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Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2021
Cat wrote: "One of the last cultural things I did in person last year was see him (and his torso!) in Uncle Vanya. Swoon....I do have a few of his narrations on my audio list, but I like to savour them!"
I wish I could have seen that! I'll just have to make do with him reading Chekhov to me instead, lol.
I don't have all of his narrations, but definitely most of them.
So glad I finally got around to number 14:
Really should have read it as a kid, but never was able to get my hands on it.
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Really should have read it as a kid, but never was able to get my hands on it."
I think this is one of those books you really appreciate more when you're younger.
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The Beeb showed it over Christmas, and it's still on iplayer....
Cat wrote: "Sammy wrote: "I wish I could have seen that! ."The Beeb showed it over Christmas, and it's still on iplayer...."
I don't have a TV. this is the first time in over 10 years I've had cause to regret it, lol.
I shall check out Iplayer, thanks!
Eldarwen wrote: "Sammy wrote: "So glad I finally got around to number 14: Really should have read it as a kid, but never was able to get my hands on it."
I think this is ..."
Definitely! I read Momo when I was about 13, and loved it, but never was able to find a copy of this one. It would probably have been a favourite (like Momo was!).
#4 off the list - The Way of Kings! Pretty boring for large sections tbh... until around page 800 I was only interested in one of the POVs, but after that it got a lot more interesting overall.
The Last Second
by Catherine Coulter and J T Ellison. It has been on my book shelf since I won from Goodreads in 2019.
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That is still on my list. (and you're not selling it to me...lol)
Judy wrote: "And #5 and #6 are done as well: Norse Mythology & The Emperor's Soul!"Ooh, The Emperor's Soul was pretty good! I also need to read more Sanderson. :/
@Karen: from what I've heard of the next couple of books it'll pay off and it was a cool start, but wow was it slow! @Alysa: the magic in Emperor's Soul was so cool, I hope he brings it back somewhere!
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I am going to join this again this year. I skipped last year but need to get a handle on my TBR lists. I think I will try to reduce it by at least 100 whether I delete them from the list or read them. I have 61 left from 2010I will try to concentrate on the 2010-2015
169/161
2010 Read: 7
2010 Deleted: 5
2011 Deleted 85
2011: 7 read
2012: Deleted 6
2012: Read 4
2013: Deleted 10
2014 8 Read
2014 Deleted 9
2015 Read 4
2015: Deleted 4
2016 Read 3
2016: Deleted 4
2017 -3
2018- 6
2019: Deleted 3
2020 -1
Added in 2010
✔️Heart of Evil by Heather Graham
Cerulean Sins (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #11) Hamilton, Laurell K.
Dark Awakenings: Penance / After the Lightning / Seeing Red / A Kiss of Frost / Ice Bound Sala, Sharon
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
Rowling, J.K.
Queene of Light (Lightworld/Darkworld, #1)
Armintrout, Jennifer
Dead and Loving It (Wyndham Werewolf, #5; Undead, #4.5) Davidson, MaryJanice
Cravings (Undead #1.5; Moon #3.5) Hamilton, Laurell K.
Swimming Without a Net (Fred the Mermaid, #2)
Davidson, MaryJanice
No Rest for the Witches (Nightcreature, #7.5; Magic, #3.5; The Others, #3.5) Davidson, MaryJanice *
Drop Dead, Gorgeous!(Gorgeous, #2) Davidson, MaryJanice
✔️Undead and Unfinished (Undead, #9) Davidson, MaryJanice 12/13/21
A Stroke of Midnight Merry Gentry, #4) Hamilton, Laurell K.
Sins of the Night (Dark-Hunter, #7) Kenyon, Sherrilyn
Full Moon Rising (Riley Jenson Guardian, #1) Arthur, Keri
Holy Smokes (Aisling Grey, #4) MacAlister, Katie
Be Still My Vampire Heart (Love at Stake, #3)
Sparks, Kerrelyn
Playing With Fire (Silver Dragons, #1) MacAlister, Katie
Private Demon (Darkyn #2) Viehl, Lynn
✔️Morrigan's Cross (Circle Trilogy, #1) Roberts, Nora 2/16/21
Magic Strikes (Kate Daniels, #3) Andrews, Ilona
Kissing Coffins (Vampire Kisses, #2) Schreiber, Ellen
Single White Vampire (Argeneau #3) Sands, Lynsay
✔️ Enchanted, Inc. (Enchanted, Inc., #1) Swendson, Shanna 6/17/21
Sex, Lies and Vampires (Dark Ones #3) MacAlister, Katie
Bitten & Smitten (Immortality Bites, #1) Rowen, Michelle
Inkspell (Inkworld, #2) Funke, Cornelia
The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker
(Strangely Beautiful, #1) Hieber, Leanna Renee
Siren of the Waters (Commander Jana Matinova, #1) Genelin, Michael
Always Watching Collins, Brandilyn
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) Miéville, China
The Vampire Queen's Servant (Vampire Queen, #1) Hill, Joey W.
