So I’ve been feeling pretty good about reading in general lately. I’ve definitely been cruising through some books, which has been nice. I am, however, still just as terrible as remembering to do monthly posts for this challenge, so welcome to my second 2-in-1 of the year. 😇
Stats:
TBR Count as of 5/1/19: 990
TBR Count as of 5/31/19: 1,021
TBR Count as of 6/1/19: 1,021
TBR Count as of 6/30/19: 1,052
Fun fact: If you have more than 1,000 books on your TBR list on Goodreads, good luck figuring out which number they are because the Goodreads ranking is only 3 digits long, so it looks like it started counting over again at 100 (rather than 1,001). 🤪 Ha ha…
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⏬A brief recap of the rules for both challenges can be found at the bottom of this post.⏬
Books Crossed Off Virtual TBR (these are books I did not own but that were on my GR TBR list) in May and June:
Books Crossed Off Physical TBR (these are books I either owned a physical or digital copy of [prior to the start of 2019] but that weren’t necessarily on my GR TBR list):
Books read that applied to neither challenge (because of course I would do this):
I finished two more books in these last two months than I did in March and April which is good. More importantly, I actually crossed a Physical book off the list! 👏 That’s only because I joined another book club though that required me to have a book almost right away. 🤓
I’d also like to point out that all 3 of the books that I read that were not a part of either challenge were all from book club, so I’m going to call this a success.
Here’s to my continued scale of Mount Mindolluin and happy reading in July everyone!
The Aries Atlas 
~Books must be owned by you prior to January 1, 2019. No library books.
~The ONLY exception to the library rule: If you own the book in any form and have a valid reason to check out a version from the library instead, then you may count it. I have, in the last couple years, allowed this when individuals have made requests. For example–if you own the hard copy, but are planning on taking a trip where listening to the audio version would be a great way to knock out a book while you drive, then by all means check out the audio version and have a wonderful trip!
~Any reread may count, regardless of how long you’ve owned it prior to 2019, provided you have not read it in last five years (Bev’s arbitrary time limit) and have not counted it for a previous Mount TBR Challenge.
~Audiobooks and E-books may count if they are yours and they are one of your primary sources of backlogged books.
~You may count any “currently reading” book that you begin prior to January 1–provided that you had 50% or more of the book left to finish when January 1 rolled around. The only exception to this rule is if you have participated in Mount TBR the previous year and were unable to finish the book in time for the Final Check-in Post. Then–if you finish the book post-January 1, you may count it as your first step of the new challenge.
~You may count “Did Not Finish” books provided they meet your own standard for such things, you do not plan to ever finish it, and you move it off your mountain [give it away, sell it, etc. OR remove it from your e-resources]. For example, Bev’s personal rule (unless it’s a very short book) is to give a book at least 100 pages. If she decides she just can’t finish it and won’t ever, then off the mountain it goes and she counts it as a victory because the stack is smaller!
~Books may be used to count for other challenges as well.