How Many in your TBR Pile

[aromaannie]

I have 31 - Have bought 12 books in the last week:blush:

[Michelle]

We did a poll on this a while ago, and there was a wide range of answers. It'll be interesting to find out if we still do. (I'll go count mine later.)

[Nici76]

I have 38 books on my bookshelf waiting to be read. But I also have between 10-15 books that I plan to buy shortly!

[Polka Dot Rock]

Hmm... let's see *scuttles off to blog (http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=2465)*

TBR
Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Blind Assassin - Margaret Atwood
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen
Sense & Sensibility - Jane Austen
Villette - Charlotte Bronte*
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop - Lewis Buzbee
Don Quixote - Miguel de Cervantes (trans. Edith Grossmann)*
No Name - Wilkie Collins*
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens*
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens*
The Woman Who Walked Into Doors - Roddy Doyle
Jamaica Inn - Daphne du Maurier
Julius - Daphne du Maurier
The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot*
The Crimson Petal and The White - Michel Faber
The Big Fat Bitch Book - Kate Figes
Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
Goodbye to Berlin - Christopher Isherwood
Finn Family Moomintroll - Tove Jansson
Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
The People's Act of Love - James Meek
Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky (trans. Sanda Smith)
Franny & Zooey - J.D Salinger
Anna Karenina - L.N. Tolstoy*

...So 26 and growing! :lol:

[Blossom]

For the first time in I don't know how long, I have NO books to read. Can't afford to buy any for a while, and not able to get to the library - think I'm going to have to do some re-reading!

Kerri

[Gyre]

29 books in my TBR :D

[kitty_kitty]

Far too many!!!!

I keep buying books or putting them on my wish list

[madcow]

At a rough guess I have approx 70 :thud: looks like I'm gonna have to behave for a while to get the number down.

[aromaannie]

These replies are making me feel a lot better ;)

[happyanddandy]

20 including the 3 bought today

:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Polka Dot Rock]

*Ahem* Just realised, it's actually 30 as I have two on order... Oops! :blush:

[Renniemist]

I have more than 50 on my TBR pile, and I have told myself that I will not buy another book until I have read at least 10 of them. (The one that came from Amazon today does not count.):roll:

[Lilywhite]

:lurker: 78

I suppose I should spend more time reading them instead of buying them.........

[madcow]

Don't forget half of my TBR list includes yours babes :lol:

[Icecream]

I (The one that came from Amazon today does not count.):roll:

And how does that work exactly?

I have 12 on my shelf to read, and 18 that I want to get hold of, so that makes 20 altogether, and I am sure their is a couple more on my list (on my computer) tha I haven't put on here yet. My list keeps growing (thanks to this forum). I certainly want to read the second of Raven Hart's vampire books if I ever get the chance..

[Kell]

I was going to guess at 70, but then I counted them up. I have 62 books and 8 audio books, so I was spot on! I also have two more books on the way at the moment, so it'll be 72 when they arrive...

I think it's about the same amount as it was the last time - it seems I get more at the same rate as I get through them, and seeing as how I'm downloading audio books for free, there are always more audio books to get!

Ooh, and Dale owes me a book for Easter, so that'll be 73...

[angerball]

Loads. :blush: Too many to count really. My problem is that even though I have a lot of books on my bookshelf, I still borrow or buy others to read. :irked: I can't help it though; if I see something that looks interesting, I have to have it, even though I may not get around to reading it for a very long time. I mean I have books that I bought about 7 or 8 years ago, and have yet to read them. :blush:

[JudyB]

Just popped on to librarything and I've 11 on my TBR list and 35 on my wishlist.

(If anyone wants to see what they are click on link in my signature and click tags and then TBR and then wishlist.)

[Michelle]

Loads. :blush: Too many to count really. My problem is that even though I have a lot of books on my bookshelf, I still borrow or buy others to read. :irked: I can't help it though; if I see something that looks interesting, I have to have it, even though I may not get around to reading it for a very long time. I mean I have books that I bought about 7 or 8 years ago, and have yet to read them. :blush:

I'm exactly the same!!

[Angel]

I have about 58 - so now that it's below 60, I'm beginning to panic that I might run out!!! :lol:

[Louiseog]

I have about 58 - so now that it's below 60, I'm beginning to panic that I might run out!!! :lol:
I know the feeling!
My resolution was to get tbr down, it was 88 and its now 66 :D but I could run out!!

[JudyB]

Just added 3 more to my wish list - all chunky classics inspired by the gothic novels mentioned in Northanger Abbey.

[Kylie]

I have a list of my books in a spreadsheet and just counted up the unread ones...107 :eek2:

And what's worse is that the spreadsheet is nowhere near complete. I think I could easily add an extra 30-40 unread books! Oh dear. I had no idea it'd gotten that bad.

But that's still not going to stop me from going to a huge book fair next week, where I expect to buy another 20 or more. Hey, the books will be dirt cheap and the money goes to a good cause, OK? :lol: :ontome:

[Pilgrim]

33 on the list at e-books but some where I've lost interest so 15 and I should go clean up - or maybe not - it's hard to delete a book sitting there not doing any harm.

[Nici76]

I have 38 books on my bookshelf waiting to be read.

Make that 40, I got 2 books today :blush: although as one is Stephen King - The Stand can I class that as about 4 books as it's sooooo huge!!!? :lol:

[lovesreading06]

There 4 in my room from the library. 2 on reserve.

