Since I am struggling to pick my next book from my TBR pile, I am particularly interested in this week’s discussion:
Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is about tbr books.
Where do you keep the books on the top of the tbr pile? Not the bunk of the mountain, but just the tip of the peak – the ‘almost up to’ books?
Because I am so anal-retentive organized, I do not rank my TBR lists. I have them in alphabetical order on two specially-designated shelves. I think that is my problem. I have so many books that are on those shelves, and I want to read them all. Unfortunately, when it comes to selecting the next one, I have difficulties choosing from among them. Most of the time, one book calls to me more than the others, but lately, I cannot choose. There are just too many, and I have too many outside distractions to choose. Maybe if I ranked them at first, then when it comes time for the next book I would not struggle so much. This is a recent phenomenon, so I am hoping it is just what is occurring in my life right now and not a sign of things to come.
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Being organized keeps me sane, even though it probably does add a bit of stress to life. But I am one of those weird ones who cannot function if things are messy. Like right now, I have to clean off my desk before I can get to work. So sad…
You are so organised! Mine are just mixed inw ith the books I've decided to keep and the ones I'm thinking of reading soon usually creep closer and slower to the bed as time goes by.
I couldn't live with a random pile! I'm too anal. But I can usually decide which book to read. I must be in a slump!
I actually keep a running spreadsheet with my unread books on them and use that whenever I go to random.org. For some reason, I am not interested in doing that this time around.
Hahaha. You sound like me, hun. I have a hard time choosing. Though my TBR pile isn't organised at all. It's literally a random pile. 😛
Try thinking of them as numbered; say top shelf, start from the left and work down. Then go to random.org and let it pick the book for you.
My recent post An Unfinished Score
No pile? Now I have to see what you do have!
I hear you! I obviously do not like chaos but I am a mood reader. And I could DEFINITELY use more bookshelves!
LOL! I can't rank my TBR either. I am such a mood reader. Granted, I must be in a funk lately that my mood cannot choose a book to read.
alphabetical order on two specially-designated shelves….wow
I don't have a TBR pile. Here's my Monday Musing.
My recent post Musing Monday (#10) TBR Books
I need to be more organized. there is no way that I could rank my TBR. I think that's why I tend to have more than one book going at the same time. I usually come across something and I just have to read it.