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Hello Hello! How are you all?
Yesterday was my final class of 2020 and of my semester, so I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders even though I still have a lot of work to do! I hope you all had a good week and are getting in the mood for Christmas!
In any case, Iβm really glad to be back for this post as itβs one of my favourites to do every week, and I hope you all enjoy reading it!
You know the drill if youβve never 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!
This weekβs purge is starting with 3,679 books on my Goodreads βWant to Readβ shelf and Iβm going to be going through the next 20 books on this list to try to get that number down, starting at #345! Wish me luck!
GOODREADS βWANT TO READβ SHELF
The First True Thing by Claire Needell
Starting off with a YA contemporary that I have never heard about or seen before! This is a mystery story, which I would usually try, but the blurb sounded very boring to me and a trope that has been done and redone many times. Iβm not in the mood for this and donβt think I would enjoy it, so Iβm letting it go.
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We Are the Ghosts by Vicky Skinner
Another YA unknown-to-me contemporary mystery. I feel like covers with vehicles is going to be a thing this week aha, very 2010. Oh, the main character is called Ellie, Iβve not read many books where the MC shares my name! However, this one bored me so much I couldnβt even bother to finish reading the blurb, so Iβm not going to be keeping it.
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A Cotswold Family Life by Clare Mackintosh
I feel like I have heard of this book before. It is a nonfiction memoir, I have been trying to read more nonfiction books lately, but not too sure about reading memoirs about the Cotswolds. It sounds like a fairly nice book, but not my cup of tea, so Iβm not going to bother with this one!
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The Lost Ones (#1) by Sheena Kamal
This is a mystery/thriller and Iβve not heard of it or seen it before, which is hardly surprising if you know me. Iβm not really a fan of these more family-plot orientated books, I donβt know why, but the blurb just does nothing for me, so Iβm going to concentrate on other books instead.
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Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay
Ohhhh! Iβve heard of Paul Tremblay before and I had no ideaaaaaa that I had his horror short story collection on my TBR. However, I am nowhere near prepared to read this book, the blurb made it sound absolutely terrifying and I canβt bring myself to pick it up just now, but I might one day!
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Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite by Zoraida CΓ³rdova
This is another short story collection that I have heard about before and itβs a fantasy one, so much more up my alley. Iβm about 99.999999% sure that I added this book to my TBR just become of the word Vampire ahah, Iβm so predictable! Some of these stories sound a bit outlandish, but overall, it sounds like a fun read, so Iβm going to give it a chance!
KEEP
Take the Mic: Fictional Stories of Everyday Resistance by Bethany C. Morrow
Oh yay, another short story collection, and I have definitely seen this one about before! This book sounds absolutely incredible and I have no idea why I hadnβt realised it was on my list, I really need to read it soon and Iβm sure Iβm going to love it!
KEEP
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
This book is an LGBT historical fiction that Iβm pretty sure I have heard about before, we definitely have a wide range of books and genres on the list this week! I can see how this book would be great and really enjoyable for some people, but there is something about the blurb that just doesnβt make me want to pick it up, I might give it a shot one day, but it doesnβt draw me in at the minute!
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The Gunners by Rebecca Kauffman
This is an unknown-to-me contemporary fiction with a really interesting cover! I donβt really understand what this book is about because the blurb is fairly vague and I sort of lost interest (oops), but I did see that the main character has macular degeneration, so this is a book that would work for my thesis. However, itβs just not calling to me and I donβt want to drag myself through it as it doesnβt sound like a book for me, so Iβm going to let it go!
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Eternal Life by Dara Horn
This book is a fantasy standalone that Iβve never heard about or seen before and Iβm not a fan of the cover. It kind of sounds like one of those very weird books that are good but you donβt really understand enough to explain why you enjoyed it and right now, Iβm not in the mood for that kind of read, so this is an easy choice.
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Edgar and Lucy by Victor Lodato
Another contemporary fiction that Iβve not seen before! The first line has already put me off to be fair, I donβt really like stories about βfamily love and betrayalβ for some reason they bore me awfully and I wish I could find one that doesnβt. I donβt really like the sound of the rest of the blurb, so this one is coming off the list.
