As the year winds down, I am taking a closer look at my progress toward whittling down my TBR stacks.
The Read the Books You Buy Challenge has helped me keep track of what I’ve read, and the total read to-date is 85. That includes all books purchased between June 2015 through the end of 2016 (so far).
Let’s try another way to count my progress: how many are still unread?
For the period from June 2015-December 2015 (the books not purchased for rereads)
Only eight remain!
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For the period from January 2016 through November (current figures)
48
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Next year, I will worry about the unread books purchased in 2014….sigh. There are a few:
23 books unread
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So….here are the titles, with links to those already read and reviewed:
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JUNE 2015:
1. Catching Air, by Sarah Pekkanen
2. In the Unlikely Event (e-book), by Judy Blume
3. It’s You (e-book), by Jane Porter
4. Out of Orange (e-book), by Cleary Wolters
5. Rumor, The (e-book), by Elin Hilderbrand
6. Wrong Man, The (e-book), by Kate White
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JULY 2015:
1. A Man Called Ove (e-book), by Fredrik Backman
2. At Risk (e-book), by Alice Hoffman
3. Dune Road (e-book), by Jane Green
4. Friday On My Mind, by Nicci French
5. Go Set a Watchman, by Harper Lee
6. Losing Me (e-book), by Sue Margolis
7. Perfect Son, The (e-book), by Barbara Claypole White
8. Remember Mia (e-book), by Alexandra Burt
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AUGUST 2015:
1. Accident Season, The (e-book), by Moira Fowley-Doyle-DNF
2. Broken Homes & Gardens (e-book), by Rebecca Kelley
3. Honest Illusions (e-book), by Nora Roberts-DNF
4. Race for Paris, The (e-book), by Meg Waite Clayton
5. Rainy Day Sisters (e-book), by Kate Hewitt
6. Summer Wind, The (e-book), by Mary Alice Monroe (Book 2)
7. Who Do You Love? (e-book), by Jennifer Weiner
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SEPTEMBER 2015:
1. Dance Begins, The (e-book, prequel), by Diane Chamberlain
2. Forever (e-book), by Judy Blume (Banned Books Week)
3. Girls of August, The (e-book), by Anne Rivers Siddons
4. Gray Mountain (e-book), by John Grisham
5. Maybe in Another Life (e-book), by Taylor Jenkins Reid
6. Nesting Place, The, by Myquillyn Smith
7. Seventh Heaven (e-book), by Alice Hoffman
8. Sleeping with the Enemy, by Nancy Price (for reread)
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OCTOBER 2015:
1. Admissions, The (e-book), by Meg Mitchell Moore
2. Cherry, by Mary Karr
3. Deep End, The (e-book), by Julie Mulhern
4. Girl with No Past, The (e-book), by Kathryn Croft
5. Jane Fonda, The Private Life of a Public Woman, by Patricia Bosworth
6. Liar’s Club, The: A Memoir, by Mary Karr
7. Lucky Us (e-book), by Amy Bloom-DNF
8. Shadow Year, The (e-book), by Hannah Richell
9. Truth Be Told (e-book), by Hank Phillippi Ryan
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NOVEMBER 2015:
1. Black Widow, The (e-book), by Wendy Corsi Staub
2. Forever, Interrupted (e-book), by Taylor Jenkins Reid
3. My Life on the Road, by Gloria Steinem
4. November 9 (e-book), by Colleen Hoover
5. Wildflower, by Drew Barrymore
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DECEMBER 2015:
1. All Dressed in White, by Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke (Entry in First Book of 2016 Event)
2. Behind Closed Doors (e-book), by Elizabeth Haynes
3. Better Off Without Him (e-book), by Dee Ernst
4. Broken String, The (e-book, novella), by Diane Chamberlain
5. Empty House, the (e-book), by Rosamunde Pilcher
6. Just Say Yes (e-book), by Alyssa Goodnight
