Mount TBR 2013 Reading Challenge discussion
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Jemidar is huffing and puffing her way to the top...
It's sweet isn't it? It was one of my favourites off the TBR pile last year.
It wasn't at all what I expected, and was so bittersweet. I'm still mulling it over which is always a good sign.
Whay hay! Was the one about the Tudors any good? I'm in the middle of Wolf Hall, which may be as much of the Tudors as anyone needs.
Loved Wolf Hall :-).The Other Tudors was a fun read but not a terribly scholarly one. It's tone is gossipy and so is a lot of the information imparted. I gave it 3 stars but mostly for the entertainment value.
Here's the link to my review:-
http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Wolf Hall is probably going on my list for this year. It has a lot to live up to, what with your review and Kim's!
Numbers 3 & 4 down. I finished The Murders of Richard III this morning and finished The Aspern Papers the other day but forgot to add it to the list.
They've all been short and easy. So far...
Not much sign of huffing and puffing: you're skating along!
That's four in a fortnight, so... 26 times 4 books makes 104 books off your Mountain TBR. A hundred books, wasn't that Mount Everest? Hey, you made a fast start.
The huffing and puffing comes later as I won't be able to keep up this pace for very long! The chunksters will kick in soon and slow me up somewhat.
And we're only three weeks in to the year! If you go on like this, five books in three weeks, that makes, um, well, working it out, must be at least, if not more, roughly speaking, 85?????????
I average around 80 books a year, so yes, if they all come off Mt TBR that's entirely possible. My real problem though is sticking with books I already own and not getting distracted by shiny new books. It's much, much easier at this time of year when nearly everything I own qualifies so I'm making the most of it while I can :-).
Yes, that's true. I think I didn't take that into consideration last year - that it would be much easier at the beginning, and get much harder later when you're stuck with the lurkers and languishers.
Yep, I did really well for the first half of the challenge last year which was just as well because the second half I didn't do much at all in comparison. It gets so much harder as the year goes on :-(.
Say, how do you do that cool thing with displaying the mini book covers?
Click on the 'add book/cover' link just above the comment box and under where you type in the name of the book and the 'search' button there are two radio buttons, one for the title link and the other for the book cover, select the cover button and then hit 'add' beside the edition you want. Voila!
Thanks! I'd never noticed those buttons.
Number 6 down--Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Thought this was going to be a reread but as it turns out I hadn't read it before. LOL.
Number 7 down! The graphic novel version of P&P which has been hanging around here for the longest time. Needed something light as I've hit my first blip in the mountain trek as I've got/am recovering from glandular fever.
You certainly did pick an easy read. :) I'll go look for your rating/review of P&P GN-style.
I still needed a rest afterwards. LOL.
Jeannette wrote: "You certainly did pick an easy read. :) I'll go look for your rating/review of P&P GN-style."I can't help seeing that as "P&P Gangnam-style".
That image in your heads now? Sorry about that. Me too.
How are you feeling, Jemidar?
Slightly better, but then that wouldn't be too hard!! I'm trying for S&S Gangnam style tomorrow ;-D.
Oh dear. Glandular fever can leave you very washed out for a while. No alcohol. :-(
There goes my partying lifestyle... LOL.
Go on. We can still drink alcohol without having fun. Ooops, no, that should be the other way round shouldn't it?
Number 8 down, The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro. Very well written but I think I preferred the Merchant Ivory film. LOL.My stats for this challenge aren't encouraging. So far, read 8 books off Mt TBR, read 9 all up and have acquired 10. Sigh. I am doing better than last year though.
You're good! At least I hope you're good, because I'm one small book ahead of you. Figure three books a month to hit 36 by the end of the year, and we're ahead! *waves pom-poms* Team Jemidar!!
How are you feeling? I loved The Remains of the Day. It didn't hit me the first time round, but the re-read brought home to me how good it was- I don't think I was paying attention the first time.
You're doing well, 8 out of 9 from Mount TBR. I'm on 7 of 11.
Anyway, we're ahead of the three a month programme - so pom poms at the ready!
Better than I was, thanks. Although that's probably not saying much. The worst of it is, I'm sleeping so much it's really cutting into my reading time :-(.
You have to let the body heal. It does the job alright.Take care of yourself.
I had glandular fever in my final year at uni - had to run home to my mummy and daddy for about three months. It washes you out.
Number 9 down. The Four Georges which is a series of lectures on the Hanovarian kings given by Thackery on a speaking tour of the US.
Yes, I enjoyed your review of that one. Looks interesting.I'm stuck on the Victorians right now as I am teaching a workshop on Dickens and his time, which kind of grew out of my Dickens lecture last year. Starting on Thursday.
Thanks! And good luck with the workshop. Unfortunately I'm not a big fan of Dickens although I like most of his friends' books. LOL.
Number 10 down, and almost a third of the way up the mountain. Thoroughly enjoyed The Girl with the Pearl Earring.
No 11, Forever Amber, was my first chunkster for the year which at nearly 1,000 pages more than makes up for some of the shorter books I've read so far!
Okay, it looks like I forgot to list one of my books as I went along which I've now remedied so that makes The Mystery of the Yellow Room number 10, The Girl with the Pearl Earring number 11 and Forever Amber number 12. Also just added No 13, Arms of Nemesis. Yay!! I'm one book further along than I thought :-).
Mount TBR 2013 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
The Greengage Summer (other topics)The Murders of Richard III (other topics)
Madam, Will You Talk? (other topics)
The Perfumed Garden of Sensual Delight (other topics)
The Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses and Bastards (other topics)
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1.The Greengage Summer by Rumer Godden
2. The Other Tudors: Henry VIII's Mistresses and Bastards by Philippa Jones
3. The Aspern Papers by Henry James
4. Murders of Richard III: A Jacqueline Kirby Novel of Suspense by Elizabeth Peters
5. Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart
6. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carre
7. Pride & Prejudice adapted by Nancy Butler
8. The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
9. The Four Georges by William Makepeace Thackery
10. The Mystery Of The Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux
11. Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracey Chevalier
12. Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
13. Arms of Nemesis by Steven Saylor
14. Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart
15. All The King's Women by Derek Wilson
16. The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
17. Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
18. Wild Strawberries by Angela Thirkell
19. Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
20. Above Suspicion by Helen MacInnes
21. More Tales of the Cityby Armistead Maupin
22. Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen
23. The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace by Lucy Worsley
24. Riders by Jilly Cooper
25. If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley
26. The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
27. The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch
28. Moonraker by Ian Fleming
29. The Man of Property by John Galsworthy
30. In Chancery by John Galsworthy
31. The Forsyte Saga: To Let by John Galsworthy
32. Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
33. Isabeau: A Novel of Queen Isabella and Sir Roger Mortimer by N. Gemini Sasson
34. Within the Hollow Crown: A Valiant King's Struggle to Save His Country, His Dynasty, and His Love by Margaret Campbell Barnes
35. They Found Him Dead by Georgette Heyer
36. The Perfumed Garden of Sesual Delight by Shaykh Nefwazi