Bev's Launchpad to Mars

[Bev]

For the third year I'm aiming to climb Mt. Everest with the idea that I'll be able to build a rocket ship when I get to the top and actually make it to Mount Olympus up on Mars....but my official goal for 2015 will be to knock another 100 books off the TBR stacks. I'll be posting the books as they come.

[Tracey Allen]

Huge goal, I hope you make it.

[Bev]

Tracey Allen wrote: "Huge goal, I hope you make it."

Thanks, Tracey! Here's hoping...

[Bev]

First step up the mountains...working my way from Pike's Peak to the top of Everest.

1. Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home by James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon)

[Jarvis]

All the best, Bev :D:D

[Bev]

Gehna wrote: "All the best, Bev :D:D"

Thanks, Gehna!

[Bev]

2. Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy B. Hughes [on TBR since 12/1/12]

[Bev]

3. The Case of the Painted Girl by Frank King [on TBR since 10/18/14]

[Bev]

4. Police Procedurals by martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini (eds) [on TBR since 9/23/13]

[Leslie]

Bev wrote: "4. Police Procedurals by martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini (eds) [on TBR since 9/23/13]"

Were these short stories? I like the police procedural type of mysteries :)

[Bev]

Leslie wrote: "Bev wrote: "4. Police Procedurals by martin H. Greenberg & Bill Pronzini (eds) [on TBR since 9/23/13]"

Were these short stories? I like the police procedural type of mysteries :)"

They were actually four novellas. But a pretty solid collection.

[Bev]

5. Asimov's Choice: Black Holes & Bug-Eyed Monsters by George H. Scithers, ed. [on TBR since 6/1/13]

[Bev]

6. Mother Finds a Body by Gypsy Rose Lee [on TBR since 10/3/14]

[Bev]

7. A Dead Man in Istanbul by Michael Pearce [on TBR since 9/2/13]

[Bev]

8. Alpha 2 by Robert Silverberg [on TBR since December 1993]

[Bev]

9. Rod Serling's Twilight Zone Revisited by Walter B. Gibson (adapted by) [on TBR since 6/14/14]

[Bev]

10. Death of a Dwarf by Harold Kemp [on TBR since 5/24/14]

[Sophia]

Nice start, Bev! Ten is well on your way.

[Bev]

Thanks, Sophia! And I've only been distracted by a "few" library side-trails....

[Bev]

11. Mystery! A Celebration: Stalking Public Television's Greatest Sleuths by Ron Miller [on TBR since 10/25/14]

Finally! Back on the TBR road....

[Bev]

12. One Touch of Blood by Samm Sinclair Baker [on TBR since 11/10/14]

Pike's Peak has now been conquered!

[Leslie]

Bev wrote: "12. One Touch of Blood by Samm Sinclair Baker [on TBR since 11/10/14]

Pike's Peak has now been conquered!"

Congrats!!

[Zaara]

Bev wrote: "12. One Touch of Blood by Samm Sinclair Baker [on TBR since 11/10/14]

Pike's Peak has now been conquered!"

Good on ya!

[Sam]

Woohoo, Bev, congrats!

[Bev]

Thanks Zaara, Iselin, & Jessika!

[Bev]

13. Death Over Deep Water by Simon Nash [on TBR since 12/31/11]

[Bev]

14. Caught Dead in Philadelphia by Gillian Roberts [on TBR since 7/24/14]

[Bev]

15. Some of Your Blood by Theodore Sturgeon [on TBR since 7/26/14]

[Bev]

16. 13 Steps Down by Ruth Rendell [on TBR since 2/10/11]

[Bev]

17. A Stitch in Time by Emma Lathen [on TBR since 3/1/12]

[Bev]

18. Lost Laysen by Margaret Mitchell [on TBR since 2006]

[Bev]

19. Panic by Helen McCloy [on TBR since 6/27/12]

[Bev]

20. The Secret of Magnolia Manor by Helen Wells [on TBR since 9/23/14]

The top of Mount Blanc is now in sight! Just a few more miles to go....

[Bev]

21. The World's Best 100 Detective Stories Vol. 1 by Eugene Thwing, ed. [on TBR since 10/25/14]

[Bev]

22. Into the Valley by John Hersey [on TBR since 6/9/12]

[Bev]

23. Brighton Rock by Graham Green [on TBR since 3/1/12]

[Sophia]

Neatly done! Ahead of schedule, Bev!

[Bev]

Sophia wrote: "Neatly done! Ahead of schedule, Bev!"

Thanks!
I'm trying to keep up a steady pace.

[Bev]

24. Death & Mr. Prettyman by Kenneth Giles

And a flag atop Mont Blanc!

[Leslie]

Congrats on reaching Mont Blanc!

[Bev]

Almost a quarter of the way to Everest! I'm taking a brief rest stop to read a library book....

[Bev]

25. Top of the Heap by A. A. Fair [on TBR since 10/4/13]

[Bev]

26. Night Train to Paris by Manning Coles [on TBR since 10/4/13]

[Bev]

27. Playground of Death by John Buxton Hilton [on TBR since 4/10/11]

[Bev]

Jessika wrote: "Nice job!"

Thanks, Jessika! Still not knocking them off faster than I've been buying new ones....but it's good to keep a steady pace.

[Cath]

Still not knocking them off faster than I've been buying new ones

And I just added two new books to my Nook due to your new blogpost, Bev. Not that I'm blaming you or anything. Much. ;-)

[Bev]

Cath wrote: "Still not knocking them off faster than I've been buying new ones

And I just added two new books to my Nook due to your new blogpost, Bev. Not that I'm blaming you or anything. Much. ;-)"

Oh, Cath, I'll take the blame for being an enabler...the more you add this year, the better chance you'll join me for another round of Mt. TBR next year. ;-)

[Cath]

LOL! Absolutely. And I'll forgive you because the two I got sound really *good*. :-D

[Bev]

Cath wrote: "LOL! Absolutely. And I'll forgive you because the two I got sound really *good*. :-D"

Which two did you get?

[Bev]

28. The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder & the Birth of Forensic Science in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum [on TBR since 11/24/14}