Down the TBR Hole was started by Lia over at Lost in a Story. All book covers are linked to Goodreads unless otherwise noted.
How it works:
- Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.
- Order on ascending date added.
- Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
- Read the synopses of the books
- Decide: keep it or should it go?
I will be repeating this process until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR. My TBR pile is down one to 723 books. I recently started Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier.
This week’s five books:
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones – KEEP. I bought a used copy of this book after reading something about it somewhere during my ramblings around the net. Like Howl’s Moving Castle, it’s been lingering on my TBR just waiting for me to pick it up.
A Tale of Time City by Diana Wynne Jones – KEEP. Here’s another one by Jones, but this one is on my wish list. The story sounds too good to pass up.
Unexpected Magic by Diana Wynne Jones – KEEP. The first story in this collection is described as, “A cat tells how the kindhearted wizard she owns is suddenly called upon to defeat a horrific Beast.” Yep, that’s right, a cat who owns a wizard. There’s no way I’m taking that off of my wish list.
The Travels of Daniel Ascher by Déborah Lévy-Bertherat – GO. I was tempted to keep this since it was supposedly widely popular in France, but something about the synopsis rubbed me the wrong way. I don’t know why, but I’m taking this off of the list. If it’s meant to be, it will find its way back.
A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway – KEEP. I already own the ebook, but even if I didn’t, I would keep it on my TBR because of 3 things; not only is it a spin off of Sherlock Holmes but it also involves Steam Punk and magic. How could I pass that up?
My to-read shelf is down to 722 books. See you next Saturday when I start with book #136.
You had better keep A Study in Silks- that was one that I warned you was on sale! And 2. I also still have it on my TBR. 😉
~Litha Nelle
Yes! I remember you telling me about the sale and that being my excuse for buying it. I was thinking of that when I was reading the synopsis and was a little worried that I might want to let it go 😅 I was relieved to still be very interested in reading it at some point. Do you want to do a buddy read? 😊
Yeah, but my schedule is pretty hectic until this summer (I need to do Dr. appointments, gardening, and ARCs until Mayish, plus a blogiversary celebration of some kind- I’m swamped), so if that might work for you too, we could do one. 😛
~Litha Nelle
Summer works for me 🙂 I’m doing the #OWLsReadathon2018 this month (attempting to read 12 books!), the 24-hour readathon, and I’ve got my blogiversary too.