We’re back with another episode of Down the TBR Hole! Y’all, I’m proud to say that I’m down to 1,015 books. PROUD PANDA 🐼Last week was a really quick post of five books and I think this week will be the same too because, life is still life! Let’s see if I manage to cut any out this week!
Down the TBR Hole is a weekly book meme created by the wonderful Lia @ Lost in a Story that attempts to organize our ridiculously long Goodreads TBR list by choosing either to keep or eliminate the books we’ve saved on there. Here’s how it works:
Verdict: Keep
The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards. I remember seeing this one so much back in the day but never ended up purchasing it. It has a lot of amazing reviews, plus the premise sounds like something I’d really enjoy. Nothing in the blurb gives away why it’s called The Memory Keeper’s Daughter either, so I’m even more intrigued!
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. This is one of those books that you keep hearing people talk about. I do enjoy a good family saga and this one sounds like it has a bit of a mystery to it, so I’m definitely intrigued. I don’t know when I’ll get to it but it’s one of the books I want to read at some point!
Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. Everything about this sounds completely up my alley. I didn’t remember it when I saw it on my list but it seems a lot of friends have read it and rated it very highly.
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. I honestly think the only reason I’m keeping this book on my list is because I have the physical copy (I got it from a former colleague who was giving away books) and I’m thinking: since I already have it I might as well read it, right? Lol
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. I remember really enjoying this movie and wanting to read the book after watching it. Never did get to it (obv) but I think I’m still interested in reading it!
Okay, that’s it folks. I clearly spoke too soon about being on a roll with taking books of my TBR list because it’s another week of reviewing five and removing none 😂 All of these do sound good (well, I’m still on the fence about the Poisonwood Bible) and like stories I’ll enjoy reading so… 🤷🏻♀️
Have you read any of these books? How easy is it to cull your TBR list? Leave me a comment and let’s chat!
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I was disappointed by the secret life of bees, just felt needlessly melodramatic to me. I did enjoy the memory keeper’s daughter though so that one I would keep :))
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Oh no! Sorry to hear that. I remember enjoying the movie but don’t remember much about it these days tbh. All I remember is Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning and that’s about it bahaha 🤣Glad to hear you enjoyed The Memory Keeper’s Daughter! It defo sounds like an interesting read!
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Haven’t read any of these but I don’t plan to since they don’t seem like books I would enjoy.
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Fair enough! Haha I don’t know when I’ll ever get to these tbh.
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I haven’t read any of these, but I think I would only get rid of Middlesex because the synopsis doesn’t appeal to me, the “not like other girls” annoys me nowadays. You had 10 tough choices these past 2 weeks, keep going! 😉
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The ‘not like other girls’ trope isn’t my favorite but it’s also not my least favorite. I don’t know when I’ll read it but I do hope to one day lol
Thanks! The choices were difficult. I’m hoping to get rid of at least one next week 😅
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Sarah’s Key was such a powerful and moving story! It’s been several years since I read it but it’s stayed with me.
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