think it was possible to own books she had not read.
Ahaha. Ahaaaa. *crawls into corner to sob for a while*
I don’t have as many as you, but I STILL HAVE SO MANY AND THE GUILT IS SO INTENSE. It stares at me in all its terrible glory and I just shrink and whine my pathetic excuses. But I use that excuse all the time! “If I wait to read it, I don’t have to wait for the sequel!” Because when I finished The Mark of Athena, THAT SCARRED ME. I WENT INSANELY RABID WITH WAITING. Like, UNCLE RICK WHY YOU WRITE SO SLOW. CAN’T YOU PRODUCE A MASTERPIECE AND GIVE IT TO ME YESTERDAY, PLEASE???!
Once upon a time, Cait was very very similar and actually thought it was silly to own tons of books, like, why, what is the point of that. THE POINT IS HAPPINESS, LITTLE CAIT. *stamps foot* And a stressful TBR is totally happiness #legit
OK YES I WAS LAUGHING OUT LOUD ALL THE WAY THROUGH THIS POST. And omg that flatlay photo at the very end is perfect happiness. :””) like I could juST STARE AT IT FOREVER AND BE PERFECTLY HAPPY OK <33333 I'll trade my TBR for yours — it only has like two dozen books on it??? MUAHAHA #BLESSED
No but seriously I can understand how it's like EVERYTHING TO LOOK FORWARD TOO WOOOOT YAYAYAY but then OMG SO MUCH TO READ HOW CAN WE GO ON LIVING?? And bro, I would be slightly unnerved by the book cover with the eye on it. Like whoa. Creepy. I once thought it would be a good idea to have a book cover with a large scary eye on it but now I'm like nope nope nope. ALSO ALSO OMG THE YEAR IS ALMOST OVER??? HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?? I'M NOT READY. I'M NOT READY FOR 2017 (but I am ready for the live action Beauty and The Beast remake so ok hello 2017 come home <33333
Ahhh thankyou!! I don’t really have enough interesting things for flatlays so I’m like “where are my postcards, where are my 900000 buckets of pens”.😂 I will work on that. AHEM. Omg only 24 books on your TBR? YOU WIZARD.
And GOOD I’m glad I’m not the only one terrified of The Host.😳 It just…it just needs to sit back and chill. And the fact that the nose is all weird and just the angle and ugh ugh whoever designed it needs to go home and think about what they’ve done and maybe not design anything ever again.😱😂
AND YES IT’S NEARLY 2017 SOMEONE PLEASE HELP USSSSSSS.
Oh gosh, I have SO many books that I’ve owned for YEARS and still haven’t read. It’s a problem. I think we all have this problem though. I do suggest Wolf by Wolf though. It’s a good one!
-Lauren
WE DO ALL HAVE A PROBLEM. It’s like the entire book blogging community has a huge problem.😂😂 AND YET WE’RE NOT ACTUALLY SAD ABOUT IT.
Cait, did you write this post, OR DID I WRITE THIS POST? THIS IS ME. ALL ME. LIKE 100% ABSOLUTELY ME. Legit everything you said is me. I read library books by the DOZEN & ignore all my other books, I over-hype a book and never, ever read it, I KEEP BUYING MORE DAMN BOOKS EVEN THOUGH I DON’T NEED THEM, but I can never, ever go to a supermarket or Waterstones or a charity shop without looking at what they have & spending ALL THE MONEYS IN THE WORLD.
I am also SUPER BAD at half finishing a series. It took me about five years to complete the Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz, for reasons I do not know. And I just keep starting new book series without actually finishing ones that finished about ten years ago.
Even if I gave up my job, and read 24/7, 365 days a year I would still never, ever get my TBR down to a number I would be happy to tell people about. I just.. *DIES* This book thing is the worst addiction in the world, I’m not even joking. I NEED BOOK REHAB STAT. Can we start a support group, pls?
I WROTE THIS POST FOR YOU, LEAH. That must be the answer. I just sat down to type and I thought “What would Leah want me to post about?” and KABOOM. This post exploded into existence. #legit
But the library AHHH THE LIBRARY.😂 Honestly it makes no sense! I reserve books and wait anxiously for them to come and then complain if they take too long and…I have like 60+ books at home??? Needing to be read??? THAT I LIKE OWN??? Omg. But I think there’s also pressure to like the books I’ve spent my actual hard-earned money on.😂 Whereas library books, if I hate them, eh, no loss.
I own the 2nd book in that Melissa de la Cruz series for some reason but not the rest. I DON’T EVEN KNOW EITHER.
And same. *sobs* Can we search for immortality? I’ll pack a picnic and you can come help me.
Awesome post! My TBR on Goodreads has about 40 books that I actually own and have no excuse not to have read. My bookshelves, in the meantime, groan under the weight of dozens of books that I was given, and have still not gotten around to reading. However, those bookshelves are at my parents’ house, so I can pretend they don’t exist until I visit home for the holidays, and my mother nags me about doing something with them. One day, I’m going to go home for Christmas and find out she got rid of all of them, and I will probably deserve it.
AgH! NOOOOO! It would be terrible to lose all your books!! heh. My parents keep talking about moving and getting rid of stuff and I’m there yelling “BUT NOT THE BOOKS. I’M TAKING EVERY SINGLE BOOK”. And considering we have like so many bookshelves in my house….moving is quite a daunting prospect.😂
YOU MUST FIX YOUR LIFE AND READ WOLF BY WOLF. Though there is no judging here for all of your unread books. Goodness knows that my own TBR pile is beginning to become self aware and hunt after me. It has been 3 days. It is closing in. Send help.
Question: I am sure you have written about this before, but my mind has decided to ignore all of the already existing information. How do you get your ARCs and Review Copies?
YES I KNOW MY LIFE IS IN SHAMBLES RIGHT NOW AND DEFINITELY DESPICABLE THAT I HAVE NOT READ IT YET. But at least I own it right?? So I’m halfway there! #positivethinking
Self-aware TBRs are probably going to be what starts the apocalypse, tbh. Forget zombies. We will be haunted by books.
I actually haven’t written about getting ARCs because it’s a bit different per country. But just google! There are great tutorials out there. 🙂
Excellent list! You may want to keep The Host on the TBR though for a bit longer. I read it when it first came out and STILL waiting on the sequel. AHHHHHH.
Oh there IS a sequel?! I thought it was a standalone.😂
I thought so too when it first came out! But the author has said there will be, but it’s not out yet. It’s been ages so I’m not sure when that will be happening. Lol! I did like the first book though. 😀
It’s so frustrating when authors/publishers start series and don’t finish them, right?!😂
You NEED to read Wolf by Wolf!!! Seriously, READ IT!!! I recently read The Knife of Never Letting Go and I just freaking loved it. Patrick Ness is a freaking genius. Why have I not read the rest of the series yet? Insanity.
I WILL!! I WILL!! I kind of plan to read it next month so I can then buy the sequel if I love it? #goals Patrick Ness IS a genius and a cruel hearted beast, and I think those two things go together a lot of the time?
I completely understand your reluctance to go beyond the first book of the Chaos Walking series. The ending of the first one changed things. Okay, mostly it just made me despise Viola, and continue to despise her for the entire series, but changes! You should fully continue on though because it’s still so good! And like, more super terrible depressing stuff and death happens, but I get the feeling you enjoy that?
I honestly DON’T EVEN REMEMBER THE ENDING OF THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO. After you-know-who-died I just kind of died inside too and the rest just flew past my eyeballs without sticking. *sobs wildly* I’ve like NEVER been so affected by a death before!! NEVER. HOLD ME, LISELLE, I’M NOT OKAY AND IT WAS LIKE A YEAR AGO THAT I READ IT. *howls*
(But I kind of do enjoy it so hahahaahah😂 I will finish reading the series I promise!)
