September TIOLI: TBR Teamwork

Here's a dedicated thread for the TBR Teamwork challenge. This is part of September's TIOLI Challenge. You can use this thread for general questions, finding buddies, and talking about other ways to find buddies: if anyone wants to set up a wiki, please go right ahead!

TBR Teamwork Challenge Description: You need to read a book that has been on your TBR pile for at least six months--and you need to do it with a buddy! That means you have to find someone else who has also had the book on their TBR pile for a long time and persuade them to read it with you. It only counts if the book is read by at least two people, both of whom have had the book on their TBR pile for six months or more! (Other people can join in too for the points--just note whether it was a qualifying TBR book for you.)

It's not easy to get to those long-time TBRs, and having a buddy will provide moral support. The tricky part will be in convincing the buddy to join you for the endeavour. You can post a challenge directly on the wiki, if you think you know someone else who may also want to read the book.

Example:

*Emerging Arab Voices - Peter Clark - Zoe (TBR)
*Emerging Arab Voices - Peter Clark - SqueakyChu (Challenge! Do you accept?)

Or you can just post your book alone and hope someone will join in. I'm thinking of offering a small prize to the "best buddy", who helps out the most people by partnering with them to complete their reads.

I've got one of these already, with Suz, but I've got a few other TBRs I'd like to get to.

Anyone interested in the following:

--A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson--reading with streamsong
--The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin--I could probably still do this one
--South of Superior by Ellen Airgood--still possible
--Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand--probably not likely

Linda: I'll join you for A Walk in the Woods if you like. Sounds like one of us should pack a picnic!

Great, I'll add it to the wiki.

I'm already doing one more for this challenge but the Bryson book is the one I most wanted to read in September, from my list.

What I'm committed to reading:

The Broken Teaglass with lindapanzo
Troubles with elkiedee (Luci) and wandering_star

Wait-listed:

Restless by William Boyd with elkiedee
The Golden Age by Tahmima Anam with elkiedee
The House of the Mosque by Kader Abdoleh with drachenbraut23
Turbulence by Giles Foden with wandering_star and lindapanzo

My full lists are on #48, #49 and #52 on the main TIOLI thread.

I've committed to four books:

The Merlin Conspiracy with souloftherose
The Fire Gospel with souloftherose
The Same Sea with kidzdoc
Lion's Honey with lilbrattyteen

Other contenders from my tbr:
A feast for crows
Not wanted on the voyage by Timothy Findley

Buddy List:

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Adams, Douglas with klobrien2
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin with DorsVenabili and klobrien2
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Kabat-Zinn, Jon with librattyteen

CLOSED FOR NOW

Here are some of my old TBRs:

A Passage to India bt E. M. Forster
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Waiting to Exhale by McMillan, Terry
The Secret Language of Symbols by Fontana, David
Ben & Jerry's by Lager, Fred
The Blue Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew
Past Imperfect by Carnes, Mark
After Glow by Castle, Jayne
Downbelow Station by Cherryh, C. J.
Sphere by Crichton, Michael
Can't Buy My Love by Kilbourne, Jean
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew by Pool, Daniel
The Man in the High Castle by Dick, Philip K.
Farm City by Carpenter, Novella
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Gilman, Dorothy
The Lathe of Heaven by Le Guin, Ursula K.
The Great Influenza by Barry, John
The Mote In God's Eye by Niven, Larry and Pournelle, Jerry
Tiger's Wife, The by Obreht, Téa
Moveable Feast, A by Hemingway, Ernest
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane
Invisible Bridge, The by Orringer, Julie
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Sijie, Dai
Rachel's Holiday by Keyes, Marian
The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie
Plum Lovin by Evanovich, Janet
Firebird by Lackey, Mercedes
Moonheart by Charles de Lint

#7 - I'm currently listening to A Game of Thrones and will definitely finish it in September.

I've had Elizabeth and Her German Garden on my TBR pile for a very long time, and I know where it is. Books on my Nook don't get stolen by poltergeists the way others do. So, if anyone else is up for it, I am.

>8 DorsVenabili: Okay. I'll go order it from the library now.

Unfortunately nobody has come up with something I can match yet but I can help Morphy out as Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams will fit challenge 6. Read a series book by an author who has written more books in another series.

Adams is best known for the Hitchhiker series and Dirk Gently has a sequel The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul.

Morphy, two people are reading the Douglas Adams book you mention, under challenge 11.

As Calm mentions, it would fit under my #6 challenge, too.

>11 calm: I'm not sure how it qualifies for #11 as it is not a stand alone and Douglas wrote another huge series.

That's strange it doesn't fit challenge 11 - unless people think it is a standalone.

Snap:)

Unless it's a mystery series, I wouldn't know so I can't help you.

I've brought it up in the main thread and pointed to #6 as a better fit.

Hi Calm,

you do like fantasy and historical fiction - same here. Maybe we could buddy up with something?

#10 - I'll add it to the wiki.

