Introductions

[Dani]

Hi all! I'm Dani. This is my first go at this challenge, and I'm really looking forward to clearing out my TBR piles. I have a book pile as well as an ebook pile to dig through. I'd already made plans to start whittling away at them, so hopefully this challenge can give me some guidance and help me track my progress. I'll likely start at Pike's Peak, but I'd love to be able to climb numerous mountains next year!

[Holli]

Hi all! I'm Holli and am new to both Goodreads and the Mount TBR challenge. I have a monster TBR pile/mountain I swear breeds while I sleep and hope to reduce it some in 2015. I'm starting with 48 books, but hope to move up at least one level before year's end. Good luck to everyone!

[Bev]

Holli wrote: "Hi all! I'm Holli and am new to both Goodreads and the Mount TBR challenge. I have a monster TBR pile/mountain I swear breeds while I sleep and hope to reduce it some in 2015. I'm starting with 48 ..."

Hi, Holli! Welcome to Goodreads and the Challenge! Hope you have a good time with it.

[Bev]

Debi wrote: "This will be my 2nd year participating. I did not make my Mt. Ararat goal of 48 books (currently at 42) but at least came close. I really need to back off on requesting so many review books. :-)
I'..."

Welcome back, Debi!

[Bev]

Margaret wrote: "I saw this on read-warbler's blog and I'm ready to conquer Mt. TBR. I "only" have 88 books on the stack, but we know how one book leads to others (especially when one of mine is Nancy Pearl's Book..."

Hi, Margaret! Glad to have you join us!

[Sarah u]

Hello everyone, I'm Sarah. This will be my first Mount TBR so I'm still deciding which mountain to climb. I've got 150 + on my TBR so it definitely needs some work. My trouble is I just can't stop buying! :)

I'm looking forward to being a part of the challenge next year and getting to know you all.

[Bev]

Sarah wrote: "Hello everyone, I'm Sarah. This will be my first Mount TBR so I'm still deciding which mountain to climb. I've got 150 + on my TBR so it definitely needs some work. My trouble is I just can't stop ..."

Thanks for joining us, Sarah! I hope you'll be able to make good progress on your TBR stack!

[Sophia]

Hi everyone!

I love a good challenge and I seem to need one to motivate me to work through my books. I love them so this is no hardship. I spend a lot of time reviewing so I don't tend to just pick up my own chosen pleasure books as much (not that the review books aren't a pleasure). I love many genres of fiction and an eensy bit of non-fiction. I read for escape and I'm a mood reader. I can have a few different books open at once, but I don't peek at the end and rarely set one aside as a did not finish.

This will be my third year to participate and my TBR pile is still as mountainous as ever. I suspect that has something to do with me adding more than I read this year. I have more e-books than actual books, but I still have stacks of those too. I get my books from several of the usual sources and have lots of friends and family who feed my habit too.

I barely made it up Mt. Toro last year (2014) so I'm going to stick with that mountain again for 75 books.

Good luck, everyone!

[ClaireB]

Hello everyone,

Like all of you I have a stack of unread books at home that keeps growing and growing. Even when I know I have so much books already I can't resist buying new ones. This challenge is perfect for me. It'll help me a great deal I think ! I'd be overjoyed to even have a fourth of what I have read. I'll start with level one and climb my way up to higher mountains.

[Marina]

Hi everyone, I'm Marina from Italy.

I heard of this challenge in another challenge group and I decided to join. I have a TBR pile of around 400 books, although they might actually be slightly less as I did move various times over the past few years and each time I gave some of my books as gifts/bookcrossed them/etc. without caring to update my GR bookshelf. So I lost some of them on the way.

I don't have a big library at home because my books are spread across my own home and that of my parents' - again, the reason is that I seem to keep moving around and haven't found *my* place yet.

I will start with Mount Ararat for a personal reason, and that is because I love that mountain as a symbol of Armenia, a country which I really love (before you say, yes I know that Mt. Ararat is currently in Turkey, but it's historically the symbol of Armenia). I might up my goal if I do well.

[Bev]

Sophia wrote: "Hi everyone!

I love a good challenge and I seem to need one to motivate me to work through my books. I love them so this is no hardship. I spend a lot of time reviewing so I don't tend to just p..."

Welcome back, Sophia! Glad you're climbing with us again.

[Bev]

Angel wrote: "Hello everyone,

Like all of you I have a stack of unread books at home that keeps growing and growing. Even when I know I have so much books already I can't resist buying new ones. This challenge..."

