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I'm in for 35 this year!

Progress 30/35

1. London by Frank Tayell (Added 11/17/2020)
2. A Stranger in the Familyby Patricia McLinn (Added 6/10/2014)
3. The Passage by Justin Cronin (Added 8/13/2010)
4. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Deathby Caitlin Doughty (Added 12/11/2019)
5. They Feed by Jason Parent (Added 6/25/2020)
6. Heldby Kimberly A. Bettes (Added 4/12/2019)
7. Outage by T.W. Piperbrook (Added 2/21/2018)
8. Stigma by Philip Hawley Jr. (Added 3/17/15)
9. The Twelve by Justin Cronin (Added 11/4/14)
10. They Came with the Snow Series by Christopher Coleman (Added 1/7/20)
11. Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong (Added 12/11/19)
12. Empty Bodies by Zach Bohannon (Added 2/21/18)
13. The Hill by Iain Rob Wright (Added 10/7/20)
14. The Girl Behind the Red Rope by Ted Dekker (Added 9/22/19)
15. Diary of a Single Wedding Planner by Violet Howe (Added 8/25/17)
16. WALKER by Frankie Love (Added 6/25/20)
17. Just This Once by Rosalind James (Added 12/26/13)
18. The Catacombs (Added 2/21/18)
19. Safety (Added 2/16/15)
20. Before You Sleep: Three Horrors (Added 12/23/17)
21. The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe (Added 1/9/18)
22. A Game of Thrones (Added 5/29/14)
23. Black Jasmine (Added 3/10/15)
24. The Serpent on the Crown (Added 9/12/19)
25. Don't Wait for Me (Added 2/21/18)
26. The Tenant (Added 10/13/20)
27. Cure (Added 2/21/18)
28. The Shining (Added (10/14/10)
29. Whiskey Sour (Added 2/21/18)
30. Bloodline (Added 12/9/20)

Brittany wrote: "I'm in for 35 this year!

Progress 1/35

1. London by Frank Tayell"

That is on my TBR also!

Just finished my first TBR for 2021. Years owned 4 years 4 months! Not even the oldest of the potentials!
Unseaming by Mike Allen.

I am signing up to read 12 books on my physical TBR, and I will call my bookshelf 2021 Mt. TBR Challenge!

TBR physical book options:
The BFG by Roald Dahl
The Divergent Series by Veronica Roth
Dracula: A Graphic Horror Novel by Matt Pagett
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Lost World by Michael Crichton
Timeline by Crichton
Micro by Crichton
Rising Sun by Crichton
Pirate Latitudes by Crichton
The Great Train Robbery by Crichton
The Fifth Wave by Rick Yancey
The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells
Bossypants by Tina Fey
1984 by George Orwell
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Bone Labyrinth by James Rollins
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
Misery by King
Doctor Sleep by King
The Stand by King
Pet Sematary by King
The Green Mile by King
IT by King
Needful Things by King
Everything's Eventual by King
A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
The Philip K. Dick Reader
The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard
The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Killing Floor by Lee Child
Imaginary Friends by Stephen Chbosky

Just about finished my 2nd book for this challenge. Well technically, I have finished the book and and getting ready to complete my review. I may increase my challenge number, I'm considering it.

Char wrote: "I signed up to read 30, and I named my shelf 2021 Mt. TBR Challenge."

Thank you so much for starting this challenge. It was the kick in the pants I needed to tackle my TBR pile in a meaningful way. I have already completed 3 books which have been on my TBR list an average of 4 years. I have always joked that I love to read books of questionable taste (sometimes I say crap) and am in no hurry to do it!

So I decided to double my challenge from 15 to 30. This is a desperation move because I have already added more than 30 new books to my TBR list since this challenge started!

I'm inspired by all of you. Here's my spot, where I'll track my progress. Updates coming soon . . . . . . . .

Welcome and Good Luck, Michael.

