{"id":2640,"date":"2018-10-10T16:30:18","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T08:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=2640"},"modified":"2018-10-03T15:33:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T07:33:29","slug":"how-to-make-a-tbr-jar-ft-i-dont-remember-the-books-i-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/?p=2640","title":{"rendered":";how to make a TBR jar ft. I don&#8217;t remember the books I own"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-893 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things.jpg\" alt=\"bookworm things\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things.jpg 500w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/bookworm-things-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My TBR list is long and unmanageable and ever-growing. I know this is a problem most of us bookworms face, and no, I am not going to teach you how to manage your TBR. Because I don&#8217;t know how.<\/p>\n<p>(If someone can teach <em>me<\/em>, that&#8217;d be great. Thanks.)<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I&#8217;ve been recently thinking about making TBR jars. But the thing is, I don&#8217;t remember half my TBR list, and I definitely don&#8217;t remember the titles of the books I own off-hand.<\/p>\n<p>So you get something like this instead.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2720 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/how-to-make-a-TBR-jar.jpg\" alt=\"how to make a TBR jar\" width=\"500\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/how-to-make-a-TBR-jar.jpg 500w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/how-to-make-a-TBR-jar-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In my last Open Pages box, I added in a itty-bitty little TBR jar. Found the jars at the local dollar shop type place, and then I made a list.<\/p>\n<p>Not of book titles, no. Like I said above, I don&#8217;t remember the books I own, and then I don&#8217;t exactly know the books other people would own, so it made more sense to do something a little bit different?<\/p>\n<p>I made a list of <em>descriptions<\/em> that maybe you would find on your bookshelf. Things like the colour of your book spine, or a word in a title. Things that you can keep playing around with, and things that can refer to two or more books &#8211; and then you can &#8216;eeny-meeny-miny-mo&#8217; them until you get one book.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2721 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/tbr-jar4.jpg\" alt=\"tbr jar4\" width=\"520\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/tbr-jar4.jpg 520w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/tbr-jar4-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/19C_5_7K4ATop2OiKRC2AUWGcVIhUKDiK\/view?usp=sharing\">I&#8217;ve uploaded a PDF you can use if you don&#8217;t want to make your own list!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you do, however, want to make your own, here are some suggestions to add:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A book with red on the cover.<\/li>\n<li>An author whose last name starts with the letter &#8216;M&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>A book with an animal on the cover.<\/li>\n<li>A book with a black spine.<\/li>\n<li>A book with the title in cursive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You get the idea! This is just a jumping point, of course. You can make your own list with colours, or certain authors you might enjoy, or even book titles if you can remember them!<\/p>\n<p>After all, it is <em><strong>your<\/strong><\/em> TBR jar, and I&#8217;m just here to talk about how I made mine.<\/p>\n<p>I talk a lot, you guys. On here anyway.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2722 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/tbr-jar.jpg\" alt=\"tbr jar\" width=\"520\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/tbr-jar.jpg 520w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/tbr-jar-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If this something you would do? Or are you better than remembering book titles than I am?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1143\" src=\"http:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-300x148.jpg\" alt=\"ara\" width=\"300\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/signoff-1200x592.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My TBR list is long and unmanageable and ever-growing. I know this is a problem most of us bookworms face, and no, I am not going to teach you how to manage your TBR. Because I don&#8217;t know how. (If someone can teach me, that&#8217;d be great. Thanks.) Instead, I&#8217;ve been recently thinking about making TBR jars. But the thing is, I don&#8217;t remember half my TBR list, and I definitely don&#8217;t remember the titles of the books I own off-hand. So you get something like this instead. In my last Open Pages box, I added in a itty-bitty little TBR jar. Found the jars at the local dollar shop type place, and then I made a list. Not of book titles, no. Like I said above, I don&#8217;t remember the books I own, and then I don&#8217;t exactly know the books other people would own, so it made more sense to do something a little bit different? I made a list of descriptions that maybe you would find on your bookshelf. Things like the colour of your book spine, or a word in a title. Things that you can keep playing around with, and things that can refer to two or more books &#8211; and then you can &#8216;eeny-meeny-miny-mo&#8217; them until you get one book. I&#8217;ve uploaded a PDF you can use if you don&#8217;t want to make your own list! If you do, however, want to make your own, here are some suggestions to add: A book with red on the cover. An author whose last name starts with the letter &#8216;M&#8217;. A book with an animal on the cover. A book with a black spine. A book with the title in cursive. You get the idea! This is just a jumping point, of course. You can make your own list with colours, or certain authors you might enjoy, or even book titles if you can remember them! After all, it is your TBR jar, and I&#8217;m just here to talk about how I made mine. I talk a lot, you guys. On here anyway. If this something you would do? Or are you better than remembering book titles than I am?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[467,466,59],"class_list":["post-2640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion-post","tag-how-to-make-a-tbr-jar","tag-how-to-make-a-tbr-jar-ft-i-dont-remember-the-books-i-own","tag-writings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2640"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2723,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2640\/revisions\/2723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/araopenpages.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}