Mount TBR Challenge 2025 discussion

Last year I made it to the top of Mount Blanc and this year I'm planning a return visit. My bags are packed, I've got good cozy socks, and the weather is holding. Onwards to the summit! I'll add my star rating and the date I finish as I go.

1) A Tempest of Tea - Hafsah Faizal (⭐️⭐️ 1/4/25)
2) Ink Blood Sister Scribe - Emma Törzs (⭐️⭐️ 1/16/25)
3) The Lies of the Ajungo - Moses Ose Utomi (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/18/25)
4) Dearly - Margaret Atwood (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/21/25)
5) Spool - Matthew Cooperman (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/25/25)
6) Ordinary Beast - Nicole Sealey (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/29/25)
7) Celebrations - Maya Angelou (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/30/25)
8) The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2/4/25)
9) The Marble Bed - Grace Schulman (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2/6/25)
10) She Who Destroys the Light - Shahida Arabi (⭐️⭐️ 2/7/25)
11) Stone-Garland - Dan Beachy-Quick (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2/9/25)
12) A Sorceress Comes to Call - T. Kingfisher (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 2/15/25)

Halfway there!

13) Spectator - Kara Candito (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/7/25)
14) The Ninth Rain - Jen Williams (⭐️⭐️ 3/9/25)
15) Golden Ax - Rio Cortez (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/9/25)
16) Bloodline - Ari Eastman (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3/21/25)
17) Four Reincarnations - Max Ritvo (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/3/25)
18) Someone You Can Build a Nest In - John Wiswell (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/8/25)
19) System Collapse - Martha Wells (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/23/25)
20) Under the Smokestrewn Sky - A. Deborah Baker (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/3/25)
21) The Mobius Strip Club of Grief - Bianca Stone (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/15/25)
22) The Emperor's Soul - Brandon Sanderson (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/23/25)
23) Wade in the Water - Tracy K. Smith (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 6/2/25)
24) Descender: Tin Stars - Jeff Lemire (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 6/3/25)

Victory!

25) Life of the Party - Olivia Gatwood (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 7/26/25)
26) Still Life with Nothing - Aimee Pokwatka (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 7/29/25)
27) Magical Negro - Morgan Parker (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 9/5/25)
28) Such Sharp Teeth - Rachel Harrison (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 10/5/25)
29) Horrorstör - Grady Hendrix (in progress...)
30) Breakthrough - Todd Mitchell (in progress...)

Making the decision to try and tackle the mountain of poetry collections I've had languishing on my shelves means I've practically been sprinting up the trail. Halfway through February and halfway to the summit!

Just a few days into June and I've made my goal! I might try for another summit by the end of the year but right now I'm enjoying the view from the top of Mount Blanc.

Congratulations!

Pamela wrote: "Congratulations!"

Thank you!