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I am on a quest to Read and Reduce my TBR list! I will pick out a few books at a time to give my attention to and decide if my passion for the book burns bright or has fizzled out. I will share my decisions and hopefully inspire others to add or cull it from your lists. This post will all be horror books! I'm excited to dive back into this genre just in time for the seasons to change. I'm starting with 553 books on my list.  I. Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle Fantasy, Romance, Horror - 400 pages - Published in 2025 Konstantin Duhovny is a haunted man. His father died when he was ten, and ghosts have been hovering around Kostya ever since. Kostya can’t exactly see the ghosts, but he can taste their favorite foods. Flavors of meals he’s never eaten will flood his mouth, a sign that a spirit is present. Kostya has kept these aftertastes a secret for most of his life, but one night, he decides to act on what he’s tasting. And everything changes. Kostya discovers that he can reunite pe...

I am on a quest to Read and Reduce my TBR list! I will pick out a few books at a time to give my attention to and decide if my passion for the book burns bright or has fizzled out. I will share my decisions and hopefully inspire others to add or cull it from your lists. I'm starting with 560 books on my list.  I. Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky  Horror, Thriller, Mystery - 705 pages - Published in 2019 Christopher is seven years old. Christopher is the new kid in town. Christopher has an imaginary friend. We can swallow our fear or let our fear swallow us. Single mother Kate Reese is on the run. Determined to improve life for her and her son, Christopher, she flees an abusive relationship in the middle of the night with her child. Together, they find themselves drawn to the tight-knit community of Mill Grove, Pennsylvania. It's as far off the beaten track as they can get. Just one highway in, one highway out. At first, it seems like the perfect place to finally settle down...

Last year, I went on a journey through all the dusty old websites I have ever used to create the ultimate list of every book I've ever wanted to read. What started as scattered lists became one master TBR. My own personal treasure trove of stories that I have wanted to discover.  Currently, I use Storygraph and Goodreads, but I ultimately decided to move my entire TBR to Goodreads because their shelves already held so many of the titles I wish to explore. I pulled books from old accounts from when I was a teenager, plus my more recent obsessions, and ended up with over 700 books. A true mountain of stories. I managed to whittle down to around 500, but then I went to the Red Dirt Romance Book Event. I am currently sitting at 560 books that I want to read. On top of this, I have 25 unread books in my personal collection that I have not read and I really want to! I do have a few rules for what can be on my TBR. Such as, it can only include the first book in a series or the next book...