Challenge Levels:
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. All books counted for lower mountains may carry over towards the new peak.
*Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2014.
*You may sign up anytime from now until November 30th, 2014.
*Books must be owned by you prior to January 1, 2014. No ARCs (none), no library books. No rereads. *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 2014. 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.
*There will be quarterly check-ins and prize drawings!
*A blog and reviews are not necessary to participate.

This year I am scaling back a bit. I know that life with an infant deters my rampant reading habit. So I am going for the Mt. Vancouver level of 36 books. That will still be a huge chunk out of my TBR piles.

TBR List:

The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
Neuromancer
Contact by Carl Sagan
Dune by Frank Herbert
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Fingersmith
Beloved
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
Siddartha by Herman Hesse
The Nanny Diaries
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
The Devil in the White City
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
The Little Prince
The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul by Terry Pratchett
Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
John Adams
Washington
American Lion
Woodrow Wilson
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The House of Riverton by Kate Morton
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Alexander Hamilton
Private World of Georgette Heyer
What Ifs of American History
TBD