There is 73 books i got wrote down to read.

[wrathofkublakhan]

I have six on my TBR pile!

Mostly since I just got back from the bookstore.
My intent was to just buy one or two, but I hurt my foot yesterday and was limping and it took a lot longer to weave through the store....so I kept picking them up.

I am reading Anne of Green Gables right now, next will be....

Sea Swept by Nora Roberts (KW's direction)
National Velvet by Enid Bagnold (continuing my Children's Classic series after Black Beauty, The Secret Garden and Anne of Green Gables)
X-Rated Bloodsuckers by Mario Acevedo (blood sex and magic)
Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich
Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich

[kitty_kitty]

My pile of TBR books just grows and grows i cannot resist a bargain but i do like to have a choice of what books to read

[Kell]

I've managed to make quite a good dent in my TBR pile this month,, but I've also picked up a couple of other books during that time. however, I read more than I added, so that's a good sign! :lol:

[Polka Dot Rock]

Oh dear... Now 29... How did that happen?! :angel_not: :giggle:

[Captiva Dreaming]

Today I *acquired* 3 new books - they will go onto my TBR pile.
Nora Roberts - Northern lights and Midnight Bayou
and Alan Titchmarsh's Animal instincts...(wasn't he a gardener??):dunno:


I did enjoy reading Nora Roberts, Montana Sky - so her books should be ok....not sure about the gardener's efforts though :tong:
I'm game, so what the heck- they were cheap!

[Lilywhite]

my TBR pile is actually now a TBR bookcase, it's topped 80 books now so I'm going to try my hardest not to aquire any more until it's dropped some.

I may need some help though.......

[takes a deep breath.....]

[Rosie]

Just acquired three new books that are sitting, waiting to be read. Two I bought myself:-

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim & Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky

I've also been given a book called Lords of the White Castle by Elizabeth Chadwick.

[papillon]

I'm another bibliophile with a TBR bookcase I'm afraid. I can't help browsing and inevitably adding . My latest buys are; "Karin Fossum's ""He Who Fears the Wolf" (Wonderfully suspenseful book, has anyone read it?), "When the Devil Holds the Candle" also by K. Fossum, Jeffrey Deaver "The Vanished Man" , and Vladamir Nabokov's "Pale Fire".

[Michelle]

I've just had a sort out, and including the 2 books I've started, there are 77 on my TBR pile, with 3 more on their way from Amazon.

[Ronny]

Before moving over seas I stocked up, as I was not sure how much I'd be able to get my hands on here, so I have around 500 books on my shelves TBR according to my listal tags.

[aromaannie]

Before moving over seas I stocked up, as I was not sure how much I'd be able to get my hands on here, so I have around 500 books on my shelves TBR according to my listal tags.


:icon_eek:

[Ronny]

:icon_eek:

Uhm, yeah, the movers didn't like me much:blush:

[Essexgirl]

It was 36, but W H Smith were doing 3 for the price of 2 today so its gone up to 48

[lovesreading06]

[quote=Captiva Dreaming;77037]
Alan Titchmarsh's Animal instincts...(wasn't he a gardener??):dunno:

Yes he was or still is.

[kitty_kitty]

I have bought loads of books off ebay recently - the mountain of TBR is piling up

[Moonchild]

Oh dear. I've just spent the last few hours listing the books in my TBR pile. There's 103.

And that's not counting the books I have on order plus loads that are still on the shelves in my old room at my parents house.

.:eek2: :eek2: :eek2:

[madcow]

I've given up counting :lol:

[aromaannie]

Thought I would update this as it's exactly 1 month since I originally posted.

Last month I posted I had 31 to read
I have read 8 books this month
I now have 34 books to read

I have obviously bought more than I have read and I was really trying to be good this month with my book buying:blush:

[Kell]

Exactly one month ago I had 62 books and 6 audio books, although I was anticipating some new ones arriving. Dale still hasn't bought me my Easter book yet - I flagged that problem up with him yesterday and he promises a book will be forthcoming shortly!

Anyway, since then I've read 10 and am moving onto my 11th, and also listened to 3 audio books and have started by 4th.

Mount TBR now numbers 72 and I have 9 audio books waiting (not including the one I'm currently listening to).

How on earth did I manage to gain more than I read? I don't remember getting hold of all those books! I know a couple of the ones I read were borrowed, but that's beside the point - argh! I really mustn't let Dale see this or he'll get more strict about the book embargo :lurker:

[Polka Dot Rock]

A month ago, I had 30. Now I have 38! :lol: Whoops! :blush:

[fireball]

God! I'm embarrassed by this...VERY. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/steelclaw32/08.gif I made a quick count of "books in waiting to be read" (pile) And it's huge..... And it's pregnant.!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/steelclaw32/jawdroping.gif

I had to stop at 120.! It's true. I must have done something in my last life,! this is one 'penance' I'm enjoying.! http://www.specialx.net/specialxbbs/images/smiles/icon_twisted.gif

[Kylie]

One month and two days ago I had 107+. Now it stands at 131+. It hasn't gone down at all in the past month!

Of the five books I've finished reading since then, two were eBooks and three were re-reads, and none of them were on my TBR list to begin with! I'm never going to get anywhere doing that, am I? :doh:

[fireball]

:lol: Maybe not Kylie, but just think of the fun your having!. :D

[Kylie]

:lol: Maybe not Kylie, but just think of the fun your having!. :D

True! I even had fun making space on my bookshelves for my new books :mrgreen:

Plenty of good times ahead!

