I Challenge You!

Since I've just been LOVING all of the Blogger book-challenges, I've decided to create my own based off a desire I've long had... and I'm sure fellow book-loving Bloggers share!

IT'S A TBR CHALLENGE!


For this challenge you should....

** Pick 12 books - one for each month of 2007 - that you've been wanting to read (have been on your "To Be Read" list) for 6 months or longer, but haven't gotten around to.

** Then, starting January 1, 2007, read one of these books from your list each month, ending December 31, 2007. :o)

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)

And, to spice things up a bit, here's my incentive:
Every 3 months, for the duration of the challenge, I will pick one challenge participant's name from a "hat". That person --if they've read the amount of books for that time (ie: 3 books in 3 months; 6 books in 6 months, etc)-- will receive a small gift (via snail-mail) from me. ;-)

Are you up for the challenge? Leave your name and a link to your blog!


MY TBR in 2007 LIST:

1. Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone (#1) - J.K. Rowling (done: Nov.28/07)


2. Passage - Connie Willis (done: Sept.11/07)


3. Middlemarch - George Eliot (done: Feb.6/07)


4. The Wise Woman - Christian Jacq


5. The Surgeon - Tess Gerritsen (done: Apr.9/07)


6. Premonition - Randall Ingermanson


7. Shadow Baby - Ami McGhee


8. Envy - Sandra Brown (done: Jun.21/07)


9. Bethesda: A Novel - Paul A. Nigro


10. The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde (done: Nov.18/07)


11. Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs


12. The Tea Rose - Jennifer Donnelly

For EXTRA CREDIT:

• Messy Spirituality - Mike Yaconelli


• How to Be Good - Nick Hornby


• Flabbergasted - Ray Blackston


• The Rule of Four - Caldwell/Thomason


• Deep In the Valley - Robyn Carr


• Dying Declaration - Randy Singer


• Double Vision - Randall Ingermanson


• The #1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith


• If I Had You - Deborah Bedford


• Her Daughter's Eyes - Jessica Barksdale Inclan


• The Codex - Douglas Preston


• Peace Like a River - Leif Enger


• Preparing Your Son for Every Man's Battle - Stephen Arterburn

NOTE: I've created a Yahoo group for those that want to participate via a list. It might be easier to keep track of who's read what that way... Join me? :o)



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As of Jan.31/07:
MEMBERSHIP IS NOW CLOSED
until December 2007!
THANK YOU!