The Number Generator vs My TBR

Hi All,

I went through my TBR again today and there’s like 70-odd books on it! Some of these have been on my TBR for literally years! Why do I find myself purchasing more books rather than reading from my TBR?!

It’s the usual reasons I think - worry the book won’t live up to the hype or it’s a long one. But I bought them because at one point I wanted to read them so let’s do this.

So enough is enough, I bit the bullet and decided to list my TBR against a list of numbers and use a number generator. I let that choose 5 books for me to try and get through in February. If I end up reading more - awesome.

So my 5 for February are -

1. Life’s A Pitch by Stephen Bayley and Roger Mavity

2. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

3. Tabloid Love by Bridget Harrison

4. Brooklyn by Colm Toibin

5. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Quite a mix which might make this easier. I have physical copies of the 1st 4 and then David Copperfield on my kindle.

Let’s do this! This year I am bringing that TBR down. If it was about 20 I think I’d be happy enough but over 70? Nooooo!!!

But I am going to make this interesting:

• I am allowed to buy books but I have to have read at least 3 out of the 5 TBR selected books for the month before I am allowed to read one of those.

• However disappointed I am with the random number generator’s selection - I cannot change any of the books! If I don’t want to read them then they have to go.

• Any books that don’t get read can go back into the main TBR. If they are selected another 2 occasions during the year by the generator and they don’t get read - they have to go.

Wish me luck :-)