Mount TBR Challenge 2025 discussion
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Elyse's 7th Climb!
JANUARY1. Fated NetGalley E-Book 2024 ⭐⭐
2. The Christmas Tree Farm Kindle 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Daisy Darker Hardcover 2022 ⭐⭐⭐
4. Booked on Murder NetGalley E-Book 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
5. Artemis Fowl Paperback 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. She Followed the Moon Back to Herself NetGalley E-Book 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. The Midnight Feast Hardcover 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
8. Wished NetGalley E-Book 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. Babylonia NetGalley E-Book 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
10. The Kingdom of Sweets BOTM Hardcover 2024 ⭐⭐
11. Ex Marks the Spot NetGalley E-Book 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
12. Midnight Showing Goodreads Paperback ARC Giveaway Win 2023 ⭐⭐⭐
FEBRUARY
13. Craigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers Won Paperback in Instagram Giveaway 2022 ⭐⭐
14. You Audible 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (re-read)
15. The Queens of Crime NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
16. Where the Dead Sleep Hardcover from Publisher 2023 ⭐⭐⭐
17. Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
18. Another Brooklyn Paperback 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
19. You Are Fatally Invited NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
20. Blacktop Wasteland Paperback 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
21. The Christie Affair NetGalley E-Book ARC 2021 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
22. You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight Hardcover 2024 ⭐⭐
23. I Would Die for You NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐
24. All American Boys Hardcover 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
MARCH
25. The Kept Woman Paperback 2019 ⭐⭐⭐
26. Purple Hibiscus Paperback 2018 ⭐⭐⭐
27. The Weight of Blood Hardcover 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
28. Finlay Donovan Is Killing It NetGalley E-Book 2020 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
29. Darkly Dreaming Dexter Paperback 2018 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
30. The Keeper of Night BOTM Hardcover 2022 ⭐⭐⭐
31. The Living Kindle 2019 ⭐⭐⭐
32. Your Pasta Sucks: A "Cookbook" NetGalley E-Book 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
33. Whiteout Hardcover 2023 ⭐⭐⭐
34. The Arctic Incident Paperback 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
35. The Tommyknockers Paperback 2018 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
36. The Moth Keeper Paperback 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
37. The Girl from the Well Paperback 2018 ⭐⭐⭐
38. Lucky Paperback 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
APRIL
39. Suffer the Children NetGalley E-Book ARC 2017 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
40. In My Dreams I Hold a Knife Kindle 2022 ⭐⭐
41. Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐
42. Enclave Kindle 2012 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (re-read)
43. A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
44. Nora Goes Off Script NetGalley E-Book ARC 2022 ⭐⭐⭐
45. The Eternity Code Paperback 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
46. Full Speed to a Crash Landing Hardcover 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
47. Trial by Ambush: Murder, Injustice, and the Truth about the Case of Barbara Graham NetGalley Audio ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
50. A Little Life Hardcover 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
51. Nightcrawling NetGalley E-Book ARC 2022 ⭐⭐⭐
MAY
52. The Mistletoe Mystery NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
53. Skin of the Sea Hardcover 2021 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
54. The Maid's Secret NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
55. The Missing Half NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
56. The Turn of the Key Hardcover 2019 ⭐⭐⭐
57. Middle of the Night Hardcover 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
58. The Lost Colony Hardcover 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
59. A Princess in Theory Paperback 2018 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
60. Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery NetGalley E-Book ARC 2021 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
GOAL ACHIEVED!
61. A Court of Mist and Fury Paperback 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
JUNE
62. The Time Paradox Hardcover 2017 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
63. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Hardcover 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
64. A Closed and Common Orbit Hardcover 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
65. Record of a Spaceborn Few Hardcover 2023 ⭐⭐⭐
66. The Galaxy, and the Ground Within Hardcover 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
67. The Atlantis Complex Hardcover 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
68. Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
69. A Court of Wings and Ruin Paperback 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
JULY
70. Lightspeed: Year One Paperback 2019 ⭐⭐⭐
71. The House Across the Lake Hardcover 2022 ⭐⭐⭐
72. The Night Guest NetGalley E-Book ARC 2021 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
73. A Lady for a Duke NetGalley Audio ARC 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
74. The Hotel Maid NetGalley Audio ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
75. Red, White & Royal Blue NetGalley E-Book ARC 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
SECOND GOAL ACHIEVED!
76. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me NetGalley Audio ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
AUGUST
77. The Empress of Time NetGalley Audio ARC 2022 ⭐⭐⭐
78. The Perfect Girlfriend NetGalley E-Book ARC 2019 ⭐⭐
79. The List of Things That Will Not Change NetGalley E-Book ARC 2020 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
80. At Briarwood School for Girls NetGalley E-Book ARC 2019 ⭐⭐
81. Something Like Gravity NetGalley E-Book ARC 2019 ⭐⭐
82. A Nearly Normal Family NetGalley E-Book ARC 2019 ⭐⭐
83. How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days BOTM 2021 ⭐⭐
84. The Toll NetGalley E-Book ARC 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
85. Lone Women NetGalley E-Book ARC 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
86. Malibu Rising NetGalley E-Book ARC 2021 ⭐⭐⭐
87. Late Bloomer NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
88. Have I Told You This Already?: Stories I Don’t Want to Forget to Remember Audible 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
89. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life Audible 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
90. The Perfect Wife NetGalley E-Book ARC 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
91. Snow Crash Paperback 2019 ⭐⭐
92. A Court of Frost and Starlight Paperback 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
SEPTEMBER
93. Unlikely Animals NetGalley E-Book ARC 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
94. The Water Dancer NetGalley E-Book ARC 2019 ⭐⭐⭐
95. The Swallows NetGalley E-Book ARC 2019 ⭐
96. If You Could Be Mine NetGalley E-Book ARC 2013 ⭐⭐
97. Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
98. Pigs Can't Swim: A Memoir NetGalley E-Book ARC 2014 (unrated)
99. Above NetGalley E-Book ARC 2014 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
100. Maeve Fly NetGalley E-Book ARC 2023⭐
THIRD GOAL ACHIEVED!
101. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August NetGalley E-Book ARC 2014 ⭐⭐
102. Blindsighted Paperback 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
103. A Court of Silver Flames Paperback 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
OCTOBER
104. Thank You for Listening NetGalley E-Book ARC 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
105. The Woman Inside NetGalley E-Book ARC 2023 ⭐⭐
106. The Ballad of Black Tom Kindle 2020 ⭐⭐⭐
107. So Thirsty Hardcover 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
108. Mrs. Everything NetGalley E-Book ARC 2019 ⭐⭐⭐
109. Bad Dolls Kindle 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
110. White Horse Paperback 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
111. An Easy Death Kindle 2018 ⭐⭐⭐
112. A Longer Fall Kindle 2020 ⭐⭐⭐
NOVEMBER
113. The Wedding Witch NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
114. My Time to Stand NetGalley Audio ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
115. The Nurse NetGalley Audio ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
116. The House Across the Street NetGalley Audio ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
117. Chain-Gang All-Stars Hardcover 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. The Christmas Tree Farm Kindle 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐3. Daisy Darker Hardcover 2022 ⭐⭐⭐
4. Booked on Murder NetGalley E-Book 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
5. Artemis Fowl Paperback 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐6. She Followed the Moon Back to Herself NetGalley E-Book 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. The Midnight Feast Hardcover 2024 ⭐⭐⭐8. Wished NetGalley E-Book 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. Babylonia NetGalley E-Book 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
10. The Kingdom of Sweets BOTM Hardcover 2024 ⭐⭐
11. Ex Marks the Spot NetGalley E-Book 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐12. Midnight Showing Goodreads Paperback ARC Giveaway Win 2023 ⭐⭐⭐
Books Acquired in January and Prices (Crossed out books have been read)
Kindle/E-Book
There's Something About Mira FREE (Amazon FirstReads)
Total Spent: $0.00
Audio/Audible
Lifeform $1.99
Damsel 1 Credit
Aetherbound FREE
Salvaged 1 Credit
The 22 Murders of Madison May FREE
Butcher 1 Credit
Solito FREE
The Girl in Red 1 Credit
Scenes from My Life: A Memoir FREE
Julia 1 Credit
Because He's Jeff Goldblum: The Movies, Memes, and Meaning of Hollywood's Most Enigmatic Actor FREE
The Bright Side of Disaster 1 Credit
The Book of Phoenix FREE
Total Spent: $1.99
Hardcover
The Reformatory $17.99 Aardvark January Box
North Is the Night $19.95
Onyx Storm $19.78
Water Moon $25.50 Illumicrate January Box
Total Spent: $83.22
Total Pre-Owned Books Read in January: 12
Books Acquired in January: 19
Total Spent in January: $85.21
Total Pre-Owned Books Read in 2025: 12
Total Books Acquired in 2025: 19
Total Spent in 2025: $85.21
Back to recording my purchases this year. I didn't last year because new baby and it was too much work lol.