[FishAndChips]

A lot more now than before I joined this forum :lol:

I think I had about 8 when I joined, now its zillions!!

Its all your fault people :lol:

[happyanddandy]

TBR pile on window ledge and now significant large. Hubby may notice very soon - will have to resort to devious means to disguise them :mrgreen:

[Louiseog]

TBR pile on window ledge and now significant large. Hubby may notice very soon - will have to resort to devious means to disguise them :mrgreen:
Shoe cupboard, pants drawers, saucepan corner...... I have many ingenious methods!

[Angel]

Under the bed, matched in behind old books - great double shelving, .......you soon learn some hidey spots........

[happyanddandy]

Ha ha - so you're all at it!! I do offer him some of mine when he has run out so he can't complain too much.

[Fiona]

Right my TBR pile is about 100 odd books? I buy 'em quicker then I can read 'em. :lol:

At the moment though, after Harry Potters and the one I'm reading now erm...

Lolita - Vladimir Nabakov
The Perfect Spy - John le Carré
The Wind Up Bird - Haruki Murakami
The Innocent - Ian McEwan
And any Diana Wynne Jones. :D

[Polka Dot Rock]

:icon_eek: Ah. I've just done a quick recount and I now have 41 books in my TBR list. And they're just the 'official' ones from the last year, really... :icon_oops:

Still, at least the majority of them were bought in offers or have discounts or are second hand. So that's okay? Right? RIGHT?? :angel_not:

[happyanddandy]

:icon_eek: Ah. I've just done a quick recount and I now have 41 books in my TBR list. And they're just the 'official' ones from the last year, really... :icon_oops:

Still, at least the majority of them were bought in offers or have discounts or are second hand. So that's okay? Right? RIGHT?? :angel_not:


Definitely right!! :lol:

[Polka Dot Rock]

Definitely right!! :lol:

Good. Glad you think so :mrgreen:

Although... You guys aren't the best people to ask :tong:

We just encourage each other - when will this madness end??

[Kell]

Well, PDR - you have to remember, this is not a support group - we're all addiction enablers when it comes to books here! :lol:

[Sugar]

Well, PDR - you have to remember, this is not a support group - we're all addiction enablers when it comes to books here! :lol:
My name is Sugar, and I am a bookaholic.

Even though I've been making an effort to read from the TBR this year (rather than just stock it up), I don't seem to be making any inroads! Not helped by my dad's imminent move from my childhood home and meaning that I've had to rescue all those books I'd forgotten were on the TBR!!!

[kitty_kitty]

OH will go mad when we move into new house and he realises that my books used to fit in the book shelves but i have bought so many more that i need more shelves

[aromaannie]

WooHoo - for the first time in ages I am below 30 in my TBR list.

29

:)

[fireball]

OH will go mad when we move into new house and he realises that my books used to fit in the book shelves but i have bought so many more that i need more shelves

OOOOOOh Kitty I KNOW that feeling. :lol: When I moved here to Victoria, Vancouver Island about 6/8 years ago most of the the boxs were full of nothing but books and my brother was nearly tearing whats left of his (very) baldy pate. :motz:

OOOH! and remember How Many in your TBR Pile page 5?

well it's got pregnant again!!!:eek: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y14/steelclaw32/08.gif I said then.
:I had to stop at 120... well, eeermm, afraid it's a lot bigger now upto 199 and that's only on my last count (last night by the way) and my nose is twitching towards Bolen Books, literally 4 minutes away from me 5, if I take my time draggin my feet so to speak!!! :lol:

God being a book*whor* I mean worm phewww.! is GREAT, in fact it's LOVELY, brilliant even .! :readingtwo:

[lovesreading06]

i got 9 books from the library to read.

[Polka Dot Rock]

From 31st May 2007
:icon_eek: Ah. I've just done a quick recount and I now have 41 books in my TBR list.

I've just counted my TBR list again and I now have... 47. Which isn't as bad as I thought and I have recived a huge amount since then! So obviously I'm reading a lot... Thank god! :lol:

[fireball]

I've just counted my TBR list again and I now have... 47. Which isn't as bad as I thought and I have recived a huge amount since then! So obviously I'm reading a lot... Thank god! :lol:

Has it got any bigger though Polka!? 47's awfully ...small isn't ? god I'm a beast.! :lol::lol::lol::lol:

[nicx27]

At last count I have approximately 360 books to read. I'm quite surprised how small everybody else's are, but you've all obviously got a lot more self-control than me!

[Echo]

If I count just my normal TBR list, I have 45 books to read. If I add in all of the books I'll be reading this fall for my classes, there are 22 more. In all, that makes 67 books! Wow...I had no idea there were that many.:icon_eek:

[Novel]

At last count I have approximately 360 books to read. I'm quite surprised how small everybody else's are, but you've all obviously got a lot more self-control than me!


YES. I also find myself in the range of 300 as of right now.

[Kell]

If I were to count all the books I WANT to read, there'd be literally thousands on my TBR list. So, only counting the unread books I have waiting, I have around 80-ish at the moment and that number will be increasing shortly as I have a birthday coming up and then Xmas is just around the corner. Although I read quite fast, I tend to acquire more books faster than I can read them (despite the embargo - hmmmmm!)

