Pages

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Mount TBR 2020: My Sign-Up


January 2020 kicks off the ninth year for the Mount TBR Reading Challenge and, despite climbing like mad and conquering Mount Everest on the regular each year, I still have mountain ranges to climb. And miles of bookcases to read before I sleep (or something like that). I just can't resist a good old fashioned used bookstore (though they are becoming rarer and rarer) or the community Hoosier Hills Food Bank Book Sale which adds to the mountains as fast as I knock books off.

So, once again, I plan to concentrate on reading primarily from my own books in the coming year. Perhaps I will actually plant a flag on Mount Olympus before I'm done...buy declared goal will remain Mount Everest. Please join me in  knocking out some of those books that have been waiting for attention for weeks...months...even years. See link above for details.

1. Mystery of the Haunted Pool by Phyllis A. Whitney [on TBR since 6/6/19] (1/3/20)
2. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 5/27/15] (1/9/20)
3. Have His Carcase by Dorothy L. Sayers [on TBR since 2011] (1/13/20)
4. Murder on the Waterfront by Michael Jahn [on TBR since 9/21/13] (1/20/20)
5. The Plague Court Murders by Carter Dickson [on TBR since 5/15/13] (1/26/20)
6. Regency Buck by Georgette Heyer [on TBR since 6/9/16] (1/27/20)
7. The Death of a Joyce Scholar by Bartholomew Gill [on TBR since 5/17/12] (1/31/20)
8. Information Received by E. R. Punshon [on TBR since 2/28/15] (2/6/20)
9. Spin Your Web, Lady! by Frances & Richard Lockridge [on TBR since 1/16/19] (2/8/20)
10. Deep Lay the Dead by Frederick C. Davis [on TBR since 5/31/13] (2/14/20)
11. Red Threads by Rex Stout [on TBR since 6/2/13] (2/14/20)
12. Silver Wings for Vicki by Helen Wells [on TBR since 7/26/18] (2/15/20)
Pike's Peak!
13. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett [on TBR since 10/4/13](2/18/20)
14. Death in Kenya by M. M. Kaye [on TBR since 10/4/13] (2/20/20)
15. The Crying Sisters by Mabel Seeley [on TBR since 12/1/12] (2/23/20)
16. The Clue in Blue by Betsy Allen [on TBR since 11/26/16] (2/27/20)
17. Betsy & Tacy Go Downtown by Maud Hart Lovelace [on TBR since at least 1979] (3/10/20)
18. Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow [on TBR since 1/19/15] (3/15/20)
19. Good Luck to the Corpse by Max Murray [on TBR since 7/1/17] (3/30/20)
20. Stand Up & Die by Frances & Richard Lockridge [on TBR since 7/8/16] (3/31/20)
21. Curtain for a Jester by Frances & Richard Lockridge [on TBR since 12/25/16] (4/3/20)
22. Big Bad Bear by Zula Todd [on TBR since at least 2011] (4/5/20)
23. The Grey Flannel Shroud by Henry Slesar [on TBR since 7/1/17] (4/6/20)
24. The Christening Day Murder by Lee Harris [on TBR since at least 2011] (4/7/20)
Mount Blanc!
25. The Valentine's Day Murder by Lee Harris [on TBR since 1/8/09] (4/10/20)
26. The Passover Murder by Lee Harris [on TBR since 1/8/09] (4/12/20)
27. The Ebony Bed Murder by Rufus Gilmore [on TBR since 10/7/16] (4/18/20)
28. Chinese Nightmare by Hugh Pentecost [on TBR since 2/28//19] (4/18/20)
29. Nobody's Perfect by Douglas Clark [on TBR since 12/27/18] (4/20/20)
30. Life & Death of the Wicked Lady Skelton by Magdalen King-Hall [on TBR since 3/8/19] (4/25/20)
31. The New Year's Eve Murder by Lee Harris [on TBR since 6/15/10] (4/25/20)
32. The April Fool's Day Murder by Lee Harris [on TBR since 6/23/09] (4/27/20)
33. The Bar Mitzvah Murder by Lee Harris [on TBR since 6/15/10] (4/30/20)
34. Kept by D. J. Taylor [on TBR since 2/1/19] (5/2/1)
35. Death After Evensong by Douglas Clark [on TBR since 12/27/18] (5/4/20)
36. The Dreadful Lemon Sky by John D. MacDonald [on TBR since 12/27/18] (5/9/20)
Mt. Vancouver!
37. The Quotable Sherlock Holmes by Gerard Van Der Leun (ed) [on TBR since 10/3/19] (5/12/20)
38. The Good Friday Murder by Lee Harris [on TBR since 2000] (5/17/20)
39. Deadly Pattern by Douglas Clark [on TBR since 12/27/18] (5/18/20)
