The difference in Tbr(s)
First, let’s qualify what a tbr is; it stands for “to be read”, and is used by book bloggers to describe the pile of books that waits to be read by them (or to fall and crush said blogger *aherm*)
It may only be me, but I noticed there might be differents kinds of tbr(s).. I personally have two specifically to share with you.
” The real one ” ;
Basically, this one is mainly the books you bought already or will buy; physically or digitally on your shelf. You just know you’re gonna read them eventually as you own them already.
” The virtual one ” ;
This one is more in theory than anything.. Someone told you about them, or you saw it on someone’s blog and you thought it looked good .. Basically you added them to a list so they’re on it, but you know you will probably forget about them and not even get to read them. Or even worse, get to them years down the road when nobody is reading or talking about it anymore! 😂
Do you have thoses two different tbr(s) aswell ? or do you have more kinds that I don’t have yet ?
Please let me know xx
Ps; fun fact, I actually springed out of my bed, at 340am, to write this whole post down in my notebook from my head before I forgot about it and not write my post the next morning .. If that’s not dedication, I don’t know what is.. 😝
I feel like this is so true. I have my TBR for books I own and want to get to and then I have my TBR online for books I’ve heard of and I don’t want to forget about.
Right? Happy im not the only one hehe 🙈
I definitely agree with this! I have a physical tbr that basically houses all of the books I own that I haven’t read. My online one is more of those books that I think sound good so I add them to an amazon wishlist and then forget about them in six months.
Yep.. 🙈 « oh I wanna read that!! » and then proceed not to even acquire the book 😶 woops
They just sit there forever 😂 I went through my wishlist recently and went “when did I add this to the wishlist?”
ahahah always .. we shall do a clean there every once in a while — in fact, there’s a meme for that ..
Maybe we should do it 😂
I have a readlist and a wishlist too and I try to get as many from the wishlist to the other list but I know I won’t be able to have them all. You also forgot one TBR 😉 The Belgian Reviewer lol :-).
Hahah on my side, I still haven gotten anything from that « looks good » list 🙊 some I actually see them in stores but im like eeerhm. Do I really wanna buy it now 🤔 and I end up.. not buying them..
I agree. Before I was blogging, my “TBR” was the wishlist I had on Goodreads 😀 I didn’t even figure that would be the books I actually own! I didn’t even own as many before I was a blogger 🙂
For me it’s more like “the owned” and “the wishlist” TBRs 😀 I also have different Goodreads shelves for ebooks and print 🙂 but I still consider them the same – the owned TBR 😀
I wasnt aware of goodreads before blogging! So it was basically just the books on my shelf and thats it xD i didnt even had ebooks as I never wanted to try before I started this – only other list I have is which was a library book ahah but I only has one so far..
I definitely have two. 1 being the books I already own and 2 being all the books I’ve added on goodreads and want to read at some point
Yeps, exactly that! But upon buying I dont even look at it and buy something else ..
Hahaha Kristina are your eyes still open by now? And yes I have both or three: one “real” TBR on my Kindle (all the books that I’ve bought on Amazon and will read … one day), a “physical” one on my shelf (sturdy shelf by now with all the books), and one on Goodreads when I see an interesting review and shelve the book “in case of”.
See, I use my kindle only on NetGalley books or review requests xD I haven’t bought anything there yet .. does it count ? haha
And you’re not tired?!! I also have different TBR’s. A virtual one, but also a “soon” TBR and a “I ONEDAY want to read these books – TBR”..
I just specify the books that I eventually want to read as TBR and my “TBR-list” are the books that I will read soon 🙂
🤔 idk why you guys are asking me this 🙈 whatdidIdo?!!
OH. Nevermind, the 3am thing ahah it was scheduled like, last week 😂 so do not worry!
But juust a bit – id feel like napping but I shall leave for work in about 40mins so guess I won’t nap.. hah!
Mmh, good idea. I just have the load on my shelf, which is obviously the most probable id pick up. And then the « virtual » one that id probably wont get as I dont look at it upon bookshopping xd
True! I have a real TBR of books that I have on a shortlist to read, as well as a full everything-i-could-want-to-read that keeps expanding on Goodreads. But in addition to these, I also have a “books I already have” TBR
never too many lists of books ahah, will we get to them all ? probably not xD
I have both lists! Of course they grow all the time, so I think they are starting to meld together into one list… :/ haha
Oh ! mine are probably not going to … *aherm* just because I don’t/won’t buy them xD
sounded good online but .. im picky on what I buy – may get loaned from the library though
My Amazon wish list TBR is probably going to kill my bank balance atm 😉 But completely agree that I have my ‘real’ one in my room!
Uptown Oracle
Dont get me wrong, I love buying my books – but it can take me like 3years of picking said book and reading the blurb over and over until I buy It 😂😂 Idk why im like this.. ahah im really scared to buy something I dont like and am stuck with it ..
I have my library TBR too. 🙂
Oh, I shall have added that one … I do have a list, but only to place which book I did get from the library .. not the other way around xD
I just have one TBR here. Basically it’s that never ending pile of books that I’ll get to. Eventually. 😉
ahaha no deviding it .. all together planning an army 😂😂
Good post! I haven’t actually thought about this much, but yeah… there are different kinds of TBR’s, huh? I think I have a real one written down, a rather haphazard one on Goodreads, and then a theoretical TBR where I see a book that looks good but am too lazy to write it down or add it, and probably will forget it by the next day. Sigh.
Hah! Yes to that third one 😂😂 I do that so often too.. or it does look good but mmh, not too sure if I *reaally* wanna read it/would like it so I don’t add it
i think having a Goodreads really causes people to have these two tpyes as you automaticlaly shelve stuff as “want to read”
but cause i only shelve stuff i own on want to read it means i only have the one tbr muahahah.
wishlists however *sweats nervously*
ahahah well, yes and no ; I think being a blogger makes us more apt to see more books others are reading and wanting to expend our tbr as we wanna read it too xD
But true, I forgot about wishlists here..
Oh yes, I have two kinds of TBRs as well…. well, three, if you think about it? I have the physical TBR, all the physical copies I have that I need to read, the e-books TBRs, a.k.a all of the books waiting on my e-reader to be read and the virtual TBRs, the Goodreads shelf that just keeps on filling itself without me doing anything…. I swear. I just can’t help it and it keeps on growiiiiiiiiiing hahaha 🙂
Hahah ithink thats the bad side of being a book blogger isnt it 😂🙈
Yes yes yes. So in my head I have my Goodreads TBR, which is everything that I want to get my dirty paws on, and then my owned TBR, which is everything I have either physically or already owned on my reading devices.
I do have an ‘owned-tbr’ shelf on Goodreads, but it really isn’t complete either. It’s so interesting to read the comments and see how everyone is the same but also differing slightly at the same time.
Iknow, eh !
I try to keep my owned tbr as accurate as I can xD however I don’t include arc’s … nor review requests now that I think about it..
I’ve never thought about it before but it’s definitely something I do! My Goodreads TBR was full of random books that I knew I was never actually going to read so I had to go back and clean some of it out. I feel like I mostly just know the books I’m going to read and never add them on Goodreads until I’m actually reading them.
mmhmm- I do that with arcs now… and id totally need to do a peak and clean that ahaha. there’s probably some I dont even know what that is anymore; and I only got it later last year .. *aherm* oops ? xD