[angerball]

If I were to count all the books I WANT to read, there'd be literally thousands on my TBR list.

Same here. I don't think I'll ever get through all the ones I want to read. :blush: I'm not entirely sure of how many books I own that I have yet to read. I'm guessing over a hundred. For some reason though, I just keep pushing alot of them aside (in some cases for several years :roll:) in favour of books that have been brought to my attention more recently.

[nicx27]

YES. I also find myself in the range of 300 as of right now.

Thank goodness I'm not alone!:mrgreen:

[Nici76]

Currently I have 48 books sitting on my bookshelf waiting to be read but there are lots more that I would like to read that I haven't got yet!

[Mia]

Approximately 53, which is not bad for me as when I last counted it was nearer 80.

[aromaannie]

I'm aiming to get below 20 before I will buy again - only 6 more to go and then I can go on a spending spree :D

[Kylie]

According to my notes, I have 233 books TBR. This covers almost my entire book collection (I suspect the actual total would be around 245, but then you can't really count the reference books so it'd still be around 233).

This also doesn't include ebooks, which I reckon would push the total up to around 400-500.

As happy as I am to have so many books to look forward to, I sometimes get a bit daunted ('when will I ever get to read them all?!!') and wish my TBR pile was around 60 or something. :o

I'm so nice knowing that there are other people like me out there :mrgreen:

[proserpina]

I have several different TBR piles.

The physical pile on my bedside table which accounts for library books TBR in the next 3 weeks and books I have acquired that have moved to the top of the list currently stands at 20.

I also have about 75 books on my bookshelves that still have to be read, which I shall take my time over.

Then there's the list of books I want to read but need to either buy or borrow from the library. That probably stands at about 100 at the moment.

So, almost 200.

[aromaannie]

Thought I'd update this as I haven't done it in a while :)

24 for me

[prospero]

You're all lightweights.

345 for me.

[Nici76]

59 :)

[supergran71]

I have a mere 37 on my TBR pile, but there are loads on my list of want to reads which I havent acquired yet. I feel I must get my TBR pile way down first.

[kateleopald]

I thought my pile was bad - at a tower spanning 13 high... that was until I read this thread! Although hasten to add these are ones that I have in the house..

[burghead lass]

I have 57 TBR

[carm]

I've stopped counting:lol:

[Kylie]

Somehow my TBR pile has increased from 233 to 337 in about 8 months. I don't know why I say 'somehow', because I know exactly how it happened...I'm addicted to buying books :smile2:

And now I have to go out and buy 8 more books to catch up with Prospero :roll: :lol:

[prospero]

Kylie - you might be interested in an idea I've had, then. To shrink my TBR pile I've often thought I should implement a 'buy one book for every three of my own I read' rule. I can read as many library books as I please but they don't count towards my 'three before you buy any more' count. We could support each other as we try to kick the habit. :lol:

Not that it's a bad thing, but if we buy faster than we can read, then we'll end up with houses full of books we haven't read, and that would mean they'd go to waste, practically.

[Kylie]

It's a good idea, Prospero, and one that I've tried to implement, but obviously I'm not strong enough. :mrgreen: I'll try harder from now on I promise. And I'll start looking at each book I buy as a 'reward' for reading three others. ;)

[prospero]

Kylie, you do realise I meant, "Read three books BEFORE I buy any more," not, "I bought three today so that means I have to intend to read nine?" :lol:

[Kylie]

What?? No way! :mrgreen: Yes I realise and I shall buy myself one book after I've read at least three others.

[prospero]

Done. And if either of us breaks the vow we have to buy a book as a gift for the other. Of their choice. In hardback! :D

[~V~]

Done. And if either of us breaks the vow we have to buy a book as a gift for the other. Of their choice. In hardback! :D

May I join in please?

That means the loser has to buy two books :mrgreen:

(Text books don't count though do they?)

[prospero]

Oh blimey, there will be no breaking the rules with you, you Gestapoesque BookNazi! :lol:

[~V~]

Just to explain why I'm a worthy joiner-inner ..

381 books on my visible Mount TBR.

That does include six library books but doesn't include some hidden boxes of books which is a mixture of read and unread and I have no chance of estimating how many are in there!

[~V~]

Oh blimey, there will be no breaking the rules with you, you Gestapoesque BookNazi! :lol:

I shall consider that a compliment from you

[prospero]

I have started a thread on it. :)

[Freewheeling Andy]

My TBR pile is small. Very small. But that's partly because I've been very good in the shops recently, and partly because I read all the easy stuff when it comes in.

The problem is that although there are probably only 7 or 8 books in the pile, those 7 or 8 books have been there for years. And even if I read nothing else it would probably be 6 or 9 months before the pile is reduced.

Vineland by Thomas Pynchon, which I've just started, has been sitting there since 2000, I think. The last Pynchon I read took me 4 months.

Also in the pile is Peter Ackroyd's London: A Biography, which is 1000 densely packed pages. I read the first 400 over the course of, again, 3 or 4 months, but then came to a juddering halt.

Independent People by Laxness is sitting there, and that's long, and apparently fairly slow and bleak, although atmospheric, and I fear will take me until the end of the decade.

There's The Travels Of Marco Polo, as in, in his words, which I really should read but will be terribly turgid.

There's an Iain Banks, the only vague hint of lightness sitting there, I think. A book on the recording of Kind of Blue, which I have no real interest in reading at all but which my mum gave me.

