Showing posts with label tbr pile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tbr pile. Show all posts

Friday, February 1, 2013

February 2013 Reading List!

A new month means a new TBR List! As always, this is not written in stone. But I am finding that having some stuff picked out does tend to help me make sure that I know what I'm jumping to next. I doubt I'll get through all twelve of these (I'd like to read nine.), but I am going to be taking part in the Wicked Valentine Read-a-Thon and the week after that everyone else here is going to Cuba. (So not my thing.)

Curious what I've picked out and why? Well, here you go!

My Reading List:

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1. Poison by Bridget Zinn: I requested this on NetGalley and had it listed on my top 13 books I'm excited for this year. I'm super excited that I've been given the chance to read it and share my opinion. My review for Poison should be up in late February or early March.

2. Strength by Carrie Butler: I've got a tour stop for this on March 15th. I don't *have* to read this in February, but I'm going to since I've wanted to read it for months. I saw a post over on Absolute Write where Carrie shared the cover with a bunch of us and have been extremely excited for this book ever since.

3. Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally: It's time I finally sat down and read this, and doing so as part of a read-along should be a lot of fun. I started Catching Jordan last year, but it was around the time my wrist acted up and I honestly couldn't lift a book to read it. Glad that's over now!

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4. The Vincent Brothers by Abbi Glines: I just can't resist. I have this will-not-leave-me-alone, gut-deep feeling that I am going to fall in love with Sawyer, and I have to find out if this is true. I had some issues with The Vincent Boys, but the writing itself wasn't one of them so I have no qualms giving this a go.

5. Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion: Jay and I are planning to go and see this when he comes to visit later this month, so I want to read the book first and compare it to the movie and see what I think of them both. This looks like it should be a fun, quick read and I'm excited about it.

6. Meant To Be by Lauren Morrill: It seems that every year, there is a book that I miss out on getting, a "one that gets away". 2012's main candidate for that is definitely Meant To Be, so I'm going to use some birthday money to fix that. Immediately.

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7. Black City by Elizabeth Richards: I read a sample of this ages ago and it really grabbed my interest. I love anything supernatural with a love story, and I've heard a lot of people praise Black City for being interesting and original. As this is one of "my" genres, I feel it's about time I weighed in.

8. Easy by Tamara Webber: Been hearing so much good about this, both from reviews and directly from friends. I bought it for my kindle a couple months ago but haven't sat down with it yet. Perhaps this is the month to do so? We shall see...

9. Cinder by Marissa Meyer: I've heard so much praise, had so many friends ask why I haven't read this yet and have had the book sitting on my shelf for over a year. Without ever doing so much as opening the front cover. After getting it three days before its launch when I got it. It's time I read this, yes?

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10. Tiger's Voyage by Colleen Houck: I'm a huge fan of the Tiger saga, so this is sort of a birthday treat. These books tend to be huge and take a while, and though I have all four of them I'm only now reading the third. I'm extremely excited, though, as I've been dying to know what happens next!

11. Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler: I've wanted to read this one for ages and I picked it up at Chapters when I went on Boxing Day. It's bad enough that I'm reading it a year after publication--I want to get to it before it's sat that long on my shelf, too. (*cough* Cinder *cough*) Plus, it seems like a "winter" book.

12. Rage by Jackie Morse Kessler: I read Hunger back in November and totally loved it, so reading Rage just makes total sense. I love how the first book blended real world issues and an interesting paranormal aspect together so well and I'm really hoping that Rage will continue that trend.


Well, there you have it! My TBR list for February 2013. :) As said at the top, I'm sure a couple random books will squeeze their way in. My money's on Pivot Point by Kasie West, Rock Hard by Olivia Cunning, Prodigy by Marie Lu and Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi as possible candidates.

So, is there anything here you're hoping I'll read and review first / soon? Do you have any plans for your February TBR? Feel free to let me know in the comments! 


