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Down The TBR Hole is a meme created by Lia @ Lost in a Story that revolves around cleansing your TBR of all those books you’re never going to read and sort through it all to know what’s actually on there.
It works like this:
- Go to your goodreads to-read shelf.
- Order on ascending date added.
- Take the first 5 (or 10 (or even more!) if you’re feeling adventurous) books. Of course, if you do this weekly, you start where you left off the last time.
- Read the synopses of the books
- Decide: keep it or should it go?
This is all Lillian @Mom With a Reading Problem‘s fault. She started doing this, and I couldn’t help but look at my Kindle, and all the titles that I don’t even remember what they’re about, and I just figured maybe I should start the CLEANSE. It’s about the only CLEANSE you’ll see me participate in. I’m going to be focussing entirely on my Kindle book problem at the moment, since it’s the craziest (and it’s what features most prominently in my Goodreads TBR). And I’ve decided if a book goes, then I’m deleting it from my Kindle cloud library too — GONE! Poof! JUST DO IT! My internal hoarder is screaming right now.
As of writing this post, my current Goodreads TBR shelf has 1997 books on it. No, that’s not a typo. You see why this meme might be good for me. I’ve also decided that if I get rid of the first book in a series, and I have other books in that series, I’m going to get rid of them at the same time instead of waiting until they show up.
It’s another HARLEQUIN week!! I’ve bought some Harlequins from Amazon of course, but honestly? I’ve gotten a lot more of them from the Harlequin website. When I first got my Kindle, Harlequins were the majority of what I read — I had yet to discover the world of Indie authors. So I bought quite a few ebooks. And didn’t get to them. So I really need to cull the pile. Especially because I am an entirely different person than I was 9 years ago, and I know some of these just aren’t going to work for me anymore. BUT, I have great nostalgia for my Harlequin reading days, so I predict this is going to be hard. I added a WHOLE bunch at a time on Goodreads, so I’m going to go through all the ones I added for the rest of 2012. There will be one more Harlequin week in the future.
The Night That Changed Everything by Anne McAllister — Sounds okay, but I’m trying to be ruthless so I need more than mild interest.
Verdict: Goes
Tempted by His Target by Jill Sorenson — Eh.
Verdict: Goes
Asking for Trouble (Santori Stories #4) by Leslie Kelly — I actually recently got a Christmas story that is book 3 in this series, so for now I’m going to keep this one and the next…
Verdict: Stays
Overexposed (Santori Stories #5) by Leslie Kelly — See above.
Verdict: Stays
Out of the Dark by Megan Hart — Doesn’t capture me.
Verdict: Goes
Not Forgiven, Never Forgotten by Elizabeth Power — Yeah, meh.
Verdict: Goes
Beauty and the Wolf (The Hunt for Cinderella #7) by Lois Faye Dyer — I will admit to being tempted, but again…ruthless.
Verdict: Goes
Meet Mr. Prince (The Hunt for Cinderella #8) by Patricia Kay — Only okay.
Verdict: Goes
Sex & Sensibility by Shannon Hollis — Eh.
Verdict: Goes
Hidden Obsession (Perfect Timing #1) by Joanne Rock — OK, I don’t know why, but I was seriously tempted by this one…it just sounded unique and interesting. But the reviews all say it was hard to get into, so it goes.
Verdict: Goes
Her Body of Work by Marie Donovan — I always remember really enjoying Ms. Donovan’s books, and I read a review that has me keeping this one for now.
Verdict: Stays
Harlequin Holiday Collection by Various Authors — *shrugs* Just doesn’t grab me.
Verdict: Goes
Gotta Have It by Lori Wilde — .
Verdict: Goes
Expecting His Royal Baby (The Royal House of Niroli #5) by Susan Stephens — Another Presents series I was probably reading at one point, but definitely not what I’m looking for nowadays.
Verdict: Goes
Deadly Valentine by Justine Davis & Cindy Dees — I have loved romantic suspense series by both of these authors…and while these don’t appear to be connected, I will definitely give them a chance.
Verdict: Stays
Bound to Please (Clan Fraser #1) by Hope Tarr — I saw in a review that she basically rapes him…uh yeah, that’s a hell no.
Verdict: Goes
Arm Candy by Jo Leigh — Sounds okay, but RUTHLESS!
Verdict: Goes
Inside Out (Insider #1) by Maria V. Snyder — Meh.
Verdict: Goes
Cupcakes and Killer Heels by Heidi Rice — *shrugs* Again, okay, not wow.
Verdict: Goes
All I Want… by Isabel Sharpe — Again, I feel more invested in trying the Christmas ones, so I’m keeping this one.
Verdict: Stays
A Christmas Bride (Fool’s Gold #6.1) by Susan Mallery — I’m more interested in the first one…they had me at pet groomer. So I’ll keep it for now.
Verdict: Stays
A Fool’s Gold Christmas (Fool’s Gold #9.5) by Susan Mallery — Again, Christmas books get a bigger stay of execution, so I’ll keep it.
Verdict: Stays
His First Noelle (Ranger Security #2) by Rhonda Nelson — I don’t know, I’m just not as interested…
Verdict: Goes
Hers for the Holidays (The Berringers #2) by Samantha Hunter — I was waffling on this one, but the reviews seem solid so I’ll give it a Christmas try!
Verdict: Stays
All I Want for Christmas… by Lori Wilde, Kathleen O’Reilly & Candace Havens — Sure, why not!
Merry Christmas!
I read that Fool’s Gold series years ago and loved those books. The holiday ones were especially one!