Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge

[Paris]

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge



The object of this year long challenge is to knock off as many books as you can from your TBR. First you’ll pick a level, then each month you’ll read books that were put on your TBR during that same month of any previous year (except for 2017). There will also be alternate options just in case you run out of books from a certain month.

Please put when the book was added to your TBR, the date read and your rating when you post.

An example for me for the easy level would be:
January
1. The Nightmare Garden by Caitlin Kittredge (put on TBR Jan. 26, 2012)
2. Fragile Brilliance by Tammy Blackwell (put on TBR Jan. 23, 2013)

Levels:
Valley Wanderer: 1-2 Books
Hill Hiker: 3-5 Books
Mountain Climber: 6+ Books

If you run out of books during a certain month, you can use one or more of these to make your level goal for the month. You can also make up your own alternates, but they have to work with the challenge.

Alternate Options
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.
• Read the oldest book on your TBR
• Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
• Knock out all of (or as many as you can) of the books by a certain author on your TBR
• Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has an author with a last name that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has the letters of the month you’re working on in the title (does not have to be in consecutive order)
• Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on

[Dee]

Sounds awesome!!! I'm in!!! I'll do mountain climber!!

January

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added 01/2015 Read 01/08
Added 01/2015/Read 01/09
Added 01/2013 Read 01/17

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[Karen ♐]

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
Level: Valley Wanderer: 1-2 Books
29/29

January
♐Dirtiest Secret - (Jan 21, 2016) - 1/6
♐Je Suis à Toi - (Jan 26, 2015) - 1/29
♐Where There's Smoke - (Jan 3, 2015) - 1/16

February
♐Stripped 2: A Ferro Family Novel - (Feb 22, 2014) - 2/13
♐Layers Deep - (Feb 6, 2014) - 2/15
♐Strength & Courage - (Feb 1, 2015) - 2/28

March
♐About Last Night - (Mar 1, 2014) - 3/6
♐The Return of Rafe MacKade - (Mar 25, 2014) - 3/7
♐Shockwave - (Mar 10, 2016) - 3/2

April
♐Veiled Innocence - (Apr 09, 2014) - 4/19
♐One Night with Sole Regret Anthology Vol.1: Try Me, Tempt Me, Take Me - (Apr 10, 2014) - 4/25
♐Sweet Sinful Nights - (Apr 18, 2015) - 4/2

May
♐Purity in Death - (May 6, 2016) - 5/7
♐Rocky Mountain Haven - (May 30, 2016) - 5/8
♐Absentminded Angel - (May 28, 2015) - 5/19

June
♐Not Quite Perfect - (June 29, 2016) - 6/3
♐The Bride - (June 21, 2015) - 6/30

July
♐Unbound Commitment - (July 1, 2016) - 7/3
♐Love Under Three Valentinos - (July 1, 2015) - 7/8

August
♐The Billionaire's Dance - (Aug 14, 2014) - 8/9
♐On My Knees Vol. 1: Alpha Billionaire Romance - (Aug 21, 2014) - 8/21

September
♐Ruin & Rule - (Sept 3, 2014) - 9/27
♐Wicked Lust - (Sept 17, 2016) - 9/26

October
♐Betrayal - (Oct 4, 2015) - 10/19
♐My Sister's Grave - (Oct 4, 2014) - 10/24

November
♐Two Billionaires Next Door - (Nov 21, 2016) - 11/17
♐Say My Name - (Nov 8, 2016) - 11/15

December
♐Betting on Bailey - (Dec 1, 2015) - 12/25
♐Fly With Me - (Dec 19, 2016) - 12/25

[Sam]

This looks fun but I didn't start my TBR until June 2016.

[GreenFairy]

Hill Hiker

January
1/8/17 1* (added 1/26/16) 1/15/17 2* (alternate, added 12/22/16)
1/14/17 4* (alternate, last published book of series)
1/18/17 (alternate, added 1/26/16)

February
2/1/17 4* (alternate, added 1/5/16)

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Alternate Options
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.
• Read the oldest book on your TBR
• Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
• Knock out all of (or as many as you can) of the books by a certain author on your TBR
• Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has an author with a last name that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has the letters of the month you’re working on in the title (does not have to be in consecutive order)
• Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on

[Jennifer]

In!

February Got two.

March Only got three:

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Alternate Options
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.
• Read the oldest book on your TBR
• Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
• Knock out all of (or as many as you can) of the books by a certain author on your TBR
• Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has an author with a last name that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has the letters of the month you’re working on in the title (does not have to be in consecutive order)
• Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on

[Gea]

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
Duration: January 1st - December 31st
Level: Valley Wanderer: 1-2 Books
Books Completed: 11

January:
✔Jan 26, 2014: Never Love A Lawman by Jo Goodman (15/1) ****
✔Jan 10, 2016: Eventide of the Bear by Cherise Sinclair (23/1) ****
✔Jan 29, 2016: Seducing Lauren by Kristen Proby (10/1) ****


February:
✔Feb 28, 2013: The Seducer by Madeline Hunter (1/2) *****
✔Feb 27, 2016: Croc's Return by Eve Langlais (28/2) ***


March:
✔Mar 01, 2014: The Duke's Tattoo by Miranda Davis (11/3) *****


April:
✔Apr 13, 2013: His Contract Bride by Rose Gordon (27/4) ***
✔Apr 20, 2016: Twist by Kylie Scott (28/4) ***


May:
✔May 01, 2015: Lord of Temptation by Lorraine Heath (25/5) *****


June:
✔Jun 07, 2015: Meet Me at Midnight by Suzanne Enoch (15/6) ****
✔Jun 17, 2016: The Girl with the Make-Believe Husband by Julia Quinn (5/6) ****


July:
Jul 30, 2016: The Cad and the Co-Ed by L.H. Cosway

August

September

October

November

December

[⚜️XAR, Operations Manager]

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
Duration: January 1st - December 31st, 2017
Level: Hill Hiker: 3-5 Books
Read: 60/60

Note: Some books used are from my Amazon TBR pile, as I didn't join Goodreads until long after I had gotten my Kindle. These are designated with an 'A' next to the date.

January
1. Stars, Love And Pirouettes by Alicia Street (January 18, 2014)-1/25/17 (2 stars)
2. Master's Thief by Nicole Austin (January 18, 2014)-1/8/17 (1 star)
3. Waiting for Wednesday by Mari Carr (January 19, 2014)-1/22/17 (4 stars)
4. Finish (or get caught up on) a series: Reaper's Fire by Joanna Wilde-1/2/17 (3 stars)
5. Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on: To Win Her Trust by Mackenzie Crowne-1/14/17 (3 stars)

February
1. When the Smoke Clears by Lynette Eason (February 23, 2014)-2/25/17 (3 stars)
2. Breaking Pointe by Lani Woodland (February 27, 2015)-2/25/17 (2 stars)
3. Irish Cream Dreams by Graylin Rane (February 27, 2015)-2/8/17 (2 stars)
4. Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on: Sweet Thursday by Mari Carr (January 19, 2014)-2/5/17 (3 stars)
5. Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on: Celebrity In Death by J.D. Robb (November 23, 2016)-2/7/17 (4 stars)

March
1. Passionate Addiction by Eden Summers (March 5, 2014)-3/1/17 (5 stars)
2. Reckless Weekend by Eden Summers (March 5, 2014)-3/1/17 (5 stars)
3. Love Finds You in Sunflower, Kansas by Pamela Tracy (March 16, 2014)-3/23/17 (2 stars)
4. Bakra Bride by N.J. Walters (March 16, 2014)-3/19/17 (2 stars)
5. King of Spades by Cheyenne McCray (March 12, 2016)-3/21/17 (1 star)

April
1. Vanished by Kendra Elliot (April 8, 2014)-4/29/17 (3 stars)
2. Bad Girls Don't Marry Marines by Codi Gary (April 10, 2015)-4/16/17 (4 stars)
3. Return of the Bad Girl by Codi Gary (April 10, 2015)-4/21/17 (3 stars)
4. Bad for Me by Codi Gary (April 10, 2015)-4/29/17 (3 stars)
5. Knock out all of (or as many as you can) of the books by a certain author on your TBR: The Trouble with Attraction: A Rock Canyon Short Story Collection by Codi Gary-4/29/17 (3 stars)

May
1. One More Tomorrow by Shirley Martin (May 14, 2014)-5/12/17 (2 stars)
2. Tomboy Bride by Alicia Street (May 14, 2015)-5/15/17 (3 stars)
3. Bridged by Kendra Elliot (May 22, 2015)-5/17/17 (4 stars)
4. Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on, Read a book that has an author with a last name that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on, Read a book that has the letters of the month you’re working on in the title (does not have to be in consecutive order): Midnight at Tiffany's by Sarah Morgan-5/2/17 (4 stars)
5. Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule): Good Girls Don't Kiss and Tell by Codi Gary (Published February 28, 2017)-5/21/17 (3 stars)

June
1. Journey to the Well by Diana Wallis Taylor (A: June 1, 2011)-6/26/17 (3 stars)
2. Stone and Sea by Cindy Spencer Pape (A: June 9, 2011)-6/12/17 (3 stars)
3. Stone and Fire by Cindy Spencer Pape (A: June 9, 2011)-6/21/17 (3 stars)
4. Five of Hearts by Jennifer DeCuir (June 4, 2014)-6/17/17 (4 stars)
5. The Duchess War by Courtney Milan (June 14, 2014)-6/12/17 (3 stars)

