Mount TBR 2017 discussion
Level 1: Pike's Peak (12 books)
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Books Read 21/12:1. Tender Is the Night been on my TBR since 2012, but bought in September 2016 at the Half Price Books clearance sale - completed 1/4
2. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald Secret Santa gift December 2016 - completed 1/8
3. The Splendid Outcast: Beryl Markham's African Stories Mom gave it to me in 2016 - completed 1/16
4. The Silver Chair have owned the Chronicles of Narnia boxset since childhood yet never read past the first book - completed 1/21
5. The Underground Railroad Christmas present from my parents December 2016 - completed 1/27
6. Almost to Eden my Mom gave me this in 2015 - completed 2/5
7. The Horse and His Boy have owned the Chronicles of Narnia boxset since childhood yet never read past the first book - completed 2/7
8. Windows on the White House: The Story of Presidential Libraries bought from Abebooks December 2015 - completed 2/15
9. The Magician's Nephew have owned the Chronicles of Narnia boxset since childhood yet never read past the first book - completed 3/19
10. The Prayers of Jane Austen won in a Goodreads giveaway Nov. 2016 - completed 3/23
11. The Last Battle have owned the Chronicles of Narnia boxset since childhood yet never read past the first book - completed 4/13
12. Razing Hell: Rethinking Everything You've Been Taught about God's Wrath and Judgment bought from Amazon in 2014 - completed 4/29
13. Gilead got at a Little Free Library February 2016 - completed 5/6
14. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America bought at a library book sale in 2016 - completed 5/15
15. As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto: Food, Friendship, and the Making of a Masterpiece bought from Barnes & Noble December 2015 - completed 5/22
16. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Secret Santa gift Christmas 2016 - completed 7/24
17. A Fine Imitation free book from work - completed 7/26
18. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking bought ebook on Amazon in 2014 - completed 7/31
19. The Camino: A Journey of the Spirit my mom gave it to me ages ago - completed 12/15
20. Christmas Stories Secret Santa gift - completed 12/24
21. El Paso Secret Santa gift - completed 12/26
You only have 42 books?! If I had to make a list of just the books I haven't read ... well, it would be over 700 long. I am impressed that you are so organized as to have most of your books read!
I finished Tender Is the Night and only gave it 2 stars. I found it so boring and I skimmed a lot of it. Dick was not interesting to me at all and I didn't care about him at all.Hopefully the rest of my owned books will be better!
Kate wrote: "You only have 42 books?! If I had to make a list of just the books I haven't read ... well, it would be over 700 long. I am impressed that you are so organized as to have most of your books read!"I get a LOT of books from the library--most of the time I only buy a book if I can't get it from there.
Going to keep a full list of my owned books:Books I owned prior to 2017 (eligible for this year's Mount TBR):
1. Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture bought on Amazon in 2014; 2017 TBR
2. Interior Castle got at a Little Free Library Summer 2016
3. The Book of American Diaries Christmas gift in 2015
4. Grace for the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life bought ebook on Amazon in 2014
5. Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta birthday gift 2014
6. Letters of a Nation: A Collection of Extraordinary American Letters bought at Half Price Books in 2016
7. A Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God Christmas gift in 2012
8. When Your World Makes No Sense: 4 Critical Decisions that Can Bring Hope and Direction Into Your Life Mom gave it to me in 2015
9. Reaching for the Invisible God: What Can We Expect to Find? bought at Goodwill in 2016
10. Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon bought at McKay Used Books April 2016
11. 11/22/63 bought at a library book sale in 2016
12. Woman Overboard: How Passion Saved My Life free book from work June 2016
13. Madame Bovary Mom gave it to me in 2016
14. The Weight of Glory borrowed from my brother and I've never gotten it back to him
15. The Age of Innocence Mom gave me November 2016
16. The Glass Castle Secret Santa gift December 2016
17. Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children gift from Mom
Books I got in 2017 (eligible for next year's Mount TBR if I don't get to them):
18. Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise bought on Audible March 2017
19. Gutenberg's Apprentice bought on Audible March 2017
20. The Group bought at Half Price Books March 2017
21. Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters bought at a local bookstore March 2017
22. Any Human Heart bought at a local bookstore March 2017
23. The Art of Racing in the Rain received from my Mom January 2017
24. BiblioTech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google bought from Amazon February 2017
25. So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love bought from Libro.fm April 2017
26. A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 birthday present from parents May 2017
27. Hissing Cousins: The Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth bought at Half Price Books May 2017
28. The Year of Magical Thinking bought at a used bookstore May 2017
29. The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 1: Family Letters, 1905-1931 bought at a used bookstore May 2017
