Mount TBR 2020 discussion

OK, I am staking my spot here on El Toro for 2020. Perhaps I might make it higher or perhaps I won't reach the peak but this feels like a comfortable goal.

Welcome back, Leslie! So glad you keep climbing with me.

Bev wrote: "Welcome back, Leslie! So glad you keep climbing with me."

Thanks Bev - this is the one challenge that I managed to stick to this year. And I do need the motivation it gives me not only to read those already owned books but also to rein in my acquisition of new ones!

Leslie wrote: "Bev wrote: "Welcome back, Leslie! So glad you keep climbing with me."

Thanks Bev - this is the one challenge that I managed to stick to this year. And I do need the motivation it gives me not only..."

Me too...though, it really doesn't restrain me much in the way of bringing more books into the house....

Cheering you on to the summit, Leslie!

Thanks Sophia!

Bev wrote: "Leslie wrote: "Bev wrote: "Welcome back, Leslie! So glad you keep climbing with me."

Thanks Bev - this is the one challenge that I managed to stick to this year. And I do need the motivation it gi..."

Leslie wrote: "Bev wrote: "Welcome back, Leslie! So glad you keep climbing with me."

Thanks Bev - this is the one challenge that I managed to stick to this year. And I do need the motivation it gives me not only..."

haha! me neither! I tend to shop for books when the husband is at work and then just work them into my existing books! He doesn't really care just good naturedly gives me a hard time.

LOL! You are lucky in your mate Carla :)

some days! LOL

Good luck and happy reading, Leslie. I am in awe that you go for 75 like this. :-)

Thanks Cath!

January Progress: 3 Print, 18 total {acquired: 13, 3 read}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
1. They Tell No Tales (1/15); 4*; owned since July 2018
2. Hag's Nook (1/16); 4*; owned since May 2009
3. And Then You Die (1/29); 3.5*; owned since May 2009

and additional formats:
Kindle books
1. The Penrose Mystery (1/2); 3.5*; owned since Jan. 2018
2. *The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 & The Wings of the Dove, Volume II (1/5); 2.5*; owned since Aug. 2012
3. *At the Sign of the Cat and Racket (1/5); 3.5*; owned since Dec. 2019
4. Richard II (1/9) {read in omnibus "The Complete Works of Shakespeare"}; 3*; owned since July 2015
5. The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow (1/11); 3*; owned since Aug. 2012
6. Poems from a Life (1/14); 2*; owned since March 2013
7. *Uncle Silas (1/17); 3.5*; owned since Dec. 2012
8. *The Ball at Sceaux (1/20); 3.5*; owned since Dec. 2019
9. Jack O' Judgment (1/23); 3*; owned since Feb. 2013

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
1. A Quiet Life In The Country (1/18); 3*
2. A Death of No Importance (1/18); 4*
3. Heirs and Graces (1/21); 3.5*

Audiobooks
1. *The Wings of the Dove (1/5); 3*; owned since May 2019
2. More Bedtime Stories for Cynics (1/7); 3*; owned since May 2019
3. *Men at Arms (1/11); 4*; owned since June 2019
4. Viva Durant and The Secret of the Silver Buttons (1/12); 3*; owned since Nov. 2019

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle books unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
Junkyard Cats {audiobook} Jan. Audible freebie
Interview with the Robot {audiobook} Jan. Audible freebie
The Bellamy Trial 
*The Ship
The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock Jan. Prime First Reads freebie
The Names of the Dead Jan. Prime First Reads freebie
The Bertrams
A Deepness in the Sky {audiobook}
*Finnegans Wake
The Blind Side
Sam the Sudden
*Passing
Memories of the Dead: A Clara Fitzgerald Mystery

First step of my ascent taken!

👍

Thanks Carol :)

Oh dear, I am already behind - I have gotten 4 6 new books to only one read!

I have finished my second book, *The Wings of the Dove. I own the Kindle editions The Wings of the Dove Volume 1 of 2 and The Wings of the Dove Volume II as well as the audiobook edition to which I actually listened so in a way it was 3 steps to the peak in one! And that is the most positive thing I can think to say about it...

Oh, and perhaps I should explain that although I list all three books in my Jan. list, I only count them as 1 in my total.

4 done now so my 6 new books are slightly less shaming...

I have finally managed to break even with the number of new books obtained. Fingers crossed that I don't go back into the hole :)

I need to read at least one paperback book for this challenge this month! Off to look over my shelves...

You can do it Leslie! Good luck with your reading, and not going into the hole. :)

Pamela wrote: "You can do it Leslie! Good luck with your reading, and not going into the hole. :)"

Thanks!

Well, I have climbed a few more steps but have also gotten a few more new books. All even at the moment...

January is always a good month for climbing! *grin*

I have reached the summit of Pike's Peak and am now advancing up the slopes of Mount Blanc.

Leslie wrote: "I have reached the summit of Pike's Peak and am now advancing up the slopes of Mount Blanc."

Quick climbing! Good luck on the slopes!

Thanks Susan! Good luck to you too.

