This fun challenge is great for me (and everyone I know) to get rid of some of those TBR books that just keep stacking up and up and up. I like that it is specific in that your chosen books have to be at least 6 months old. I have books laying around my apartment that I have had for 20 years (sad but true.) The blog title will link you back to the original post. Here are Miz B's rules.....
** Pick 12 books – one for each month of the year - that you’ve been wanting to read (
that have been on your “To Be Read” list) for 6 months or longer, but haven’t gotten around to.
** OPTIONAL: Create a list of
12 “Alternates” (
books you could substitute for your challenge books, given that a particular one doesn’t grab you at the time)
** Then, starting
January 1, read one of these books from your list each month, ending
December 31. )
By the end of the year you should’ve knocked 12 books off of your TBR list! (
of course, if you’re anything like me, you’ll have added *at LEAST* 12 more to the ever-growing pile by then! LOL).
The good news is, though, that you’ll be making some progress! ;o)
Additional rules/guidelines for this challenge:
* the challenge is to read 12 TBR books in 12 months —
you can read those all in one month if you want, or one a month, or however you wanna do it.
* you should have
a list posted somewhere for others to see
*
you CANNOT change your list after January 1st, of the current year!!!
* you can create an Alternates list of MAXIMUM 12 books, if you want, in order to have options to choose from (
you can read these in place of books on your original list).
* audiobooks and e-books ARE allowed
* re-reads are NOT allowed, as they aren’t TRUE “TBRs”
* you CAN overlap with other challenges
* OPTIONAL: you can join the
Yahoo! Group created for participants of the TBR Challenge, if you want to have a place to keep your list, or just to share with others about how you’re doing!
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My list......some are carrying over from the 2010 challenge that I didn't get to.
Main List
1-Blood Bound by Patricia Biggs
2-Darkling by Yasmine Galenorn
3-She's No Faerie Princess by Christine Warren
4-No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole
5-The Darkest Kiss by Gena Showalter
6-Your Coffin Or Mine? by Kimberly Raye
7-Evermore by Lynn Viehl
8-Lover Avenged by JR Ward
9-Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon
10-Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning
11-Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione
12-First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost
Alternate List
1-The Nerd Who Loved Me by Vicki Lewis Thompson
2-Tangled up In You by Rachel Gibson
3-Twin of Ice by Jude Deveraux
4-Wild Jinx by Sandra Hill
5-With This Ring by Amanda Quick
6-Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas
7-Whitney, My Love by Judith McNaught
8-If You Desire by Kresley Cole
9-Ravished by a Highlander by Paula Cole
10-Blue Eyed Devil by Lisa Kleypas
11-Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie
12-Back in Black by Lori Foster
