2022 TBR Challenges
I'm going to continue with Bev's TBR challenges in 2021.
The Official TBR Pile Challenge returns at Adam's Roof Beam Reader blog. Adam requires that the list be selected ahead of time, and here it is, 12 titles plus two alternates:
- The Eternal Husband and other stories, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Our Mutual Friend, by Charles Dickens
- The High Book of the Grail (Perlesvaus), ed. Nigel Bryant
- We Never Make Mistakes, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- A Word From Wormingford, by Ronald Blythe
- Needle and Thread: A Tale of Survival from Bialystok to Paris, by Charles Zabuski
- The Leaky Establishment, by David Langford
- Mink River, by Brian Doyle
- Magic Mirrors, by John Bellairs
- Model Children, by Paul Thorez
- Caldecott & Co., by Maurice Sendak
- Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, by Charles McKay
- The Druids, by Peter Berresford Ellis (possibly a new entry in the 'dodgy anthropology' section, don't know yet)
- Mysteries of the Middle Ages, by Thomas Cahill
The Mount TBR Reading Challenge
is simple: pick how high you want to go. As always, I'll be aiming for
24 books from the pile, though that is not nearly as many as I should
read
Excelsior!
Pike's Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s
Mount Blanc: Read 24 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Vancouver: Read 36 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Ararat: Read 48 books from your TBR piles/s
Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 60 books from your TBR pile/s
El Toro: Read 75 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Everest: Read 100 books from your TBR pile/s
Mount Olympus (Mars): Read 150+ books from your TBR pile/s
My pile is bigger than ever, so I'm signing right up for 24 titles: Mont Blanc.
Titles read:
- Samguk Yusa, by Ilyon
- The Runaway Robot, by Lester Del Rey
- The Trouble With Tycho, by Clifford Simak
- Goblin Reservation, by Clifford Simak
- Alpha 2, ed. Robert Silverberg
- Caldecott & Co., by Maurice Sendak
- Magic Mirrors, by John Bellairs
- The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a Kempis
- Three Apples Fell From the Sky, by Narine Abgaryan
- The Eternal Husband and Other Stories, by Dostoevsky
- Lost Solace, by Karl Drinkwater
- The Leaky Establishment, by David Langford
- False Value, by Ben Aaronovitch
- The Lost Garden, by Helen Hunphries
- We Never Make Mistakes, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Momo, by Michael Ende
- Needle and Thread, by Charles Zabuski
- Model Children, by Paul Thorez
- The Treasure Chest, by Johann Peter Hebel
- The Chess Set in the Mirror, by Massimo Bontempelli
- The Honjin Murders, by Seishi Yokomizo
- The Brothers Lionheart, by Astrid Lindgren
- The Dechronization of Sam Magruder, by George Gaylord Simpson
- This is How You Lose the Time War by by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
The Virtual Mount TBR Challenge
is library-based, which is good for me because my pile of library books
is nearly as large as my actual TBR pile. If the book is on your
mental TBR list, and you get it from the library, it counts. I'll be
aiming for Mt. Crumpit, which is also 24 books. Naturally, the virtual
mountains are fictional.
I decided to create a Virtual Mount TBR Reading Challenge Books for all those folks with mile-long "wish-list" of TBRs who would like a chance to climb as well. The strategy and general set-up is the same--except you don't have to own the books. Heard about a great book from a friend, took note of the title, and then never got around to reading it? Saw a book online that you thought sounded intriguing but you keep putting off ordering it up from the library? You borrowed a book from somebody and need an extra push to read it and return it? This is the place for you!
Challenge Levels:
Mount Rum Doodle: Read 12 books
Mount Crumpit: Read 24 books
Mount Munch: Read 36 books
White Plume Mountain: Read 48 books
Stormness Head: Read 60 books
Mount Mindolluin: Read 75 books
Mount Seleya: Read 100 books
Mount Olympus: Read 150+ books
My library-books bookshelf is just as stuffed as my TBR bookshelf, so this will be good for me. I am pretty much going to limit myself to books from the library that I've been meaning to read since before Jan. 1, 2021. That is a lot of books. I'll aim for Mount Crumpit, 24 books. Also, I think the image for this challenge is great!
Titles read:
- Learning From the Germans, by Susan Neiman
- Celestial Bodies, by Jokha Alharthi
- Suns of Independence, by Ahmadou Kourouma
- The Third Reich at War, by Richard P. Evans
- Cathedral of Mist, by Paul Willem
- Tunnels, by Rutu Modan
- House of Glass, by Toer
- Woke Racism, by John McWhorter
- Goblin, by Josh Malerman
Thanks for joining me and congratulations on making your goals!
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