tbr jar picks my july reads 🗓️✨📖 clear the cart episode 02

yay for episode 02 of my Clear the Cart TBR challenge! I’m starting off with a June progress update and thennnn we’re choosing my July TBR together using my new TBR jar!
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[@foulmouthednewenglander4392]

I would stick with the original 60. That way you know you there is turnover and you don’t have books waiting years to be read

[@jessmmassey]

Ooo yeah this is a good point!

[@deannamattern6903]

​@@jessmmasseyHi Mrs.Jessica I miss you I want you to come visit us again

[@bemysbookshelf]

reading the highest and lowest rated would be a perfect excuse for a separate video!! ;)

[@jessmmassey]

👀🤭

[@christinaoneil5347]

It could be cool to set the new books aside into a pile & toss a few wild card prompts into the jar. So you’re not adding more to the original 60, but still have a chance to cycle in something new you’re excited about!

[@jessmmassey]

This is a fun idea! 👏🏼

[@blissmore6133]

“ A lapse in self control but we’re all just doing our best “ 😂😂😂 I love this!

[@jessmmassey]

😂😅

[@KennedyGregson]

I’d stick with the original 60 and try not to buy (hence the purpose of this challenge) then remember you’ll have Christmas to get a bunch of new books!!

[@berna_bookish]

I'm completely supporting you in finishing the TBR! You should do a 24 hour reading marathon every week to finish the books 😉😊 I am also finishing my 2024 TBR

[@jessmmassey]

If I didn’t have a toddler I totally would 😂 mama needs her sleep, lol!

[@ReaderandWriter.]

I have an Audible TBR, a Libby TBR, and a tiny physical TBR. If I like the book a lot, it helps the itch to buy books so I can add it to my shelf. Libby helps me weed out the books that are new and can make me buy a physical copy, which I don't want to do in case I don't like the book. The number of the entire TBR is around 350. It seems a lot however, my Goodreads goal is 200 and me being at 96 so far, I'll be able to make a sizeable dent into that TBR. Pre-order books that are being released next year, deep dive and pre-order just so you know you have those "itches" bought and paid for. You don't know if you'll DNF something or if you'll get into a slump. DNF if it's putting you in a slump and save yourself the anxiety. 9 books is doable a month, you may surpass that so leave the cap open incase a month needs less reading. Also, if you power through that 60, you may have room to read more.

[@Vivsbooks]

The Gilmore girls book looks so cute, I love the show! The idea with the sticky notes is genius, I'll do that next time too!! Happy reading! :)

[@margotgabriellaponcelet1280]

you could put aside the money you usually spend per month on books. That way: if you finish the challenge, you can go feral in a book store to stack your cart for 2025

[@margotgabriellaponcelet1280]

but everything you actually buy this year, you have to read

[@ecr.7695]

I'm so glad that the written pre-order idea is useful...even though you didn't used it that much for the July TBR 😆. I think that 62 is not a bad number for the rest of the year and 9 books to be read each month is a feasible goal. I also liked Steph's idea of the allocation of bought books, with the focus being on spontaneous purchases (if you meet your goal, allocate books to either 2024/2025 TBR). I would still have any pre-order books and any bought books related to series you are reading be automatically included in the 2024 TBR cart choices. Have a great time reading your TBR 🙏💛!

[@rainybluereads]

Every time you look past serpents and the wings of night my heart goes 😭 lol- I can’t wait to see what you think of that one it’s my favorite series ever! I have like three special editions lol

[@rainybluereads]

Also you should totally make a new cart with new books you buy for next year so that you have books to choose from- you could always switch out a new book with one from the current 60 and move that to the next year cart if one sparks your interest more?

[@jessmmassey]

@@rainybluereads I swear I will read it soon just for you 😂

[@StephLyons]

What about for every month where you meet your goal 1 of what you buy goes to the new cart? But if theres excess it goes to the current cart? Or something like that ❤ so if you read 9 books this month and buy 2, 1 of the books goes to the cart that you "have to read" for the challenge but because you met your goal the other is on the 2025 cart.

[@StephLyons]

I'm really bad at explaining rn😂

[@jessmmassey]

I follow what you're saying! I like this idea 👀👏🏼

[@TabithaCarnes]

I like Steph's idea!

