If you have a lot books like me then sometimes you just don’t know what to read next. There for I use a TBR jar. A TBR jar what is that? well to say it very simple it’s just a jar filled with all of your unread books. And when you don’t know what to read you take a piece of paper out of the jar and the book that comes out is your next read!
You
can also choose to put challenges in the jar. For example: read a graphic novel
or reread a favorite book.
Do you want
make a TBR jar yourself? Then keep on reading!
Step 1: go on a treasure hunt!
Find a jar
or a bowl or a bag, just something to put the pieces of paper in.
Step 2: time to be crafty!
this step
is optional but if you want, you can decorate it with washi tape, ribbons or
put a photo of your cat on it. Just be creative!
For my TBR
jar I decided to not decorate it because now I can see how many pieces of paper
are in the jar and stress about it… yeah I might need to decorate it.
Step 3: write, write, write and write…
It’s time
for the worst thing about making a TBR jar… and that is writing all of your
books down on a piece of paper. You heard me right ALL of them. I used scrapbook
paper so that there is some color in the jar.
Step 4: time to be dangerous.
After you
wrote them down it’s time to cut them out. Watch out for your fingers! You can
cut them any way you want. I cut them in strips that are about 1 cm high and 15
cm long.
Step 5: fold, fold, fold and fold..
When you
cut them all out, it’s time to fold them ALL. I folded them in half and then
again in half. In the beginning of my TBR jar I folded them in little stars but
it took a lot of time and to unfold them was hell. But do whatever you want
just be creative with it!
Step 6: DONE! Be proud of yourself!
Now put all
your pieces of paper in the jar and you are DONE! And when you buy a new book
just at it to the TBR jar.