Devour Your TBR discussion

Of course our lives aren't all about books! Or that's what we try to convince people of at least.. So if you feel like talking about random stuff, want to tell us something that happened to you - whether it be good or bad - this is where you're at the right place.

There are no rules for this topic, except for having respect for one another and their opinions, views, pasts and identities.

This is not the place for questions related to the reading challenges! For that, you have to head to the Questions-topic!

I just want to say that I ADORE the aesthetics of this group and absolutely love the monthly challenge themes. Keep up the good work! I'm a mod in two other groups so I know how hard it can be to come up with all these original ideas so I totally commend you guys!

Aah, thank you so much, Faith! It helps that the challenges already existed on my book blog. I already had some time to tweak them and then decided it was time to share them with more people, haha.

Aww, that's so nice of you to say, Faith! :) This was all Kathy and she did an amazing job!

When I joined yesterday, y'all had 12 members. NOW YOU'RE AT 264???? I'M SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS. ♥♥ Thank you so much for putting this together!

I loved the group idea so much I invited a friend to participate as well. Really excited for this group and to find some new people to follow and add. I'm super pumped after putting together my TBR for January :)

I agree! This group was such a great idea! I already met so many friends through this, so thank you! And I just finished setting up my January Jam Jar! I'm super excited to start this challenge :)

Alexa wrote: "I agree with Faith, I already knew some of the challenges for the later months but it's awesome to see all of them! I can't wait for the fantasy one in particular :D

aaaah, right now I really shou..."

Good luck with your exams!!

Becca wrote: "When I joined yesterday, y'all had 12 members. NOW YOU'RE AT 264???? I'M SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS. ♥♥ Thank you so much for putting this together!"

I'm gonna cry 😭💖 I am SHOOK

Becca wrote: "When I joined yesterday, y'all had 12 members. NOW YOU'RE AT 264???? I'M SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS. ♥♥ Thank you so much for putting this together!"

This is SO mind-blowing! I went to sleep with.. 275 or something? And then woke up to 350+. CRAZY. 😭

Kathy - Books & Munches wrote: "Becca wrote: "When I joined yesterday, y'all had 12 members. NOW YOU'RE AT 264???? I'M SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS. ♥♥ Thank you so much for putting this together!"

This is SO mind-blowing! I went to sle..."

Going to bed seeing that this group is at almost 400!! Congrats on growing so fast!!

Thanks, Becky!

On another note.. I'm almost off work - always work only half a day on Thursdays and I'm planning the most RELAXING afternoon ever. Pregnant me needs some me-time, haha.

~ Take a long shower in candlelight.
~ Watch a Christmas-movie on Netflix with some hot chocolate.
~ Read - and hopefully finish - The Girl King.
~ Maybe play some Pokémon?

Anyone have other relaxing ideas for my afternoon off? :D

Yes!!! Christmas movies are the best!!!! Will you be reading any Christmas books? If so, any recommendations? That could be a fun thing to do along with the movie!!

Hot Chocolate sounds great right now.
I've been meaning to watch that new Christmas Chronicles movie on Netflix or whatever it is called. It seems like a good holiday movie.

I had to get up early (unusual for me) and go run errands, buuuut I got some super soft new Christmas socks, a new thermos so I can finally actually keep my tea hot for more than 5 minutes, and a few graphic novels from the library, so I'm calling today a success. 😂

I WANNA SEE THEM CUTE SOCKS.

I'm probably gonna finish up Detroit: Become Human before work! It's almost the weekend, my friends, I'm so excited to relax.

@Kathy-Books & Munches we watched The Santa Chronicles (on Netflix) when my parents were visiting last weekend and loved it! Even my husband who isn't usually a Christmas movie fan.

Hello, guys! I just made my 2019 Resolutions.

Crazy thing!! My favourite numbers (and the ones I always use in nicknames) are 19 and 23.

And I recently just realized that in 2019 I will turn 23. So I decided that this is going to be my year and that I will fight to do everything I have paused in my life. I was scared on doing some things and now I really want to do these things.

