My own personal challenge for 2013.
Get as many of these piles of books read
and off my shelf.
and off my shelf.
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| All these books are listed below |
There are a lot of 2013 Challenges going up around the blogging community. I've signed up for a couple. But I thought I would challenge myself to get my physical TBR pile down in 2013.
I'm putting myself on notice. For every 10 books I read from the above picture I can buy 1 new release in 2013.
That is one HUGE TBR and that's not counting my ebooks and audio books. There is a SMALL pile in the front that are borrowed books. But the rest were bought (new or used) or won through hops and giveaways or gifted.
I know you're thinking CRAP that's a lot of books to read in 2013. YES it is. But you are going to want to cheer me on because the books I read will go into giveaways boxes. That's right GIVEAWAY BOXES.
I'll do a quarterly update posts to let you guys know how many of the books I've read and with each post there will be a giveaway.
While this is not a challenge that I'm hosting for people to sign up for; feel free to let me know what books you've read from your TBR in the comments section of each update post. Because I will pick a random commenter to giveaway a book(s) to. So with each update post you have two chances of winning books off my TBR.
Keep in mind some of the books are used so there will be some shelf wear to them. But I only buy used books that are in good condition.
If you are wondering what books are on that shelf take a look.....
In no order of importance....
- Stranger In My Arms by Lisa Klepas
- Tall, Dark and Wolfish by Lydia Dare
- Hot for Fireman by Jennifer Bernard
- Heartless by Gail Carriger
- Blameless by Gail Carriger
- Changeless by Gail Carriger
- Soulless by Gail Carriger
- Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison
- Stalking the Others by Jess Haines
- Deceived by the Others by Jess Haines
- Taken by the Others by Jess Haines
- Shaedes of Gray by Amanda Bonilla
- Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
- The Highlander's Touch by Karen Marie Moning
- The Immortal Highlanger by Karen Marie Moning
- Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
- To Tame a Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning
- Spell of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning
- Flat-Out Sexy by Erin McCarthy
- Accidentally Demonic by Dakota Cassidy
- Soul Thief by Jana Oliver
- Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton
- Ecstasy Untamed by Pamela Palmer
- The Fireman Who Loved Me by Jennifer Bernard
- Don of the Dead by Casey Daniels
- Karma Girl by Jennifer Estep
- Hot Mama by Jennifer Estep
- Jinx by Jennifer Estep
- Lie to Me by Tori St. Clarie
- Blood and Whiskey by Clark Hays & Kathleen McFall
- Bloodlines by Richelle Mead
- Storm's Heart by Thea Harrison
- Oracle's Moon by Thea Harrison
- Serpent's Kiss by Thea Harrison
- Claimed by the Highlander by Julianne MacLean
- Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch
- Alien Tango by Gini Koch
- Primal Law by J.D. Tyler
- Savage Awakening by J.D. Tyler
- Feast of Harvest Dreams by Merrie Destefano
- Bloodlands by Christine Cody
- Hunt the Moon by Karen Chance
- Darker Angels by M.L.N. Hanover
- Vicious Grace by M.L.N. Hanover
- Killing Rites by M.L.N. Hanover
- Ghouls Just Haunt to Have Fun by Victoria Laurie
- Ghoul Interrupted by Victoria Laurie
- A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix
- In the Blood by Adrian Phoenix
- Beneath the Skin of Adrian Phoenix
- Changeling by Kelly Meding
- Wrong Side of Dead by Kelly Meding
- Afterlight by Elle Jasper
- Everdark by Elle Jasper
- Eventide by Elle Jasper
- Love in the Time of Dragons by Katie MacAlister
- The Unbearable Lightness of Dragons by Katie MacAlister
- Mind Games by Carolyn Crane
- Double Cross by Carolyn Crane
- It Takes a Witch by Heather Blake
- A Witch Before Dying by Heather Blake
- Kiss of Steel by Bec McMaster
- Unleashed by Sara Humphreys
- Bound by Blood by Amanda Ashley
- The Vampire Next Door by Ashlyn Chase
- Kiss of the Vampire
Once Burned by Jeaniene Frost- The Mage in Black by Jaye Wells
- Green-Eyed Demon by Jaye Wells
- Silver-Tongued Devil by Jaye Wells
- Blue-Blooded Vamp by Jaye Wells
- The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay
- The Hour of Dust and Ashes by Kelly Gay
- Shadows Before the Sun by Kelly Gay
- Tracking the Tempest by Nicole Peeler
- Eye of the Tempest by Nicole Peeler
- Tempest's Fury by Nicole Peeler
- Mercy Burns by Keri Arthur
- Destiny Kills by Keri Arthur
- Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
- The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison
- Every Which Way But Dead by Kim Harrison
- A Fistful of Charms by Kim Harrison
- For a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison
- Masques by Patricia Briggs
- Wolfsbane by Patrica Briggs
- Never Again by Michelle Bardsley
- Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry
- Road Trip of the Living Dead by Mark Henry
- Battle of the Network Zombies by Mark Henry
- Black Heart Loa by Adrian Phoenix
- Black Dust Mambo by Adrian Phoenix
- Bad Blood by Kristen Painter
- Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter
- Death's Rival by Faith Hunter
- A Demon Does it Better by Linda Wisdom
- Alpha Instinct by Katie Reus
- Dying Wish by Shannon K. Butcher
- Dying Bites by D.D. Barant
- Wicked Game by Jeri Smith-Ready
- The First Days by Rhiannon Frator
- Bad to the Bone by Jeri Smith-Ready
- Velveteen by Daniel Marks
I will also be updating this list as I read the books on my Challenges page if you care to stop by to check it out between the quarterly update posts.
