Down the TBR Hole #3

 

My TBR list is nowhere near as big as most folk I have seen, but it is guilty of the same thing everyone else is: harboring books I have totally forgotten about. So this is more an effort for me to remind myself what I want to read and ask myself why I added certain things to begin with.

Down the TBR hole was originally created by Lost in a Story, and here’s how it works:

– 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?

 

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon: This is one of those books that has an excellent premise about it. I mean, slipping into a different time and quite literally being out place, I love the idea. Which is why I am struggling to understand why I don’t want to pick it up. I like the idea but I just can’t find the enthusiasm to want to read it. So, sadly, it will have to go.

Verdict: Delete

 

The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub: This is another one that has an interesting plot idea but also is another one that, for some unknown reason I just can’t feel enthusiastic about. Has anyone read and enjoyed this? It just feels wrong to delete another (got rid of Dark Tower last time) Stephen King novel. Sadly, until I can find sufficient reason to get excited, this one is going.

Verdict: Delete

 

The Fourth Monkey by J. D. Barker: I have seen this novel loved and adored across various blogs I follow, a good portion of them bloggers with similar tastes to my own. So I know I will love this (or at least strongly suspect I will). I have just finished reading a thriller and am getting a taste for the genre, so I imagine this will be something I will want to pick up in the coming months.

Verdict: Keep

 

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black: I don’t know how or why this made it onto my TBR list. I must have seen a couple of really favourable reviews somewhere. I’m not slating this as something I think will be bad, just as something I feel I won’t enjoy. I am not a YA fan and this seems to fall slap bang into that category. Also, the blurb makes it sound way too kiddy for me. Fairies bullying mortals for being mortal? Not my thing. I’d be yawning.

Verdict: Delete

 

Insomnia by Stephen King: I have had a paperback copy of this sat on my book case for ever so long and its one of the few books I own that I am really excited for. Every time I finish a book I look at it and think ‘next time’. I am going to make it my personal goal for ‘next time’ to at least happen this year. Yay! The deleting Stephen King book curse has been ended. Long live the King. Long live he continue to write endings I feel let down by.

Verdict: Keep