Mount TBR 2019 discussion

Hey all. My name is Zara and this will be my first mountain climb. I have read over 100 books so far in 2018 but I darent try to calculate how many were from my owned books (i expect less than 20%). With over 200 physical unread books, 1000 unread kindle books, and an inability to stop accummulating books, I need this challenge! I hope to discover some great books, but my main aim is to do some serious shelf clearance and concentrate on my current owned books. I shall use this thread to keep me accountable. I look forward to climbing with you all

Welcome to the climb, and best wishes to you!

Zara, thanks for joining us! Good luck with your climb.

Thank you for the welcome Jessika, Ann and Bev. Today I went through my shelf and have prepared a pile to start the year off with. The pile are books I have owned for over 2 years and are listed below. Looking at them, I think there are a number there I won't enjoy so the aim is to read and/or unhaul them. I shall update the read books and the unhauled books as the month goes on. Ofcourse I may decide to read something from a different pile but I hope to be disciplined and start with the longest owned!

My Age of Anxiety – Scott Strossel
Frazzled – Ruby Wax
How to be a productivity Ninja – Graham Allcott
Fuck it therapy – John C Parkin
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth
The Happiness Project – Gretchen Rubin
Reclaim Your Heart – Yasmin Mogahed
UnLearn – Humble the Poet
More Than This – Patrick Ness
My Sister lives on the Mantlepiece – Annabel Pitcher
The Rest of Just Live Here – Patrick Ness
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea – Michael Morpurgo
We All Looked Up – Tommy Wallach
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour – Joshua Ferris

Kind wrote: "Thank you for the welcome Jessika, Ann and Bev. Today I went through my shelf and have prepared a pile to start the year off with. The pile are books I have owned for over 2 years and are listed be..."

Good luck weeding out the older books!

Good luck! I own over 500 unread books, so I feel your pain! :) I'm also hoping to make a big dent in books I've owned for years. You can do this!

Thank you Rhonda!!

I am expecting about 16-20 books for xmas so the pile is getting bigger!

So far I have read one of my own books (the Martian by Andy Weir) which I will be leaving at my work staff room book library. I have resisted buying books even though lots of book money for my birthday! But then I went to the library and maxed out my loans... So maybe Mt Kilomanjaro wont be conquered this year....

Hmm, maybe you should move to my town... Our max for loans is 150!

Jessika wrote: "Hmm, maybe you should move to my town... Our max for loans is 150!"

OMG Jessika, that is INSANE!! I would totally max out my card though! Where is that?! I would probably never buy another book

Kind wrote: "OMG Jessika, that is INSANE!! I would totally max out my card though! Where is that?! I would probably never buy..."

Haha yeah, and you get 2 30-day renewals, I think. That's in good ol' Wichita, KS!

January check in: I read ONE of my own books and FIFTEEN from the library.

BUT I sorted out my shelves and ended up donating 71 books to the charity shop and giving my sister 3 books she wanted. Does this count?!

Zara wrote: "January check in: I read ONE of my own books and FIFTEEN from the library.

BUT I sorted out my shelves and ended up donating 71 books to the charity shop and giving my sister 3 books she wanted. Does this count?!"

Only if you read them first. :-)

Hope you were able to get some more TBR reading done!