I'm sure there are a couple of other things, too, but I forget what.

[Kell]

I've just whittled down Mount TBR from 135 to 94. I decided there were books on there that I was never going to read after all, due to having gone right off the idea of them or them just not appealing quiter so much any more. I figure if there ARE any I want to go back to, I can always get them from the library. I decided I had to ditch some as I was running out of space on my TBR shelves again and I couldn't get moved on my desk. :(

[prospero]

Join my gang! Pweeeeease!:D

(Honestly, I'm such a threadpimper...)

[Kell]

I would, but I'm shortly going to be buying lots of books for Tadpole. Would that mean I had to give away loads of my books as a result? I don't want to risk it with the ones I have left!

[prospero]

Hmm. I think it would be your own personal TBR pile; Tadpoles are exempt. ;)

(I make the rules up as I go along, you see).

[Michelle]

Hubby broke my bookscase at the weekend, so whilst I was moving everything, I had a sort out. Quite a few books have been given new homes, which leaves me with an official TBR pile of 54, with 2 others in progress.

[Welshman]

You see the trouble is I suffer froma chronic relapsing condition called BAS (Book Acquisition Syndrome). Everytime I go past a bookshop it calls to me. Now as a result of coming to this site I have learned you can swap books too - just one problem. No-one, and I mean no-one is having any of mine, but I want all of your's!!!!

So how many do I have on my to read list .... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ......

[madcow]

You see the trouble is I suffer froma chronic relapsing condition called BAS (Book Acquisition Syndrome). Everytime I go past a bookshop it calls to me. Now as a result of coming to this site I have learned you can swap books too - just one problem. No-one, and I mean no-one is having any of mine, but I want all of your's!!!!

:lol: well you can't :lol:

[kelly2008]

I think its 40 or just under :)

[aromaannie]

I'm at 20 at the mo which I'm quite pleased with

[Nici76]

Currently it is 62 but i'm sure it will rise over the next few days as I am expecting some books to be delivered! :)

[kelly2008]

Currently it is 62 but i'm sure it will rise over the next few days as I am expecting some books to be delivered! :)

You've made me feel better, thanks :D

[prospero]

62? Pshaw! My Mount TBR is somewhere in the mid-three figures.

[~V~]

I may take a picture of mine just to blow you all away you amateurs

[Michelle]

As I'm sure has been said before, it's a not a competition!

[~V~]

I need something to offset the feeling of guilt I get when I walk past them all.

I'm sure they're starting to glower at me

[prospero]

You might have a bookergeist, ~V~. :lol:

[Kylie]

I may take a picture of mine just to blow you all away you amateurs

Ooh, I'd like to see that!

It looks like my TBR pile has dropped by 7 books in about 6 weeks. I'm very impressed :mrgreen: I can't remember the last time I checked these figures and found that the pile had gone down. In fact, I don't recall that ever happening. Hallelujah - it looks like the 'read 3, buy 1' is workin' for me!

[~V~]

That's good Kylie. It should be working for me too .... when I've sorted all these books out I may have more of a realistic idea of where I'm at.

maybe

[Kell]

Me too - I fell far less intimidated by Mount TBR these days (I only really began to feel overwhelmed by it when I got pregnant and realised I wasn't reading as much and wouldn't have the time to read so much once Tadpole arrives!). The Read 3, Buy 1 thing is REALLY working out well for me, as I'm saving up my "credits" for a while, so as not to add to the pile too much at the beginning - I want to see that list dwindle right down over the coming months so I can fel like I'm back on top of things again. :lol: :readingtwo:

[Blossom]

I have NO books in my pile. In fact that means I don't even have a pile! I'm currently reading 'Before the Storm', but after that, I will have to re-read unless I can get to the library.

It's practically unheard of for me not to have books waiting to be read...

[~V~]

I have NO books in my pile. In fact that means I don't even have a pile! I'm currently reading 'Before the Storm', but after that, I will have to re-read unless I can get to the library.

It's practically unheard of for me not to have books waiting to be read...

Blossom, how is this so?

I'm sure you're not freaky in any other parts of your life so ... ?

[Laa Laa]

Too many to mention. So many that I have a real struggle to pick one when I finish a book :readingtwo:

[Blossom]

Blossom, how is this so?

I'm sure you're not freaky in any other parts of your life so ... ?

Yes, I am freaky in many ways...but none that impact on my reading habits!

Usually I buy my books, but a strict budget (and the fact that my friend closed her book shop) means that I have to rely on the library. Unfortunately, I can't always get myself to the local library, and although hubby tries to pick things out for me, it's not the same as selecting them myself.

It's a terrible position to find myself in, so I'm reading my current book very slowly and savouring every word. :mrgreen:

[supergran71]

Too many to mention. So many that I have a real struggle to pick one when I finish a book :readingtwo:
same here LL:blush:

[Blossom]

Yay! I now have a small TBR pile which consists of two Little Black Dress books which arrived this morning. My first competition wins this year! :mrgreen:

Great timing!

[Inver]

Hang on while I go pile them up against the side of the house...:lol: and then measure them...lol.

[angelofboox]

Books to the ceiling, books to the sky,
My piles of books are one mile high!
How I love them,
How I need them,
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them!


:lol: Not my own words, but the words one of the posters that lives on my bedroom wall. Hope I don't grow a beard! Several books to be read...

