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Hello Hello! How are you?
Itβs been a bit of a weird week, I was super unproductive but also really busy at the start of the week and was flailing around a little bit, and I finally got quite a bit done yesterday without getting too distracted aha! How haw your week been? Iβm definitely glad itβs Friday and that itβs time for this weekβs TBR purge post.
You know the drill if you havenβt ever read any of my Down the TBR Hole posts before but you want to find out why I started and what rules to follow to do your own TBR list purge on your Goodreads, head over to the first edition of this post to find out more!
I was actually very surprised and if Iβm being honest, quite proud of myself to see that I hadnβt added a single book to my TBR this week! So Iβm going to be starting this weekβs purge at the same place as I finished last week, with a total of 3,868 books on my Goodreads βWant to Readβ Shelf, Iβll be working through the next 20 books on this list starting at #273 for this weekβs purge session!
GOODREADS βWANT TO READβ SHELF
Watching You by Lisa Jewell

If youβve been reading my blog for a while, you will know that Iβm not a fan of thrillers and mysteries without actual dead bodies and a criminal/police investigation. I added this one to my list because Lisa Jewell seems like one of those authors that so many people recommend, but Iβm just not going to even both with this book as I know itβs not my thing.
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The Flame by Leonard Cohen

I had no idea I had this book on my list, I probably added it without knowing what it was. While I do want to read more poetry, I think that this is really not the place for me to start and it just does not appeal to me one bit. I kind of know who Leonard Cohen is but am not interesting in him or his work, so Iβm going to remove this one.
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The Echo Room by Parker Peevyhouse

Weβre on that bandwagon again. I didnβt know I had this book on my list and Iβve actually never seen it or heard of it before either. Itβs young adult science fiction, which sounds kind of interesting to me, and I donβt really know what that blurb is about, but it is giving me serious Saw (the films) vibes and I donβt like that one bit. Iβve never actually seen those films in full, but the bits I did were enough to scar and scare me for life, so I donβt fancy this book at all.
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The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories by Penelope Lively

I feel like Iβve heard about this book, or seen it on Instagram, but I just canβt place it. I do want to read more short stories, but this blurb doesnβt appeal to me, I donβt like reading stories about mundane events or day-to-day occurrences and families and such, so again, this is an easy choice for me to make.
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Into the Jungle by Erica Ferencik

Iβm not sure that Iβve ever seen this book before, although the cover and the title really intrigue me, unfortunately, itβs a thriller, and that automatically puts me off as Iβm really not in a thriller mood at the moment. Apparently, she is the same author of another book I removed last week, so that doesnβt really bode well, does it? Again, I tried to read the blurb and it just didnβt go into my brain, when that happens I just canβt be bothered to make the effort to really read it, so Iβm going to take this one off the list.
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The Arrangement by Robyn Harding

Finally a book I remember hearing about and consciously adding to the list (phew ehe). This book was talked about by Kayla from Books and Lala and thatβs all I remember, oh and itβs a thriller (yikes). Apparently itβs also domestic suspense and I just canβt get down with that genre/subgenre. It does sort of sound interesting after having read the blurb, but Iβm not a fan of domestic suspense or family/affair thrillers, so another easy choice for me.
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This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura

Oh yay, a book I have seen before, and I even own it already. I got this one in an Illumicrate box: confession time, I bought the box for the bookends that they were doing last year and I didnβt really care about what else was in the boxes, I know, Iβm bad. However, I donβt know what this book is aboutβ¦ Iβve now read it and Iβm not that interested in it, but for the sake of having it already, I think I am going to try it.
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Mirror in the Sky by Aditi Khorana

Another young adult science fiction book that I had never heard about before β again. This is another one of those books that I would probably have absolutely loved had I read it about 5 or 6 years ago. Unfortunately, now my reading tastes have changed and this type of blurb appeals to me much less, so again, an easy choice.
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Nyxia (#1) by Scott Reintgen

Another YA science fiction, but this time, itβs one I recognise and I think I know what itβs about. Iβve heard quite a bit about it and I was actually expecting it to not be my thing, but that blurb completely won me over. I donβt read that much space science fiction if you know what I mean, but it actually sounds so good that I canβt not give it a shot.
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Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi

This anthology has been on my radar ever since it was released last year, Iβve been trying to get into anthologies and short stories more and I think this one will be amazing, I donβt need to say more about it, I really want to read it and I hope to get to it soon.
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My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

This is another book I added to my list after having seen Kayla from Books and Lala talk about it, and I know I donβt like thrillers, I know it, but it never seems to stop me from adding them to my TBR! The blurb actually kind of intrigues me, but I know myself and I know that I wonβt enjoy this one as much as I would want to, unfortunately.
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Bad Girls with Perfect Faces by Lynn Weingarten

