Mount TBR 2020 discussion
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Thank you, Bev. I was wondering about that. I have several books like that I hope to get through this year.
Do ARCs count? I’m a librarian...they pile up quick. I’ve got a bunch from last fall.
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Yes, ARCs count.
A question: How are we counting omnibuses with multiple novels? Are we counting each novel as completed and thus, you can add it to your list, or do you have to finish the entire omnibus before you can count it?
Whoops, sorry...just saw the answer above. :)
I have a question. Can we count a new book it it's part of a series? For example, The Prequel to the Hunger Games series releases on Tuesday. I pre-ordered it as soon as I was able to. If I'm planning on reading the other 3 books in the series, which I already owned, before I read the prequel, can I also count the prequel even though it's just being released? There is new Twilight book coming out at the end of the summer which tells the story from Edward's perspective. Again, if I read the rest of the books in the series first, would that count? Final question, if we've read a book before, but it's on our shelf to read again, can we count it? For example, I have a John Grisham book that I read in high school and enjoyed and it's on my shelf to read it again. I'm almost 45, so really don't remember much about it, other than it was good.
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I'm sorry, but if you did not own or pre-order the book before January 1st 2020, then it cannot count for this challenge.
As noted in the rules above--any reread may count provided you have not already read the book for a previous year of the Mount TBR challenge.
I have another question about re-reads.What if we have counted the book towards a Mount TBR challenge, but since then acquired a new edition of the same book? (For example in a different language.) Would that count? Or no?
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What if we have counted the book towards a Mount TBR challenge, but since then acquired a new edition of the same book? (For example in a different language...."
Unfortunately, no. As the rules above state--Rereads may count only if you have not read it for a previous challenge. It doesn't matter what format it was read in the first time; if it has been counted once, it may not count a second time.
Tried to open a topic for 2020 but I guess it is too late?
Carol wrote: "Tried to open a topic for 2020 but I guess it is too late?"There's a new group for the 2021 challenge. I'm not sure why you'd want to start a thread for a challenge that already ended anyway.
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Carol--yes, please come join us in the 2021 challenge (link in comment above)!
Lianne (The Towering Pile) wrote: "Carol wrote: "Tried to open a topic for 2020 but I guess it is too late?"There's a new group for the 2021 challenge. I'm not sure why you'd want to start a thread for a challenge that already end..."
Because i wanted to log in the books I had read in 2020
Bev wrote: "Carol wrote: "Tried to open a topic for 2020 but I guess it is too late?"Carol--yes, please come join us in the 2021 challenge (link in comment above)!"
Thanks, I've signed up for the first mountain!
Mt. Wycheproof: 6 books from your TBR pile/s (for those who would like to just get a taste of climbing OR who only accumulate small stashes of books)
Pike's Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s
Mount Blanc: Read 24 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Vancounver: Read 36 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Ararat: Read 48 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 60 books from your TBR pile/s
El Toro: Read 75 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Everest: Read 100 books from your TBR pile/s
Mount Olympus (Mars): Read 150+ books from your TBR pile/s
The Rules (a few minor adjustments from previous years indicated in italics):
*To choose a level, open a topic under one of the challenge level folders and name your climb. If you decide to climb higher, just open a new topic in the new level's folder.
*Once you choose your challenge level, you are locked in for at least that many books. You are welcome to voyage further and conquer taller mountains after your commitment is met. All books from lower mountains carry over towards the next peak. Open a new topic on the next mountain to continue your climb.
*Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2020
*You may sign up at any time--no matter when you see this challenge. All qualifying books read after January 1st count.
*Books must be owned by you prior to January 1, 2020--items requested or ordered prior to January 1, may count even if they arrive in the new year. No library books~. If you're looking for a library book challenge or one that counts books on your non-owned TBR list, then please see Mount TBR's sister challenge: the Virtual Mount TBR Challenge (click the link).
~The ONLY exception to the library rule: If you own the book in any form and have a reason to check out a version from the library instead, then you may count it. For example--if you own a hard copy, but are planning on taking a trip where listening to the audio version would be a great way to knock out a book while you drive, then by all means check out the audio version and have a wonderful trip! Please check with me if you have questions.
*There is no minimum page number for books read. If it was sold individually as a book, then it counts. Children's books (if owned by you, count. ARCs also count.
*Rules for Rereads: Any reread may count, regardless of how long you've owned it, provided you have not counted it for a previous Mount TBR Challenge.
*Audiobooks and E-books may count provided they are yours prior to January 1.
*You may count any "currently reading" book that you begin prior to January 1--provided you had 50% or more of the book left to finish when January 1 rolled around. I will trust you all on that. The only exception is if you have participated in Mount TBR in 2019 and were unable to finish the book in time for the final Check-in Post. Then--if you finish the book post-January 1, you may count it as your first step of the new challenge.
*You may count "Did Not Finish" books provided they meet your own standard for such things, you do not plan to ever finish it, and you move it off your mountain [give it away, sell it, remove from e-resources, etc.]. For example, my personal rule (unless it's a very short book) is to give it 100 pages. If I decide I just can't finish it and won't ever, then off the mountain it goes and I count it as a victory--the stack is smaller!
*Books may be used to count for other challenges as well.
*Feel free to submit your list in advance or to tally them as you climb.
*There will be a year-end check-in and prize drawing!
Happy climbing!