It’s time for the second quarterly check-in post for the Mount TBR Challenge 2013. Bev asks:
1. Tell us how many miles you’ve made it up your mountain (# of books read). If you’re really ambitious, you can do some intricate math and figure out how the number of books you’ve read correlates to actual miles up Pike’s Peak, Mt. Ararat, etc.
- I’ve read just a quarter of my target – 12 books, reaching Pike’s Peak, so I’m not looking too good to reach Mount Ararat, that is, to read 48 books from my own bookshelves.
These are the books I’ve read:
- The Case of the Curious Bride by Erle Stanley Gardner
- The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
- Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie
- Small Kindnesses by Fiona Robyn
- The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien
- The Distant Hours by Kate Morton
- Daughters of Fire by Barbara Erskine
- Balthazar Jones and the Tower of London Zoo by Julia Stuart
- The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris
- The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland
- Kissing the Gunner’s Daughter by Ruth Rendell
- Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens
2.
What has been your most difficult read so far. And why? (Length? Subject matter? Difficult style? Out of your comfort zone reading?)
- That has to be The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver. Although it began and ended well, I got bored several times in the middle. I felt there was something missing, the personal elements that brought the story to life for me were few and far between; I couldn’t feel involved and just wanted it to end. I persevered because it has had such good reviews and recommendations, but sadly it dragged for me.
Which book (read so far) has been on your TBR mountain the longest? Was it worth the wait? Or is it possible you should have tackled it back when you first put it on the pile? Or tossed it off the edge without reading it all?
- This is Kissing the Gunner’s Daughter by Ruth Rendell, which I’ve had for about 20 years! It was well worth the wait and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.
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This is a very interesting group of books. I read your review of The Owl Killers, and Karen Maitland’s books sound very interesting. I love the covers.
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I went with Pike’s Peak (and haven’t reached it quite yet) so to me, you’re off to a great start… and don’t forget that there is still plenty of 2013 left to get all the way up to Mt. Ararat!!
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Thank you, Jenna, for your encouraging words!
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Here’s hoping that the trail gets easier in the second half of the year and you can make up some ground. I’ve got several (more than several, actually) books that have been on Mount TBR for at least 20 years too. That’s one reason I started this challenge–to give me more incentive to get some of those off the mountain. Thanks for checking in!
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