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This one is tough. I wouldn’t dare join until I cleaned up my TBR shelf with 1500+ books on it, starting in 2009. 😬 Good luck to all who join! 😁
I'm going to attempt to read the 15 oldest books on my TBR. If I finish that I will bump up to the next level if that's allowed.3. Wicked Nights
4. Last Kiss Goodnight
5. Hidden
8. Sweet Peril
9. Sweet Reckoning
11. Darkest Mercy
12. Faery Tales & Nightmares
14. Moonshine
Sounds like a good plan, Christina! Got for it!
Oh, I don't know. This sounds like a good idea but when I joined GR I barely used it and only to remember names of Classics. So that's the first 50 books added. Maybe I should anyway.
Steph wrote: "This one is tough. I wouldn’t dare join until I cleaned up my TBR shelf with 1500+ books on it, starting in 2009. 😬 Good luck to all who join! 😁"
I'm in the same boat, my TBR is totally out of control and needs a serious makeover before I try something like this.
Hahaha amateurs my TBR in conjunction with Owned Not Read Yet is approaching 5,000. No way could I sort through that lot.
I think I've got a problem *sigh* Addicted to books!
Sandra wrote: "I think I've got a problem *sigh* Addicted to books!"Same. Think of it this way... it could be a crack addiction. This is infinitely better.
Oh yes, I do realise my good fortune in being addicted to books as opposed to other addictions :D
Agreed! Love it! :D
my problem with this one is...mylist of 680+ has books I've read and RATED, as well as a bunch of other titles I recognize as books and even series I've read that I didn't get rated.
Chalk it up to ignorance about how goodreads works...
TOO MANY WILD GEESE TO CHASE.
I've got to pass........
No worries, Art. Maybe there’s another that’ll work for ya 😊
I'm going to go for 10. Still got time. Or maybe 5. I can do 5. I have so many series going on right now but I want to get back to some of the old stuff. Mount Uluru- 5 from the following which is my oldest stuff from when I joined GoodreadsThe Lost Temple done
Pieces of My Heart: A Life
The Million Dollar Mermaid
The Reluctant Viking
A Perfect Darkness
Out of the Darkness
Touching Darkness
One Bite With A Stranger
You're So Vein
Prince Charming Doesn't Live Here
I desperately want to climb my Mt. TBR, so here is my application to a climbing permit to Mt. Olympus.Time to Climb Mt. TBR Challenge
Duration: 01 Jan. 2025 - 31 Dec. 2025
Rules
- no page count restriction
- Read two books addded in the first 6 months of joining GoodReads, then move on to more recent ones
Level: Mt. Vesuvius, 2,919 metres, 15 books
Read: 0/15
1 Cinder by Marissa Meyer, Desire Unchaines by Larissa Ione, The Lunatic Cafe by Laurell K Hamilton,
2 The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, Marked by Kaylea Cross, Hot Pursuit by Suzanne Brockmann, Divergent by Veronica Roth, Difficult Daughters by Maju Kapur, Chasing Fire by Pamela Clare
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Permit approved 😊👍🏼 happy reading!
Time to Climb Mt. TBR ChallengeDuration: 01 Jan. 2025 - 31 Dec. 2025
Rules
- no page count restriction
- Read two books addded in the first 6 months of joining GoodReads, then move on to more recent ones
Level: Uluru: 863 metres
Read 5 books
Read: 0/5
1. The Passage-added 1/20/2019
2. The Twelve-added 1/20/2019
3. The City of Mirrors-added 1/20/2019
4. Dark and Deadly-added 4/4/2019
5. The Girl in the Ice-added -5/8/2020
I saw the show based on the Passage, but never read the book. Hope you enjoy your reads 😊
I wish I could join but I'm such a flighty reader. I do feel so good when I get those books that are over 10 years off the TBR piles but... I joined in 2011 and did so because the app could scan the bar codes from my actual book shelves. I had double packed 10-14 shelves before moving, thousands of books, no kidding, between 2000-2500! I took 2 months but I got thousands scanned and have 1566 TBR books that are from that 2 month period left, and more if I go into the 6 month period. I look through them ever once in a while and pick out some and put them on my "Thinking Next" or "Thinking This Month" shelf and may or may not get to them that month or year. I've read 557 books that are dated as added between Sept-Dec 2011 so since most were not read, I feel I've got to some of them. :-). Still, I don't think I could pick out what I'll actually get my flighty self to read from the remains. I have 5,600 books on my TBR shelves. So Mt TBR has definitely NOT been shrinking no matter what I do, LOL. I keep adding is the problem. I'll challenge myself to 1/month of over 10 years old on shelf though.
Amyiw wrote: "Mt TBR has definitely NOT been shrinking no matter what I do"I hear ya! It does seem to be a never-ending battle, but a fun one. Sounds like you’re making good progress tho and have a good plan to read those older adds.
SOS: Serious Overload of Series
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Grab your gear and suit up, it's time we all tackled Mt. TBR!
Duration: 1 year from start date
Rules: Read 5-25 books from Mt. TBR; oldest books first.
**After reading 2 of your oldest TBR adds**, you can move on to more recently added books.
Everyone participating must (1) Post your list in advance of starting, (2)** NOT make any changes once their to-from dates have been set and (3) feel a great sense of accomplishment when you reach your summit goal! :D
Evaluate the height of your Mt. TBR and your desire to tackle the beast, then pick your goal from the list below. The highest Mt. TBR will require the most reading energy to reach the summit. Are you up for it?
Mt. Everest: 8,848 metres
Read 25 books
Mt. McKinley: 6,194 metres
Read 20 books
Mt. Olympus: 2,919 metres
Read 15 books
Mt. Vesuvius: 1,281 metres
Read 10 books
Uluru: 863 metres
Read 5 books
** To sort your TBR (aka: "want to read") list (shelf) by age: Click on your TBR list, sort by "date added"
★ I'll allow everyone to pick 2 books added to their bookshelf within their first 6 months on GR, that they actually want to read. The month/year you joined GR is stated in your profile.
★ The "no changes" rule stands. But, I've modify it to: changes between now and 12/31/20 are allowed. No changes to your list once the challenge has officially begun on 1/1/21.