July
1. Love Finds You in Wildrose, North Dakota by Tracey Bateman (A: July 4, 2012)-7/27/17 (2 stars)
2. Scorched by Desiree Holt and Allie Standifer (A: July 31, 2012)-7/8/17 (3 stars)
3. A Hand to Hold by Kathleen Fuller (July 2, 2015)-7/16/17 (3 stars)
4. Clowning Around by Wanda E. Brunstetter (July 2, 2015)-7/5/17 (3 stars)
5. Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.: Stone and Sky by Cindy Spencer Pape (A: June 9, 2011)-7/1/17 (2 stars)

August
1. Discovering Sofia by Mel Teshco (A: August 9, 2011)-8/8/17 (2 stars)
2. I Shall Not Want by Debbie Viguié (August 5, 2015)-8/17/17 (2 stars)
3. Hood's Obsession by Marie Hall (August 10, 2015)-8/12/17 (3 stars)
4. Horde by Ann Aguirre (August 18, 2015)-8/11/17 (4 stars)
5. Gentlemen Prefer Curves by Sugar Jamison (August 26, 2015)-8/9/17 (2 stars)

September
1. How (Not) to Kiss a Beast by Elizabeth A. Reeves (September 6, 2014)-9/28/17 (2 stars)
2. If Only In My Dreams by Wendy Markham (September 11, 2014)-9/23/17 (2 stars)
3. Lie Down in Green Pastures by Debbie Viguié (September 11, 2015)-9/15/17 (2 stars)
4. Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule): Haunted Hope by Inés Saint-9/12/17 (2 stars)
5. Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on: The One Real Thing by Samantha Young-9/14/17 (2 stars)

October
1. Sweet Talk by Susan Mallory (A: October 13, 2011)-10/21/17 (3 stars)
2. Lynda's Lace by Lacey Alexander (A: October 31, 2011)-10/14/17 (2 stars)
3. Her Minnesota Man by Brenda Coulter (A: October 15, 2012)-10/22/17 (2 stars)
4. Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.: Love Finds You in Homestead, Iowa by Melanie Dobson (A: September 10, 2011)-10/29/17 (3 stars)
5. Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.: A Clockwork Fairytale by Helen Scott Taylor (A: September 5, 2012)-10/27/17 (2 stars)

November
1. Dance of the Seven Veils by Cris Anson (A: November 7, 2011)-11/8/17 (2 stars)
2. Frozen Heat by Richard Castle (A: November 22, 2012)-11/10/17 (3 stars)
3. 31 Kisses by Chautona Havig (A: November 26, 2012)-11/24/17 (2 stars)
4. Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.: A Season of Love by Amy Clipston (A: October 6, 2012)-11/26/17 (3 stars)
5. Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on AND Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule): Special Delivery by Judi Lynn-11/6/17 (5 stars)

December
1. True North by Marie Force (A: December 25, 2011)-12/7/17 (2 stars)
2. Sugar Springs by Kim Law (December 1, 2013)-12/27/17 (3 stars)
3. Vengeance by Vanessa Kier (December 10, 2014)-12/18/17 (2 stars)
4. Frozen by Meljean Brook (December 29, 2014)-12/10/17 (3 stars)
5. Hearts On The Road by Diana Lesire Brandmeyer (December 26, 2016)-12/2/17 (3 stars)

Alternate Options:
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.
• Read the oldest book on your TBR
• Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
• Knock out all of (or as many as you can) of the books by a certain author on your TBR
• Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has an author with a last name that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has the letters of the month you’re working on in the title (does not have to be in consecutive order)
• Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on

[Jackie]

The Challenge Factory

♦2017 Yearly Challenges♦ > Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge

January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017

Completed 4/12

Level: Hill Hiker 3-5 books

√ January: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov added January 10, 2016 READ 3/9/2017

√ February: The Two-Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman added February 9, 2016 READ 1/27/2017

March: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout added March 16, 2016

April: Lessons From the Mountain by Mary McDonough added April 19, 2015

May Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living by Tsh Oxenreider added May 6, 2015

June LIFE The Day Kennedy Died: Fifty Years Later: LIFE Remembers the Man and the Moment by LIFE Magazine added June 26, 2015

July Army Wives: The Unwritten Code of Military Marriage by Tanya Biank added July 31, 2015

√ August Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult added August 7, 2016 READ 4/8/2017

September The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold added September 25, 2015

October Audacious by Beth Moore added October 17, 2015

√ November The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner added November 2, 2016 READ 3/16/2017

December A Taste of Magic by Alaine Allister added December 12, 2016





Levels:
Valley Wanderer: 1-2 Books
Hill Hiker: 3-5 Books
Mountain Climber: 6+ Books

If you run out of books during a certain month, you can use one or more of these to make your level goal for the month. You can also make up your own alternates, but they have to work with the challenge.

Alternate Options
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.
• Read the oldest book on your TBR
• Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
• Knock out all of (or as many as you can) of the books by a certain author on your TBR
• Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has an author with a last name that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has the letters of the month you’re working on in the title (does not have to be in consecutive order)
• Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on

[Barbara ★]

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2017

READ: 36/36

January
✔1. The Cannibals - Iain Lawrence (added Jan 8, 2013) 1/5
✔2. Storm's Heart - Thea Harrison (added Jan 30, 2012) 1/30
✔3. The Beekeeper's Ball - Susan Wiggs (pub Jan 1, 2014) 1/12


February
✔1. The Edinburgh Dead - Brian Ruckley (added Feb 11, 2012) 2/23
✔2. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight - Darynda Jones (added Feb 20, 2016) 2/6
✔3. The Lady in Question - Victoria Alexander (oldest book, added 2009) 2/25


March
✔1. 14 - J.T. Ellison (added Mar 2, 2009) 3/30
✔2. Allegiance - Susanna Sandlin (added Mar 24, 2015) 3/17
✔3. Phantom Shadows - Dianne Duvall (added Mar 23, 2012) 3/19


April
✔1. Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon - Nancy Atherton (added Apr 9, 2011) 4/22
✔2. Coming Home - Mariah Stewart (added Apr 26, 2011) 4/17
✔3. Harbinger - Pip Ballantine (added Apr 23, 2013) 4/25


May
✔1. Barely a Lady - Eileen Dreyer (added May 4, 2012) 5/13
✔2. Seduced by the Storm - Sydney Croft (added May 3, 2009) 5/9
✔3. Fruitcake - R.J. Kaiser (added May 30, 2009) 5/4


June
✔1. Archangel's Heart - Nalini Singh (added Jun 14, 2016) 6/17
✔2. An English Bride In Scotland - Lynsay Sands (pub Jun 25, 2013) 6/19
✔3. Definitely Dead - Charlaine Harris (added Jun 11, 2011) 6/26


July
✔1. Prime Cut - Diane Mott Davidson (added July 30, 2011) 7/4
✔2. Ash and Quill - Rachel Caine (added July 25, 2016) 7/26
✔3. The Perfect Storm - Sebastian Junger ("J" author) 7/27


August
✔1. Blue Labyrinth - Douglas Preston (added Aug 18, 2014) 8/14
✔2. Eternal Hunger - Cameron Dean (added Aug 2, 2009) 8/3
✔3. Cancans, Croissants, and Caskets - Mary McHugh (pub Aug 25, 2015) 8/7


September
✔1. Out of the Mist - JoAnn Ross (added Sep 19, 2009) 9/13
✔2. Afterlight - Elle Jasper (pub Sep 29, 2010) 9/6
✔3. The End Game - Catherine Coulter (added Sep 12 , 2015) 9/14


October
✔1. Brother - Ania Ahlborn (added Oct 4, 2015) 10/28
✔2. Ho-Ho-Homicide - Kaitlyn Dunnett (pub Oct 28, 2014) 10/5
✔3. Highland Wolf Pact - Selena Kitt (pub Oct 6, 2014) 10/31


November
✔1. No Rest for the Dead - Andrew Gulli (title starts N) 11/20
✔2. Midnight's Temptation - Donna Grant (added Nov 6, 2014) 11/30
✔3. Kinked - Thea Harrison (pub Nov 5, 2013) 11/13


December
✔1. A Killing Frost - Hannah Alexander (pub Dec 25, 2008) 12/27
✔2. Her Own Devices - Shelly Adina (pub Dec 4, 2011) 12/7
✔3. Immune - Shannon Mayer (added Dec 27, 2016) 12/30


CHALLENGE COMPLETE

[D.L.]

I will try this! Valley Wanderer works for me.


January
Bliss by Shay Mitchell
The Pearl by John Steinbeck

February
Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead by Livia J. Washburn


March
Murder With Reservations by Elaine Viets
Miracle Cure by Harlan Coben
Mind Over Murder by Allison Kingsley

April
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson
The Au Pairs by Melissa de la Cruz


May
The Lifeguard by Richie Tankersley Cusick
The Gatehouse Mystery by Julie Campbell
Pick Your Poison by Kristi Holl

June
Pat of Silver Bush by LM Montgomery
Glazed Murder by Jessica Beck
Mistoletoe Murder by Leslie Meier

July
The Inn at Eagle Point by Sherryl Woods
The Walled Flower by Lorraine Bartlett
The Clique by Lisi Harrison

August


September
Saturday Night by Caroline B. Cooney
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
The Silent Scream by Diane Hoh


October
Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn
It by Stephen King
The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson


November
Middle School: Dog's Best Friend by James Patterson
Christmas at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas
How to Host a Killer Party by Peggy Warner

December
Back in the Game by Lori Wilde
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reed Banks

[Paris]

Sam wrote: "This looks fun but I didn't start my TBR until June 2016."

Hi Sam. That's perfectly okay, for January through May you can use the alternate options.

