I enjoy a reading challenge that encourages you to read through some of your own titles – you know, the ones that have been sat waiting patiently for far too long, and this year I’ve decided to take part in the Mount TBR Challenge hosted by My Reader’s Block.
The idea is simple – you choose a mountain to climb, the difficulty corresponding to the number of books you’re committing to.
Challenge Levels
- Pike’s Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile
- Mount Blanc: Read 24 books from your TBR pile
- Mt. Vancouver: Read 36 books from your TBR pile
- Mt. Ararat: Read 48 books from your TBR piles
- Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 60 books from your TBR pile
- El Toro: Read 75 books from your TBR pile
- Mt. Everest: Read 100 books from your TBR pile
- Mount Olympus (Mars): Read 150+ books from your TBR pile
I’ve added a summary of the key rules below (for full details, follow the link above), but I’ve decided that rather than trying to tackle my whole TBR, that I’m going to sign up for Pike’s Peak initially. Obviously I’m hoping to read more than 12 from my TBR, but I think that achieving the initial 12 may spur me on to do another 12, and so on. That’s the theory, at least!
You can sign up at the link above, if this is something that you’re interested in taking part in!
The (Main) Rules
- Once you choose your challenge level, you are locked in for at least that many books. If you find that you’re on a mountain-climbing roll and want to tackle a taller mountain, then you are certainly welcome to upgrade. All books counted for lower mountains carry over towards the new peak
- Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2018
- You may sign up anytime from now until November 1st, 2018
- Books must be owned by you prior to January 1, 2018
- You may count “Did Not Finish” books provided they meet your own standard for such things
There are a few other rules, but I see these as the key points.
Wish me luck! 🙂
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I love this idea!
It’s great, isn’t it? I love the idea of matching up books read to a physical mountain!
Good Luck, Jo! 👍
Thank you, Zoe!
Good luck, you got this!!
Ha ha! Thanks, Tina! We’ll see how long it takes before all those shiny new books starts calling out to me…
I’m trying Mt Vancouver for the second year – narrowly missed it with 34 books in 2017!
Good luck!
Thank you! Now I just need to avoid being distracted by all the exciting new books…
This is a great challenge! Seems very simply and straightforward, but still a lot of fun. Good luck in all your climbing!
Yes – that’s exactly what appealed to me about this challenge! Thank you!
Good luck Jo! Sounds fun, I might join in!! 🤗
Do it! 😄
Good Luck – so difficult to be disciplined!
It will be a challenge, especially as I start to see all those lovely new books being published, but hopefully little steps will keep me going!
Yes, you can do it – the books you have are there because you want to read them!