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 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.

Last year, I signed up for the Mount Everest level, but I failed miserably. I spent a ton of time reading library books instead of my own. This year I am determined to decrease my TBR boxes (yes boxes). I am signing up for the Mt. Kilimanjaro level of 60 books.

My Tentative TBR (so far):

Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine
Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts
Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts
Dance of the Gods by Nora Roberts
Chill Factor by Rachel Caine
Firestorm by Rachel Caine
Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk
The Devlin Diary by Christie Philips
The Rossetti Letter by Christie Philips
Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin
Next by Michael Crichton
Velveteen by Daniel Marks
Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn
Wedding of the Century
Unknown by Rachel Caine
Undone by Rachel Caine
Cotillion by Georgette Heyer
The Firebrand by Susan Wiggs
The Hostage by Susan Wiggs
The Mistress by Susan Wiggs
Lessons in French by Lauren Kinsale
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Total Eclipse by Rachel Caine
Cape Storm by Rachel Caine
Gale Force by Rachel Caine
Thin Air by Rachel Caine
Windfall by Rachel Caine
As Shadows Fade by Colleen Gleason
When Twilight Burns by Colleen Gleason
Bleeding Dusk by Colleen Gleason
Rises the Night by Colleen Gleason
The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason
Year Zero by Jeff Long
Change of Fortune by Jen Turano
The Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand
Storm Glass by Maria Snyder
One Day by David Nicholls
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Collapse by Jared Diamond
The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
Almost America by Steve Tally
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
The Selected Stories of O. Henry
Vanity Fiar by William Makepeace Thackeray
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Ganymede by Cherie Priest
Dreadnought by Cherie Priest
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