[Karen]

My TBR pile (books that I actually have waiting to be read) currently stands at 55.

[awriter]

My pile stands 54 books tall.

[eschulenburg]

I have NO books in my pile. In fact that means I don't even have a pile!

Okay, that just struck fear into my heart!

My current TBR list is out of control. But I like it that way. If I didn't have something to read next I'd panic - what if I run out??

[Lilywhite]

No chance of me running out. I tried to lessen my TBR pile at the start of the year and all I did was quickly replace the ones I had read. It still stands at a shocking 90 (ish).

[ii]

I don't know. I don't really have a defined TBR pile. Like, a plan. I should probably make one. (Anything to keep me from studying accounting...)

[supergran71]

I don t count them :blush:

[kb.marsh]

I don t count them :blush:

Neither do I as it always seem to be growing, despite how much reading I do

[Loopyloo100]

83 on my TBR at the moment. As I'm swapping books mostly at the moment, hopefully it won't rise too much over the coming year!

[burghead lass]

I am hoping mine will say about the same will have to do a recount as I did buy some books but mostly these days I swap.

[aromaannie]

I'm quite chuffed with myself as I have 19. I always feel good when it gets below the 20 mark :)

[Mbwun_Lily]

Way too many. I mean it - I've lost count there's so many.

I swear, if I sat on my duff, and read 24/7 for a year or more, I probably wouldn't get through them all.

Is there such a thing as Bookaholics Anonymous? :blush:

[Kylie]

Is there such a thing as Bookaholics Anonymous? :blush:

Not that I'm aware, but you're more than welcome to join our 'read 3, buy (http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=5125)1' support group :mrgreen:

[Karen]

My TBR list is now standing at 56, not including the one I'm currently reading or the one that I've got coming from RISI.

[supergran71]

I hate to think how many I have in mine. Just added the Book of Lost Things and Lost and Found and I still have to start Emma for the Jane Austen book club!!

[kelly2008]

Mine is 40 :lol:

[kb.marsh]

Mine is about the same Kelly!

[burghead lass]

I will have to do a recount of mine as my book are all over the place just now

[supergran71]

I will have to do a recount of mine as my book are all over the place just now
Same here:blush:

[happyanddandy]

82 :blush:

[tbain]

I haven't really done a proper count but I would guess between 25 and 35 .

[supergran71]

I did a count today - 38!!

[carm]

I've stopped counting and am really trying not to add any until I make a dent in Mt. TBR

[Loopyloo100]

I've now crept up to 86 and I've nearly finished my latest read and I just cannot decide what to read next! Oh the dilemma!

[The Library Nook]

I have completely lost track, especially since moving, but I am really in the mood for having a sort out. I should be working but...ooh what do you reckon!?

[Amanda]

Innumerable! On top of the various things I find along the way, I have this great book that my mom gave me called The Well Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had by Susan Wise Bauer. It has a great list of fiction, biographies, histories, plays and poetry to read, and she shared how to read different types of works in order to absorb and learn the most from them. I sort of alternate between her suggested reading and the things that I want to read on my own.

[Tiger]

About 6. 1 I got a few weeks ago, three from my birthday and 2 from the library. :)

[Kell]

I'm proud to say I've managed to whittle my pile down to just 62 (from around 150 not so long ago!). :readingtwo::readingtwo::readingtwo::readingtwo:

[aromaannie]

Well done Kell - have you read all of them or passed them on

[Tiresias]

"Mount TBR." I like that!

My Mt. TBR is about 30 high, down from a dismal 50. However, those that remain are the most daunting. But recently I decided not to buy any books until I have read everything, and reread my favourites.

I shall conquer Mt. TBR!

[aromaannie]

Mine is down to 14 but that's more to do with a lack of funds rather than being good. ;)

[Tiresias]

I think the best way to bring down Mt. TBR is this: By no means keep your unread books in the bookcase. Instead, keep them in a pile in the most conspicuous place you can find, whether it be your nightstand, coffee table, desk, or etc..

This works for a combination of reasons: Firstly, you will want to reduce clutter by reading the pile down to a more manageable size. Secondly, the more formidable the pile, the more it will silently admonish you every time you glance at it, which you will not be able to avoid doing, in view of its carefully selected prominence of place. And lastly, you will develop interest in the To-Be-Reads by casually glancing over them in your spare moments, as you will not doubt have occasion to do, given their geographical convenience.

Good luck.

[tbain]

25 in my TBR pile but have ordered a few of books off Amazon so more to be added to the list!

[Loopyloo100]

Oh dear - Mines over 100 now!

[Ruth]

Oh no!! I've got over 600 books on my tbr - yes really:smile2::smile2::blush:

[tbain]

Oh no!! I've got over 600 books on my tbr - yes really:smile2::smile2::blush:

Wow 600 ! :eek2:

[Kylie]

I have finally gotten under the 300 mark in my TBR pile :mrgreen:. I was considering putting my TBR books in a separate bookcase when I was organising them, but seeing as they make up almost half of my entire collection, they would have taken up an entire bookcase on their own, and that's just too daunting.

[Tiresias]

A 600-high Mt. TBR? You need to be a Sir Edmund Hillary to conquer that beast.

[pontalba]

Oh no!! I've got over 600 books on my tbr - yes really:smile2::smile2::blush:
Yup, guilty on that count as well. At least that is what my Good Reads profile tells me, however that is only of the books I've input there, which is only about 1/3rd. But as far as I can remember of the ones I've not listed yet I only have a couple of hundred that I have not read yet.