Hi, Angel! Glad to have you join us. Hope your climb up Pike's Peak will go quickly and you'll be moving on to new mountains in no time.

[Bev]

Marina wrote: "Hi everyone, I'm Marina from Italy.

I heard of this challenge in another challenge group and I decided to join. I have a TBR pile of around 400 books, although they might actually be slightly less..."

Welcome, Marina! Good luck with your climb up Ararat!

[Julia]

Hi everyone,

this is my second year of participating - didn't quite manage to climb up Mt. Vancouver in 2014, but in 2015 this will change (hopefully). I'm now at 399 unread books, about 35 are ebooks, so most of them are actually sitting on their shelves waiting for (and staring at) me. Time to give them all the love they deserve!
Have a great time reading(and happy Holidays!)

[Christine]

Hi Bev, back again to try get rid of the every increasing tower I seem to have accumulated. I didn't make the target for 2014 but will keep the eyes on the page and work harder in 2015 ...

[Bev]

Christine wrote: "Hi Bev, back again to try get rid of the every increasing tower I seem to have accumulated. I didn't make the target for 2014 but will keep the eyes on the page and work harder in 2015 ..."

Welcome back! Good luck making those towers disappear!

[Katherine (Kat)]

I'm signing up again. This year, I'm going to actually take two bits of advice I was given last year, but ignored:

1. Pick a level you know you will achieve, and level up later if you finish early.

2. Don't post the titles before you read them. You'll get distracted, and read other books instead. List your TBR books when you FINISH them.

So, this year, instead of picking a number that will feel oppressive, I'm going to start with baby steps and commit to 12 books to begin with. And I will list each book when I finish it and write the review.

Wish me luck!

[Christine]

Hi all,

I am back again this year. Books breed like rabbits don't they?

[Sarah u]

Chris wrote: "Hi all,

I am back again this year. Books breed like rabbits don't they?"

Hi Chris, mine sure do!

[Stephanie]

Hi everyone! I'm Stephanie. This is my first year participating so I am going to start small and go for 12 books.

[Bev]

Stephanie wrote: "Hi everyone! I'm Stephanie. This is my first year participating so I am going to start small and go for 12 books."

Welcome, Stephanie! So glad you're joining us in 2015.

[Bev]

Marybeth wrote: "Hello! I'm am going to try the El Toro level. I have a TBR pile of at least 300 books. I really look forward to making some progress with my pile. This will be my first attempt at this challenge. I..."

Hi, Marybeth! Good luck with El Toro!

[Bev]

Chris wrote: "Hi all,

I am back again this year. Books breed like rabbits don't they?"

Welcome back, Chris! Yes...they do. I'm going to end 2014 having knocked off almost 130 books from my stacks....I haven't counted up how many appeared in the house over the past year, but I'm quite sure it's more than 130.

[Bev]

Katherine (Kat) wrote: "I'm signing up again. This year, I'm going to actually take two bits of advice I was given last year, but ignored:

1. Pick a level you know you will achieve, and level up later if you finish early..."

Welcome back, Kat! Good luck with the new level.

[Kathy]

Hi - back again for the 3rd year. I struggled up Mt. Ararat in 2014. I was really afraid I would not make it. I read over 200 books last year, but I read so many new books (or new to me!) that I almost didn't get to the top. This year I'm going to make Mt. Vancouver and go jump on another mountain if I get to the top too quickly!

[Bev]

Kathyb wrote: "Hi - back again for the 3rd year. I struggled up Mt. Ararat in 2014. I was really afraid I would not make it. I read over 200 books last year, but I read so many new books (or new to me!) that I al..."

Welcome back!

[An]

Hi all! I'm An. I'm looking forward to get 60 books from my TBR pile read. They are all books I'm tremendously looking forward to, so mount Kilimanjaro should not be a problem :)
You can find me at "#TBR20 x 3" https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Have fun with the challenge, everyone!

[Bev]

Susan wrote: "Hi, everyone! I'm Susan, and I am signing up for: Mt. Everest: Read 100 books from your TBR pile! I can't wait to check some of these off of my list! Thanks for setting up the Goodreads group!"

Welcome, Susan! Thanks for joining our climbing crew. Good luck with Mt. Everest!

[Bev]

An wrote: "Hi all! I'm An. I'm looking forward to get 60 books from my TBR pile read. They are all books I'm tremendously looking forward to, so mount Kilimanjaro should not be a problem :)
You can find me at..."

Hi, An! Glad you're joining us in 2015! Good luck!

[Nadia]

Hello! I'm Nadia and this is my second year participating! This year I'm aiming to brush off 24 titles from my ever growing tbr pile!

