I tend to make a priority titles TBR each year (or at least since 2019), and I wondered the other day just how successful they really end up being. I decided to look up those TBR posts and see how many I actually read (and how many are still hidden somewhere on the TBR mountain); below you can find the results for each year.
2019
19/20 READ
2019 wasn’t too bad overall with only one book left unread… Then again, I’ve had more than two and a half years to catch up with the final lingering titles. 😉
2020
16/20 READ
2020 was still pretty successful with only four books left unread, and especially if you are considering that I don’t read a lot of fantasy and YA anymore in the first place.
2021
13/21 READ
Things are going downhill fast when we look at more recent priority TBRs. Only 62% read, but I partly blame my mood reading and the fact that since the pandemic I’ve been mostly reading thrillers and contemporary/romance.
2022 (SO FAR)
7/22 READ
Right… My priority titles list so far isn’t working all that well this year haha. I’ve only managed to read a measly 32% of them, but there is still hope for the months to come. Also, did you spot certain titles that keep popping up, but somehow I never actually read them? xD
CONCLUSION
Soooo… It seems like my priority TBR lists used to be more successful than they are now. This probably has a lot to do with the fact that I’m mood reading a lot more and that my reading taste has changed since the pandemic. I’ve been reading mostly thrillers and contemporary/romance, and hardly any fantasy or YA… Even one of my favorite genres, historical fiction, seems to be neglected lately. Whoops?
Let’s take a quick final look at the books that I haven’t read yet.
A.K.A. The Hall Of Shame
>>probably not reading any time soon<<
>>hopefuls before the end of 2022<<
Do you make a priority titles/yearly TBR and how successful are those for you? Any books on my unread titles list I should read first?
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I sometimes make a priority list for the month but never for the year. That said, I actually really like this idea.
Unsub and When I Was Ten are both really good, if you need a place to start with the poor books you’re ignoring 😉.
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I’ve been wanting to read both Unsub and When I Was Ten for SO long now! I’m still not sure why I haven’t already, especially since I love a serial killer thriller and the blurb of When I Was Ten is fantastic. I will probably put both on my Halloween read if I don’t read them before October. 😉
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As a mood reader making lists like these just don’t work for me, except of course for reading challenges. Its interesting that you given up on Hamnet, as I tried it recently and it didn’t grab me at all, which I’m disappointed about, but maybe it just wasn’t the right time? xx
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I think the fact that these lists haven’t worked all that well in recent years is mostly because I’m even more than a mood reader than before… I should probably stick to thrillers and contemporary/romance for my next list, because those seem to be the genres I end up reading most.
I haven’t actually tried Hamnet yet, but my instinct tells me that I probably wouldn’t be able to enjoy it in my current reading mood… Anything too slow, literary or complicated seems to be a no-no for me at the moment.
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I considered a priority list for my yearly goals but then I decided not to, because I’ve been such a mood reader since the pandemic. I do always add a few series to my yearly list of goals, and I already have a few series in mind to add to my 2023 list 😊 This does seem to work for me but I doubt that a whole list of books would work for me, mainly because of all the mood reading.
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I think the mood reading is why these lists haven’t worked all that well in recent years… Especially because I’ve been ignoring the fact that apparently I’m mostly in the mood for either thrillers or contemporary/romance these days. xD I’ve made series lists in the past as well, but those haven’t been all that successful either haha.
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I’ve never made a priority TBR before but I might give it a shot next year. I’ve read UNSUB and One True Loves and really enjoyed both of them. I would say go with them both because I loved them and because they are the only two I’ve actually read.
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I’m hoping to read both Unsub and One True Loves in the next two months! I’ve been meaning to for so long now, and I’m not sure why I haven’t already.
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I like the idea of a Priority TBR, but I don’t have one, yet!
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It’s been fun putting the lists together each year, but I should probably stick to mostly thrillers and contemporary/romance for 2023 so I actually read them. 😉
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I don’t do well with reading lists at all – the minute the list is finished I lose interest in those books and end up reading something else !
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I can understand!
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The Hall of Shame! LOL! I recently went back and looked at some of my old TBRs and I did a LOT worse.
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You should see my series TBRs… Now those are hopeless haha.
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I feel like this year is hard and it’s all about mood reading for some reason. I hope you can get back on track on your priorities.
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I know right? It has been that way for me more and more since 2020… I should probably learn from my mistakes and make a priority TBR for 2023 featuring just thrillers and contemporary/romance. 😉
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When you disappeared by Marrs is good, as per 😁 enjoy ..
You should also totally still take Nevernight for a tango… It might just surprise you ;).
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I’m still not sure why I haven’t read When You Disappeared yet, because I tend to love his books… I think it’s my final pending backlist title, so it might just have been the fear of running out of new Marrs stories to read haha. I do have the ARC of his newest waiting as well.
And I still want to read Nevernight; I just haven’t been in the mood for fantasy at all these last couple of months. It’s annoying, because I have more fantasy/sci-fi books on my TBR I want to get to (including Red Rising, which I’ve been meaning to read for YEARS).
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Ooh, I have to check out Marrs newest book, too… Of all the titles of his, I only haven’t read The Good Samaritans yet, and none have failed me. Amazing author!
Red rising! I even scored a paperback trilogy for the price of nothing, new, and I still haven’t read it myself! It’s one of those trilogies everyone talks about and you want to read but just never get to it. So, I just handed the books over to my old man, my dad that is, to read. See what he thinks of them 😀
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The Good Samaritan is a great read! I only have When You Disappeared still pending… Hopefully some time soon after I read his newest.
And funny how some books slip between the cracks of our TBR mountain… I’ve had a copy of Red Rising for SO long and despite the fact that I was desperate to read it back then, I still haven’t. Who knows, maybe your dad can convince you to finally read the books!
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