My Musings - To-Be-Read Jar

Here is an idea to help you with your TBR pile or your reading
challenges.

If you have a pile of books, literally or virtually, this idea might help you wade through those books and get them read.  The idea is just like taking a name out of a hat - or jar in this case.

You can put all the names of your books (physical print books or ebooks) into a jar and when you are ready to start a new one, you withdraw the name of the book to read. Writing them out could take a long time, so probably typing them up would be better with plenty of space to cut the book names apart and fold them for the jar.

-- Helps you pick the next book to read.

-- Even if every-other book you read is from your TBR-Jar, you are working through your piles.

-- While you're at it, weed through your shelves and get rid of those books you will never read and can't fathom why you bought in the first place.

-- You get a sense of accomplishment with each one you complete.

You can take this idea a little further if you have different genre's like romance, cozy mystery, historical fiction, and fantasy.  Create a jar specifically for each genre, then you can draw a name from the genre you're in the mood for.  Another version would be a jar for each reading challenge and placing the books you planed for that challenge in the corresponding jar. 

You can pick smaller jars or big according to your needs and an office supply store will have a variety of labels, from simple to decorative, to specify what genre, reading challenge, or just "TBR Jar".  You could even have a jar to place all your completed books into that will show your overall progress.   

You can get fancy and use the origami "Lucky Stars" folding with colored paper strips for your books (colors by genre or by reading challenge) to make them fun and playful.

I hope this is helpful, enjoy.

Here is a short video showing how to fold the Lucky Star if you would like.