Bev’s Comments (group member since Oct 28, 2018)

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

Thanks for joining me on Picard's holodeck! ;-) Good luck taming the virtual TBR.

Love your climb title!

Gah. Will fix. thanks for noticing. I think I stayed up too late last night.... :-)

As I mentioned 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...

Please take a moment to introduce yourself to the group.

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. So this year, I get to count that mountain too! 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 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.

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 Mountain 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.

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.

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

Challenges 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 your 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 (references in comment 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 the levels.]

The Rules:
~To choose a level, open a topic under one of the challenge level folders and name your climb. If you decide to climb higher, just open a new topic in the new level's folder.

~Once you choose your challenge level you are locked in for at least that many books. If you find that 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, 2019. You may count any "currently reading" book that you begin prior to January 1--provided you have 50% or more of the book left to finish when January 1 rolled around. I will trust you on that.

~[UPDATE] Just to be clear: 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 online that strikes your fancy after January 1 and you just have to go get it from the library, then it absolutely counts.

~[UPDATE #2] Books in any form may count: printed, e-book, audionovel, etc--as long as they are not yours.

~Rereads may count if you have not read it within the last five years [my arbitrary pick for a limit].

~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 mountain. For example, my personal rule (unless it's a very short book) is to give a book at leas 100 pages. If I decide I just can't finish it and won't ever, then off the mountain it goes and I count it as another step on the hike.

~Books may be used to count for other challenges as well.

~If you post on Facebook, Instagram, or other social media to log a book, please use #VirtualMountTBR2019

~There will be a year-end check point and prize drawing! [Since I'm adding an extra challenge to my round-up, I'm going to have to reduce the number of check points/prizes on all my challenges. I wish I could afford to give you all prizes!]