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A couple years ago, I set my personal challenge as reading books I owned a physical copy of but was yet to read. I managed to reduce my print TBR by about 30, because I kept buying more print books to replace the ones I had finished.

This year, it's time to tackle the Kindle TBR. I started the year with 364 unread books on my Kindle, and I'm aiming to get that down to 300. Knowing me, I'm likely to have a similar issue to the last challenge, as I'll keep buying more e-books to read as I cross some off the list, but that's future me's problem, and more books isn't bad in the long run.

Niamh's 2021 Challenge - Reduce the Kindle TBR
Last edited: 01/01/2022
Books read: 22
Current TBR count: 354

1. The Summer of Chasing Mermaids by Sarah Ockler 4🌟
2. The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren 4🌟
3. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson 4🌟
4. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 3.5🌟
5. Fable by Adrienne Young 4.5🌟
⛔Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks (AA) - DNF at 20% (book taken off TBR count, not added to read count)
6. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom 5🌟
7. My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life by Rachel Cohn 4🌟
8. One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London 4.5🌟
9. No Ordinary Star by M.C. Frank 4🌟
10. The Queen's Assassin by Melissa de la Cruz 3🌟
11. The Voyage to Magical North by Claire Fayers 3.5🌟
12. The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand 4🌟
13. Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List 3🌟
14. My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren 4🌟
15. The Protected by Claire Zorn 4🌟
16. Losing It by Cora Carmack 4🌟
17. The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth 4🌟
18. Matched by Ally Condie 4🌟
19. Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak (AA) 4🌟
20. All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace 3🌟
21. Skyhunter by Marie Lu 4🌟
22. Everyone We've Been by Sarah Everett 4🌟

Good luck Niamh - a great challenge. I think we all do the same thing, don't we!!! At least we'll never have a lack of reading material :)

I found a couple books that had somehow been added to my "to read" Kindle folder twice, so my count remaining has jumped down by 3 or so. I need to go through my Kindle and figure out if there's any more that I've already read that are in the "to read" folder, and also download a couple books I've bought since last connecting the Kindle to the internet, so we'll see what all that fiddling around does to my TBR count

Good luck!!

Finished going through the Kindle and downloading all the new books, and the TBR count is now up to 373 🤦‍♀️📖

!! I wish mine was only 373 ;)

Niamh wrote: "Finished going through the Kindle and downloading all the new books, and the TBR count is now up to 373 🤦‍♀️📖"

A worthy challenge, Niamh - best of luck!

I'm definitely guilty of doing both that's for sure. And now, for some of my favourite books, I've been buying the Audible version so I can keep the story going to & from work driving (if I wasn't driving I'd be reading myself but the blue unies don't like you distracted driving lol).

Best wishes on reaching your goal Niamh.

Ahaha oops, despite this challenge, I've been reading print books, so I've only just hit 5 e-books read this year 😅

Haha! That's funny Niamh!!

Most of the rest of the books I've chosen for the two annual A-Z challenges are on my Kindle. I was reading print books I'd chosen for the Summer Challenge before deciding Kindle TBR would be my personal 2021 challenge

That's fair enough - and it's only early days!

Well, one way to take a book off the TBR count is to try reading it, not enjoying it, then giving up and counting it as a DNF. Unfortunately, I found myself slogging through the first 20% of Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks, not enjoying it at all, then finally made the call this morning to just list it as a DNF and move onto something I will enjoy more.