Believe me, I know that feeling of “THIS BOOK WILL BE THE BEST EVER SO CLEARLY I CAN’T READ IT.” I don’t know why we do this to ourselves, but it seems to make sense without making sense??? I guess???
*cries and dies a little inside because The Host* I’m not usually a big re-reader, but I read that one three times in the same year. And obsessed over the movie trailer. And became mostly disappointed upon seeing the actual movie. BUT I DIGRESS. It’s gigantic but it goes by soooo fast.
I probably have 70+ book on my TBR, give or take a few. I’m mostly ashamed of myself for not having read any Stephanie Perkins, because I’ve said for like four years now that I need to. Four. Years.
YES YES I DO THAT EXACT THING ALL THE TIME. WHY, KATE, WHYYYYY. It destroys me. I honestly sort my books into “this will be awesome” and “this will be bleh” and then I read the bleh ones. And not the awesome ones. I don’t even know.
Woah, three times?!? That is wonderful.😂 Actually I think you’re one of the reasons I even bought it in the first place!! Also the fact that library sales + me = I must buy everything because cheap cheap.
Stephanie Perkins’ books are fluffy adorableness. 😉
Omg, read ROSE AND THE DAGGER NOWWWWWW.
Also if you can get past the first 100 pages (boringgggggggg) of The Host, it gets SO good!!
Wolf By Wolf was pretty good!
SEE. EVERYONE IS ALWAYS YELLING AT ME TO READ IT. I NEED TO READ IT JUST SO I CAN BE AT PEACE.😂😂
I’m impressed that you can put a number to your TBR list. I think that if I tried I would have a mental breakdown because the number would be so high and the shame would crush me. The Chaos Walking trilogy made my list too, I’ve been sitting on these forever because all of the feelings, I’m scared to start. I also just started The Wrath and the Dawn myself because I’m getting hardcore FOMO from other people praising this and I’m just over here twiddling my thumbs because I have no idea what they’re talking about… BUT I WILL SOON! Good luck with cutting down your list!
*pats shoulder* There there, we bookworms ALL know the pain and fear of potential death by TBR. IT’S WHO WE ARE. And omg I’m glad I’m not the only one terrified of the Chaos Walking books. Like they’re brilliant??? But also pain???
Good luck with your list too haha WE’RE BOTH GOING TO NEED IT RIGHT?!😂
Thanks to Goodreads my TBR is around the 100 books range, but it could probably do with some cleaning out. As far as books I own, who even knows??!?!! I collect old books because I like the way they look so most of them are super old and not even from this century which means I may never even read them so I stopped counting.
One series I have had for years but have never read is ‘The Falling Kingdoms’ series. I own the first three books but they all sit untouched and I don’t know what to do with them! They DO judge me, Cait. I can feel them as they sit on the shelf above my bed. They’ve been sitting up there so long I fear they may fall off and hit me the head one night as I sleep as revenge for me not having read them yet. HOW DO I PACIFY THEM? THIS IS NOT GOOD. I am very worried please help.
Omg if we go into talking about Goodreads TBRs…*laughs manically and cries* I think I have 1000 books on my “To read” shelf. BUT I DON’T OWN THEM. SO AT LEAST THERE’S THAT.😂 Oh but old books are pretty awesome! So long as they’re not super dusty/smelly hhah. Ahem.
PACIFY THE FALLING KINGDOMS SERIES BUT PUTTING THEM ON THE FLOOR SO THEY CANNOT FALL. #sensible (And I hope you have better luck with them than I did. heh…heh…I abandoned ship after book 1!)
I loved the first two Inkheart books, but I never got around to finishing the last one. It’s literally been on my TBR since before college! *hangs head in shame*
I read The Host a few years back (and by “a few” I mean like “six”) and thought it was kinda meh. The whole bodysnatcher concept was approached really well, and I loved the crazy uncle. But I didn’t really like the main character and couldn’t figure out why the book was sooooo long. There was enough plot for about a third of what was actually written. Maybe I just wasn’t the right audience?
WE ARE TWINS IN THIS. I’m like 99% sure I’ve been meaning to read that series since I was a very small wee human creature. My sister even read them all and she’s generally the slower procrastinating reader than I am!!😂
Hehe, it seems like Stephanie Meyer really likes to write looooong books? I’ve never read a book over 450+ pages where I thought it NEEDED to be that long. Editing, peoples! Cut those useless words! CUT CUT CUT!
My TBR is between 50-70 books. I like that I never run out of things to read. I would die if I had nothing else to read. My TBR judges me sometimes (and sometimes my sister {I never finished the Harry Potter series, I quit on book 5}). I have not read The Winner’s Crime by Marie Rutkoski, I have owned it since January. I read The Winner’s Curse and loved it, I just haven’t gotten around to reading The Winner’s Crime. I’ve been putting off The Crowns Game and started it yesterday, I LOVE IT! I would drop everything and read Wolf by Wolf! I read the Knife of Never Letting Go, I loved the first book, but I liked the next books in the series less and less. I also have been putting off reading Rooms. AAAAHHHHHHHHH! It has a movie, and I was told not to watch the trailer because it will spoil the book. I have owned that book for probably two years. I need to read more.
I would most definitely die toooo. Actually last year I got down to 3 books on my TBR! IT WAS HORRIBLE AND I DO NOT RECOMMEND.😂 I would rather have the options. Because what if I only have, like, contemporary on my TBR but I need fantasy?? Options. *nods*
Omg ME TOO WITH ROOMS. Honestly that should’ve been on this list. I bought it at a library sale for like 20 cents last year and have I read it? Nope. What is my excuse? NOTHING. *cries*
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was a book I bought way back when I started my book blog. I still haven’t read it! I wanted to read Pride and Prejudice first, but I bailed about halfway through and never got back to it… so I never got around to reading the zombie one, either. It’s a paperback, so it sits there and mocks me. (Most of my TBR pile is actually e-books, which are easier to hide and forget about.)
I have no idea how many books are actually in my TBR pile. There are probably around 10 in hard copy. And then… um… well, there are over 200 books in my Kindle app and I’ve only read a handful of them. Yikes!
Can I just say that I love your photos? Your blog posts are always so pretty. 🙂
Oh yes, it is actually kind of handy when the TBR is ebooks because at least it can’t fall and kill you, right?! #winning I used to never get approved for edelweiss/netgalley BUT SUDDENLY I AM. So I’m getting rather flooded there haha. At least they can’t stare at me judgmentally.
Omggg, you can DEFINITELY SAY THAT. It absolutely makes my day. <3
I’ve probably got close to 170 books on my TBR pile *runs and hides* It’s so scary looking at them and them expecting me to read them all immediately! Which I can’t do! You see I have the bad habit of going to library book sales and picking up books and buying them without knowing anything about them and then later finding out that they are like the 3rd book in a series! Also charity shops are my life-blood yet also the bane of my existence. So. Many. Books. save me please! This is even including my kindle! AH! I have owned The Bane Chronicles since that came out and haven’t read it yet, the hardcover, not the e-books and The Science of Harry Potter for at least 5 years so that’s really not good… You have to read The Host right frickin now! Like bud. This is a serious matter. It needs to be read now! I managed it in like a week and you’re probably a quicker reader than me so it shouldn’t take you too long!
I meant to say isn’t even including my kindle, that’s a whole other beast. like damn. free books are the worst 😀
YES I AM THE SAME WITH LIBRARY SALES AND CHARITY SHOPS. But like what are we supposed to do when the book is only a dollar or something and it is lonely and needs love?? We’re SAVING THEM. So basically we should be awarded *nods* And let’s not even talk about the dark depths of my kindle either.😂
I wiiiill read The Host! I PROMISE?!? Maybe hopefully this year at least?!😂
I can get behind awards, especially if it’s more books haha. For some reason it’s a great book for reading at christmas so that gives you a few more months to gather courage! All books need love! And we are doing them a massive favor by bringing them home with us! Everyone should save more books. Then there’d be less for us to save! Kindle’s are terrifying. Especially with all the deals and everything! Egad! I’m not even going to consider the stress that is my kindle. Geez.
