#tbrbusterchallenge2022

[leer-reading-lire]

“Marjory White, aged ten, wanted to be a widow. Questioned why, she gravely said that if you weren’t married people called you an old maid, and if you were your husband bossed you; but if you were a widow there’d be no danger of either.”

—Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery.

#anne of green gables #anne of avonlea #l. m. montgomery #lm montgomery #book quote #book quotes #tbrbusterchallenge2022 #bookbanditchallenge

[storytime-reviews]

Currently Reading: Persuasion by Jane Austen

Thought I’d crack this open and re-read Persuasion before I get around to watching the new Netflix film.

#booklr #persuasion #jane austen #tbrbusterchallenge2022 #anne elliot #bookbanditchallenge #reading #books #book pic #currently reading

[bookbandit]

Announcing the #tbrbusterchallenge2023

Welcome to the Fourth Annual TBR Buster Challenge!

The goal of this challenge is simple: read the books that have been languishing on your TBR lists.  Some of you may have impossibly long TBR lists. Some of you may have a TBR list that only includes a few books. Maybe you have a physical shelf stacked full of books. Or maybe it’s just an amorphous list that lives in some half-forgotten corner of your mind. No matter where you fall on this spectrum, this challenge is for you!

The greatest part of this challenge is that it allows you to focus on what YOU want to read. You have the freedom to focus on whatever books you want. In the past, some people have issued their own personal challenges to focus on specific genres or lists of books. Others just plucked the next book that interested them from their shelf. Some people plowed through their lists like they were on a ferocious mission. Others read only a handful of books. This challenge is designed to be flexible!

So why not give it a go? Bust your TBR shelf with me!

The Basics to Get Started

Read a minimum of one book per month that has been languishing on your shelf. Want a more ambitious challenge? How many books do you read per year on average? Try making half of the part of the #tbrbusterchallenge2023. Don’t have time to read one book per month? That’s okay, too! You can pop in and out of this challenge as it fits into your schedule, and everyone will be here to support you :)

Post about the books you read! I am hoping to post mini-reviews every month. Don’t like review? No problem! Do you like taking photos of your books? Post ‘em! Do you like book quotes? Post ‘em! Anything and everything is welcome!

Tag your posts with #bookbanditchallenge and #tbrbusterchallenge2023 so I can see them and show you some love!

That’s it! Those are the rules. Hopefully, simple enough that everyone feels they can join in. Together we can help each other read some of those books we’ve all been intending to read.

#tbrbusterchallenge2022 #tbrbusterchallenge2023 #bookbanditchallenge

[therefugeofbooks]

Currently reading It's Not Like It's a Secret by Misa Sugiura

#tbrbusterchallenge2022 #booklr #books #book photography #it's not like it's a secret #misa sugiura #wlw #ya romance #queer books #books and coffee #bookmarks #read asian authors #the refuge of books

[backlogbooks]

my saturday ritual of bringing my books and notebooks to the nearest park and staying for a few hours to read has become one of my favorite parts of the week

how are y’all spending your weekends lately?

#tbrbusterchallenge2022 #bookbanditchallenge #what big teeth #rose szabo #a prayer for the crown shy #becky chambers #mary emma's posts

[jsalim-art]

This is the prequel and book 2 of the tea dragon series that I'll be reading tomorrow.

#tbrbusterchallenge2022 #bookbanditchallenge #the tea dragon festival #jehan reads a bunch of books #the tea dragon society

[readingrobin]

Man, I really have to dig more into alternative history books, especially if it includes dragons, because that was amazing!

Novik completely won me over with Laurence, who took one look at Temeraire not a minute out of his shell and went "Well, I suppose I'm a father now." And really, that's the kind of relationship I love to see between a dragon and its rider. It called me back to my days of reading Eragon, which really endeared me to the human/dragon bond and I think Novik does a fantastic job portraying dragons as loving, loyal creatures. Temeraire is now up there with my favorite dragons alongside Toothless, who shares that wonderful quality of being an absolute menace if gone unchecked. He's wonderfully curious, innocent, but, really, if Laurence had less of an influence on him, there would have been some dragon anarchy real quick.

Honestly, as someone just getting into the series, I'm predicting some kind of dragon revolt or something because, gee Temeraire you sure do have a lot of thoughts and a great deal of free will going on there.

