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(group member since Nov 24, 2012)
Bev’s
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from the Mount TBR 2013 Reading Challenge group.
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Malin wrote: "As of today (12th of July 2013), I have not only completed my first goal of Mount Blanc, but my second goal of 12 more books - Mount Vancouver. Hence my next goal is to make it at least to Mount Ar..."Yay, Malin! Climbing mountains like nobody's business!
Just got back from a tiny book-buying trip (really--only two books came home with me today) to add to my TBR pile for next year....when I realized that, Hey! I need to find a winner for the June Checkpoint prize. So....without further ado, I will just plug in the random number generator and enter in the parameters....and the lights flash and webpage whirs and we get (drum roll, please).....Comment #14! That means that Nadine is our winner! Congratulations, Nadine! I'll be contacting you soon about the prize list. {And that sentence from titles is awesome, by the way!}Thanks again to everyone for participating in the check-in. I really enjoyed reading your comments on your progress so far. Thanks as well to all climbers for joining me in scaling those Mount TBR heights. Good luck in the second half!
Comments are closed for prize-winning purposes....but feel free to go ahead and check in and let us know how you're doing. Thanks to everyone for joining in--I love seeing all the interesting sentences & snippets you've come up with using your titles. I'll be back soon to announce a winner!
The half-way camp is in sight...I've started book #50...#49 Death & the Gentle Bull by Frances & Richard Lockridge
Susan wrote: "Getting closer!"Step by tiny step.... :-)
Well, fellow climbers, it's hard to believe but 2013 is almost half-way over. And it's time for your mountaineering guide to call for the second quarterly check-in post. [Imagine me in Alpine mountain gear with one of those long horns tootling away...and probably scaring the mountain goats.] Let's see how our challengers are doing after 6 months are under the ol' mountain-climbing belt. For those who would like to participate in this checkpoint post, I'd like you to do two things:1. Tell us how many miles you've made it up your mountain (# of books read). If you're really ambitious, you can do some intricate math and figure out how the number of books you've read correlates to actual miles up Pike's Peak, Mt. Ararat, etc.
2. Complete ONE (or more if you like) of the following:
A. Who has been your favorite character so far? And tell us why, if you like.
B. What has been your most difficult read so far. And why? (Length? Subject matter? Difficult style? Out of your comfort zone reading?)
C. Which book (read so far) has been on your TBR mountain the longest? Was it worth the wait? Or is it possible you should have tackled it back when you first put it on the pile? Or tossed it off the edge without reading it all?
D. Using no more than two words from a single title, compose a sentence (musical lyric, bit of poetry, what-have-you) from title from your conquered TBR stack. If you are short of inspirational words...you may use some from your intended reads if needed. Filler words (the, and, with, etc.) or alternate tenses of verbs used in titles are acceptable for clarity. Example (from my stack):
The Silver Negligent Nymph Sensed that the Indian Stones on the Other Side were a Perfect Red.
The Puzzle of the Silver Persian by Stuart Palmer
The Case of the Negligent Nymph by Erle Stanley Gardner
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Corpses at Indian Stones by Philip Wylie
The Other Side of Tomorrow by Roger Elwood, ed
A Perfect Red by Amy Butler Greenfield
And what do you get for all that hard work (and distraction from the actual climb)? The link will close at 11:59 pm on Thursday, July 4. On Friday I will crank up the Custom Random Number Generator and pick a winning climber. He or she will have the chance to add to their TBR stack via my gently-used book vault (prize list will be sent). Just think, if you win a book you can start up a pile for next year's Mount TBR Challenge. Enter here OR on my blog, My Reader's Block, (but not both places, please).
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!
***Please note--comments should be for Checkpoint posts only. To cheer on your fellow climbers, please visit their climb post folders and congratulate them on progress and rally them for the second half.
Ellinor wrote: "52. When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka (read 21/06/13)I'm finally making some progress here. I can't keep myself from borrowing books from the library. So my new strategy is to alternate..."
Sounds like a good strategy!
C. wrote: "For everyone interested in where people put books, here now is the interior of our library. :) Behold our inner sanctum. [A tidy view, August 2012.]"
Color me envious. :-)
C. wrote: "Here are my 48 books, alphabetized, that amounted to Ararat. See my reviews at WordPress. I'm thrilled to discuss any authors we have in common.Nathaniel Benchley "Red Fox And His Canoe" (196..."
Woo hoo! Look at that list. Great job!
Three used bookstores! Lucky you! Hope you're doing well clearing out those TBR books.
Jemidar wrote: "Go Bev!!"Slow and steady....six more by the end of June and I'll be half-way up Everest. (puff, puff)
Julia wrote: "I pulled up the chart again -- maybe I meant planets? I show Virgo in Sun/Mercury/Venus/Pluto. Rising Sign is Leo, so....To bring it back to books (sorry Bev!), how do our personalities affect what we read? Do certain signs lean towards more analytical or more romantic books? "
No need to apologize! As long as y'all are having a good time, the discussions can go wherever you like. :-)