I have about 30 books that I own and are om my TBR shelf…. which has overflowed onto another shelf and has a few books scattered in other places, and then there are also the books I bought for both my sisters birthdays… which of course I bought them because I wanted to read them.
I read the chaos walking trilogy a while back, and as far as I can remember you will need courage to read them! lots…..
I can’t even remember what Inkheart books I have read… the first I think and maybe another… or maybe not… my sister keeps nagging me to get to them, and I will I really will!
So many books not enough time! But I did just pick up the fattest book on my TBR pile and am up to page 245 of 814. ( the book is; The Eye of The World)
And that is not even including all the free e-book I have got at different times…. and the e-books I have got in exchange for reviews…. I really need to read those….
Oh GOOD. I’m glad I’m not the only one who specifically buys people books *I* want to read. I mean, it’s just being thrifty right? We’re actually awesomely smart to do this. #winning
OMG EVEN MORE COURAGE? *howls* And I also need to re-read the first one because I have no idea how it ended. I think my brain turned off after you-know-who died. MY SOUL DIED ALONG WITH HIM. *sobs*
Omg an 814 page book?! Good luck to you.😂
I have a bunch of these on my TBR too! Ugh, NetGalley will be my downfall! I want all of the books on there!
~Sara
But at least netgalley is happy comfortable downfall, right? We’re falling down onto LOTS OF BOOKS AT LEAST.
I’m pretty overwhelmed by my TBR right now, but that’s mostly because I have SO many other things to do in the next few weeks and MAYBE I shouldn’t have requested quite so many NetGalley ARCs at once (but I didn’t think I’d get approved for that many!). Most of the books on my list of shame are books that I don’t actually have copies of, so I kind of have an excuse, but as for my actual physical TBR, I either read a book as soon as I get it or 4 years later. There is no in between. And on that shameful note…I still haven’t read Shadow and Bone. It’s one of my top priorities! But at the same time, I just can’t believe that I didn’t read it about 2 years ago. From your list, I’d put top priority on Wolf by Wolf (although at this point it might be worth it to wait for the sequel?), The Rose & the Dagger, and Chaos Walking. I had pretty mixed feelings about the first Chaos Walking book – I didn’t care too much about most of it, and then the ending happened and I was OBSESSED – and I thought that the second and third books were incredible.
I’m the same with Netgalley actually! I’m always SO surprised when I actually get approved hahah.😂 And I end up requesting to many and then, it’s a problem. But a nice problem. One I’m not *too* sad about because ALL THE BOOKS!!!
And omg me too! It’s like instantly OR never almost.😂
Yuuuus, I am so good with Wolf by Wolf since I’ll be just in time for the sequel if I read it now. Doesn’t it come out in September? Or November? I DON’T KNOW. I DON’T REMEMBER.😂
*thwacks you with a pillow* CAIT – Wolf by Wolf & The Shadow Queen, NOW. Guurrrrl, I can’t believe you haven’t read these. And I’m not even going to start up on the fact that you’re not up to date with TWTD (man, those acronyms really don’t work). Sigh, much disappointed.
To be fair though, you’re doing better than me. I want to give you a cuddle for your adorableness; if my TBR was only 60 I’d be leaping for joy. I’m well up in the hundreds now and I think I may actually have a problem. But I figured at some point I’ll evolve like a Pokemon and suddenly devour one book a day. Alas, until then I share endure people judging me. I love the silence that follows: so how many of these books have you read? And I just shamefully gesture at most of them.
*runs away* – actually speaking of running away and Peter Pan. THE NEVERLAND WARS, CAIT, GET IT!! *more pillow thwacking*
I KNOW I AM A SHAMEFUL PINECONE. But like I’ve read 163 books this year and yet I’m still grossly behind on EVERYTHING??? How is this possible. Where is the fairness. I might cry.
I’m sure we bookworms will evolve. Or someone will find that darn fountain of youth and we’ll buy some and we’ll be fine. I’m sure when they do find it, they’ll sell it prepackaged online? Ebay perhaps? Etsy? We’ll buy. We’ll be fine. *pats TBR consolingly*
I AM GOING TO GET THE NEVERLAND WARS!! Because Peter Pan, obviously. It’s on my to-buy list.😂
I AM SOOOOOO GUILTY OF THIS. The Fairyland books and Paper Crowns have been on my TBR since, what, freaking January? *cries*
INKHEART IS PHENOMENAL, AHHHHH. The first book is good (pretty depressing) and the second is fine. BUT THE THIRD. INKDEATH. ASFGHJKL. (Also those covers, I’m crying.)
I want to read The Rose and the Dagger as well, although it’s only been on my TBR for a week or so. And I really must read Skulduggery Pleasant as well 🙂
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My sister has read the entire Inkheart trilogy and greatly glares at me for my failing in finishing. BUT I WILL???? IT’S ON THE TO-DO LIST FOR SURE. I just need…more hours in my day. More years in my life? *cries* 😂
This > “My TBR gives me awfully judgy stares. And it’s just intimidating.” = TRUTH! My TBR gives me the ultimate stare down too, and YES, it’s so intimidating. So much to fear (and yet so much adventure to discover too!).
I loved the “Inkheart” movie too. It was a fun adventure film with a great cast though I never did read the book. 🙂
Ugh those TBRs and their judgy little eyeballs. I mean. What have we ever done to them??? (except neglect them that is) THEY SHOULD BE KINDER TO US. WE’RE DOING OUR BEST.
Oh yay *hi fives for Inkheart film appreciation* Like it was a bit dorky, but it was FUN and the cast was brilliant.😂
I’m surprised you haven’t read The Shadow Queen yet, because, you know, DRAGONS.
I’m ashamed too *SOBS* I need more dragons in my life.
The Inkheart Trilogy was so good! I would read it again, but who has the time? That, and I allowed my students to read them, and now am missing 2 of my books 🙁
omg “who has time for that” < -- LITERALLY ME. 😂 I just want to re-read so many things, but with a TBR as big as mine, WHO HAS TIME FOR THAT. *dies in a puddle of unread books*
This is my favorite post of yours by far! It really speaks to me, as my TBR pile goes on for miles and miles…. And your writing voice/personality just makes everything better! I am now much less ashamed of my TBR stack. I have not read any of the books you mentioned, but some of them seem pretty good. They will be added to my unread mountain…. Haha thanks for that!!!
Omg this makes me VERY HAPPY. :’) And yes we should not be ashamed of our mountainous TBRs!! I mean, when the apocalypse happens we can (A) never be bored because we have so much to read, and (B) we can make walls of books and the zombies won’t get in. #WINNING
I need to read so many of these, too, but you’ve definitely got to finish the Chaos Walking trilogy! 🙂
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I WILL! I PROMISE! When I…recover…from the pain…😭
I have over a thousand books on my Goodreads TBR shelf.
Ulp.
Please read the rest of Chaos Walking. I love the series so much!
SAME. I have so many omg, but at least I don’t actually own them. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO? SO I DEFINITELY STILL HAVE PROBLEMS.😂
Oh wow you have a lot on your list that I HAVE READ hahah. Ok but honestly, I think you can skip the Inkheart trilogy? And just stick to Inkheart. Because I got stuck at Inkdeath and I have no motivation to read it, not that I remember what has been going on but whatever!
The Inkheart books are definitely not top of the to-do list at this point.😂 Or ever? NO NO I HAVE CURIOSITY SO I WILL READ THEM! Even if I’m 84 by the time I get there.