Having read some of Novik's other works, this one felt a little different stylistically. I don't know if it's because of the plot or simply because this was her first book, but it didn't carry the usual verbosity or weight I normally I expect with her. Still, that didn't keep me from finding it absolutely charming. Sure, the logistics of just plopping dragons into the Napoleonic Wars without changing much of day to day society and the history of this world is a bit iffy and I wonder why aviators are not respected more in society because they, you know, have dragons,  but I'm willing to suspend my disbelief. 

I really can't wait to dive more into this series and see what's coming next!

#tbrbusterchallenge2022 #bookbanditchallenge #his majesty's dragon #naomi novik #temeraire series #reviews

[wolfiequeen611]

BookNook

A discord based bookclub - where you can find readers that enjoy the same books as you and read together!

#discord chat #book talk #bookclub #booknerd #booksbooksbooks #books & libraries #bookaddict #bookworm #tbrstack #tbrbusterchallenge2022 #reading

[bibliophilecats]

Read this month: August 2022

August was a good reading month in numbers and in rating. Also, I managed to cross off two books of my tbr (and got closer to completing one of the series I am reading).

C. Cotterill: Don’t Eat Me (Dr. Siri mysteries 13/15)

C. Cotterill: The Second Biggest Nothing (Dr. Srir mysteries 14/15)

K. Tordasi: Brombeerfuchs - Das Geheimnins von Weltende (1/?, reread)

J. L. Lin: A Magic Steeped in Poison (Book of Tea 1/2, eARC)

R. Celestin: Dead Man’s Chest (audiobook)

J. Herriot: The Lord God Made Them All (audiobook)

After the heatwave and COVID, I finally have enough energy to read again. And I am really happy that the Dr. Siri mysteries are nearly completed (not that they are bad! Just because I feels to good to have something completed). However, the last book will probably have to wait till next summer as I only read those books in the summer (to have the perfect setting). Brombeerfuchs I had read two years ago when I got an eARC and now I won the hardcover edition in a competetion. Really happy. A Magic Steeped in Poison is an outstanding YA fantasy book. I am really looking forward to the next book - and I crave a cup of tea!

#read this month #read this month august 2022 #helen reads 2022 #tbrbusterchallenge2022

[clockwork-reads]

Brief Book Reviews #5 (+ 2022 TBR review)

#1 Shelby Mahurin, Blood & Honey (written in September 2022)

Looks like I’m saying “fuck you” to a lot of people in books this month huh. Once again, Ms Mahurin made me hurt a lot over Louise and Reid. The mutual pining, the wedge that gets driven between them because Louise keeps secrets so Reid won’t worry so much (sadly that made it worse), just. Thanks, Ms Mahurin, I’m in pain. Seeing them make up toward the big battle at the end helped ease the ache. And then they rail each other into next week. Damn I want what they have.

The ending was fucking horrifying. Fuck you La Voisin, and fuck you Morgane. Also it was cool to do a little work and find out that Beau’s mum is Maori- at least that’s what google translate tells me from what was said in that one scene. don’t come for me. Rest in Peace Ansel, you were the real hero here and you won’t be forgotten.

also the knife throwing scene with Lou and Reid got me very hot and bothered, damn. time to get Gods & Monsters and suffer some more lol

#2 Libba Bray, Diviners

As much as I enjoy the setting of prohibition era New York, I got to halfway through the book and nothing was happening. There’s a lot of supernatural shit going on, we have Naughty John killing people in really fucked up ways, and the main characters don’t seem to be going anywhere with it, save for Evie’s uncle, and we have no idea what he’s doing in the meantime. There’s some good writing and dialogue in it, it’s just not enough to tide me over, I’m afraid. 

#3 Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse (Book 3)

I continued my foray into the Percy Jackson books in 2022, and finished Titan’s Curse. It felt good to see a book featuring my matron goddess, Artemis, being awesome, and Apollo being his delightful self- Riordan remembered that these two are thick as thieves, thankfully. And Nico, poor baby. This whole book was a lot of ouch, to be honest, though I’m sad to see Thalia leave so early, she’s pretty cool. The lady at the bookstore where I bought the box set assured me the third book was the best one, she wasn’t kidding lol. ALSO PERCY WOULD YOU JUST TELL ANNABETH YOU LOVE HER ALREADY.

