Bev’s Comments (group member since Feb 10, 2012)

Bev’s comments from the Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2012 group.

35 books so far! You're doing great...gonna have to see if I can catch up. Thanks for checking in!

Bev's Checkpoint Post:


So far, it looks like I'm right on track. I conquered 26 books off the teetering stacks around my back room--that puts me about 1/4 of a way up good ol' Mt. Everest. I've actually read a bit more than that--but there have been a few rereads and some library books in there. I do feel really good about clearing out what I've managed so far. I'm definitely glad I put this little challenge together--lots of motivation to read what I've got rather than constantly getting distracted by new books (either at the library or the bookstores). And just in case you're curious...the book that's been on the TBR stack the longest....A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens. I'm not precisely sure when I picked it up, but I was in high school. So that's well over 20 years ago (um....more like almost 30...yikes!)

Here are the stops along my way up Everest:

1. My Name Is Legion by Roger Zelazny (1/4/12)
2. The Problem of the Green Capsule by John Dickson Carr (1/7/12)
3. Prayers to Broken Stones by Dan Simmons (1/14/12)
4. The Masks of Time by Robert Silverberg (1/16/12)
5. Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (1/19/12)
6. Future Crime: Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come by Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (eds) (1/23/12)
7.. Murder & Magic by Randall Garrett (1/28/12)
8. The Black Seven by Carol Kendall (1/29/12)
9. The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells (2/3/12)
10. The Red Lamp by Mary Roberts Rinehart (2/7/12)
11. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (2/14/12)
12. Future on Ice by Orson Scott Card, ed (2/15/12)
13. Nothing Can Rescue Me by Elizabeth Daly (2/18/12)
14. The Yellow Room by Mary Roberts Rinehart (2/27/12)
15. The Jesus Incident by Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom (2/29/12)
16. A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (2/29/12)
17. The Greenwell Mystery by E. C. R. Lorac (3/3/12)
18. Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (3/6/12)
19. Hare Sitting Up by Michael Innes (3/9/12)
20. Five Passengers from Lisbon/Wake for a Lady/The Murder in the Stork Club by Mignon G. Eberhart/H. W. Roden/Vera Casapary (3.11.12 /3.12.12/3.10.12)
21. From Sawdust to Stardust: The Biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy by Terry Lee Rioux (3/14/12)
22. Strange Murders at Greystones by Elsie N. Wright (3/16/12)
23. The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux (3/19/12)
24. The Rose Window & Other Verse from New Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke (3/22/12)
25. Full Moon by P. G. Wodehouse (3/23/12)
26. The So Blue Marble by Dorothy B. Hughes (3/24/12)

The rumors are true...Your mountaineering guide is calling for the first quarterly check-in post. Let's see how our challengers are doing. Made it a couple of miles? Camping out in a cave 1/3 of the way up the mountain face? Taking refuge in a mountain hut along the way? Let us know how you're doing.

There are no formal rules about what must be in your checkpoint post. You can simply give us run-down of the books read. Or you can send us a few "snapshots" from your climb--tell us your favorite "scene" (book) along the way or which book of those conquered so far had been hanging out on the mountain the longest (I've got a few that had been there for around 20 years...) or anything else interesting about your journey so far. It's up to you. All I ask is that you post a little something and link it up here.

And what do you get for all that hard work (and distraction from the actual climb)? Official entries will close at 11:59 pm on Saturday, March 31. At that time (or actually first chance I get on Sunday) I will crank up the Custom Random Number Generator and pick a winning climber. He or she will have their choice--either add to their TBR stack via my gently-used book vault (prize list will be sent) or a surprise book/reading-related item. Just think, if you win a book you can get a pile ready for next year's Mount TBR Challenge.

Even if you're not in the mood for a prize or if you've only got one leg of the journey under your belt, I'd love to have you check in and tell us how your climb is going!

[And, please, keep posts in this folder limited to updates (to help me track entries better). If you'd like to give a fellow-climber a high-five for a job well-done (or comment on a book, etc), then please hop on over to their challenge post or Goodreads homepage and wish them well. Thanks!]

Dawn (& Ron) wrote: "Thanks for giving us an area to do these buddy reads!"

Happy to help the reading along!

I will be adding to my Mountain this weekend--our library is holding its spring clearance sale. And there is a trip to Half-Price books in the works (my husband is my enabler--he suggested it).

Hi Danielle! Welcome, welcome!

Go, MichelleCH, go!

Jeannette wrote: "Thanks, Bev! I meant to send you a PM requesting this, but you're on top of things! :)"

Sometimes...I just happened to have time to try and catch up on things today. Good timing!

You'll get there!

Fixed it. I think! Let me know if it's not showing up.

There are several of you who are looking to read the same book and would like to do buddy-reads for those. This is the place to create folders for your buddy-read books and any and all related discussions.

Ask and you shall receive....Buddy-Read Folder will magically appear in just a few moments.

Or not. Grrrrr! So. I added a folder. At least when I go into "Edit Folders" it shows up but I can't find it when I just go into the Mount TBR Challenge Discussions. Can anybody see this folder? And if not, any suggestions on what I need to do to get it to show up?

Hi, Esther! Happy climbing!

H, Sandi! So glad you found the invite! Welcome, welcome! As you can see the challenge has taken on a life of its own. Quite a friendly bunch with lots of chatting (lots of fun!).

Jeannette...I don't mind. Have at it. I'm afraid I jumped the gun and already finished To2C (it was on the list). I'll be interested to see what you all have to say about it.

Welcome Sherry! Glad to have you join us!

Welcome Rio! Glad to have you join us. Good luck whittling that pile down.

Yes, I've read the Thirteenth Tale--last year. I loved it.

My review: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/20...

Welcome Sera! So glad to have you aboard!

Hi, Gloria & Christine! Glad to have you aboard!