Mount TBR 2014 Challenge discussion

It's lovely to meet you, Jessika. I save sci-fi for motion pictures but enjoy fantasy. My favourite genres of all are the paranormal / mystical (including non-fiction!) and mystery. If you know how reading challenges run, other than those that have activities along the way, there's no such thing as starting late. Everything you've read from January 1 onward (in this one) counts towards your tally. I'm Carolyn in Manitoba. The idea isn't about ceasing purchases. A paper book person grabs deals where we find them so that wouldn't make sense. It *is* about encouraging you to read a bunch of what you already have. :-)

Welcome Jessika, nice to meet you. I too am a sci-fi fan but enjoy all kinds of books. I've read two of the books you hope to read, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and My Sister's Keeper. I thought both were excellent. Even though I'm doing this challenge I still can't resist buying books... well they'll do for next year's Mount TBR challenge if I don't read them before. LOL!

Hi, Jessika! So glad you've joined us! Good luck with your climb. And as for buying more books...I just came back from a little book-binge (birthday trip!) and added 28 more to my teetering stacks. I'll just have to find a way to read faster! :-)

Jessika wrote: "Don't know why I bother selecting my books in advance, because I never stick to the list! Well, ok, I did read one from the above list so far..."

I do the same thing! Once I try to put books at the top of my list they don't look as appealing anymore for some reason and I choose something else, usually at random.

Jessika wrote: "I hated assigned reading for the same reason - don't tell me what to read!..."

I wonder if this is related at all to why I had to join this challenge. Purchasing a book is almost like being told you have to read it!

I thanked you for your sweetest words in my new discussion thread. On the subject of series, I'm the opposite. I try many authors who wrote decades before I was born. It's still a long wait to collect the next volumes I need, because I'm real book only and love the quest of finding them! You probably guessed that, by the release years I like showing with my lists. Q;-)= Carolyn.

Thanks for another smile, Jessika, in another way! You might change your mind when you find that many favourites died. Eek! At least living authors will churn out more and that's a happy wait. My favourites today are, like you'll see on my list: Juliet Blackwell, Nancy Atherton, Kate Kingsbury, Annette Blair, Kate Carlisle, Stephen King.... My blog has a menu with all of my reviews in alphabetic order, all years. :) www.CMRiedel.wordpress.com

Yes. Thank you very much! The only ones I skipped are a couple of 1 or 2 stars. To be sure you differentiated: the menu marked 'guests' are the reviews of my reading challenge participants. The other two, including 'Canadian' are mine. Yes, I review every one. I intend to be an author and identifying why I like and dislike a book is part of my self-training. Plus to keep writing when I'm not doing anything with the actual manuscript-writing. :-) I'm really happy you visited.

The more the merrier. It ain't hoarding if ya use it and we be readers! ;-)

Good haul! I aced recent sales too. I have all of Sue's but never cracked a spine. Volume "A" made it to our bedroom, from our library building, a few months ago. It's a strong possibility this year. I wonder how many shop with lists similar to mine: alphabetized, going by "need" or "already have" depending on what's shortest. GRIN!