This week marks 5 years since the start of Let’s Talk Bookish. In celebration of this, I’ll be diving into the rich archives of this meme from Monday to Friday and choose several old topics to either discuss for the first time or revisit. Today I go back to February 19, 2021 where we discussed if big TBRs are a result of abibliophobia. This topic has been suggested by Jillian @ The Bookish Butterfly. I think I haven’t done this topic before, certainly not on this blog.

Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly meme that was originally created and hosted by Rukky @ Eternity Books starting in August 2019, and was then cohosted by Dani @ Literary Lion from May 2020 to March 2022. Since April 2022, the meme moved to another host, Aria @ Book Nook Bits. Let’s Talk Bookish is a meme where participants discuss certain topics, share their opinions, and share their love by visiting each other’s posts.

Prompts: Do you have abibliophobia? Do you add books to your TBR to keep it big, or is it a place where you keep books that seem interesting? Do you have multiple TBRs? If you don’t have a TBR, how do you find your next read?

Do you have abibliophobia?

No, I don’t have the fear I’ll be running out of reading material. There is so much to read, but there are also so many other things to do. I fear that I won’t finish my TBR more really.

Do you add books to your TBR to keep it big, or is it a place where you keep books that seem interesting?

No, I don’t keep my TBR big on purpose. In fact, I add a book whenever it sounds appealing to me. When I just want to doom scroll, I often scroll Goodreads to find potential inspiration for what to read and discover new books. Every now and then I clean it out though, because a book doesn’t speak to me anymore or it has been on the TBR for ages and I don’t own a copy.

Do you have multiple TBRs?

Oh please no! I just have one big pile, that’s more than enough for me! This way, the chances I would neglect a TBR or certain books will be more slim.

If you don’t have a TBR, how do you find your next read?

As I already discussed last Friday when discussing mood reading, I have one big TBR and choose whatever I want to read whenever I want to read said book. I am still a huge mood reader though, but I keep chosing the books from the TBR and barely out of nowhere.

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So, what about you? Do you have abibliophobia? And do you keep your TBR big on purpose or is it just a place for books that seem interesting to you? Do you have multiple TBRs? Let’s discuss!