How big is your TBR list - Page 2

toomanybooks · 03-31-2010, 06:36 PM

I have over 6000 ebooks waiting to be read and over 600 paperbacks. I have calculated that it will take me 18 years to read my book collection if I don't acquire anymore.

Sydney's Mom · 03-31-2010, 07:30 PM

My husband says I am an ebook hoarder (we have started watching that new TLC program on hoarding). I guess he is right. I have 1188 books, and 993 are on the TBR list.

fugazied · 03-31-2010, 07:56 PM

I have at least 200.

Problem for me is the fact I have some massive gaps in classics that I've missed. For example I've never read call of the wild, and grapes of wrath. So most of the books in my list are older titles of very high quality.

ChrisC333 · 03-31-2010, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dreamsgate

With the ease and availability of ebooks, do you find yourself creating a bigger and bigger TBR lists? Or is it just me?

I'm getting a lot better at resisting the temptation to collect vast piles of stuff that I won't realistically ever use (or re-use, if I've read them once).

I did start to download a stack of free classics etc but quickly decided that the best place to store them was where I got them in the first place - on somebody else's server on the internet. I found sorting through the clutter on my own equipment was more of a pain that an asset. So I went through and deleted everything that I thought wouldn't get read in the next week or two.

I do have folders on the main computer for the 'keepers' but just leave 5 or 6 on the reader. I'd rather spend the time reading than fiddling about scrolling through pages of titles.

It's turning out to be pretty much like the way that I treat pbooks (keeping a small 'active pile' somewhere like a bedside table). The difference is that I'm happy to leave most of the rest of the e-books on the internet rather than creating my own e-library on virtual bookshelves.

jenifer.a · 03-31-2010, 08:14 PM

I don't purchase a book unless I'm about to read it right then, right there. My money is just to precious to "maybe" get to a book.

Scrooge McDuck much?

BookCat · 03-31-2010, 08:30 PM

I'm definitely a hoarder. I have about 900 books on my ereader, though at least a third of those are "blurb": stuff about the book taken from Amazon, usually.

I never buy ebooks; they're too expensive. If I purchase a book, it's paperback, secondhand, or from a supermarket or other low cost outlet, or a reference book which works best as a paperbook.

But I love coming across unread classics and can't resist downloading them.

I might try the "random number" technique. I hate spending so much time deciding what's next.

joobies · 04-01-2010, 10:11 AM

A subject close to my OCD heart.
I have an active collection of about 1700 with a total in excess of 2000.
With technology being what it is, my original thought was to download books of interest to me... NOW.... rather than have my ereader become obsolete and unsupported by newer ereader releases. So, I have plenty of classics to enjoy as perhaps generations of newer readers march past me.
Oh, and I still have one pbook that is yet unread.

astra · 04-01-2010, 10:48 AM

My TBR is about 200

HarryT · 04-01-2010, 10:50 AM

I have many times more books I'd like to read than my probable future life expectancy.

Hamlet53 · 04-01-2010, 01:48 PM

Same. Right now there are not enough hours in a day and possible days left in my life. That's even without adding any new books or books I am just not now aware of.

dreamsgate · 04-01-2010, 02:12 PM

Well poo, I just added 4 more to my list.

jes1 · 04-01-2010, 10:03 PM

I'm not sure I can count that high

And that is not counting the multitudes of unread p-books on my bookshelves.

Angst · 04-02-2010, 11:09 AM

About 90. I had my TBR list down to 40 and then fictionwise had a huge 60% sale last December. With fictionwise dropping their club membership, I might be able to make a dent in the list.

cfrizz · 04-02-2010, 06:12 PM

That's just crazy. I have 54 books, and am working my way through the last 10 that I've downloaded. I don't have that kind of money to waste. If I buy it, I'm going to read it. So to put it succinctly, I pretty much don't have a TBR list.

