Down the TBR Hole was originally created over at Lost in a Story.
Most of you probably know this feeling, you’re Goodreads TBR pile keeps growing and growing and it seems like there is no light at the end of the tunnel. You keep adding, but you add more than you actually read. And then when you’re scrolling through your list, you realize that you have no idea what half the books are about and why you added them. Well that’s going to change!
It works like this:
- Go to your goodreads to-read shelf.
- Order on ascending date added.
- Take the first 5 (or 10, if you’re feeling adventurous) books
- Read the synopses of the books
- Decide: keep it or should it go?
- Keep track of where you left off so you can pick up there next week!
Current “to-read” shelf: 949 titles
The Worst Journey in the World – Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Published: February 28, 2006
On TBR Since: March 7, 2012
A classic in Antarctic literature. I bought a copy when I was at the Strand back in January.
Stay or Go? Stay
The
Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen’s Race to the South Pole – Roland Huntford
Published: 1979
On TBR Since: March 7, 2012
Yep, another book on the Heroic Age of Exporation.
Stay or Go? Stay
Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica – Sara Wheeler
Published: January 1, 1996
On TBR Since: March 7, 2012
One day, I will visit Antarctica. In the meantime, armchair traveling.
Stay or Go? Stay
Big Dead Place: Inside the Strange and Menacing World of Antarctica – Nicholas Johnson
Published: June 1, 2005
On TBR Since: March 7, 2012
Yes, another account of working at the South Pole.
Stay or Go? Stay
Call of the White: Taking the World to the South Pole – Felicity Aston
Published: February 3, 2011
On TBR Since: March 7, 2012
Wow, I was on TBR-expanding kick that day, wasn’t I? This one is about an all-female skiing expedition to the South Pole.
Stay or Go? Stay
The American Way of Eating: Undercover at Walmart, Applebee’s, Farm Fields and the Dinner Table – Tracie McMillan
Published:February 21, 2012
On TBR Since: March 7, 2012
This is the book that I have on my TBR Pile list that I think I might not actually have anymore.
Stay or Go? Stay
Second Wind: One Woman’s Midlife Quest to Run Seven Marathons on Seven Continents – Cami Ostman
Published: October 7, 2010
On TBR Since: March 7, 2012
A running and travel memoir. Here for it.
Stay or Go? Stay
In a Sunburned Country – Bill Bryson
Published: June 18, 2000
On TBR Since: March 9, 2012
I really enjoy Bryson’s travel writing, so I’m keeping this on the list with the knowledge that it’s still probably going to be a long while before I actually get to it.
Stay or Go? Stay
Artful Dodgers: Reconceiving the Golden Age of Children’s Literature – Marah Gubar
Published: March 1, 2009
On TBR Since: March 9, 2012
Tagging this one as Professional Reading.
Stay or Go? Stay
Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society – Bill Bryson
Published: November 2, 2010
On TBR Since: March 9, 2012
Another one that I thought was on the TBR Pile list, but it is not.
Stay or Go? Stay
Well, heck. Everything stays this week.