Bev’s Comments (group member since Nov 24, 2012)

Bev’s comments from the Mount TBR 2013 Reading Challenge group.

Julianne wrote: "Hello! I'm Julianne and I'm aiming for Mt Vancouver. I want to read much more, especially as I've started to be sent books by publishers to review for my book blog. My TBR is 191 at the moment, whi..."

Welcome, Julianne! So glad you'll be climbing with us!

Iola wrote: "I'm Iola, and this is my first Mt TBR Challenge (although I have completed the Goodreads Challenge for the last two years). I review a lot of ARC's so there is a tendency for Mt TBR to pile up, bot..."

Hi, Iola! Glad to have you aboard. Good luck with Ararat!

Miranda wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm Miranda from Indiana. I've been looking for a challenge like this for a while! I made good headway last year on my own; I even read a book that had been sitting on that shelf since..."

Welcome fellow Hoosier! Good luck with Ararat!

Claire wrote: "Hi, I'm Claire from London. I work in a bookstore, so being surrounded by lovely books, and having a staff discount means that my TBR heap is bigger than I'd like. I'm signing up for Pike's Peak ..."

Hi, Claire! Welcome to the climbing crew. Good luck with your trek up Pike's Peak!

Kim wrote: "Hi everyone. I enrolled for Pike's Peak last year and upgraded. I ended up, if I remember correctly, reading about 27 books from Mt TBR. I'll start again with Pike's Peak this year and see how far ..."

Welcome back, Kim! Good luck with your second climb up the Peak!

Is the 600 page collection (including portions you've already read) all in one book or in separate volumes? If the entire collection is one book, then, yes, it may count as long as you have previously read less than 50% of the entire series. OR if the portions of the series are in separate books (that collectively make up the entire collection) then you may count each volume of the series as separate entries in the challenge (provided that each volume counted contains at least 50% new reading for you). Does that make sense? {I've got some sort of upper-respiratory flu-thing that's making my head hurt...so I'm not sure that's as clear as I think it is. :-) }

Hélène wrote: "Yes... makes me remember something : "You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
Where are you leading me? ;)"

...to the highest peak you can manage. :-)

MichelleCH wrote: "Hi Everyone! Last year I finished Pike's Peak, this year I am upping the challenge to Mt. Blanc- we shall see. I am in the process of organizing my books which hopefully will curb duplicate buying ..."

Good Luck with Mt. Blanc!

Hi Lynn! Glad to have you join us. Good luck with Mt. Blanc!

Sylvia wrote: "Hello I'm Sylvia, I joined the challenge for 2012 somewhere half the year. I have a terrible mount of unread books, so many I even can't give the exact number. So I picked some 12 books for Pike's ..."

Glad you're joining us again in 2013! Good luck with Pike's Peak!

Hélène wrote: "Hello,
I'm Hélène, from France.
After 2012's fiasco, I don't dare a greater challenge than Pike's Peak but the truth is there's a whole mountain range in front of me and I don't even know where t..."

Hi, Hélène! Just start with a few steps up Pike's Peak and soon you'll get in your climbing rhythm! Hopefully, you'll be able to reach the top and move on to an even bigger mountain!

Christine wrote: "Hi everyone

I'm Christine and live in Australia.

I have just found this group and am looking forward to the challenge. All my books are digital (great for space saving) and am still sorting thro..."

Welcome Christine! Glad to have you joining us! Happy New Year!

Mary wrote: "This is a great idea! My mountain of books has taken over the apartment! I'm aiming to read 36 of my poor books that have been gathering dust the longest and will go from there. Maybe if I can g..."

Hi, Mary! Glad to have a challenge to help you tackle that apartment-covering mountain!

Chris wrote: "Hi all,

I'm signing back up. Looking forward to those buddy reads."

Yay, Chris! Thanks for joining us again!

Jemidar wrote: "I'm back because despite reaching the dizzying heights of Mt Vancouver, I still recorded a nett gain of over 100 books to Mt TBR in 2012. Seriously, I think I have a problem!

Anyway, I'm up for M..."

Sorry about that Mt. Vancouver switch...it wound up that I didn't measure right last year. :-)

Suzi wrote: "Hi I'm new :) I have half a closet full of books and I've only read half of them I think. I blame ebooks and my android phone :P So I'm joining so I'll be "forced" to read my physical books. I'm st..."

Welcome, Suzi! Glad to have you join us!

Shauna wrote: "Hi, Everyone!

I just found this group, and it's a great idea. My name is Shauna, and I am from Southern Califonia. I work part time as a tutor/mentor, mostly for adults. I have been a member of Go..."

Hi, Shauna! Glad to have you join us. Good luck with the mountain climbing!

Julia wrote: "Hello all! I managed Pike's Peak this year, but I like a further challenge, so I've picked Mt Blanc. It'll be a good way to attack all the books I've acquired this year and maybe sprinkle in some o..."

Glad you're back! And, no, if you sign up here you don't need to sign up on the blog too.

Megan wrote: "My name is Megan. This is a great idea! I have just reorganised the piles of books I had waiting to be read in 2012, and when I saw how much dust they had collected I knew something had to be don..."

Hi, Megan! Good luck with your climb!

Hi, Natasha! Glad to have you with us in 2013. Good luck with Mt. Ararat!