So I made a list with 23 resolutions! I can't wait for the year to start!

I started The Santa Chronicles but I was in the mood for something more cozy so ended up watching another one, haha! OOPS. I'll definitely continue watching it this weekend though! :D

OOH. 2019 RESOLUTIONS.
Who's got them? SHARE THEM. I'm curious!

@Dana - that's an amazing attitude to have towards the new year! 2019 will be the year I simply let.. everything happen, haha. It'll be plenty eventful without me trying to reach more goals. :P

Shannara wrote: "Yes!!! Christmas movies are the best!!!! Will you be reading any Christmas books? If so, any recommendations? That could be a fun thing to do along with the movie!!"

I've been reading a few Christmas books this month and a couple of my favorites are Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann and Merry Inkmas by Talia Hibbert. I'm not really sure what you are into reading but these have been my favorites so far.

I got off work early so I'm super excited to have some extra reading time today. I got my Always Booked Planner from Little Inklings too so I'm also looking forward to working on my January page <3

I decided to go through all of my TBRs for the year an I wrote out a list of books that I didn't get to that I am going to be putting in my jar. I also added all of the NetGalley books that I haven't read yet and it ended up being a whopping 35 books. I didn't think I was going to have that many. Oh well I will read what I can in January and then continue pulling out of it until I finish them all.

Misty wrote: "I decided to go through all of my TBRs for the year an I wrote out a list of books that I didn't get to that I am going to be putting in my jar. I also added all of the NetGalley books that I haven..."

Late-a-thon! :D Haha! I'm combining my Late-a-thon readathon with this January Jam Jar challenge to work through some of my overdue ARCs.

destiny wrote: "Misty wrote: "I decided to go through all of my TBRs for the year an I wrote out a list of books that I didn't get to that I am going to be putting in my jar. I also added all of the NetGalley book..."

I haven't heard of Late-a-thon I should look into that one.

Misty wrote: "destiny wrote: "Misty wrote: "I decided to go through all of my TBRs for the year an I wrote out a list of books that I didn't get to that I am going to be putting in my jar. I also added all of th..."

I'm hosting it on my blog! :) I'll have a big post going up about it next week if you want to keep an eye out.

I'll probably be joining Late-a-thon because I somehow have a pile of ARCs backed up.... again. HOw?! I read so much it is just shocking how this happens!

destiny wrote: "Misty wrote: "destiny wrote: "Misty wrote: "I decided to go through all of my TBRs for the year an I wrote out a list of books that I didn't get to that I am going to be putting in my jar. I also a..."

Oh ok I will definitely keep my eye out for it!!

@Dentiny[howling libraries] what is late-a-thon?

Jamie wrote: "@Dentiny[howling libraries] what is late-a-thon?"

It's a readathon I'm hosting through all of January where people commit to reading as many of their overdue review copies as they can. If you don't have any overdue review copies, you could also focus on reading books you meant to read recently and haven't gotten around to. It combines really well with the January group theme because you can make a jar of your overdue books. :)

@destiny[howling libraries] ahh ok thank you : D

Jamie wrote: "@destiny[howling libraries] ahh ok thank you : D"

You're welcome!!

I'm TRYING to get my January Jar together but it's the worst with most of my books packed and.. being pretty limited in a way? [Okay, not really. Plenty of books unpacked but for some reason the ones I want to put in my jar are packed and UGH.]

Haha, well - the benefit up being able to edit your TBR still! I don't really plan ahead all that much. Doing my TBR a week or two in advance is plenty.

Oh, that's definitely an option! You could also check if there's any historical fiction that fits fantasy for February or maybe horror/thriller for March and things like that. :)

So I've never really done reading challenges before. Normally, I get book review requests, add them to my queue, and then read them as I finish the books proceeding them. I feel bad not getting reviews out as quick as I can for some of the authors but I am just not that fast a reader, plus there's work and what not to be done...

All that to say that this is going to be a real challenge (ha!) for me. Suggestions on how to balance this with the book review requests I have/get?

