12. A book that's been sitting on your Goodreads shelves for a while

[Stina]

Oh, well, hmm, I guess I should have read this one before posting #11. I'll be more lenient on this one. My criterion will be that I added it to my Goodreads shelves (any of them) at any point before the beginning of 2017. There's an obvious opportunity for double-dipping here if you choose to take it.

[Mary]

"The Living Mountain" by Nan Shepherd. My mother gave this to me for Christmas (from my wishlist) a few years ago. The Introduction by another author was so booooring, I couldn't really get into it, until I ditched the Introduction and went straight to the proper book. It is an absolute delight!! I can't find when I first added this to Goodreads, only when I started reading the proper book 13 months ago (interrupted by requested library books and reading challenges!!). The rest of the book, with life getting in the way, took me two weeks to read. Without Life, I could have read it in one sitting, the writing is so lovely.

[Stina]

Oops, I had The Traitor Baru Cormorant down for this one, but it turns out I didn't add it to my Goodreads shelves until January of 2017. Soooo.....There's always Hotel Pastis: A Novel of Provence for the triple-dip, of course. Or not. Though I've had the book since 2009, it apparently took me almost 10 years to add it to Goodreads.

Aha! I added Every Heart a Doorway to my wish list in 2016! Good book. Way darker than I thought it was going to be, but still quite funny in some ways. Definitely thought-provoking.

[Cheryl]

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey went on my Goodreads list the day I set up the account. Crossed it off yesterday. I feel like I accomplished something.