Mount TBR 2018 discussion
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So, hello, I'm Steven, and I'm a biblioholic. ..."
Hey, Steven! Glad you're back--I have no doubt you'll plant another flag on top of Olympus. If I get lucky, I'll see you up there.
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I see a few familiar faces here but for those who don't know me my name is Robin and I am a 46 year old book hoarder :)
I have a very busy "real life" but in my down time I like to..."
Hi, Robin! Wow--planning for 250, you will almost make up Olympus and back again. Good luck!
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Welcome to Mount TBR, Linda! Good luck with your climb.
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Good Luck Everyone!!"
Welcome back, Jeannie! Good luck with Pike's Peak!
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Welcome, Claire! Yes, you should be able to open a topic under Olympus, name it for your climb, and use it to keep track of your progress.
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This is my first year doing this challenge, but I've been looking to find a structured but also ..."
Hi, Brave! So glad you'll be joining us in scaling those TBR mountains. Good luck!
Hello everyone, I'm Bery and this is my first time climbing this challenge. I will start with 60 books- Mt. Kilimanjaro. I'm also starting the Gilmore Challenge, which includes a lot of my books in my TBR list, so hopefully with both challenges I will take down my TBR pile.
Hi, this is my second year doing this challenge. I have signed up for Pike's Peak again. I read 13 books off my TBR list, starting from 2009. I read a total of 108 books, so I seem to have a bit of a problem...my TBR list is growing faster than I can keep up! Oh well, we'll see how it goes this year!
Hi, I'm Ellen and I'm new to this group. Someone on my friends list (I can't recall who) joined this group and it sounded like a fun idea. I get most of my books from the local libraries, but I have about 100 books at home waiting to be read that I've bought over the last few years. I'm going to attempt to ascent Mt. Ararat and get 48 books off my shelves (literally). I'm participating in several other challenges on Goodreads and using my currently owned books for a lot of the topic ideas.
HI! My name is Tamera and "I'm a book-aholic and I need to read these books I keep accumulating!" (all of you: "Hi Tamera")
This is my very first year doing this challenge and I am thinking that I am going to aim for Mt. Kilimanjaro to get myself a nice running start. I have a couple Mt. Olympus' on my TBR, but I'm trying to be realistic here.
This is going to be fun - I can smell the book pages from here... because I quite literally have my nose in a book ;)
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(all of you: "Hi Tamera")
This is my very first year doing this challenge and I am thinking that..."
Hi Tamera! You're in good book-aholic company here. Welcome to the challenge!
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I'm also starting the Gilmore Challenge, which includes a lot of my books ..."
Welcome to the climbing crew, Bery! So glad you're joining us.
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Welcome back, Eileen! Good luck conquering Pike's Peak again!
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So glad you found us, Ellen! Welcome to the challenge!
Hi! I'm Cenda. I'm new to Goodreads. My TBR is about 200+ books (physical and Kindle) so I do need to reduce it a little. I'm planning to start off with Mt Ararat, which I'm pretty sure I can accomplish, and then just go from there. Looking forward to it! :)
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Cenda--Welcome to Goodreads! And welcome to the climbing crew! Good luck with your trip up Mt. Ararat.
Hi, I'm Tip, and this is my first time with this challenge. I am not a fast reader, and do not have as much time as I would like to read, but I am going to climb Mount Blanc. My goal is to make at least half of the books be from 2011/2012, which is when I first started using a Kindle. When I discoverd free ebooks I went kind if crazy, and I expect I will start and discard a few of them. I am more discriminating now, but still have a TBR list that is growing much faster than I can read them. At least I will always have something to read that I am in the mood for! I am wondering, do most people report back here how they are progressing, or do they start a separate thread?
Thank you Bev for starting this challenge!
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Hi, Tip! Welcome to the Challenge. Yes--go to the Mount Blanc section and open up thread/top and name it "Tip's Climb" (or whatever you'd like--you can see examples of what others have done). You'll use that thread to track your progress.
New to the group & I'm totally excited to have found my tribe!