17 - drachenbraut23 - I'm a bit busy for the next week or two, but if you want to take a look at my "to read" collection and choose something I'll let you know if it has been there for more than six months and if there is any chance of me getting it read this month. I did have a quick scan through your TBR collection and the only one I spotted that fits this challenge is The Poisonwood Bible but I don't think I'll have the attention span for it this month

I will be sort of around until Tuesday and will be back online at the start of the following week.

Looking for a buddy! Anyone want to join me reading one of the following books?

The Tragedy of Richard the Second by Shakespeare
King Lear by Shakespeare
Much Ado about Nothing by Shakespeare
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
The Lantern Bearers by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Pursuit of Alice Thrift by Elinor Lipman
Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Philips

I'd like to try for one - I have to make progress in a couple of nonfiction books I have to read for work before I really feel confident about filling up the challenges with other books I want to read...

Bell, I can do Lark and Termite with you.

>18 DorsVenabili: Oh boy. There's a line at the library for it. Hopefully I'll get it in time! I'm really surprised as it's been out for so long.

> 19 - Calm - No, I don't like to do the Poisonwood Bible - but I found in your TBR collection

1. The Swan Thieves - Elizabeth Kostova
2. The Last Stormlord - Glenda Larke
3. Orcs - Stan Nicholls (one of the many books I have not yet catalogued)

Well, that's the three books I found on your TBR list. All other's we share I have read already. :)

drachenbraut23 -
I've had The Swan Thieves on my wishlist for longer than six months and finally picked up a copy a few months ago so I think that one fits.

I'm waiting until I have the whole trilogy until I start The Last Stormlord, so would rather not read that one.

I've only had Orcs for five months! That's a shame as I would have liked it to fit:(

So it looks like The Swan Thieves is the only one that fits the challenge and I think I can read it this month.

I had much the same experience looking through your catalogue, most of the books we share in your TBR collection I have already read. I might take a quick look through all the books we share as there might be some that aren't in that collection as I catalogued most of my books before collections were introduced and I am sure there are some books that I still haven't read in my library.

*wink* at calm - great, I am very pleased with your choice. So, The Swan Thieves it will be.

I have only got the first on of the The Last Stormlord as yet.

If I am not mistaken we share some 400+ books. Unfortunately my library is still quite unorganised and I have not entered all my books yet, also I am busy transferring my son's book into his own account. Very, very time consuming. I am trying to get him to write some reviews as well, so he can keep up with his English and to improve his German, unfortunately he is just a lazy bugger *grin*

Good I'll find The Swan Thieves then:)

I did have a quick look through our shared books and the only other one I spotted was When We Were Orphans but you have some great reading ahead of you and we share quite a few favourites. Pleased to team up with you for this challenge:)

Great - "When We Were Orphans" would go as well, but I don't think it fits my frame of mind this month and I still like to fit in the historical fiction book about Jezebel you quite liked.

Likewise - pleased to team up with you as well :)

>21 Citizenjoyce: Sounds good, Joyce, let's do it! :)

I'll join in for Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, wherever it ends up (assuming challenge 6). I'm also in for Game of Thrones--I started it last month.

Karen O.

Thanks for posting Lark and Termite to the wiki, Bell.

Here's a list of books that have been in my TBR pile at least 6 months (and that I'd be happy to read this month)

The Siege - Helen Dunmore
The Bone People - Kerri Hulme
The Feast of the Goat - Mario Vargas Llosa
The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor
Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
The Road Home - Rose Tremain
Faceless Killers - Henning Mankell
The Redbreast - Jo Nesbo
Brooklyn - Colm Toibin
Suite Francaise - Irene Nemirovsky
Passing - Nella Larsen
Purple Hibiscus - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes
Enduring Love - Ian McEwan

and, nonfiction options:
The Swerve - Stephen Greenblatt
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Rebecca Skloot
Columbine - Dave Cullen

Any takers?

I am part way through The Redbreast but unfortunately it has not been on my TBR pile long enough. Too bad!

The Redbreast has been on my TBR pile for years... and I am stuck 21% of the way into it, Anne. Perhaps if we were working together, this would drag me through it? Ditto with Faceless Killers, although that hasn't been as prolonged!

I could read either The Story of Lucy Gault or Passing... and should then probably stop looking at this thread, as I don't want to over-book myself on these paired reads!

Gennyt and I will be reading Union Street if anyone wishes to join. I just finished my copy- started reading and couldn't stop. Fabulous book.

Just a reminder that third (fourth, fifth) people can join in for general shared read points even if they haven't had the book on their TBR pile long enough: there just have to be at least two long-time TBR readers involved for the book to qualify.

Ow, I just asked this on the main thread... Sorry, but thanks for clarifying :)

Suzanne, I'm up for either one of those--you pick! Faceless Killers is shorter, but if you're already 21% into The Redbreast that may be the way to go. They are absolutely equal in priority for me (and have been sitting on my shelf exactly the same amount of time.)

