Mount TBR June Checkpoint!

I've been climbing my mountain all year so far and have made amazing strides.  I was determined to make my mountain climb, and I believe I will!  I am so close to the top that I can feel the cool breeze and see the snow peaked top!  Here is my original post with where I am in my climb and the reviews to my "steps".

Mount TBR Reading Challenge 2013

2013 Mount TBR Reading Challenge

As I mentioned last year, I am a bookaholic.  I can't let a bookstore (used or new, it doesn't matter) go by without stopping in ("just to look") and walking out with at least something--if not an armload. I wait all year for the Red Cross Book Sale in October so I can cart them out by the bagful. And, well, that means that I wind up with gigantic piles of TBR books stacked up around my backroom. I don't have a TBR shelf. Oh, no. I have "Mount TBR"...actually a whole mountain range.  And it doesn't matter that I've just spent the last year working on my mountain range with the Mount TBR Reading Challenge.  They just keep on sprouting up.
 
So, once again, I plan to concentrate on reading primarily from my own books this year. And you're invited to join me in knocking out some of those books that have been waiting in the wings for weeks....months...even years.

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.

I am choosing to "climb" Mount Blanc this year.  I didn't make it up my mountain this year, so I am shooting for a smaller one this year to see if I can make the climb.  :-)

My Progress is below:

1.  Starflower by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

2.  Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris

3.  Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris

4.  Embrace by Jessica Shirvington

5.  Not Your Ordinary Faerie Tale by Christine Warren

6.  Heart of Gold by J.R. Ward

7.  The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

8.  Night of the Aurora by J.A. Marlow

9.  Black Wings by Christina Henry

10.  Ghost of a Chance by Yasmine Galenorn

11.  Murder Under a Mystic Moon by Yasmine Galenorn

12.  One Hex of a Wedding by Yasmine Galenorn

13.  Coffin Man by James D. Doss

14.  Ghost Ship by P.J. Alderman

15.  Loco Motive by Mary Daheim

16.  Scoop! by Hannah Dennison

17.  Blue is for Nightmares by Laurie Faria Stolarz

18.  White is for Magic by Laurie Faria Stolarz

19.  Silver is for Secrets by Laurie Faria Stolarz

20.  Red is for Remembrance by Laurie Faria Stolarz

21.  The Island by Heather Graham

22.  3rd Degree by James Patterson

23.  4th of July by James Patterson

24.  5th Horseman by James Patterson
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