Monday, December 31, 2012

2013 TBR Pile Reading Challenge


Welcome to 2012 TBR 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:

This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2013 - Dec 31, 2013.

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!)
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!
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.
When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the 2013 TBR PILE Reading Challenge. (If you don't have a blog, post about it on Facebook or Tweet!)
You can move up levels, but no moving down.
Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2013, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
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)

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 ;)
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.
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're planning to read for this challenge 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

Schedule:

January 20th: Evie @Bookish (www.evie-bookish.blogspot.com)
February 20th: Rachel @Fiktshun (http://www.fiktshun.com)
March 20th: Justin @Justin's Book Blog (http://www.justinsbookblog.com/)
April 20th: Tiffany @Escaping.. One Book At A Time (http://escapingonebookatatime.blogspot.com/)
May 20th: Bonnie @Words At Home (www.wordsathome.ca/)
June 20th: Justin @Justin's Book Blog (http://www.justinsbookblog.com/)
July 20th: Emily @Doodle's Book Blog (doodlesbookblog.blogspot.com/)
August 20th: Tiffany @Escaping One Book At A Time (http://escapingonebookatatime.blogspot.com/)
September 20th: Rachel @Fiktshun (http://www.fiktshun.com)
October 20th: Emily @Doodle's Book Blog (doodlesbookblog.blogspot.com/)
November 20th: Bonnie @Words At Home (www.wordsathome.ca/)

December 20th: This one will be posted on all the blogs. There will also be a huge BOX OF BOOKS giveawayand this time you can link up ALL YOUR TBR Pile REVIEWS you wrote for the entire year!


I'm going to aim to complete A Sweet Kiss (21-30 books.) I'd like to get more done then that, but the point is to have fun, not stress out. This level should be easily achievable and as a romance lover, I like the name. :) 

Kat's Reading List: 

Let's see if we can get some of these read, shall we? This list may change, but it at least gives a jumping off point. 

Cinder by Merissa Meyer
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry
Storm by Brigid Kremmerer
A Midsummer's Nightmare by Kody Keplinger
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo 
The Vincent Boys by Abbi Glines 
The Vincent Brothers by Abbi Glines 
Tiger's Voyage by Colleen Houck 
Firelight by Sophie Jordan
Eve by Anna Carey
Gone by Michael Grant
Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally
Insurgent by Veronica Roth
Thumped by Megan McCafferty
The Iron Daughter by Julia Kagawa
The Iron Queen by Julie Kagawa
The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan 
Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel 
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler 
Goddess Interrupted by Aimee Carter 

These are just what I can think of off the top of my head. I *am* counting older books I got for Christmas. I'm *not* (currently) counting older books I didn't get and may order this week. (They'll end up here eventually...) Can you see WHY I need to join this challenge so bad? *laughs* 

So, what book on your TBR are you most anxious to pull off the shelf and read? I'd love to know! 

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Kathy's TBR Pile


The dreaded TBR pile. Gotta love it. Gotta hate it. As book bloggers, I think it's pretty safe to say we all have one. Whether it's a mountain of books that are due for review, getting a little too trigger happy on the giveaways, being addicted to NetGalley, not being able to resist an author review request that just sounds too fabulous for words or ... gasp! ... going on a huge book shopping spree.

There are many ways to make your home look like you have the bookish equivalent of Mt. Everest sitting on your bookshelves (and dresser, and floor, and bedside table, and...) Yeah. It can be that bad.

Below you will find my current TBR pile. This will give you an idea of the books that I have here and that I will (hopefully!) be reading in the future.

Kathy's TBR Pile: (For Review)

Note: dates provided where possible.


Kathy's TBR Pile: (Personal)


Please be aware that this is my personal reading pile. These are not books that are scheduled for an actually dated review. They have either been purchased by me, received as a gift or won in a giveaway. 

*I realize the book noted with this symbol is part of a series and that it should be read in the correct reading order.

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