[Connie]

Thanks for the great idea! Since I started Goodreads in 2016, they'll all be from 2016.
(I'll add more books and months as the year goes on.)

Scale Your TBR Mountain!
I think I'll be a Valley Wanderer
8/24 completed

January:

A Town Like Alice Jan 26, 2016. 2/20/17. 5 stars
Salt to the Sea Jan 31, 2016 1/24/17. 4.5 stars.

February:

Liar & Spy. Feb. 29, 2016 3/5/17
North & South. Elizabeth Gaskell. Feb. 29, 2016

March

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter. March 27, 2016. 4 stars. 2/26/17
Counting by 7s. Holly Goldberg Sloan. March 26, 2016


April
Importance of Being Earnest. Oscar Wilde. April 2, 2016
My Name is Resolute. Nancy E. Turner. April 3, 2016


May
A House for Happy Mothers. 5/2/16
Mercy Street 5/8/16
Cluny Brown 5/9/16

June
History of Loneliness 6/20/16
Prince of Frogtown 6/20/16



July
Museum of Innocence 7/17/16
Another Brooklyn 7/18/16

August
Story of Beautiful Girl. 8/7/16
The Little Red Chairs 8/7/16



September
Through Streets Broad and Narrow. Gemma Jackson. Sept. 16, 2016
Out of My Mind. Sharon Draper. Sept. 2, 2016
Don't Sing at the Table. Trigiani. Sept. 4, 2016


October:
Haunting of Hill House Oct. 2, 2016
A Piece of the World. Oct. 26. 2016


December:
The Lost Girls by Heather Young Dec 6, 2016
When I was a child I read books. Marilynne Robinson. Dec. 11, 2016

[Nell]

Does the level have to be the same each month? I read more in some months than in others.

[Sam]

Thanks, Paris.
Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
Mountain Climber: 6 Books

January: Read books that were published in January
1. One Kick- Chelsea Cain- 1/15/17 (first published January 1st 2014- added November 27, 2016)- 4 stars
2. All Around the Town- Mary Higgins Clark- 1/21/17 (first published January 1st 1992- added June 04, 2016)- 4 stars
3. Eleventh Grave in Moonlight- Darynda Jones- 1/24/17 (first published January 24th 2017- added December 8, 2016)- 4 stars
4. If Looks Could Kill- Kate White- 1/26/17 (first published January 1st 2002- added November 27, 2016)- 3 stars
5. Love Bites- Lynsay Sands- 1/31/17 (first published January 6th 2004- added November 27, 2016)- 4 stars
6. Red Rising- Pierce Brown- 2/1/17 (first published January 28th 2014- added June 04, 2016)- 4 stars

February: Read books that were published in February
1. Zombie, Ohio- Scott Kenemore- 2/17/17 (first published February 8th 2011- added July 9, 2016)- 3 stars
2. Dead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between- J.A. Saare- 3/7/17 (first published February 6th 2010- added December 21, 2016)- 4 stars
3. Glass Sword- Victoria Aveyard- 4/10/17 (first published February 9th 2016- added September 27, 2016)- 4 stars
4. Armageddon Rules- J.C. Nelson- 5/16/17 (first published February 24th 2015- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
5. Jaws- Peter Benchley- 5/19/17 (first published February 1974- added October 18, 2016)- 4 stars
6. Darkness Shatters- Susan Illene- 7/27/17 (first published February 25th 2015- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars

March: Read books that were published in March
1. Etched in Bone- Anne Bishop- 3/8/17 (first published March 7th 2017- added July 3, 2016)- 5 stars
2. Hansel and Gretel- Jenni James- 3/13/17 (first published March 14th 2013- added July 24, 2016)- 3 stars
3. Feral Sins- Suzanne Wright- 3/15/17 (first published March 3rd 2012- added September 8, 2016)- 4 stars
4. For You- Kristen Ashley- 3/17/17 (first published March 14th 2011- added July 24, 2016)- 4 stars
5. Late Eclipses- Seanan McGuire- 5/30/17 (first published March 1st 2011- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
6. Darkness Wanes- Susan Illene- 8/3/17 (first published March 31st 2016- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars

April: Read books that were published in April
1. Frostbite- Richelle Mead- 4/11/17 (first published April 1st 2008- added October 24, 2016)- 4 stars
2. Tangled Threads- Jennifer Estep- 4/27/17 (first published April 26th 2011- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
3. Smoke and Mirrors- Jess Haines- 5/10/17 (first published April 30th 2016- added July 3, 2016)- 4 stars
4. Changeless- Gail Carriger- 5/13/17 (first published April 1st 2010- added October 1, 2016)- 4 stars
5. Elemental Flame- Phaedra Weldon- 7/9/17 (first published April 15th 2015- added July 20, 2016)- 3 stars
6. Snow White- Jenni James- 9/11/17 (first published April 14th 2013- added July 24, 2016)- 3 stars

May: Read books that were published in May
1. Reckless- Selene Charles- 5/27/17 (first published May 1st 2015- added July 3, 2016)- 3 stars
2. The Battlemage- Taran Matharu- 6/3/17 (first published May 2nd 2017- added December 8, 2016)- 4 stars
3. Remember Me- Mary Higgins Clark- 1/26/18 (first published May 2nd 1994- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
4. Murder on Astor Place- Victoria Thompson- 1/31/18 (first published May 1st 1999- added November 27, 2016)- 3 stars
5. Demon Driven- John Conroe- 7/21/18 (first published May 12th 2010- added October 24, 2016)- 4 stars
6. Fallen Stars- John Conroe- 7/23/18 (first published May 17th 2013- added October 24, 2016)- 4 stars

June: Read books added to TBR in June 2016
1. The Bone Collector- Jeffery Deaver- 7/19/17 (added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
2. Four to Score- Janet Evanovich- 7/27/17 (added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
3. Wicked Circle- Linda Robertson- 8/6/17 (added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
4. Shattered Circle- Linda Robertson- 8/19/17 (added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
5. A Red Herring Without Mustard- Alan Bradley- 8/26/17 (added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
6. At Bertram's Hotel- Agatha Christie- 9/19/17 (added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars

July: Read books added to TBR in July 2016 OR were published in July
1. Hard Spell- Justin Gustainis- 7/3/17 (added July 24, 2016)- 4 stars
2. Siren's Surrender- Devyn Quinn- 7/6/17 (added July 3, 2016)- 3 stars
3. Wildfire- Ilona Andrews- 7/25/17 (first published July 25th 2017- added November 21, 2016)- 5 stars
4. The Gamble- Kristen Ashley- 9/16/17 (added July 24, 2016)- 4 stars
5. Possessed- Selene Charles- 9/26/17 (added July 3, 2016)- 3 stars
6. Murder in Mesopotamia- Agatha Christie- 1/7/18 (first published July 6th 1936- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars

August: Read books added to TBR in August 2016 OR were published in August
1. Rest in Pieces- Rita Mae Brown- 8/26/17 (first published August 1st 1992- added June 4, 2016)- 3 stars
2. Dark Peril- Christine Feehan- 9/29/17 (first published August 31st 2010- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
3. Dead Girls Are Easy- Terri Garey- 11/24/17 (first published August 28th 2007- added June 4, 2016)- 3 stars
4. The Darkest Kiss- Keri Arthur- 12/22/17 (added August 6, 2016)- 4 stars
5. A Game of Thrones- George R.R. Martin- 6/8/18 (first published August 6th 1996- added June 4, 2016)- 3 stars
6. Touching Evil (Evil, #1)- Kay Hooper- 6/13/18 (first published August 28th 2001- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars

September: Read books added to TBR in September 2016 OR were published in September
1. Hunter's War- Garry Spoor- 9/25/17 (first published September 30th 2015- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
2. A Charming Cure- Tonya Kappes- 10/29/17 (first published September 20th 2012- added July 24, 2016)- 3 stars
3. Spider's Revenge- Jennifer Estep- 11/4/17 (first published September 27th 2011- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
4. Bayou Moon- Ilona Andrews- 1/4/18 (first published September 1st 2010- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
5. The Burning Bridge- John Flanagan- 2/13/18 (added September 27, 2016)- 4 stars
6. One Salt Sea- Seanan McGuire- 3/30/18 (first published September 6th 2011- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars

October: Read books added to TBR in October 2016 OR were published in October
1. Stillwatch- Mary Higgins Clark- 11/24/17 (first published October 18th 1984- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
2. The Ship of the Dead- Rick Riordan- 1/24/18 (added October 31, 2016)- 4 stars
3. Heir of Fire- Sarah J. Maas- 2/12/18 (added October 31, 2016)- 4 stars
4. Anubis Nights- Gary Jonas- 2/18/18 (first published October 21st 2014- added June 4, 2016)- 3 stars
5. Blameless- Gail Carriger- 2/23/18 (added October 1, 2016)- 4 stars
6. The Silver Dwarf- Victor Kloss- 7/4/18 (added October 13, 2016)- 4 stars

November: Read books added to TBR in November 2016 OR were published in November
1. Every Heart a Doorway- Seanan McGuire- 11/11/17 (added November 27, 2016)- 3 stars
2. Nemesis- Agatha Christie- 11/26/17 (first published November 1971- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
3. A Share in Death- Deborah Crombie- 12/5/17 (added November 27, 2016)- 4 stars
4. The Quiche of Death- M.C. Beaton- 12/25/17 (added November 27, 2016)- 3 stars
5. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows- Alan Bradley- 12/31/17 (first published November 1st 2011- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
6. Snobbery With Violence- Marion Chesney- 1/17/18 (added November 27, 2016)- 3 stars

December: Read books added to TBR in December 2016 OR were published in December
1. Dead Witch Walking- Kim Harrison- 12/3/17 (added December 21, 2016)- 4 stars
2. Heart of Ice- K.M. Shea- 1/12/18 (published December 17th 2015- added June 4, 2016)- 4 stars
3. The Grendel Affair- Lisa Shearin- 2/24/18 (added December 21, 2016)- 4 stars
4. Alchemy- Sheena Boekweg- 4/13/18 (added December 21, 2016)- 4 stars
5. MindMage- Connie Suttle- 7/10/18 (added December 23, 2016)- 4 stars
6. A Court of Mist and Fury- Sarah J. Maas- 7/20/18 (added December 29, 2016)- 4 stars

[Paris]

Nell wrote: "Does the level have to be the same each month? I read more in some months than in others."

