Introductions

[Kerstin]

Hello Bev,

it ist my third or forth attempt to manage this challenge. I hope 2018 it will succeed .

Love,
Kerstin

[November]

I'm Ry and I've got too many books in my house, as usual. I really want to get to the point where I have all my books on one neat bookshelf and less than a dozen physical TBR books.

[July]

Tasha wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Tasha and this is my first year doing this challenge and I'm really looking forward to it. I've set personal challenges in the past to move books off my shelf (both here, at home a..."

I'm climbing Mount Blanc, maybe I'll see you on our way up!

[July]

Rachael wrote: "First time doing Mount TBR. I have so many unread books that I am running out of space on my bookcase (and floor)! It also doesn't help that I have a tendency to download a lot of the free or daily..."

I'm climbing Mt Blanc too! We'll be climbing buddies

[Tasha]

It's nice to have friends along the way, thanks July! I decided to start at Pike's Peak though. :)

[Bev]

Kerstin wrote: "Hello Bev,

it ist my third or forth attempt to manage this challenge. I hope 2018 it will succeed .

Love,
Kerstin"

Welcome back, Kerstin! Good luck with 2018.

[Bev]

Ry wrote: "I'm Ry and I've got too many books in my house, as usual. I really want to get to the point where I have all my books on one neat bookshelf and less than a dozen physical TBR books."

Welcome to the 2018 climbing crew, Ry. Good luck!

[Sophia]

Howdy, everyone!

I'm Sophia! I think this is my fourth year participating. I think I'm doing well until I actually count and realized I acquired nearly as many new books as I read from the existing pile. Sigh... no book control here.

I'm going to return to Mt. Tora (75 books) to start my climb, but I am aiming high for Mt. Olympus. I've gotten within visual range of the summit each year, but not made it there yet. :)

Good luck, all!

[Bev]

Sophia wrote: "Howdy, everyone!

I'm Sophia! I think this is my fourth year participating. I think I'm doing well until I actually count and realized I acquired nearly as many new books as I read from the existin..."

Welcome back, Sophia!

[Jadetyger]

I'm Erika (Jadetyger) and I think this is my third year doing this challenge. I hope to do better than in 2017. I certainly have enough books to go through!

[Bev]

Jadetyger wrote: "I'm Erika (Jadetyger) and I think this is my third year doing this challenge. I hope to do better than in 2017. I certainly have enough books to go through!"

Welcome back and good luck!

[Jadetyger]

Bev wrote: "Jadetyger wrote: "I'm Erika (Jadetyger) and I think this is my third year doing this challenge. I hope to do better than in 2017. I certainly have enough books to go through!"

Welcome back and goo..."

Thank you, Bev! Good luck to you, as well!

[Cally73]

I'm Jayne and this is my third attempt. I'm going for Vancouver again, which I think I'm just going to fall short of this year. I have a habit of continuously buying new books. I have managed this year to get a few read that have been sitting there for several years, so I think that's progress!

[Susan]

This will be my third time mountaineering the TBR slopes, and it must be ongoing volcanic activity because they seem to keep on getting higher! I’m going to sign up for Mt Everest.

[Juno]

Hello :) I‘m Julia and I will join the challenge for the first time! My TBR really got out of hand lately and I hope with this challenge I will manage to get back to a reasonable amount of unread books on my shelf😂😂

[Rebecca]

This is my first time on this challenge- I have been watching folks on Litsy talk about it and waiting to join until 2018. I am certainly in need of a kick to keep me reading those fabulous volumes I have been accummulating!! I like the rules and will try to be appropriately ambitious with my climb- nowhere to go but up!!

[Russell]

This is my first time on this challenge, a needed reason to whittle down my huge TBR pile. I have gone through several years of accumulating material, and simply must begin to read all the goodies that are overflowing my space.

[Hailee]

Hi my name is Hailee and this is my first year attempting this challenge. Like most of us here I am a bit of a book buying fanatic so hopefully this challenge will encourage me to at least end 2018 with no more than the 312 owned TBR books I have now. I'm not the fastest reader so I've set my thread up on Mount Blanc.

Good luck to everyone participating in 2018.

[Jennifer]

I only managed to get half way up Mt. Vancouver in 2017, but I’m trying another trek this year. I’ve committed to reading only my own books and not buying or checking anything out from the library for the first six months of 2018, so I think it’s doable.

[Daria]

Hi all! This is my first year doing this challenge. I’m hoping to trim my TBR down by at least 50. You can find me on Litsy as well @dariazeoli

Good luck, everyone!