40. Golden Rain by Douglas Cark [on TBR since at least 2011] (5/21/20)
41 The Longest Pleasure by Douglas Clark [on TBR since 1990s] (5/22/20)
42. Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks by John Curran [on TBR since 12/14/12] (5/25/20)
43. 4 Feet in the Grave by Amelia Reynolds Long [on TBR since 7/7/16] (5/30/20)
44. The Gimmel Flask by Douglas Clark [on TBR since at least 1993] (6/3/20)
45. Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson Farjeon [on TBR since 9/8/15] (6/10/20)
46. The Clocks by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 6/20/19] (6/12/20)
47. Death-Wish Green by Frances Crane [on TBR since 5/23/15] (6/18/20)
48. Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre [on TBR since 1980s] (6/20/20)
Mt. Ararat!!
49. Murder, She Said: The Quotable Miss Marple by Tony Medawar (ed) [on TBR since 10/3/19] (6/20/20)
50. Murder in a Hurry by Frances & Richard Lockridge [on TBR since 7/8/16] (6/22/20)
51. Partners in Crime by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 10/5/17] (6/24/20)
52. Foul Deeds by Susan James [on TBR since 6/15/17] (6/26/20)
53. Blotto, Twinks & the Ex-King's Daughter by Simon Brett [on TBR since 10/12/13] (7/1/20)
54. The Mysterious Mr. Quin by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 5/31/18] (7/6/20)
55. Between the Thames & the Tiber by Ted Riccardi [on TBR since 6/23/18] (7/20/20)
56. In Memory Yet Green by Isaac Asimov [on TBR since 12/31/11] (7/22/20)
57. Footprints Under the Window by Franklin W. Dixon [on TBR since 5/12/18] (7/26/20)
58. Murder in the Dog Days by P. M. Carlson [on TBR since 7/14/11] (7/29/20)
59. Death in Berlin by M. M. Kaye [on TBR since 12/22/18] (7/31/20)
60. The Town Cried Murder by Leslie Ford [on TBR since 3/28/15] (8/2/20)
Mt. Kilimanjaro!!
61. The Proud Cat by Frances & Richard Lockridge [on TBR since 3/9/18] (8/3/20)
62. Jerry Todd & the Rose-Colored Cat by Leo Edwards [on TBR since 12/31/16] (8/3/20)
63. The Arsenic Labyrinth by Martin Edwards [on TBR since 10/4/13] (8/4/20)
64. The Ampersand Papers by Michael Innes [on TBR since 2/27/09] (8/8/20)
65. Scarweather by Anthony Rolls [on TBR since 11/10/18] (8/11/20)
66. The Murder That Had Everything! by Hulbert Footner [on TBR since 6/1/19 & 5/12/19--two different editions] (8/13/20)
67. Sweet Poison by Ellen Hart [on TBR since 11/1/10] (8/15/20)
68. Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 6/1/18] (8/17/20)
69. A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas [on TBR since 12/6/18] (8/19/20)
70. The Clue in the Diary by Carolyn Keene [on TBR since 10/6/16] (8/22/20)
71. Neuromancer by William Gibson [on TBR since 12/5/20] (8/22/20)
72. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 12/25/79] (8/25/20)
73. The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 7/18/09] (8/25/20)
74. R.F.K.: A Photographer's Journal by Harry Benson [on TBR since 2/9/19] (8/27/20)
75. A Client is Cancelled by Frances & Richard Lockridge [on TBR since at least 2011] (8/29/20)
El Toro!!
76. Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan [on TBR since 8/3/18] (8/30/20)
77. Death Rides a Sorrel Horse by A. B. Cunningham [on TBR since 12/24/18] (8/31/20)
78. Trixie Belden & the Mystery at Bob-White Cave by Kathryn Kenny [on TBR since 7/29/17] (9/2/20)
79. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury [on TBR since at least 1982] (9/3/20)
80. Something the Cat Dragged In by Charlotte MacLeod [on TBR since 7/3/09] (9/4/20)
81. A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson [on TBR since 10/2/97] (9/10/20)
82. The Octobery Country by Ray Bradbury [on TBR since 1980s--not logged properly] (9/10/20)
83. Bullet for a Star by Stuart M. Kaminsky [on TBR since 9/5/15] (9/10/20)
84. Out of Control by Baynard Kendrick [on TBR since 5/21/19] (9/12/20)
85. Into the Valley of Death by Evelyn Hervey (H.R.F. Keating) [on TBR since 9/11/14] (9/13/20)
86. Bound to Murder by Dorsey Fiske [on TBR since at least 2011] (9/16/20)
