A week after I decided to sort out my TBR pile in order to work out what I wanted to keep and what I wanted to throw away, I've finally finished the exercise.
My TBR pile comprises around 350 books, which is roughly 100 more than I thought I owned! There's an additional 50 or so that have been weeded out to donate to Oxfam when I've got the energy to lug them up to my local store.
My TBR is now able to be housed entirely in my flat (hooray), instead of being put into storage, with a little help from Ikea's Expedit TV storage unit and a matching shelving unit. The shelves in both are so deep it is possible to double stack everything -- one "box" can effectively hold around 30 books.
The books that don't fit, about 100 of them, are stacked on top of my wardrobe, and I've created a little pile on my dresser of review copies waiting to be read. I've put all my hardcover books, about 20 or so, in a separate box. I feel much happier knowing that if I suddenly want to read a particular book, say Jennifer Johnston's Shadows on Our Skin, I'll know roughly where it is in the house. This hasn't always been the case.
If you're interested in taking a peek at what's in the stack, the complete list is now available on "My TBR pile" page. Comments about what I should read next are more than welcome.
