Virtual Mount TBR Challenge 2025

We're ready for another year of the Virtual Mount TBR Reading Challenge. This challenge, a sister site to the Mount TBR Challenge, is for folks who have a long "wish-list" of TBRs and who would like a chance to tackle those mountains. The strategy and general set-up is the same as for the regular Mount TBR--but you don't 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 from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Mount Crumpit: Read 24 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Mount Munch: Read 36 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
White Plume Mountain: Read 48 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Stormness Head: Read 60 books from you Virtual TBR/Wish List Library
Mount Mindolluin: Read 75 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Mount Seleya: Read 100 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Mount Olympus: Read 150+ books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library

In keeping with the virtual nature of the challenge, all mountains are fictional (reference in comments below). How many do you recognize? The only one shared by both TBR challenges is Olympus--both fictional and on Mars. However, since I don't know actual heights, I have arbitrarily assigned levels.

The Rules:
~This challenge is only for books you do not own. They may be borrowed from the library, a friend, found on a free e-book site (like Project Gutenberg), or anywhere else that allows you to temporarily "checkout" the book. Also--unlike Mount TBR--there is no date limit on your wish list. If you see a book that strikes your fancy after January 1 and want to grab it from the library, etc. then go for it.

~Once you choose your challenge level you are locked in for at least that many books. If you find you are on a mountain-climbing roll and want to tackle a taller mountain, then you are welcome to upgrade. All books counted for lower mountains carry over towards the new peak.

~Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2025. You may count any "currently reading" book that you begin prior to January 1--provided you have 50% or more of the book to finish when January 1 rolled around. Exception: if you participated in the 2024 Virtual Mount TBR and did not finish a book in time to count it towards that challenge, then you may count it as your first step of 2025 regardless of how much you had left to read.

~Rereads may count if you have not yet counted it for a Virtual Mount TBR 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 virtual mountain.

~Books may be used for other challenges as well.

~A blog and reviews are not necessary to participate. If you have a blog then please post a challenge sign-up and link that post (not your home page) in the form below. Non-bloggers may skip that question on the form, provide a link to another media site for tracking--OR, if you are a member of Goodreads, it may be more practical join the challenge there. Feel free to sign up HERE if that's where you want to participate.

~The headquarters link in the left-hand side-bar will be fully updated at the beginning of January.

~If you post on Facebook, Instagram, or other social media to log a book, please use #VirtualMountTBR2025.

2025 Mount TBR Challenge--My Sign-Up

 

I'm ready to kick off my fourteenth climb up Mount TBR as well as the fourteenth year I've sponsored the challenge. It will come as a surprise to no one that my TBR mountain range is no smaller than when I started. I just seem to trade one mountain for another, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to keep trying to read more than I take in. Once more the goal is to climb Mount Everest (100 of my own books) with the hopes of planting a flag atop Mount Olympus on Mars. I've managed that feat in two of the past years--but it's unlikely that I'll get very far on Mars this year. Grab your hiking boots and come join me on a TBR trek in 2025!

1. The Price of Silence by Kate Wilhelm [on TBR since 6/18/11] (1/10/25)

2. Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective by Leslie Thomas [on TBR since 7/1/17] (1/11/25)

3. The Deadly Truth by Helen McCoy [on TBR 1/10/13] (1/15/25)

4. The Art School Murders by Moray Dalton [on TBR since 3/6/24] (1/20/25)

5. Poison for Teacher by Nancy Spain [on TBR since 6/7/24] (1/31/25)

6. The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge [on TBR since 1985] (2/1/25)

7. The Girl from the Mimosa Club by Leslie Ford [on TBR since 5/19/19] (2/6/25)

8. Capital Crimes by Martin Edwards, ed [on TBR since 12/26/15] (2/10/25)

9. Murder in Williamstown by Kerry Greenwood [on TBR since 2/15/24] (2/15/25)

10. Thief Is an Ugly Word by Paul Gallico [on TBR since 2/19/22] (2/17/25)

11. "Inquest" by Henrietta Clandon [on TBR since 12/25/21] (2/21/25)

12. Deadly Is the Diamond by Mignon G. Eberhart [on TBR since 8/2/22] (2/22/25)

Pike's Peak!

13. Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel by Agatha Christie/Bob Al-Greene [on TBR since 12/25/23] (2/22/25)

14. Death in Shallow Water by Miles Burton [on TBR since 12/25/15] (2/24/25)

15. Behold a Fair Woman by Francis Duncan [on TBR since 8/31/24] (2/26/25)

16. Bodies from the Library 5 by Tony Medawar, ed [on TBR since 12/31/22] (3/2/22)

17. Too Many Magicians by Randall Garrett [on TBR since 5/31/25] (3/7/25)

18. Lord Darcy Investigates by Randall Garret [on TBR since 5/31/22] (3/8/25)

19. Lord Darcy by Randall Garrett [on TBR since 5/31/22] (3/9/25)

20. Nothing Is the Number When You Die by Joan Fleming [on TBR since 7/10/24] (3/12/25)

21. A Thief or Two by Sara Woods [on TBR since 10/14/21] (3/13/25)

22. The Sleep Is Deep by Hugh Lawrence Nelson [on TBR since 2/20/24] (3/14/25)

23. Ambush for Anatol by John Sherwood [on TBR since 2/20/24] (3/17/25)

24. No Vacation from Murder by Elizabeth LeMarchand [on TBR since 10/13/22] (3/18/25)

Mont Blanc!!

25. The incredible Umbrella by Marvin Kaye [on TBR since 1980s] (3/21/25)

26. The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood [on TBR since 12/25/13] (3/23/25)

27. Murder on the Ballarat Train by Kerry Greenwood [on TBR since 12/25/11] (3/24/25)

28. Death at Victoria Dock by Kerry Greenwood [on TBR since 9/26/11] (3/27/25)

29. The Silver Peril by Maryse Rutledge [on TBR since 12/28/19] (3/30/25)

30. The Strange Case of Eliza Doolittle by Timothy Miller [on TBR since 1/8/22] (4/11/25)

31. The World's Best 100 Detective Stories Vol Ten by Eugene Thwing [on TBR since 10/25/14] (4/14/25)

32. The Cipher Garden by Martin Edwards [on TBR since 12/24/24] (4/17/25)

33. The Castlemaine Murders by Kerry Greenwood [on TBR since 12/24/10] (4/21/25)

34. Dead Babes in the Wood by D. B. Olsen [on TBR 7/6/19] (4/29/25)

35. Pilgrim's Rest by Patricia Wentworth [on TBR since 2/6/10] (4/30/25)

36. The Mystery of the Merry Magician by Ellery Queen, Jr. [on TBR since 12/25/20] (5/3/25)

Mount Vancouver!!!

37. Eyes That Watch You by William Irish [on TBR since 7/2/22] (5/3/25)

38. Six Nuns & a Shotgun by Colin Watson [on TBR since 10/13/22] (5/9/25)

39. The Voice of the Crab by Charlotte Jay [on TBR since 10/12/17] (5/12/25)

40. Top Bloody Secret by Stanley Hyland [on TBR since 6/14/24] (5/25/25)

41. Murder British Style by Martin H. Greenberg (ed) [on TBR since before 2011] (5/26/25)

42. The Three Coffins by John Dickson Carr [on TBR since 10/9/15] (6/4/25)

43. Murder Among Friends by Lange Lewis [on TBR since 10/25/22] (6/7/25)

44. Warped Factors by Walter Koenig [on TBR since 12/25/13] (6/9/25)

45. Landscape of Lies by Peter Watson [on TBR since 11/13/21] (6/10/25)

46. The Talk Show Murders by Steve Allen [on TBR since 7/1/24] (6/12/25)

47. Murder by the Book by Cynthia Manson, ed [on TBR since 10/5/19] (6/18/25)

48. Murder & Other Acts of Literature by Michele Slung, ed [on TBR since pre-2011] (6/24/25)

Mount Ararat!!!!