Hm. Maybe you can make two jars - one with the "urgent review requests" and one with all others? That way you still have some control over how many "urgent" review copies you read?

Kathy - Books & Munches wrote: "Hm. Maybe you can make two jars - one with the "urgent review requests" and one with all others? That way you still have some control over how many "urgent" review copies you read?"

I like that, especially as sometimes I just want a break to read some of those popular books I've owned forever. Doing something like that would let me go back and forth between the two without letting my guilt berate me constantly. Good news is, I'm kind of doing that for the Jan Jam Jar! So yay!

Yaay! Awesome!!

I LOVE the idea of this group! Seriously thanks for making it! I can’t wait to read all the books I have!

You're very welcome! :D

I can't WAIT to see how the first challenge will go for everyone, haha. :D

For Christmas I got Magic Misfits: The Second Story, The One And Only Ivan, Wishtree, The Storm Runner, a book t-shirt, a Harry Potter mystery wand with matching 3D bookmark and a couple book stands(to display books on). What about you?

Just curious on what book you all are finishing the year up with?


I am almost done with Timeline

I am trying to finish two books before January. The first one is The Twelve Days Of Dash & Lily by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn which I only have 30 pages left so that should be doable.

The other book is Among Us by Kristina Rienzi and I am only halfway through it so we will see if I actually get that one finished.

I just finished The Hating Game by Sally Thorne but kind of want to try to squeeze another book in before the year ends...

I'm finishing up The Good Girl and The Field Guide to the North American Teenager

I loathe coming up with resolutions/goals for the year. Normally, I can only handle a month-to-month basis, so me doing a whole year? Oooof... But I'm going to. I HAVE to. I have a KU subscription that the hubs got me for my birthday 2 YEARS AGO I haven't been able to redeem because I was too enthusiastic about accepting all the book review requests, and I haven't even finished all the requests I got from 2018. In short: I suck.

But that's the thing, some of the things I have planned or want to do require that I do stuff purely for me and my writing vs. reading for others. So I'm really going to have to sit down and figure out what's a thing I have to do, I should do, and I want to do, and remove all that guilt I have about not reading all the book review requests so I can read things I want, or need to, for research purposes. Which is hard. I'm plagued with guilt. Halp.

Anyone else hate/struggling with this kind of thing? What works for you guys? How do you figure out your goals/resolutions? Why do I fail so hard (well, don't answer that one...)

So I just updated my Jam Jar comment. I made an ARC jar as well. I can't wait for the challenge to start! I barely resist not to start now :)).

It has started by now! WHIIIIIIIII!
Not that I read anything from my jar yet - I suck - but whatever.

@Chelscey
Hah, even though I don't write, I do know the struggle of my own books vs review copies. I try switching between the two as much as I can. Makes me feel less guilty about reading my own books since I know I'll be reading a review copy next and vice versa.
[Also, like.. We still read FOR FUN which we should never, ever forget. Reading review copies shouldn't feel obligatory. It's not like we're getting paid for reading them and.. as long as we read and review them eventually?]

Kathy - Books & Munches wrote: "It has started by now! WHIIIIIIIII!
Not that I read anything from my jar yet - I suck - but whatever.

@Chelscey
Hah, even though I don't write, I do know the struggle of my own books vs review co..."

You are right! :))

Kathy - Books & Munches wrote: "It has started by now! WHIIIIIIIII!
Not that I read anything from my jar yet - I suck - but whatever.

@Chelscey
Hah, even though I don't write, I do know the struggle of my own books vs review co..."

That's what I keep telling myself. I will read and review the the book - eventually. I've gotten better about reading a review copy and then something I like/own, so I think I just need to be better about that trade off. Because you're right: reading should never feel like homework! Unless it is homework, I suppose... ;)

Kathy - Books & Munches wrote: "Becca wrote: "When I joined yesterday, y'all had 12 members. NOW YOU'RE AT 264???? I'M SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS. ♥♥ Thank you so much for putting this together!"

This is SO mind-blowing! I went to sle..."

And it keeps getting higher!