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Old 03-31-2010, 01:26 PM   #1
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How big is your TBR list

I have had my Kindle 2 for about 2 months now (loving it, but that is another thread).

So far I have managed to download over 80 books, I have read about 8. Some I have bought, some were free and all I will get to eventually.

My daughter has been laughing at me ever since we got our Kindles (we both got one at the same time). She only has maybe 5-8 books at a time in her TBR list and my list just seems to keep growing at an exponential rate.

With the ease and availability of ebooks, do you find yourself creating a bigger and bigger TBR lists? Or is it just me?
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Old 03-31-2010, 01:47 PM   #2
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My TBR list: http://docs.google.com/View?id=ddczrhdd_54cdp3p8cd

Some 80 books.

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Old 03-31-2010, 01:48 PM   #3
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I think of it more as accumulating a library, rather than a TBR pile. They're there for when the urge takes me to read a particular type of book.
I don't expect to read everything I've got; but it's nice to have as many options as possible.
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Old 03-31-2010, 02:04 PM   #4
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Me too. Also, my memory is starting to slip (age is such a bummer). I know that if I don't download a book that looks interesting when I see it, I will forget all about it.
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Old 03-31-2010, 02:25 PM   #5
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So many books on my TBR list, I hope they have e-readers in heaven!
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Old 03-31-2010, 02:55 PM   #6
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I have two TBR lists -- my ebook list has 104 books and my pbook pile has 121. I suspect that many of the ebook TBRs will not get read. All of the ebooks are fiction and I tend not to read much fiction. My nonfiction TBR, which is my pbook TBR, tends to remain pretty steady because I buy nearly as many as I read.
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Old 03-31-2010, 02:59 PM   #7
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I too use my Kindles to accumulate a library of reading material. So my TBR list is probably ready for a hardcover edition.

I probably have close to 500 titles across my 3 Kindles. It's fun to pick a random page from the home page and select a book to read I've totally forgotten I have.

I plan to be buried with my Kindle and a drop cord for power & light - so I can finish all of them.
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Old 03-31-2010, 03:15 PM   #8
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I too use my Kindles to accumulate a library of reading material. So my TBR list is probably ready for a hardcover edition.

I probably have close to 500 titles across my 3 Kindles. It's fun to pick a random page from the home page and select a book to read I've totally forgotten I have.

I plan to be buried with my Kindle and a drop cord for power & light - so I can finish all of them.
I've begun using a random number generator to pull up three to five numbers (between one and the total number of books I have stored) to help me select the next book I will plan to read. This keeps me from only considering the most recent acquisitions or favorites. (Of course I can cheat by running the numbers again until I get to a choice selection. )
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Old 03-31-2010, 03:21 PM   #9
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With the ease and availability of ebooks, do you find yourself creating a bigger and bigger TBR lists? Or is it just me?
It was the really big fictionwise sales that made my TBR list grow. Currently standing at 456 books. (Although that's probably a slight over-estimate.)

I'm hoping to get it below 300 by the end of the year.
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Old 03-31-2010, 03:33 PM   #10
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Yay!, I'm not the only one that over collects.
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Old 03-31-2010, 03:33 PM   #11
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Some 4,000 on my SD card in the reader, hope to get to each of them someday.
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I too use my Kindles to accumulate a library of reading material. So my TBR list is probably ready for a hardcover edition.

I probably have close to 500 titles across my 3 Kindles. It's fun to pick a random page from the home page and select a book to read I've totally forgotten I have.

I plan to be buried with my Kindle and a drop cord for power & light - so I can finish all of them.

I laughed so hard when I read this, and I think it is a good plan. I'm going to request the same thing.
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Old 03-31-2010, 04:24 PM   #13
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Some 4,000 on my SD card in the reader, hope to get to each of them someday.
Oh my! That is quite a few. Now I definitely don't feel bad about my little list. In fact most of the numbers I am seeing here, lead me to think I need to find some more books.
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Old 03-31-2010, 04:40 PM   #14
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Well I have more than 440 books on my very recent PRS-600

All are on my TBR List

Even at an extremely leisurely 4 a week

Non-Stop thats over 2 years worth !
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I think of it more as accumulating a library, rather than a TBR pile....
"Concurred!"

I've got a backlog of about 70 ebooks and 5-10 pbooks [that might get less if I end up getting the e-version of some of them].

No more "new" books on my reader til I've finished what's there. I'll just star books I haven't read in Calibre and add them by date as I "make room" on my 505.
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