7. Secret Sisters (e-book), by Jayne Ann Krentz
8. What She Knew (e-book), by Gilly MacMillan
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JANUARY 2016:
1. Brooklyn (e-book), by Colm Toibin
2. Crossing Places, The (e-book, Book 1 Ruth Galloway), by Elly Griffiths
3. Ex, The (e-book), by Alafair Burke
4. Guaranteed to Bleed (e-book, Book 2), by Julie Mulhern
5. Summer’s End, The (e-book, #3), by Mary Alice Monroe
6. Three To Get Deadly (e-book), by Janet Evanovich
7. What Was Mine (e-book), by Helen Klein Ross
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FEBRUARY 2016:
1. Find Her (e-book), by Lisa Gardner
2. Girl in the Red Coat, The (e-book), by Kate Hamer
3. Price of Salt, The (or Carol) (e-book), by Patricia Highsmith
4. Ramblers, The (e-book), by Aidan Donnelley Rowley
5. ROOM (e-book), by Emma Donoghue
6. Under the Influence (e-book), by Joyce Maynard
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MARCH 2016:
1. Another City, Not My Own (e-book), by Dominick Dunne (for reread)
2. Be Frank with Me (e-book), by Julia Claiborne Johnson
3. Breakdown (e-book), by Jonathan Kellerman
4. Domestic Secrets (e-book), by Rosalind Noonan
5. Friction (e-book), by Sandra Brown
6. Must Love Dogs: New Leash on Life (e-book, #2), by Claire Cook
7. My Name Is Lucy Barton (e-book), by Elizabeth Strout
8. Nest, The (e-book), by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
9. Orphan Choir, The (e-book), by Sophie Hannah
10. She Can Kill (e-book), by Melinda Leigh
11. Somewhere Out There (e-book), by Amy Hatvany
12. Terrible Virtue (e-book), by Ellen Feldman
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APRIL 2016:
1. Excellent Lombards, The (e-book), by Jane Hamilton
2. First Frost (e-book, Waverley #2), by Sarah Addison Allen
3. Lies & Other Acts of Love (e-book), by Kristy Woodson Harvey
4. Luckiest Girl Alive (e-book), by Jessica Knoll
5. My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry (e-book), by Fredrik Backman
6. Obsession, The (e-book), by Nora Roberts
7. One and Only, The, by Emily Giffin
8. Other Typist, The (e-book), by Suzanne Rindell
9. River Road (e-book), by Carol Goodman
10. Scandal in Skibbereen (e-book, County Cork #2), by Sheila Connolly
11. Shelter Mountain (e-book, Book 2), by Robyn Carr
12. What We Find (e-book), by Robyn Carr
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MAY 2016:
1. A Lowcountry Wedding (e-book), by Mary Alice Monroe
2. Blue Bath, The (e-book), by Mary Waters-Sayer
3. Clouds in My Coffee (e-book), by Julie Mulhern
4. Dear Carolina (e-book), by Kristy Woodson Harvey
5. Dear Thing (e-book), by Julie Cohen
6. Flight Patterns (e-book), by Karen White
7. I Let You Go (e-book), by Claire Mackintosh
8. Island House, The (e-book), by Nancy Thayer
9. Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty: Memoir, by Diane Keaton9
10. My Husband’s Wives (e-book), by Faith Hogan
11. Some Women (e-book), by Emily Liebert
12. Two-Family House, The (e-book), by Lynda Cohen Loigman
13. Two If By Sea (e-book), by Jacquelyn Mitchard
14. Unsinkable: Memoir, by Debbie Reynolds
15. Wilde Lake (e-book), by Laura Lippman
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JUNE 2016:
1. Confess, by Colleen Hoover
2. Death at Breakfast (e-book), by Beth Gutcheon
3. Deep Dark (e-book), by Laura Griffin
4. Dinner, The (e-book), by Herman Koch
5. Drinking Closer to Home (e-book), by Jessica Anya Blau
6. Exit, The (e-book), Helen FitzGerald
7. Here’s To Us (e-book), by Elin Hilderbrand
8. Mystic Summer (e-book), by Hannah McKinnon
9. One True Loves (e-book), by Taylor Jenkins Reid
10. Sunshine Beach (e-book), by Wendy Wax
11. Sweetbitter (e-book), by Stephanie Danler
12. Vinegar Girl (e-book), by Anne Tyler
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JULY 2016:
