Mount TBR 2016 discussion

Good luck with your challenge, Rebecca! Mount TBR helped me reduce my tbr pile by a third this year. 300 is a big number, but don't give up and be patient. After all, this is about having fun :)

I know the feeling Rebecca :-) Last year my book piles at home of unread books reached number 1000, so I really need to read them instead of getting new ones, going to the library etc.

Good luck, Rebecca! It is definitely hard to work on the stacks with tempting tidbits at the library (especially when you work there!).

Thanks for the review! The trilogy has been on my TBR for a while, but your notes make me want to bump it higher up on my list!

You're doing it exactly right! Adding your reviews and/or links to books read and keeping track of where you're at on your climb is what your travel folder is for.

Great job getting your first step up the mountain!

Rebecca wrote: "2. The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick (1 star)

** !!spoiler alert!! ** I did not enjoy this book. It was my first Philip K. Dick book, and maybe I didn't choose a good one ..."

Philip K. Dick doesn't do a whole lot for me either. I've read both this and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (which the movie Blade Runner was based on) and have decided that he just isn't really for me. As I noted in my review of Sheep, "the one really extraordinary thing that this book did for me was to lead to a really interesting conversation with my son. He watched Blade Runner when he was in high school and when I told him I was reading the book that the film was based on we were off and running discussing differences and themes....and, man, do I wish I'd had a recording device on me. The discussion was awesome--you're going to have to trust me on that."

I can see why some folks might like these books, but they're not my kind of science fiction.

I found Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? a much more interesting and compelling book than either A Scanner Darkly (which I didn't care for) or The Man in the High Castle (which I thought was more intriguing in concept than in execution). Just to add my 2¢ to the discussion...

Good job this month!

Have this in my TBR pile also. Glad to hear it's worth the read. Typically I'm not a big fan of short stories and that's why this one has been languishing in the pile. Looking forward to picking it up soon now!

Rebecca wrote: "6. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (3.5 stars)

I really liked this book! It took me quite some time to get through it. Although a fun read, it's dense and long. You can definitely..."

Marian is a fabulous character. I, too, was disappointed that she didn't get more page time.

My favorite Wilkie book so far though is The Moonstone. I've got a few others of his sitting and staring at me from the mountain range....

Rebecca wrote: "Well, I'm going to have a fun time trying to catch up in March haha!"

Best wishes!

Beck wrote: "7. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (4 stars)

This was an absolutely brilliant book. I didn't expect to love this book anywhere near as much as I did. And although I thought th..."

Ooh, I loved that one, too!

I feel the same way about Me Before You! Although I disliked Treena through most of the book,I ended up enjoying her and Lou's relationship towards the end. And I think the book ended on the right note, leaving the after to the readers imagination,so a sequel feels unecessary to me. I was expecting it to be a little bit more of a im-in-a-pool-of-tears kind of book,but by the end I had accepted already what was going to happen, so it was just sad,but not in the tearjerker kind of way. I did enjoyed a lot and can't wait for the movie!