Mount TBR 2022 discussion

Hello all! I will be attempting Mont Blanc this year! Hopefully I can make it!

1) Paladin's Hope by T Kingfisher
I adore this series and highly recommend it!

2) The Book of Lost Books by Stuart Kelly. This has been on my TBR shelf for 5+ years so I do feel a sense of accomplishment about finally getting around to it. However, the book itself was a disappointment.

3) The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie (reread). This has been on my shelf for close to 15 years and on my to-be-reread list for a couple years now. I just like to read a Christie or another every so often, especially in the winter.

4) The Clockwork Boys by T Kingfisher

This was only on my TBR shelf for a very short time (purchased October 2021). I became a huge fan of Ms Kingfisher/Vernon last year and I am working my way through her oeuvre. I have to say, while I loved this book, the Saint of Steel series still has the top place in my heart.

Hi, Ann! Looks like you're making good progress. Christie is always a winner. I've been rereading her books recently as well (doing another challenge to read Christie more or less in order of publication).

hi! That sounds like an undertaking!! I will have to try it sometime.

Ann Beej wrote: "hi! That sounds like an undertaking!! I will have to try it sometime."

It's been fun...when I read her books before (many, many moons ago), I just read them as I found them at the library or wherever. I haven't quite stuck with publication order this time--but I've stuck pretty close so far (about half-way in).

5) What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw!

6) A Map of Days (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #4)
I read the first three books in this series a couple years ago but took a break before this one, so it's been on my TBR shelf for a little over two years. I thought it brought up some particularly interesting themes -- especially the implications of the fact that most of the "peculiar children" are 60+ years old.

7) Waiting for Godot
This has been on my *mental* TBR list for over ten years, and on the physical one for about two years.

how did you like Waiting for Godot?

I was actually surprised by how much I liked it! However, I believe it is the type of play that really must be seen on stage versus read.

8) Perfect Enemies by Christopher Bull and John Gallagher, about the origins of the enmity between the LGBT movement and the religious right in America in the '90s

9) The Bomb, by Theodore Taylor
This is a very unique YA book following a young Bikini Islander throughout Project Crossroads. It's heartbreaking.

10) World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
This has been on my to-read list for ... way too long! Started and finished this on a trip to the coast, which was a perfect opportunity to read this lovely little book.

11) Explorers of the Infinite by Maria Coffey. A classic for me. I am including re-reads, but it's been 10+ years since I picked this one up, and it holds up very nicely. It's at the intersection of two of my favourite topics: mountaineering and the paranormal.

12) Hall and Ball: Kiwi Mountaineers, by Colin Monteath -- I last read this when I was in high school, and it's been overdue for a reread for a long time.

13) Mountain Madness, by Robert Birkby, a biography about Birkby's friend Scott Fischer, famous American mountaineer. Reread.

14) Dead Lucky, by Lincoln Hall. This has been sitting at the top of my personal Mount TBR for... well, a long time. Probably since it was released around 2008. I wish I had read it sooner.

15) The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
I ADORED this book. It's lovely and charming and clever and quirky. And it has a sequel??

16) Solutions and Other Problems, by Allie Brosh
In a way, this book has been on my TBR list for close to ten years. However, it was only actually released in 2020. Her previous book is one of the best graphic memoirs of all time, so it's honestly surprising that she has outdone herself. If you've ever been depressed, anxious, sad, or lonely, this book sees you.

17) The Wild Geese by Ogai Mori -- a friend gave me this book in (I think) 2019. I am so happy I finally read this!

18) Dalai Lama: Man, Monk, Mystic, by Mayank Chhaya. On my list for close to a decade. A flawed book about a fascinating man.

19) Why I Never Finished My Dissertation by Laura Foley