i (almost) read all 193 of my unread books in 1 year 

oh i feeeeel that big time. that's why i ended up purchasing books this year at all tbh!

Have you ever considered getting an ereader. I believe many countries have digital libraries now. More importantly you can always just download a book from libgen etc

@@3choblast3r4 i make excellent use of my library's plethora of apps, however, new releases still take a long time to be added or have waits of 12+ weeks :/

@@3choblast3r4 im gonna be honest, im not going to support piracy. author's deserve money for their work.

@@elskabee I write as a hobby. If I ever get published or self publish or whatever. I literally couldn't care less if someone that wouldn't have otherwise been able to buy, afford or simply wasn't sure they'd like the book, would pirate it. Absolutely nothing is lost. There are countless books I ended up loving but that I would never have tried if I had to pay for them. That I now own anniversary editions or leatherbounds of. And since I live in the Netherlands, libraries are stocked with Dutch versions of books and I can't imagine how long it takes for a new book to be added. I haven't used a library since I was 16 or so I don't know if libraries pay authors per copy they loan out.. but you're not stealing a hard copy from a store. You're reading a copy of a digital copy. And if you actually like the book, then you can still buy it when you do have the means, or when you see a nice special edition you'd like etc. Not to mention that piracy could instantly be lowered by ten fold if publishers didn't charge almost the same price for a digital copy that a physical paperback costs. Lastly, not every author deserves money. Authors can be people you don't want to support for a variety of reasons while still having written very interesting or good books. Like Cixin Liou, who supports the uyghur genocide. But has written two relatively decent books with very very good sci fi concepts. Anyway, to each his own. Have a nice day :)

I do this except I pirate every book I read and then buy a collectors edition etc if I really liked it.

@@3choblast3r4 where do you read them? 🙈

​@@joshina4497 Strange, I thought I replied already but my reply is not here. Anyway, libgen and zlib. zlib is only available trough TOR (often offline even on TOR) and through the telegram bot that you can access if you've ever donated to zlib. Libgen has returned now zlib is gone, but seems to have less content than before zlib existed. If you don't have an ereader, don't know how ebooks work, how to view them on your pc/laptop/tablet/phone (would not recommend phone, it's really bad for your eyes) or anything of that sort. Please feel free to ask. Lastly, if you can't find whatever book you're looking for on libgen, tell me what book you're looking for (I promise I won't judge .. maybe little lol), and if you have a preference for a specific format (e.g kindles use mobi, other devices use epub etc). If I can find the book on zlib or elsewhere I'll upload it to wetransfer or something and give you a link through the youtube comments.

i actually did this midyear :) it's in my most recent bookshelf reorganization vid! you're right, it's a great visual

I do this. I have half a bookshelf in the bedroom (my partner uses the other half for the same purpose) with my unread books, so it is easier to grab a new one when I finish my current book.

I do this too, since it is so much easier to see how many unread books I still have and wether or not I can justify buying new ones.

Yes I am on the same especially on Goodreads if something rated was rated below 4 I wouldn’t read it but I might’ve loved it

Years ago before social media was so big I’d just go into a bookstore buy a book and not read reviews and loved it 👀

Same here. It's fun to see how tastes evolve, and freeing to let go of books,

kaikeyi is the better version of circe

I tried reading it last year and couldn’t get past the first two pages lol. I tried like 3 diff times and each time I didn’t get past the first few pages😅

i have seen lots of ppl who didn't like it personally i enjoyed it more than SOA

I couldn't get into that book. I tried but no success.

I also didnt like the book at all

So proud of you girlie! And I’m READY for your stormlight journey

i don't do anything particularly special! but youtube and reading are a job for me, so on a focused day i'm reading 5+ hours a day

same! this randomly showed up on my feed and an automatic subscribe for me.

i did that for this challenge, it's in my most recent bookshelf reorganization video :) and thank you!!

thanks so much! no hard feelings to my subs/viewers haha, just something that surprised me a lil :)

it was awful

It’s definitely tough to want to read down your tbr but also wanting to be current with the things popular/coming out NOW