Musing Mondays: TBR pile
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How many books (roughly) are in your tbr pile? Is this in increasing number or does it stay stable? Do you ever experience tbr anxiety in the face of this pile? (question courtesy of Wendy)
Well, my physical TBR pile takes up two shelves: one jam-packed and with books on top (I arrange my TBR pile by genre, but I have a disproportionate number of murder books) and one with a little more space on. I also have a total of 82 books in my bookmooch wishlist/save-for-later list, plus another few lists floating around with probably about another 20 books on them each.
My lists are definitely increasing, but the amount on my TBR pile is actually fairly stable. I put this down to rarely reading anything that’s not come from it – I don’t reread much, and I have very limited access to public libraries so I don’t tend to get much from there.
Do I face anxiety? Oddly enough, no. I know that I’m working through the pile, and I know that I’ll never read most of the books on my lists, but those books aren’t staring at me so I can happily forget about them. If I did somehow manage to buy them all, though, then I might be reduced to a quivering heap on the floor.
What about you? Do you get anxious about how many books you have on your TBR pile?
no, not anxious at all! I will get to them in time. most likely. and they don’t expire.
I wouldn’t know how to begin to count mine! That’s why I skipped this week’s question! I do get anxious about it sometimes, especially when I get new books and feel overwhelmed & like I’ll never get through them. But someday I will!