I have a problem. That problem is my TBR list. (TBR means "To be read" in case you didn't know.) The problem is that it keeps growing. Whenever anyone recommends a book or I notice a book on Goodreads that interests me, I add it to my TBR list. This caused my TBR list to become quite long. It had, at one point, over 300 books on it. I recently narrowed it down to 131. This might not seem like that much of a problem to you, and it wouldn't be, if I was a different person. But I am, in fact, not a different person. I am me.
It annoys me when things are not well-organized. Actually, "annoyed" isn't the right word. It drives me crazy when things aren't well-organized. I spend hours organizing things. My room, files on my computer, drawings I did when I was 3. Organizing things makes me happy and makes me feel less stressed. So, it annoys me that my TBR list is not organized. My current project right now is organizing it, and it's turning out to be much more difficult than I originally thought. Do I organize it by genre? In order of how interesting they sound? In alphabetical order? While I decide how to organize the list, I am adding a short description of each book based on what I read about them on goodreads. This will help me decide which books to read in a more efficient way. Here are some examples of my short descriptions:
Matched: Love Triangle Dystopian thing
Across the Universe: Space and stuff?
Artemis Fowl: Millionaire, Genius, criminal mastermind. Also fairies.
Game of Thrones: The book my mother really does not want me to read.
I think I should probably organize the books by genre. That will make it easier to find a book I'm in the mood for.
ANYWAY, the reason I made this post was to give you some links. If you, like me, want to add some interesting books to your TBR list, you might want to check out some of these links. Here is a link to a list of science fiction books organized by theme. Here is a list of historical fiction organized by when the book takes place if you like that kind of thing. Here is a list that can tell you the 100 best ever teen novels, apparently. Here are some books to read if you liked Game of Thrones. Here are books with lesbian/bi girls as protagonists and here are books with gay/bi boys as main characters. Here are 30 books that will change your view of the world. And finally, here is a picture of a cat.
Hey, that's me once again.
ReplyDeleteJust dropped in to tell you I read The Dream Thieves and Blue Lily, Lily Blue and I absolutely enjoyed them. Maybe it was because I read them in English this time ( I just love Stiefvater's style) or the fact that now I thought that the characters are analyzing types and it's not the author trying to shoving them in our faces but anyway, it was totally worth reading so thank you.
And while I was here, I read this post too and saw that Matched is on your TBR list. I don't say 'don't read it' but as for me, it was one of my worst experiences. I struggled through all of them, but I regret every moment of it. Sure, the translation was poor too but it was the story that drove me crazy. I can't really find the appropriate words in English but my poin is that it wasn't thought through, the frame wasn't elaborate and it was full of nonsense, far-fetched twists (not at all the good kind of twist).
I enjoyed Game of Thrones though, even if it was far far far slower than it should have been in my opinion.
I'm glad you like the Raven Cycle. It's one of my favourite book series
DeleteI have heard that Matched isn't that great before. I might try reading it and if I don't like it, I'll stop.