49. Murder in the Crypt by Irina Shapiro [on TBR since 10/17/24] (6/26/25)

50. Murder at the Abbey by Irina Shapiro [on TBR since 10/17/24] (6/27/25)

51. The Case of the Hijacked Moon by Thomas Brace Haughey [on TBR since 1985] (6/28/25)

52. Murder at the Mill by Irina Shapira [on TBR since 10/17/24] (6/29/25)

53. One Fell Sloop by Susan Kenney [on TBR since 9/11/21] (7/3/25)

54. Twelve Drummers Drumming by C. C. Benison [on TBR since 7/6/24] (7/6/25)

55. The Four of Hearts by Ellery Queen [on TBR since 12/11/25] (7/15/25)

56. Murder Being Once Done by Ruth Rendell [on TBR since 3/17/11] (7/17/25)

57. A Dying Fall by June Thomson [on TBR since 6/10/24] (7/20/25)

58. Murder, London-South Africa by John Creasey [on TBR since 10/4/18] (7/23/25)

59. The Feathered Serpent by Edgar Wallace [on TBR since 1/7/14] (7/26/25)

60. Sweet Poison by David Roberts [on TBR since 12/4/16] (8/5/25)

Mount Kilimanjaro!!!!!

61. Death on the Devil's Tongue by Margot Arnold [on TBR since 11/7/13] (8/8/25)

62. The Disappearing Floor by Franklin W. Dixon [original text edition on TBR since 5/11/17] (8/9/25)

63. Gently with the Innocents by Alan Hunter [on TBR since 3/14/24] (8/11/25)

64. Murder in the Caravan by Irina Shapiro [on TBR since 10/17/24] (8/14/25)

65. Murder in the Grave by Irina Shapiro [on TBR since 10/17/24] (8/16/25)

66. Cats Don't Need Coffins by D. B. Olsen [on TBR since 7/6/23] (8/23/25)

67. The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz [on TBR since 4/25/19] (8/30/25)

68. Murder at Ardith Hall by Irina Shapiro [on TBR since 10/17/24] (9/2/25)

69. Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo [on TBR since 7/11/24] (9/9/25)

70. She Came Back by Patricia Wentworth [on TBR since 7/1/18] (9/10/25)

71. A Knife in the Fog by Bradley Harper [on TBR since 5/16/24] (9/11/25)

72. Panic in Paradise by Alan Amos [on TBR since 12/13/18] (9/18/25)

73. Crooked House by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 10/1/11] (9/18/25)

74. The Nine Waxed Faces by Francis Beeding [on TBR since 5/15/13] (9/22/25)

75. Mrs. McGinty's Dead by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 9/11/94] (9/25/25)

El Toro!!!!!!