13. Craigslist Confessional: A Collection of Secrets from Anonymous Strangers Won Paperback in Instagram Giveaway 2022 ⭐⭐14. You Audible 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (re-read)
Books Acquired in February and Prices (Crossed out books have been read)
Kindle/E-Book
Gravewater Lake FREE (Amazon FirstReads)
Total Spent: $0.00 (1)
Hardcover
First-Time Caller $11.99 BOTM February Box Add-On
Hungerstone $17.99 Aardvark February Box
Death of the Author $9.99 Aardvark February Box Add-On
American Rapture $9.99 Aardvark February Box Add-On
Under the Same Stars $18.14
A Burning in the Bones $19.99
Four Ruined Realms $21.94
Children of Anguish and Anarchy $18.99
Chasing Eternity $15.40
The Slow Regard of Silent Things $13.10
Carving Shadows into Gold $10.25
The Wild Robot $4.17
The Wild Robot Escapes $4.17
The Wild Robot Protects $4.17
Immortal $24.95 FairyLoot January Adult Box
Cruel is the Light $24.95 FairyLoot January Young Adult Box
Into the Uncut Grass $11.89
The Maid and the Crocodile $7.50
Jack $1.25
Life from Scratch: Family Traditions That Start with You $1.25
Chrysalis $8.67
For Her Consideration FREE (PangoBucks)
Total Spent: $230.76 (23)
Paperback
Children of Blood and Bone $7.75
Children of Virtue and Vengeance $8.26
Serpent & Dove $4.17
Blood & Honey $4.17
The Second Wife $1.25
Dragonsdawn $4.49
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall $4.89
Total Spent: $33.73 (7)
Total Pre-Owned Books Read in February: 12
Books Acquired in February: 31
Total Spent in February: $264.49
Total Pre-Owned Books Read in 2025: 24
Total Books Acquired in 2025: 50
Total Spent in 2025: $349.70
36. The Moth Keeper Paperback 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐37. The Girl from the Well Paperback 2018 ⭐⭐⭐
38. Lucky Paperback 2024 ⭐⭐⭐
Books Acquired in March and Prices (Crossed out books have been read)
Kindle/E-Book
The Thorns FREE Amazon FirstReads
The Sublet: A Short Story FREE Amazon FirstReads
Total Spent: $1.99 (3)
Audio/Audible
Sunrise on the Reaping 1 Credit
Total Spent: $0.00 (1)
Hardcover
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter $17.99 Aardvark March Box
The Unworthy $9.99 Aardvark March Box Add-On
Upon a Starlit Tide $9.99 Aardvark March Box Add-On
The Spare Room $5.09
Scythe $27.40 Illumicrate SE
Thunderhead $27.40 Illumicrate SE
The Toll $27.40 Illumicrate SE
Gleanings $27.40 Illumicrate SE
Why on Earth: An Alien Invasion Anthology $23.99 Brave + Kind Bookshop
Better Together $1.25
Fire with Fire FREE PangoBucks
The Fox Wife FREE PangoBucks
The Scorpion and the Night Blossom $24.95 FairyLoot February Young Adult Box
The Rose Bargain $24.95 FairyLoot February Adult Box
Thorn $27.99 FairyLoot SE
A Deal with the Elf King $31 FairyLoot SE
A Dance with the Fae Prince $31 FairyLoot SE
A Duel with the Vampire Lord $31 FairyLoot SE
On Her Terms $26.47 Illumicrate SE
At Her Service $26.48 Illumicrate SE
Swordheart $19.28
Fable for the End of the World $18.99
The Scarlet Veil $31 FairyLoot SE
The Ragpicker King $31.55 Illumicrate SE
Cursebound $32 FairyLoot SE
Faithbreaker $33.52 The Broken Binding SE
Total Spent: $568.08 (26)
Paperback
Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods $4.99
Gregor and the Marks of Secret $4.89
Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern $5.22
Love & Other Scams $1.25
Nick $1.25
House of Hex $9.99
Tea You at the Altar $15.19
