Down the TBR Hole #1

This is the first time I’ve ever really done a post about clearing out my TBR (obviously, what with the number 1 in the title). I’m not doing it because my TBR is massive, more because some of the things on there were put on ages ago, or when I was going through a phase of really liking a certain thing. It’s also because I am guilty of not looking at my list all that often, so I have forgotten a great many things I put on there in the first place. So it will be a nice way of re-jogging my memory about titles I really should have read by now.

Down the TBR hole was originally created by Lost in a Story, and here’s how it works (Admittedly, I am kind of cheating with my order of when added):

– Go to your Goodreads to-read shelf.
– Order on ascending date added.
– Take the first 5 (or 10 if you’re feeling adventurous) books
– Read the synopses of the books
– Decide: keep it or should it go?

 

Voyage by Stephen Baxter is a novel about ‘what if’? What if JFK had lived? The novel plays on the idea how, if he had, we could have had a manned mission to mars in the 1980s.

I added this to my list way back when I was overly-hyped about ‘The Martian’. What am I saying? When I was? I always will be. I’ll no doubt re-listen to that audio book once a year. There isn’t really a part of me that remembers why I got excited for this title. Reading the blurb makes me think it sounds kind of dry.

 

Verdict: Delete

 

The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan is a prime example of a book I was looking forward to (love Anthony’s writing) and ended up forgetting about because I am terrible at refreshing myself with what is on my TBR. I shall make it one of my many New Years Resolutions to actually read this book.

 

Verdict: Keep

 

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo has been sat on my book shelf for so very long, always being pushed back due to something else, be it a review request or something I happened across in town that day. I may well make this my next read after Bloody Rose.

Verdict: Keep

 

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is a title I saw in the library one time and fell in love with the black outer-rimmed pages and the lovely cover design. The story itself, that of a circus that appears randomly and is only open at night, does intrigue me. But romance isn’t something I read often, and this seems like it is fairly heavy on the romance. So may not get around to this one.

Verdict: Delete

 

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson is one of those audiobooks that I really tried with but just couldn’t get into. So, I decided to put it on my TBR thinking that maybe reading it would be a better way of tackling it. Sadly, my enthusiasm has been at zero for this title so I’ll most likely never get around to it.

Verdict: Delete

 

Have you read any of the books on here? What did you think of them if you did?