Let’s Talk Bookish is a weekly bookish meme originally created by Rukky @ Eternity Books and hosted by Aria @ Book Nook Bits, where every Friday, bloggers write discussion posts based on a weekly prompt and Dini @ dinipandareads has cohosted since the beginning of 2025.
This week’s topic is:
October 10: TBR Roulette
Prompts: What makes you keep a book on your TBR? Find a random number generator, put in the number of books on your TBR and roll 5 times! Note down the book each number corresponds to on your list (or just pick 5 books at random off your TBR) and tell us: what made you add the book to your shelf—was it a cover add? Does it have your favourite tropes? How long has it been on your TBR? If it has been on your TBR for a long time, do you still want to read it or have you lost interest?
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What makes you keep a book on your TBR?
I have no clue! lol My TBR is not something that is organized, or something I check – though maybe I should but I think it gets so overwhelming to know all the books I want to read and haven’t gotten to! So the books just stay there, unless I do a whole motivated look at my “want to read” Goodreads list. Thing is – that list isn’t exactly accurate either, there are so many books I want to read that I haven’t noted down in Goodreads.
If it has been on your TBR for a long time, do you still want to read it or have you lost interest?
I’m not going to do the number generator prompt but I’ll answer this question – if a book has been on my TBR for a long time, usually I don’t want to read it. But maybe because I have too many arcs to read and no time to really reach far back into my TBR list.
October Topics:
October 3: Authors Branching Out (Melanie @ Melanie’s Book Blog)
Prompts: How do you feel when an author you love does something new and not at all like their previous work? Do you still read all their books, or do you stop after a point? If they write in a new genre that you don’t read, do you read it for the author, or stop following every title the author releases (in the new genre)? What are some of your favourite books where the author veered away from their previous work quite drastically?
October 10: TBR Roulette
Prompts: What makes you keep a book on your TBR? Find a random number generator, put in the number of books on your TBR and roll 5 times! Note down the book each number corresponds to on your list (or just pick 5 books at random off your TBR) and tell us: what made you add the book to your shelf—was it a cover add? Does it have your favourite tropes? How long has it been on your TBR? If it has been on your TBR for a long time, do you still want to read it or have you lost interest?
October 17: Oh, the Horror (Snapdragon @ Snapdragon Alcove)
Prompts: Do you read horror? What do you think of when you hear the word horror? Are there any books you read that are not practically horror but have some horror element in them?
October 24: Recapping Anticipated Reads
Prompts: With two months left in the year following October, let’s recap your anticipated releases so far. How have you fared with your most anticipated releases in 2025—have they mostly met with your expectations or have you been let down? Were you surprised by 2025 releases you weren’t anticipating but ended up being more enjoyable than expected? Are there any 2025 releases you’re still waiting on? If you like, share your top 2025 releases so far!
October 31: Halloween Freebie! 👻
Prompts: Happy Halloween, folks! 🎃 To celebrate the spooky fest, we’re making today a Halloween freebie! You can check out our blogs for inspiration (Aria and Dini) or write about something else you’re interested in!
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I resonate with the last bit you’re saying, but I found some hidden gems in the past few months that have been rotting on my TBR for sometimes even up to 7 years. So you will never know what you’ll find there!
My LTB: https://laurieisreading.com/2025/10/10/lets-talk-bookish-tbr-roulette/
I’m so bad at going to Goodreads and looking at my list! lol
My Goodreads list isn’t the most up-to-date anymore either and I’ve recently been very terrible at even keeping track of the books I’ve read on there let alone the ones I want to read! 🤭 You’ve probably got it right with not keeping books you’ve had for years on your TBR. I’ve found out this year that I’m not gelling with backlist books the way I thought I would and so I feel like I’ve outgrown them now. I should just start cleaning up the list more! Great post and thanks for joining LTB this week 🙂
Yes I have a fear that if I read something from 10 years ago, I just won’t gel with it. I did a Goodreads clean up in the beginning of the year but I still have to do more!
Yeah, I totally get it! I’ve not even read books from 10 years ago but even ones from 5 year ago I’ve already not gelled with. It could also be the genre though but definitely another good reason to clear out that TBR shelf 🤭
I feel you on the not keeping the tbr very organized. I started out with a very polished spreadsheet and now it’s devolved into a sporadically updated notes app entry on my phone, haha. I can’t find it in myself to take books off despite how long it gets. Overwhelming is definitely the right word to use XD
I’m glad I’m not alone on an unorganized tbr list! lol…I have the “want to read” list on Goodreads and then I have a notebook somewhere that I use when I remember to note down a book I want to read. I think a note apps entry would work better for me, thanks for the idea! 😅