Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2012 discussion

Joined in 2/10/2012

1. The Earth Is the Lord's by Taylor Caldwell
2. The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz a re-read book
3. The Conquering Family by Thomas B. Costain
4. The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears
5. Cracked by Alice Shapiro
6. The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood
7. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
8. A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
9. The Town House by Norah Lofts
10. The Glass of Time by Michael Cox
11. Restless: A Novel by William Boyd a re-read book
12. Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
13. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
14. The House by the Dvina: A Russian Childhood by Eugenie Fraser
15. The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
16. The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters
17. Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
18. Romola by George Eliot
19. Tales of Angria by Charlotte Brontë
20. La Comtesse De Salisbury by Alexandre Dumas

Laura wrote: "Joined in 2/10/2012

1. The Earth Is the Lord's by Taylor Caldwell
2. The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz..."

Hi Laura, I'll be interested in your views on The House of Silk. I heard Mr Horowitz interviewed on BBC Radio 4 and his thoughts and approach to the book made it sound like it will be good.

I'll be watching for your reviews of Tales of Angria and La Comtesse De Salisbury. Having finally read Dumas, I want to read more.

Just finished The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and I loved it. I hope you do too, Laura.

I must link these books with my reviews as soon as possible.

voila... all my reviews are linked now.

19. Masques of Gold by Roberta Gellis
20. ...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
21. No Ordinary Woman: The Story of Mary Schäffer Warren by Janice Sanford Beck

Marialyce wrote: "Just finished The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and I loved it. I hope you do too, Laura."

a GREAT book Marialyce. loved it. I'm planning to read The Forsyte Saga, have you read it already?

Laura wrote: "Marialyce wrote: "Just finished The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and I loved it. I hope you do too, Laura."

a GREAT book Marialyce. loved it. I'm planning to read The Forsyte Saga, have y..."

Nope, not yet.....one of those on my list....still trying to get through The Children's Book. It has moments of excellence followed by hours of boredom...

Laura, how did you link your reviews to your book list? I've had the Fosyte Saga on my pile for ages but you read much faster then me (said with tinges of jealousy), LOL.

BTW, thanks again for thinking to invite me.

Instructions here, Dawn. If that's not enough info, just let me know.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7...

Marialyce wrote: "..still trying to get through The Children's Book. It has moments of excellence followed by hours of boredom......"

That's not good news. The Children's Book is not on my TBR list, but I've been eyeing it with interest for ages. I loved Possession and quite liked The Virgin in the Garden, so I had high hopes for this book.

Kim wrote: "Marialyce wrote: "..still trying to get through The Children's Book. It has moments of excellence followed by hours of boredom......"

That's not good news. The Children's Book is not on my TBR lis..."

Hard to explain, Kim. I mean the writing is fantastic and the knowledge base Byatt has is phenomenal, but it is just too dense. I love the Victorian period, but this is just overkill IMHO.

Hayes wrote: "Instructions here, Dawn. If that's not enough info, just let me know.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7..."

Thanks, Hayes! That' useful.

Kim wrote: "Marialyce wrote: "..still trying to get through The Children's Book. It has moments of excellence followed by hours of boredom......"

That's not good news. The Children's Book is not on my TBR lis..."

I've never been able to warm up that much to Byatt (and after she made some quite disparaging comments about the Harry Potter series and adults who have enjoyed it, I feel even less inclined to want to read any more of her writing).

Marialyce wrote: "Laura wrote: "Marialyce wrote: "Just finished The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and I loved it. I hope you do too, Laura."

a GREAT book Marialyce. loved it. I'm planning to read The Forsyt..."

really? I absolutely loved Possession.

Hayes wrote: "Instructions here, Dawn. If that's not enough info, just let me know.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7..."

GREAT Hayes, I'll fix my reviews with your tips, thanks!!!

Kim wrote: "Marialyce wrote: "..still trying to get through The Children's Book. It has moments of excellence followed by hours of boredom......"

That's not good news. The Children's Book is not on my TBR lis..."

so do I Kim.

Can't say it is in Possession's class at all!

Laura wrote: "Hayes wrote: "Instructions here, Dawn. If that's not enough info, just let me know.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7..."

GREAT Hayes, I'll fix my reviews with ..."

I've updated it and included "advanced linking"

Laura wrote: "Marialyce wrote: "Laura wrote: "Marialyce wrote: "Just finished The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and I loved it. I hope you do too, Laura."

a GREAT book Marialyce. loved it. I'm planning ..."

I might have to give her another try.

Hayes wrote: "Laura wrote: "Hayes wrote: "Instructions here, Dawn. If that's not enough info, just let me know.

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/7..."

GREAT Hayes, I'll fix my..."

YOU ARE THE BEST HAYES!!!!

