Mount TBR 2018 discussion

Well...I just planted my flag on Everest, tossed my bags into the rocket ship, and am ready to see how far up Olympus I can get before the Ball drops in Times Square. Helmet on? Check. Oxygen Levels green? Check. Time to jump out the airlock....

Jessika wrote: "Woohoo, Bev! You can do it!"

I doubt it--but I'm going to give it the good old college try.

Go for it!

Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "Go for it!"

Reading #101 right now!

Quirkyreader wrote: "Bev,

I hope to see you at the top."

Well...at least somewhere along the way...

101. Death & the Dancing Footman by Ngaio Marsh [on TBR since 8/1/89]

Jessika wrote: "1989!?!?!?! Wow, that's an old TBR!!! Congrats!"

Yeah...there are few books that got buried in an avalanche or something [ :-) ]--mostly science fiction, but a few mysteries and classic lit too.

Bev wrote: "Jessika wrote: "1989!?!?!?! Wow, that's an old TBR!!! Congrats!"

Yeah...there are few books that got buried in an avalanche or something [ :-) ]--mostly science fiction, but a few mysteries and cl..."

oh, I too have a few (or many) from back around then. I might need an excavation expedition to get to them. Congrats Bev in tackling an oldie!

Pamela wrote: "Bev wrote: "Jessika wrote: "1989!?!?!?! Wow, that's an old TBR!!! Congrats!"

Yeah...there are few books that got buried in an avalanche or something [ :-) ]--mostly science fiction, but a few myst..."

Thanks! I tackled most of Marsh from the library (back in the day) and then bought up every one I could find....and didn't read them.

102. Death of My Aunt by C.H.B. Kitchin [on TBR since at least 2011, but I'm sure much longer--did not log purchase date]

103. Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett [on TBR since 10/28/17]

104. Devious Murder by George Bellairs [on TBR since 12/5/15]

105. Table D'Hote by Douglas Clark [on TBR since 10/5/17]

106. The Crimson Circle by Edgar Wallace [on TBR since 5/13/13]

Quirkyreader wrote: "Bev,

Next year I might borrow your idea of listing how long my books have been on my gr TBR."

I like seeing that I've finally managed to read a book that's been gathering dust (lichens?) on my TBR mountains for quite some time. :-)

107. Mystery of the Fiery Eye by Robert Arthur [on TBR since 7/27/17]

108. Just Around the Coroner by Stuart Brock [on TBR since 10/28/17]

109. Death's Old Sweet Song by Jonathan Stagge [on TBR since 11/18/13]

110. Thank You, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse [on TBR since 12/18/11]

Bev wrote: "I like seeing that I've finally managed to read a book that's been gathering dust (lichens?) on my TBR mountains for quite some time. :-)"

I'm too shabbily disorganized to keep track like that, unfortunately, and I have no records of when I got a specific book. As long as I remember which were acquired before January 1st, 2018, I'm cool.

Other than that, the TBR piles draw from 2017 back to the 1970s. Yes, I'm a veritable human Bookmobile.

Steven wrote: "Bev wrote: "I like seeing that I've finally managed to read a book that's been gathering dust (lichens?) on my TBR mountains for quite some time. :-)"

I'm too shabbily disorganized to keep track l..."

I wasn't consistently organized. I keep coming across books that I didn't log properly. I have great intentions to keep track and then fall down on the job.... :-)

111. A Holiday Yarn by Sally Goldenbaum [on TBR since 10/29/15]

I will probably wind up with just one more book...definitely not planting a flag on the summit again this year....

Final Book of 2018
112. Murder for Christmas by Thomas Godfrey (ed) [on TBR since 10/6/16]

Good job, Bev! 112 TBR books is a feat! 2019 is your Olympus year, for sure!