this northern gal
I, like many book bloggers, seem to be at constant war with my TBR. Every time that I think I have it under control, I show how weak and impressionable I am and somehow acquire countless new books. That means that some poor books get ignored for months on end, through no fault of their home. I’ve decided to give them a chance.
By the 31st December 2018, I want to have read (or tried to read) every book that is currently on my TBR. I know that I will inevitably add more books to my unread shelf as the year progresses so I’ve made a list of all of the books that have been neglected for far too long. I’ll be working my through this list and keeping you updated on how I am getting on with my new reading challenge because sometimes you need to tell the internet about your aims so you actually do them.
I would also really, really love it if you could give me your thoughts on which ones you enjoyed and which books I should start with. Tweet me at @thisnortherngal or leave me a comment below with your recommendations.
Without further ado, here is my current TBR in all its (excessive) glory:
And for those of you that fancy the more traditional method, here are all of the books that I am hoping to read by the end of the year:
- Pacts and Conjurations
- Encounters
- Know your Place
- The Robber Bride
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
- A Clockwork Orange
- The Other Life
- Going Postal
- Coffee
- The Famished Road
- Truth Sister
- White Rabbit, Red Wolf,
- Bone Surfers
- A Sky Painted Gold
- Fragments of the Lost
- Night of the Lightbringer
- On Writing
- The Coffin Path
- Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
- The Witch’s Blood
- I Stop Somewhere
- Children of Blood and Bone
- Clean
- The Blind Assassin
- Cinder
- Tender is the Night
- How to be both
- Crooked Kingdom
- Persephone
- The Song Rising
- Troublemakers
- Uprooted
- The truth and lies of Ella Black
- Bygone Badass Broads
- The Hazel Wood
- Alias Grace
I can read books that aren’t on this list but I now have a deadline to read these 36 books. Some of them have been waiting a very long time to be read.
Wish me luck,
Kelly x
This is probably the one time I would very genuine and use the “shock” button! 36 book?! I’m lucky with the two I have and want to read now. My GoodReads challenge has the number of books read at 7 but I’m thinking of changing it to three or four, so I don’t feel like I’m kidding myself! Lol
Good luck with yours though!
Thanks! It is definitely a little ambitious but if I don’t challenge myself to at least try and shift them, they’re going to be there forever!
Kelly x
That’s a good point