Ravensknight · 04-07-2010, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by cfrizz

That's just crazy. I have 54 books, and am working my way through the last 10 that I've downloaded. I don't have that kind of money to waste. If I buy it, I'm going to read it. So to put it succinctly, I pretty much don't have a TBR list.

If it is crazy and such a waste, why are you even reading ebooks then?
I can see where finances limit things, but to call it crazy and a waste? Ouch...

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03-31-2010, 06:36 PM	#16
toomanybooks Addict Posts: 302 Karma: 1039424 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Ipad, Ipod Touch, KIndle Fire	I have over 6000 ebooks waiting to be read and over 600 paperbacks. I have calculated that it will take me 18 years to read my book collection if I don't acquire anymore.

03-31-2010, 07:30 PM	#17
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,895 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	My husband says I am an ebook hoarder (we have started watching that new TLC program on hoarding). I guess he is right. I have 1188 books, and 993 are on the TBR list.

03-31-2010, 07:56 PM	#18
fugazied Wizard Posts: 1,305 Karma: 1958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iPod Touch	I have at least 200. Problem for me is the fact I have some massive gaps in classics that I've missed. For example I've never read call of the wild, and grapes of wrath. So most of the books in my list are older titles of very high quality.

03-31-2010, 08:14 PM	#20
jenifer.a Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Oakland, CA Device: EZ Reader Pocket Pro...Pink of course	I don't purchase a book unless I'm about to read it right then, right there. My money is just to precious to "maybe" get to a book. Scrooge McDuck much?

03-31-2010, 08:30 PM	#21
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,912 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	I'm definitely a hoarder. I have about 900 books on my ereader, though at least a third of those are "blurb": stuff about the book taken from Amazon, usually. I never buy ebooks; they're too expensive. If I purchase a book, it's paperback, secondhand, or from a supermarket or other low cost outlet, or a reference book which works best as a paperbook. But I love coming across unread classics and can't resist downloading them. I might try the "random number" technique. I hate spending so much time deciding what's next.

04-01-2010, 10:11 AM	#22
joobies Addict Posts: 234 Karma: 1856 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Midwest USA Device: Kindle 1, Sony PRS-505	A subject close to my OCD heart. I have an active collection of about 1700 with a total in excess of 2000. With technology being what it is, my original thought was to download books of interest to me... NOW.... rather than have my ereader become obsolete and unsupported by newer ereader releases. So, I have plenty of classics to enjoy as perhaps generations of newer readers march past me. Oh, and I still have one pbook that is yet unread.

04-01-2010, 10:48 AM	#23
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	My TBR is about 200

04-01-2010, 10:50 AM	#24
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I have many times more books I'd like to read than my probable future life expectancy.

04-01-2010, 01:48 PM	#25
Hamlet53 Nameless Being	Same. Right now there are not enough hours in a day and possible days left in my life. That's even without adding any new books or books I am just not now aware of.

04-01-2010, 02:12 PM	#26
dreamsgate Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 184 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: kindle 2	Well poo, I just added 4 more to my list.

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04-01-2010, 10:03 PM	#27
jes1 Zealot Posts: 139 Karma: 698 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Device: Astak EZReader, Dell Axim x50v, iPod Touch, nook	I'm not sure I can count that high And that is not counting the multitudes of unread p-books on my bookshelves.

04-02-2010, 11:09 AM	#28
Angst Cannon Fodder Posts: 2,819 Karma: 50921712 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Probably a library Device: PRS-350, Kindle DX, Kindle Paperwhite	About 90. I had my TBR list down to 40 and then fictionwise had a huge 60% sale last December. With fictionwise dropping their club membership, I might be able to make a dent in the list.

04-02-2010, 06:12 PM	#29
cfrizz Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 34583358 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Quincy, MA Device: Samsung 54A, Kobo Libra H2O, Samsung S6 Lite	That's just crazy. I have 54 books, and am working my way through the last 10 that I've downloaded. I don't have that kind of money to waste. If I buy it, I'm going to read it. So to put it succinctly, I pretty much don't have a TBR list.