How large is your TBR really?

what are you complaining about?

Now
if you had the current TBR 800+, plus most of last year's reads and a
fair number of 2006 (= 2000+) you might understand why DH reacts badly
when I mention that there might be more M bags arriving shortly , not that DH's feelings on the matter bother me that much

Hugs

Sadhbh 

That's
why I add the list of new books to my TBR file, when others recommend
books I can check to see whether I already have it, and from time to
time I switch the boxes around to "confuse" myself

Hugs

Sadhbh 

After visiting a number of blogs last year where they mentioned their list of TBR, I decide to make a spreadsheet and list of all my TBR.  I keep mine in boxes but I never had a list of what was in them.  I still haven't finished but I did get through 1 box - still have 1 more box - from my closet.  So far, I have 58 books listed and those are only my Harlequin Blaze, Intrigue, Silhouette Dreamscapes, & Desires.  I still have my very old HP's & HAR's (don't read these lines anymore),  my HR & SR's, SIM/SRS's, & Bombshells.  I know I have some other lines as well just can't think of them right now.  I'm guessing I have about 125 books in my TBR pile.  Hopefully, I can get through some of my older books (pre-millennium) this year. 

Kathy 

According to Shelfari, my "planning to read" shelf has 556. It may have gotten to this point because already this month I'm up to 38 books that have entered the house but only at 17 read(working on 18)

My recent TBR is over 3 big bookshelves now plus boxes and bins. Most of my other books purchased from before our move are still in moving boxes. I don't even want to think how many that includes, read and unread. 5,000? 10,000? But.... I do keep many, many books. My dream would to be able to have wall to wall bookshelves in multiple rooms.

Cady, once upon a time I had the boxes labeled and inventoried them in my BYRON.  However, since my laptop PC has had the issues, my BYRON is hopelessly out of date(I hate that) I have a couple of bookshelves in the house, so I don't go dig in storage as often as I might like, but I did just go take a big pile from there to dejunk.

My TBR has been growing for years and years, and has been added to by many sources other than just me.  I have a friend who sends me books, and another whose mother died, and I inherited her pile, so that's how my pile got started, and then once it started how was I supposed to not keep it fed and growing...isn't that the mom instinct?

I am afraid to count them,   I guess I have around 1000 books,   I have every Blaze book plus tons of Temptations, Duets, Love & Laughter, flipsides, Intrigues and many many more.  Ran out of bookshelf space and now they are in boxes by year.  Plus, i get more books at the library each week.  I will read these all, even if it takes a few years.

I haven't counted the TBR in a while, I thinking there is probably around 80.  Guess I should house cleaning in on those four shelves and maybe I might find something to inspire me.

I think I have somewhere over 300 books on 3 shelves. All TBR. But don't tell DH. He thinks I've read most of them. lol  That's how I can justify buying more books. I know there are some I'll never read, and I do periodically go through and take ones i'm almost sure I won't read, to the UBS and try to get credit for what I can.

I'd also love to have wall to wall bookshelves around my house one day.

I have never counted my TBR... I don't want to! I just have shelves of books and just randomly pick books up based on my mood. I buy, borrow from the library.

I had enough to get me through almost 2 years at my 2006 & 2007 reading rates.  That's if I didn't buy or borrow any new ones. But I expect that it will take me longer as I'm getting busy with things that prevent reading (keep breathing y'all, it's not the end of the world).  I did leave a book behind at my sister's last week that I'd tried to read a couple of times.  And I did put down a book when it didn't keep me interested in the first 3 chapters.  But I think most of the books in my pile will be worth reading (I know that the Bombshells will).

Sigh.

So, for those of you who wonder what 2 years worth is for me, I averaged 10-12 books per month in '06 and '07, so I guess that I had about 240-290 books.  A lot are shorter reads, so I might do okay.  Unfortunately, I didn't count my ebook tbr.  I know that on dh's pda I have 21 romances and a few fantasy and a few mysteries so . . . and this last break I didn't read any ebooks.  

Okay, Cady, that answers your question.  It's killing me to limit myself to my tried and true authors as far as what I'm buying this year . . . but so far, I'm doing pretty well at it.

Penn 

and not as many as a few (*waves to Sadhbh, Debbie, Sandi and Kathy D *) ... thank you, thank you, thank you!  And Tammy (yenastone)... so glad that you're here as well so that I don't stand out!  My TBR is along the lines of 400 ~ and I do know that for sure because I've been organizing my TBR's over the last week.
  I have 176 category (Har, Sil, LS, etc) and 234 'novels' so I guess that puts my TBR at 410...

Hmm, and last year I managed to read 476  books (not counting re-reads) so I guess, if I don't get anymore books this year (Yeah, right!! ),  then I've got a year's worth... minus some.  Very interesting!!

last year I did 250 so if I don't buy any books (like that'll happen) I'll be good for 2 1/2 years and now I found a site that doesn't require a credit card for ebooks so book buying will definately happen

Yes but Cady I'm sure you're not doing as much hair pulling there to decide what to read next

because of you I just order 6 new ebooks today, 5 of them Spice Briefs

That might be a good thank you and a not so happy thank you

Beauty and the Beast by Nancy Madore

Forever Yours by Charlotte Featherstone

Anything you Want by Jenesi Ash

Letting Go by Sarah Mccarty

Soul Stranger by Eden Bradley

and then got Surrender to the Highlander by Terri Brisbin.

Would all of the ones in one post fit mini challenge?