I have not forgotten about you Mount TBR Challenge, but this is why my TBR list has gotten so out of hand. I have spent the last month reading all sorts of random books I loved or hated, but were not on any list. I have promised to get back to you and that is why I have started Going Bovine by Libba Bray.

I have completed 16 books off my TBR list so far this year, which surpassed my original goal (15 books) and puts me over the half way point of my adjusted goal, 30 books.

It is so easy to get derailed by all the new books being published and hidden treasure just waiting to be discovered. I wish I had documented my TBR list number when I started this challenge, but I'm sure the number has gone up and not down in spite of my efforts. My Goodreads TBR pile sits at 878 right now.

This challenge got me moving to read several books that had been sitting on my shelf glaring at me for the past few years. And I've really enjoyed several of them including Sleeping Beauties and The Fourth Monkey.
Now I'm reading Serenity Falls and for a very long book, it reads fast and has a pretty dang good story.
I'm hoping a few more of the books coming off my tbr list are as good these.

Badseedgirl and WendyB, I’m like you both!
This challenge has really helped me to whittle down some books that I’ve wanted to read for years.
I finally read Anna Karenina, Night Film and House of Leaves! I’m working on Swan Song at the moment.

I’m really glad the HA group decided to do this challenge this year. I feel like I’m making some progress finally on my TBR list. 🤣😂

WendyB wrote: "This challenge got me moving to read several books that had been sitting on my shelf glaring at me for the past few years. And I've really enjoyed several of them including Sleeping Beauties.

I agree Serenity Falls is an excellent book. I'm currently reading the expanded version that was split into novels Writ in Blood, The Pack, and Dark Carnival. James A. Moore is one of my favorite authors and his Jonathan Crowley books are fantastic.

Ginger wrote: "Badseedgirl and WendyB, I’m like you both!
This challenge has really helped me to whittle down some books that I’ve wanted to read for years.
I finally read Anna Karenina, [book:Nig..."

Those are some great books, Ginger. :)

Scott wrote: "WendyB wrote: "This challenge got me moving to read several books that had been sitting on my shelf glaring at me for the past few years. And I've really enjoyed several of them including [book:Sle..."

I was thinking this doorstopper of a book was the three books combined into one. LOL
Doesn't matter. I'm really enjoying it but I agree with some of the reviews about the typos. They don't spoil the story for me but some of them make me wonder if the book had an editor at all.

WendyB wrote: "Ginger wrote: "Badseedgirl and WendyB, I’m like you both!
This challenge has really helped me to whittle down some books that I’ve wanted to read for years.
I finally read [book:Anna Karenina|15823..."

I’ve been happy with them all as well for very different reasons.
I think that I just didn’t get around to them because most are door stoppers! 🤣😂

I decided to go in for 25.

There are still 266 physical books on my TBR shelves. I am not even counting my Kindle books at this point. That may change if I get into a Kindle-reading mood.

Edited: June 27, 2021

Here is my current list:
1. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
2. The Red Hunter by Lisa Unger
3. Wilder Girls by Rory Power
4. Some Quiet Place by Kelsey Sutton
5. The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
6. Gutshot by Amelia Gray
7. Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
8. Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer
9. The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood
10. The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
11. Long Bright River by Liz Moore
12. The Anatomy of Evil by Michael H. Stone
13. The Toll by Cherie Priest
14. Tomboyland: Essays by Melissa Faliveno
15. Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
16. Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxtom
17. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
18. Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala
19. Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
20. Persephone Station by Stina Leicht
21. Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
22. Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh
23. My Wish List by Gregoire Delacourt
24. Wolf Winter Cecilia Ekback

This is my first time doing this! My TBR list was so long I broke it into "Want to read" and "Might read" and each have wayy too many books.

It's likely I'll do more than 20 though, as I've already read a few of these and it's possible my book clubs will pick my TBR books.