Total Spent: $42.78 (7)
Total Pre-Owned Books Read in March: 14
Books Acquired in March: 37
Total Spent in March: $612.85
Total Pre-Owned Books Read in 2025: 38
Total Books Acquired in 2025: 78
Total Spent in 2025: $922.61
42. Enclave Kindle 2012 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (re-read)43. A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
44. Nora Goes Off Script NetGalley E-Book ARC 2022 ⭐⭐⭐
45. The Eternity Code Paperback 2019 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
46. Full Speed to a Crash Landing Hardcover 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐47. Trial by Ambush: Murder, Injustice, and the Truth about the Case of Barbara Graham NetGalley Audio ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Books Acquired in April and Prices (Crossed out books have been read)
Kindle/E-Book
When Stars Align: A Novel FREE Amazon FirstReads
Total Spent: $0.00 (1)
Hardcover
Elphie: A Wicked Childhood $21
Tideborn $29.59 Illumicrate SE
The Sirens $19.58
The Tainted Cup $17.99 Aardvark April Box
A Drop of Corruption $9.99 Aardvark April Box Add-On
Peter and the Sword of Mercy $2.99
White Night $2.99
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon $2.99
Three Women $2.99
In the Zone: Epic Survival Stories from the Mountaineering World FREE LFL
The Perfect Divorce $19.94
Alanna: The First Adventure $29.16 Illumicrate SE
In the Hand of the Goddess $29.16 Illumicrate SE
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man $29.16 Illumicrate SE
Lioness Rampant $29.16 Illumicrate SE
Poison Study $32.66 FairyLoot SE
Shadow Study $32.67 FairyLoot SE
Magic Study $32.67 FairyLoot SE
Fire Study $32.66 FairyLoot SE
Night Study $32.67 FairyLoot SE
Dawn Study $32.67 FairyLoot SE
Where Shadows Meet $24.95 FairyLoot March Young Adult Box
Gifted & Talented $24.95 FairyLoot March Adult Box
Where Sleeping Girls Lie $19.99
Saga, Volume 12 $16.99
The Tainted Khan $33.43 The Broken Binding SE
The Raven Scholar $25.50 Illumicrate April Box
Total Spent: $614.23 (32)
Paperback
A Canticle for Leibowitz FREE LFL
She Would Be King FREE LFL
The Deep Dark $16.99
On a Sunbeam $22.99
Total Spent: $74.96 (7)
Total Pre-Owned Books Read in April: 13
Books Acquired in April: 40
Total Spent in April: $689.19
Total Pre-Owned Books Read in 2025: 51
Total Books Acquired in 2025: 118
Total Spent in 2025: $1,611.80
54. The Maid's Secret NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐55. The Missing Half NetGalley E-Book ARC 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
60. Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery NetGalley E-Book ARC 2021 ⭐⭐⭐⭐61. A Court of Mist and Fury Paperback 2024 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Books Acquired in May and Prices (Crossed out books have been read)
Kindle/E-Book
Homemaker FREE Amazon FirstReads
Death Row FREE Amazon FirstReads Bonus
Total Spent: $0.00 (2)
Hardcover
The Favorites $12.99 BOTM May Add-On
When the Wolf Comes Home $17.99 Aardvark May Box
Immaculate Conception $9.99 Aardvark May Add-On
Dearest FREE PangoBucks
Black Woods Blue Sky FREE PangoBucks
This Monster of Mine $24.95 FairyLoot April Adult Box
Lore Olympus: Volume Eight $20.25
My Friends $29.99
A Curse Carved in Bone $13.75
Shield of Sparrows $14.19
Great Big Beautiful Life $29.64 Illumicrate SE
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales $31.67 OwlCrate SE
