Mount TBR 2013 Reading Challenge discussion

In 2013 I'm going to read at least 12 books from my TBR pile. I'm going to list the books as I read them, but there are some that I really, REALLY want to read next year. Those are:

Child of the Prophecy - Juliet Marillier
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest - Stieg Larsson
The Fellowship of the Ring - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Thorn Birds - Collen McCullough
Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame - Victor Hugo

I have finally started! Here we go:

1. The Fellowship of the Ring - J. R. R. Tolkien
2. The Two Towers - J. R. R. Tolkien
3. Mistress of Magic (Mists of Avalon, #1) - Marion Zimmer Bradley
4. The High Queen (Mists of Avalon, #2) - Marion Zimmer Bradley
5. An Offer From a Gentleman (Bridgertons, #3) - Julia Quinn
6. Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons, #4) - Julia Quinn
7. The Return of the King - J. R. R. Tolkien
8. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
9. The Broken Sword - Poul Anderson
10. The Tempest - William Shakespeare
11. O Festim dos Corvos - George R. R. Martin
12. The Winter Sea - Susanna Kearsley

13. The King Stag (Mists of Avalon, #3) - Marion Zimmer Bradley
14. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
15. Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice

Such a great book to start with, Diana! Now you have the other two in the trilogy to look forward to!

I am so excited that I will start reading The Two Towers right away!

Great! It's always best to keep going. I try to read all three once a year, but I may not get to them this year. I think Two Towers is my favorite book of the three. Enjoy!

I have finally finished with The Two Towers. It was a sort of tough February, so it took me more than I expected to read this one... Now to take a break from fantasy, I'll be reading The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook.

I quit The Iron Duke and I've already finished the first book of "The Mists of Avalon series", Mistress of Magic by Marion Zimmer-Bradley. I loved it so much!! :D

And I have just finished An Offer From a Gentleman, from Julia Quinn. Such a breath of fresh air! I love her romances. Always funny and witty, with good and interesting characters and the Bridgerton family is, of course, irresistible :)

Hi Diana & Jeannette! When you refer to JRR Tolkien, I would say 'all four' rather than three. "The Hobbit" comes first. :) It's funny, I didn't take to it in grade 9. I didn't recall any of it from school; or soak in any "Star Wars" films as a child.

Later, all that army stuff found a way to be interesting. hehe Of course there's more to Tolkien than that and I became a Trekkie too but as a child I zoned it out.

Hi C.! I already read "The Hobbit" some years ago, that is why I didn't include it ;) Now I have "The Return of the King" left to finish the trilogy and then, when I have the patience, "The Silmarillion".

I love the "Star Wars" movies, but I never got into Star Trek. I don't really know why...

I'm uncertain I'm interested in "Silmarillion", which seems to be a behind-the-scenes of 'middle earth'. David Eddings, an even better fantasy author (USA) released "The Rivan Codex" which goes with his own series. I collected it but don't think I read it. Anyway, my brother had a band that was successful in our region, 'Syllmarillion' with a 'Y'.

If you get Star Trek from the beginning, you fall in love with each of the 5 casts. Now Chris Pine and new actors are doing brand new films that don't follow the usual storyline and ANYONE can go to the theatre and love the experience. Anyway a random Trek show doesn't work. Try the beginning of one and it makes sense.

The oldest can seem cheezy. I'd try "Star Trek Voyager", with the female captain. Or see the first, new Star Trek movie with Chris Pine. The second looks like it's coming out soon! I'm gonna look!

I will take your advice and give Star Trek a try :)
Thanks!

Finished with The Return of the King. What an amazing ride and conclusion to an awesome story! I really loved The Lord of the Rings and I'm so glad I decided to read it this year, finally.

I'm glad you like "Return Of The King". The film is BEAUTIFUL. My fiancé & I went to town for the new Trek and it's awesome!!!! Knowledge not required on these remakes, Chris Pine (Kirk) and Zachary Quinto (Spok). But the latest is closer to the original. Trekkies will notice they draw a lot of moments from "Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan".

Presuming they continue with remnants of "III: The Search For Spok", I prefer this one. The hands-down favourite is "IV: The Voyage Home" because they return to 1980s, present day Earth but let's not get carried away. LOL!

I finished Wolf Hall today, by Hilary Mantel. I have this book since 2009 and it was about time I read it. I loved the book, the portrayal of that period, the hunger for power and the focus on Thomas Cromwell, one of the most fascinating minds of that period. Loved it!

I have finished The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson and I am a little bit disapointed. The book wasn't bad, I actually liked it, but I was influenced by the reviews I've read before, saying it was awesome and even superior to Tolkien. I shouldn't have read it with my expectations that high because I spent the whole book trying to compare it to Tolkien, when there is no possible comparison. Still, I enjoyed it.

In a couple of hours I started and finished The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

I have just finished O Festim dos Corvos by George R. R. Martin, which is the portuguese translation of the first half of A Feast for Crows.

For the last book of my list I read The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley and I fell completely in love with it. It is a wonderful book, an amazing story and I loved every second I spent reading it.

And I finished this challenge! Yay for me! :D

Thank for you reading a Canadian author! :) I collected all her work. Like most of my library (which is its own building, seen in my thread); I haven't tried her yet. I'm glad she's great.

I surpassed my challenge for Mount Ararat and am 3 books away from finishing 2 mountains after that. What everybody is doing is keeping going! No one stops seeing how far they can go. :) It is EXCELLENT that you read a variety of material and languages! Yay Diana!

That's a good ideia! I will also keep going and see how many books I can read. This year has been a bit rough for me, because I have had some reading slumps, and I'm not reading as much as I am used to.

I highly recomend that you read Susanna Kearsley! This book was amazing for me. This year I will be reading another Canadian author, Margaret Atwood. I read Oryx and Crake last year and I absolutely loved it. So this year I will be reading The Handmaid's Tale and see what it's about :)

Congrats, Diana! Excelsior...

Congratulations, Diana! As C. mentions...everyone seems to have caught mountain-fever and just keeps climbing to see how many mountains they can conquer.

Although I have finished this challenge, I want to see how many more books I can read that have been sitting in my shelves for too long. So, the 13th book I read was The King Stag, by Marion Zimmer Bradley. I liked it, but I didn't feel as captivated as I felt with the previous two books...

The Handmaid's Tale: check!

There you go reading Canadians again. :) You really should join our reading challenge. Unlike most January to new year's eve stints, we go from Canada day to Canada day. It didn't start long ago. Count your reading since July 1st! Please call me Carolyn, from the blog 'RIEDEL Fascination'. http://cmriedel.wordpress.com/2012/09...

And speaking of canadians... Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize yesterday! Another author to include on my list of books I want to read... :)

Good for her. Have her in my belongings, haven't read yet. Pertaining to Americans, my fiancé's favourite author died. I'm sorry for all fans' loss of Tom Clancy.

Interview with the Vampire: check! I loved this book! Real vampires for the win!