Joined in 2/10/2012

1. My review of The Earth Is the Lord's by Taylor Caldwell
2. My review of The Conquering Family by Thomas B. Costain
3. My review of The Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears
4. My review of Cracked by Alice Shapiro
5. My review of The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood
6. My review of The Secret History by Donna Tartt
7. My review of A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
8. My review of The Town House by Norah Lofts
9. My review of The Glass of Time by Michael Cox
10. My review of Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
11. My review of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
12. My review of The House by the Dvina: A Russian Childhood by Eugenie Fraser
13. My review of The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
14. My review of The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters
15. My review of Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
16. My review of Romola by George Eliot
17. My review of Tales of Angria by Charlotte Brontë
18. My review of La Comtesse De Salisbury by Alexandre Dumas
19. My review of Masques of Gold by Roberta Gellis
20. My review of And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer
21. My review of No Ordinary Woman: The Story of Mary Schäffer Warren by Janice Sanford Beck
22. My review of The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir

Yay!! it works!!

Hayes wrote: "Yay!! it works!!"

sure!! but I'll add some improvements later on, like separate the links from my reviews to the book itself.

23. The Final Hour, by Taylor Caldwell
24. O Nosso Agente em Havana, by Graham Greene
25. The Circular Staircase, by Mary Roberts Rinehart
26. The Book of Eleanor: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine, by Pamela Kaufman
27. L'Abyssin, by Jean-Christophe Rufin

From Mt Kilimanjaro to El Toro....

Impressive to say the least!
Looking forward to your review on the Pamela Kaufman book. I read it almost a decade ago.

Go go go!

28. A Judgement in Stone, by Ruth Rendell
29. Katie Mulholland, by Catherine Cookson - WHAT A MAGNIFICENT BOOK!!

You are moving right along!

That's the idea, try to decrease our TBR list.

Laura, you are a reading POWERHOUSE!
Congrats on tackling so many from your TBR pile.

I'm already growing a TBR for 2013...hehehehe

You naughty girl! ;)

Jeannette wrote: "You naughty girl! ;)"

we've to plan in advance, right? New challenges, new plans...

...more books.... :D

In which group will be the discussion of Tao2c?

Here. I'll ask Bev if she would start a buddy-reads folder for us, and I'll post the To2C thread under it.

Jeannette wrote: "Here. I'll ask Bev if she would start a buddy-reads folder for us, and I'll post the To2C thread under it."

GREATTTTT Jeannette!!!

Ask and you shall receive....Buddy-Read Folder will magically appear in just a few moments.

Or not. Grrrrr! So. I added a folder. At least when I go into "Edit Folders" it shows up but I can't find it when I just go into the Mount TBR Challenge Discussions. Can anybody see this folder? And if not, any suggestions on what I need to do to get it to show up?

Fixed it. I think! Let me know if it's not showing up.

Thank you, Bev!

30. Soldier of Great War, by Mark Helprin
31. Prince Ivan, by Peter Morwood
32. Fruits of the Earth, by Andre Gide
33. Rise to Rebellion, by Jeff Sahaara
34. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
35. The Year of the French, by Thomas Flanagan
36. Alguien que anda por ahí, by Julio Cortazar
37. Misterios, by Lygia Fagundes Telles
38. Seminarios dos Ratos, by Lygia Fagundes Telles
39. Duas Damas bem Comportadas, by Jane Bowles
40. Tout Ce Que J'aimais, by Siri Hustvedt
41. The Case of the Missing Servant, by Turquin Hall
42. Eva Luna, by Isabel Allende
43. Uma conspiracao amorosa, by Heinz Konsalik

Wow! Great list, Laura, and in three languages. :)

thanks Jeannette.

44. Daughter of the Red Deer, by Joan Wolf
45. Waverley, by Walter Scott
46. Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand
47. The Summer of the Barshinskeys, by Diane Pearson
48. Le mystère de la chambre jaune, by Gaston Leroux
49. This Earth of Mankind, by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
50. La Fortune des Rougon, by Emile Zola
51. Les Pardaillan, by Michel Zevaco
52. The Map of Love, by Ahdaf Soueif
53. This Other Eden, by Marilyn Harris
54. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, by Erik Larson
55. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, by Douglas Adams
56. River God, by Wilbur Smith
57. West With The Night, by Beryl Markham
58. Barren Ground, by Ellen Glasgow
59. The Forsyte Saga, by John Galsworthy
60. Red Harvest, by Dashiel Hammett
61. The Master Butchers Singing Club, by Louise Erdrich

Laura, I wanted to make sure you knew that The Tale of Two Cities buddy read is slated to start on June 1st but that some have already started. Here are the first two threads
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/9...
Look forward to seeing you there

Thank for the Napoleonic list invite!

Dawn (& Ron) wrote: "Laura, I wanted to make sure you knew that The Tale of Two Cities buddy read is slated to start on June 1st but that some have already started. Here are the first two threads
http://www.goodreads...."

thanks for remind me Dawn, I've complete forgotten about it.

Your welcome!