Project Read the TBR: mid-year check in

I’ve been reading books from my TBR for over six months now, and I’m keeping myself accountable by posting periodically what I’ve read. We’re closing in on the end of July now so that seems as good a time as any to bring you all up to date.

Without further ado, here’s the tally since the end of May:

Cover of The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison — The Goblin Emperor - Katherine Addison

Cover of Song of the Sycamore by Edward Cox — Song of the Sycamore - Edward Cox

Cover of The Cardinal's Blades by Pierre Pevel — The Cardinal's Blades - Pierre Pevel

Cover of Exit Strategy by Martha Wells — Exit Strategy - Martha Wells

Cover of The Wild Remedy by Emma Mitchell — The Wild Remedy - Emma Mitchell

Cover of In the Society of Women by Krista D Ball — In the Society of Women - Krista D Ball

Cover of We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson — We Ride the Storm - Devin Madson

Cover of A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab — A Darker Shade of Magic - VE Schwab

Cover of Seraphina's Lament by Sarah Chorn — Seraphina's Lament - Sarah Chorn

Cover of Ryan's Christmas by LJ Ross — Ryan's Christmas - LJ Ross

Cover of A Hidden Hope by Laura Ambrose — A Hidden Hope - Laura Ambrose

Cover of The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon — The Bone Season - Samantha Shannon

Cover of The Sweet Scent of Blood by Suzanne McLeod — The Sweet Scent of Blood - Suzanne McLeod

Cover of The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S Tepper — The Gate to Women's Country - Sheri S Tepper

Cover of The Ill-Made Knight by Christian Cameron — The Ill-Made Knight - Christian Cameron

Cover of The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell — The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell

As you can see, I have read sixteen TBR books since my last update, but my Goodreads shelf ‘Mount Toberead’ only reduced by eight to 111. Either I have been remiss in keeping it up to date, or I actually have more books waiting to be read than I realised. Oh dear.

Fortunately, last weekend Rob helped me rearrange the bookshelves so that all my unreads are in one place, which has made it much easier to go through them all. I discovered several books I had been gifted and hadn’t added to the list, plus a couple erroneously marked as read which shouldn’t have been. Mount Toberead now numbers 119 again.

On the one hand, yay, more to read! But on the other, ugh, I’m not going to get it cleared this year, which means the TBR will get out of hand again. As a consequence of Project Read the TBR, I have discovered some two dozen new series I had been sleeping on, and now want to continue. The Tower and Knife, Spellcrackers, Eternal Sky, The Divine Cities, Livi Talbot, Rook & Rose, Redwinter et al, I’m looking at you.

But honestly, what a delightful problem to have.