[@VicandWes]

I like this idea! ❤️

[@carriehagstrom9777]

Love this! This was so fun!

[@inkyfairydesigns]

Yay!!! I was excited to get a mid month update. I think your July TBR looks great. Love the TBR jar prompts.

[@jessmmassey]

I’m already so excited to use the jar again for August 😂

[@raelynmarie16]

If you are going in order for the Chestnut Springs, Powerless is actually the 3rd book in the series :)

[@jessmmassey]

watch til the end - I figure this out, lollll 😅

[@daydreaminjolie139]

In five years got me back into reading in 2021! I loved it 🫶🏼

[@paigejordan5221]

I think you should count any you buy before the beginning of December to finish in 2024, to try to curb the spending. Then after christmas, you can do a huge shopping haul to buy books for 2025 and add in all the books you get for christmas as well ❤

[@bobafett4812]

kingdom of ash is worth every second!!

[@lovablereader1]

I' excited to see what you think about your picks. I hope that you enjoy them

[@jessmmassey]

🫶 thank you! I'm already excited to film the wrap up and I haven't even read them yet, hahah

[@ashleybarman4588]

I love this series! New subscriber after watching the first video you started in this series, I'm glad to find another good booktuber. My physical TBR is probably about 200 😅 Hearing you speak about wanting to reconcile your reading habit vs your buying books habit is going to be a good influence on me I think. Looking forward to the next episode! 💙

[@jessmmassey]

Yay so happy to have you here! Let’s see if I can actually clear the cart! 🤭👏🏼

[@arianabillings979]

Keep the original 60! If you read any new ones that’s just a plus 🤩

[@kaylabaptista4900]

I think it would be so fun for this to be a yearly challenge that you really focus on starting June of each year! That being said, I think you should start with the original 60 and add anything that comes after to a new TBR cart for 2025, including any pre-orders that you didn't mention in the first video. I also think it would be smart to maybe cap yourself on how many books you buy in a month so that you don't have to push too hard the second half of the year to read a bunch you don't have time for (but pre-orders don't count lol). If you allowed yourself to buy let's say 5 new books a month, that would already leave you with 35 new books on next year's TBR, not including any pre-orders that come out next year. Then if you only start this challenge in June, you have the whole first half of the year to read at your leisure all these books and it won't make reading stressful or not as enjoyable. Knowing that you average about 8 books a month anyway, I would maybe say you could get away with a cap of like 2 books a week which would put you at 8-10 new books a month aka your next months TBR already planned out lol man I wish I only had 60 books on my TBR...I'm afraid to count what I have to read still 😅

[@jessmmassey]

I like this logic! Still getting to enjoy book shopping this year (6 months without book shopping sounds so sad 😭) but with limits on it!

[@nataliabertrand]

This is such a fun challenge! I’m currently reading acosf ❤

[@jessmmassey]

I finished that earlier this year! How are you liking it?

[@Paigesopenbook]

I think sticking to your original 60 makes sense in terms of the challenge but for buying new books, I think you can make it a little treat/reward for yourself. If you read 8-9 books that month then you can buy 1-2 new books that month for your 2025 TBR

[@mrssparkles6488]

I feel the same way about the word 'the' in the book title

[@bonnt10]

I LOVED In 5 years. I read it in one sitting. I am also scared to read red rising!! Good luck with your tandem read, I’ll never go back to reading them separately!

[@jessmmassey]

Omg one sitting! Okay cool, I hope I love it too - it’ll be ready for me on Libby in 2 weeks so I’m gonna read it on my kindle at the start of July!

[@makaylarox97]

Highly recommend listening to the graphic audio for Red Rising!

[@starlasell5698]

❤📚📚❤️ Enjoy!

[@cecilielundkrager1944]

I worked in a library and "the" didn't count when placing books

[@amandabacon6701]

I think you should keep the cart as is. Stack up your new purchases and if you read all the books for the month, then you can add in a new book from the stack if you’re in the mood.

[@karaemens2981]

I tried the tandem read too and as soon as one book started to get good, it was time to switch. I eventually gave up and stuck with empire of storms and finished listening to tower of dawn on audiobook. It helped me read it faster.