For now, here is what I'd like to add to this years challenge:
1. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Jonathan Haidt (READ)
2. The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay (READ)
3. The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle (READ)
4. Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings by Shirley Jackson (READ)
5. The Paper Magician by Charlie Holmberg (READ)
6. Educated by Tara Westover (READ)
7. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (READ)
8. The Selection by Kiera Cass (READ)
9. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (READ)
10. Lolita - Vladimir Nobokov
11. Bleak: A Story of Bullying, Rage, and Survival - Benjamin Honeycutt
12. Dream Date - Sinclair smith
13. Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout (READ)
14. Wild Seed - Octavia E. Butler
15. The Pearl That Broke Its Shell - Nadia Hashimi (READ)
16. The Vampire Lestat - Anne Rice
17. Final Girls - Riley Sager
18. A Room with a View - E. M. Forster (READ)
19. Mistborn: The Final Empire - Brandon Sanderson
20. Them: Why We Hate Each Other - and How to Heal - Ben Sasse (READ)

Ninetailedkat wrote: "I will sign up for 25 from my tbr shelf to try to whittle down my stack, but I want to leave some room for new books that catch my eye!

Sitting on my shelf off the top of my head : The Gone World,..."

Nancy wrote: "Yay, I’m glad this one was brought back. I signed up for 45 books from my TBR shelf.

45/45

1) The Midnight Library
2) Every Heart a Doorway
3) [book:Wanderers|3260..."


I am finished!

Badseedgirl wrote: "I signed up for 15 books, but I really need to do better than that this year. I am an empty nester and we downsized the house. I lost my built in book shelves and now my books are scattered everywh..."

30/30
I have finished this challenge but am working on adding ( maybe subtracting would be more appropriate) more books to my TBR list before the end of the year.

Nancy wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Yay, I’m glad this one was brought back. I signed up for 45 books from my TBR shelf.

45/45

1) The Midnight Library
2) Every Heart a Doorway
3) [book:..."

Congratulations on a job well done!!

Finished this challenge with a very charming story. Not horror but so worth reading.

I read so many books this year that sat on my shelves for far too long and so many were well worth reading. Glad this challenge got me to pick them up and give them a chance.

WendyB wrote: "Finished this challenge with a very charming story. Not horror but so worth reading.

I read so many books this year that sat on my shelves for far too long a..."

I just finished one that wasn't horror (fantasy), and absolutely loved it--so glad I finally pulled it off the shelf!

Kimberly wrote: "WendyB wrote: "Finished this challenge with a very charming story. Not horror but so worth reading.

I read so many books this year that sat on my shelves for..."

We may love horror but a good story is a good story. Can't pass them up no matter what.

WendyB wrote: "Kimberly wrote: "WendyB wrote: "Finished this challenge with a very charming story. Not horror but so worth reading.

I read so many books this year that sat ..."

I so agree! You need to mix it up every so often. There are so many amazing writers out there!

I actually pulled it off! :D

Progress: 20/20
COMPLETE!

1. The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow Review Here
2. Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff Review Here
3. The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku Review Here
4. House of Dragons by Jessica Cluess Review Here
5. Swarmthief's Dance by Deborah J. Miller Review Here
6. Fallen by Lauren Kate Review Here
7. A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer Review Here
8. The Book Collectors of Daraya by Delphine Minoui Review Here
9. Hard Rain by Irma Venter Review Here
10. FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven Review Here
11. The Fear Index by Robert Harris Review Here
12. The Girl in the Tree by Şebnem İşigüzel Review Here
13. Lost temple by Tom Harper Review Here
14. Crimes that Shocked the Nation by Alan J. Whiticker Review Here
15. The Dragon Blood Collection, Books 1-3 by Lindsay Buroker Review Here
16. Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis Review Here
17. The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry Review Here
18. Mark of Fire by Richard Phillips Review Here
19. Citizen Girl by Emma McLaughlin Review Here
20. Arson at the Art Gallery by Grace York Review Here