The Bookworm Challenge discussion

Read up to 5 books that have been on your To-Be-Read list for over a year.

Connie's TBR List:

COMPLETED

1)Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King 23/03/18 This one has been on my list since it first came out in 2014. I recently heard Stephen King and George R. R. Martin discussing the trilogy and decided it was finally time to read it.
2)The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis 30/03/18(been on my GR Want to Read list since Sept. 2016
3)Morrie: In His Own Words by Morrie Schwartz 19/04/18 on my GR Want to Read list since Sept. 2016
4)What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty 16/05/18 on list since November 2013
5)Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult 10/07/18 on list since April 2017

Rhonda's Over a Year TBR List:

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Note: I completely reorganized my shelves last year (around March, I think), so the date added is not necessarily accurate for how long it's been on my TBR.

1. Watership Down by Richard Adams - on TBR since 2014
2. The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson - on since TBR since 2016
3. The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery - on TBR since 2014
4. The Jane Austen Handbook by Margaret Sullivan (purchased April 2017, read May 2018)
5. My Own Miraculous by Joshilyn Jackson (I've owned this for years, bought on my Nook, which I haven't used for at least 2 years.)

Wanda's Over a Year TBR List:

1. Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
2. Burntown by Jennifer McMahon
3. Double Whammy by Carl Hiaasen
4. Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indriðason
5.Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King

Linda's Over a Year TBR List:

1. Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria - France, 1769
2. Elisabeth: The Princess Bride, Austria - Hungary, 1853
3. Victoria: May Blossom of Britannia, England, 1829
4. Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889
5. Zia by Scott O'Dell

Stephanie's TBR List Books:

1 - The Whiskey Rebels by David Liss - (2009)
2 - Bird Box by Josh Malerman - (2014)
3 - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (2013)
4 - The Fireman by Joe Hill (2016)
5 - All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (2016)

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Sharon's Over a Year on TBR list:

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Michael's Over a Year on TBR list:
1. Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals by Shane Claiborne
2. A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
3. Iron Gray Sea by Taylor Anderson
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Martha's TBR-Over-A-Year List
1. Britt-Marie Was Here, 26th Jan 18
2. Meteorite Spoon, 2nd Mar 18
3. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, 3rd Mar 18
4. The World as 100 People: A Visual Guide to 7 Billion Humans, 16th Mar 18
5. I'll Give You the Sun, 10th May 18

1. The Catacombs (moved from mystery/thriller/suspense)
2. Stranger In A Strange Land
3. Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan (got added back to the to read pile when the folks had a clear out)
4. The Dark Citadel Omnibus
5. The Muse

1) The Boston Girl
2) Finding Audrey

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Ann-Marie´s TBR over the year
1- The Abbey: A Story of Discovery by James Martin (read feb)
2-Alla himlens fåglar har flytt - Profeten Jeremia i sin egen tid och i vår by Peter Halldorf
3-Stormy Cove by Bernadette Calonego
4-The Serpent Pool by Martin Edwards
5-Between the Crosses by Matthew Frank

Sam wrote: "1. The Catacombs (moved from mystery/thriller/suspense)
2. Stranger In A Strange Land"

Hi Sam, you have Stranger in a Strange Land under Sci-Fi, too. Which one do you want to use?

Does my mental TBR list count? I've been working on finishing some series I started years ago, but I never added the books.

Actually, I see I added the book I'm thinking of on Feb. 23 last year. And finished it on Feb. 20 this year. So I guess that doesn't count, though I read the first in the series in 2013 :(

Rebecca wrote: "Does my mental TBR list count? I've been working on finishing some series I started years ago, but I never added the books.

Actually, I see I added the book I'm thinking of on Feb. 23 last year. A..."

Lol, I don't have time to be so critical! If you added it last Feb and read it this Feb, count it. We trust you, Rebecca!

Stephanie wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Does my mental TBR list count? I've been working on finishing some series I started years ago, but I never added the books.

Actually, I see I added the book I'm thinking of on Feb...."

Thanks! I don't always add books that I KNOW I want to read--I don't need a list for those :)

Rebecca's long-term TBR books:
1. Shirley Link & The Treasure Chest by Ben Zackheim
2. The Shadow of the Minotaur by Wendy Leighton-Porter
3. Lily by S. Smith


I don't know if they've been on the TBR list, but #2 and #3 have been on my Kindle for more than a year!

Rebecca wrote: "Stephanie wrote: "Rebecca wrote: "Does my mental TBR list count? I've been working on finishing some series I started years ago, but I never added the books.

Actually, I see I added the book I'm t..."
I know that I have some of my TBR books listed on Goodreads but some are on a list on paper and others are sitting in a stack on my table.

Michelle TBR:
1. The Jungle Book
2. The Princess and the Goblin
3. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Holmes
4. Brave New World
5. Mary Poppins

Kristen wrote: "TBR - Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella"

Hi Kristen, are you adding this to your list? You've already made a start with "Boston Girl", see above, message 14.

Stephanie wrote: "Kristen wrote: "TBR - Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella"

Hi Kristen, are you adding this to your list? You've already made a start with "Boston Girl", see above, message 14."


Oh snap, sorry about that! I’ll move it up and delete the second comment. Thanks for pointing it out :)

I’ve just joined Goodreads so I don’t have anything on my TBR list that’s been on there for over year. Is it alright if I add books that have been on my mental TBR list?

Jell-O wrote: "I’ve just joined Goodreads so I don’t have anything on my TBR list that’s been on there for over year. Is it alright if I add books that have been on my mental TBR list?"

Hi Jello, welcome! We'll make an exception for new GR members for this. We trust that you're going to be honest. Enjoy!

For us "old" GR members, can we use books even if they aren't on the GR Want to Read list? I have a written list in my reading journal and don't always add them to GR. Sometimes I am still "old school"!

Connie wrote: "For us "old" GR members, can we use books even if they aren't on the GR Want to Read list? I have a written list in my reading journal and don't always add them to GR. Sometimes I am still "old sch..."

We'll have to trust each other on this one. If you say you've had it on your personal TBR, wherever you may keep it, we'll allow it.

Jennifer's TBR List

1. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (03/27/18)
2. Never Let You Go by Chevy Stevens (03/14/17)
3. Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough (03/13/17)
4. The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney (02/27/17)
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Kate's TBR list:

1. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

Jody's TBR List:

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1. Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell
2. Glory over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
3. Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
4. Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
5. The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

Jody wrote: "Jody's TBR List:

1. Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell
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Hi Jody, you've already started a list for 1 yr. TBR with "The Lovely Bones". See message # 29.

Meera's Over a Year TBR list:

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Jello’s Over A Year TBR List

1. The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin

Kaitlin's over a year TBR List:

1.A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
2.A Storm of Swords by George R.R. Martin
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Emilie TBR books

1. Red Notice by Bill Browder
2. China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan
3. Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan
4. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

Cathy's - books on TBR list for over a year
COMPLETE

1. Before We Were Strangers by Renee Carlino
2. The Son-in-Law by Charity Norman
3. Striking Distance by Pamela Clare
4. The Language of Hoofbeats by Catherine Ryan Hyde
5. Hannah's Dream by Diane Hammond

Fatima's List:

1. The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
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