Mount TBR 2022 discussion

Hi everyone! :) I've conquered Pike's Peak several times in the past, and last year I actually knocked 25 books off the list, so it's time to tackle the next peak.

1. Men Who Hate Women - From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth About Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All by Laura Bates

2. Small Favors by Erin A. Craig

3. Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola

4. She Dared: True Stories of Heroines, Scoundrels, and Renegades by Ed Butts

5. Mammals by S. Peter Dance

6. Deliciously Foxtrot by Bill Amend

7. How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole

Vacation means lots of reading time!
8. Phaedra: A Novel of Ancient Athens by June Rachuy Brindel
9. Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Welcome back--you're doing great!

Bev wrote: "Welcome back--you're doing great!"

Thanks! :D We're also doing a TBR derby for book club this year, donating a quarter for each book read to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, so that's helping, too.

Meghan wrote: "Bev wrote: "Welcome back--you're doing great!"

Thanks! :D We're also doing a TBR derby for book club this year, donating a quarter for each book read to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, so that..."

What a lovely idea!

10. Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson (DNF at 16%)
11. Pizza, Pincushions and Playing it Straight by Rayne Constantine

12. The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton

Lucky 13!
13. The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made by Greg Sestero

14. The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II by Katherine Sharp Landdeck

15. The Short and Bloody History of Highwaymen by John Farman

16. Glow: Vs the Star Primas by Tini Howard and Hannah Templer

17. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

18. Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age by Annalee Newitz; decent once started, but very easy to put down in favor of other books.

19. Age of X-Man: The Amazing Nightcrawler by Seanan McGuire
3 stars up from 2.5 stars. I love Seanan McGuire, and Nightcrawler is one of my favorite characters in my limited X-Men knowledge, but I had *no* idea what was going on here, which is completely on me.

20. The Old Guard: Opening Fire by Greg Rucka

21. Beasts and Beauty by Soman Chainani

22. Madam C.J. Walker: The Making of an American Icon by Erica L. Ball
Excited to read about this fantastic woman, although I found the book itself to be a little repetitive and dense in some places. Still very glad it was written!
Up from 2.5 stars.

23. The Confidence Men by Margalit Fox
Almost there! Very good nonfiction account of WWI British prisoners of war escaping a Turkish prison camp with the help of an oujia board.

And I'm done! :D I absolutely loved this one!
24. Heaven's Design Team, Vol. 1 by Hebi-Zou

Congrats!

CinCO wrote: "Congrats!"
Thanks! My book club is doing a TBR derby to benefit the Imagination Library, in addition to monthly challenges, and that definitely got at least 7 books on the list.

25. Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram

26. Part of Your World by Liz Braswell

27. Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade; DNF at 29%

28. A Tale of Two Omars: A Memoir of Family, Revolution, and Coming Out During the Arab Spring by Omar Sharif Jr.; DNF at 8%

29. The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy by Anne Ursu; predictable answer to the mystery, but very enjoyable and timely.

30. Gerald & Lee Durrell in Russia by Gerald and Lee Durrell

31. A Sitting in St. James by Rita Williams-Garcia
A fantastic book, and one you keep thinking about.

32. Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

33. Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider, Vol. 1: Spider-Geddon by Seanan McGuire

34. Grendel, Kentucky by Jeff McComsey

35. All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
Read for Banned Book Week

36. Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino
And I've finished Mt. Vancouver with two months left to go! Will definitely set my goals on this one for next year.

Congrats!

CinCO wrote: "Congrats!"
Thanks!! :D

37. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Fantastic book! Highly rec the audio version.

38. The Girls in the Wild Fig Tree: How I Fought to Save Myself, My Sister, and Thousands of Girls Worldwide by Nice Leng'ete

39. Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol by Mallory O'Meara

40. Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
What the heck did I just read? Did I put Nona and the short stories on the TBR list? I sure did.

 41. Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Loved it!

42. Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

43. "Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?" by Harold Schechter

44. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
Highly recommended!