[@jessmmassey]

I did snag tower of dawn on audible - we’re going on a road trip next week so maybe I should focus on trying to finish empire of storms this week on my kindle and listening to tower of dawn on the drive 🤔 you’ve got me thinking!

[@kcriems4813]

KOA is so so good, but best of luck finishing the tandem read and KOA... and the others :D I personally DNF's Five Years and it takes a lot for me to DNF a book - hopefully you enjoy it more!

[@BettyHonest]

I think if you buy a book in 2024 and it’s released that year, it goes to the cart/towards the challenge. You could just go on a book buying spree in Nov/Dec for 2025 TBR As a mood reader myself, I cannot stick to a predetermined TBR. I will just rebel (against myself, I know 😂🤦‍♀️) and not end up reading anything lol but what I would do for some of your prompts that more than 1 could apply, such as “available on KU”, I would pick out several that could fill that prompt then when the time comes to pick up a new book, I would choose from that stack. But that probably wouldn’t translate to a video well 😅

[@chandlerschmidt2786]

I’ve been slowly getting into reading, you are one of the first book influencers that I’ve watched. I’m finishing Too late By Colleen Hoover today. It’s a good story it’s just not my personal favorite Colleen Hoover book. Once July starts I’m gonna choose 2-3 books so I can read the books I have so I can buy more

[@kaytlynslibrary]

soo excited to see you back on KZbin! Also, I agree with most people. Keep the original 60. 🤭 How did you come up with the prompts for the jar? i have over 1,000 books on my TBR list & about 70 on my physical TBR 😅

[@jessmmassey]

Thank you 🥲🫶🏼 I know I’ve only done 2 videos so far but I’m having sm fun doing the bookish content! I made up a bunch of the prompts and then looked on Pinterest to help me get to 50!

[@Joandlyndon]

I think you should stick to what gets added to the cart is 2024 books BUTTTT then what you could do is in December you can do a “25 days of new books” or something where you basically let yourself get 25 new books to start off 2025 with 😉📖👏🏼

[@jessmmassey]

say less about going on a book shopping spreeeeee

[@thisnerdylife6305]

Personally, the way I do it... Dec23-Nov24 needs to be done by the end of the year 2024. Older books get thrown in randomly. Doesn't make sense to me though to try to finish books received/bought in December to try to finish that same month.

[@hannahway5564]

You should make a video reading the highest and lowest rated book!

[@KitEmberwild]

you should keep all the books you've currently bought for 2024, and if you get GIFTED some books for your birthday/christmas then keep them for 2025, at the start of 2025 do a big book haul and redo this I think! book hauls are very popular.

[@user-wc6bl4zs4i]

Clear the whole cart and start fresh next year. There will be so many new releases next year that you’ll wanna read. So finish ALLLL your books this year and start with an empty cart

[@heatherlraike]

Definitely add new books to the 2025 tbr cart

[@ReadingWheNeva]

I would set aside any new buys for 2025. I, personally, don’t do well with book bans. I just restructure how I do things. For my TBR game, any new books won’t be added to my wheels until 2025

[@Writergirlk]

I'd say stick to the books you already have and buy new ones next year. Just make a list, plus prices will be lower 😅

[@jessmmassey]

wait this is true 😂

[@a.n.lashley1073]

I like the idea of sticking with the original 60 but maybe any new books you add are like all together on a shelf of the cart (like the bottom) and the goal is to work like top down so if you finish the original 60 you "cleared the cart" but can keep going and getting a head start of next year's challenge Because let's be real, as book buyers and readers, we will never actually have a physical TBR of zero books. We will always have books waiting in the wings

[@rebeccaduncan1383]

I think that anything new you buy should be added to 2025 book cart that way you're not putting more pressure onto yourself for the year, and you still get to treat yourself!

[@bethdavies5715]

Hey! I’m currently reading Red Rising by Pierce Brown, I’m around 60 pages in. It’s not too confusing, you may get confused with the history of the story, but it’s pretty simple to understand. It’s such a good book so far and the writing is so powerful and packs a punch. I have cried a couple of times reading this book, and I hope you love it!! 🤞🏻

[@jessmmassey]

Ooo I love a book that makes me cry tbh!!!