[Rokkan]

Hello! My name's Holly, and I'm a bookaholic.

This will be my third year doing Mount TBR, and I've not made any sort of dent in my TBR list because... well, I spend more on books than I really ought to, tbh. Tsundoku and all that type of thing.

Having powered through both El Toro and Everest in 2017 (and done pretty well on Olympus too although I'll not reach the top by December 31st) I'm going to aim for 100 books off my TBR, although I'm sure I can add more than that back on in about three months. Freebies and Kindle Deals are just too tempting...

[Bev]

Cally73 wrote: "I'm Jayne and this is my third attempt. I'm going for Vancouver again, which I think I'm just going to fall short of this year. I have a habit of continuously buying new books. I have managed this ..."

Welcome back, Jayne! I'm also falling short of my goal this year. I ran out of oomph trying to get my flag planted on Olympus. We'll just have to try again next year!

[Bev]

Susan wrote: "This will be my third time mountaineering the TBR slopes, and it must be ongoing volcanic activity because they seem to keep on getting higher! I’m going to sign up for Mt Everest."

Glad you're joining me again. I'll see you on Everest!

[Bev]

Juno wrote: "Hello :) I‘m Julia and I will join the challenge for the first time! My TBR really got out of hand lately and I hope with this challenge I will manage to get back to a reasonable amount of unread b..."

Hi, Julia! Thanks so much for joining the climbing crew this year!

[Bev]

Rebecca wrote: "This is my first time on this challenge- I have been watching folks on Litsy talk about it and waiting to join until 2018. I am certainly in need of a kick to keep me reading those fabulous volumes..."

So glad you're joining us this year! Good luck!

[Bev]

Russell wrote: "This is my first time on this challenge, a needed reason to whittle down my huge TBR pile. I have gone through several years of accumulating material, and simply must begin to read all the goodies ..."

Hi, Russell! So glad you'll be climbing with us! Good luck whittling down that pile.

[Bev]

Hailee wrote: "Hi my name is Hailee and this is my first year attempting this challenge. Like most of us here I am a bit of a book buying fanatic so hopefully this challenge will encourage me to at least end 2018..."

Welcome, Hailee! Good luck with Mount Blanc!

[Bev]

Jennifer wrote: "I only managed to get half way up Mt. Vancouver in 2017, but I’m trying another trek this year. I’ve committed to reading only my own books and not buying or checking anything out from the library ..."

Welcome back! Good luck with your 2018 trek!

[Bev]

Daria wrote: "Hi all! This is my first year doing this challenge. I’m hoping to trim my TBR down by at least 50. You can find me on Litsy as well @dariazeoli

Good luck, everyone!"

Hi, Daria! Thanks for joining us on the climb this year!

[Bev]

Manda wrote: "Fab wrote: "Hi everyone! Participated in 2016 and made a small yet motivating dent on my piles of TBR’s. I’m determined for next year to read mostly from my piles as it looks like I accumulate more..."

Welcome, Manda! Good luck with your climb!

[Amanda]

Hi all!

I’m Amanda. I live in Tennessee with my husband and 3 dogs. I own a ridiculous amount of unread books. I’ve been meaning to join this group the last couple of years but never did so 2018 is the year! Happy reading.

[Bev]

Holly wrote: "Hello! My name's Holly, and I'm a bookaholic.

This will be my third year doing Mount TBR, and I've not made any sort of dent in my TBR list because... well, I spend more on books than I really oug..."

Glad you're climbing with us again, Holly!

[Bev]

Amanda wrote: "Hi all!

I’m Amanda. I live in Tennessee with my husband and 3 dogs. I own a ridiculous amount of unread books. I’ve been meaning to join this group the last couple of years but never did so 2018 i..."

Hi Amanda! So glad you're joining us for 2018. Good luck!

[Laura]

Hi everyone!

This will be my first time participating in this challenge and I am really excited to start reading so many amazing books from my current TBR.

I do have a slight (more like major...) book buying problem so I own a ton of unread books and this challenge seems like the perfect way to motivate myself to finally read all of the amazing books that I bought or were given to me as presents over the past few years!

Good luck to everyone and happy reading! :)

[AmyCynthia]

Hi all! This is my first time doing the challenge, although I have been hearing about it for awhile. I currently have 267 unread books (and will probably have more than that after the holidays) and I need some motivation to get through some of these this year!

