TBR Challenge 2009

Intro­duc­tion

Wel­come to the TBR Chal­lenge for 2009 Info page. TBR Chal­lenge was an idea I had when I was a reg­u­lar poster at AAR sev­eral years ago. As read­ers, we col­lect or buy _so_ many books over the years and now we must make a con­certed effort to read them. Adopt­ing ebooks as my pre­ferred for­mat has cut down my need to buy paper but I have so many paper books that are wait­ing TBR that I’d like to actu­ally _read_ them so that I can get _rid_ of them. So, with­out fur­ther ado, please join me and the other read­ers in this challenge!

This chal­lenge is an OPEN one and it is to be what­ever you want it to be. Below is just a list of monthly sug­ges­tions for you with another table for reader ref­er­ences. Read­ers are always wel­come to join any­time dur­ing the chal­lenge by con­tact­ing me here. There are no penal­ties for skip­ping a month. No pur­chase is nec­es­sary to join in and you do not need a blog to par­tic­i­pate. What you _will_ need is dis­ci­pline and _enthusiasm_ and a awe­some group of read­ers along­side you to cheer you on!

Reader Ref­er­ences

This is by no means a com­plete list of reader ref­er­ences out there but it should be enough to get you started. If there are other sites you’d like to add that would ben­e­fit read­ers, please con­tact me.

Reference(s)

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The Icon

As for the icon for this chal­lenge, it is free of copy­right so we are free to use it. So grab a copy of it and stick it in your side­bar (if you like). I also have a higher res­o­lu­tion image that was sent to me that I may use later. Again, the icon for the chal­lenge is free to use!

The Par­tic­i­pants

ames aka Thrifty Reader
Nicole from Blog Happy
Jor­rie Spencer the romance author
Renee aka Renee’s Book Addic­tions
Randi the romance reader

JC who researches romance
Nath who has a lot of…books
Book­wor­mom self-explanatory
Shan­non C has semi-lucid rav­ings
Kailana is all about the writ­ten world

tvad­dict­gurl the night is her com­pan­ion
Li aka Me and My Books
Angela aka Nice Mommy, Evil Edi­tor
Jenn Logan’s Lit­er­ary Liba­tions
Ann-Kat from Today, I Read

G from The Big Apple to the Big Bear
Jill D she’s a romance rookie
KristieJ loves to ram­ble on romance, etc
Taja from Books and Games
jmc the occa­sional book reviewer

Sen­e­tra is hang­ing out at my blog
Chris­tine it’s about the hap­pily ever after…
Phyl from Quilts to Books
Les­leyW aka Lesley’s Book Nook
Alyssa Alyssa’s Book Blog

Jen­ny­girl loves to read
Jil­ly­fae aka the jack of all trades
Brie aka the Bib­lio­phile
Colleen says life is too short to drink bad wine

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Jane, Janine, Jia from Dear Author
ReneeW she reads romance
Kara aka the book chal­lenger
Amy from her cor­ner of the world

Tracee gives us The Review From Here
NTE aka not that easy
Lisa writes about books, lists and life
Gina says she’d rather read

Ash­ley is drown­ing in her books
Mar­gay romance author
Sandy is a Texas book­worm
Dana has a crooked book­shelf
Jan just read­ing, etc

Rosie one woman’s opin­ion on every­thing
Belle her nose is always in a book
Nikki aka romance book crazy
Lil­lian hails from just one more chapter

Ag who is in her books
SarahT from Mon­key Bear Reviews
Natalie from Dogs,Books & Yarn

I think I have every­body and if I missed you, my apolo­gies, just send me an email. If you want to join just shoot me a email.

Key to terms:

*DIK sim­ply means Desert Isle Keeper as coined by AAR, which are reserved for books that are keep­ers
*AAR stands for All About Romance, a review site for romances that has been around a long time

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