You’re making me feel awe and shame over my tbr… I have 200 plus of ones I want to read. Awe that you’ve kept it to 60 shame that I have so many! I have more to read on my kindle (dang kindle unlimited) You’re making me rethink my strategy. Sigh… I should slow down on my TBR I can only read 180 a year! Thanks for the post.
Pfft, no shame! Just think YOU CAN BUILD A BOOK IGLOO AND LIVE IN IT. #winning And I didn’t even count the dark depths of my kindle for this hahah. Omg.😂
I think I got host when it first came out and I’ve still not read it. 😂 I was in a crazy twilight phase back then and couldn’t accept that this wasn’t about vampires. Also, I just got knife of never letting go and you’ve taken away my courage to read it. WHY CAIT WHY!!!!?
I’M SORRY!! Pretend I just said The Knife of Never Letting Go was all about RAINBOWS and hAPPY CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES! *sprinkles glitter everywhere and lives in denial*
I love how basically all off your top TBR books are the same as mine. I’ve read the Host though, and I agree, that cover is pretty darn creepy.
I am an expert at ignoring my bookshelf and reading my library books, that’s what I’m doing right now! And it took me forever to read Salt to the Sea because I was so scared I might not like it. ( I LOVED it). And yes to forgetting about all the books in the series when you pick up a prequel. Happens all the time,
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OH. TWINS ARE WE? *hi fives* Although I’m glad you agree about The Host’s level of creepy.😂 It’s such a horrible cover honestly omg. It’s not often I wish covers were revamped, but that one? NEED IT.
Ignoring is GREAT. Avoid! Avoid! How can it go wrong! (SHh don’t answer that.) And omg I need to read Salt to the Sea, and also Between Shades of Grey. SOMEDAY. AHHHH.
Uhmm, I’m quite happy with the amount of books in my TBR list. But not happy because I can’t seem to cut the number no matter what! Mainly because 1) I currently can’t afford to get new books and 2) they don’t have them in my local bookstore. I know I could get the e-books but physical books are LIFE, so, yeah. Plus, new and more exciting books keep coming my way (The Cursed Child, and soon the 3 e-books) (E-BOOKS though) so no time to go through those TBR books 😐
Physical books are DEFINITELY LIFE. Mostly because I like to display books and how can one day that with ebooks??? IT’S A TRAGEDY.
Basically we need, like, a few extra weekends in the year just for reading. NO! BETTER! A few extra years for reading.
OH MY GOSH YES I GET YOU.
Netgalley was one of the best creations for book bloggers but it also kills my TBR (or more like brings it alive and multiplies it).
I always re-read the previous book in a series when the sequel comes out so there’s struggles there too.
First post I have ever read on your blog and. i. love. your. blog. You just got a new follower 😉
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YES IT IS A PROBLEM.😂 But like a good problem?? My bookworm soul will never starve with netgalley around…although I seriously need to stop requesting. hhaha. The problem is I either ALWAYS get rejected or they ALL get approved. Like, no middle ground. It’s either desert or drowning. #whatareyoudoingnetgalley 😂
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I attempted to read The Knife of Never Letting Go when I was still in high school and doing my GCSE’s, but I actually DNFed it a few pages in because the language bugged me! I may try to give it another shot at some point in the far off future! I also own the Inkheart trilogy, but, unlike you, I actually read them when I was younger and I LOVED them! I still own and them and they are also so pretty!! I also DNFed TW&TD – unpopular opinions of mine here!! I have Unhooked and the Never Never’s all on my TBR too!! but I don’t actually own copies of them soooooo… I do also have a copy of The Host, and I have also never read it, but I did try to once and then I just stopped. I have actually tried multiple times and then I have just stopped reading it because I was no longer in the mood! Apparently it was supposed to be a trilogy, but Meyer has spent 1000 years doing I don’t know what, and still hasn’t released the second one!
The language is kind of hard to get into! I agree.😂 I took me like 100-pages to get into the flow of things and then I was fine.
I didn’t even know The Host was supposed to be a trilogy!! :O And now Stephanie Meyer is writing adult books isn’t she? So I guess she’s abandoned the Host ship?
You and I are the same on The Chaos Walking trilogy! Lol! Well, and also the Wolf by Wolf and The Wrath and the Dawn. 🙁
I agree with all of the reasons why a person’s TBR is humongous (mine’s two tower tall)–especially Netgalley. Oh good Lord, I can’t possibly wish for authors to stop writing but I do need help in finishing all these untouched books. 🙁
Agh, we need to gather strength so we can get through The Chaos Walking books. *falls in a heap of sobbing*
Netgalley needs like a little pop-up thing that says “hello you’ve requested 93 books do you not have a life?” because I REALLY HAVE NO RESTRAINT THERE.
Oh my word, I feel your pain so much! I keep trying to ban myself from NetGalley…and it never works. The library website page is almost constantly open and I have developed a very bad habit lately of having to re-read things before reading the next in the series. How is it a TBR pile can be stressful? I don’t even want to know how many free e-books are sitting on my kindle waiting for me to tackle!
Good luck! I hope you can get through some of them one way or another to tackle that list a bit!
Netgalley is probably like..devious or something, omg. I’ve limited myself to checking it once a month and that SORT of helps.😂 But not much. Ahem. But omg TBRs can totally be stressful, the devious creatures.
I hope I can actually get to a FEW of these this year anyway. Like Wolf By Wolf at least!??😂
I have finished the Chaos Walking Series, either!
man, I’d be scared to have that amount of books on my TBR. Better hurry up before they decide to join forces and gobble you up in your sleep.
I should definitely do that. Like I mean, who knows what they do while I’m sleeping? IF I EVER DISAPPEAR, SOMEONE PLEASE COME RESCUE ME FROM MY TBR.
FIRST OF ALL: THE CHAOS WALKING BOOKS ARE FANTASTIC (AND HEART-CRUSHING) AND YOU *WILL* ENJOY THE REST WHEN YOU EVENTUALLY GET TO THEM.
but omg I can’t even count how many books are on my TBR. My shelves are basically a bookstore, I collect so many books, display them prettily, then READ NONE OF THEM. But at least when I’m looking for a new book, I get to climb into my book closet and everything is unfamiliar and new, like I’m in a little carefully cultivated library!!
OH I BELIEVE YOU I DO BUT AM I EMOTIONALLY PREPARED FOR THIS??? THAT’S THE REAL QUESTION??? *sobs because Manchee*
but hey at least you will never have that terrifying moment of not having enough books!! YOU ARE SAFE FROM THAT DANGEROUS THREAT!! Winning, Christina!
My TBR list was long, but it just got longer. All of these books look super duper amazingly awesome.
(And your pictures are goals. I mean, I couldn’t do something like that even if I tried.)
I’ll end up being that crazy person at college who is always carrying a book around and reading it in the most unconventional places. Anyways. My roommate will also probably be buried under stacks of books that I keep buying. Let’s face it. That’s the truth.
AHHHH I’d say sorry, but pfft, if these are going to be on my TBR they might as well be on yours too right?! 😂 WE CAN DROWN IN BOOKS TOGETHER. And don’t you mean “that awesome person at college”? 😂
On the Jellicoe road WILL destroy you, but you absolutely must read it- it’s one of my all-time favorites. You still haven’t read The Host? I remember loving this book so much 😂 I haven’t read Wolf by wolf either and I’m so ashamed lol. Great post as always <3
Bahaha, see?!? I KNEW IT’D HURT ME. Hence why I’m waiting until, like, forever BECAUSE I’M TO YOUNG AND DELICATE FOR THIS. *cries in preparation*
I feel this post so hard lol, I keep trying to get my TBR under 100, but I also keep buying books lol
IT’S THE ETERNAL STRUGGLE RIGHT!?? Like I want books. But I also need 90 years to read them all.😂
Cait! Wolf by Wolf was one of my favorite books of 2015, so I cannot wait to see what you think when you give it a try. It’s a total Cait book though – I have a feeling you’ll enjoy it a lot. 😉
I haven’t read the rest of the Chaos Walking trilogy, The Rose & The Dagger, or The Host either. I’m not even going to lie – I’m totally waiting for you to read them first. 😂
Thanks for sharing and, as always, great choices! <3
AFDJSAKLD I NEED TO READ IT. I’m pretty sure I bought it once I knew you adored it so much.😂 Tbh, there is NO reason I haven’t read it yet. I’m like guaranteed to adore it right?!?
Omg I am so glad we are guinea pigs for each other. IT MAKES MY DAY.😂
You’re right, Cait, I am crying. It’s because of the ENORMOUS AND UNBEARABLE weight of my GIGANTIC AND ENDLESS TBR. Why must you insist on reminding me?! *cries* I read the first Inkheart book SIX YEARS AGO. AND INSTILL HAVENT READ THE REST. there’s just SO MANY BOOKS AND NEVER ENOUGH TIME.
I REMIND YOU BECAUSE IF I’M CRYING YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE CRYING WITH ME. *pats shoulder* *shares chocolate with you because we both need it*
And omg I’m glad I’m not alone with my Inkheart suffering.😂
Wolf by Wolf is on my TBR too! And oh, I loveeeee Peter Pan retellings! Haha. Totally could understand you, too, as I also have too many books for reviewing, and some I’m too scared to read because I don’t know how do I live after finishing *cough* ACOTAR & ACOMAF *cough”, and yes sometimes I need to reread books in order to read those sequels too – blaming my memory now. Haha.
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Peter Pan is aaaamazing. Like totally career goals basically. #SayNoToAdulting 😂 But omg the reread-before-sequels thing is SO FRUSTRATING SOMETIMES. I should wait until whole series are out? But haha. That’s never going to happen.😂
My TBR is out of HAND. Like the books I own? You don’t even want to know, because you will cry. You’ll be very secondhand ashamed. It’s okay, it’s the normal response. That said, you NEED to finish Chaos Walking- because that series blew my freaking mind. Also, NORA AND KETTLE. Just do it. And also, I loved The Host, but I agree with that eyeball cover needing to get lost ASAP.
The Shadow Queen and Wolf by Wolf are also books I need to read and also already own. I feel like I should do this post when Shattering Stigmas is over, just to see how ridiculous and unkempt my TBR really is. That would be fun, yes?
I WOULDN’T CRY. ADOPT ME AND I’LL COME READ THEM ALL FOR YOU. #winningsituation And I basically bought Nora & Kettle because of you (feel proud! Your convincing skills are on point!) so I will definitely read it!! This year I HOPE. I have this vague dream of getting a handle on this TBR before Christmas. But considering my goal is 200 books and I’ve only got 40 left to read and my TBR is like 60+…hhaha. Ahem. Okay too many numbers and too much maths. Moving forward.
DEFINITELY DO THIS ONE, SHANNON. 😀
I refuse to see my TBR as a problem. It’s a joy to have my personal library and while I do feel guilty from time to time about some long overdue reads, it doesn’t last long. I have managed it by holding back from NetGalley requests which can easily get a burden so now I check it just every alternate month instead of weekly as initially.
That’s the spirit! TBRs aren’t problems just…slightly intimidating towers of expectations.😂 Ahem. I do try to just go on netgalley monthly now, which does help keep the requesting-sprees down.
I actually just requested my first review copy today. I’m so excited as I have wanted to do it for a while though I will have to be careful it doesn’t overlap my school work. Also I have banned myself from borrowing books from the library for awhile (except if they’re for my brother). Cait if you made a igloo out of books what would happen if you wanted to read just one of said books? Anyway great post. I agree with all your points.
Wait a second, on the books I’ve read Inkheart but am hesitant to read the rest not that I own any of them though. I don’t think I read the rest or even heard of them though I’m pretty sure that since I’ve started book blogging my TBR has grown every day.
Ohhh GOOD LUCK!! *fingers crossed* I hope you get approved! And haha, library bans? THAT IS FAMILIAR. I pretend I’m on library bans…but, pfft. I take my niece/nephew there for playdates so it’s basically doomed to have me leave without a book.
Maybe I will make the igloo out of books I’ve already read? THAT SHOULD SAVE THINGS.
Yeah I already have a manga so maybe not a total ban but hey I can’t help it. I have some books I want to read at home though. Oh and what if you wanted to reread a book in your igloo. 😀 Just by chance.
Cait, you absolutely must read the Inkheart Trilogy when you get a chance. The story is amazing and full of twists, but I have another weapon in my arsenal that may sway you – it has maps 🙂 . Dustfinger has a dark past with lots of secrets and Eleanor was adorable. The series gets better and darker with each book. Bribes you with cake.
I have mixed feelings about the Host but you may enjoy it 🙂
I will!! I promise!! I should like just reserve a week to be all Inkheart-y and try to binge read them.😂 DUSTFINGER IS AWESOME. And my little sister read/loved them and constantly tells me to finish them.😂
Read the Catherine Valente. OMG it’s deep and it plays on words and philosophy and it’s so beautiful it makes you want to just cry.
OH GLORIOUS. Sounds just like the kind of book I need. ;D
BUT ALL THESE BOOKS ON YOUR TBR ARE ALL SO AMAZING AND I WISH THEY WERE ON MY TBR HOW DO YOU HAVE SELF-CONTROL. i want to read the wrath and the dawn so so so much.
ALSO READ WOLF BY WOLF NOW.
I have zero books on my tbr..because i am broke and i havent been to the library in ages, i do however, have a huge wishlist of books i want to appear on my tbr at some point,,
I DON’T HAVE SELF CONTROL FOR COLLECTING. But I have great procrastination skills. I could teach a class in procrastination. #pro
Hehhehe, I knew everyone would start roaring at me about Wolf by Wolf.😂 I WILL READ IT SOON I PROMISE.
My TBR is taller than I am. Like, literally my TBR is almost twice my height.
Oops.
And I’ve also been meaning to read The Host for the LONGEST time. I haven’t because I didn’t really like Twilight.
THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR. *cries with you* Plus I stack my TBR on top of my bookshelf so it’s like towering above me at all times and it’s kind of terrifying.😂
I think my meh-feelings towards Twilight are probably making me not so interested in The Host too.😂
I have under than 10 books on my physical tbr *throws confetti* but my kindle is a deep dark place so let’s not go there. Also not to mention the goodreads tbr shelf?? I cried everytime I look at it. I haven’t read any of Melina Marchetta books *hides*, Wolf by Wolf and Skuldugerry Pleasant. And I also have Deathless for so long and still, no read it. I’ve read Unhooked tho and I didn’t love it so I would recommend you to just skip that (totally up to you tho) and also with the Host, while it was really good, THE NEXT BOOK ISN’T OUT YET AND WE DESPERATELY NEED IT. If you hate waiting or wasting your time on a book that even though amazing but probably won’t have a continuation, I suggest you skip that too!
ZOMG UNDRE 10 BOOKS. *jaw drops* I am in awe of your skills.😂 Okay, actually last year I got down to 3 books on my TBR and I’m very proud. :’) This year though? Hahhah. #nope THis year is a write off.
Oh that’s a shamed about Unhooked. :/ I will definitely still read it though because I love Peter Pan and I also bought it so hahah YEAH. But omg The Host isn’t a standalone? DANGIT.
Ugh, YES TO ALL OF THIS. I have two piles of books next to me right now, which is also only a FRACTION of the books I need to read, and it’s totally guilting me every time I do something not book-related *nervously glances at book piles*. It makes me sad though, because there are some really awesome books I’m not getting to. And YES–series are the bane of my existence. Who has time to re-read books?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Anyway, I definitely recommend the rest of the Inkheart series…I loved it so much! Although I didn’t really like the movie….it just wasn’t close to the book at all, haha. But glad you did! Thanks for sharing–this was so accurate!!