76. Death of the Party by Leela Cutter [on TBR since 6/4/22] (9/27/25)

77. Murder Listens In by Elizabeth Daly [on TBR since 2011] (9/30/25)

78. Seven Great Detective Stories by William H. Larson [on TBR since 9/21/18] (10/5/25)

79. The Ghost & Mrs. McClure by Alice Kimberly [on TBR since 1/29/23] (10/7/25)

80. Transit of Earth by Various (Playboy Press) [on TBR since pre-2011] (10/12/25)

81. The Witch's House by Charlotte Armstrong [on TBR since 9/28/13] (10/15/25)

82. An April Shroud by Reginald Hill [on TBR since 12/30/11] (10/19/25)

83. The Singing Sands by Josephine Tey [on TBR since 5/20/10] (10/27/25)

84. Murder With Mirrors by Agatha Christie [on TBR since 9/11/94] (10/31/25)

85. The Final Ring by Marcia Blair [on TBR since 10/25/22] (11/2/25]

86. The World's Best One Hundred Detective Stories Vol. 8 by Eugene Thwing, ed [on TBR since 10/25/14] (11/19/25)

87. It Can't Be My Grave by S. F. X. Dean [on TBR since 3/8/19] (11/28/25)

88. Old Students Never Die by Ivan T. Ross [on TBR since 12/25/23] (11/29/25)

89. Mystery for Halloween by Cynthia Manson, ed [on TBR since 10/28/20] (12/6/25)

90. Dropped Dead by Jonathan Ross [on TBR since 1/22/15] (12/8/25)

91. The Red Tassel by David Dodge [on TBR since 10/28/17] (12/11/25)

92. Dead of Winter by Christopher Hale [on TBR since 6/1/24] (12/20/25)

93. John Macnab by John Buchan [on TBR since 8/4/18] (12/22/25)

94. Puzzle in Paisley by Elizabeth Gresham [on TBR since 10/8/16] (12/25/25)

95. Death in Blue Folders by Margaret Maron [on TBR since 6/15/17] (12/28/25)

96. A Vow of Fidelity by Veronica Black [on TBR since 10/12/13] (12/31/25)

97. Indiana Jones & the Lost Treasure of Sheba by Rose Estes [on TBR since 10/22] (12/31/25)

98. The Ghost of Blackwood Hall by Carolyn Keene [on TBR since 1970s] (12/31/25)

99. The Message in the Hollow Oak by Carolyn Keened [on TBR since 1970s] (12/31/25)

100. The Adventure of the Christmas Visitor by D. O. Smith [on TBR since 5/6/25] (12/31/25)

Mount Everest!!!!!!!

 

2025 Mount TBR Challenge

 

January 2025 kicks off the fourteenth year for the Mount TBR Reading Challenge and, I know you all will be shocked to hear that my mountain ranges just haven't shrunk at all--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 become rarer and rarer) or the community Hoosier Hills Food Bank Book Sale which adds to the mountains as fast as I knock books off. And my mountain range seems to be just as vast as ever. 

So, here we are again, planning to concentrate on reading primarily from my own books in the coming year. In both 2021 and 2022 I actually planted a flag on Mount Olympus...I'm not sure that will ever happen again (the siren call of the Virtual Mount TBR mountainscapes have been more persistent this year and real life has been a bit of a challenge as well). So, my 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.

Challenge Levels:

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:
*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, 2025

*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, 202--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.

*Audiobooks and E-books may count provided they are yours prior to January 1. ARCs are also fine.

*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 2024 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!

*No page limit--if it was published as a book, it counts. No single short stories--but collections of short stories do count.

*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. 

*A blog and reviews are not necessary to participate. If you have a blog, then please post about the challenge and link that post (not your home page) in the form below. My link provider has limited the number of link "parties" I can have open at a time--so I will be using Google forms for all my sign-up links this year. Non-bloggers may enter their names only without a blog link OR members of Goodreads are welcome to join the Goodreads group HERE. 

 

*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 Book Club editions. Those three books 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 since those works have not been published separately at any time.

*If you post on Facebook, Instagram, or other social media to log a book, please use #MountTBR2025.

* As I have in the past, I will have a headquarters link in the left hand side-bar which will offer links to this original post, monthly review links, and the final wrap-up. I will update it at the beginning of the new year The Headquarters will also have a link to a list of our climbing crew with their commitments. 

Happy climbing!

2026 Virtual Mount TBR Challenge

 

We're ready for another year of the Virtual Mount TBR Reading Challenge. This challenge, a sister site to the Mount TBR Challenge, is for folks who have a long "wish-list" of TBRs and who would like a chance to tackle those mountains. The strategy and general set-up is the same as for the regular Mount TBR--but you don't 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 from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Mount Crumpit: Read 24 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Mount Munch: Read 36 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
White Plume Mountain: Read 48 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Stormness Head: Read 60 books from you Virtual TBR/Wish List Library
Mount Mindolluin: Read 75 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Mount Seleya: Read 100 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library
Mount Olympus: Read 150+ books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library

In keeping with the virtual nature of the challenge, all mountains are fictional (reference in comments below). How many do you recognize? The only one shared by both TBR challenges is Olympus--both fictional and on Mars. However, since I don't know actual heights, I have arbitrarily assigned levels.

