Welcome to the 2013 TRB Pile Reading Challenge!!
6 Bloggers, 12 Mini-Challenges, 24 Books to Win!!!
We all have those books. We buy them, win them, they're gifted to us.. Then we put them up on a bookshelf and there they stay, collecting dust, waiting for the time when we'll finally decide to pick them up..
Join us on a quest to dust off your TBR Pile and read all the books you've been telling yourself you'll read next time you'll get a chance.. This is your chance! And we've got PRIZES!!! :D
Challenge Guidelines:
1. This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2013 - Dec 31, 2013.
2. Anyone can enter! You don't have to be a blogger, as long as you review the book you've read!
2. Anyone can enter! You don't have to be a blogger, as long as you review the book you've read!
(On your blog, Amazon or Goodreads/Shelfari!)
3. Any genre, length or format of book counts, as long as it is a book that's been sitting on your shelf for some
3. Any genre, length or format of book counts, as long as it is a book that's been sitting on your shelf for some
time now. Only books released in 2012 and earlier! NO 2013 ARCs and 2013 fresh-off-the-press releases
allowed!
4. You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them
4. You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them
as the mood takes you.
5. When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the 2013 TBR PILE Reading
5. When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the 2013 TBR PILE Reading
Challenge.
6. You can move up levels, but no moving down.
7. Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2013, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
8. On the 20th of each month one of the hosts will post a wrap-up. Every wrap-up will have it's unique theme,
6. You can move up levels, but no moving down.
7. Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2013, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
8. On the 20th of each month one of the hosts will post a wrap-up. Every wrap-up will have it's unique theme,
a mini-challenge, a giveaway and place for you to link up your reviews from this month. For each review
you link up, you will get one entry in a drawing of one book of choice from Book Depository. It's open to
INTERNATIONALS. The giveaway will be open until the next wrap up post goes up! (i.e. the entire month)
9. If you miss a wrap-up post + giveaway, you can link up your reviews next month. Do not, however, try to link up
9. If you miss a wrap-up post + giveaway, you can link up your reviews next month. Do not, however, try to link up
one review twice - we will be checking ;)
10. December is a wrap-up for the whole year. All the book reviews you linked up January-November + the ones
10. December is a wrap-up for the whole year. All the book reviews you linked up January-November + the ones
you'll link up in December will be entered into a HUGE giveaway - a box of books.
11. You don't have to follow all the hosts to join the challenge, but you do have to follow all of us to be entered in
11. You don't have to follow all the hosts to join the challenge, but you do have to follow all of us to be entered in
giveaways!
Levels:
(how many books you plan to read from your TBR in 2013)
1-10 - A Firm Handshake
11-20 - A Friendly Hug
21-30 - A Sweet Kiss
31-40 - Love At First Sight
41-50 - Married With Children
(how many books you plan to read from your TBR in 2013)
1-10 - A Firm Handshake
11-20 - A Friendly Hug
21-30 - A Sweet Kiss
31-40 - Love At First Sight
41-50 - Married With Children
February 20th: Rachel @ Fiktshun
March 20th: Justin @ Justin's Book Blog
April 20th: Tiffany @ Escaping.. One Book at a Time
May 20th: Bonnie @ Words At Home
June 20th: Justin @ Justin's Book Blog
July 20th: Emily @ Doodle's Book Blog
August 20th: Tiffany @ Escaping.. One Book at a Time
September 20th: Rachel @ Fiktshun
October 20th: Emily @ Doodle's Book Blog
November 20th: Bonnie @ Words At Home
December 20th: This one will be posted on all the blogs. There will also be a huge BOX OF BOOKS giveaway and this time you can link up ALL YOUR TBR Pile REVIEWS you wrote for the entire year! 
For 2013 I'm aiming for A Sweet Kiss.
So 21-30 books off my TBR.
I'm not sure what books yet, but I know that I will definitely read...
1. Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres
2. Winter's Shadow by M.J. Hearle
3. The Story of Us by Deb Caletti
4. Beautiful Lies by Jessica Warman
5. The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter
6. Claire de Lune & Nocturne by Christine Johnson
7. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
8. The Selection by Kiera Cass
9. A Touch Mortal & A Touch Morbid by Leah Clifford
10. Hunting Lila by Sarah Alderson
I'll add more as I go!
You get a chance to read all of those books that have been sitting on your self getting dusty, enjoy unique monthly themes, and win some FANTASTIC new BOOKS!! So sign up now and take part in all the fun. How much better could it get?!
1 comment:
Fantastic list, whereabouts are you updating your book list? How are you doing? Have you read Burn Bright yet? I featured Marianne de Pierres on my blog, she was so sweet and so helpful.
I'm going to be doing a series review once I finish the trilogy.
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