Mount TBR 2016 discussion

My books are overflowing my shelves, and after trying and miserably failing last year to do a large cull(what with having over 100 books I've yet to read), I"m setting my goal at reading 80% of this year's books from my shelf. Given my average books/year while I'm working, this should hit about 61, but I'm trying to set the bar a bit lower at first.

So far (at 10 per post):
1.Shylock Is My Name by Howard Jacobson, which wasn't absolutely amazing but did give me a lot to think about.

2.Ms. Marvel, Vol. 3: Crushed by G. Willow Wilson

3.Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-seven Women Untangle an Obsession, edited by Elizabeth Benedict. This one came out this year, but I received an ARC late last year.

4. Hawkeye, Vol. 3: L.A. Woman by Matt Fraction.

5.Angel Omnibus

6. 1 March: The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman (Yes, I am going heavy on the comics right now, because they take up a surprising amount of space.)

7.The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman

8.The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman

9.The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You, still by Neil Gaiman

10.The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections

Good luck with Ararat, Alanna!

10 down, 12 total books read, that's 80%, and I am on track! Hopefully I'll get off the comics jag soon, I'm ready for something else and I have some ARCs to read.

11. The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives

12. The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End

13. The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

14. The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake Two Death books and no more Sandman!

15. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

16. Death: The High Cost of Living

17. Death: The Time of Your Life, and with that I have finished the Sandman series, finally.

18. Dracula by Bram Stoker, which took me a ridiculously long time.

19, Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce

20. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2014, edited by Deborah Blum. Almost halfway there!

21. The Best American Comics 2007, edited by Chris Ware (15 Apr.)

22. The Rook by Daniel O'Malley (18 Apr.)

23. The Art of Neil Gaiman: The Visual Story of One of the World's Most Vital Creative Forces, by Hayley Campbell (25 April)

24. Dancing Skeletons: Life and Death in West Africa by Katherine A. Dettwyler Halfway there! Marked the occasion by reading a book in my field I really ought to have read ages ago. (30 April)

25. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Really interesting, but 500 and change pages! (15 May)

26. Flight, Vol. 1. As always with comics anthologies, I had to skip some of it because I couldn't parse the visuals. (24 May)

27. The Devil's Panties by Jennie Breeden (27 May)

28. Fables, Vol. 6: Homelands by Bill Willingham (27 May)

29. Fables, Vol. 7: Arabian Nights and Days by Bill Willingham (28 May)

30. Fables, Vol. 8: Wolves by Bill Willingham (28 May)

31. Fire by Kristin Cashore. I have mixed feelings on this one, but it's off my list now, and I can start its sequel. (2 June)

32. The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2: Fandemonium by Kieron Gillen (5 June)

33. The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn by Diane Ravitch. This was...not good. Just not good. (9 June)

34. Carry on, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (13 June)

35. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams (14 June)

36. The Alchemaster's Apprentice by Walter Moers (21 June)

37. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (23 June)

38. The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (29 June)

39. Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (30 June)

40. Absolute Midnight by Clive Barker (3 July)

41. Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett (16 July)

42. Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett (18 July)

43.Mort by Terry Pratchett (19 July)

44. Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett (20 July) (Think I'm on another kick? :))

45. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (21 July)

46. Thud! by Terry Pratchett

47. Loamhedge by Brian Jacques

48. Ivanhoe by Walter Scott

49. S. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst

50. Cursed by Mel Odom

Way to go Alanna!! You are almost there!!

Jessika wrote: "Nice work!"

Awww, thank you!

Sue wrote: "Way to go Alanna!! You are almost there!!"

Thank you! Four more books as of today!

Oh I have a couple of those Pratchett books on my Kindle -- thanks for the reminder.

And congrats on how well you are doing with your climb!

After a bit of a slump, I have finally completed Mt Ararat!

Alanna wrote: "After a bit of a slump, I have finally completed Mt Ararat!"

Congrats!!

Congrats, Alanna! Good job at reaching the top of your mountain!

51. The Unwritten, Vol. 2: Inside Man by Mike Carey

52. The Unwritten, Vol. 3: Dead Man's Knock

53. The Unwritten, Vol. 4: Leviathan

54. Captain Marvel, Vol. 1: In Pursuit of Flight by Kelly Sue DeConnick

55. Captain Marvel, Vol. 2: Down

56. The Unwritten, Vol. 5: On to Genesis

57. The Unwritten, Vol. 6: Tommy Taylor and the War of Words

58. The Unwritten, Vol. 7: The Wound

59. Hild by Nicola Griffith

60. The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

Wow, I never thought I'd make it up Mt. Kilimanjaro!