Typically, but I am the same as you. So usually I will pick the lower or medium level and then if I read over that in say January, but not in February, then that's okay.

It's supposed to be fun and help you whittle down that TBR, so please do whatever works best for you. If you want to pick a different level for each month you can do that.

[Harri]

January
1. The No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change: The Science, the Solutions, the Way Forward Added 5/1/2013, read 4/1/17, 4/5
2. Sailors of Stonehenge Added 24/1/2013, read 13/1/2017, 1/5
January complete

February
1. Before I Fall Added 2/2/13, read 13/2/17, 3/5
2. Broken Silence Added 3/2/2014, read 19/2/17, 1/5
February complete

March
1. Falling Through the World ~ A Journey Through ME/CFS Added 23/3/13, read 1/3/17, 4/5
2. The First Men in the Moon Added 26/3/13, read 31/3/17, 4/5
March complete

April
1. Planet of the Apes Added 11/4/13, read 29/4/17, 4/5
2. Wolfblade Added 20/4/13, read 29/4/17, 3/5
April complete

May
1. The Martian Added 16/5/15, read 16/5/17, 5/5
2. The Humans Added 1/5/15, read 25/5/17, 4/5
May complete

June
1. Jaded Added 9/6/14, read 11/6/17, 1/5
2. Snatched Added 9/6/14, read 9/6/17, 1/5
June complete

July
1. Inkdeath Added 5/7/14, read 29/7/17, 4/5
2. Red Dust Road: An Autobiographical Journey Added 5/7/14, read 13/7/17, 5/5
July complete

August
1. The Help Added 17/8/12, read 26/8/17, 3/5
2. The Lovely Bones Added 18/8/12, read 21/8/17, 1/5
August complete

September
1. Bleach, Volume 01 Added 9/9/12, read 1/9/17, 4/5
2. Brave New World Added 16/9/12, read 10/9/17, 5/5
September complete

October
1. Inheritance Added 13/10/12, read 18/10/17, 5/5
2. Little Dorrit Added 9/10/12, read 29/10/17, 5/5
October complete

November
1. The Story of Film Added 22/11/12, read 30/11/17, 5/5
2. Manic: A Memoir Added 3/11/12, read 3/11/17, 3/5
November complete

December
1. Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances Added 7/12/15, read 15/12/17, 5/5
2. Beyond the Shadows Added 6/12/12, read 21/12/17, 3/5
December complete

Challenge complete

[Connie]

Paris wrote: "Nell wrote: "Does the level have to be the same each month? I read more in some months than in others."

Typically, but I am the same as you. So usually I will pick the lower or medium level and th..."

Thanks for the encouragement to try different levels on months we can. :-)

[Nell]

Scale Your TBR Mountain
Duration: 2017

Level:
Valley Wanderer: 1-2 books
Hill Hiker: 3-5 books

January - Hill Hiker
1. Iced Under by Barbara Ross (caught up on series) 1/10/17
2. Twisted Threads by Lea Wait (pub Jan 2015) 1/16/17
3. Lost Legacy by Annette Dashofy 1/30/17 (pub Jan 2014)



February - Valley Wanderer
1. The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore (added Jan 2013) 2/10/17
2. Every Trick in the Book by Lucy Arlington (pub Feb 2013) 2/21/17



March - Hill Hiker
1. A Fright to the Death by Dawn Eastman (catch up on series) 3/07/17
2. An Unhappy Medium by Dawn Eastman (added March 2016; caught up on series) 3/09/17
3. Crowned and Dangerous by Rhys Bowen (caught up on series) 3/10/17
4. Bridges Burned by Annette Dashofy 3/17/17 (added and pub March 2015)



April - Valley Wanderer
1. Venetia by Georgette Heyer (added Apr 2012) 4/16/17
2. Maid of Murder by Amanda Flower (added Apr 2015) 4/19/17



May - Valley Wanderer
1. His at Night by Sherry Thomas (added May 2010) 5/23/17



July - Valley Wanderer
1. Hot Button by Kylie Logan 7/01/17 (added Jun 2014)



August - Valley Wanderer
1. Puppet For A Corpse by Dorothy Simpson 8/08/17 (added Aug 2015)



October - Hill Hiker
1. Ghost Gone Wild by Carolyn G. Hart 10/08/17 (pub Oct 2013)
2. Ghost Wanted by Carolyn G. Hart 10/23/17 (pub Oct 2014)
3. A Good Day to Buy by Sherry Harris 10/31/17 (caught up on series)



December: Valley Wanderer
1. Devil's Breath by G.M. Malliet 12/11/17 (caught up on series)
2. Destiny's Captive by Beverly Jenkins 12/17/17 (added Dec 2015)

[SRV]

I'm going for the Valley Wanderer level; 1-2 Books.

Since I'm not the fastest reader I will list two books for each month, and pick one of them. If there still is time enough I'll try to read the second one. All my books are from 2016.

January
A Torch Against the Night or The Great Gatsby

February
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights or Every Secret Thing
New pick: Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Alternate Options
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on
- As I Lay Dying(January)


March
Gone with the Wind or Neverwhere (library copy read in May)

April
Sabriel or Made You Up
Alternate Options
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.
- Go Set a Watchman (march)

May
Memoirs of a Geisha or The Sea of Tranquility
Alternate Options
• Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on Dark Matter (norwegian title: Mørketid)

June
Life of Pi or The Winner's Curse
New pick: Room

July
Peace Like a River or The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

August
A Study in Scarlet or Station Eleven
• Read the oldest book on your TBR: Fangirl

September
Fingersmith or The Name of This Book Is Secret

October
People of the Book or The Dark Lantern

November
Rivers of London or Treasures of the Snow

December
The Blade Itself or Snow Falling on Cedars

Alternate Options
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.
• Read the oldest book on your TBR
• Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
• Knock out all of (or as many as you can) of the books by a certain author on your TBR
• Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has an author with a last name that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has the letters of the month you’re working on in the title (does not have to be in consecutive order)
• Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on

[LaurLa]

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
January - December 2017

MY Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge (msg 21)

Hill Hiker: 3 Books per month

✔✔January

(view spoiler)[
✔Practice Makes Perfect - Kathryn Shay ~ added Jan 2014 - 01.28 ★★★★
✔Against The Spread - Mara Jacobs ~ added Jan 2014 - 02.23 ★★★
✔Hannah's Luck - Lora Leigh ~ added Jan 2016 - 01.14 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

✔✔February

(view spoiler)[
✔Becoming the Whiskey Princess - Toni Aleo ~ added Feb 2015 - 02.20 ★★★
✔Dangerous Connections - Terry Odell ~ added Feb 2014 - 02.07 ★★★
✔Blood and Fire - Shannon McKenna ~ added Feb 2013 - 04.10 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

✔✔March

(view spoiler)[
✔Sandpiper Island - Donna Kauffmann ~ added Mar 2015 - 03.02 ★★★★
✔The Mane Attraction ~ added Mar 2015 - 04.23 ★★★★
✔Tempted by the Soldier ~ added Mar 2014 - 03.29 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

✔✔April

(view spoiler)[
✔The Hypnotist - M.J. Rose ~ added April 2013 - 06.29 ★★★
✔Out of the Dark - Geri Low ~ added April 2014 - 06.13 ★★★
✔Wicked Deeds on a Winter's Night - Kresley Cole ~ added April 2015 - 05.02 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

✔✔May

(view spoiler)[
✔Murphy's Law - Sandy James ~ added May 2013 - 05.30 ★★★
✔The Redwyck Charm - Elena Greene ~ added May 2014 - 08.08 ★★★★
✔Soldier of Fortune - Judith James ~ added May 2015 - 07.08 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

✔✔June

(view spoiler)[
✔Just This Once - Rosalind James ~ added June 2014 - 06.19 ★★★★
✔Somebody's Lover - Jasmine Haynes ~ added June 2014 - 07.23 ★★★
✔Improper English - Katie McAlister ~ added June 2016 - 07.27 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

✔✔July

(view spoiler)[
✔Dark Waters - Toni Anderson ~ added July 2013 - 08.06 ★★★★
✔Savage Deception - Lynette Vinet ~ added July 2014 - 08.15 ★★★
✔Indulge - E.B. Walters ~ added July 2016 - 08.14★★★★

(hide spoiler)]

✔✔August

(view spoiler)[
✔Merkaba - Lorhainne Eckhart ~ added Aug 2013 - 08.26 ★★★
✔Diamond Girl - Andrea Smith ~ added Aug 2013 - 09.18 ★★★★
✔Sleigh Bells in the Snow - Sarah Morgan ~ added Aug 2014 - 08.03 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

✔✔September

(view spoiler)[
Ex on the Beach - Kim Law ~ added Sept 2013 - 10.11 ★★★★
✔Caught on Camera - Kim Law ~ added Sept 2014 - 09.09 ★★★★
✔Windswept Danger - Terry Odell ~ added Sept 2015 - 11.06 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

✔✔October

(view spoiler)[
✔Infinite Possibilities - Lisa Renee Jones ~
added Oct 2013 - 10.23 ★★★★
✔Lion and the Falcon - Eve Langlais ~ added Oct 2014 - 10.20 ★★★★
✔Aftermath - Ann Aguirre ~ added Oct 2014 - 10.30 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

✔✔November

(view spoiler)[
✔Striking Distance - Pamela Clare ~ added Nov 2013 - 11.12 ★★★★★
✔Marked - Rebecca Zanetti ~ added Nov 2014 - 11.29 ★★★★
✔These Men - Andrea Smith ~ added Nov 2016 - 12.26 ★★★★
(hide spoiler)]

✔✔December

(view spoiler)[
✔For His Forever - Kelly Favor ~ added Dec 2014 - 12.14 ★★★
✔His Every Move - Kelly Favor ~ added Dec 2014 - 12.25 ★★★
✔Devil's Due - Misty Evans ~ added Dec 2016 - 12.07 ★★★
(hide spoiler)]

[Jenn]

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
Duration: January 1st - December 31st, 2017
Level: Valley Wanderer: 1-2 Books

January
1. The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie Hall, added 1/9/15, read 1/17/17
2. City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare, added 1/8/12, read 1/19/17


February
1. Reached by Ally Condie, added 2/20/12, read 2/14/17
2. 3 Sides to a Circle by Jolene Perry & Janna Watts, added 2/26/13, read 2/28/17


March
1. Dictatorship of the Dress by Jessica Topper, added 3/10/15, read 3/3/17
2. Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen, added 3/10/15, read 3/8/17


April
1. Tumble & Fall by Alexandra Coutts, added 4/20/13, read 4/18/17
2. Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian, added 4/5/12 , read 4/21/17


May
1. Bright Smoke, Cold Fire by Rosamund Hodge, added 5/13/16, read 5/16/17
2. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson, added 5/12/11, read 5/27/17


June
1. Rookie Move by Sarina Bowen, added 6/29/16, read 6/5/17
2. Where I Need to Be by Kimberly Knight, added 6/14/13, read 6/9/17


July
1. The Boyfriend Thief by Shana Norris, added 7/18/11, read 7/21/17
2. Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey, added 7/30/11, read 7/25/17


August
1. City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare, added 8/18/11, read 8/15/17
2. All Wound Up by Jaci Burton, added 8/1/15, read 8/19/17


September
1. The Fill-In Boyfriend by Kasie West, added 9/10/14, read 9/14/17
2.Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone, added 9/26/12, read 9/30/17


October
1. Amber Smoke by Kristin Cast, added 10/14/16, read 10/16/17
2. Caraval by Stephanie Garber, added 10/4/16, read 10/29/17


November
1. The Fallen Star by Jessica Sorrenson, added 11/22/12, read 11/2/17
2. Our Dark Duet by Victoria Schwab, added 11/22/16, read 11/27/17


December
1. When Ash Rains Down by Cecelia Earl, added 12/15/16, read 12/19/17
2. Wait for Dark by Kay Hooper, added 12/27/16, read 12/25/17

[Lily]

Each month read books that were put on your TBR during that same month of any previous year. There will also be alternate options. Please put when the book was added to your TBR on your post. Mountain Climber Level: 6+ Books

Alternate Options (view spoiler)[
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.
• Read the oldest book on your TBR
• Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
• Knock out all of (or as many as you can) of the books by a certain author on your TBR
• Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has an author with a last name that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has the letters of the month you’re working on in the title (does not have to be in consecutive order)
• Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on
(hide spoiler)]

77/77 ~ finished Dec 27th

January
(view spoiler)[Cross the Mountain by P.D. Singer (Jan 14, 2011) ~ 01/17/17 ~ 3★
Viscount's Wager by Ava March (Jan 29, 2014) ~ 1/16/17 ~ 3.5★
(alternate - book title starts with J)
July: Vintage by Jamie Craig (Oct 21, 2009) ~ 1/18/17 ~ 3★
(alternate - author last name starts with J)
Always Another Side by Annabelle Jacobs (May 15, 2016) ~ 1/1/17 ~ 3.5★
(alternate - book published in January)
Will & Patrick Fight Their Feelings by Leta Blake & Alice Griffiths (May 17, 2016) ~ 1/16/17 ~ 4★
(alternate - (book from the month before)
Making It Work by Sean Michael (Dec 15, 2016) ~ 1/23/17 ~ 3.5★ (hide spoiler)]

February
(view spoiler)[Back East by C.E. Kilgore (Feb 9, 2016) ~ 2/2/17 ~ 4★
The Wrong Man by Lane Hayes (Feb 7, 2015) ~ 2/8/17 ~ 4★
With This Ring by J.M. Snyder (Feb 18, 2010) ~ 2/27/17 ~ 3.5★
(alternate - books by a certain author on your TBR)
Empty Net by Avon Gale ~ 2/14/17 ~ 4★
Overtime by Avon Gale ~ 2/1/17 ~ 3★
(alternate - title that starts with F)
Feat of Clay by Susan Mac Nicol ~ 2/14/17 ~ 3.5★
First and First by Santino Hassell ~ 2/6/17 ~ 4★ (hide spoiler)]

March
(view spoiler)[Flying Solo by Susan Mac Nicol (Mar 9, 2016) ~ 3/8/17 ~ 4★
(Alternate - month before)
The Heart As He Hears It by A.M. Arthur (Feb 4, 2016) ~ 3/29/17 ~ 4★
(Alternate - month after)
The Demon You Know by Barbara Elsborg (April 10,2015) ~ 3/26/17 ~ 4★
(alternate - books by a certain author on your TBR)
Cross To Bare by Susan Mac Nicol ~ 3/3/17 ~ 4★
Damaged Goods by Susan Mac Nicol ~ 3/20/17 ~ 4★
(alternate - title that starts with M)
Meatworks by Jordan Castillo Price ~ 3/30/17 ~ 3.5★
(alternate - author last name starts with M)
Bitter Legacy by Dal Maclean ~ 3/16/17 ~ 4.5★
Heart Ripper: Coffin Nails MC by K.A. Merikan ~ 3/26/17 ~ 4★ (hide spoiler)]

April
(view spoiler)[(alternate - month before this one)
Shirt by Amy Lane (May 3, 2016) ~ 4/5/17 ~ 3★
(alternate - oldest book on TBR)
Swarm by Jordan Castillo Price (Nov 15, 2009) ~ 4/13/17 ~ 3.5★
(alternate - finish or catch up on a series)
Forsaken by Sloane Kennedy ~ 4/3/17 ~ 4★
Vengeance by Sloane Kennedy ~ 4/20/17 ~ 4★
(alternate - books by same author on TBR)
Harley's Achilles by Sandrine Gasq-Dion ~ 4/12/17 ~ 4★
Jinxed by Sandrine Gasq-Dion ~ 4/5/17 ~ 4★ (hide spoiler)]

May
(view spoiler)[Absinthe of Malice by Rhys Ford (May 1, 2016) ~ 5/20/17 ~ 4★
(alternate - author last name that starts with the M)
Blow Down by J.L. Merrow ~ 5/4/17 ~ 4★
Guns n' Boys: Chokehold by K.A. Merikan ~ 5/16/17 ~ 4★
(alternate - get caught up on) a series)
A Christmas Hex (Hexworld 2.5) by Jordan L. Hawk ~ 5/2/17 ~ 3.5★
(alternate - read as many books by same author on TBR)
Darkest Hour Before Dawn by Chalie Cochet ~ 5/15/17 ~ 4★
Thick & Thin by Chalie Cochet ~ 5/10/17 ~ 4★
THIRDS Beyond the Books: Volume 1 by Chalie Cochet ~ 5/25/17 ~ 4★
THIRDS Beyond the Books: Volume 2 by Chalie Cochet ~ 5/27/17 ~ 4★ (hide spoiler)]

June
(view spoiler)[Because of Roses by Richard May (June 2, 2015) ~ 6/1/17 ~ 3★
(alternate - month before this one)
Finding Peace by Sloane Kennedy (May 3, 2016) ~ 6/11/17 ~ 4★
Surrender Your Heart by Aimee Nicole Walker (May 17, 2016) ~ 6/17/17 ~ 4★
(alternate - oldest book on your TBR)
A Great Miracle Happened There by Kim Fielding (Dec 24, 2012) ~ 6/1/17 ~ 3★
(alternate - get caught up on a series)
Hard Climate by Susan Mac Nicol ~ 6/5/17 ~ 4★
(alternate - book title starts with J)
Just a Bit Ruthless by Alessandra Hazard ~ 6/30/17 ~ 4★ (hide spoiler)]

July
(view spoiler)[Ask, Answer, Look, Kiss by Livia Frost (July 17, 2015) ~ 7/1/17 ~ 3.5★
Head-on by John Inman (July 2, 2014) ~ 7/21/17 ~ 3.5★
Sing Me Your Love Song by Raine O'Tierney (July 10, 2015) ~ 7/1/17 ~ 3★
(alternate - author with a last name that starts with J)
His Fairy Godfather by Cate Ashwood & Nico Jaye ~ 7/9/17 ~ 3.5★
(alternate - books by a certain author)
A Day Makes by Mary Calmes ~ 7/2/17 ~ 4★
You Never Know by Mary Calmes ~ 7/21/17 ~ 3.5★ (hide spoiler)]

August
(view spoiler)[Love and Punishment by Susan Mac Nicol (Aug 31, 2014) ~ 8/11/17 ~ 3.5★
(alternate - month before this one)
Appearing Knightly by J.M. Cartwright (July 18, 2017) ~ 8/3/17 ~ 3★
Queen's Quest by Avery J. Moon (July 19, 2017) ~ 8/11/17 ~ 3★
Take Two by Shira Anthony (July 10, 2016) ~ 8/6/17 ~ 3.5★
(alternate - month after this one)
Wedlocked by Ella Frank & Brooke Blaine (Sept 7, 2016) ~ 8/14/17 ~ 4.5★
(alternate - published in August)
Weight of the World by Riley Hart ~ 8/30/17 ~ 4★ (hide spoiler)]

September
(view spoiler)[Always You by Aimee Nicole Walker (Sept 7, 2016) ~ 9/2/17 ~ 4★
Better Than New by Charley Descoteaux (Sept 30, 2014) ~ 9/2/17 ~ 3.5★
(alternate - oldest book on your TBR)
Toy Box: Biting - Anthology (Nov 28, 2009) ~ 9/6/17 ~ 3.5★
(alternate - finish a series - can be from 2017)
The Long and Winding Road by T.J. Klune ~ 9/13/17 ~ 5★
Draakenwood by Jordan L. Hawk ~ 9/26/17 ~ 4.5★
(alterante - book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month = S)
Strange Addiction by Sandrine Gasq-Dion ~ 9/17/17 ~ 3.5★ (hide spoiler)]

October
(view spoiler)[No Boundaries by S.E. Jakes (Oct 13, 2014) ~ 10/27/17 ~ 3.5★
Tangling with Bears by Lisa Oliver (Oct 14, 2016) ~ 10/7/17 ~ 3.5★
Keep Me Wanting by Avril Ashton (Oct 27, 2015) ~ 10/7/17 ~ 3.5★
Easy Evenings by Mary Calmes (Oct 27, 2015) ~ 10/3/17 ~ 3.5★
(alternate - book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month = O)
One Marine, Hero by E.M. Lynley ~ 10/28/17 ~ 4★
(alternate - finish a series - can be from 2017)
His Fateful Heap of Days by John Wiltshire ~ 10/29/17 ~ 4.5★ (hide spoiler)]

November
(view spoiler)[TJ & Finn by Cardeno C. (Nov 21, 2016) ~ 11/2/17 ~ 3★
(alternate - book from the month before or after the month you’re working on)
The Black Sheep and The Rotten Apple by K.A. Merikan (Dec 12, 2016) ~ 11/24/17 ~ 3.5★
So This is Christmas by Josh Lanyon (Dec 12, 2016) ~ 11/4/17 ~ 4★
Any Means Necessary by Aimee Nicole Walker (Oct 18, 2016) ~ 11/29/17 ~ 4★
Diura by A.J. Llewellyn (Dec 17, 2009) ~ 11/3/17 ~ 4★
(alternate - finish a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
Wheels Up by Annabeth Albert ~ 11/23/17 ~ 4★ (hide spoiler)]

December
(view spoiler)[Pieces of Me by Melanie Hansen (Dec 20, 2016) ~ 12/6/17 ~ 3.5★
When the Right One Comes Along by Paul Alan Fahey (Dec 21, 2012) ~ 12/1/17 ~ 3★
(alternate - book from the month before or after the month you’re working on)
A Wedding to Die For by Xavier Mayne (Jan 28, 2015) ~ 12/23/17 ~ 3.5★
Anything Could Happen by B.G. Thomas (jan 31, 2015) ~ 12/27/17 ~ 3★
(alternate - catch up/finish a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
Gummy Bears & Grenades by Charlie Cochet ~ 12/2/17 ~ 4★
Tried & True by Charlie Cochet ~ 12/15/17 ~ 5★ (hide spoiler)]

[Joann]

I'm going to try for hill hiker

January:
1. Armed and Fabulous - added Jan 26/16 read Jan 2/17
2. The Gray and Guilty Sea - added Jan 29/16 read Jan 12/17
3. The Lemoncholy Life of Annie Aster - added Jan . 8/16 read Jan 18/17

February:
1. The Passenger added Feb 14/16 read Feb 18/17
2. The Angel's Game added Feb 12/16 Read Feb 22/17
3. Between Shades of Gray added Feb 14/16 read Feb 27/17

March
1. 7 Brides for 7 Bodies - added March 5/14 read Mar 2/17
2. Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure - Diane Kelly - added Mar 8/16 read Mar 6/17
3. Death Comes eCalling - Leslie O’Kane - added Mar 14/16 read 8/3/17

April
1. Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah - added 4/7/15 - read 4/2/17
2. Some Like It Witchy - Heather Blake - added 4/30/15 - read 4/3/17
3. This Rough Magic - Mary Stewart - added 4/10/15 - read 4/7/17
4. Death of a Crafty Knitter - Angela Pepper - added 4/23/16 - read 4/21/17
5. Ten Beach Road - Wendy Wax - added 4/16/15 - read 4/23/17

May:
Last Ride to Graceland - Kim Wright - read 5/6/17 - added May 29/16
Ghostwritten - Isabelle Wolff - read 5/14/17 - added May 4/16
One True Loves - Taylor Jenkins Reid - added May 29/16 - Read 5/26/17

June
Revolution Earth - Nagle Lambert - 6/21/17 - Added Jun 30/16
The One That Got Away - Bethany Chase - 6/24/17 - Added Jun 20/16
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan - 6/25/17 - added Jun 12/15

July
Instruments of Darkness - Imogen Robertson - 7/7/17 - added July 25/16
The Lost Girls - Heather Young - 7/17/17 - added July 3/16
Curious Minds - Janet Evanovich - 7/16/17 - added July 28/16

August
The Book of Speculation - Erika Swyler - added Aug 5/15 - read 8/1/17
One Coffee With - Margaret Maron -added Aug 23, 2016 - read 8/11/17
The Girl in the Castle - Santa Montefiore - added August 26, 2016 - read 24/8/14

September
A Deadly Affection - Cuyler Overholt - 9/2/17 - added Sept 10/16
The Other Side of Midnight - Simone St James - 9/10/17 - added Sept 8/2016
A Spear of Summer Grass - Deanna Raybourn - 9/17/17 - added Se[t 8/16

October
[book:One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest|332613] - Ken Kesey - 10/2/17 - added Oct 2015
Playing for the Ashes - Elizabeth George - 10/12/17 - Added Oct 2016
Beautiful Lies - Lisa Unger - 10/25/17 - added Oct 2016

November
A Quiet Life In The Country - T. E. Kinsey - 11/9/17 - added Nov 21, 2016
A Ghostly Light - Juliet Blackwell - 11/15/17 - added Nov 3/16
Desperate Measures - Kat Lee - 11/26/17 - added Nov 29, 2016

December:
Christmas at Harrington's - Melody Carlson - 12/11/17 added Dec 2014
No Comfort for the Lost - Nancy Herriman - 12/17/17 - added Dec 2016
To Shield the Queen - Fiona Buckley - 12/22/17 - added dec 1/16

[Leo(nie)]

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
Duration: January 1st - December 31st
Level: Valley Wanderer: 1-2 Books
COMPLETED

January

1. Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (put on TBR Feb. 25, 2016)
Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.

February

1. First Daughter by Susan Kaye Quinn (put on TBR Feb. 16, 2016)

March

1. Ringworld by Larry Niven (put on TBR Feb. 28, 2016)
Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on

April

1. Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening (put on TBR May 03, 2016)
Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.

May

1. Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente (put on TBR June 04, 2016)
Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.

June

1. Vermilion by Molly Tanzer (put on TBR June 02, 2015)

July

1. The Mirror Empire by Kameron Hurley (put on TBR July 23, 2015)

August

1. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke (put on TBR August 09, 2016)

September

1. Jane Steele by Lyndsey Faye (put on TBR September 21, 2016)

October

1. Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho (put on TBR October 10, 2016)

November

1. Adekan, Volume 09 by Tsukiji Nao
Finish (or get caught up on) a series

December

1. Tokyo Babylon, Vol. 2 by CLAMP
Finish (or get caught up on) a series

[Laura]

I'm in! Going to try for mountain climber.
UPDATE: COMPLETE
12/12

January
6/6
1. The Castle in the Pyrenees: Added Jan 2012.
2. Our Kind of Traitor: Added Jan 2012
3. Pretty Twisted: Added Jan 2015
4. The Road to Middlemarch: My Life with George Eliot : Added Jan 2015
5. No Country For Old Men : Added Jan 2015
6. Waterlog: Added Jan 2015

February
6/6
1. The Little Friend: Added Feb 2012
2. Palladio: Added Feb 2012
3. Elizabeth Is Missing: Added Feb 2015
4. The Lottery and Other Stories: Added Feb 2015
5. When God Was a Rabbit : Added Feb 2012
6. Angela Carter's Book of Fairy Tales: Added Feb 2015

March
6/6
1. Memory: A Very Short Introduction : added March 2013
2. When You Reach Me : added March 2015
3. The Heart Goes Last : added March 2016
4. The Two of Us : added March 2015
5. The Very Thought of You : added March 2015
6. Heresy : added March 2015

April
6/6
1. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes : added April 2011
2. The Lacuna : added April 2011
3. The Lonely Londoners : added April 2011
4. Never Go Back : added April 2012
5. The Parthenon: added April 2015
6. The Summer Before the Dark : added April 2011

May
6/6
1. White is for Witching : added May 2014
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower : added May 2014
3. The Sea Sisters : added May 2014
4. Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest : added May 2012
5. Close My Eyes: added May 2014
6. Negotiating with the Dead: added May 2014

