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The Read Your Own Books Challenge is exactly what I need to keep whittling down my TBR pile! I tend to get myself caught up in review copies and library books and forget that I have (more than) a few hundred unread books hanging around my living room and bedroom. The rules for this challenge are super simple: set a goal for how many of

Have I mentioned I’m just a little bit addicted to challenges?  Because I love the idea of fitting the books I read into lists?  Yes, I have a problem. This challenge is the Countdown Challenge, hosted by 1morechapter.com. The goal of this challenge is to read the number of books first published in a given year that corresponds to the last digit of each year

And for my third fabulous trick today, I am signing up for the What’s in a Name Challenge 2, hosted by Annie. The challenge is to read one book from each of the following categories: A book with a “profession” in its title. Examples might include: The Book Thief, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Historian A book with a “time of day” in its

Another challenge from J.Kaye! This one is the 2009 Support Your Local Library Challenge (click to join). There are three options for this challenge: read 12 books from your local library in 2009 read 25 books from your local library in 2009 read 50 books from your local library in 2009 Visit J.Kaye’s site for the rest of the rules! While I do like to