You're doing well so far! I am going to try, like you, to balance my purchased this year with read from shelves from previous years. It's difficult. lol. Last year I acquired over 800 books (physical, ebook, and audio combined plus free and purchased)...and I did not read 800! lol. But this year I want to be more conscious of what I'm taking in and taking out. I've acquired 13 books so far this year (and I also have 14 preorders for the year) and I've read 12 from my shelves. So I am VERY pleased about that! I have stopped receiving BookBub emails and basically any discount ebook emails because my habit of buying cheap (and free) ebooks is out of control. lol. I'm not on Facebook anymore so unless I physically see a sign for a library sale, I will not know when they are. Because I have brought home 50+ books per library sale. I'm getting better!! But books are not a bad addiction to have. ;)

I had to unsubscribe and otherwise avoid a lot of those sites and groups too - that temptation of the free book is so hard to resist! And library sales - not only do you get great books at an incredibly cheap price but you get the glow of doing some positive for the library.

I wish you success in your struggle! And if it helps, check in here and we can commiserate together about our lack of success.

Leslie wrote: "I had to unsubscribe and otherwise avoid a lot of those sites and groups too - that temptation of the free book is so hard to resist! And library sales - not only do you get great books at an incre..."

haha good deal!

Leslie wrote: "And library sales - not only do you get great books at an incredibly cheap price but you get the glow of doing some positive for the library."

That's my struggle, too! I hardly buy any new books these days, but every time there's a Children's Hospital Book Market I buy like 20-30 books! And then there's the Friends of the Library book sale, where I usually get a good stack.

Lianne (The Towering Pile) wrote: "Leslie wrote: "And library sales - not only do you get great books at an incredibly cheap price but you get the glow of doing some positive for the library."

That's my struggle, too! I hardly buy ..."

So many good books it is hard to avoid! And as you can see, I haven't been doing well at cutting down my acquisitions.

I still get bookbub but only allow myself the freebies. that way there's no guilt if they sit, and they take up no space!

Carla wrote: "I still get bookbub but only allow myself the freebies. that way there's no guilt if they sit, and they take up no space!"

I used to think that way (and still do to some extent) but eventually those books need to be read or what is the point? Honestly, I don't know if at the rate I am going I will ever actually read all the books I have before I die!

February Progress: 5 Print, 18 total {acquired: 5}
Year to Date: 8 Print, 36 total {acquired: 18, 2 read}

Paperback books (and hardcovers!)
4. Big Little Lies (2/6); 4.5*; owned since Dec. 2019
5. Medusa (2/11); 4*; owned since May 2009
6. The Baron in the Trees (2/16); 4*; owned since July 2017
7. End of Chapter (read in omnibus "The Nicholas Blake Treasury, Volume 4:) (2/19); 3.5*; owned since May 2009
8. *Le Pere Goriot (2/22); 4*; owned since May 2009

and additional formats:
Kindle books
10. *The Purse (2/3); 3*; owned since Dec. 2019
11. Felo De Se (2/4); 4*; owned since Jan. 2018
12. Arrest the Bishop? (2/8); 3*; owned since Jan. 2018
13. Mew Is for Murder (2/22); 3*; owned since Aug. 2012
14. *Father Goriot (2/22); 4*; owned since Aug. 2012
15. *First Love (2/24); 4*; owned since April 2013

 Dad's Kindle (owned since July 2017):
4. Black Diamond (2/13); 3.5*
5. Queen of Hearts (2/17); 3*
6. Treachery in Bordeaux (2/24); 4*

Audiobooks
5. Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas (2/4); 4*; owned since Dec. 2019
6. Shadow of the Fox (2/7); 4*; owned since May 2019
7. The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (2/8); 3.5*; owned since Jan. 2019
8. *Dune (2/21); 3.5*; owned since Jan. 2019
9. Fire and Ice (2/24); 3*; owned since May 2019

* means the book is on the Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Should Read list

New books obtained: (all Kindle books unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
Alone with the Stars {audiobook} Feb. Audible freebie
The Killing Fog Feb. Prime First Reads freebie
Threat Vector {audiobook}
The Other Boleyn Girl {audiobook} free with purchase of above
The Canary Murder Case

First book of the month done.

Leslie wrote: "New books obtained: (all Kindle books unless otherwise noted) (crossed out books have already been read)
Junkyard Cats {audiobook} Jan. Audible freebie
Interview with the Robot {audiobook} Jan. Audible freebie..."

I picked the same Audible freebies! I have not listened to them yet. I usually save them for Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon or 24in48 Readathon because they're short and quick.

I put them off too - often until the next year when they count in this climb (lol).

Leslie wrote: "I put them off too - often until the next year when they count in this climb (lol)."

haha totally!!

I have finished 2 more books today which takes me to the peak of Mount Blanc :)

Leslie wrote: "I have finished 2 more books today which takes me to the peak of Mount Blanc :)"

Woot!

Thanks Elyse. You aren't far below me - you'll be joining me soon!

Leslie wrote: "Thanks Elyse. You aren't far below me - you'll be joining me soon!"

Yes I am! Buuut I'm in quite the library groove right now. I have 2 Overdrive accounts and them holds are piling in! I managed to suspend a bunch but I have 4 to read or listen now! So climbing the virtual mountains now! lol.

Isn't it funny how those library holds always seem to come in at once? Enjoy your books but come back and climb with me soon :)

Ooo lala, you are flying up the mountain! Good climbing!

Leslie wrote: "Isn't it funny how those library holds always seem to come in at once? Enjoy your books but come back and climb with me soon :)"

Yes it's a conspiracy! lol. Will do!

Thanks Susan!

Alas, Audible's 2-for-1 sale has been too tempting for me! Another few books acquired...

Leslie wrote: "Alas, Audible's 2-for-1 sale has been too tempting for me! Another few books acquired..."

For me it was Target's buy 2 get 1 free today...+9!

It is a conspiracy against us bookworms trying to conquer our addiction! LOL