The Rules:
~This challenge is only for books you do not own. They may be borrowed from the library, a friend, found on a free e-book site (like Project Gutenberg), or anywhere else that allows you to temporarily "checkout" the book. Also--unlike Mount TBR--there is no date limit on your wish list. If you see a book that strikes your fancy after January 1 and want to grab it from the library, etc. then go for it.

~Once you choose your challenge level you are locked in for at least that many books. If you find you are on a mountain-climbing roll and want to tackle a taller mountain, then you are welcome to upgrade. All books counted for lower mountains carry over towards the new peak.

~Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2026. You may count any "currently reading" book that you begin prior to January 1--provided you have 50% or more of the book to finish when January 1 rolled around. Exception: if you participated in the 2025 Virtual Mount TBR and did not finish a book in time to count it towards that challenge, then you may count it as your first step of 2026 regardless of how much you had left to read.

~Rereads may count if you have not yet counted it for a Virtual Mount TBR 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 virtual mountain.

~Books may be used for other challenges as well.

~A blog and reviews are not necessary to participate. If you have a blog then please post a challenge sign-up and link that post (not your home page) in the form below. Non-bloggers may skip that question on the form, provide a link to another media site for tracking--OR, if you are a member of Goodreads, it may be more practical join the challenge there. Feel free to sign up HERE if that's where you want to participate. (link coming soon)

~The headquarters link in the left-hand side-bar will be fully updated at the beginning of January.

~If you post on Facebook, Instagram, or other social media to log a book, please use #VirtualMountTBR2026.

2026 Mount TBR Challenge

January 2026 kicks off the fifteenth year for the Mount TBR Reading Challenge and  my mountain ranges just have shrunk even less than usual--due in part to life going off the rails in November. 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 become rarer and rarer) or the community Hoosier Hills Food Bank Book Sale which adds to the mountains as fast as I knock books off. And my mountain range seems to be just as vast as ever. 

So, here we are again, planning to concentrate on reading primarily from my own books in the coming year. In both 2021 and 2022 I actually planted a flag on Mount Olympus...I'm not sure that will ever happen again (especially when real life becomes a bit of a challenge as well). So, my 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.

Challenge Levels:

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:
*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, 2026.

*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, 2026--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.

*Audiobooks and E-books may count provided they are yours prior to January 1. ARCs are also fine.

*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 2025 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!

*No page limit--if it was published as a book, it counts. No single short stories--but collections of short stories do count.

*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. 

*A blog and reviews are not necessary to participate. If you have a blog, then please post about the challenge and link that post (not your home page) in the form below. My link provider has limited the number of link "parties" I can have open at a time--so I will be using Google forms for all my sign-up links this year. Non-bloggers may enter their names only without a blog link OR members of Goodreads are welcome to join the Goodreads group HERE.

 

*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 Book Club editions. Those three books 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 since those works have not been published separately at any time.

*If you post on Facebook, Instagram, or other social media to log a book, please use #MountTBR2026.

* As I have in the past, I will have a headquarters link in the left hand side-bar which will offer links to this original post, monthly review links, and the final wrap-up. I will update it at the beginning of the new year The Headquarters will also have a link to a list of our climbing crew with their commitments. 

Happy climbing!

2025 Virtual Mount TBR Challenge--My Sign-Up

 

Every year my goal is to read from my own stacks (hence the original Mount TBR Challenge). And every year I decide that there are TBR books that I don't own that I just have to Read. So--with my Virtual Mount TBR Challenge, I get to count that mountain too. As per usual, I'm starting with Rum Doodle and, hopefully, I won't get too carried away with library books. Though it would be nice to say that I've climbed the steps to Vulcan's Mount Seleya....

