Down the TBR Hole was started by Lia over at Lost in a Story. All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.
I will be repeating this process until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR.
My TBR pile is holding steady at 685 books. Though I finished a book this week, I didn’t start another one. I’m already reading 3 books right now, with hardly any time to actually read, so I didn’t want to pick up a 4th only to have it neglected.
A Dream of Hope and Sorrow by Jonathan Crocker – GO. Like several of last week’s books, this book comes off sounding generic and uninteresting.
Call of the Herald by Brian Rathbone – GO. I don’t think the synopsis for this book could be any more nondescript and vague.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle – KEEP. This contains all of the stories involving Professor Moriarty. Since I have only ever seen film or TV adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes stories, I’m very interested in reading this book.
Anywhere But Here by Jason D. Morrow – KEEP. I started this one last Summer, but then got distracted by other Sci-Fi books. I will pick this one up again, hopefully this Summer.
Engines of War by George Mann – KEEP. I would never willingly remove a “Doctor Who” book from my TBR without reading it.
My TBR mountain is down to 683 books. I still have a long way to hit my goal for this year, but at least I haven’t added any more books.
Down the TBR Hole was started by Lia over at Lost in a Story. All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.
I will be repeating this process until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR.
My TBR pile went down one to 687 books. I finished reading Smash! by Ian Winwood and started Cinderella’s Big Score by Maria Raha. I also started reading Day After Night by Anita Diamant.
Halfway Dead by Terry Maggert – KEEP. “Come for the waffles. Stay for the magic.” That’s the first sentence of the synopsis on Goodreads. Yes, please! 
The Space Between by Diana Gabaldon – KEEP. This one is a no-brainer, considering my love for all things “Outlander.” 
Shadow of the Sun by Laura Kreitzer – GO. This book sounded like it might be vaguely interesting until the last couple of sentences in the synopsis. At that point it sounded like the author had tried to put too many elements into the story and the plot would wind up being ridiculous. No, thanks. 
Sora’s Quest by T.L. Shreffler – GO. I have the feeling that even though the synopsis doesn’t mention any romance, this is going to basically be a Paranormal Romance. Not interested. 
Everflame by Dylan Lee Peters – GO. “…an epic battle of good versus evil.” What is it with these free ebooks and their generic story lines?!
My TBR mountain is down to 685 books. It would be lower if I hadn’t added a couple of books to my wish list, but it could have been higher had I not finished a book and started two others. The one good thing, for my wallet anyway, is that I haven’t bought any more books this week. Instead, I checked out Day After Night from my local public library.
Down the TBR Hole was started by Lia over at Lost in a Story. All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.
I will be repeating this process until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR.
My TBR pile went up again to 688 books. After I finished reading Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein, I immediately added the next books in the series to my wish list.
Heap House by Edward Carey – GO. The synopsis is a little confusing and what I thought was a book done in the style of Edward Gorey, or at least in his “mood,” just seems to be a book about an unhappy child that can “hear” inanimate objects talking to him about weird things. On the surface that sort of sounds interesting, but…I don’t know…I’m just not feeling it.
Roverandom by J.R.R. Tolkien – KEEP. I’ve read this one before, but it’s been well over a decade. It’s one of my fave non-Hobbit-related tales by Tolkien and it’s also one of my favorite titles! I love saying it 🙂
Double Booked for Death by Ali Brandon – KEEP. This is the first book in one of the many book-related Mystery series I would love to try out. I’m trying to get through a couple of other series before I pick this one up, though, so it’s still on my wish list.
Tommy Black and the Coat of Invincibility by Jake Kerr – KEEP. I absolutely LOVED Tommy Black and the Staff of Light, so there is no way I won’t be reading this at some point. I’m in no hurry, though, since the 3rd book in the series was supposed to have been released in 2016, but is still not available as far as I can tell.
Child of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier – KEEP. I’ve been wanting to read this one for a long time now, but it’s long, and I’m afraid my few bits of time to read during the week will make it difficult for me to stay in the story. Marillier writes stories you really have to immerse yourself in and only stop reading to come up for tea, food, and bathroom breaks every once in awhile. I need a long weekend with nothing to do and nowhere to go when I’m also not sick.
My TBR mountain is down one to 687 books. I’ve proven to myself that not adding any more books is nearly impossible, especially when I start a new-to-me Middle-Grade series. I’m perfectly fine with adding more books to my TBR if it means I’m loving what I read!
Down the TBR Hole was started by Lia over at Lost in a Story. All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.
I will be repeating this process until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR.
My TBR pile shot up to 686 books, mostly because I finally got around to adding the books I’ve bought in the past few months, and partly because I added some books to my wish list.
Rest Haven by Erik Therme – KEEP. This book sounds like the perfect kind of Horror for me to read during the Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon in October.
The Reader by Traci Chee – KEEP. I found out about this book during a panel at the Texas Book Festival several years ago. The story is set in a world where no one reads or even knows what books are, and that is terrifying to me. I must read it!
Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina – KEEP. I found out about this one during the very same panel. It’s YA Historical Fiction about a time I know very little about, 1977 in New York when a serial killer known as Son of Sam was out killing people on the streets.
Curse of the Boggin by D.J. MacHale – KEEP. I found out about this book at a different panel that day at that Texas Book Festival. It’s written by the creator of the show “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” This book also involves a mysterious library. I’m hoping to finally pick this one up during the 24-Hour Readathon.
The Forever King by Molly Cochran – KEEP. I bought this book when I realized that I already had the 2nd book in the series, The Broken Sword. I started it quite awhile back, but got sidetracked by another book and never picked it back up. I think reading it sometime this Spring is a good idea.
My TBR mountain is still at 686 books. I’m only a couple of posts away from getting into the books I added in 2017 and the halfway point of the mountain, assuming I don’t add any more books. I wonder if that’s even possible?!
