The Bookish Island: Week 2 | Down the TBR Hole

Down the TBR Hole was created by Lost in a Story. Its purpose is to help narrow down your TBR list on Goodreads by selecting 5 titles each week and deciding if you want to keep it on your TBR or get rid of it!

Anyway, it works like this:

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?

The fact that I (you?) will be repeating this process every week means that I have to keep track of where I ended and where I’m going to continue. E.g. in week one I do book 1 – 5, in week two book 6 – 10, and so on, until I’ve filtered out my entire TBR. If it isn’t clear, read on and I’ll show you!

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Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Goodreads

Yeah. The only reason I added this book to my TBR was that the cover was cute. So bye!

Verdict:

TOSS

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The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
Goodreads

This is another one of those books that just because I heard it around so much I added it to my TBR.

Verdict:

TOSS

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My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Goodreads

The cover was cute. I don't even like what it says it's about.

Verdict:

TOSS

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The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
Goodreads

This story sounds soooo gooood. And I already have the sequel so -keeping it!

Verdict:

KEEP

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Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

Goodreads

I saw the movie adaptation of this story a long time ago and thought it was pretty good. But I don't think I would want to read it now that I know wit's its about.

Verdict:

TOSS

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Emma by Jane Austen
Goodreads

My mom got me the B&N book that has seven of Jane Austen's novels so this is a TOSS.

Verdict:

TOSS

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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Goodreads

I have always wanted to read Sylvia Plath's stories. So this is a definite keeper.

Verdict:

KEEP

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The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Goodreads

I have also wanted to Gaiman's books but after reading American Gods I don't completely know if I want to read this one or any of the others. I liked American Gods but that was too much. I may be traumatized. :P

Verdict:

TOSS

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Rebel Belle by Rachel Hawkins
Goodreads

This is a combo of pretty cover and too much hype.

Verdict:

TOSS

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I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson
Goodreads

I didn't recognize the cover. I had to look at the Goodreads page for this to see that this has another cover n it has the white background with rainbow lines. And even though I've seen it around a lot I don't think I'll like it.