Mount TBR 2019 discussion

My book buying last year was insane. I’m not doing any promoted challenges this year because I want to focus on reading what I already own. My overall Goodreads goal is 100, but I should be able to climb El Toro with ease, if I can just keep the*squirrel* buying under control!!

I definitely bought too many books last year! Good luck with your reading goals!

Good luck on reading what you own!

I know what you mean. I somehow managed to bring over 300 new-to-me books home last year. I still can't figure that out--we didn't go to my favorite used bookstore as often; I didn't find a single thing to bring home from our Friends of the Library clearance sales in Spring and Fall. I was shocked when I looked at my "bought in 2018" shelf here on Goodreads.

Good luck with your climb!

Darci wrote: "I definitely bought too many books last year! Good luck with your reading goals!"

Thank you!

Jessika wrote: "Good luck on reading what you own!"

Thank you!

Bev wrote: "I know what you mean. I somehow managed to bring over 300 new-to-me books home last year. I still can't figure that out--we didn't go to my favorite used bookstore as often; I didn't find a single ..."
Thanks, Bev! It’s nice to not be alone in the insanity! LOL

First TBR book done and it was a doozy!Saga, Vol. 9

#2 finished 1/4/19 I struggled with this in December 2018, only reading the first 46 pages, but I’m so glad I picked it back up and finished it. Balanced and important, written by someone who was there and lived the history first hand. And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East

Finished #3 today 1/16/19: Started the audiobook in December, but was less than 20% done when January rolled around.
The Return of the Native

#4 is an ARC that publishes next month, but I always preorder Khan’s books as soon as the preorder button goes live, so I’ve known about this one for more than 6 months, and I’m pretty sure that means it counts for MountTBR. 😊

A Deadly Divide by Ausma Zehanat Khan releases on 2/12/19 and if you like mysteries, especially ones with a social justice message, do yourself a favor and grab her books.

#5 finished 1/31/19

Hell’s Princess by Harold Schechter

#6 completed. I’m so glad we are allowed to count rereads now, although I have never read the illustrated edition before and I’ve been dying to get to it. I’ve owned the illustrated edition since it came out, but just started my HP reread this year. Such a wonderful series. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

#7 Preordered in July 2018, released Jan 29, 2019. I hope Gregg Hurwitz writes more Orphan X novels because these are so much fun to read!Out of the Dark

#8 is one of the Akashic Noir collections I bought at the very end of last year. I loved the others that I read, but this one was disappointing. Istanbul Noir

#9 I LOVED S.A. Chakraborty's debut, A City of Brass, so I obviously pre-ordered the sequel, A Kingdom of Copper, as soon as it was available last year. The book published this January and it was absolutely worth the wait. Just gorgeous. I do not want to wait until 2020 for the final book in the trilogy. I miss Daevabad already.The Kingdom of Copper

#10 Pretty pleased with the Mount TBR progress I've made so far and hoping I can keep up the pace for the rest of the year. :) Just finished the next Agatha Christie on my list via audiobook:
Lord Edgware Dies

#11 - finished ARC of A Memory of Empire by Arcady Martine that I received last year. Glad to be catching upon a NetGalley reads, but sorry this one was in that stack. 😣

#12 - So glad to finally read the Illustrated Edition of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. This is my favorite of the series and the illustrations are gorgeous. I'm so glad rereads count now. It's been more than 5 years since I last read or listened to this book and this is my first time through the illustrated edition. Such a gorgeous book.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

#13 - reread of I Henry IV. I bought this copy last year and was so excited to find a Norton Critical Edition at the used bookstore that wasn't already annotated.
I Henry IV

I *finally* finished #14. It's only been on my TBR shelves since the end of last year, but I started reading it on January 4th and just finished it March 18th. It's a sneaky book, though. It refused to allow me to completely walk away from it and the more I think about it, the more I realize I like it.
Girls Made of Snow and Glass

#15 finished this morning - first time in audio, but technically a reread of the next installment of Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody series. I read the book for the first time more than a decade ago and I've been slowly rereading the entire series via audiobook.Tomb of the Golden Bird

#16 A Dangerous Duet

#17 The Neverending Story

I first read this book in 1985, at the age of 10. Now that rereads count for MountTBR, I thought this was a good time to reread and share with my postal book club, so thanks Bev for changing the rules! I’m so glad to have finally reread this.

#18 Slowly catching up on my NetGalley backlog - I downloaded this eBook last year and just finished it today. A solid spy thriller.
Firefly

#19 Also slowly making my way through my collection of Shakespeare plays. Finished this one over the weekend:
Henry IV, Part 2

#20 Changeless

#21 Ramadan: The Holy Month of Fasting

#22 Broken Ground

Slowly clearing my NetGalley backlog!

#23 The Burglar

Another NetGalley title bites the dust!

I am really struggling with Mount TBR this year. I can't believe it's almost June and I just finished #24. I think I may have been too hopeful in my attempt to climb El Toro - just too many new books! This is one that was released this year, but that I pre-ordered back in December 2018, so thankfully, it counts for Mount TBR. Thanks for that rule change, Bev!
Unmarriageable

#25 Baltimore Noir

#26 - Another published in 2019 that I got via NetGalley in 2018. I only finished it because I wanted to be able to count it and I personally don't count bails towards my annual reading goals.
The Ruin of Kings

#27 - another dud from my 2018 NetGalley queue.

The Moroccan Girl

#28 Hot Pursuit

I’m starting to really dread my NetGalley backlog. I mean, it’s great to have plenty of books that count for MountTBR, but how many more really crappy books am I going to have to read to clear my NetGalley queue? This one was awful. I want those hours of my life back.

#29 And just when I really start to despair about my NetGalley queue, I get a perfect for me book. This is my first Valerie Bowman book, but it will not be my last. My TBR has just grown by 10 novels and a couple of novellas, dang it. LOL

Kiss Me at Christmas

#30 - Love, love, love the Parasol Protectorate. A truly delightful listen.
Blameless

#31 A NetGalley download from 2018 that releases on 7/30/2019. An enjoyable “beach read”.
The Escape Room

#32 Heartless

#33 Neon Prey

Released this year, but pre-ordered in 2018.

And now for something a little different:
#34 Inubaka: Crazy For Dogs, Volume 1

#35 Troilus and Cressida

#36 An enjoyable graphic novel modern retelling of my favorite novel

Jane

#37-48 I read a hunk of my Lumberjanes issues over the 24in48 Readathon weekend: Issues #45-56

MountTBR #49 - I finished the last of The Parasol Protectorate series today. 3 1/2 stars. Timeless

#50 - Vengeful

#51 - Island of the Mad

I just might make it to 75!

#52 - My third Muslim P&P retelling this year. I like how this one incorporated Shakespearean references as well. Ayesha at Last

#53 Love the Peabody series. So sad it's over. :(
A River in the Sky

#54 The Merry Wives of Windsor

I have high hopes for getting through a hunk of MountTBR books this October, as I've been saving books for this Halloween month.
#55 is the third of Aaron Mahnke's World of Lore books. I read the first two last year, but intentionally saved this one for this year so it would count for MountTBR, since it would not have counted last year. I enjoyed this one just as much as the first two.
The World of Lore: Dreadful Places

#56 The Winter People

#57 - John Dies at the End (ugh - can I have those hours of my life back?)
John Dies at the End
#58 - The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw

#59 Sparrow Hill Road