Mt. TBR Reading Challenge

I’m going to participate (for the third year!) in a challenge that will help me tackle Mt. TBR.

Hosted by Bev, at Reader’s Block, here are the rules.

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Challenge Levels (I’ve adjusted the levels just slightly this year):

Pike’s Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s
Mount Blanc: Read 24 books from your TBR pile/s (My goal)
Mt. Vancouver: Read 36 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Ararat: Read 48 books from your TBR piles/s
Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 60 books from your TBR pile/s
El Toro: Read 75 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Everest: Read 100 books from your TBR pile/s
Mount Olympus (Mars): Read 150+ books from your TBR pile/s

And the rules:
*Once you choose your challenge level, you are locked in for at least that many books. If you find that you’re on a mountain-climbing roll and want to tackle a taller mountain, then you are certainly welcome to upgrade.

*Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2013.

*You may sign up anytime from now until November 30th, 2013.

*Books must be owned by you prior to January 1, 2013. No ARCs (none), no library books. No rereads. [To clarify--based on a question raised last year--the intention is to reduce the stack of books that you have bought for yourself or received as presents {birthday, Christmas, "just because," etc.}. 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 in 2013.  I will trust you all on that.

*Books may be used to count for other challenges as well.

*Feel free to submit your list in advance (as incentive to really get those books taken care of) or to tally them as you climb.

*A blog and reviews are not necessary to participate. If you have a blog, then please post a challenge sign up and link THAT post (not your home page) into the linky below. Non-bloggers, please leave a comment declaring your challenge level–OR, if you are a member of Goodreads, I will once again put together a group for the challenge there. Feel free to sign up HERE.  And, finally, I am contemplating a review tracker for this year.  I will post a link if that works out.

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MY CHALLENGE POST

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My List:

1.    44 Charles Street, by Danielle Steel – Read in June 2013 (Purchased in 2011)

2    All the Available Light:  A Marilyn Monroe Reader, edited by Yona Zeldis McDonough-Read in June 2013 (Purchased in 2011)

3.    Carrie Diaries, The, by Candace Bushnell – 389 pages -Read in January (Purchased in 2010)

4.    Half Broke Horses (e-book), by Jeannette Walls – 276 pages -Read in March(Purchased in 2010)

5.    How I Made Over $42,000 in 1 Month….Kindle ebook - 99 pages -Read in March (Purchased in 5/2012)

6.    I.O.U. Sex (e-book), by Sandra Nachlinger & Sandra Allen – 392 pages- Read in January (Purchased 12/2012)

7.    Just Breathe, by Susan Wiggs – 470 pages – Read in May 2013 (Purchased in 2010)

8.   Knit Two, by Kate Jacobs – 318 pages- Read in February (Purchased in 2010)

9.    Last Light Over Carolina, by Mary Alice Monroe – 369 pages- Read in January (Purchased 9/2011)

10. That Old Cape Magic, by Richard Russo – 261 pages – Read in January (Purchased in 7/2011)

11.   RagDoll Redeemed, by Dawn Novotny – 165 pages - Read in January (Purchased 5/2012)

12.  Restless Souls, etc., by Alisa Statman – 380 pages – Read in January (Purchased 4/2012)

13.  Sign of the Times (e-book), by Susan Buchanan – 373 pages – Read in February (Purchased 9/2012)

14.  Smash Cut, by Sandra Brown – 367 pages -  Read in January (Purchased before 2010)