(Did I see somewhere that you were looking for a possible buddy for The Man With the Wooden Hat? That doesn't qualify as a TBR for me, but I have it out from the library and am planning to list it in the article of clothing challenge.)

wandering_star, would you like to join me for Passing? I'd read either one you mentioned but Passing helps me out in a 12 in 12 category so I have a slight inclination towards that one. And I know what you mean about getting off this thread!

> 6 avatiakh

I'm up for Lion's Honey.

> 7 morphidae

I'm up for the Kabat-Zinn book or the Hawking book (my brother has been pestering me to read that for years).

>39 JDHomrighausen: lilbrattyteen, let's do Wherever You Go, There You Are by Kabat-Zinn.

>39 JDHomrighausen: lilbrattyteen - that's great. I've updated the wiki.

Can library books/audio downloads count as TBRs if they've been on your list for more than 6 months? My public library's catalog has a list feature, and I have two that have been on my TBR list for well over 6 months that I hope to read/listen to this month:

Snow Angels by James Thompson
Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson

Anne, let me toss a coin about this later this week, if that's OK? I'm leaning toward Faceless Killers, but am so caught up in the mayhem I've created by launching my Great Cleanup (prior to landlord visitation next weekend), I can't think straight...

Anne - Passing it is!

>42 cbl_tn: I'll let everyone decide for themselves what counts as a TBR. Personally, I'm only including books that I actually own.

I have 3 books that I'm planning to read this month that qualify here if I can find a buddy to join in reading with me:

Stealing Lumby by Gail Fraser
Now May You Weep by Deborah Crombie
The Black Mountain by Rex Stout

Anyone interested in joining me for a read of The Memory Keeper's Daughter?

>47 streamsong: streamsong - if you like I team up with you. *grin* I thought the title looks very familiar. One of the lost books on my kindle.

I have a HUGE list that would qualify, but I'm wondering if anyone can/will join me for Cloud Atlas?

Great and thank you, drachenbraut. I'll add us to the wiki.

Thanks streamsong. Pleasure to read in a team. :)

Other possibilities:

The Samurai or Deep River by Shusaku Endo
One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
The Power and the Glory or Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
Crusoe's Daughter by Jane Gardam
Angel or A Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor

Anyone?

I bought Crusoe's Daughter more than 6 months ago, but failed to list it here on my LT list of TBR books. I will share this read with you, EBT1002, if _Zoe_ does not have a problem with it.

Well, I never list books on my WL or TBR here (I do have a few there from way back) because I pretty much use LT to track books I've actually read. My WL is in my head and my TBR pile is, well, all over the house...... So, we'll see what _Zoe_ says about how official the TBR listing has to be. I'm 100% confidence that Crusoe's Daughter walked into my house well over 6 months ago. :-)
~Ellen

I believe you; it doesn't have to be listed officially on LT as long as you're confident that enough time has passed.

I've finished Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and realized I put it in another challenge. I'll have to go fix that. ETA: Fixed and added us to the correct challenge.

Currently making my way through Wherever You Go, There You Are.

Also, still waiting on A Game of Thrones from the library. I'm hoping to have it within the week.

I've just read Diana Wynne Jones' Earwig and the witch if anyone wants a fast buddy read.

I've finished:

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Adams, Douglas with klobrien2
Wherever You Go, There You Are by Kabat-Zinn, Jon with librattyteen

I'll have the following done by Saturday with any luck:

A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin with DorsVenabili and klobrien2

I finished Lark and Termite and didn't love it, but I'm glad I finally read it.

>59 Citizenjoyce: My reaction was much the same. I'm passing it on to my brother; I think he'll like it more than I did.

> 58

I just started Kabat-Zinn today and have a ways to go. But I will do my best! I like the way he writes.

Good luck! It took me two weeks to slog my way through it.

lindapanzo--I apologize for not getting Walk in the Woods read--it sounds like a wonderful book. I'm glad brenzi also stepped up so you had a partner that finished.

drachenbraut23--don't worry if you didn't read The Memory Keeper's Daughter. I listened to it on audio and found it only average. I'm not sure if I would have stuck with it if I had been physically reading it rather than listening on my way in to work.

63'# Sorry streamsong - I even did get that far, to even start it, but I still will give it a go. Why did you find it only average?

Whew. Completed Crusoe's Daughter today. Just in under the wire. :-)

I got A Games of Thrones finished. I'll post it later today or tomorrow morning.

>65 EBT1002:. Thanks Ellen. : )

>61 JDHomrighausen: librattyteen, did you get it done?

Genny,

Did you finish? (If not I'll move mine to another challenge) :)

#69 Yes I did, just!

Yay!!!!! :)

Great book, too.

#71 Yes, honest and tough and almost grim, but there seemed to be a hint of hope or at least acceptance at the end of each chapter which relieved the darkness a bit.

> 68

I confess, no. I tried to read it fast but that just seemed antithetical to the whole mindfulness kick. I'm 100 pages in. But I'll let you know when I get it done since I'm curious to compare thoughts. :)