[@bethdavies5715]

That's good to hear bcs you'll need a box of tissues for the beginning of the book!! 💓💓

[@joannayoung430]

I think you should give yourself a monthly buying limit that still challenging. Maybe 3 a month? Then if you go over those 3 you have to add them to this years cart.

[@jessmmassey]

I like this idea! It feels realistic, lol

[@StaticLoki08]

Once you are done with a book you should make sure to take it off that goodreads list this way you dont see it if you pull the lowest or highest rated goodreads book.

[@jessmmassey]

Ooo thanks for the reminder! 🫶

[@daisyslaats5651]

Hey hey, I have gotten the chestnut springs series and heard you say you find it a bit crude, can you maybe explain what you mean by that? (trying to know if it is worth reading).

[@stephfoxeh]

keep buying.. but stack them behind so we can see the pile GROW!!!! lol.

[@jessmmassey]

You are my kinda person 😂

[@anneunger8100]

How I’m clearing my shelf’s is any books I buy until thanksgiving I have to read this year. Books bought after thanksgiving can be read in 2025

[@gothpsyduck]

I think you should try to not but any books and if you do buy books or get any as gifts you should add them to your 2025 TBR. When you complete the 2024 TBR, as a reward you should make a book shopping vlog or haul and create your 2025 TBR.

[@CulinaryCrime]

I would set aside new books for next year. Only because I know how easy it is to get excited for the new books, and then my original TBR just keeps getting dusty. 😂

[@berna_bookish]

yeahh, I agreee..that's what I'm doing now to finish my physical TBR. Some my books have been there for years! haha

[@jessmmassey]

valid 😅😂

[@mllarsen0624]

Have you already read all the other books on your bookshelf? Or will some of those be available for 2025? I like the idea of any new ones going towards next year. 😊

[@jessmmassey]

Yes, I’ve already read all the ones on my shelf! I think I’m gonna go that route - adding new ones to next year 👏🏼 can’t be going into 2025 TBR-less, ya know 😂

[@Melanierose.821]

Expiration dates took me 2 days. It could probably be read in a day.

[@jessmmassey]

I’m gonna start it this week! 👏🏼

[@anniea90]

Make a new pile! You will need books to read next year

[@MaddieMinneapolismouse]

Hey girl! My vote is for you to start a new TBR cart for 2025 😊

[@rosebud7233]

I’ve heard good things about I hope this finds you well! I think you should start your TBR for 2025 if/when you buy new books. Otherwise, what are you going to rea come January one? 😊

[@jessmmassey]

Exactly!!! I can't be TBR-less come January ya know 😂

[@rosebud7233]

Exactly!

[@Lauratrenzas673]

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[@KitaaJ__]

I would totally do a book buying ban until end of year, put money away for a huge book haul at the start of 2025 & then you’ll go in with fresh books 😂

[@jessmmassey]

And just imagine getting to do the huge haul 🤭 a dreammmm, lol

[@amberpineau1616]

I would suggest you stick with the original 60 on your cart! Anything you buy, since you're trying to clear them out, you should have to wait until 2025 to read, as a punishment. =P

[@jessmmassey]

😂 I bought a new book today (🫣) and my husband said “can’t read that one til next year I guess” - he’s on the same page as you, lolll

[@emilyeholbrook]

Def stick to the OG number but limit how many you buy per month so you don’t go wild. Like maybe 2-4

[@blissmore6133]

Stick with the original and put the new books on a new tbr cart for next year

[@hannahbravo3970]

Maybe wait until one of the shelves in the cart is empty, and then if you buy any, then you can have 2024 top and 2025 bottom or something

[@saramccann7172]

You should’ve done reckless for “R”😢

[@feherpatricia6860]

Don't you want to do a reading vlog about the highest and lowest rated book? I think it could be fun and no better time for it than accidentaly having both of them on your tbr

[@blissmore6133]

How do you read 9 books in a month???? 😮

[@jessmmassey]

Audiobooks, bringing my kindle with me everywhere, and not scrolling a lot on social media! 🫶🏼

[@summerlowe3972]

If you buy new books, add them to 2025!

[@mwillis7791]

I don’t think you should add books to the cart. Just keep going with what you have and put new ones to the side for 2025!

[@howdyhoward]

I don't think new books should count for this challenge, clear the backlist