The Secret Hour (Midnighters, #1) Westerfeld, Scott
Working for the Devil (Dante Valentine, #1) Saintcrow, Lilith
Cast in Shadow (Chronicles of Elantra, #1) Sagara, Michelle
Nightwalker (Dark Days, #1) Drake, Jocelynn
Poltergeist (Greywalker, #2) Richardson, Kat
The Vampire Files, Volume 1 (Vampire Files, #1-3)
Elrod, P.N.
Industrial Magic (Women of the Otherworld, #4)
Armstrong, Kelley
Dhampir (Noble Dead Saga: Series 1, #1) Hendee, Barb
Street Magic (Black London, #1) Kittredge, Caitlin
Hex and the City (Nightside, #4) Green, Simon R.
Charmed & Dangerous (Bronwyn the Witch, #1)
Havens, Candace
Disappearing Nightly (Esther Diamond, #1) Resnick, Laura
✔️ WebMage (Webmage, #1) McCullough, Kelly 9/8/21
Murder of Angels (Silk #2) Kiernan, Caitlín R.
Son of the Shadows (The Gifted #3) Holder, Nancy
The Seeker (Time Raiders #1) McKenna, Lindsay
Dead End Dating (Dead End Dating #1) Raye, Kimberly
Kiss of Fire (Dragonfire, #1) Cooke, Deborah
Your Planet or Mine?
Your Planet or Mine? (Otherworldly Men, #1) Grant, Susan
Crave (Fallen Angels, #2) Ward, J.R.
✔️ Sandman Slim (Sandman Slim, #1) Kadrey, Richard 10/6/21
No Dominion (Joe Pitt, #2) Huston, Charlie
Twice as Hot (Tales of an Extraordinary Girl #2) Showalter, Gena
✔️Soulless Golden, Christopher 2/14/2021
Love Sucks Hammond, Lauren
Coyote Blue Moore, Christopher
Shadow Marked (Demon Bound, #1) Evans, Anna J.
Burning Water (Diana Tregarde, #1) Lackey, Mercedes
Highborn (Dark Redemption, #1) Navarro, Yvonne
The Mane Event (Pride, #1) Laurenston, Shelly
Wicked Willow I: The Darkening (Wicked Willow, #1) Navarro, Yvonne
Deleted in 2021: 112/100
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Read from 2011: 7
✔️Stalemate
✔️Carved in Bone
✔️Destiny Kills
✔️Death Dance
✔️The Accidental Human
✔️The Rocky Road to Romance
✔️Kindred in Death
Deleted from 2011: 85
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Read from 2012: 4
✔️Ghost of a Chance
✔️The Wee Free Men
✔️Notorious Nineteen
✔️Snow White Sorrow
Deleted from 2012-5
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Read from 2013: 4
✔️To Have and to Kill
✔️We Are Their Heaven: Why the Dead Never Leave Us
✔️Body Double
✔️Touch the Dark
Deleted from 2013: 10
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Read from 2014: 3
✔️Atlantis Rising
✔️Blood Cross
✔️Kiss of Steel
Deleted from 2014 - 8
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Read from 2015: 4
✔️Strange Brew
✔️Sex, Murder and a Double Latte
✔️Dominion
✔️The Screaming Staircase
Deleted from 2015- 3
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Deleted from 2016 -3
Lost City Maps
Treasure, Darkly
Archangel's Heart
Slade House
Deleted from 2017 -2
Caraval
The Gatekeeper
The Hundredth Queen
Deleted from 2018 -6
A Court of Mist and Fury
A Court of Wings and Ruin
A Court of Frost and Starlight
Predator's Gold
A Darkling Plain
Infernal Devices
Deleted from 2019 -3
Stone Mad
Third Blood
A God in Ruins
Deleted from 2020 -1
Midnight at Mart's not available
Judy wrote: "#4 off the list - The Way of Kings! Pretty boring for large sections tbh... until around page 800 I was only interested in one of the POVs, but after that it got a lot more interesti..."I love everything that Sanderson writes, and I tried starting that book 3 times and the first two times I faded out around the same time. However I made it past that point another 50 or so pages the 3rd time and I ended up reading the whole book in a 24 hour binge. So good, but it does have the first book set up issues for the first stretch.