87. The Mystery of the Skeleton Key by Bernard Capes [on TBR since 12/20/18] (10/2/20)
88. The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost by John Bellairs [on TBR since 4/22/18] (10/3/20)
89. Talking About Detective Fiction by P. D. James [on TBR since 10/2/14] (10/9/20)
90. Shadow on the Wall by H. C. Bailey [on TBR since 10/4/13] (10/13/20)
91. Murder on the Eiffel Tower by Claude Izner [on TBR since 1/27/13] (10/14/20)
92. Death of a Warrior Queen by S. T. Haymon [on TBR since 3/28/14] (10/24/20)
93. Foot in the Grave by E. X. Ferrars [on TBR since 9/9/16] (10/28/20)
94. The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers [on TBR since 7/28/16] (11/2/20)
95. Look Your Last by John Stephen Strange [on TBR since 12/25/14] (11/6/20)
96. If the Shroud Fits by Kelley Roos [on TBR since 12/25/16] (11/13/20)
97. Peril at End House by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 6/17/10] (11/19/20)
98. In Search of the Great Dead by Richard Cecil [on TBR since 2/9/13] (11/20/20)
99. Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West [on TBR since 10/24/18] (11/21/20)
100. By Hook or by Crook by Anthony Gilbert [on TBR since 6/11/11] (11/21/20)
Mount Everest!! [challenge complete--still reading]
101. The Shadowy Third by Marco Page [on TBR since 6/11/11] (11/22/20)
102. The Whispering Death by Roy Vickers [on TBR since 6/11/11] (11/23/20)
103. A Halo for Nobody by Henry Kane [on TBR since 5/31/16] (11/26/20)
104. The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christies [on TBR since 9/11/94] (11/29/20)
105. Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 8/3/96] (12/3/20)
106. Mrs. Jeffries & the Feast of St. Stephen by Emily Brightwell [on TBR since 6/16/18] (12/4/20)
107. The Sirens Sang of Murder by Sarah Caudwell [on TBR 6/9/12] (12/10/20)
108. The Revenge of the Hound by Michael Hardwick [on TBR since at least 2011] (12/12/20)
109. The Dragon Murder Case by S. S. Van Dine [on TBR since 6/15/10] (12/16/20)
110. What Remains of Heaven by C. S. Harris [on TBR since 12/19/10] (12/17/20)
111. Thirteen at Dinner by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 3/15/14] (12/18/20)
112. The Hound of Death by Agatha Christie [on TBR since at least 2011] (12/20/20)
113. Where Shadows Dance by C. S. Harris [on TBR since 8/17/17] (12/21/20)
114. Little Grey Cells: The Quotable Poirot by David Brawn (ed) [on TBR since 8/16/19] (12/21/20)
115. And Then Put Out the Light by E. C. R. Lorac [on TBR since at least 2011] (12/25/20)
116. In the Keep of Time by Margaret J. Anderson [on TBR since 1979] (12/25/20)
117. The Case of the Runaway Blonde/The Case of the Hungry Horse by Erle Stanley Gardner [on TBR since 10/31/15] (12/28/20)
118. Vicki Finds the Answer by Helen Wells [on TBR since 3/28/19] (12/28/20)
119. The Crimes of Dr. Watson by Duane Swierczynski [on TBR since 10/3/19] (12/29/20)
120. Who's Killing the Great Writers of America? by Robert Kaplow [on TBR since 7/6/12] (12/31/20)



4 comments:

  1. I’m down for this challenge!

    https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/3725725?shelf=2020-mount-tbr&sort=date_added&order=d

    ReplyDelete
  2. I so need this challenge in my life. My TBR list of owned books is insanely long, and if I don't force my self to start reading them I may never get there.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Pike's Peak (again). Love this challenge! https://white-jenna.dreamwidth.org/675665.html

    ReplyDelete
  4. I'm going to do this. I have so many book TBR.

    ReplyDelete

Sorry folks, but I have been getting an incredible amount of spam. I have adjusted my settings and all messages will be moderated from now on. If that does not take care of the problem then I will have to go to the "Prove You're Not a Robot" thing--which I hate as much as you do.

If your name does not appear automatically, please tell me your name in the comment. Otherwise you will just show up as "Unknown." Thanks!