Good luck with your challenge. I know you can do it!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I hope I can.
DeleteHoly sh@t that's a lot of books,,,,,looks like my book shelf, get reading lol..I can always use more,,,
ReplyDeleteLOL. That kind of thinking is what got that many books on my shelf. You don't even what to know how many books are on my Nook.
DeleteThis is a big goal for myself next year also! What were the other TBR challenges you joined?
ReplyDeleteOh I didn't join any other TBR challenges. I was referring to the other challenges I signed up for....
Delete2013 Contemporary Romance Challenge hosted by The Book vixen
2013 AAD Challenge hosted by Midnyte Reader
And the Audio book challenge I'm co-hosting.
Plus I'll sign up for UTC's Immortal Reading Challenge once their 2013 post goes up.
If my TBR are paperbacks it'll look something like this if not worse. Glad my Kindle hides my problem LOL. Good Luck Jen!
ReplyDeleteYes, I have a Nook and I don't want to talk about how many books are hidden on that thing. LOL
DeleteHoly crap! Seriously my tbr books that I own are no where near this. I'm about to check though. I'm going to pull them off the shelf just so I can see. My kindle only has like 250 books and I think I've read most of them. But now I'm curious.
ReplyDeleteAnyways Good Luck!
yeah. I bought a lot of paperbacks this year. B&N had that $3.95 sale back in the spring and I had a $50 gift card leftover from Xmas that I used. Then I've been hitting up my local used book store.
DeleteThen I've won a few and then received some in the mail from Awesome peeps like you and Heather over at Book Savvy Babe.
I love this! I may do my own TBR challenge, like you, since I haven't found one I like (that's simple). I'll be cheering you on :D
ReplyDeleteI thought about doing this a while back. I thought if I made it public it would MAKE me do it. LOL
DeleteGood point! I'll have to be sure to hound you ;)
DeleteThat's a ton of books, but I know you can do it! Good luck! And I'm pretty excited about your giveaways!
ReplyDeleteOh good LORD that's a ton of books!! Good luck darlin. And now you've inspired me to do my own personal challenge. I feel I should shake my fist in the air and curse you, but I'll hug you instead. :)
ReplyDeletethats really a lot of books lol mine is 100+ good luck hun~
ReplyDeleteVery cool seeing one of my books in there! Good luck with your challenge. :)
ReplyDeleteWell it's very cool for you to stop by. Thanks
DeleteI'm so mad at my phone. it didn't post :(
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I love this idea. It's a great reward system. It's going to be hard to say no to some of the new releases but I think you can pull this off. Good luck on your challenge. Can't wait to see the results. If it works for you I might try it myself.
Wow, that's a pretty good looking TBR pile. I try to read from mine but I can't help all the news ones that I keep hearing about and really want to read. I like the challenge because it's realistic and do-able. I read based on my mood so whatever is on my TBR pile has to be a book I want to read at that moment.
ReplyDeleteRecently I read Angels Fall by Nora Roberts, Firelight by Kristen Callihan and Black Ice by Anne Stuart. It makes me happy because these were books that were on my list for forever!
I so need to a challenge like this one! Good luck!
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