Louiseog Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 TBR pile on window ledge and now significant large. Hubby may notice very soon - will have to resort to devious means to disguise them B) Shoe cupboard, pants drawers, saucepan corner...... I have many ingenious methods! Quote
Angel Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 Under the bed, matched in behind old books - great double shelving, .......you soon learn some hidey spots........ Quote
happyanddandy Posted May 23, 2007 Posted May 23, 2007 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. Quote
Fiona Posted May 24, 2007 Posted May 24, 2007 Right my TBR pile is about 100 odd books? I buy 'em quicker then I can read 'em. B) 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. Quote
Polka Dot Rock Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 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... Still, at least the majority of them were bought in offers or have discounts or are second hand. So that's okay? Right? RIGHT?? Quote
happyanddandy Posted May 31, 2007 Posted May 31, 2007 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... Still, at least the majority of them were bought in offers or have discounts or are second hand. So that's okay? Right? RIGHT?? Definitely right!! Quote
Polka Dot Rock Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 Definitely right!! Good. Glad you think so Although... You guys aren't the best people to ask We just encourage each other - when will this madness end?? Quote
Kell Posted June 1, 2007 Posted June 1, 2007 Well, PDR - you have to remember, this is not a support group - we're all addiction enablers when it comes to books here! Quote
Sugar Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 Well, PDR - you have to remember, this is not a support group - we're all addiction enablers when it comes to books here! 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!!! Quote
kitty_kitty Posted June 2, 2007 Posted June 2, 2007 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 Quote
aromaannie Posted August 9, 2007 Author Posted August 9, 2007 WooHoo - for the first time in ages I am below 30 in my TBR list. 29 Quote
Polka Dot Rock Posted August 10, 2007 Posted August 10, 2007 From 31st May 2007 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! Quote
nicx27 Posted August 16, 2007 Posted August 16, 2007 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! Quote
Echo Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 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. Quote
Novel Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 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. Quote
Kell Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 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!) Quote
angerball Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 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. 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 :eek2:) in favour of books that have been brought to my attention more recently. Quote
nicx27 Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 YES. I also find myself in the range of 300 as of right now. Thank goodness I'm not alone! Quote
Nici Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 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! Quote
Mia Posted August 19, 2007 Posted August 19, 2007 Approximately 53, which is not bad for me as when I last counted it was nearer 80. Quote
aromaannie Posted August 19, 2007 Author Posted August 19, 2007 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 Quote
Kylie Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 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. :eek2: I'm so nice knowing that there are other people like me out there Quote
proserpina Posted August 20, 2007 Posted August 20, 2007 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. Quote
aromaannie Posted April 7, 2008 Author Posted April 7, 2008 Thought I'd update this as I haven't done it in a while 24 for me Quote
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