Mount TBR Checkpoint 2

Published on by Margaret

Mount TBR 2015

The year is almost half-way over and it’s time for a second quarterly check-in post for Bev’s Mount TBR challenge. I’m answering three of Bev’s questions:

1. Tell us how many miles you’ve made it up your mountain (# of books read). 
I am way behind with my target of reaching Mt Ararat (that is 48 books) as I’ve read 17, which is nearly halfway up Mont Blanc (24 books). I’ll have to concentrate on reading more from my own shelves if I’m going to reach my target.
2 C. 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?

An Autobiography by Anthony Trollope has been on my mountain the longest – I’ve had this book for over 20 years. The reason it had sat unread on my shelves is that when I bought it I hadn’t read any of Trollope’s books and I thought it would be better if I knew a bit about his work before reading about his life. It was definitely worth the wait – a fascinating account of his life and also about how he went about his writing; he criticises his own books and writes about his fellow writers.

And:

My Day in Books

Use titles from your list to complete as many of the following sentences below as you can.  If you haven’t read enough books to give you good choices, then feel free to use any books yet to be read from your piles. I’ve given my answers as examples. Feel free to add words (such as “a” or “the” or others that clarify) as needed.

I began the day with [a] Three Act Tragedy
before breakfasting on Gem Squash TokoloshieOn my way to work I saw The Secret Keeper
and walked by The Dead Secret 
to avoid The Betrayal of Trust
but I made sure to stop at Barchester TowersIn the office, my boss asked me how to use The Book of Lost and Found
and sent me to research [the]Turn of the Tide

At lunch with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
I noticed  The Dreamwalker
playing a game of Spilling the Beans

When I got home that night,
I imagined myself [in] Green Darkness
and wondered if [I’m]The Last Girl
Finally, I went to bed and dreamed about The Burning

14 thoughts on “Mount TBR Checkpoint 2”

  1. I took the coward’s way out and didn’t aim for Mount Ararat this year. Thus I’m doing ok with Mont Blanc. So far…

    I love your answers to My Day in Books. 🙂

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  4. That was fun to hear about your journey to the top of Mount Ararat of TBR mountain. Our TBR mountain is more of a mountain range with peaks in three rooms. Yikes.

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  5. I too have more of a mountain range than a solitary peak, but am tackling small bits at a time. #TBR20 currently and then I’ll do a blitz of my ebooks (or at least make a small dent in them). Good luck!

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  6. Very clever use of your titles in your ‘My Day in Books,’ Margaret! And I think it’s great that you’re making progress on the TBR, even if you’re not yet where you’d like to be with it. Oh, and the Trollope sounds interesting!

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