It’s once again time for my favorite feature: Tackling the TBR! There’s nothing I love more than picking out which books to read next, and this slightly organized method of reading has really amped my enjoyment to the next level. Bring on the mantras!

Read the best books first.
&
Life is too short to read books you’re not enjoying.

However you put together your TBR for the next month, the goal is to reduce the amount of obligation in reading and increase the fun.

Here’s a look at how the system works:

1. Identify the titles that take top priority in your TBR.
2. Combine them all in your own Tackling the TBR post.
3. Throughout the month pick from that pile as the mood strikes you.

Here’s what mine looks like:

June 2019 TBR Tackler Shelf:

Priority Titles!!!

The Reserve…

Last month I read all 5 of my top priorities… and then some! This system is definitely working for me. I did noticed I’m getting really tired of trying to finish out incomplete series, and had I not been forcing myself to slog through the same old stuff, I might’ve read more. So for this month’s priorities I added a few new series to start (Clean Sweep and Sins of Empire – books I’ve been wanting to read for months), and I’m stoked. My reserve list is slowly shrinking, and I’m hoping to whittle away at it until I get down to 5 or so. I’ve also been reading a bunch of self-help books lately, which is definitely cutting into my spec-fic time…but I’m enjoying them too much to stop.

Have a great month in reading!

by Niki Hawkes