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If you have tons of books on your want to read list that you don't own, then please join me as we tackle fictional mountains in the TBR world. Just click on the link above.

1. The Devil's Flute Murders by Seishi Yokomizo (1/5/25)

2. In Such Good Company by Carol Burnett (1/22/25)

3. The Cloisters by Katy Hays (1/24/25)

4. The Book of Killowen by Erin Hart (2/4/25)

5. The Last Resort by Michael Kaufman (2/13/25)

6. Poisoned Apples by Christine Hepperman (3/20/25)

7. Sherlock Holmes: Death Cloud by Andrew Lane (3/25/25)

8. Tarantula by Bob Dylan (4/8/25)

9. A Slash of Emerald by Patrice McDonough (4/10/25)

10. Blood & Circuses by Kerry Greenwood (4/18/25)

11. Who Will Remember by C. S. Harris (4/19/25)

12. Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth (5/9/25)

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13. The Rewind by Allison Winn Scotch (8/5/25)

14. Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie [audio version] (9/13/25)

15. The Curse of Braeburn Castle by Karen Baugh Menuhin (10/31/25)

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Mount Crumpit

Reminder 2025 My Reader's Block Sponsored Challenges

 It's early days in 2025 and just wanted to remind my faithful challengers and all those looking for reading challenges that the posts for my regular Reader's Block Challenges went up in November. And the Headquarters links in the sidebar also have been updated for this year's challenges. Here's a handy list of each one. Come join me for new reading adventures in 2025!

 

Vintage Scavenger Hunt

Mount TBR Reading Challenge

Virtual Mount TBR Reading Challenge

 

Reading by the Numbers Challenge

Calendar of Crime

Color Coded and Read It Again, Sam Challenges

July 2025 Mount TBR Reviews

 

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January 2025 Mount TBR Reviews

 

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Mount TBR Headquarters

 

Here you will find a link to the original challenge post. Also each month I will enable a Monthly Review link where review posts for the month can be linked up. With the linky provider I currently have, the review link will close on the last day of the month. But no worries--you are welcome to post any review from the previous month on the current linky. There will also be a Wrap-Up link enabled at the end of the year.

Original 2025 Challenge Post

2025 Climbing Crew

January Reviews

February Reviews

March Reviews

April Reviews

May Reviews

June Reviews 

July Reviews 

August Reviews

September Reviews

October Reviews

November Reviews

December Reviews

2026 Challenge Post

Virtual Mount TBR Headquarters

 

Here you will find a link to the original challenge post. Also each month I will enable a Monthly Review link where review posts for the month can be linked up. With the linky provider I currently have, the review link will close on the last day of the month. But no worries--you are welcome to post any review from the previous month on the current linky. There will also be a Wrap-Up link enabled at the end of the year.

Original 2025 Challenge Post

2025 Climbing Crew

January Reviews

February Reviews

March Reviews

April Reviews

May Reviews

June Reviews

July Reviews

August Reviews

September Reviews

October Reviews

November Reviews

December Reviews

2026 Challenge Post

January 2025 Virtual Mount TBR Reviews

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

July 2025 Virtual Mount TBR

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

The Ultimate My Reader's Block Challenge Wrap-Up Winners!

 

As promised--albeit a couple days late--I have wheeled out the random number generator to select the prize winner/s from the My Reader's Block 2024 Challenges.  Since I only had ten challenge link-ups, I did two drawings. The first with those who made the link up before it closed and a second drawing which included the two challengers who missed the link up and left comments. Our first winner is link #3 Mark @ Carstairs Considers with his Calendar of Crime entry. When I added the two commenters and revved up the generator again, it gave us #7 Joelendil with a Mount TBR entry. Congratulations to our two winners!  I will contact you soon about choosing a prize.

Thank you to all who join me in these challenges. I hope you had fun with them and that you will be along for another round in 2025!