I donβt think Iβve heard of this book before and the cover itβs very nice, but I was nearly totally won over when I saw it was YA mystery aha. As you know, A Good Girlβs Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson was recommended to me by my lovely friend And On She Reads and I am totally obsessed with that book and now with the genre. That being said, Iβm glad I read the blurb though because Iβm not a fan of people posing online plots so I think I will give this one a miss.
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The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore

Another book I added because of a Books and Lala video, this one, however, is YA fantasy, so I already have higher expectations for it. Iβve also heard so much about this author. This book sounds so amazing to me, itβs sort of a Romeo and Juliet retelling I suppose, but with magic and it just sounds incredible, so this is definitely staying on the list and I really hope I love it as much as Kayla did.
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Survive the Night by Danielle Vega

Iβve never heard of this book before (this is turning into a trend apparently in these posts), and the fact that itβs a YA horror scares me already, Iβm such a wimp. It kind of sounds good, but itβs not really my thing, I donβt think it would be very scary to me, but I just donβt think that I would enjoy the plot if Iβm honest, so Iβm going to let this one go.
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Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke

I have seen this book so many times on Instagram, I actually already have one of April Genevieve Tucholkeβs books, I got Seven Endless Forests in a book box this year and it is one of my most anticipated reads from this yearβs releases. The blurb for this one is super vague, but itβs the sort of vague that completely pulls me in, add that to the fact itβs YA mystery and Iβm sold!
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The Heart of Betrayal (#2) by Mary E. Pearson

I read the first book in The Remnant Chronicles with Noly from The Artsy Reader last year for our Hype-A-Thon Readathon and we both really enjoyed it, so I am definitely keeping this one on my list and I hope it will be good. I remember liking the first book but it being fairly vague or a bit confusing and then suddenly getting good, so we will have to see what I think of book 2 when I can get my hands on a copy.
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Sex and Death: Stories by Sarah Hall

Another anthology collection, I havenβt ever seen this book before so I donβt know what itβs about, but I love the cover art, it reminds me of tattoos and now I want another one haha! Saying that this book is not my thing though, I do want to broaden my horizons and read more anthologies, but I donβt really fancy this one, so Iβm going to let it go.
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Romancing the Dark in the City of Light by Ann Jacobus

Iβm pretty sure Iβve heard about this book before as the title is really nagging me. But itβs another one of those books that I wouldnβt have added had I read the blurb as itβs not my cup of tea, I donβt read much YA contemporary and when I do I have to really be interested in the blurb, which is not the case here.
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The One Thing by Marci Lyn Curtis

I seem to have quite a mix on my TBR purge this week, loads that Iβve never heard of, a few that I have, and then there are ones like this one that I just have no idea where they came from or how they got on my radar. Again, this one just sounds weird to me and I know that I wonβt enjoy it, so there isnβt any point in me trying it.
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My Best Everything by Sarah Tomp

I do try YA/NA or adult romance sometimes, but they are mostly ones that Iβve heard of before or that Iβve seen people review. I donβt find any appeal to this blurb and itβs just not the kind of book I gravitate towards, so Iβm finishing this week off with a really easy decision again.
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Well, that was a really successful week I think. Out of the 20 books I looked through, I was able to remove a total of 14 books, which I think is now my record of removes! Iβm obviously at the point in my Goodreads βWant to Readβ shelf where I was just adding books for the sake of it when I read a book I liked and saw all the recommended books underneath, so Iβm glad Iβm tackling this chunk and getting most of them off the list.
My Goodreads TBR is now down to 3,854 books, which is really good, and I will be starting next weekβs post at #279. It doesnβt look like Iβm making much progress, but the list is really going down fast and Iβm coming across some really great sounding stories, so I canβt wait for next week!
Thatβs all for now, I hope you enjoyed this post, see you soon, stay safe,
Ellie xx
Well done for removing so many books this week Ellie!
I got This Time Will Be Different from an Illumicrate box and I also really wanted the bookendsπ I’ve not read any of the books on this list but I do want to try reading The Remnant Chronicles
Thank youuuuu! Ahaha, I’m glad I’m not the only crazy person who buys a box just for one thing ehehe! I loved the first one in the series and I really need to continue it! π
Looks like you made good progress sorting through your TBR list.
β₯ Mae
Thank you Mae!
Great week! Do you have a count of how many books you have removed all together since you started this weekly post?
Thank you! Oh I have no idea but I’m pretty sure it’s like 1,000+ so far!
I’m always impressed by how organized you are π
Aww thank you so much, I always think I look super messy aha!