I decided to start this meme, inspired by book blogger Davida, at The Chocolate Lady’s Book Review Blog, herself inspired by a couple of other bloggers (see here for instance). I plan to post about it on Saturdays, except the 1st Sat of the month, when I usually feature another meme.

The rules are simple:

1. Sort your Goodreads TBR shelf from oldest to new
2. Pick the first 5 or 10 (or whatever number you choose, depending on how large your list is) books you see
3. Decide whether to keep them or get rid of them.

READ OR SKIP #1

#readorskip

Along the years, I have edited a lot my Goodreads TBR, but as you can see, we are still going back to history, as my oldest titles were added 8 years ago… So I thought this exercise would be well worth it. And I need your help!

1) The Thirteenth Tale

• Bloggers have been recently raving about her latest book, Once Upon a River!
• “a love letter to reading”
• a historical mystery, it seems
• BUT 400 pages, so it better be very good
  READ

2) Love in the Time of Cholera

• A classic
• I really enjoyed One Hundred Years of Solitude
  READ

3) Fingerprints of the Gods: Evidence of Earth’s Lost Civilization

• “Connecting puzzling clues scattered throughout the world, Hancock discovers compelling evidence of a technologically and culturally advanced civilization that was destroyed and obliterated from human memory”. That’s compelling, even though I may consider it at the edge of nonfiction and fantasy, or pure madness!
• I read his The Sign and The Seal, and was captivated by it
• Very high rating
  Probably READ

4) The Rest is Noise

• “The end result is not so much a history of twentieth-century music as a history of the twentieth century through its music”. That could be an interesting and original overview of the century, especially as I like music
• High rating
• BUT big book
  Probably READ

5) So Many Books, So Little Time

• A book about books!
• My friend Readerbuzz loved it
• BUT there are tons of similar and more recent books out there, with a higher rating
  Probably SKIP

So now, I need your input, especially for #3, 4, and 5 to finalize my decision.
I will inform you of my final choice when I publish the next post for this meme.
I have created a poll on Twitter for #5. Please go and vote

HAVE YOU READ THESE?
READ OR SKIP?
I ALSO WELCOME SUGGESTIONS
FOR GOOD BOOKS ON SIMILAR THEMES