Eeep, I hear ya.😂 LIFE IS HARD FOR WE BOOKWORMS AND OUR SUPER JUDGY TBRS. And I didn’t read for like 2 whole days this week and now I’m permanently avoiding eye-contact with my TBR.
I waaaant to re-read but omg yes WHO HAS TIME FOR THAT??! I wish I did. *howls*
Oh the Inkheart movie was kind of ridiculous BUT SO FUN and I loved the characters.😂 I think I remember it better than actually reading the book? eeep. Anyway, I will conquer that trilogy soon!!
Hi! I tagged you! 🙂
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OH THANKYOU.
I can actually join you – and we can hand our heads in shame together – for some of these! I’ve been having Melina Marchetta’s books in my TBR for so long, the only other author whom I have given the same treatment for so long must be Brandon Sanderson. I’ll take up your pretty books, soon, I promise!
Chaos Walking trilogy! Now Patrick Ness is another author whom I have to read something by soon! I just don’t know which one to start with, you know!
As much as I loved Wrath and the Dawn, I yet have to pick Rose and the Dagger as well. Maybe I am scared to know what will happen to my cinnamon rolls. I PROTECTIVE OF MY SHIPS, OKAY?
Now, for those you have to start soon! I can’t believe you haven’t finished the Inkheart trilogy! I finished all three of them as soon as I got my hands on them. That series is definitely glorious! Even though Inkdeath was a bit of a downer. AND DUSTFINGER! He was the best character, period! And Eleanor is what I aspire to be when I grow up!
I really hope you try out The Host! The book is not perfect, in fact, good luck to you for not falling asleep in the first few chapters, but I love it so much. It’s an old favourite – I read it when I was 12 or 13, and it has some really good characters and dynamics! I want to hear your thoughts if you do try it!
Shadow Queen!!!! Cait, you MUST read this one! It was absolutely glorious, I tell you! Snow White has to be my least favourite fairytale tbh – I kinda hate the princess, she’s just too fair and nice, not my type – but I loved the twisted retelling! AND THAT EVEIL QUEEN! ASFDGHHTD!!!! SHE WAS JUST AMAZING!
We shall share twinning cake of shame, Mishma!! 😂 OMg I’m with you on Brandon Sanderson too, actually. I LOVE HIS STUFF…but his books are terrifyingly huge.😂 But I didn’t include him because I’ve only owned two of his unread books for like 5 months so I still have time to be ashamed. Hahhahha….*collapses sobbing*
I AM SCARED OF THE ROSE AND THE DAGGER TOO. MY SHIPS NEED PROTECTING!!
And yes omg I have no excuse for not reading Shadow Queen or the Host….or the rest of Inkheart.😂 I’m kind of really keen for Shadow Queen because I HEARD THERE ARE DRAGONS AND THAT JUST MAKES ME HAPPY.
OMD!!! I have so many of the same books on my TBR
CHAOS WALKING TRILOGY
THE REST OF SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT (I’ve only read 2, and there are so many!!)
AND INKHEART TRILOGY has been there since I was born!!!!
I use Netgalley too, so I can totally relate.
I have about 80 on my TBR so I’m just running away from it now! 🙁
YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY, I’m always so jealous!!!
THEN I PRONOUNCE US TWINS, MAHRIYA. *shares twinning cake with you*
Derek Landy’s books are soooo good tho, omg, I kind of am angry at myself for not having read more by him.😂 I also love his Demon Road series. Which…I AM BEHIND ON TOO OMG.
Netgalley is the root of all TBR problems.😂
Haha, I seem to find lots of twins on the internet? You are my second twin, ahah! *stuffs cake in mouth*
I haven’t heard of his Demon Road series, but I will have to check that out!
Stuff Netgalley, it’s the whole reason behind feeling like you’ve failed books!
I love this post. I have a whole TBR bookshelf. Like you, I’m poor and either borrow my books from a swap at work, win them on Goodreads (though I would love to receive some from publishers in other ways, how do you get involved?), or receive them as gifts. Lately my neighbor has been dropping books outside my door. She and I have pretty different tastes in books but I usually read them anyway to get to know her better and.. free books. I have about 100 books on my shelf at the moment and I’m currently reading the second book of the Pillars of the Earth series by Ken Follett. I like it, but it will be a long read!
PS. I love all of your color coordinated book pictures. So prettty!
If you want to get started on ARCs, there are tons of good tutorials out there! Just google “how do I get ARCs” and you’ll find tons of hits from epic bloggers. I haven’t written a post on it yet, heh, I should probably do that. 😜 But YES to library sales and libraries in general and thrift stores! GO WE THRIFTY BOOKWORMS.
(aww, thankyou about the photos!)
The Chaos Walking trilogy is probably my favorite set of books in the past few years. Actually i think I will re-read them once I finish off all my to read sci fi books. They are incredible.
Ahhhh that makes me so excited!! I will definitely re-read book 1 soon and finish the series!! Hopefully this year but…maybe next?😂
Oooh I love this – and it’s also made me realise how many unread, yet to be loved books I have on my shelves. It’s ridiculous, because one of them could turn into a new favourite, but there’s always something holding me back. I guess sometimes you just need to take a leap, and take a risk.
The one book that rings most truly of your questions is The Book Thief. I’ve owned it for 3 years, and STILL haven’t read it, no matter well praised and acclaimed it has grown to be. At first I did the ‘well I’m studying WW2 so I don’t want to read this right now.’ And now it’s always ‘I’ll read it soon.’ I’m just waiting for the moment when I know the time is right.
YUUUUS TAKE A LEAP! TAKE A RISK!! (Okay I should be saying that to myself.😂) I think sometimes the TBR just gets so overwhelming it’s impossible to figure out where to start, right?!?
Ohh I do love the Book Thief. And by “love” I mean “IT TOTALLY BROKE ME”. And I’ll confess to being an evil bookworm and I saw the movie first, which then got me to go read the book. The movie is so worth it. 😉
My tbr pile shames me totally, my postman shames me when more books arrived. In fact one book arrived today in a box that was literally ten times bigger than the one unsolicited book inside!
Unsolicited tbr is really exciting for me, so many questions – will I like it? will it have hot guys? will it have hot guys in space? will it have hot guys in space because earth has blown up?
I have just started to not care, they will get read when I get to them but I will say I have read The Host and despite the terrible film and the creepy cover of the book it is a good read much better than the sparkly vampires!
BAhaha, I like your view of the unsolicited TBR.😂 I do like the surprises too!! Like you literally NEVER KNOW what you’re going to get and what’ll happen. Although I’m actually enjoying reading more books that I choose now. hehe. Sometimes it gets overwhelming.🙈🙊
I do want to try The Host! I read Twilight a few years back to see what the fuss was about and I honestly don’t think it was that bad either. So I’ll probably do okay with the Host…if I CAN GET OVER THE FACT THAT IT IS SO BIG OMG.
Well you already know what I’m going to say which is HEY HEY SKULDUGGERY. I recently bumped them up to #1 on my REREAD TBR (which is frighteningly long in itself) because whilst this is the SERIES OF MY HEART which I LOVE WITH AN ENDURING PASSION et cetera have I forgotten everything from books 1-7 and the majority of 8 and 9, and also NOT READ the novella? Why yes, yes I have. And so I must reread or else book 1o’ll come out and I’ll just be kinda like lalala I love these characters but I have NO CLUE what’s going on ……..
My TBR is horrifying, I think I have about 150 unread books?? That’s on my own shelf, then we have literally (literally!) thousands of books in the house … and there’s probably one or two hundred more on Goodreads that I’ve marked “want to read” but don’t actually own … so it could easily clock in at 300??? AHAHAHAHHAA THERE’S NOTHING THE MATTER WITH ME
I think the one I’ve had longest is Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. IT’S SO BIG THOUGH. HALP ME.
