I’m so ready to trim the TBR again this week! The last two weeks I have added books to the tbr, so it really needs to get cleaned out. This meme is hosted by Zezee with Books. Here’s how it works:
The rules for Down the TBR Hole:
- 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?
Here are this week’s books. At first glance, there’s a lot of Christmas. I feel like I will get rid of a good many. I’m starting the week at 1934.
The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: YA fantasy, which is fun. I read some not great reviews. I love the cover, but I don’t think this one is for me.
- Keep or Delete: Delete.
Wards of Faerie by Terry Brooks
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: Another series in the Shannara Universe. I’ll keep for now, since I kept the others. If I don’t like them, I’ll come back and delete.
- Keep or Delete: Keep.
Dark Bites by Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: Series of paranormal romance short stories.
- Keep or Delete: Keep
The Yada Yada Prayer Group by Neta Jackson
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: Christian chick lit. I’ll pass
- Keep or Delete: Delete
The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out by Neta Jackson
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: Number 7 in the series. I think if I don’t like the first I probably won’t like the 7th.
- Keep or Delete: Delete.
Sisterchicks on the Loose by Robin Jones Gunn
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: Another Christian Chick lit. Just not my cup of tea.
- Keep or Delete: Delete.
The Christmas Blessing by Donna VanLiere
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: Ok, surprise. I’m keeping this one for this year’s Christmas! The MC is a doctor. I can’t not keep it.
- Keep or Delete: Keep
The Christmas Promise by Donna VanLiere
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: Christmas story about promises to each other. This one isn’t as enticing as the one above.
- Keep or Delete: Delete
The Christmas Secret by Donna VanLiere
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: This is about a woman who saves an elderly lady’s life, a man who is supposed to find her to reward her, and how they fall in love. Eh.
- Keep or Delete: Delete.
The Christmas Note by Donna VanLiere
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: Another elderly lady dies, and they find a note that reveals some family secrets.
- Keep or Delete: Delete.
We are currently at 1927. I’m feeling frisky. Let’s do 10 more!
The Christmas Hope by Donna VanLiere
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: Ugh. About a social worker taking in a kid for Christmas. My heart. I gotta keep.
- Keep or Delete: Keep
Who Do I Talk To? by Neta Jackson
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: I didn’t keep the other Yada books, do I don’t think I’ll keep this one either.
- Keep or Delete: Delete
Miss Julia Stirs Up Trouble by Ann B Ross
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: I deleted the other Miss Julia books. This is #14. I think I’ll delete this one too.
- Keep or Delete: Delete
Sisterchicks in Wooden Shoes by Robin Jones Gunn
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: I deleted the other Sisterchick book above, so I’ll delete this one too. If I can’t read #1 I won’t be able to read #8 lol.
- Keep or Delete: Delete
Sisterchicks Do the Hula by Robin Jones Gunn
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: Same as above.
- Keep or Delete: Delete
Angels at the Table by Debbie Macomber
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: Christmas book about angels bringing two people together to love.
- Keep or Delete: Delete
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: This sounds like it might be good, but I don’t know if it’s enough to keep. Especially since I haven’t read her other works.
- Keep or Delete: Delete
Stars Collide by Janice Thompson
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: About two actors who play a couple on screen but are actually a couple in real life.
- Keep or Delete: Delete
A Promising Man by Elizabeth Young
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: Sounds like it could be a cute romance. I’ll bite.
- Keep or Delete: Keep.
It All Began in Monte Carlo by Elizabeth Adler
- Date Added: June 27, 2015
- Thoughts: I saw it was suspense, and thought ok. I can do this. But honestly, there’s A LOT going on in the synopsis and I’m just not up for that.
- Keep or Delete: Delete.
We are ending at 1919! Only 20 books and we are under 1900! Progress, people! So, my biggest surprise was A Promising Man. I didn’t think I’d keep any of the second set of 10.
Only 123 books to go and we are done with everything I added on June 27! I don’t know why I added so many that day. Like, I wish I could go back to me then and ask myself what I was doing. Cause it’s causing me some headaches now.
I may do a bonus post later on this week. I am so ready to be under 1900 on my tbr and to have a true tbr! But I’ll also probably add any arcs I request or receive, so that will skew the numbers a bit.
Anyway, did I make any wrong choices? What do you think about these books? Let me know in the comments below!
Until next time…
Mithah Reads 