Best of luck to everyone :)

[Kristie3898]

Hello Everyone! My name is Kristie and I too am a book lover/hoarder! I have hundreds maybe into the thousands of books in my stash, because I am addicted to books! The problem is I can never find the time to read like I would like to. I tried this challenge last year, but unfortunately did not make my goal, so I am challenging myself again in 2015! My goal this year is to reduce my stash by at least 50 books. This is still a pretty aggressive goal, but I think I can do this knocking out some of my shorter books.

I have also accumulated several magazines over the last few years. Are we able to count magazines in this challenge? If not, I will just challenge myself to get rid of all of my old magazines by December 31, 2015!

Man, I really have some lofty goals for myself, so I better crack open my first book! Happy reading friends!

[Katie]

Hello!

I'm back again too! This is my second year doing this challenge. I will be attempting the Mount Blanc this time round. I do have a lot of unread books on the shelf....

Good luck everyone, and Happy New Year!

[Sarah]

Hi, my name's Sarah. This will be my third year participating in this challenge. I'm still climbing the smaller mountains, it will be Mount Blanc for me again this year. Here's hoping I can complete it (for the first time) in 2015. I'm a librarian and love my public library - I usually end up borrowing more books to read then focusing on the ones I own. But anyway, here's hoping I can manage this smallish climb. Best of luck to everyone on their reading challenge this year!

[Bev]

Nadia wrote: "Hello! I'm Nadia and this is my second year participating! This year I'm aiming to brush off 24 titles from my ever growing tbr pile!

Best of luck to everyone :)"

Welcome back, Nadia! Good luck with your second year of mountain-climbing.

[Bev]

Kristie3898 wrote: "Hello Everyone! My name is Kristie and I too am a book lover/hoarder! I have hundreds maybe into the thousands of books in my stash, because I am addicted to books! The problem is I can never find ..."

Glad to have you back, Kristie! Hope you can make your goal this year!

[Bev]

Katie (It's Time to Read) wrote: "Hello!

I'm back again too! This is my second year doing this challenge. I will be attempting the Mount Blanc this time round. I do have a lot of unread books on the shelf....

Good luck everyone, ..."

Thanks for joining in again, Katie! Good luck with Mount Blanc.

[Bev]

Sarah wrote: "Hi, my name's Sarah. This will be my third year participating in this challenge. I'm still climbing the smaller mountains, it will be Mount Blanc for me again this year. Here's hoping I can comple..."

Good luck with Mount Blanc, Sarah! Glad you're back for a third climb.

[Freda]

I'm back again and aim to not fail so miserably. :-)

[Bev]

Freda wrote: "I'm back again and aim to not fail so miserably. :-)"

Hi, Freda! Good luck with the new year of reading.

[Valerie's]

Hello everyone, I too am a terrible book hoarder....I don't hoard anything else, just books. But in the past I have allowed my life to get in the way of my passion for reading, not this year. Time to tackle that wee mountain...this is my first year joining the challenge. I am so excited to participate and knock some of those titles off my list...

[Bev]

Hello, Valerie! Welcome to our group and good luck with your climb.

[Barbarac]

I'm in again this year. I made such good progress last year (78 books!) and was able to hold myself off for several months before buying new books. So I'm hoping to keep working on my TBR pile (both on the floor by my bed and on my Kindle and Google Books).
This year I'm aiming for approximately 30 books. That should make my house less cluttery and dangerous :)

[Bev]

Barbarac wrote: "I'm in again this year. I made such good progress last year (78 books!) and was able to hold myself off for several months before buying new books. So I'm hoping to keep working on my TBR pile (b..."

Welcome back, Barbarac! Good luck with your 30 book goal.

[Sandra]

Hello, i'm Sandra and this is my first reading challenge. I'll start with Pike's Peak - 12 books... and if i can i'll upgrade. Happy reading all!

[Bev]

Sandra wrote: "Hello, i'm Sandra and this is my first reading challenge. I'll start with Pike's Peak - 12 books... and if i can i'll upgrade. Happy reading all!"

Welcome, Sandra! So glad you chose this one for your first challenge. Good luck with your reading!

[Jonathan]

Hi, I'm Jonathan and I have about 85 books on my tbr pile. I'm going to start with 24 books and see how far I get!

[Bev]

Jonathan wrote: "Hi, I'm Jonathan and I have about 85 books on my tbr pile. I'm going to start with 24 books and see how far I get!"

Welcome, Jonathan! Good luck with your climb.