Mount TBR 2013 Reading Challenge discussion
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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 starting slow so I'll be targeting Pike's Peak.
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 Mt Vancouver again even though Bev has sneakily increased the number of books needed to reach its summit :-).
Hi all,I'm signing back up. Looking forward to those buddy reads.
Chris wrote: "Hi all,I'm signing back up. Looking forward to those buddy reads."
So do I.
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 get a dent in my TBR pile I won't feel so guilty when I bring in new books into the house!
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Glad you're back! And, no, if you sign up here you don't need to sign up on the blog too.
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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!
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Welcome, Suzi! Glad to have you join us!
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Anyway, I'm up for M..."
Sorry about that Mt. Vancouver switch...it wound up that I didn't measure right last year. :-)
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I'm signing back up. Looking forward to those buddy reads."
Yay, Chris! Thanks for joining us again!
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Hi, Mary! Glad to have a challenge to help you tackle that apartment-covering mountain!
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..."
You had an amazing year last year! Congratulations!
One more Aussie in our group, welcome Christine. And HAPPY NEW YEAR FOR ALL AUSTRALIAN FRIENDS!!!
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 to begin!
@Christine : Tyrant is buried somewhere in "Mount Historical Novel" - which I'll have to pass to get to Pike's Peak. So, this is perhaps a beginning...
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 Peak, which I want to read in 2013, but I hope to read more books which are waiting to be read.
My name is Brian, and I'll be climbing Pike's Peak. I'd make Mt. Blanc my starting goal, but I read so many library books throughout the year that I don't think I can read 24 that I already own. Looking forward to sorting through my "own-but-never-read" books and making a list of 12 to post soon.
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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!
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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!
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Glad you're joining us again in 2013! Good luck with Pike's Peak!
Hey everyone I'm Lynn. I'm a grad student in library science and I have a mountain range of books too. I am going to aim for Mt. Blanc and hopefully get more in. I look forward to talking with all of you over the next year!
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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 and help me finally get a sense of how many books I do own!
Lynn wrote: "Hey everyone I'm Lynn. I'm a grad student in library science and I have a mountain range of books too. I am going to aim for Mt. Blanc and hopefully get more in. I look forward to talking with all ..." Nice to have you here, Lynn.
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 ..."Welcome, Michelle
Welcome Michelle and good luck with Mt. Blanc
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Good Luck with Mt. Blanc!
Bev wrote: "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!"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? ;)
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Where are you leading me? ;)"
...to the highest peak you can manage. :-)
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 I get. While I don't own a huge pile of unread books - I more or less read them as I buy them - I'm sure that there are more unread books hanging around here than I think there are.
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 because I have to read a lot of new books and proofs for my job. I've not listed many of my TBR on Goodreads but I'll add a new shelf for this challenge. I started yesterday with 'The One-Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared'. Good luck everyone!
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Welcome back, Kim! Good luck with your second climb up the Peak!
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Hi, Claire! Welcome to the climbing crew. Good luck with your trek up Pike's Peak!
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 middle school (I'm 30). But I always do better with an incentive, so here's to summiting!I'm going for Mt. Ararat. Eeek!
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, both electronically and in paperback, so hopefully this challenge will give me motivation to start to clear some of that backlog. I've signed for Mt Ararat (48 books), which should clear all the paperbacks and about half of the ebooks. I like the idea of a Mt TBR shelf - that will make my numbers easier to track!
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, which probably doesn't sound that much to some of you, but I have little storage space as I live with my parents, and I need to read books so that I can pass the non-keepers on to new homes.
Greetings from me as well :)
My name is Eugine (pronounced like the Ameriacn/British male name Eugene, but I'm a girl) and am from Korea/Germany. Last year I read 52 books off my TBR shelf which makes up about half of what I read last year.
Because I know I'm going to be busy with moving and starting university and stuff, so I'll start again at Mt. Vancouver - I can still move up later ;)
My name is Eugine (pronounced like the Ameriacn/British male name Eugene, but I'm a girl) and am from Korea/Germany. Last year I read 52 books off my TBR shelf which makes up about half of what I read last year.
Because I know I'm going to be busy with moving and starting university and stuff, so I'll start again at Mt. Vancouver - I can still move up later ;)
Hi all. I'm Freda from Freda's Voice! A Canadian Lifestyle blogger who LOVES books and always has my nose in one. I tried sticking my nose to the Kindle, with little effect.... (^_^)
My hobbies are sarcasm, humor and general tom-foolery.
In all seriousness I am a mother of two teens, hence the need for the above hobbies.
I have done the challenge previously, and failed miserably... but I don't back down from a challenge and aim to succeed, even after the mountain grew!! Imagine!?!
Wishing you all the best in your climb! Hope no one needs to be airlifted like I was last year!
Sheesh, I almost missed you over here. For some reason I hadn't noticed that there was a new group for 2013. Nothing like over-ambition: having narrowly missed the 25 target last year, I'm now going for 36.
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Welcome fellow Hoosier! Good luck with Ararat!
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Hi, Iola! Glad to have you aboard. Good luck with Ararat!
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Welcome, Julianne! So glad you'll be climbing with us!
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My name is Eugine (pronounced like the Ameriacn/British male name Eugene, but I'm a girl) and am from Korea/Germany. Last year I read 52 books off my TBR shelf which ma..."
Hi Eugine! So glad to have you with us! Good luck with Mt. Vancouver.
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I'm Freda from Freda's Voice! A Canadian Lifestyle blogger who LOVES books and always has my nose in one. I tried sticking my nose to the Kindle, with little effect.... (^_^)
My hobbies a..."
Hi Freda! Glad you're joining us here at GoodReads! Good luck with this year's climb.
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Nothing like over-ambition: having narrowly missed the 25 target last year, I'm now g..."
Welcome back Karen! Now that you've got your climbing legs you should be all set for 36!
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 Goodreads since June of 2011. I have about 320 books on my TBR list, only about a third of which I own. There are just too many good books out there and not enough time to read them all. I will start at the lowest level and gradually work my way up the mountain. Pike's Peak, here I come!