Anyway this post was HILARE, highlights being the Peter Pan pun (loved it), the TBR dinner date and this pearl of wisdom: “Never do today what you can procrastinate, cry over, and whinge about tomorrow”. CG Drews you’re a true inspiration …..
AHHHH GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR RE-READ!! Hey but at least at the rate I’m going, I’ll be ready for #10 by the time I’ve finished, right?!😂 ahem. I DO LOVE THEM SO. <33 I just can't seem to get over my fear of humungous books. Gah.
But omg I have like 1000 books on Goodreads. I CAN'T STOP ADDING THEM. I JUST LITERALLY ADD EVERYTHING. I'm shocking. But hey, better to think big, right?!
I want to read Jonathan Strange but...HUGE. So. #avoid 😂
I AM TRUE INSPIRATION. SOMEONE PUT THAT PROCRASTINATION QUOTE ON A SHIRT. :')
Earlier this year, my TBR was so bad, I had paths along the floor to get from the door into my room! >.< After donating a lot of books I've gotten as gifts, I still have almost 2 bookshelves full of books that I own and haven't read. #diesofbookshame BUT I CAN'T STOP GETTING BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY. They're free. and wonderful. and returnable if horrible. and I work there (which is awesome, but a problem). *proceeds to be buried by books*
I haven't read any of the books in your TBR, but the Shadow Queen's map looks sooo pretty, that I think I shall go wade through my mountains to see if I can find my copy!
Omg that sounds like my room.😂 Although I’ve got my TBR on top of my bookshelf now…so it’s only dangerously tall and leering over me all the time. THAT CAN’T END BADLY. #denial
And omg totally the same with the library. I mean, like, free books? Plus if you hate them you haven’t wasted money, which is GREAT.
I think I have about … well I have ONE book on my physical TBR and about 300 on my virtual one? I don’t know how that’s possible, I bought too many books lately so I just stopped, also I needed to stop spending all of my money. Just kidding, I will go buy books right after I write this comment probably haha. It makes me feel SO happy to have SO many books to look forward to, though! 🙂
I have read the first book in The Wrath and The Dawn series, and I LOVED IT SO MUCH I still am not over it. I even managed to make my sister read it, and now she is in love with it as well. I need to read the sequel, I hope I can buy it soon 🙂
Happy reading Cait, and YES you can conquer this endless TBR, I know you will 😀
WAIT. ONLY ONE BOOK?!? YOU MAGICIAN. I ADMIRE YOUR RESTRAINT.😂 But I will probably never get there hahha. Ahem. I got down to 3 books last year..for like a week. And then I went to the library and fixed that atrocity. *shivers* It’s horrible having a small TBR. NO OPTIONS. So dead.
Ahhhh, I wish I could get my sister to read TW&TD.😂 She always ignores my recs. But zomg I AM STILL NOT EVER IT’S BEAUTIFUL PERFECTION ETIHER.
Ugh, my TBR is also immense and daunting. I like the idea of having plenty of unread books in case the apocalypse happens and I never get another new book, but still, it’s also scary.
Tbh, On the Jellicoe Road will destroy you. You should totally read it. Also, the last two books in the Chaos Walking trilogy are intense but wonderful. *nods*
I need to read the Skullduggery Pleasant series. It sounds like it would be right up my alley, but I’m the kind of person who likes to commit and read series all in one go if I can possibly manage, so maybe I will wait until I have gradually collected the entire series and everything involved and then I will dig in? *shrugs*
The Host is really good, in my opinion. I know it has a few flaws (although romance usually makes me roll my eyes, so maybe it’s just me), but I also love the spirit of the story, and I’ve read it about four times. (I’m planning to reread it again this year. Shh, no, I don’t have a problem.) It’s actually one of the few books that has kept me up late at night.
I like the rest of the Inkheart trilogy okay, but not as much as I loved the first book, which I have read nine gazillion times and hope to reread this year.
My TBR mostly consists of rereads at the moment, BUT I’m going to be making a massive book order next week, in celebration of getting a new job. So my TBR will grow largely and smush me. BUT I AM OKAY WITH THAT. *cowers*
SO MANY DESTROYING BOOKS TO LOOK FORWARD TO YAY. *secretly howling in the distance* 😂 And oh oh if you do read Skulduggery Pleasant, make sure you keep going! The first 3 books are kind of middle-grade-ish, which isn’t bad, but I found them a bit tame. After that though — EPICNESS EXPLODES. And the humour is like so so dry. It’s bone dry. *dies laughing at self because of skeleton reference* Anyway it’s hilarious and I laugh out loud while reading them. SO WHY HAVEN’T I FINISHED?? WHO CAN KNOW.
Ooh, that’s great about The Host! I’d like to say I’ll read it this year but…I probably will forget.🙈🙊
“I sometimes overhype myself about a book and then can’t bear to read it.” YES!!!! This is my biggest problem. What if it doesn’t live up to my expectations? 2016 has been full of books that disappointed me so now I’m all “you came out when? 2016? Nope, you can mature on my shelves for a while. Next!”
I never actually finished the first Inkheart book so I can’t comment on that one.
I read The Rose and the Dagger series, but it was both hit and miss for me.
#6- The Shadow Queen – Well, I’m guilty of not reading this one right along with you. But it does make a very pretty bookshelf art.
The Host was 10000000% better than Twilight BUT apparently she’s never writing the promised book two. So, I don’t know if I can recommend it or not.
And I haven’t read any of the other ones. I hope you can read at least one of these books soon!
IT IS MY #1 FEAR HONESTLY. And I have like a track record of disliking series finales so I just keep procrastinating them eternally.😂
And omg the Shadow Queen is just too gorgeous for words. Plus I saw the sequel is Rumplestilkskin!! *FLAILS* I’ve wanted to read a retelling on that forever, so I need to get a move on and read Shadow Queen for sure.😂
That’s really odd that Stephanie Meyer would start a series and not finish it? I wonder if maybe the publishers didn’t want it? Although that doesn’t make sense since she’s so famous!
my worst one was the book thief, but now I HAVE READ IT (and loved it) so I’m basically a superhero *nods*
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yep.
OH GOOD ON YOU THEN. 😀 I love that book! And by “love” I mean it’s so freakishly sad. *sobs for 9000 years*
The Skulduggery Pleasant series is literally my favourite book series of all time! The ending is just so perfect and so Derek Landy, I really hope you get around to finishing it. Whilst the books seem to be mammoth sized they were quick reads (at least for me and literally everyone I know that has read them). The Skulduggery Pleasant series is actually what got one of my friends into reading, he hadn’t read a book in four years before I made him read the first one and from then on at every chance he is reading something.
I think my main problem is that I don’t want to end series that I love. Unless I know there is going to be more I can’t end it because it is really, really hard for me to reread anything. Great post, super relatable!
PS: Of course the Harry Potter series holds the number one place in my heart but I saw the movies first which almost ruined the experience of reading the books for me.
I totally will get around to Skulduggery soon, I promise!! I actually can’t believe I haven’t already. But omg that’s so awesome about your friend getting into them!! And I think a reason I often procrastinate series is because I’m scared of it being over.😂
Can you believe I’ve never seen the HP movies?!? I KNOW. #shame
So that book I was “absolutely dying to read more than anything in the existence of ever” is still unread on my shelf. OMG I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO DID THIS. I have so many books I ran out and bought the day they came out…4 years ago. And still haven’t read them. Oops…
Sequels are bad for me, too! No matter how much I loved the first book, I still struggle picking up the second. Why?? I DON’T EVEN KNOW.
NOPE WE ARE TWINS IN THAT TOO, JESSI. 😂 It’s like I get too many expectations and then can’t bear to read it?!? So I read subpar books instead and am a complete grapefruit. Gah.