30. The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume 2: Books, Broadcasts, and the War, 1931-1949 bought at a used bookstore May 2017
31. Fundamentals of Government Information, Second Edition: Mining, Finding, Evaluating, and Using Government Resources bought from Amazon May 2017
32. All Over But the Shoutin' Mom gave me June 2017
33. The Summer Before the War bought at Barnes & Noble August 2017
34. Today Will Be Different bought at Half Price Books August 2017
35. Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World bought at Goodwill August 2017
36. The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun bought at Goodwill August 2017
37. Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice got at a Little Free Library August 2017
38. Disciple: Becoming Disciples Through Bible Study bought for Bible study September 2017
39. Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living gotten at a Little Free Library September 2017
40. The Waves bought at Half Price Books November 2017
41. To the Lighthouse bought at Half Price Books November 2017
42. Camino Island Dad gave to me November 2017
43. The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street bought at Barnes & Noble November 2017
44. Lab Girl bought from Book Depository November 2017
45. The Atomic City Girls won an ARC from LibraryThing in November 2017
46. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles got a used bookstore November 2017
47. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption got a used bookstore November 2017
48. Cherry got a used bookstore November 2017
49. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth got a used bookstore November 2017
50. The Writing Life got a used bookstore November 2017
51. Victoria got at a Little Free Library November 2017
52. A Million Junes got at a Little Free Library November 2017
53. The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House bought at Barnes & Noble November 2017
54. Bel Canto got at Friends of Library sale nook October 2017
55. The Great Detective: The Amazing Rise and Immortal Life of Sherlock Holmes bought from the Amazon Marketplace December 2017
56. Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Secret Santa gift 2017
57. Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography Christmas gift 2017
58. A Year of Marvellous Ways Christmas gift 2017
59. Almost Famous Women: Stories Christmas gift 2017
I like your book list. I have a ton of random books on my TBR shelf (... shelves) at home. We have some common themes though, like church and letters. I just finished the Chilbury Ladies Choir recently and I wonder if you might like that. Just thought I'd say hello. Have a great day!
Jennifer wrote: "I like your book list. I have a ton of random books on my TBR shelf (... shelves) at home. We have some common themes though, like church and letters. I just finished the Chilbury Ladies Choir rece..."Thank you Jennifer! I actually read Chilbury as an ARC back in December 2016. It was right up my alley! How cool that we have similar tastes!
Woot woot completed Pike's Peak! Going to keep reading owned books though!
I actually finished another book whoa! 19 down!
I finished 2 more! Woot! Both of the books I'm reading now I added in 2017 so I guess I'll see everybody over at my Mount TBR 2018 page.
I finished 21 owned books this year! I read 94 books overall.I'll see you at my 2018 mountain!
Mount TBR 2017
Books mentioned in this topic
A Year of Marvellous Ways (other topics)Almost Famous Women: Stories (other topics)
Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography (other topics)
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (other topics)
El Paso (other topics)
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1. Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture bought on Amazon in 2014; 2017 TBR
2. Interior Castle got at a Little Free Library Summer 2016
3. The Book of American Diaries Christmas gift in 2015
4. Grace for the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life bought ebook on Amazon in 2014
5. Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light: The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta birthday gift 2014
6. Letters of a Nation: A Collection of Extraordinary American Letters bought at Half Price Books in 2016
7. A Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God Christmas gift in 2012
8. When Your World Makes No Sense: 4 Critical Decisions that Can Bring Hope and Direction Into Your Life Mom gave it to me in 2015
9. Reaching for the Invisible God: What Can We Expect to Find? bought at Goodwill in 2016
10. Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon bought at McKay Used Books April 2016
11. 11/22/63 bought at a library book sale in 2016
12. Woman Overboard: How Passion Saved My Life free book from work June 2016
13. Madame Bovary Mom gave it to me in 2016
14. The Weight of Glory borrowed from my brother and I've never gotten it back to him
15. The Age of Innocence Mom gave me November 2016
16. The Glass Castle Secret Santa gift December 2016
17. Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children gift from Mom
(I plan to give back the books that I have borrowed when I'm done so not sure if they constitute an owned book or not, but will list here anyway as they are taking up room on my bookshelf.)
Even though there are a lot of books listed, I will still start with 12 and up the level as I go--I do love those library books! Also, I am now working AND going to school so my reading time might go down a bit.