Lovely, I mean after all, one never knows what will happen does one? :lol:

:readingtwo::readingtwo:

[Kell]

600????? Is that including books you want to read but don't have yet, or is it just the unread books you already have waiting to be read?

[pontalba]

600????? Is that including books you want to read but don't have yet, or is it just the unread books you already have waiting to be read?
That is only books I actually own and are unread. Oh, now if you want a list of ones I want to buy/read...I couldn't even begin to put a number on that. :mrgreen:

As I said, I haven't been inputting all new books into Good Reads, as their input system is a bit cumbersome sometimes.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/380014?shelf=to-read

[Kylie]

Ooh, you have a tricky question on your profile...I can't see your shelf :smile2:.

[pontalba]

:blush: Sorry, I'd forgotten I put that block on there, I just removed it. :smile2:

[Kell]

My hubby would go SPARE if I had that many unread books in the flat - there'd be no room for us in there - LOL! He got edgy when I had just over 150...

[Ruth]

600????? Is that including books you want to read but don't have yet, or is it just the unread books you already have waiting to be read?

They are all books I own and haven't got around to reading yet, or in a few cases, books that I read years ago and want to reread. My husband thinks it's quite funny really - I tend to buy 4 or 5 books a week every week! Although in recent weeks I have slowed down on my buying drastically. I read fairly quickly though, so I do get through them at quite a good pace. The thing is that hubby loves reading too, so in addition to my books, he also has shelves of books.

[pontalba]

They are all books I own and haven't got around to reading yet, or in a few cases, books that I read years ago and want to reread. My husband thinks it's quite funny really - I tend to buy 4 or 5 books a week every week! Although in recent weeks I have slowed down on my buying drastically. I read fairly quickly though, so I do get through them at quite a good pace. The thing is that hubby loves reading too, so in addition to my books, he also has shelves of books.
LOL When I nick onto an author I know I like, I'll buy a bunch of theirs, [especially if I see a pile of them at the second hand store in good condition] and then there are series. I've only read about 6 of the James Lee Burke detective {Robichaux}, but have the whole series, I think it's 20 something books. I intend to read them in order of publication, but he is so intense I can't read them all in a row. I have several series of that nature.

[Ruth]

LOL When I nick onto an author I know I like, I'll buy a bunch of theirs, [especially if I see a pile of them at the second hand store in good condition] and then there are series. I've only read about 6 of the James Lee Burke detective {Robichaux}, but have the whole series, I think it's 20 something books. I intend to read them in order of publication, but he is so intense I can't read them all in a row. I have several series of that nature.

Yes, I do that too. For example, I have the entire No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series of books, but have only read the first three up until now.

[Nellie]

In mt TBR pile...

Travels with My Aunt - Graham Green
Going Postal - Terry Pratchett
The Hound of Death - Agatha Christie
Have His Carcase - Dorethy L Sayers
Aunts Aren't Gentleman - PG Wodehouse
Jane Eyre

[Tiresias]

A major contributor to Mt. TBR is the second-hand bookshop, because when you pop in to "browse", there is a strong urge to pick up the inevitable finds at a good price, before someone else gets them.

Because i live in a non-English-speaking country, I have to order all my books online. Since moving here, all my new books are new and Mt. TBR has shrunken drastically.

[Janet]

Because i live in a non-English-speaking country, I have to order all my books online. Since moving here, all my new books are new and Mt. TBR has shrunken drastically.
It's good that you can actually get them delivered. I expect it's not cheap.

[Tiresias]

There's a very good distributor in Seoul. Shipping is free if you spend over 50,000 won (that's about 50 US dollars) and everything arrives within three weeks.

For a while I was getting books through Amazon and paying as much again for shipping and waiting up to 6 weeks. Grrrrr.

One advantage of ordering online is books arrive pristine and plastic-wrapped, whereas even a lot of new books at the bookshop are shopworn. And (as I said) the cost and inconvenience brings down Mt. TBR.

[Kell]

Because i live in a non-English-speaking country, I have to order all my books online. Since moving here, all my new books are new and Mt. TBR has shrunken drastically.
you could always join a site like Book mooch and swap some of your old books that you no longer want - you get books sent to you at no cost to yourself and gani points to "spend" on other bookks when you send books out as requested. You never have to pay any more than the postage on the books you send out. That could help cut down the costs a great deal for you. :)

[Colin Jacobs]

several hundred. I collect the fantasy and sci fi for the book art and reading of course. I keep all that I have read and collect all the authors books. I am abit of a bibliophile boot sales and charity shops are my best friends.

[Jules2]

There are approximately 80 next to the bed - I gave up counting the other smaller piles around the house.

[Colin Jacobs]

There are approximately 80 next to the bed - I gave up counting the other smaller piles around the house.
Ha I know what you mean I am a bit of a spreader a batchelors perogative. shelves full of magazines about thirty years of readers digest and loads of novels my home is a bit of a library in a mess

[kb.marsh]

50! It is going to take a while to read through...

[Tiresias]

you could always join a site like Book mooch and swap some of your old books that you no longer want - you get books sent to you at no cost to yourself and gani points to "spend" on other bookks when you send books out as requested. You never have to pay any more than the postage on the books you send out. That could help cut down the costs a great deal for you. :)

Thanks for the info. I'll look into that. :)

[Tiger]

I've only got two to read after the one I'm on! :lol:

[princessponti]

I now had more than I had yesterday :jump: ...I've got loads tbr though, i should count them all up really - Johnny has his all on one book shelf to work his way through, maybe I should do the same (hmmm will they all fit on one shelf?!!)