1. Coincidence of Coconut Cake, The (e-book), by Amy E. Riechert
2. Girl You Lost, The (e-book), by Kathryn Croft
3. In Twenty Years (e-book), by Allison Winn Scotch
4. I’ve Got Sand in All the Wrong Places (e-book), by Lisa Scottoline, et. al.
5. Melody Lingers On, The (e-book), by Mary Higgins Clark
6. They May Not Mean To, But They Do (e-book), by Cathleen Schine
7. This Must Be the Place (e-book), by Maggie O’Farrell
8. Truly Madly Guilty (e-book), by Liane Moriarty
9. Truth-Teller’s Lie, The (e-book), by Sophie Hannah
10. Valley of the Dolls, by Jacqueline Susann (50th Anniversary Copy – reread)
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AUGUST 2016:
1.All the Ugly & Wonderful Things (e-book), by Bryn Greenwood
2. American Girl, The (e-book), by Kate Horsley
3. American Heiress, by Jeffrey Toobin
4. Behind Closed Doors (e-book), by B. A. Paris
5. Book that Matters Most, The (e-book), by Ann Hood
6. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, by Anne Tyler (reread)
7. Family Tree (e-book), by Susan Wiggs
8. Firefly Summer (e-book), by Nan Rossiter
9. I Am No One (e-book), by Patrick Flanery
10. If I Forget You (e-book), by Thomas Christopher Greene
11. I Found You, by Lisa Jewell
12. It Ends with Us (e-book), by Colleen Hoover
13. Map of the World, A (e-book), by Jane Hamilton (reread)
14. My Life, My Body, by Marge Piercy
15. Results May Vary (e-book), by Bethany Chase
16. Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter, by Kate Clifford Larson
17. Silver Linings Playbook (e-book), by Matthew Quick
18. Siracusa (e-book), by Delia Ephron
19. Sister, The (e-book), by Louise Jensen
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SEPTEMBER 2016:
1.Come and Find Me (e-book), by Hallie Ephron
2. Finding Libbie (e-book), by Deanna Lynn Sletten
3. Kept Woman, The (e-book), by Karin Slaughter
4. Last Good Girl, The (e-book), by Allison Leotta
5.Life She Wants, The (e-book), by Robyn Carr
6. London Train, The (e-book), by Tessa Hadley
7. Some Tame Gazelle (e-book), by Barbara Pym
8. Sting (e-book), by Sandra Brown
9. Watching Edie (e-book), by Camilla Way
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OCTOBER 2016:
1. Commonwealth (e-book), by Ann Patchett
2. Dollhouse, The (e-book), by Fiona Davis
3. Echoes of Family (e-book), by Barbara Claypole White
4. Hot Milk (e-book), by Deborah Levy
5. Hungry Heart (e-book), by Jennifer Weiner
6. Love Letters, by Debbie Macomber
7. Mean Streak, by Sandra Brown
8. Mothers, The (e-book), by Brit Bennett
9. Red Car, The (e-book), by Marcy Dermansky
10.Saturday Requiem, by Nicci French
11. Send in the Clowns (e-book), by Julie Mulhern
12. Spelling It Like It Is, by Tori Spelling
13. Stealing Jason Wilde (e-book), by Dee Ernst
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NOVEMBER 2016:
1. Another Brooklyn, by Jacqueline Woodson
2.Hillbilly Elegy, by J. D. Vance
3. Home, by Harlan Coben
4.In a Dark, Dark Wood (e-book), by Ruth Ware
5. Inheriting Edith (e-book), by Zoe Fishman
6. Murder Game, The (e-book), by Julie Apple
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That’s my closer look, and now I feel as though I have a fresh perspective. What do your unread stacks tell you?
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