Mount TBR 2016 discussion

Back again for another year. I reached the foothills of Mt Ararat in 2015, and am aiming for the top in 2016.

Good luck, Margaret! I can't wait to get started.

Good luck, Cath -I like the fact that on 1 January all my books become TBRs - until I get more!

I like that too, Margaret... a lot! LOL!

Welcome Back, Margaret! Good luck.

I've just realised I haven't updated my page - at all! But I have been reading and here is my list of books read so far:

1. In Bitter Chill by Sarah Ward
2. The Shepherd’s Life by James Rebank
3. Destination Unknown by Agatha Christie
4. A Month in the Country by J L Carr
5. Death Comes as the End by Agatha Christie
6. Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie
7. Lustrum by Robert Harris
8. The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
9. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
10. Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope
11. Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey

You're doing really well, Margaret!

I began well in January when all my books were TBRs, but I've slowed down a bit now because of library books and review books.

I've been neglecting library books and thus I have 12 sitting on the shelf waiting to be read. It's all or nothing with me.

It's difficult - I want to support the library and read my own books! Whichever I choose I do feel a bit guilty.

Eight down is really good! I love to support the library too--but I decided this year I would be on a library diet (no challenges involving library books). I have GOT to get my teetering stacks under control. I'll still pick up library books here and there when one grabs my eye--and I'm still supporting the Friends of the Library used book store (which does nothing to help diminish the stacks).

I've now read my 12th book to reach Pike's Peak, well on the way to Mt Ararat - it's The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle by Kirsty Wark.

My review is on my blog - http://www.booksplease.org/2016/03/23...

Congrats on planting the flag on Pike's Peak!

Well done on reaching Pike's Peak :-)

Books 13, 14 & 15

13 The Secret Hangman by Peter Lovesey

14 SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

15 Wycliffe and the Tangled Web by W J Burley

You're going really well, Margaret!

I keep forgetting to add books here! I've now read 3 more TBRs and written posts on 2 of them:

16 People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

17 Before the Fact by Francis Iles

Book 18 is Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill - review to follow.

Here's the link to my review of Bones and Silence by Reginald Hill- I really enjoyed this book.

Catching up with my TBR list - 5 more books:

19. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
20. L S Lowry: A Life by Shelley Rohde - detailed and fascinating
21. The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf
22. Crystal Nights by Dorte Hummelshoj Jakobsen
23. High Rising by Angela Thirkell

One more book and I'll reach Mont Blanc - still a long climb to Mt Ararat. I'll have to stop reading library books and new books!

Wow, you're going really well, Margaret! These library and new books are a real problem. ;-)

I've reached Mont Blanc with

Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham - book number 24!

Margaret wrote: "I've reached Mont Blanc with

Talking to the Dead by Harry Bingham - book number 24!"

Congrats!

Two more TBRs read:

No. 25: Asta's Book by Barbara Vine an excellent book

No. 26: A Shilling for Candles by Josephine Tey

Still climbing -

No. 27: The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
No. 28: Heat Wave by Penelope Lively
No. 29: The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling - review to follow
No. 30: A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr