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December 17, 2017
State of the TBR books 23 Comments
I think I read about this first on Beyond Eden Rock: write a blog post composed of the first lines of the first blog post of each month. I think I did this last year in this way, too, sharing instead images of my waxing and waning (OK, waxing) TBR! Watch as books work their way to the top (front left) and disappear … very slowly! Links on the month names give you the actual posts and more detail.
I thought this was quite fun: I hope you enjoyed it, too!
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Dec 18, 2017 @ 03:02:44
I really enjoy the idea of using first lines in a blog. Even thought that it might be a way to encourage me to start finally a 2017 Christmas family newsletter – it is only the 18th December so I have got time! Haven’t I?
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Dec 18, 2017 @ 08:06:24
Of course! I seem to have done my blog post this way for a couple of years now – interesting to see it never got that small even in June after my month of post-op reading, reading, reading!
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Dec 18, 2017 @ 12:28:09
Of course, I saw this. I wasn’t sure that you were talking about this post, Liz. I loved it. I loved how your TBR moved from one end to the other. I am sure they moved grudgingly. 😉
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Dec 18, 2017 @ 14:14:35
Aha, glad you saw it! I like to think they moved eagerly, to make room for more and to get to the state of being read …
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Dec 18, 2017 @ 12:53:00
This was fun. It was almost like those old flip cartoons you draw on the edges of a pad and flip through to make the figures move!
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Dec 18, 2017 @ 14:14:51
It is like that, isn’t it! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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Dec 18, 2017 @ 13:59:07
A nice way to track your reading over the months, and I find it oddly reassuring that your TBR ended the year as big as it started…. ;)))
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Dec 18, 2017 @ 14:15:24
Unless I get a reading wriggle on, the real and terrible comparison will be January 2018’s image …
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Dec 18, 2017 @ 23:00:53
I think Santa may need to bring you an extra shelf for Christmas… 😉
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Dec 19, 2017 @ 08:45:47
It’s a three-shelf bookcase, of which two belong to my husband, so I can shift the Pile down onto the front of one of his shelves and gain that space …
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Dec 19, 2017 @ 04:26:33
Liz, I think this is actually a very restrained shelf compared to my bulging TBR, I also liked when the Iris Murdoch injection of titles came all at once, setting yourself up for the Readalong.
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Dec 19, 2017 @ 08:46:15
Ah, that’s nice to read! I enjoyed seeing them appear too but I wasn’t sure anyone else would notice.
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Dec 19, 2017 @ 14:13:25
Ending with more than you started with, I love that! You are a proper inspiration! I always love your diversity of choice in reading matter.
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Dec 19, 2017 @ 15:29:22
You can’t imagine what it will be in Jan 2018! Eeps! Unless I get a real read on over Christmas … And thank you!
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Dec 19, 2017 @ 16:27:33
I predict a colossal book pile soon!
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Dec 19, 2017 @ 14:29:14
I am impressed that your TBR is so disciplined that titles actually do get to the top, albeit eventually!
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Dec 19, 2017 @ 15:29:44
It’s really less discipline than unwillingness to have to make decisions!
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Dec 19, 2017 @ 15:50:03
lol!
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Dec 21, 2017 @ 16:25:50
What an awesome idea. I should take more regular photos. I’m really trying to purge though. too many TBR shelves
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Dec 21, 2017 @ 16:29:08
I’d forgotten I did it last year and really enjoyed doing it!
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Dec 24, 2017 @ 18:51:03
What a fun post! Like a flick book, as Joan says.
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Dec 26, 2017 @ 09:07:08
It’s quite funny seeing Greg move along and disappear, isn’t it!
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