Judy wrote: "And #5 and #6 are done as well: Norse Mythology & The Emperor's Soul!"I really enjoyed Norse Mythology. It was a fun, lighthearted take on some of the Norse tales, I thought. made for an easy read.
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I'd like to take part this year too!Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2021
- Books from 2018 or earlier + series to complete: 84
Total Books Read: 8
Total Books DNF'd:
Total Books Deleted:
Books added in 2017 - 9
Books added in 2018 - 29
Series to complete - 46
Sammy wrote: "I really enjoyed Norse Mythology. It was a fun, lighthearted take on some of the Norse tales, I thought. made for an easy read."Agreed, it was a really fun and relaxing audiobook to listen to! Very similar to the Stephen Fry Greek myth ones (which I love).
My progress will probably slow down now cause I just got access to a new library's overdrive and they have everything, I'm in heaven!
Judy wrote: "My progress will probably slow down now cause I just got access to a new library's overdrive and they have everything, I'm in heaven!"I love having multiple choices through Overdrive - it's awesome! Although, I had found several of my books for this challenge on audio and tagged them, only to find out that a bunch got cycled out of my libraries' catalogs at the beginning of the year. :(
Laurie wrote: "I love having multiple choices through Overdrive - it's awesome! Although, I had found several of my books for this challenge on audio and tagged them, only to find out that a bunch got cycled out of my libraries' catalogs at the beginning of the year. :("Oh damn, that sucks! I've now got access through 4 libraries & at this point it's more of a question who has the shortest waiting time than whether any have the books I want. Luckily I don't think I've ever noticed books I had put on my wishlist disappear.
Judy wrote: "Laurie wrote: "I love having multiple choices through Overdrive - it's awesome! Although, I had found several of my books for this challenge on audio and tagged them, only to find out that a bunch ..."I have three soon to be 4 and I am finding a lot of books from my TBR in general are on none of them which is a little frustrating. Ill have to figure out another way to gain access to some of them.
Judy wrote: "Laurie wrote: "I love having multiple choices through Overdrive - it's awesome! Although, I had found several of my books for this challenge on audio and tagged them, only to find out that a bunch ..."I have three library systems and could probably get more - I need to check. Audiobooks seem harder to come by in general than e-books, probably because they're more expensive. I'm sure I can get the paper books through the library, but I really wanted to do as many on audio as possible because that's the only way I'm going to get through my list, lol!
My library has a whopping 11 audiobooks on overdrive. I've read 5 of them, three are books 2, 3 & 4 in a series, but they don't have book 1, and the rest I have no interest in.I'm not bitter about this at allllll...
Sammy wrote: "My library has a whopping 11 audiobooks on overdrive. I've read 5 of them, three are books 2, 3 & 4 in a series, but they don't have book 1, and the rest I have no interest in.I'm not bitter abou..."
Have you tried Hoopla, it works with your library card, but has more available than your library might. I have gotten several ebooks and some audiobooks with it that my libraries didn't have.
Oh no Sammy that's the worst :( super frustrating!
Sammy wrote: "My library has a whopping 11 audiobooks on overdrive. I've read 5 of them, three are books 2, 3 & 4 in a series, but they don't have book 1, and the rest I have no interest in.I'm not bitter abou..."
That's terrible. I thought my library was bad.
Sammy wrote: "My library has a whopping 11 audiobooks on overdrive. I've read 5 of them, three are books 2, 3 & 4 in a series, but they don't have book 1, and the rest I have no interest in.I'm not bitter abou..."
That's awful. Like Jenn said, check to see if your library offers Hoopla, but they may not. Libraries have to pay for that service too, and it can be expensive. I'm a librarian, and my library still does not have Hoopla, unfortunately. Our digital audiobook selection is also not very good. I live in a different area from where I work, so I have access to other libraries, which means I'm able to check out more than my patrons. :/
Sammy wrote: "My library has a whopping 11 audiobooks on overdrive. I've read 5 of them, three are books 2, 3 & 4 in a series, but they don't have book 1, and the rest I have no interest in.I'm not bitter abou..."
Also, let your library know that you would like to see more digital audiobooks, if you haven't done so already. They may be constrained by their budget, so they may not be able to add a lot more, but they need to at least be aware that there's interest.
Laurie wrote: "Sammy wrote: "My library has a whopping 11 audiobooks on overdrive. I've read 5 of them, three are books 2, 3 & 4 in a series, but they don't have book 1, and the rest I have no interest in.I'm n..."