#4 Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth (Book 4)

Hoo boy, this one was a doozy. It’s a bit slow-going to begin with, with all the globe trotting that gets done while the gang’s exploring the labyrinth and trying to find Ariadne’s string, and then it gets heavy as the major plot points are exposed, and then I couldn’t pull my eyes off the book. The glimpses into Deadalus’s past through Percy’s dreams are heartbreaking to say the least, but I think they were very much needed to explain why he would build the Labyrinth. And fuck you, Minos, nobody plays my baby Nico like that. I don’t care if he’s a necromancer and can probably look after himself, I will defend this boy with my life. The final battle comes in the next book, and then I hear there’s other stuff I have to read? Idk if I’ll read it. Also I’ll probably get smote for this but also fuck you Hera. Don’t fuck with Annabeth like that.

TBR Wrap-up

Total books read: 7 

I’m gonna just make a spreadsheet of the books I’m yet to read so I have a good idea of how far I am into this book-buying habit I seem to have. They’re pretty on my shelves, sure, but I don’t want to be one of those people who just have books for decoration. 

On top of that, I should be making sure I’m either reading one entire series at a time, or just one book from a series per batch (?) before I do more Brief Book Reviews. It’s kinda holding up how soon I can get to other books I want to read. the PJ books have held up my progress getting through some very interesting non-fiction books that I intend to read. 

Finally, I’m making it into a habit to have an hour a day of reading time, just so I’m off the computer and I’m not staring at a screen for ages. It’s in my bullet journal, so I won’t forget if I’m always checking.

So, let’s see what 2023 brings us.

#bookblr #brief book reviews #tbrbusterchallenge2022 #again hi i'm not dead #i'm lyz and i have a blog about books #now to make that spreadsheet #bookbanditchallenge #tbrbusterchallenge2023

[leer-reading-lire]

“Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one’s side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music, perhaps . . . perhaps . . . love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath”.

—Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery

#anne of avonlea #l. m. montgomery #lm montgomery #l.m. montgomery #anne shirley #gilbert blythe #book quote #book quotes #tbrbusterchallenge2022 #bookbanditchallenge #anne of green gables

[storytime-reviews]

Currently Reading: The No-Show by Beth O’Leary

#booklr #the no show #beth o'leary #tbrbusterchallenge2022 #bookbanditchallenge #reading #books #book pic #currently reading

[bookbandit]

#tbrbusterchallenge2022 Wrap-Up

This year I sort of fell off the face of tumblr in a big way. Even so, this challenge continued because of all the wonderful participants and I continued to read.

I had two main goals this year. Some of them went better than others.

1. Read all my Book of the Month books from previous years.

I started the year with 34 unread BOTM. I read 12 of them and got rid of an additional 3 without reading that were simply not for me. Obviously, I have more to go, but it was a good start since I read almost none in 2021.

2. Focus on books in my apartment.

I’ll be honest, this is where I really shined bright and I am quite proud of myself. This year I read 153 books and 149 were from my apartment. Like what? Who am I? A vast majority of them were historical romance novels (my newest love). Now my real goal in focusing on books in my apartment was to get rid of books before I move. Of the 149 books I read, I got rid of 58 books. That’s by far my best discard ration in a long time.

But wait...there’s more! I also got rid of an additional 41 books that was never going to read. So in total I got rid of 99 books!!

Now my overly ambitious goal of the year was to read and/or get rid of 100 books. I am going to call this a win because I never thought I would get rid of 99 books.

In the interest of full disclosure, I did acquire some more books, though far fewer than I have acquired in previous years. Ultimately, I have fewer book that I did at the beginning of the year and I am taking that as a win. Over the next week, I will formulate my goals for 2023.

Congrats, book busters. We did it!

#tbrbusterchallenge2022 #bookbanditchallenge #wrap-up

[therefugeofbooks]

Currently reading Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzalez

#tbrbusterchallenge2022 #booklr #books #book photography #perfect on paper #sophie gonzales #queer books #ya contemporary #the refuge of books

[backlogbooks]

this is so cute omg

#tbrbusterchallenge2022 #what big teeth #rose szabo #bookbanditchallenge #mary emma’s posts

[ma-tsi]

The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo

#tbrbusterchallenge2022 #bookbanditchallenge #victor hugo #the man who laughs #books #mine #matsi reads