Mount TBR 2020 discussion

El Toro was my goal in 2019 and I made it with time to spare. It's a reasonable goal for me and still gets me closer to a reasonable TBR, so I think I'll keep it as my goal for 2020.

Rhonda wrote: "El Toro was my goal in 2019 and I made it with time to spare. It's a reasonable goal for me and still gets me closer to a reasonable TBR, so I think I'll keep it as my goal for 2020."

Welcome back! See you on the trail in 2020.

January


1. Just One of the Guys
2. Assassin's Apprenticee
3. Recursion
4. Emily of New Moon
5. Branded by Fire
6. Things You Save in a Fire
7. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
8. The Last Wish
9. Vengeance in Death

Wow! great job

Carla wrote: "Wow! great job"

Thanks! I will have to see if I can keep it up. :)

if you keep up that pace you'll have no problem makong your goal and then some! how far over did you go last year? I'm usually way past where I am this year. I blame Netflix and diamond dots! tho I am getting.lots of audios listened to. A few have been ones that I have an actual hard copy of so tjey are going into my gice away pile but I'm not counting them towards books read.

Carla wrote: "if you keep up that pace you'll have no problem makong your goal and then some! how far over did you go last year? I'm usually way past where I am this year. I blame Netflix and diamond dots! tho I..."

I made it to 100 last year, barely. For most year long challenges, I start out strong, then fall behind, then start panicking in early fall. :) I listen to audiobooks as well. I spend a lot of time in the car, so it's a great way to read more books. I do have a large audio library (some of which I also own in physical and/or ebook), but some I do get from the library. I count them all, as long as I own it in some format before this year.

that's awesome! I don't usually count books, I was always shooting for number of pages which is why I didn't count audio. of course I'd always count at the end of the year. this year tho I'm keeping 3 separate counts, audios where I happen to own the book (I always check the library for digital audio copies when I choose a book to read and if it's there I'll listen instead because then I can multitask) books I own, and audios I don't own? jist for gee whiz info. at the end of the year tho I'll know at a glance how many I've gotten rid of after reading/listening. I pass most along, only keep a very few.

I'm the same way Rhonda! I start off great and then start slacking. Then I end up in a panic neat the end of the year trying to finish. It puts me in such a slump I get completely turned off from reading.

February:

10. The Calculating Stars
11. Far from the Tree
12. Holiday in Death
13. A Princess in Theory
14. Cake
15. The Highwayman

March:

16. The Princess Bride
17. Redshirts
18. Viva Durant and The Secret of the Silver Buttons
19. Bluebird, Bluebird
20. Man Cuffed
21. Poirot Investigates

You are climbing at a good clip Rhonda! Keep it up :)

My reading really slowed down in April, but I did finish an acceptable amount for this challenge.

22. Les Miserables - started in January, but read the last half this month. It has been on my TBR the longest of any other book I own. Not gonna lie... very proud of myself for finishing this. And I loved it!!
23. Crown of Feathers
24. Sweep in Peace
25. One Fell Sweep

Congrats on getting through Les Miserables! Quite a book, one of the longest too. I read it last year, took me 7.5 months. Great book!

Pamela wrote: "Congrats on getting through Les Miserables! Quite a book, one of the longest too. I read it last year, took me 7.5 months. Great book!"

Thank you! I listened to a reading companion podcast while reading it as well. It was very good, but added a lot of time to getting through the book. I'd still recommend it.

May:

26. Artificial Condition
27. Sabriel
28. Archer's Voice
29. Kissing Galileo
30. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
31. Daisy Jones & The Six
32. The Body in the Library

June:

33. The Way of Kings
34. Exit Strategy
35. Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life
36. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
37. I'm From the Sun: The Gustafer Yellowgold Story (dnf)
38. A Heart in a Body in the World

July:

39. Pachinko
40. Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians
41. Peril at End House
42. Peace Like a River - DNF
43. Etiquette & Espionage
44. Turn Coat
45. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

August:

46.Brideshead Revisited
47.Kindred
48. X
49. Four Dead Queens
50. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
51. Carmilla
52. Camp Red Moon

September:

53. Retribution Falls
54. Magic Rises
55. The Lying Woods
56. Where the Sidewalk Ends
57. Radio Silence

October:

58. Dracula
59. Pretty Face
60. Casino Royale
61. Wuthering Heights
62. Regretting You
63. Evidence of the Affair
64. One Foot in the Grave

November:

65. The Bookshop on the Corner
66. Shelter from the Storm
67. Great Expectations
68. The Best Man
69. Making Up
70. Blaze of Memory
71. An English Bride in Scotland
72. Every Word
73. Y is for Yesterday
74. End of Days
75. Deadly Assessments

**DONE!**

Congrats on reaching the top of El Toro Rhonda!

Great job, my friend! You climbed high!