Adam Burgess
Writer
February Checkpoint #TBR2022RBR
Hello, TBR Pile Challengers!
Welcome to our second checkpoint for this year’s TBR Pile Challenge! It looks like some of you are off to a rip-roaring start! Way to go! As for me? I’m basically right on track, having completed two of my reads & reviews while being about halfway through list selection number three (A People’s History of the United States).
Progress: 2 of 12 Completed
So far, I’ve read and reviewed 2 of my 12 required books. I do plan to start Book 3 very soon, but more importantly, I need to get some reviews written and posted! I’ve got a couple of recent reads, like Lydia Millet’s A Children’s Bible and Rainbow Rowell’s Anyway the Wind Blows, sitting here on my desk staring at me with judgmental furor. (To be fair, I don’t review every book I read, anymore, so I may or may not even do these.) To be honest, I’ve pivoted to only reading books that I can rave about, as time is short and I don’t particularly believe in posting negative reviews (I just post the stars to Goodreads.)
I still plan to read all 14 of the books on my list this year, the main 12 plus my 2 alternates, so I’m glad to be at least “on track” with one a month. Summer usually leaves me extra time, so I can catch up on alternates then. That said, I have quite a few very long books on my list this year, one of which I’ve been working on for a few weeks already, so maybe I shouldn’t get too cocky.
Books read:
- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
- When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz
How are you doing?
Below, you’re going to find the infamous Mr. Linky widget. If you read and review any challenge books this month, please link-up on the widget below. This Mr. Linky will be re-posted every month so that we can compile a large list of all that we’re reading and reviewing together this year. Each review that is linked-up on this widget throughout the year may also earn you entries into future related giveaways, so don’t forget to keep this updated!
MINI-CHALLENGE WINNER #1
Congratulations to Michelle of True Book Addict, who is the winner of our very first mini-challenge! Michelle will receive a book of her choice from The Book Depository ($15 USD or less).
We will have another mini-challenge in April but keep reading and posting your reviews. Remember that every completed review for your challenge list’s books that is linked up in our widget counts as an entry into the final prize at the end of the year!
Adam Burgess 
I was not expecting to have time to read that much so i have read 6of my main list, i know i will have less time later so i want to do as much as i can but right now i’m rereading to enjoy one of the list later to its fullest
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Working on my first book from my list. I’m hoping to read all 14 of mine too. Thanks again for my win. 🙂
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Congratulations, Michelle! I’ve managed to plow through 9 of my initial 12 selections, but things will probably slow down a bit as I work on other challenges I’ve got going on. I do plan on reading the two alternates as well.
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Thank you, Bev! 9 books already?! Impressive. 🙂 I’m pretty excited that I’ve already finished two for Book Challenge by Erin. Maybe I will actually finish this time.
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Well done for being on track. I’m very busy with Japanese titles until end of March (Japanese Literature Challenge), so haven’t started any yet for this challenge, but determined to do a blast starting in April!
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Congratulations to Michelle! I’ve read 3 so that’s a great start, but I have to take a break now while I catch up with my classics club reading – great going Adam, we can do it!!
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Thanks, Jane! Three…that is a great start. 🙂
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I’ve read 2, so I feel like I’m pretty much on track. And one of them was also on my Classics Club list.
Good job, everyone!
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I’ve read two so far. I really enjoyed The Lost Language of Cranes. I hope they are all as good as that. Moving on to The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan.
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I haven’t read much Amy Tan! I definitely need to add her back in to my TBR. I think the only one I’ve read is Joy Luck Club.
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