Well, folks, the 2009 year is fast approaching! Sorry that I've been remiss in putting up a new post for the new year! I've not really even thought of it until today -- while realizing there's only really 2 weeks left of the year! Yikes!
So, ARE YOU READY TO SIGN UP FOR 2009??? If so, please add your name to the Mr.Linky below! Please make sure that your blog link is to the actual post where your list is...not just your main blog link. (so, for example, instead of just //tbrchallenge.blogspot.com, it would be something more like //tbrchallenge.blogspot.com/2008/12/18/my-list-here.html --only it'd be YOUR blog addy! LOL). If this is still unclear, feel free to email me and ask more! ;P
But, remember, please, that you cannot start reading for the challenge until January 1st, 2009. ;)
To remind you of the rules:
* the challenge is to read 12 TBR books in 12 months -- you can read those all in one month if you want, or one a month, or however you wanna do it.
* you need to have a list posted somewhere for others to see (even if it's in a comment here)
* you CANNOT change your list after January 1st, 2009!!!
* you can create an Alternates list of MAXIMUM 12 books, if you want, in order to have options to choose from (you can read these in place of books on your original list).
* audiobooks and e-books ARE allowed
* re-reads are NOT allowed, as they aren't TRUE "TBRs"
* you CAN overlap with other challenges
* OPTIONAL: you can join the Yahoo! Group created for participants of the TBR Challenge, if you want to have a place to keep your list, or just to share with others about how you're doing! :)
Okay! The countdown is on!!! Get your list(s) ready, and make sure you post the link to it in the Mr. Linky! ;)
EXTRA 2009 BUTTONS (feel free to use on your own blog!):
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Please Note: *** There is now a new SISTER challenge to this original version of the TBR Challenge... it's called "TBR *Lite*", and it's more "low-pressure"... SO, if you feel you can't read 12 books in 12 months, why not try out the new version? BOTH CHALLENGES will be taking place in 2009, so you can join either/or! Please only join ONE version, though. ;) Thanks! ***
Go to the TBR *Lite* CHALLENGE blog!
54 comments:
I will do it again even tho I complained fo re the entire year how sucky my picks were. This year I put them on top of the bookshelv in big piles. Do we get 24 again?
Lindy
I'm ready for it and will post my list later today.
I am in! I love this challenge and have great picks this year. My post is up, Mr. Linky signed,and the challenge page is linked back on my post.
Thanks and big smiles to you, Mizb!
Kim
Haha - this is what I thought I was signing up for a month ago, which is (due to my stubborn nature) now forcing me to read 12 books in one month. I'm in for sure for 2009 - after all, it'll only be easier to have an actual year to do it in!
Thanks for hosting this. Am taking part this year!
I'm so excited to try again. Thanks for continuing to host it!
Oops my apologies--I linked to just the main page instead of my TBR link. Should I sign up again?
I am excited! I am reading my last one for '08 now!
This will be the answer to my goal to "read more" for the new year!
now I just have to get the rest of my books chosen... - Thanks for the challenge!
That was a lot of pressure picking out those books! LOL
But I am looking forward to my first Challenge next year and thank you for letting me join!
YAY!! My first reading challenge.I have my list all ready on my blog,I am looking forward to participating.
Thanks for hosting this challenge again in 2009
I'm excited to participate!!
I am in again this year. Maybe I can finish my list this year.
Wish me luck
Lissa/Reading Mama
This sounds right up my alley, and will force me to read these books that have been on my list forever! I'm glad I found this!
Julie
I am diving into my first ever challenge. I have signed up and posted my list on my blog. Thanks for hosting, I am looking forward to this.
I've never done a reading challenge before but reading 12 books off my TBR pile sounds like a great idea!
Excited to start this challenge. Posted my list with the other challenges I am doing in 2009. :)
I read 10 of 12 last year! The challenge made me read some things that I probably would have put off otherwise. Looking forward to 2009...My list is on my blog. Happy reading, all! - B.
Okay, here we go. I picked books to make me grow in my walk with Christ. I love to read fiction so reading all these non-fiction books will be a real stretch for me.
This is my first challenge. I'm excited to get started. What a great idea!!!
I had planned on reading these books in the next few months (or selling them off), so this will give me the incentive to actually finish them. :) I'm excited!
I just stumbled upon this challenge today. I can't wait to get started.
Posted my list. Really looking for to this challenge!
I'm in. Fun! Thanks for hosting.
Even though I didn't get through my list, I did read 60 other books in 2008. See how it goes this year.
Count me in. I've posted my list on my blog
Ok, my list is up and I'm ready. I tried to choose books that I could overlap with my other challenges.
I am signed up, and my list up and ready.
I'm on it!
I've posted my list and linked, thank you.
Thanks! I can't wait to start reading and see what books others are reading.
This is my first online book challenge and it's just what I needed!
Oh and my list is up :)
I am so excited that I found this at GingerPatches' blog today. Now I have a plan!
My 1st challenge, I think I can do it & it looks like fun! Plus, I desperately need to get my TBR down!!! Must go pick books....
Ok, I think I did everything right. I posted my list on my blog and then entered Mr. Linky.
Thanks!
I got distracted and didn't complete the challenge in 2008. This year I hope to stay focused and knock 12 books off my To Be Read pile.
I'm very excited about this year's list. I am very ready for it!
Last year's TBR was a very successful challenge for me so I'm pleased to be participating again this year. My '09 list includes almost all the books I didn't read from my '08 list (minus the one my daughter took) along with some new titles.
I wish all of the '09 participants great success this year!
I'm joining...I have a lot of books on my list to read, this will give me some great motivation!
Well, I wanted to read 12 books from my TBR pile this year but I'm not sure about setting them in stone, as it were. I've started my list but it will take a while for it to be complete.
hey! i'm so excited for this challenge! :]
Totally signing up cause i need more books to read.
I'm starting late, but really, since I had to turn a book in today (did that yesterday), and I was basically in a cave for the whole of January, my year is starting now. A month late.
I read a LOT, though with this next short deadline, I may read less than usual, but I want to move out some of the books I have camped out on my TBR shelves. (I have two. Plus a box under my bed I keep forgetting. Plus a totebag by the sofa in the den. Plus a sack or two by the nightstand.)
Anyway, by committing to these books, hopefully I'll get some stuff cleared out! This is a great idea.
Hello! this is an interesting challenge you have... I just got into blogging a couple weeks ago, and I've already started (and finished) one book this year.
Can I still join even if I'm late? :)
My blog is at:
http://absorbedinwords.blogspot.com/
Hello! I am hoping it is alright I'm joining a bit late! Never done one of these before, but this seemed like a perfect idea. Have so many books I'm always meaning to read next. Hopefully now I will. =)
I've never done a reading challenge before, so I'm pretty excited to participate, even though I'm tardy. I just put up my list.
Even tho I'm late....I can do it! I have my post up. I'm excited.
It was nice being able to choose from my own bookshelf.
So glad I found this challenge! I've never done this before but I'm in. I already had a pile of books I wanted/needed to read, so it was pretty easy to pick the 12. Now to be steadfast and unmovable, also a goal of mine. Keep pressing on with tenacity in whatever I'm doing - no procrastinating and no fizzling out. Here we go!
Just found out about this challenge, and though I'm more than half a year late, I'm really keen on finishing 12 books starting from today!
My list is HERE.
*ps: I don't blog with my Blogger account, so the two don't tally. =)
I finished! You can see my wrap up post here:
http://pageafterpage-kim.blogspot.com/2008/12/favorite-challenge.html
It was fun and I liked all my picks this year.
*smiles*mo
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