2008 TBR Challenge

I created this blog at the beginning of 2007 and thereby entered the fun, adventurous world of book blogging! Little did I know what was in store, as I soon discovered the even more fun, more adventurous world of reading challenges. One of the first I stumbled across was the 2007 TBR Challenge, hosted by MizB - but it was too late to join up. This year I'm in! And I'm going to join the Yahoo TBR Challenge group as well.

Basic Idea of the Challenge

• Pick 12 books - one for each month of 2008 - that I've been wanting to read (that have been on my "To Be Read" list) for six months or longer, but that I haven't gotten around to.


• Create a list of 12 "Alternates" (books I could substitute for my challenge books, given that a particular one doesn't grab me at the time). (Optional.)


• Then, starting January 1, 2008, read one of these books from my list each month, ending December 31, 2008.

Additional information and a sign-up Mr. Linky
can be found at the challenge blog.

My Main List
(alphabetical by title)

• Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner


• The Birth House by Ami Mckay


• Any Bitter Thing by Monica Wood


• Bellwether by Connie Willis


• A Dance for Three by Louise Plummer


• Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voight


• Life of Pi by Yann Martel


• Light from Heaven by Jan Karon


• The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd


• The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory


• Princess Academy by Shannon Hale


• Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan

My Alternates List
(alphabetical by title)

• 1776 by David McCullough


• Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger


• The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of the Molokai by John Tayman


• Dear John by Nicholas Sparks


• The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson


• Hoot by Carl Hiaasen


• Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dana Sobel


• Inkheart by Cornelia Funke


• Lincoln's Dreams by Connie Willis


• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster


• Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey by Rachel Simon


• The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen