What Book has been on your Goodreads/bookshelf the longest.

Shepherdjel · March 2014

We all have that one book (or many) that is on our to read shelf that has been there FOREVER but you still haven't read. Lets list them, maybe someone can convince us that it is actually really good and should hop to!

**this is for you @SnShne322 ;-)

Shepherdjel · March 2014

The one that is on my Goodreads that has been there the longest (that I don't own) is Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins. I have NO idea why I still haven't picked this up! I loved Anna and know I will love this! It has been on there since 9/14/2011 :-(

SnShne322 · March 2014

The oldest on my list is Witch Fire by Anya Bast. It looks interesting, but something else always catches my eye more. It's been there since 5/20/2010.

EliStar · March 2014

The oldest on my TBR list is The Kite Runner - added 3/18/10.

booneybear · March 2014

I have about 552 books on my tbr list that were all added on March 31, 2009....ok, maybe not exactly 552 but close enough.

booneybear · March 2014

EliStar said:

The oldest on my TBR list is The Kite Runner - added 3/18/10.

I would encourage you to read this, but I didn't enjoy it in the least and because I love you, I wouldn't want to encourage you to suffer through this book.

EliStar · March 2014

booneybear said: EliStar said: The oldest on my TBR list is The Kite Runner - added 3/18/10. I would encourage you to read this, but I didn't enjoy it in the least and because I love you, I wouldn't want to encourage you to suffer through this book.

I read A Thousand Splendid Suns and though I thought it was brilliant, it was SO DEPRESSING. Which is why I haven't read this one.

beebe918 · March 2014

My oldest is Ditched: A Love Story and I haven't read it yet because my library doesn't have a copy and it isn't even available to suggest they buy it.

I'm not sure if it's worth owning? Although it's only $0.75 on half.com.

jenndawnp · March 2014

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas added 12/31/2010.

MrsJenE · March 2014

EliStar said:

booneybear said:

EliStar said:

The oldest on my TBR list is The Kite Runner - added 3/18/10.

I would encourage you to read this, but I didn't enjoy it in the least and because I love you, I wouldn't want to encourage you to suffer through this book.

I read A Thousand Splendid Suns and though I thought it was brilliant, it was SO DEPRESSING. Which is why I haven't read this one. Don't. Just don't.

MrsJenE · March 2014

The Bell Jar

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Bel Canto

The Secret History

All added in July 2009.

RiverPlate · March 2014

About half of my books look like they were added Feb. 2, 2010. There must have been a system re-set that day.

Also, it says I've been reading American Lion since Dec. 17, 2009. I can't remember the last time I picked this book up.

Kate&Mark · March 2014

Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee - added Jan 2010

I still want to read it - I just always pick up something else instead.

booneybear · March 2014

MrsJenE said:

EliStar said:

booneybear said:

EliStar said:

The oldest on my TBR list is The Kite Runner - added 3/18/10.

I would encourage you to read this, but I didn't enjoy it in the least and because I love you, I wouldn't want to encourage you to suffer through this book.

I read A Thousand Splendid Suns and though I thought it was brilliant, it was SO DEPRESSING. Which is why I haven't read this one.

Don't. Just don't. I just read his latest (And the Mountains Echoed) for my IRL book club and wanted to poke my eyes out.

Shepherdjel · March 2014

jenndawnp said:

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas added 12/31/2010.

I listened to this and actually quite enjoyed it...isn't it really short too? Do it ;-)

Lauren620 · March 2014

Fateful by Claudia Gray. There is something about a book with werewolves on the Titanic that I just can't seem to pick it up to read or take it off my TBR list.

GreenBride624 · March 2014

I'm not very good about adding books to my TBR shelf. The oldest are from 12/28/07 & they are books 6,7 & 8 in the Anne of Green Gables series.

fabk · March 2014

I have 47 books added on Nov 25 2010. However I have been meaning to read Don Quixote since I went to Spain in hs. I keep trying and can't get through it.

lab7979 · March 2014

The Help. I don't know why I haven't read it yet. I know it was popular. I think it's probably because I saw the movie first and now it's kind of ruined the excitement of reading the book.

dmlk413 · March 2014

The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman. It's been on there since July 22, 2009. There are a few others from that same month but that one is at the top. I read another one of her books and really struggled with it which is why I've been putting off reading it.

ThisModernLove · March 2014

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
No Country for Old Men - Cormac McCarthy
Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer

All added August 3, 2009

I feel like I should at least read one of these soon..

Shepherdjel · March 2014

lab7979 said:

The Help. I don't know why I haven't read it yet. I know it was popular. I think it's probably because I saw the movie first and now it's kind of ruined the excitement of reading the book.

I hate when this happens! You should still read it though, especially if you liked the movie! :-)

jenndawnp · March 2014

Shepherdjel said:

jenndawnp said:

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas added 12/31/2010.

I listened to this and actually quite enjoyed it...isn't it really short too? Do it ;-)

I really have every intention to read this, but there is always something else to read.

packfan20 · March 2014

Why the Sky is Blue by Susan Meissner. Been there since July 2009. I should probably remove it because Amazon doesn't even sell it anymore and the library doesn't have it.

Nova726 · March 2014

I just recently cleaned up my TBR list and got it down to about 400 books, I know there are a lot books that I should take off but can't bring myself to do it.

I'm pretty sure that I own the 4 oldest books on my list, which just makes it worse that I haven't read them:

5/28/2008 - Why Buildings Fall Down: Why Structures Fail

6/11/2008 - A Confederacy of Dunces

6/24/2008 - Just Do It: How One Couple Turned Off the TV and Turned On Their Sex Lives For 101 Days

6/28/08 - The Red Tent

BabyRN2006 · March 2014

My oldest TBR are Birthmarked, Enclave, and Remember Me, all added on 3/2/12. I own Enclave but not the others, and I just got Enclave recently because it was a deal on nook.

jenndawnp · March 2014

Shepherdjel said:

lab7979 said:

The Help. I don't know why I haven't read it yet. I know it was popular. I think it's probably because I saw the movie first and now it's kind of ruined the excitement of reading the book.

I hate when this happens! You should still read it though, especially if you liked the movie! :-)

This happened to me with Memoirs of Geisha, that's also been on my to read list forever.

sagoon · March 2014

Adam Bede - George Eliot
A Brief History of Time - Stephen Hawking
A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo

All from 1 April 2012. Hopefully I'll get to them this year.

sassypants527 · March 2014

lab7979 said:

The Help. I don't know why I haven't read it yet. I know it was popular. I think it's probably because I saw the movie first and now it's kind of ruined the excitement of reading the book.

The book was so much better (I know, I know, everyone says this about books vs. movies).

sassypants527 · March 2014

I have A Certain Slant of Light that's been on my TBR since October 24, 2008. I think someone on here recommended it and I added it but haven't been motivated to read it yet. I also have The Old Man and the Sea and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time since March 2009. Both really short, and yet, nope, haven't read them.

j*&p* · March 2014

The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz. I have it sitting on a shelf waiting for me, but haven't picked it up yet.

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