Hi soon to be friends,I stumbled upon this group when I was entering a reading slump and looking for a group to help me build monthly TBRs but I think this is much better.
My owned TBR is sitting somewhere between 170 and 180 rn (I haven’t added the books that I bought in January to goodreads yet and recently done a unhaul and haven’t removed those books so I’m not 100% sure where i sit)
I’m really hoping to get to the books that have been sitting on my shelf for multiple years and not getting too distracted by shiny new books. I’m also trying to go on book buying restrictions and only buying sequels to books that I’ve already read and hoping that this group will help me stay motivated to read the books that I already own.
Right now my goal is to crush Mt. Vancouver. I have some rereads that I want to get to this year that won’t count and I’m also from Canada so how could I not choose our mountain to begin with? I read 100 books last year and according to the 50 book pledge I’m on track to read 101 this year so I think 36 is a really achievable goal for me and I’ll reassess in July.
I can’t wait to get to know you all and cheer you on in your reading goals!
Hi! I'm Cindy, and I'm new to this challenge. I have countless TBR books--well, I'm not going to count them, but there are more than 30 linear feet of shelving, some double depth. I'm also doing the BookRiot Read Harder challenge, and I told myself I'd try really hard to fill a lot of that out of my TBR pile, but somehow I went and bought more (so those won't be part of this challenge, obviously, but there are a few I already had that will). I hope to move some out of the house, but I also have books I've picked up of authors I love and want to keep, or themes I love (for example, I collect Arthuriana, so when I read the new ones, unless I hate them, I'll add them to my Arthuriana shelf). Bev kindly said that as long as the status changes from TBR to "loved and kept" it counts :-) i'll start with going for just 12 but hope to up that if I make good progress!
Jobiska (Cindy) wrote: "Hi! I'm Cindy, and I'm new to this challenge. I have countless TBR books--well, I'm not going to count them, but there are more than 30 linear feet of shelving, some double depth. I'm also doing th..."I had no idea that "Arthuriana" was a word and I love it. I am also a massive fan of the Arthur mythos! :D
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Hi Candy! So glad you found us. Good luck with your climb!
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Welcome to the climbing crew! Good luck with your climb.
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Hi! Good luck with your climb this year!
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I stumbled upon this group when I was entering a reading slump and looking for a group to help me build monthly TBRs but I think this is much better.
My owned TBR is sitting ..."
Welcome to the climbing crew, Colleen! Hope you have a great reading year.
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Hi, Cindy! So glad you're joining us. good luck!
Hello, my name is Katherine. This is the first time I am trying this challenge. I have so many stacks of unread books- 😱 Attempting Vancouver. Wish me luck!!!
Hello,My name is Kelly. This is the first year of attempting Mount TBR challenge. I am going to start at Pikes Peak and see where my books take me this year.
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Hi, Katherine! So glad you're joining us this year. Good Luck!
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My name is Kelly. This is the first year of attempting Mount TBR challenge. I am going to start at Pikes Peak and see where my books take me this year."
Welcome to the challenge, Kelly. Good luck with your climb.
Hi, I’m brand new to this, but what a terrific idea! I get most of my books from the library but I do have some TBRs ripening away on my shelf. This is going to be the year! I can already tell.
Welcome to all the new people! Hope you enjoy the climb.
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Hi Caroline! So glad you found us. Good luck with your climb!
Hi! I’m Pam. This is my first year year doing this challenge but my 3rd year trying to reduce the # of books on my bookshelves. I estimate I have over 300 books throughout my house plus a few Nook books that I want to read!
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Hi, Pam! Welcome to the climbing crew!
Hi, I'm Abi. I've never done a group like this, but my book buying and then not reading has gotten out of control. I will hopefully read at least the physical books (18, I think) and some of the ebooks (I'm aiming for 10-30 of those). The ebooks number around 200 (like I said, out of control purchasing) but hopefully I will make a dent!
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Hi, Abi! I'm so glad you're joining us. Good luck with getting that TBR pile under control!
