Mount TBR 2022 discussion

Mt. Wycheproof and Pikes Peak went faster than I expected, but the going gets harder from here. Let’s just see what happens. The view from up here is amazing in any case, so it doesn’t matter if it takes a while ☺️

My travels so far:

Mt. Wycheproof (summit reached 17 March 2022):

1. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins.
2. Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins.
3. Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins.
4. We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart.
5. Brief Answers to the Big Questions, by Stephen Hawking.
6. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, by Ian Fleming.

Pikes Peak (summit reached 24 April 2022):

7. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ, by Philip Pullman.
8. 600 Hours of Edward, by Craig Lancaster.
9. The Outcasts of Time, by Ian Mortimer (reread).
10. Golden Boy, by Abigail Tarttelin.
11. The Castle of Otranto, by Horace Walpole (reread).
12. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker (reread).

Mont Blanc:

13. North and South, by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.
14. Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal.
15. Refugee Boy, by Benjamin Zephaniah.
16. Chocky, by John Wyndham.
17. Tuesdays With Morrie, by Mitch Albom.
18. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel (reread).

19. Bring Up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel.
20. The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, by Oliver Sacks.
21. The Mirror and the Light, by Hilary Mantel
22. Maus, by Art Spiegelman
23. The Rotters Club, by Jonathan Coe
24. How We Learn, by Benedict Carey

Summit reached December 2022😃

Ooh, I wonder what’s next?

Well done Dani! X

Thanks, Em ☺️

North and South, at last! I was a bit annoyed with myself for skipping big chunks the first time around as it was a set book and I ran out of time. So glad I’ve finally read it properly!

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? By Frans de Waal. I’ve had it about three years, soooo happy with this climbing challenge, and with audible and being able to listen while cycling to work!

Simple answer is ‘of course not,’ obviously, but it’s fascinating to hear about people proving other people wrong on this 😁

Refugee Boy has been on my TBR since my youngest brought it home from school as an illegally photocopied book. I read the first few pages and was impressed, but felt a bit funny about reading an illegal copy. It was recently on offer for Kindle and audible though, and I’ve finally read it!

Rereading Chocky has been on my re-read wish list since last year I think. Finding it in my audible library freebies was a nice surprise and helped me to get to it sooner than I otherwise would have.

Tuesdays with Morrie has been on my Kindle for a few years and somehow I opened it at random by accident and decided to roll with that. Glad I read it, but it was less amazing than a lot of people’s rave reviews suggest.

Rereading Wolf Hall and (for the first time, finally,) Bringing Up the Bodies was for me a prerequisite to reading The Mirror and the
Light. Thanks to Audible I have finally done this and am looking forward to finally reading part 3 😊

It turns out I don’t actually have The Mirror and the Light yet, in any format - it’s just on all my wish lists🤦🏽‍♀️ Ah well, I’ll fix that soon.

Meanwhile, I have actually read a ‘proper’ book, ie not an audiobook😁 The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat, by Oliver Sacks. Soooo glad I finally got round to this.

I thought about it for a bit, but am including The Mirror and the Light in this challenge even though it turned out I still had to obtain the audiobook to complete the trilogy. I didn’t know I didn’t have a copy until I looked for it, so mentally there was no difference between this and other books that are or have been in my TBR ‘pile’. I used to keep TBR’s on a separate shelf until I’d read them, but years ago I stopped that as it didn’t help me to read them faster. And a Kindle or Audible book doesn’t sit in a physical pile either.

I just read an actual paper book that I’ve wanted to read for years, and have owned since December 2019: Maus, by Art Spiegelman. It was as good as I had hoped it would be. Strangely though, considering how different their lives were, it reminded me of Raymond Briggs’ Ethel and Ernest. And Bechdel’s Fun Home, to a lesser extent. It’s not just the form, though, it’s the similarities in trying to process and interpret your parents’ history, with the added layer of being a graphic artist and having your work undervalued by your parents.

The Rotters Club. Disappointing in parts but it has made me want to reread Middle England.

Wehey, summit reached before the year end! How We Learn, by Benedict Carey. Included a timely reminder that having fun and switching things up a bit are very valid learning strategies :)

Congrats!

Thanks! 😊