I should wait until whole series are out before I start them. But do I do that? No. No I do not. I have exactly no patience and no memory either. WHAT A NICE COMBINATION.
The unsolicited copies and the library are the sole reasons why I never get around to reading my TBR that I actually purchase! I’ve quit Netgalley though, it’s too easy to click that button and think of the commitment later. I’m terrible with remembering books too, and have taken to reading lengthy book recaps before the next book. PLEASE READ THE REST OF CHAOS WALKING. ONLY MY FAV SERIES EVER.
I’ve only read On the Jellicoe Road and Alibrandi out of the Marchetta’s as well! The Host…I found it disappointing because they spent most of the time underground, plus it reminded me so much of Animorphs.
Saaaame!😂 I’m actually getting to some more books that I’ve bought now that I’ve quit several publishers’ mailing lists. WHICH IS NICE. I hate that I buy these books I’m so excited for and then never read them. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.😂 And I swear I’ll finish Chaos Walking!! Hopefully this year??!
Netgalley is dangerous. It should have a pop up that says “are you sure”😂
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland is amaaaaaaaaaazing. Although I haven’t read the sequels yet. Oh dear I’m as bad as you. Also, how cool are all those Peter Pan retellings???
(PS when am I getting yours?? I wants it)
Oh goodie, we can be terribly bad together. #winning 😂 And apparently I do have this huge thing about collecting Peter Pan retellings. I SHOULD PROBABLY READ THEM SOMEDAY, YES?)
Omg I only have Peter Pan stories planned out. I should write them but, ya know, procrastination is fun too.
Hello again! This is the_bel_tolls from Twitter. We’ve been chatting a bit on Twitter about Holly Black recently!
I totally know what you mean about library books. I’ve recently moved and am moving again in about 4 months so almost all of my books are boxed up and in storage and I’ve been trying my best not to buy too many new ones so I’ve been hitting the library hard. That is not to say that I haven’t been buying books. I have still bought…. a lot. <.< But I'm trying! Actually, I need to take a library break for a bit because there are So many good things coming out this month (that I have already pre-ordered).
I have the whole Valente Fairyland series sitting in a stack, I got the final one recently but haven't read it b/c I read the others so long ago and… yeah, I really do need to re-read them before I finish the series. Her books are some of my favorite fantasy ever. I recommend Palimpsest to absolutely everyone. Her prose is lyrical and fanciful and beautiful in a soul stirring way. And the concept is amazing. Same for her newest novel Radiance. I can't recommend them highly enough!!
Oh oh hello Amy! IT IS YOU! *flings confetti over our mutual Holly Black appreciation*
Aww, I understand! The need to buy IS ACTUALLY QUITE GREAT. I’ve been doing really well with the library actually *nods* and not over-borrowing. Like last year I’d be getting 13+ books each week and hahah #nope There was no way I could get through them. Like literally the only responsible adult moments I have is only getting 3 books from the library per week. Go me. Probably.😂 PRE-ORDERS ARE SUCH FUN THO. HOW CAN ONE RESIST THEM.
OOOOOO yes this post is just so accurate! Honestly, you wouldn’t think so, but the library is the absolute worst thing for my TBR. Ironic.
And OHHHHHH your books are so PRETTY. I haven’t read most of them…. Because they’re on my TBR too. And hey, fat books and novellas still only count as one book on Goodreads. Small books make me feel smart. And self-important.
AND WOLF BY WOLF. I hadn’t heard of it EVER. AT ALL. Until about two months ago, and now I see it EVERYWHERE. Was it a big hit a couple of years ago??? And the sequel is coming out soon? (Just goes to show I haven’t been around that long)
THE LIBRARY IS A CURSE SOMETIMES. A beautiful curse *hugs library and pets it and tells it that everything is okay* I honestly just have no restraint.😂 I have a gazillion books at home but mostly I just read library books. WHAT IS MY LIFE.
I think Wolf by Wolf came out last year and it seemed to be pretty popular! I think the sequel comes out in October but I’m not totally sure.😂
Hahahahaha same!
Oh, okay! I need to read it then hahaha. *reluctantly adds another book to already toppling TBR*
60 books isn’t that bad, actually. Since I don’t actually go out and GET books that often, because, you know, I, er, talk to friends and stuff *COUGH COUGH* (I totally don’t sit at home reading books under my covers with the curtains drawn like a vampire and eating cake 24/7) *COUGH COUGH*, I just email myself the names of books that I want to read. Like a TBR email. I currently have like 100 books in that email. And a small stack of only 20 physical books in my tangible TBR pile. *sigh*
Also, I LOVE your blog. You are so funny and awesome and amazing and awesome and …. I JUST CAN’T EVEN!! <3<3<3
A cake eating vampire?!? YOU ARE OFFICIALLY THE BEST OF EVER BASICALLY. And emailing oneself a TBR is an excellent idea *nods* Probably better than having 398 notebooks and 390390 sticky notes everywhere with titles I should’ve read, like, yesterday.😂
Omggg, you made my day! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR READING. 😊😊
OMG Cait! I totally get what you said about overhyping a book so much and wanting to read it the most among other books but then it gets unread on your shelf. That was me on The Rose and The Dagger. I’ve been searching so hard for a copy in our country but nada. And then my Mom buys it for me abroad and I was soo happy I wanted to read it immediately but then I got a ton of new books as well so I put off reading it. Sigh. I think the reason why some of us do that is that we want to feel our best when we read a book we’ve been dying so much to read. We put it off because we know it’s gonna be SERIOUSLY GOOD so we save it for LAST. We don’t want to finish it first, then read another one and get disappointed by it overwhelming our feelings of joy from the previous book. We want to savor the fulfillment of reading a really AMAZING book for as long as possible. That’s my theory. (OMG, for some reason, I sound like a Philosophy professor. I’m sorry!)
As for my TBR pile I’ve got 20 books unread. (You probably have more unread books than me Cait, but the pressure of conquering the TBR is still the same!) but that’s excluding the ones I wanna buy and read which is a bajillion and keeps on increasing every DANG time a book piques my interest. Dang you books!
Okay, you either have to start The Rose of the Dagger With Me (If you haven’t read it yet.) or The Host. The Host is awesome Cait! I loved that book! It’s sci-fi but not too sci-fi that non-fans of the genre would be turned off by it. It has a good premise and the characters are lovable! Don’t mind the cover because the book is truly worth it. I highly recommend it! 😉
Yes yes I agree with all your reasons for procrastinating the good books!! And also I get seriously attacked with feels and that’s exhausting?!? So like I almost choose books I know won’t murder my feels because I’m not emotionally prepared. IT DOESN’T EVEN MAKE SENSE OMG. (And by the way I haven’t read The Rose and the Dagger yet for all the reasons you listed!!🙈🙊 We’re both going to have to be brave and face this though hhahahah.😂)
FINISH SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT NOW CAIT. Seriously, because SPX is coming. DO IT.
I also agree on a few of these, and I also have LOADS on my list.. whoops? 😐
I’M BACK. I’ve missed you x
OH THIS IS A FACE FROM THE PAST!! *waves* Hiii. How have you been?!
Hi, Cait!
Okay, this is a post from August, but it’s just a few days after christmas and I’m at the office while everybody else is on holiday and I’m BORED. Also, I don’t know what I should post on my blog. I have zero ideas. So I will go and read and comment on your posts and there is nothing you can do about it, my foxglove friend.
I strongly recommend Inkheart, though. My granny gave it to me for my birthday in 2003, the year it was published. It was available in either red or blue and I really wanted the red one and got the blue. Gosh, was I disappointed back then. Well, today it’s not available in blue anymore so I have a rather rare copy of the book and I’m quite proud of it. I really love it and I still now the first sentences by heart and press lavender and lucky clover between the pages. The second book isn’t all that good but the third one really turns it around. I mean, we do meet Death. Is that a reason for you to read it? 🙂
LG, m