Oh, I've sent them several emails over the past year, but so far nothing has been added yet :(
Jenn wrote: "Have you tried Hoopla, it works with your library card, but has more available than your library might. I have gotten several ebooks and some audiobooks with it that my libraries didn't have."As far as I can make out, the only library in the UK that is signed up, is a London one. As I live nowhere even remotely near London, I'm guessing I could be out of luck, lol.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, most of my disposable income has gone into Audible's pockets this past year...
Sammy wrote: "Oh, I've sent them several emails over the past year, but so far nothing has been added yet :("That's a shame. :(
One of "my" libraries is my best friend's old library (where she doesn't live anymore)... she shared her password with me & they apparently don't want her to renew either... more books for me!
Judy wrote: "One of "my" libraries is my best friend's old library (where she doesn't live anymore)... she shared her password with me & they apparently don't want her to renew either... more books for me!"Nice! I'd get my parents or my brothers to give me access to their local library, but their library isn't online at all! they don't even have a computer system for their loans yet, it's still all done with a catalogue card system, lol. They live in a tiny village in the wilds of Scotland where the average ago is over 60, and Internet is still something only one house in about 50 actually has access to. I doubt they'll be much help to me! :D
Sammy wrote: "Nice! I'd get my parents or my brothers to give me access to their local library, but their library isn't online at all! they don't even have a computer system for their loans yet, it's still all done with a catalogue card system, lol. "I know it's not as accessible and practical, but I'm kind of nostalgic for an old library like that...lol! :D
Sammy wrote: "Nice! I'd get my parents or my brothers to give me access to their local library, but their library isn't online at all! they don't even have a computer system for their loans yet, it's still all done with a catalogue card system, lol. They live in a tiny village in the wilds of Scotland where the average ago is over 60, and Internet is still something only one house in about 50 actually has access to. I doubt they'll be much help to me! :D "omg amazing! but really not helpful here lol
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wowsers!
Yes, it's pretty brilliant in its way... Just so long as you don't need much choice in your reading! lol.There's a reason I moved away in the first place! :D
Just finished #17 -
This series continues to be just so much fun!
Sammy wrote: "Just finished #17 - This series continues to be just so much fun!"
That series looks really interesting - you're not shrinking my TBR, Sammy, lol! :P
Sammy wrote: "Jenn wrote: "Have you tried Hoopla, it works with your library card, but has more available than your library might. I have gotten several ebooks and some audiobooks with it that my libraries didn'..."Oh boo I didn't think of that.
Laurie wrote: "Sammy wrote: "Just finished #17 - This series continues to be just so much fun!"
That series looks really interesting - you're not shrinking my TBR, Sam..."
Sorry, not sorry. ;) That series is just SO much fun! I've not come across anyone that didn't love them yet.
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Someone ought to have warned you about Sammy, hahah ;-)
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This series continues to be just so much fun!"
That series looks really interesting - you're not shrink..."
Book 1 is already on my TBR. Probably from you in this challenge a few years ago, Sammy. Lol
God I love the Chronicles of St Mary’s.I am a little bit behind on the new installments only because I have been trying to pack in all these super old TBRs! 😂
Cleaning Out the TBR Closet 2021Goal: 50 books
2013
💚 The Phantom Of The Opera
💚 Dodger
💚 Night Watch
💚 Going Postal
💚 Thud!
💚 Making Money
💚 The Truth
💚 Raising Steam
💚 The Thin Executioner
💚 Nation
2014
💚 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
💚 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
💚 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
💚 Ever After
💚 Assassin's Creed: Black Flag
💚 Dead Will Rise
💚 The Woman in White
💚 Monstrous Regiment
💚 Mack the Life: The Autobiography
💚 Small Man in a Book
2016
💚 Chance's Game
💚 Black Swan, White Raven: A Modern Collection of Fairy Tales
💚 Last Words
💚 Fire and Hemlock
💚 End of an Age
💚 Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas
💚 The Lord of the Rings
💚 Goosebumps: Movie Novel
💚 Once Upon a Happy Ending: An Anthology of Reimagined Fairy Tales
💚 Neverwhere
2017
💚 Zombie Inc.
💚 My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Holiday Stories
💚 Those Left Behind
💚 Mockingbird
💚 Sarah Millican: The Biography of the Funniest Woman in Britain
💚 The Man Who is Mrs Brown - The Biography of Brendan O'Carroll
💚 Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far
💚 Norse Mythology
💚 Critical Failures V
💚 My Booky Wook
2018
💚 Prison Planet Barbarian
💚 Barbarian's Rescue
💚 4d6
💚 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
💚 5d6
💚 May Contain Nuts
💚 Little Vampire Women
💚 The Zimmah Chronicles: The Complete Series
💚 2084
💚 Barbarian's Lady
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I do have a few of his narrations on my audio list, but I like to savour them!