Hello everyone, I'm Megan! I'm afraid to count how many books are in my TBR (at least 100 physical books), but I'm excited to start chipping away. I've read 8 books from my TBR so far as part of the PopSugar challenge I'm also doing, so my low goal is 12 books, but my true TRUE goal is 24.
Hi Everyone - I'm Sue and I'm new to this group. I've been slowly switching to an e-reader but I still have a couple shelves of books that I want to get to. I've **promised myself** that I won't buy a zillion e-books in advance. We'll see how that goes. I know I'm speaking to fellow book addicts here, so wish me luck!
I'm moving to a new house in a few months and I really need to shrink my physical TBR. I'm sure many of you have packed up and moved boxes of books - and I'm certainly not in my 20's (or 30's or 40's) anymore, so not looking forward to that task.
So thank you for setting up this challenge. I see that the group has been active for years. I just love that we never seem to run out of good books!
Happy reading everyone!
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Hi, Megan! Glad you're climbing with us!
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I've been slowly switching to an e-reader but I still have a couple shelves of books that I want to get to. I've **promised myself** that I won't ..."
Sue--so glad you've found. Hope the TBR challenge helps you get through some of those shelved books. Good luck!
Sue wrote: "Hi Everyone - I'm Sue and I'm new to this group."Hi, Sue! I recently moved, and let me tell you, my friends were not thrilled about the 1000+ books and 400+ DVDs they helped my husband and I move! :) Hope you do better than I did at shrinking that TBR!
Sue wrote: "Hi Everyone - I'm Sue and I'm new to this group. I've been slowly switching to an e-reader but I still have a couple shelves of books that I want to get to. I've **promised myself** that I won't ..."
Hi Sue. We have been downsizing and culling for 6 months and have gotten rid of 50% of our books- somewhere in the neighborhood of 75 book boxes have gone to libraries and book sales, as well as 5-5 foot bookcases....and about 50% of our furniture . We are both 60, and this has to be one of the hardest and best things we’ve ever done (we were both in pre-internet book concentrated careers: librarian and ordained ministry). We still have a lot of books, and I have about 5K ebooks as well.
Color us *tired* and wishing you the best
Hi, I'm Kelly (or Taz as indicated by my screenname) and I just found this group. I'd really like to knock out my TBR list before my 70s so I'm hoping this group will be a great motivator.
Like most of you, I'm a bookaholic. Let me explain what that means for me: I personally own 2000 books (some duplicates) and I have not read half of them, I have over 1000 books on my Goodreads TBR, I keep falling victim to free Ebooks (1076 in my Kindle [though half are cookbooks and I don't plan to read them all]) AND I have a bad library habit which has (previously) kept me from my shelves!
Why is this a problem? My grandmother's are heavy readers and I stand to inherit their libraries too. It is so 'bad,' my grandfather once looked at me and said "You are not allowed to buy anymore books. You need to get an EReader before you end up like your Grandma."
After a recent move, ALL of my books are in storage and I've been motivated to check out books I own from the library though I have gotten off-track recently.
Jessika wrote: "Sue wrote: "Hi Everyone - I'm Sue and I'm new to this group."Hi, Sue! I recently moved, and let me tell you, my friends were not thrilled about the 1000+ books and 400+ DVDs they helped my husban..."
Haha. Jessika, I recently moved. 2000 books and 600 DVDs in two days. My friends were NOT happy with me (until I fed them). To make matters worse, moving cross-country means they are mostly still in storage with friends and family who are none too pleased about all the boxes taking up valuable space.
One book at a time Taz....I have 4K on my Nook app, have max out my space on my iPad Pro, and my poor little kindle is overwhelmed. Let;s just say, I feel ya girl
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I'd really like to knock out my TBR list before my 70s so I'm hoping this group will be a great motivator.
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So glad you're joining us! Good luck and hope we can help you read those books that are in storage. :-)
Hi my name is Tammie I love reading books and other stuff
Hi, Wendy! Good luck with Olympus--I keep aiming for it and not quite getting there. So, I've declared for Everest with my eye on the big red planet. Hope to meet you at the top of Olympus by Dec 31st!