Mount TBR 2015 discussion

This is the first time I am attempting this but I do have a really huge TBR that I would like to reduce, so attempting a higher climb! Keeping my fingers crossed that I do make it to the peak!

Kindle Owned and finished

✔ Of Human Bondage
✔ The Name of the Rose
✔ Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
✔ The Bell Jar
✔ Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
✔ All Quiet on the Western Front
✔ One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
✔ The Martian
✔ The Graveyard Book
✔ The Blade Itself
✔ A Clockwork Orange
✔ The Martian
✔ The Fellowship of the Ring
✔ Moloka'i
✔ Sharp Objects
✔ Fahrenheit 451
✔ Things Fall Apart
✔ Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
✔ Little Lies
✔ The Rosie Effect
✔ The Sense of an Ending
✔ The Invention of Wings
✔ The Thirteenth Tale
✔ Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
✔ Lord of the Flies
✔ Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
✔ The Night Circus
✔ The Angel's Game
✔ Steelheart
✔ The Name of the Wind

Physical books finished

✔ The Hero of Ages

Kindle owned and to be finished

Middlesex
Anna Karenina
War and Peace
The Secret Keeper
1Q84
Assassin's Quest
The Republic of Thieves
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
The Brothers Karamazov
Child 44
Before They Are Hanged
Last Argument of Kings
We Were Liars
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Goldfinch
In the Woods
Fatherland
Speaks the Nightbird
Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West
Peony
The Plague
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The Light Between Oceans
The Patriot: A Novel
Dragon Seed: The Story of China at War
The Good Earth Trilogy: The Good Earth, Sons, and A House Divided
Agatha Christie - An Autobiography Agatha Christie

Physical books to be finished

The Sins of the Father
Best Kept Secret
Be Careful What You Wish For
The Chequer Board
The Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset
Divergent Series Complete Box Set
The Silmarillion
Gardens of the Moon
The Stand
The Orphan Master's Son
A Game of Thrones
A Prayer for Owen Meany
Fall of Giants
Winter of the World
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
The Museum of Innocence
Midnight's Children
The Pillars of the Earth
Raiders from the North
Prince of Ayodhya
The Trial
If on a winter's night a traveler
The Castle
Schindler's List
Hannibal
Hannibal Rising
World Without End
The Rainbow and the Rose
From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium

All the best :D :D

Thanks Harry! I am going to need all the luck I can get and more!! :)

Hi Sri....will be cheering you on from the lower slopes. Need a buddy for strange and norell or do u already have a dozen?
Youre welcome on my thread anytime...and i will check in here regularly.
Happy new year!

Hey Zaara! Thanks a ton. A buddy is always welcome for all the books, even if there are others! :) Am planning to read it in January, do join in if you can!

Happy New Year to you and yours as well :)

All the best, Sri! :D:D

Thanks DeeJ :)

✔ The Graveyard Book - Finished 1/1/15

Rating 5 stars

Review:

Last year, I was introduced to Gaiman for the first time and read American Gods, which I totally loved. Loving that book made me buy most of Gaiman's book, of which this was one.

As usual Gaiman did not disappoint me with this book. In fact, I could say he surpassed his previous best(at least according to me) with this tale. Loved it for its story, for its poignancy that is both touching and teaching, loved the magical aspect of the story and very soon I found myself being swept away along with the little boy in his adventures!

I love Gaiman too, although American Gods was actually one of my least favorites... Lol, difference in opinions. But I have not read this one yet. Glad to hear you enjoyed it.

Sorry to reply so late Jessika but I haven't been coming here that often.

I agree that American Gods is not a book for everyone. I quite liked the whole weirdness of it and it kept me riveted till the very end. Not many have loved it though! Lol!

✔ Postmortem - 4/23/15 - 1st book on TBR shelf


Rating: 4 stars

Review:

This was the first book I added to my TBR when I first joined GR last year and I am happy to say that I finally got to reading it! It really feels good to read see that there is a different number one on your list! Lol!

As for the book, I really loved it, especially Kay Scarpetta. The book was different from most mystery or thriller books, in that it gave more information about the period that it talked about and also about the various forensic techniques that were used in that time period. This made the book more interesting and of course a little frustrating as well.

Interesting because it gave a little bit of history and I quite like that. And frustrating because, I am glad that I am not a woman in that period - the whole concept of male dominated world was truly emphasised in this world and had me gagging and getting angry, alternatively!

The murder mystery was good and I had no clue who the murderer was till the end, which I believe is the mark of a good mystery story. It kept me guessing all the time and all my guesses were wrong. The only grouse that I had with this book was that it slowed down in pace, some where in the middle and made it difficult to move on. Had I not been reading this one for a challenge, I might have just stopped reading it at that time. Nevertheless, it does pick up and you are in for a treat, especially at the end.

Looking forward to reading more in this series..and I am glad to have toppled that numero uno in my list! Yay!

Note: This book is not being counted for this challenge because it isn't an owned book. Just wanted to put it here because I finally finished my 1st book ever added. That's the sole purpose! :)