Adam from Roof Beam Reader popped by the other day to remind me about the 2011 TBR Pile Challenge I’d signed up for some 6 months ago. It’s a good thing he did, because I’d forgotten all about it. Let’s check in, shall we?
- The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
- Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer
- Adventures by Mike Resnick
- Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
- Jennifer Government by Max Barry
- A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
- Suburban Safari by Hannah Holmes
- As Nature Made Him by John Colapinto
- Uncivilized Beasts and Shameless Hellions by John F. Burnett
- Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way by Bruce Campbell
- Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
- A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
My alternates:
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
Hmm. Well, I did manage to read The Graveyard Book but nothing else so far. I also did a major sweep of my TBR pile and got rid of Suburban Safari, Uncivilized Beasts and Shameless Hellions, and A Walk in the Woods. I guess that means I’ve failed the challenge already.
The truth is, I’ve been spending so much time reading and reviewing new books that I haven’t been making any progress whatsoever on my existing TBR pile. Perhaps I’ll be able to get caught up (somewhat) during my current hiatus…but no promises.
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