haha omg – I feel your pain! The grass is totally always greener on the other side LOL. I have only recently decided to start working through my physical TBR pile. They have never really been a priority before because I know they'll always be there – a strange logic considering they're the ones I've invested the most money in. I have been recently trying to work my way through my "shortlist" – a single shelf set aside for high priority titles. So far, I've only felt a sense of accomplishment getting through those books rather than disappointment that they're gone ha ha. I can totally see how that might be the case! Great topic :-)

What great goals for 2017! I especially like the "buy better books" as I have struggled with that one in the past. I was a bookseller for eleven years and got into the habit of buying everything I thought I MIGHT want to read. Now I'm stuck looking at shelves packed with unread books that just don't interest me anymore. My solution of late has been only buy books I've read first (thank goodness for my library's extensive digital and audio collection). Anyway, good luck on your goals!! :-)

Haha I've done the exact same thing. A couple of years ago I had this morbid epiphany that I may not have a chance to read all the books on my list, so I started focusing on just the best ones first and abandoning a bunch of others. It seriously has majorly improved my overall reading experience/ratings. I was kind of the opposite, having a lot MORE books than I thought I would. But it did allow me to prioritize, and if I can get through just the high priority ones within the next year, I'll be happy. :-)

It sounds accurate, and the only reason I'm being extra nosy is because the format for your list looks really similar to the one I just created on there (down to the brackets around the series numbers) and we are friends on Goodreads already, so I thought the chances were good. I thought maybe you were even a part of the group and I just didn't know it. The hilarious thing to me is that you found it through a Google search. The members of that group do discuss a lot of excellent high fantasy books, but still… Too funny!

Anyway, love your content, and am glad to see you somewhat back from hiatus! :)

Great list! And way to go on putting down books you're just not enjoying. I actually see a few on there I forgot to include on my own list. Did you see the challenge on the Fantasy Buddy Reads group? Because you can totally create your own shelf on there and we will all commiserate/celebrate with you as you work your way through these series. :-)

Yeah, if I can't even understand what the author is trying to say half the time (seriously, how do some of these people get published?) I'm definitely not willing to read anything else by them ha ha. If I find myself not connecting with the characters, I will usually still be willing to continue on with the story, but it doesn't usually get high priority.

I know what you mean about series that change POV characters with each book… It just seems to suck the fun out of reading them sometimes because I tend to latch on to whoever gets the first perspective. I really want to continue on with Kelley Armstrong's Women of the Otherworld series because I absolutely love to the first two books, but I don't know that I'll be excited to read about other characters, even though she's a superb writer. That problem almost seems to go off topic though, lol.

Okay, fine. I'll read Cress! You've convinced me haha. I don't know why I've been stalling for so long…
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Great topic! It's actually something I've been thinking about a lot lately. I think it comes down to WHY I didn't like a book that will determine whether or not I read something else by them. If it's just an issue with story and choices the author made, I'm totally game to pick up another book/series by them. If it's a problem with the writing, like a lack of world building, character development, etc., then I'm really hesitant to read anything else by them (especially considering all the amazing unread books still sitting on my shelves ;-) ) the most recent example I can think of is Jennifer Estep. I abandoned the final book in her Frost series because I just couldn't take the repetition and lack of any real substance anymore. Simultaneously, I decided that, even though I enjoyed the first book in her Spider series, I wouldn't continue on, fearing that it would wind up frustrating me for the same reasons. To another one of your points, if I read an awesome first book, but the second one let me down, I almost always give the author one more chance because I know that at least at some point I've enjoyed them (most recent example for that is Rebel Belle and Miss Mayhem by Hawkins... Although that's kind of cheating because I loved her Hex Hall series). In any case, as guilty as I feel about abandoning the series/author I always have to remind myself how many unread books I have from authors I absolutely adore, and then I feel better. :-)

PS, I enjoyed both Cinder and Scarlet, but hear I haven't seen anything until I've read Cress, lol.
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Exactly – owning them seems to take away all the thrill of the hunt LOL. I'm always surprised at the books that end up unread that I would've categorized as "must read ASAP." I blame all of the awesome releases – I just don't have time to get to them all ::sobs::
I spent three days making a TBR jar only to discover that it doesn't work for me ha ha. I kept drawing out obscure books that were nowhere near my top priority list and wound up never reading any of them. I've been trying a new abbreviated TBR jar system where I select only my top priority books and then pick from that… It's been working well so far..
It's cool that you're making your way through your collection, though. I think you should reward yourself with a few new books. ;-)
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Yay! I love it when sequels are better than the firsts! Fablehaven was great. I'm like you in that I really appreciate middle grade but can't really get into them because they're too juvenile. I have The Avatar Battle lined up on my TBR Shortlist as we speak… Wish me luck! :-)
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There is something really satisfying about completing a post ahead of schedule, although I think having to go back and edit them like you had to do would feel really counterproductive. I have tried to be a post scheduler several times, but I always have the same problem of being too impatient. As soon as I write them, I want to share them NOW, regardless of how many posts I've already done for that week. It's a weird mentality because it always stresses me out when I have one written that hasn't been shared yet. It's in total opposition to how I approach work and home, lol.
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Yes!!! I'm so glad to hear someone else has this problem. I have a huge list of books that need to be purchased immediately upon their release date, but more often than not they sit on my shelves unread. It doesn't make any sense! I think physically bringing them home and placing them on my shelf takes away a lot of stress – I know it's always going to be there whenever I'm ready to pick it up so my brain is free to focus on books with time constraints like arcs and library books. It starts to bother me when I haven't read any books from my physical collection in a while, haha. That's actually something I've been trying to remedy with my Tackling the TBR posts because the books I deem worth spending money on really should get a higher priority than anything else, you know? Excellent topic – my name is Niki and I've had "Oooooh, shiny" syndrome for as long as I can remember… :-)
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