From My Reader's Block:

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):

1. Ill Wind by Rachel Caine
2. Heat Stroke by Rachel Caine
3. Valley of Silence by Nora Roberts
4. Morrigan's Cross by Nora Roberts
5. Dance of the Gods by Nora Roberts
6. Chill Factor by Rachel Caine
7. Firestorm by Rachel Caine
8. Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk
9. The Devlin Diary by Christie Philips
10. The Rossetti Letter by Christie Philips
11. Baby Proof by Emily Giffin
12. Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin
13. Next by Michael Crichton
14. Velveteen by Daniel Marks
15. Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn
16. Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn
17. Wedding of the Century
18. Unknown by Rachel Caine
19. Undone by Rachel Caine
20. Cotillion by Georgette Heyer
21. The Firebrand by Susan Wiggs
22. The Hostage by Susan Wiggs
23. The Mistress by Susan Wiggs
24. Lessons in French by Lauren Kinsale
25. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
26. Total Eclipse by Rachel Caine
27. Cape Storm by Rachel Caine
28. Gale Force by Rachel Caine
29. Thin Air by Rachel Caine
30. Windfall by Rachel Caine
31. As Shadows Fade by Colleen Gleason
32. When Twilight Burns by Colleen Gleason
33. Bleeding Dusk by Colleen Gleason
34. Rises the Night by Colleen Gleason
35. The Rest Falls Away by Colleen Gleason
36. Year Zero by Jeff Long
37. Change of Fortune by Jen Turano
38. The Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
39. Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand
40. Storm Glass by Maria Snyder
41. One Day by David Nicholls
42. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
43. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
44. P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern
45. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
46. Collapse by Jared Diamond
47. The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
48. Almost America by Steve Tally
49. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
50. The Selected Stories of O. Henry
51. Vanity Fiar by William Makepeace Thackeray
52. Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
53. Ganymede by Cherie Priest
54. Dreadnought by Cherie Priest
55. TBD
56. TBD
57. TBD
58. TBD
59. TBD
60. TBD