Comments on: How Do You Order Your TBR Pile?

By: Kimber Chin

Kimber Chin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:23:18 +0000

Woo hoo! Spider’s Bite is almost out. How many more sleeps, Jennifer?

Wow, you donate books you HAVEN’T read yet still might read? That’s awesome.

I donate almost all the books I read (I keep my keepers to a deliberate 10 books). I donate books I won’t ever read (like the depressing one I’ll get this Christmas from a ‘literary’ loved one). I don’t know if I’d ever donate a book I might read though.

By: Kimber Chin

Kimber Chin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:16:51 +0000

Aren’t all closets pits? Or they hold entire kingdoms… no, wait, that was a wardrobe (in the Narnia tales). Heck, close enough.

I derive comfort from knowing that at least there are no flying lions in my closet.

By: Kimber Chin

Kimber Chin — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:12:21 +0000

Oh, boy, do I know exactly how you feel. I have a short (10,000 words) that is creeping toward novella length. Not good, especially as it is part of a series of shorts.

I internalize when I read. I bond with the character (in a good book). With sitcoms, I don’t really get emotionally involved (I’m not a big tv watcher though and maybe that is why).

By: Venus Vaughn

Venus Vaughn — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:02:12 +0000

LOL, it’s more like 118% done on Never A Bridesmaid. I can’t bring myself to change the percentage because even though I’m WAY over word count, I still haven’t written the final chapter. Pathetique!

Reading a paranormal and contemp and the next book in a series at the same time isn’t that hard. It’s like watching a night of sitcoms. You know the cast of characters in each show, but you never think you’re watching Friends when you see that big ol’ moustache in My Name Is Earl.

By: Jennifer Estep

Jennifer Estep — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:21:48 +0000

I try to keep mine in order by date bought, and I try not to let anything linger in the TBR pile more than a year. After about a year though, I usually donate whatever books I haven’t read to the library — just in case I want to read them someday but don’t want them cluttering up my bookcase in the meantime.

By: Jill James

Jill James — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:38:06 +0000

I’m actually reading a YA right now. Unwind by Neal Shusterman. Allison Brennan’s daughter recommended it on the Murder She Writes blog.

By: Terry Odell

Terry Odell — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:40:07 +0000

Tentatively “first quarter 2010″ but I haven’t had any updates. Holiday crunch at the publisher. And thanks for asking!

By: Lianne

Lianne — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:26:44 +0000

Ah, but it’s not a pile. It’s a bookcase in the bedroom.

(and one in the spare room. And four in the basement. And boxes. I have trouble letting go of books, even after I’ve read them).

By: Deb

Deb — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:05:22 +0000

Order to a TBR pile? I’m in trouble, then. I usually have 15 or so books in a small crate on the floor of my closet that might also be under any clothes that might not have made it onto the hangers. Uh-hmmm, yes, okay, my closet is a pit. But, I can always find my books!
I look at 3 or 4 or 5 books, read a few pages, and choose the book that strikes my fancy at the time. I sometimes read 2 books at once; I take one to work and leave it there to read and I have one here at home to read when I get a chance.

By: Kimber Chin

Kimber Chin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:05:11 +0000

You DO have an impressive bookshelf. A TBR pile hundreds of books high. (blinking at the thought) I think that would put me in analysis paralysis. I’d be overwhelmed.