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LaRose by Louise Erdrich
Well, I never expected this, but itβs an unknown-to-me literary fiction that I was intending to remove until I saw the word Ojibwe in the blurb and Iβm kind of intrigued now (they are a Native American tribe). The first paragraph in the blurb has actually got me hooked and I donβt actually know what this is about! Wow, this book sounds so intriguing, not one I would expect to want to read but I am keeping this on the list and will try to read it soon!
KEEP
Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller
I think I have heard about this book before, but I didnβt know that it was historical fiction, otherwise, I would surely have read the blurb! Honestly, this sounds more like a thriller to me and I donβt fancy it at all, it just sounds like one of those books with a story centred on a couple and I usually donβt enjoy those, so I am letting this one go.
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Deadfall by Stephen Wallenfels
This is an unknown-to-me YA thriller that looks more like a horror book, yikes. It sounds like a Criminal Minds episode actually, but it doesnβt entice me enough to want to read it, unfortunately, so Iβm going to let it go.
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Copycat by Hannah Jayne
This time we have a YA mystery and I really donβt like the cover. Iβm intrigued by this one, it sounds like something maybe I could enjoy, however, right now, itβs just missing that little spark that I need to want to pick up a book, but Iβll keep it in the back of my mind if I ever fancy it!
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The Life and Death Parade by Eliza Wass
YA contemporary that Iβve never heard about but it has some supernatural elements apparently. This one just didnβt capture me and I gave up reading halfway through, it doesnβt sound like a story I would enjoy, so Iβm going to get rid of it.
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The Color of Lies by C.J. Lyons
Iβve never heard of or seen this book before either and the first thing I have to say is that I really donβt like the cover, I donβt know why I just generally donβt like when covers only have words on them. But itβs YA mystery so I might like the sound of it. I understand why the cover is like it is now, and this has synaesthesia in it, so it would be a great choice for my thesis and the mystery part of the book actually sounds interesting, so I feel like giving this one a go!!
KEEP
A Bright and Pleading Dagger by Nicole Rivas
This is an unknown-to-me feminism short story collection. It sounds intriguing, but not at all like the kind of book that I would want to read, itβs much more on the literary fiction side of things which is a genre I hardly read because I either just donβt get it or the stories donβt captivate me, so this is an easy choice!
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When I Find You by Emma Curtis
This is a psychological thriller and Iβm pretty sure itβs going to be coming off the list, but Iβll give it the benefit of the doubt anyway. This one has another disability theme, which is something I didnβt expect from a thriller, but itβs definitely not my kind of book, so this is going to be getting removed.
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After the Darkness by Honey Brown
And we are finishing this week with a mystery/thriller that I have never heard of before and absolutely hate the cover, so that doesnβt bode well. And after reading the blurb, itβs not one of those mysteries that I usually read. I have a lot of great-sounding mysteries on my list already, so Iβll concentrate on those!
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Well, that was a bit of an eclectic mix and quite a few genres and themes I was not expecting, but I feel like it was a very interesting bunch! Out of the 20 books I have looked through today, I was able to remove a total of 16 books, taking my Goodreads βWant to Readβ list down to 3,663 books.
Iβm really happy with those numbers because last week I didnβt do good at all! Next week I will be starting the Down the TBR Hole post at #349 and hoping to get a few more books off my list!
Thatβs all for now, I hope you enjoyed this post, see you soon, stay safe,
Ellie xx
You did good this week! Isabelle and I recently read Vampires Never Get Old and our review will be on the blog next week. There are some amazing stories and some that weren’t that great. It was a fun read though.
Thank you! And I can’t wait to read that review! π
Looks like you did good this week!
β₯ Mae
Thank you!
Wow! Good job Ellie! I always love reading your Down the TBR Hole because you have the most interesting books on there.
Thank you so much, I know, I don’t know how 90% of these books got on the list aha!
Great job this week! I always enjoy these posts! π
Thank you! π
I’m so proud of you for the amount of books you removed *happy tears*
Awww thank you so much!!!! β€οΈ