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 every week until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR. I currently have 579 books on my to-read shelf. I took a box of books to Half Price Books to sell and, of course, I ended up buying several books with the money I got. I decided to do 10 books again this week since all but one of them are keepers.
This week’s ten books:
The Beatrice Letters by Lemony Snicket – KEEP. This one is still on my wishlist, but I will eventually have it as part of my Lemony Snicket collection.
The Unauthorized Autobiography by Lemony Snicket – KEEP. I already own this one.
Dreamer’s Pool by Juliet Marillier – KEEP. So far I’ve loved every book Marillier has written so this one is staying on my TBR.
Beauty by Robin McKinley – KEEP. “Beauty and the Beast” is my all-time favorite fairy tale, and I’ve heard nothing but great things about this retelling.
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley – KEEP. Even though this is the 1st in the “Damar” series, I was told I should read the 2nd book, The Hero and the Crown, first. I did and really enjoyed it, so I’m keeping this one.
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley – KEEP. Another re-telling of “Beauty and the Beast” by the same author that I’ve heard great things about.
Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley – KEEP. This is a retelling of “Sleeping Beauty” and it’s been on my wishlist for what feels like forever. I haven’t bought a copy yet because I wanted to read the other books by McKinley that I already own and “Sleeping Beauty” might be my least fave fairy tale.
Sunshine by Robin McKinley – KEEP. I don’t know if this is a fairy tale retelling or not, but it involves vampires and I got it in a Humble Bundle so it’s not going anywhere until I read it.
The Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Adventures in Narnia by Laura Miller – GO. I added this to my wishlist years ago when I was still interested in getting a different perspective on “The Chronicles of Narnia” series by C.S. Lewis. The synopsis makes it seem that this book is more about C.S. Lewis than about the series, and I’m just not interested anymore.
The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken – KEEP. I get the impression from the synopsis that this is at least partly a darker version of the X-Men, and I’m always down for that.
My to-read shelf is down to 578 books. I’ll start off next week with book #66 and I might do ten books again since it looks like I’ll probably be keeping most of them.