tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post8632297639294597620..comments2023-09-16T09:00:31.715-04:00Comments on Telecommuter Talk: The Books for the TBR ChallengeEmily Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-22953607669752418522009-12-29T14:59:57.652-05:002009-12-29T14:59:57.652-05:00I've finally put up my list, and I'm havin...I've finally put up my list, and I'm having the same difficulties...I have at least 30 books I now want to read off my shelves. I've listed about 20 with a few backups - and am trying to finish off my library books in the next couple of days so I can jump right in on this list on January 1st! Looking forward to the challenge. :)Melwykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885378201188978664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-26744699228479726492009-12-27T01:56:13.025-05:002009-12-27T01:56:13.025-05:00I selected 20 books for this challenge the other d...I selected 20 books for this challenge the other day, then realized that the pile actually contained 22 books. And then I reread your list and forgot that I also wanted to read Traveling Mercies (which has been sitting on my desk for lunchtime reading for a few months, but has yet to be opened) and Edgar Sawtelle. So that's 24. And then there was another book on someone else's list. And another book by Anne Lamotte. So I have at least 25. And I just started a book I've had for a few years. 26! And what to do with the 4 gift cards I have to B&N and Borders? Here's to a great year of reading, whether new books, old books, recently acquired, or gathering dust on the shelves.Anne Camillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419931136194330529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-29999854109502118042009-12-10T18:15:48.765-05:002009-12-10T18:15:48.765-05:00Heathe, ah, someone else who "accidentally&qu...Heathe, ah, someone else who "accidentally" read a book while composing her list for this challenge. I did the same thing! And you absolutely can have one you started and need to get back to.<br /><br />Court, glad you like the list. No need to take on another challenge. Just live this one vicariously through me.Emily Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-61656423657429412352009-12-08T11:58:41.313-05:002009-12-08T11:58:41.313-05:00What a freaking fantastic list! You *almost* are c...What a freaking fantastic list! You *almost* are convicing me to join your challenge but since I am already in the "From the Stacks" challenge which is similar, and since I totally annally retentively planned how to complete that challenge, I am trying to stick to my guns. I will be reading The Story of Edgar Sawtelle for that challenge, though. And I am aching to read Kingsolver's latest.Courtneyhttp://www.everythinginbetween.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-70064662043158159342009-12-07T16:55:43.307-05:002009-12-07T16:55:43.307-05:00oh! can we have one that we've started but hav...oh! can we have one that we've started but haven't finished and really need to go back and begin again because they've been packed since July and you've just uncovered them?Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979896448183348883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-72413484128982713772009-12-07T16:54:46.941-05:002009-12-07T16:54:46.941-05:0030 might be good. LOL I've got it down to 25 ...30 might be good. LOL I've got it down to 25 (actually 24 because on the weekend I accidently started reading one of them and finished it!) LOLHeatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979896448183348883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-77177724469312011942009-12-05T15:28:32.109-05:002009-12-05T15:28:32.109-05:00Susan, huh. You've got me thinking. It's i...Susan, huh. You've got me thinking. It's interesting that the way I wrote about them made them come across as a to-do list, because I actually am VERY thrilled about this list. With the exception of the Mantel and the McEwan (and maybe the Bowen, although I have been assured I'll like that one by someone who has never steered me wrong), I can't wait to read all of these books and have already begun to do so. Actually, even the McEwan and Mantel I'm looking forward to just out of curiosity (and they are both very short). Oh, and I've read Bird by Bird, as well as Lamott's Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith (for some reason, I read that before reading the first) and absolutely loved both of them, so I know I'll love Traveling Mercies. She's a great and funny writer, and her "thoughts on faith" very much reflect many of my own "thoughts on faith."<br /><br />Heather, can't wait to see your list once you've got the time to whittle it down (or maybe you should just have 30?).Emily Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-6126706796777650392009-12-04T15:56:23.444-05:002009-12-04T15:56:23.444-05:00I'm still working on my list. Sigh. So far I&#...I'm still working on my list. Sigh. So far I've whittled it down to 30 and I promise to post a list next week (with perhaps 5 backups).Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979896448183348883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-8051464039805752242009-12-04T09:15:41.348-05:002009-12-04T09:15:41.348-05:00ahem. *clears throat* do you have any books on y...ahem. *clears throat* do you have any books on your list that YOU want to read? Like, just books you've been putting off but that you know you're going to love??? It's a very interesting list, but your comments made me want to run and pick up any book by any author that I like!!!! So, maybe you could have a reserve list of: 'books by authors I like but just haven't read yet that I own',that would also fill the mandate of this challenge. You know, a list that makes you all happy inside. Ok you have Peg Bracken on there, who I read too a long time ago before I had a family and she made me laugh!! This sounds like a to-do list! kind of like housekeeping! <br /><br /> I don't mean to be heartless - I'm thrilled you mentioned me and Louise Penny, she really is a good mystery writer!! and I do keep picking up Bel Canto and then wondering if it's another boring literary book that has no story to it, just pretty writing.....and I'm scared to read the new Barbara Kingsolver because I couldn't even face the African religious one by her (see? I've blocked out the title), even though I love her earlier books! Have you read Annie Lamott's Bird By Bird? It could be a substitute (and a fun one, about writing!!) for the faith one by her....<br /><br />Anyway, I just couldn't see any real thrill in your list, no real anticipation, and I thought maybe if you throw in a couple of ones you are delighted to be finally reading, it might make it more fun for you. then again, if you were me, I'd read those ones first and be left with the same list of books that other people loved,but I'm not sure about....!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09095246748581382752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-14011499687695985852009-12-02T18:00:30.900-05:002009-12-02T18:00:30.900-05:00Litlove, ooo, I hope you do read those two. It wil...Litlove, ooo, I hope you do read those two. It will be interesting to get our different takes on them.<br /><br />Lilian, it's always so much fun to find someone else who's read Peg Bracken. Most people have no clue who she is (definitely not a candidate for that list of "20th-century authors people will still be reading and studying 100 years from now).<br /><br />JSP, well, that's two more great recommendations for those two books, so I'm very glad I decided to put them on the list.<br /><br />Stef, I look forward to your post, then (and how high-tech with a photo and everything. Oh yeah, that's right, you ARE high-tech!).<br /><br />Dorr, yes, if I manage to complete the challenge (less of a huge "if" than it normally is with challenges, since I must do so in order to buy books freely again according to my self-imposed rule), yes, you will see posts on each and every one of these titles here.<br /><br />ZM, rules are meant to be broken, right? Besides, I'd much rather have been enjoying that fun drive from CT to TX and Thanksgiving of yours than worrying about creating book lists (despite the fact creating book lists is a great passion of mine).Emily Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-59696605596505389202009-12-02T15:04:16.454-05:002009-12-02T15:04:16.454-05:00I'm already breaking the rules because I haven...I'm already breaking the rules because I haven't created my list yet. Oy! I will get to work on that, but I need an extension on the buying deadline and the list deadline. :-)ZoesMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13279493011192565601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-84577037641252394022009-12-02T10:39:37.132-05:002009-12-02T10:39:37.132-05:00Very nice list! A number of those books I've e...Very nice list! A number of those books I've enjoyed myself, and a number I want to read, so I'm looking forward to reading your reviews of them. Now that I think about it, that was a part of the challenge, right? To post reviews? That's good -- that means lots of reviews will be forthcoming here!Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-49607719362494106702009-12-02T09:43:58.485-05:002009-12-02T09:43:58.485-05:00Nice list! I was going to post mine yesterday but ...Nice list! I was going to post mine yesterday but was feeling a bit panicked about working on my final project for school so opted not to blog but to work on my paper instead. Tonight, though. there will be a list posted and a photo :)Stefaniehttp://somanybooksblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-74440492714347387602009-12-01T11:32:23.502-05:002009-12-01T11:32:23.502-05:00I read "Bel Canto" years ago and it virt...I read "Bel Canto" years ago and it virtually broke my heart. It was good and I couldn't stop thinking about it for days.<br /><br />I read "Gilead" in 2005 and it was easily the best thing I'd read that year - and I'm not even religious! :)J.S. Peytonhttp://www.whosabiblioaddict.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-77097583819632396782009-12-01T09:40:13.340-05:002009-12-01T09:40:13.340-05:00I'm also looking forward to your reviews. I di...I'm also looking forward to your reviews. I didn't make a list because I've never read books on any list I've come up with. But I did read The I Hate to Cook Book a gazillion years ago and still make the chocolate cake from it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-2395265174146923502009-12-01T08:46:46.116-05:002009-12-01T08:46:46.116-05:00I really want to read In the Beauty of Lilies and ...I really want to read In the Beauty of Lilies and Bel Canto, so may well join in with you on those. And I also very much enjoyed On Chesil Beach - oh AND I am a huge fan of Laurie Colwin's fiction. That's a great list you have there, Emily, and I am looking forward to all your reviews!litlovehttp://litlove.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com