Bev’s Comments (group member since Nov 02, 2022)

Bev’s comments from the Virtual Mount TBR Challenge 2023 group.

Kim wrote: "Bev, I've been following your blog for several years now and love seeing all the books you've chosen for your challenges, but I'm only now joining in on some of those. I look forward to checking some of these books off my never ending TBR."

Thanks, Kim! So glad you're going to join me in the challenge!

This is the place to link up your Mount Olympus level reads. Just open a new topic to start your climb

This is the place to link up your Mount Seleya level reads. Just open a new topic to start your climb.

This is the place to link up your Mount Mindolluin level reads. Just open a new topic to start your climb.

Stormness Head is in the lower right-hand area of the map.

This is the place to link up your Stormness Head level reads. Just open a new topic to start your climb.

This is the place to link up your White Plume level reads. Just open a new topic to start your climb.

This is the place to link up your Mount Munch level reads. Just open a new topic to start your climb.

This is the place to link up your Mount Crumpit level reads. Just open a new topic to start your climb.

Every year my goal is to read from my own stacks (hence the original Mount TBR Challenge). And every year I decide that there are TBR books that I don't own that I just have to read. As in the past, I'm starting with Rum Doodle and, hopefully, I won't get too carried away with library books. Though, it would be nice to say that I've climbed Vulcan's Mount Seleya....

This is the place to link up your Rum Doodle level reads. Just open a new topic to start your climb.

Sometimes challengers like to look for reading partners when they tackle a book on their TBR pile. If you have a book on your list for which you'd like to host a Read-Along, feel free to advertise through a topic comment feed here--just add a new topic to start the ball rolling.

Be sure and remain tethered to your climbing buddies!

1. Rum Doodle from The Ascent of Rum Doodle by W. E. Bowman (a parody of mountain-climbing memoirs)
2. Mount Crumpit from The Grinch Who Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
3. Mount Munch in Winkie Country in the Oz books by L. Frank Baum
4. White Plume Mountain from Dungeons and Dragons (module by Lawrence Schick)
5. Stormness Head in the mountains of Narnia from The Horse & His Boy by C. S. Lewis
6.Mount Mindolluin from The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
7. Mount Seleya on Vulcan from Star Trek
8. Mount Olympus from Greek mythology

Challenge levels:
Mount Rum Doodle: Read 12 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Mount Crumpit: Read 24 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Mount Munch: Read 36 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
White Plume Mountain: Read 48 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Stormness Head: Read 60 books from you Virtual TBR/Wish List Library
Mount Mindolluin: Read 75 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Mount Seleya: Read 100 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Mount Olympus: Read 150+ books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library

In keeping with the virtual nature of the challenge, all mountains are fictional (reference in comments below). How many do you recognize? The only one shared by both TBR challenges is Olympus--both fictional and on Mars. However, since I don't know actual heights, I have arbitrarily assigned levels.

The Rules:
~This challenge is only for books you do not own. They may be borrowed from the library, a friend, found on a free e-book site (like Project Gutenberg), or anywhere else that allows you to temporarily "checkout" the book. Also--unlike Mount TBR--there is no date limit on your wish list. If you see a book that strikes your fancy after January 1 and want to grab it from the library, etc. then go for it.

~Once you choose your challenge level you are locked in for at least that many books. If you find you are on a mountain-climbing roll and want to tackle a taller mountain, then you are welcome to upgrade. All books counted for lower mountains carry over towards the new peak.

~Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2023. You may count any "currently reading" book that you begin prior to January 1--provided you have 50% or more of the book to finish when January 1 rolled around. Exception: if you participated in the 2022 Virtual Mount TBR and did not finish a book in time to count it towards that challenge, then you may count it as your first step of 2023 regardless of how much you had left to read.

~Rereads may count if you have not yet counted it for a Virtual Mount TBR Challenge.

~You may count "Did Not Finish" books provided they meet your own standard for such things; you do not plan to ever finish it; and you move it off your virtual mountain.

~Books may be used for other challenges as well.

As I mention in my mountain topic, every year I plan to read only from my own stacks in an effort to get my owned TBR piles under control. And every year I get distracted by library books that I've always wanted to read or a book that a friend tells me is fantastic. So--I'm going to reward myself with a mountain climb and hope that I don't get too distracted from Mount Everest over in the Mount TBR Challenge...Although, being a Star Trek fan, it would be nice to reach Mount Seleya just once.

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