Watch Me $32 FairyLoot SE
Clockwork Boys $24.51 The Broken Binding SE
Silver Elite $21.94
The Survivor Wants to Die at the End $24.47 UK edition
A Song of Legends Lost $25.50 Illumicrate May Box
Big Sky
Transcription
The Sugar Queen
The Shining Girls
What Happened to Goodbye
Tell Me How You Really Feel
These Witches Don't Burn
All the Birds in the Sky
Carry On
Wayward Son
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Only the Good Spy Young
The Blonde Identity
All Eyes on Us
Holding Up the Universe
Verify
The XY
American War
Lucky Us
A Dream So Dark
The Jewel
The White Rose
Blood Red, Snow White
The Glass Spare
Stitching Snow
The Year We Fell From Space
A Study in Charlotte
Spin
Moonrise
Maybe One Day
My Dark Vanessa
Ever the Hunted
Faerie Winter
The May Queen Murders
The Guinevere Deception
The Geography of You and Me
The Crown's Game
Vassa in the Night
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
The House
Starflight
Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story
Love Letters to the Dead
The Shadow Bride $31 FairyLoot SE
Paladin's Grace $25.92 The Broken Binding SE
Paladin's Strength $25.92 The Broken Binding SE
Paladin's Hope $25.92 The Broken Binding SE
Paladin's Faith $25.92 The Broken Binding SE
Hammajang Luck $14.00 Illumicrate SE via PangoBooks
Daughter of Sparta $2.60
Legendborn $14
Bloodmarked $14
Oathbound $14
Ever the Brave $5.03
Total Spent: $597.05 (75)
Paperback
The Kiss of Deception $14.19
The Heart of Betrayal $14.19
The Beauty of Darkness $14.19
Morrighan $14.19
One Golden Summer $14.19
A Cry in the Night
Heart-Shaped Box
Lying in Wait and Other True Cases
Laced
The Angel Experiment
The Undomestic Goddess
The Ice Princess
These Broken Stars
The Swans of Fifth Avenue
How to Start a Fire
Nerve
Along for the Ride
The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association $13.75
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires $2.60
Stalking Jack the Ripper $2.60
Bones of Faerie $3.99
This Shattered World $3.91
Total Spent: $111.55 (22)
Total Pre-Owned Books Read in May: 10
Books Acquired in May: 99
Total Spent in May: $708.60 +$80 @ book sale = $788.60
Total Pre-Owned Books Read in 2025: 61
Total Books Acquired in 2025: 217
Total Spent in 2025: $2,400.40
JUNE62. The Time Paradox Hardcover 2017 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Didn't realize I met my goal at the end of May! Onto the next mountain!
63. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Hardcover 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐64. A Closed and Common Orbit Hardcover 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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In 2020 I read 113 books that I owned before 2020.
In 2021 I read 103 books that I owned before 2021.
In 2022 I read 53 books that I owned before 2022.
In 2023 I read 177 books that I owned before 2023.
In 2024 I read 68 books that I owned before 2024. Not nearly as good as my Virtual number (123!!) but it's better than 2022! lol.
I'm definitely back for my 7th climb and my baby is 1 year old in just a couple weeks I cannot believe it! I'm going to start at 60 books even though I only managed 68 books last year. I've been borrowing the e-books and/or audiobooks of physical books I own so I can get through them faster and definitely easier with an almost 1-year-old almost running around lol!