Mount TBR Challenge 2023 discussion
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Cassie: be sure and go to the Mount Blanc folder and open a new topic (upper right). Give your climb a name (like "Cassie's Climb") and that will be where you log your books.
Coming back yet again! 2022 was my first year of trying for one of the taller mountains, and I successfully scaled Mt. Everest! I'll be trying to climb it again in 2023.
Hello Bev,One Question: What about comics? Do they count?
Thank you.
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One Question: What about comics? Do they count?
Thank you."
If they've been published in book/graphic novel form (with an ISBN) or if you can find them as an entry here at Goodreads, then, yes. But, in general, I didn't plan for comic books (the 30-40 page, magazine-style) as part of the challenge.
Thank you, Bev. I was thinking of graphic novels when I asked the question and not of Comic Strips.
It's a matter of issues vs volumes! I prefer volumes anyway. Issues never contain enough of the storyline. I always wait for volumes.
I put a hold on a book the other day at the library and I'm #15 so won't get it until next year and got excited thinking it was like preordering a book and that I can count it on next years Mt TBR. Then I realized it was still from the library and can only count as a Virtual Mt TBR book.
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Yes, unfortunately that is the case.
Hey Bev, do preordered books count if they're ordered before 2023? Thanks!
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Yes, they do!
Bev wrote: "Zoë wrote: "Hey Bev, do preordered books count if they're ordered before 2023? Thanks!"Yes, they do!"
Ooooh I didn't know that, that's exciting!
Question: How do we feel about short stories? Do they count as a Mount TBR book?
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No, I'm afraid not. I'm not picky about length for books--but the work should definitely be considered a book or novella and not a short story.
do ARCs throughout the year count, or just ones we already have (I have 2 to read now, what about more that I get or request in the future)? Thanks!
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Only books that already belong to you by January 1 OR that you pre-ordered by January 1 (this would include ARCs that have been offered to you or that you requested by January 1).
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 (*aka Cerro El Toro in South America)
Mt. Everest: Read 100 books from your TBR pile/s
Mount Olympus (Mars): Read 150+ books from your TBR pile/s
The Rules:
*To choose a level, open a topic under one of the challenge level folders and name your climb. You will also need to post a first comment to make your topic appear on the list. 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.
*Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2023
*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, 2023--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
~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.
*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.
*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.
*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 2022 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.
*** Anthologies which contain more than one full-length book may count for the number of books included in the edition--provided that you read all books included AND that the books were published individually at some point. For instance, I own a large number of 3-in-1 Detective club editions. Those editions would count as three separate entries on Mount TBR. Occasionally, publishers put together editions of "previously unpublished works." Those editions would only count as one entry if those works have not been published separately at any time.