June
6/6
1. Jane Welsh Carlyle and Her Victorian World: A Story of Love, Work, Marriage, and Friendship : Weirdly, although I have about 900 books on my TBR list, only 5 of them were added in June, so I am substituting this book which starts with a J.
2. Modernism on Sea: Art and Culture at the British Seaside : added June 2015
3. Stone Mattress: Nine Tales : added June 2015
4. The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography : added June 2015
5. The Monogram Murders : added June 2015
6. The Collected Letters of Katherine Mansfield: Volume 5: 1922-1923 : added June 2015

July
6/6
1. Something Might Happen : added July 2016
2. A Patchwork Planet : added July 2016
3. The Amateur Marriage : added July 2016
4. The Tennis Term at Trebizon : added July 2016
5. Ladder of Years : added July 2016
6. Sweet Caress : added July 2016

August
6/6
1. The Seed Collectors : added August 2015
2. Tony and Susan : added August 2015
3. Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories : added August 2014
4. A Tale for the Time Being : added August 2015
5. Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You : added August 2014
6. That Summer in Ischia : added August 2015

September
6/6
1. The Museum of Extraordinary Things : added September 2016
2. Slow Horses : added September 2016
3. Bellman & Black : added September 2016
4. The Vegetarian : added September 2016
5. The House at the Edge of the World : added September 2016
6. Men Explain Things to Me : added September 2016

October
6/6
1. 84, Charing Cross Road : I only have five books on my TBR list from October, so I'm subbing in 84 Charing Cross Road as 8=Oct.
2. The Secret Life of Bees : added October 2015
3. Gravity's Rainbow : added October 2015
4. The Winter Ghosts : added October 2015
5. Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions : added October 2015
6. Robert Graves: Life on the Edge : added October 2015

November
6/6
1. In the Land of the Long White Cloud : added November 2014
2. The Lieutenant : added November 2014
3. The Earth Hums in B Flat: added November 2014
4. The Ecliptic : added November 2015
5. The Enchanted April : added November 2012
6. The Pinhoe Egg : added November 2014

December
6/6
1. The Lie Tree : added December 2016
2. Foxlowe : added December 2016
3. Daisy in Chains : added December 2016
4. Big Brother : added December 2016
5. The Sisters : added December 2016
6. Black Rabbit Hall : added December 2016

[Karol]

Hill Hiker for me!

Levels:
Valley Wanderer: 1-2 Books
Hill Hiker: 3-5 Books
Mountain Climber: 6+ Books

If you run out of books during a certain month, you can use one or more of these to make your level goal for the month. You can also make up your own alternates, but they have to work with the challenge.

Alternate Options
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.
• Read the oldest book on your TBR
• Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
• Knock out all of (or as many as you can) of the books by a certain author on your TBR
• Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has an author with a last name that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has the letters of the month you’re working on in the title (does not have to be in consecutive order)
• Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on

January 2017:
1. A Rift in Time, by Michael R. Phillips, 3/5 stars. Read 01/15/17. Put on TBR Jan. 2, 2004.
2. The Swiss Family Robinson, by Johann David Wyss, 2/5 stars. Read 01/15/17. Put on TBR Jan. 4, 2002.
3. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, by Therese Anne Fowler, 3/5 stars. Read 01/22/17. Put on TBR 01/29/15

February 2017:

1. Dearest Dorothy, If Not Now, When?, by Charlene Ann Baumbich, 4/5 stars. Read 02/07/17. Put on TBR 02/04/15
2. The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice, by Wilkie Collins, 5/5 stars. Read 02/10/17. Put on TBR 02/04/15
3. The Moonstone, by Wilkie Collins, 3/5 stars. Read 02/27/17. Put on TBR 02/04/15.

March 2017:

1. Life on the Refrigerator Door, by Alice Kuipers, 4/5 stars. Read 03/03/17. Put on TBR 03/07/15.
2. Death Tidies Up, by Barbara Colley, 4/5 stars. Read 03/07/17. Put on TBR 03/27/10.
3. Polished Off, by Barbara Colley, 4/5 stars. Read 03/12/17. Put on TBR 03/27/10.
4. 41: A Portrait of My Father, by George W. Bush, 4/5 stars. Read 03/26/17. Put on TBR 03/07/15
5. Wiped Out, by Barbara Colley, 4/5 stars. Read 03/28/17. Put on TBR 03/27/10

April 2017

1. Conrad Allen: Murder on the Mauretania, 4/5 stars (04/10/17) Author name starting with "A" for April.
2. Apple Turnover Murder, by Joanne Fluke, 3/5 stars (04/14/17) Title starting with "A" for April
3. Conrad Allen: Murder on the Minnesota, 5/5 stars (04/25/17). Author name starting with "A" for April

May 2017

1. The Kindness of Strangers, by Don George, editor, 3/5 stars. Read on 05/07/17. Put on TBR 05/28/14.
2. Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant, by Jennifer Grant, 3/5 stars. Read on 05/13/17. Put on TBR 05/03/11.
3. Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home, by Rhoda Janzen, 1/5 stars. Read on 05/16/17. Put on TBR 05/28/14.
4. The Ghost of the Mary Celeste, by Valerie Martin, 5/5 stars. Read on 05/20/17. Put on TBR 05/26/14.
5. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel James Brown, 5/5 stars. Read on 05/31/17. Put on TBR 05/28/14.

June 2017

1. Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt, by Beth Hoffman. 4/5 stars. Read on 06/10/17. Put on TBR 06/04/16.
2. Mockingbird, by Kathryn Erskine. 4/5 stars. Read on 06/11/17. Put on TBR 06/24/15.
3. Pirate Hunters: Treasure, Obsession, and the Search for a Legendary Pirate Ship, by Robert Kurson. 3/5 stars. Read on 06/25/17. Put on TBR 06/17/15.

July
1. Back on Murder, by J. Mark Bertrand, 3/5 stars. Read on 07/15/17. Put on TBR 7/31/16

Borrowed Time. Put on TBR 7/31/16
When the Devil Whistles. Put on TBR 7/31/16
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea. Put on TBR 07/01/15

[Erin L]

I feel like I'm a Hill Hiker :)

January:
A Stitch in Time (Jan 2011) - 01/13/2017 - ***
Live and Let Die - 01/10/2017 - **
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Jan 2012) - 01/02/2017 ***
A Pocket Full of Rye (Jan 2012) - 01/03/2017 - **


February:
The Woman in White (Feb 2010)
The Hippopotamus Pool (Feb 2011)
Shroud for a Nightingale (Feb 2011)

March:
Sex, Murder And A Double Latte (Mar 2010)
Living the Vida Lola (Mar 2010) - 3/12/2017
The Jennifer Morgue (Mar 2012)

April:
Gallows View (Apr 2010)
The Monkey's Raincoat (Apr 2010)
Thicker Than Water (Apr 2012)

May:
Another Man's Moccasins(May 2014)
The Dark Horse (May 2014)
Skinny Dip (May 2010)

June
The Taken (2010)
What Alice Forgot (2011)
The White Queen (2011)

July
Feint Of Art (July 2010)
Raising Steam (July 2012)
A Princess of Mars

August:
Assault & Beret (2016)
Mission Impawsible (2016)
I Know A Secret (2016)

Sept:
A Ghostly Light (2016)
Flu: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It (2010)
Without Fail

Oct:
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2010)
The Night Wanderers: Uganda's Children and the Lord's Resistance Army (2016)
The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra (2016)

Nov:
Killing the Shadows (2016)
All the Missing Girls (2016)
Rejected Princesses: Tales of History's Boldest Heroines, Hellions, and Heretics (2016)

Dec
The Name of the Rose (2016)
Look Homeward, Angel (2016)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back

[Erin]

I love the idea of this challenge and, though it will be tough for me since I joined in June 2016 (hello alternate options!) and my TBR list isn't huge, I'm going to try to tackle 1 book per month.

January
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, published January 24, 2012 ~ 1/20/17 ***

February
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances, published February 3, 2015 ~ 2/10/17 **

March
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell ~ 3/20/17 ****

April
Grave Descend, first published April 1970 ~ 4/17/17 ****

May
The Mysterious Affair at Styles, title contains the letters M-A-Y ~ 5/17/17 ****

June
Out of the Silent Planet, added June 20, 2016

July
Dark Matter, added July 28, 2016

August
Red Rising, added August 18, 2016

September
Binary, added September 15, 2016

October
Golden Son, added October 5, 2016

November


December

[cherryjellybeans]

2017 Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge

Valley Wanderer 0/12

January

House of Cards Added Dec 1 2015

February

A Study in Charlotte Added Feb 4 2016

March

The Dream Thieves Added Mar 11 2016

April

Doctor Who: The Stone Rose Added Apr 9 2016

May

Murder and Mendelssohn Added Apr 16 2016

June

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Added June 25 2016

July

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Added July 9 2016

August

An Unsentimental Bloke, the life and work of C.J. Dennis Added Aug 13 2016

September

The Thousandth Floor Added Sep 28 2016

October

Cruel Beauty Added Oct 8 2016

November

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
Added Nov 5 2016 - Finished it early - 3/6/17

December

Daughter of Smoke & Bone Added Nov 29 2016

[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
Duration: January 1st - December 31st, 2017
Level: Hill Hiker: 3-5 Books

Alternate options(view spoiler)[Alternate Options
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.
• Read the oldest book on your TBR
• Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
• Knock out all of (or as many as you can) of the books by a certain author on your TBR
• Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has an author with a last name that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has the letters of the month you’re working on in the title (does not have to be in consecutive order)
• Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on (hide spoiler)]

January
1. Low Pressure (1/'13) 1/6
2. A Week in Winter (1/'13) 1/8
3. The Escape Artist (1/'16) 1/16
4. Glass Sword (1/'16) 1/15

February
1. A Thousand Splendid Suns (2/'13
2. Usher's Passing (2/'13)
3. Middlesex (2/'14) 2/27
4. Heir to Sevenwaters (2/'15) 2/11
5. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two (2/'16) 2/5

March
1. The Rose & the Dagger (3/'16) 3/24
2. The Pact (3/'12)
3. The String Diaries (3/'13) 4/1 darn, so close! :-)
4. A Man Called Ove (3/'15) 3/27

April
1, 2, 3 Mistborn Trilogy (4/'15)
--Mistborn: The Final Empire 4/14
--The Well of Ascension 4/20
--The Hero of Ages 4/30
4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (4/'15) 4/7
5. The Memory Child (4/'14) 4/6

May
1. The Round House (5/'13)
2. People of the Earth (5/'14) 5/17
3. The Midwife's Confession (5/'14) 5/23
4. Don't Breathe a Word (5/'14)5/31

June
1. Deadline (6/'13) 6/23
2. Juliet's Nurse (6/'14) 6/8
3. Mr. Darcy's Diary (6/'14) 6/4

July
Failed...oops!

