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Still at Base Camp

March30

Mount TBR challenge 2012 Bev over at My Reader’s Block is calling for a mountaineering checkpoint – that is, progress on my Mount TBR Challenge.

Truth be told, although I stuck to the TBR Double Dare for these past three months, most of what I read were library books that had been on my Reserved list on December 31st.

Of the “owned” books I read, 3 were picture books, 3 were children’s literature for the Books That Made Me Love Reading challenge, 6 were e-books (do these count?) and 4 were review copies that I received in December. I may count these in this challenge or I may not.

But for now, the only books that I’m recognizing as “REALLY” part of my long-time mountain were:

1. My Financial Career and Other Follies by Stephen Leacock and
2. Walden by Henry David Thoreau

I’ve committed to the Kilimanjaro level of this challenge, which means I have to read 50 books from my TBR pile. Whether I count the picture books, children’s rereads, e-books & review copies or not, I clearly need to GET CLIMBING! Thanks for the check-in, Bev!

posted under Reading Challenges 2012

6 Comments to

“Still at Base Camp”

On March 30th, 2012 at 8:49 pm Bev@My Reader's Block Says:
Sharpen up those pitons! The peak of Kilimanjaro awaits! I’m sure you’ll pick up the climbing pace before long.

By the way…e-books owned by you pre-January 2012 definitely do count. Review copies/ARCs don’t…my idea on the challenge was to clear out all those books sitting around that we just couldn’t resist picking up for ourselves (or others just had to give us as presents, etc) that we just never seem to get around to.
On March 31st, 2012 at 8:49 am Debbie Says:
Thanks for the clarification, Bev – it would probably have been a good idea for me to reread the original challenge before posting the update! 😉 Now I can count all but one of those ebooks without a shred of guilt – yay!
On March 30th, 2012 at 9:57 pm Vailly Says:
I think two is a pretty good start. I’m trying to get to Mount Kilimanjaro too but at this point, I’m reading more library books than anything else. We’re going to get there! Slowly but surely. . .
On March 31st, 2012 at 8:59 am Debbie Says:
Thanks, Vasilly. I have found it so difficult to get away from library books but I haven’t added to my reserved list since the first of the year in order to do the TBR Double Dare. Now, I’m down to 2 items on that list AND my library closed for three weeks for a move to new premises. I’m going to try to stay away from that ‘search and reserve’ function so I can get a little higher on Kilimanjaro.

C’mon – you can do it!
On March 31st, 2012 at 12:20 pm Nan Says:
I read these TBR posts with much delight! Witty and funny. You can do it!!
On March 31st, 2012 at 1:48 pm Debbie Says:
Thanks for the encouragement, Nan!