[Michelle]

Hello everyone! This is my first time participating in the challenge. I've become somewhat of a library addict lately, leaving books I've bought on the shelf and coming home with 3-4 shiny library books at a time instead. I'm hoping this challenge will help me focus on the books I own!

[Kenzie]

Hello, everyone! I'm Mackenzie and this will be my second year making the climb, or attempting the climb. I have not completed by goal of Mount Blanc (24 books) for 2017, because I cannot seem to focus on my own books. Between public libraries, friend libraries, and fun Litsy clubs (such as the Litsy Markup Postal Book Club I just joined *facepalm*), I ignore my own books yet still buy more.

Anyway... This year I plan on starting at the bottom and seeing how high I can go. Let's see if my focus holds....

[Caitlin]

This will be my second year doing mountTBR. I am hoping to climb Mt. Blanc this year at the least. Aside from goodreads I am also @brilliantglow on Litsy if anyone wants to follow my climb there.

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Hi everyone, I'm Christine. This is also my 2nd year doing mount TBR. I failed miserably last year but I'm hoping to at least reach the top of Pike's Peak this year.

[Christina]

Hey all, I'm Christina. First time doing Mount TBR. I've had a huge TBR pile (shelves) for years and actually managed to reduce it this year via a book buying ban which kind of worked but also failed (I have still ended up buying around 35 books so far). I read a lot this year (65 books to now) but a number of those were new via Kindle so I've set my goal for Mount Blanc to motivate myself but I'm dreaming of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

[Bev]

Laura wrote: "Hi everyone!

This will be my first time participating in this challenge and I am really excited to start reading so many amazing books from my current TBR.

I do have a slight (more like major......"

Hi, Laura! Welcome to the climbing crew. Yeah--I think most of here on Mount TBR have major issues with book-buying....But that's what the challenge is for! to help us with our current piles so we can make room for more! :-)

[Bev]

AmyCynthia wrote: "Hi all! This is my first time doing the challenge, although I have been hearing about it for awhile. I currently have 267 unread books (and will probably have more than that after the holidays) and..."



Welcome to the climb, AmyCynthia! Good luck!

[Bev]

Michelle wrote: "Hello everyone! This is my first time participating in the challenge. I've become somewhat of a library addict lately, leaving books I've bought on the shelf and coming home with 3-4 shiny library ..."

Glad you're joining us, Michelle! That library can be tempting....I hate to limit my library reading, but I really do have to do something about all these stacks around my house. :-)

[Bev]

Mackenzie wrote: "Hello, everyone! I'm Mackenzie and this will be my second year making the climb, or attempting the climb. I have not completed by goal of Mount Blanc (24 books) for 2017, because I cannot seem to f..."

Welcome back! I've had trouble focusing in the last two months of 2017--so I'm not going to meet my goal either. Here's to a better year in 2018 for both of us.

[Bev]

Caitlin wrote: "This will be my second year doing mountTBR. I am hoping to climb Mt. Blanc this year at the least. Aside from goodreads I am also @brilliantglow on Litsy if anyone wants to follow my climb there."

Glad you'll be back with us! Good luck with your 2018 climb!

[Bev]

Christine wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm Christine. This is also my 2nd year doing mount TBR. I failed miserably last year but I'm hoping to at least reach the top of Pike's Peak this year."

Welcome back! Hope we both can meet our goals in 2018!

[Bev]

Christina wrote: "Hey all, I'm Christina. First time doing Mount TBR. I've had a huge TBR pile (shelves) for years and actually managed to reduce it this year via a book buying ban which kind of worked but also fail..."

Thanks for joining me in the climb, Christina! Glad to have you in the crew!

[Shauna]

Hi, Everyone,

My name is Shauna, and I am from Southern California. I have cut back on my Goodreads activity since 2013, but I thought I'd join the climb in 2018 and see how far I can go. I've acquired some exciting books over the last few months that I'm really excited to read. I'm going to start at the bottom and work my way up. We'll see how it goes.

[Bev]

Shauna wrote: "Hi, Everyone,

My name is Shauna, and I am from Southern California. I have cut back on my Goodreads activity since 2013, but I thought I'd join the climb in 2018 and see how far I can go. I've acq..."

Hi, Shauna! So glad you'll be joining us this year!

[My Book Strings]

Hi Bev, I'm having trouble commenting on your blog, so I'm signing up here. It's my first time participating, and I'll be more than happy to make it to Mount Blanc (24 books). Happy Reading, Everyone!