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I appear to be lying to myself. I just found this comment in my 2020 Mt TBR feed:My Kindle to-read pile is 92 books I've paid for plus 143 free downloads (plus all the books on the old Kindle, which I'm ignoring). I also have around 100 unread paperbacks. I'll get to those soon.
(dated 6 January 2020)
I really need to stop buying books.
On the plus side, I didn't go to any writing conferences this year, which means my paper stack has only grown by the 7 books I accidentally bought at the second-hand sale I went to with my daughter.
Iola wrote: "On the plus side, I didn't go to any writing conferences this year, which means my paper stack has only grown by the 7 books I accidentally bought at the second-hand sale I went to with my daughter.""accidentally bought" lol! I've never related to anything so much!
Good luck with your climb in 2021 Iola!
As at 1 January, my Kindle TBR folder (books I've paid for) had 112 books (29 more than last year :( ), and I had 171 unread free books. Plus an uncounted number of paperbacks ...So let's get climbing!
1. The Duke who Didn't by Courtney Milan
2. Writing Book Blurbs and Synopses by Rayne Hall
(This part of the year is easy, as everything I own was bought before this year.)
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Bev wrote: "Welcome back!! Good luck with your 2021 climb!"Thank you :)
Thank you for organising this again. It's my main motivation for attacking Mt TBR!
3. Time Management for Writers by Sandra Gerth
4. The Girl in the Glass by Susan Meissner ... which I finished, then realised I'd already read, so it obviously didn't impress me as much the first time around.5. Dear Pakistan by Rosanne Hawke
6. Organized Backup by Meredith Resce
7. I'll Be Home by Toni Shiloh - a fun holiday novella8. Remember to Forget by Deborah Raney - DNF at 56%
9. Emotional Beats by Nicholas C Rossis (a ho-hum compilation of vaguely attributed work from other writers, with no indication of whether he has permission to use their material).10. A Splash of Substance by Elizabeth Maddrey
11. A Pinch of Promise by Elizabeth Maddrey
12. A Dash of Daring by Elizabeth Maddrey
13. The Trouble with Love by Toni Shiloh
14. Red Zone by Janet Elizabeth Henderson
15. Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern - great concept, but the last 10% fell flat for me.
16. Only a Kiss (The Survivors' Club, #6) by Mary Balogh
17. The High Price of Secrets by Yvonne Lindsay
18. The Wayward Son by Yvonne Lindsay19. A Forbidden Affair by Yvonne Lindsay
20. The Cosy Tea Shop in the Castle by Caroline Roberts
19 and 20 are DNFs - but I've read enough of both to know I'm not going to finish them because I don't like the tropes.
21. Understand Your Bible in 15 Minutes a Day by Daryl Aaron, which I read back in January but I'd mistakenly classified it as a review title. I bought it in 2012, so it's definitely a TBR!
22. The Enneagram for Beginners by Kim Eddy
23. The Fiction Formula by Sean Platt24. Eleanor Rigby by Douglas Coupland
Finally at the halfway point, only 25 days late :)
25. Yesterday's Promise by Vanessa Miller
26. The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Rolling by Neta Jackson - DNF at around 60 pages. It's part of a series, and it's one of those series you need to start at #1 in order to know and care about the characters. As it was, I felt like a slightly unwanted observer rather than a participant in the story.
27. Love Finds You in Annapolis, Maryland by Roseanna M White
28. Along Came a Cowboy by Christine Lynxwiler ... which GR says I read in 2017, but I forgot. I reread it, and now it's definitely off the TBR
29. When Life Gives you Lululemons by Lauren WeisbergerOne of the books I accidentally bought last year - very funny.
30. The Death Beat by Fiona Veitch Smith31. The Cairo Brief by Fiona Veitch Smith
Unfortunately, my Kindle tells I've already bought more than 40 new books this year, so I'm still going backwards.
Bev wrote: "You're getting close!"Slow but steady ...
Had a quiet weekend and binge-read an entire series :)33. Leaving Oxford by Janet W Ferguson
34. Going Up South by Janet W Ferguson
35. Tackling the Fields by Janet W Ferguson
36. Blown Together by Janet W Ferguson
37. Fly Away by Lynn Austin38. How to Write Dazzling Dialogue by James Scott Bell
39. Canteen Dreams by Cara Putman (which I had already read but somehow was still on the pile)39.5 Let's Get Digital (3rd edition) by David Gaughran as I also own the 4th edition so will never read the 3rd (so not read, but off the pile)
40. Twins for the Cowboy by Linda Goodnight
I had a productive long weekend:41. The Butcher's Daughter by Parker J Cole - DNF because while the concepts were intriguing (Black people passing as white in 1890s Black Gotham aka NYC), the plot took too long to get going and the characters weren't compelling.
42. Moonlight Over Manhattan - a perfectly good romance novella but felt very short.
43. The Lady and the Lionheart by Joanne Bishof - so many people raved about this book. While I could see and appreciate the hero's redemption journey, I didn't understand the logic that got him in that situation.
44. Pearl in the Sand by Tessa Asfar - as brilliant as everyone said it was.
45. Operation Valentine by Elizabeth Maddrey46. Raspberries and Vinegar by Valerie Comer
47. Wild Mint Tea by Valerie Comer
48. Sweetened with Honey by Valerie Comer
Having said that, I do have 121 books in my Kindle To Read folder, and 161 in my Free Books folder ...