[Lukeozade100]

I only have a measly 4 books next to my bed :(
though 3 of them are 600+ pages... I really need to get a job so I can buy some nice novellas/relativley small books. (My plan for getting through Herodotus was to read a novella in between each of the six books the big book is split into! Sadly that plans falling apart with my lack of jobness...)

[Nici76]

I only have a measly 4 books next to my bed :(

Aw that makes me so sad! :(

Meanwhile with me I keep buying books even though I am not reading a lot at the moment....my bookshlf is near collapsing!

[frankie]

This thread made me sad, it seems like other people have manageable TBRs, lists that can actually be shortened by reading 6 books.
On my TBR (which I don't have on me right now so this is a rough estimate) there are about 300 novels. I would also wish to read all of the novels on 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (so far I've read 39 of them), and as a fan of Gilmore Girls and Rory I would like to read all the books on Rory's list. I haven't counted them but I'd say there are about 100-140 books on it.

:no:

Edit: Maybe the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die marathon isn't realistic. Okay I won't count that one.
Instead, I remembered that I have about 50 books that I've bought and haven't added to my TBR list yet.

[Michelle]

I would also wish to read all of the novels on 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (so far I've read 39 of them),

Why does everyone feel that they have to read this list? I honestly can't see why people are choosing their books just because some list tells them to!?

Anyway, frankie.. are all 300 ones you want to read soon, or do you have a 'priority' list? :)

[frankie]

Why does everyone feel that they have to read this list? I honestly can't see why people are choosing their books just because some list tells them to!?

Anyway, frankie.. are all 300 ones you want to read soon, or do you have a 'priority' list? :)

Well, of course I don't feel that I have to read the 1001 books on that list just because there happens to be a book that recommends to do so :) But, I've been browsing through that list for many long hours and quite a lot of the books sound interesting and worth a read, or at least a try at it. Most of them are classics and they are on that list for a reason: at one point or another in history (or present) they have been appreciated as great works of literature.
Besides, many of the novels that appear on 1001 Books happen to be on my TBR list already for some other reason.

As for the other question, I don't have a priority list with the other ~300 books. Usually I go for the ones that I've bought most recently, or the ones that fit my current mood. But I really have to pick up the pace now with the list... :roll:

[ii]

I heard about the Rory list, and what I liked was the way it linked a classic, old book with a new contemporary one. So you got to explore a theme from two very different point of views.

As for reading simply because it's on some list... I guess it's, in part, about curiosity. Why did this book make the cut? Why is this considered worth people's time? After all, from all the worlds literature 1001 books is very little! I also try to read some competition winners, simply for arguments sake, so I can go "yeah, good choice!" or "what on Earth were they thinking?? This is horrible!"

As for my TBR? No, no formed list. I'm working on that, though...

[Janet]

What's 'the Rory list'? Is it available online?

I'm marking off the 1001 books on that Excel spreadsheet that was linked somewhere. I've no intention of trying to read them all though - just the ones I like the sound of. I just happen to like lists! :D

[Nici76]

I just happen to like lists! :D

LOL me too! :mrgreen:

[frankie]

What's 'the Rory list'? Is it available online?

Sure the Rory's list is online! I thought about including the url in my post, but because I'm a newbie here I wasn't sure if I was allowed to do that :blush: But here's link to the list:
http://www.listsofbests.com/list/697?page=1

And for those who don't know Rory, she's a character in Gilmore Girls, a bookworm just like us :)

[Janet]

Thank you. :)

I've never seen the Gilmore Girls - in fact, I don't know what it is!

[ii]

Oh, you've missed a LOT, Janet!

[Kylie]

Gilmore Girls is only one of the best shows ever made! It's about a mother and daughter who are best friends living in a charming small town in the US, full of quirky characters. The writing is just brilliant.

ii and frankie, are you both on GoodReads? There is a Gilmore Girls discussion group that selects books from her list and compares them with other books. And there's also a 1001 Books discussion group. I don't really post in them but I love to read what everyone else is saying.

[ii]

Thank you, Kylie. I might check that out. I recently decided to really "be" on Goodreads, instead of just having an account. A small attempt of cataloguing my books and getting some order to the chaos, I suppose.

[frankie]

Kylie no I'm not on GoodRead, I've never even heard of it but thanks, I will look into it :)

And yes, Gilmore Girls is one of the best things on TV, ever! :smile2:

[TashaG]

The ominous TBR list! I

'm guessing that I have actually got, as in possess, about 12 books that are on my TBR list! The actual total of my TBR list is probably somewhere close to 100. As a school teacher I am currently on summer holidays so finding more time to read. However, as quick as I read one I seem to add a couple more to the list!

[Tambo]

I went a bit crazy on BookMooch, and coupled with an inability to walk past a second hand bookstore without having a browse, my pile of book to be read has become a mountain in the last two months.

88 to be read, plus 56 in my housemates collection that I want to read too. So a total of 144 books, (or 147 if you count the 3 I'm halfway through.

I thought I had a problem, but looking through this thread, it seems kinda standard. :lol:

[Kenny]

just a few I think;)