August
1. Exigency (8/'14) 8/4
2. The Secret History (8/'15) 8/11
3. The Knife of Never Letting Go (8/'14) 8/31

September
1. Don't Go (9/'15) 9/4
2. A Place Beyond Courage (9/'15) 9/7
3. Timeline (9/'14) 9/11

October
1. Heart Warriors: A Family Faces Congenital Heart Disease (10/'14) 10/1
2. The Splendour Falls (10/'14) 10/2
3. The Orchardist (10/'13) 10/4

November
1. Tell the Wolves I'm Home (11/'13) 11/13
2. Lost Lake (11/'13) 11/22
3. ALTERNATE Burial Rites (12/'13) 11/5

December
1. Speaks the Nightbird
2. Ordinary Grace
3. The Son
4. Flight Behavior 12/18

[Gabby]

Bring it on.
No page limit
When added to TBR and Date read.
Hill Hiker 3-5 Books :)

January 8/5
(view spoiler)[★Chibi Vampire, Vol. 01 (12/1/16) 1/1
★xxxHolic, Vol. 1 (5/1/16) 6/1
★Vampire Knight, Vol. 1 (2/1/16) 8/1
★Pita Ten, Vol. 01 (2/1/16) 17/1
★Mythology Of The Heavens Book 1: God Of War (2/1/16) 17/1
★Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok, Vol. 01 (2/1/16) 17/1/16
★Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok, Vol. 02 (2/1/16) 17/1/16
★Poison Study (2/1/16) 17/1 (hide spoiler)]

February 19/5
(view spoiler)[★ Witch Class Volume 1 (24/2/26) 7/2
★ Witch Class: Volume 2 (cont) 7/2
★ DearS, Vol. 3 (6/1/16) 7/2
★ DearS, Vol. 4 (11/2/16) 7/2
★ DearS, Vol. 5 (11/2/16) 7/2
★ DearS, Vol. 6 (11/2/16) 7/2
★ DearS, Vol. 7 (11/2/16) 7/2
★ DearS, Vol. 8 (11/2/16) 7/2
★ Moon Vol. 1 (4/2/16) 10/2
★ Moon Vol 2-7 goodreads.com/series/123139 (cont) 10/2
★ Magic Study (2/1/16) 18/2
★ Soul Eater, Vol. 01 (4/1/16) 28/2
★ Fruits Basket, Vol. 3 (3/1/16) 26/2
★ Fruits Basket, Vol. 4 (4/2/16) 28/2 (hide spoiler)]

•March 18/5
(view spoiler)[★ The Tarot Cafe, #4 (12/2/16) 18/3
★ Tarot cafe 5-7 goodreads.com/series/60494 (cont) 18/3
★ A Silent Voice, Vol. 1 (2/3/16) 1/3
★ Silent Voice Vol 2-7 goodreads.com/series/122650 (cont) 1/3
★ The Seven Deadly Sins, Vol. 1 (29/2/16) 12/3
★ Seven deadly sins Vol 2-3 goodreads.com/series/150151 (cont) 28/3
★The Seven Deadly Sins, Vol. 4 (cont) 30/3
★ Shamanism: Rituals For Spiritual Journeying And Creating Sacred Space (10/3/16) 19/3
★Charlie Eggleston's Talking Skull (10/3/16) 30/3
★Wings of Hope (27/2/16) 27/3 (hide spoiler)]

•April 14/5
(view spoiler)[★How to Speak Dragonese (13/4/16) 23/4
★Genie vs. Djinn (10/4/16) 11/4
★Coraline (10/3/16) 7/4
★Origins (10/4/16) 7/4
★Chibi Vampire Vol 5-7 goodreads.com/series/66390 (cont) 6/4
★Chibi Vampire Vol 8-14 goodreads.com/series/66390 (cont) 7/4 (hide spoiler)]

•May 9/5
(view spoiler)[★Little Boy Lost (15/5/16) 6/5
★Dear Olly (13/1/16) 12/5 (Author)
★The Butterfly Lion (13/1/16) 12/5 (Author)
★Out of the Ashes (13/1/16) 11/5 (Author)
★So You Want to Be a Wizard (31/12/15) 10/5 (Author)
★The Secret of Platform 13 (6/1/16) 12/5 (Author)
★Unhappily Ever After (15/5/16) 16/5
★Deep Wizardry (2/1/16) 20/5
★Fierce Winds and Fiery Dragons (10/4/16) 21/5 (hide spoiler)]

•June 6/5
(view spoiler)[ ★ The Hospital: The First Mountain Man Story (7/8/16) 14/6
★ High Wizardry (2/1/16) 16/6
★ Evelyn: A Cupid Chronicles Novella (19/10/16) 20/6
★ Raven: A Dark Fantasy Short Story (1/11/16) 20/6
★ Moore Zombies: The Search for Gargoy (14/12/16) 22/6
★ Valentine (23/11/16) 27/6 (hide spoiler)]

•July 7/5
(view spoiler)[ ★ Juliet Dove, Queen of Love (10/4/16) 5/7
★ A Cute Pair of Shorts (4/12/16) 16/7
★ Charlotte's Web (31/12/15) 20/7
★ The Cavern of the Fear (12/8/16) 19/7
★ The Isle of Illusion (12/8/16) 22/7
★ The Shadowlands (12/8/16) 24/7
★ 4 Years Trapped in My Mind Palace (14/12/16) 31/7 (hide spoiler)]

•August 4/5
(view spoiler)[ ★The Swish of the Curtain (7/7/16) 31/8
★Black Bird, Vol. 01 (4/1/16) 6/8
★ Black Bird, Vol. 02 (cont) 6/8
★ Black Bird, Vol. 03 (cont) 29/8 (hide spoiler)]

September 3/5
(view spoiler)[ ★American Demon Hunters (20/11/16) 25/9
★Unsanctified: A Halloween Horror Short Story/e-book original (4/12/16) 12/9
★ The Forestwife Trilogy (23/9/16) 3/9 (hide spoiler)]

•October 5/5
(view spoiler)[★A Monstrous Place (1/10/16) 8/10
★The Tree (18/10/16) 13/10
★The Identical Boy (18/10/16) 22/10
★The Secret Life of Bees (7/7/16) 21/10
★Just a Matter of Time: A Young Adult Paranormal Short Story (1/10/16) 14/10 (hide spoiler)]

•November 1/5
(view spoiler)[ ★Zero Hour (29/11/2016) 25/11
•December (hide spoiler)]

[Theo]

Theo's Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
Valley Wanderer: 1-2 Books

January:
1. Feeling Sorry for Celia (Jan. 13, 2016)--Read 5/5/17, 5 stars
2. The Maze Runner (Jan. 9, 2015)--Read 5/31/17, 3 stars

February:
1. Last Exit to Brooklyn (Feb. 5, 2013)--Read 2/3/17, 4 stars
2. Naked in Death (Feb. 24, 2014)--Read 6/30/17, 3 stars

March:
1. Goodnight, Irene (Mar. 13, 2015)--Read 7/9/17, 3 stars
2. Frostbite (Mar. 23, 2016)--Read 5/12/17, 4 stars

April:
1. Beneath a Meth Moon (Apr. 19, 2015)
2. Double Identity (Apr. 13, 2016)--Read 4/3/17, 3 stars

May:
1. The Reluctant Assassin (May 18, 2014)
2. The Time Machine (May 18, 2014)

June:
1. The Sheltering Sky (Jun. 27, 2013)--11/18/17, 4 stars
2. Dracula (Jun. 14, 2015)--9/9/17, 4 stars

July:
1. Oliver Twist (Jul. 17, 2013)--7/30/17, 3 stars
2. Allegiant (Jul. 20, 2016)--7/5/17, 2 stars

August:
1. The Diviners (Aug. 2, 2015)--12/9/17, 4 stars
2. Death Cloud (Aug. 3, 2013)

September:
1. The Drowned Cities (Sep. 11, 2015)--11/17/17, 4 stars
2. The Miles Between (Sep. 7, 2013)

October:
1. Winter's Tale (Oct. 25, 2014)
2. The Pillars of the Earth (Oct. 25, 2014)

November:
1. Treasure Island (Nov. 2, 2016)--12/1/17, 3 stars
2. Certain Girls (Nov. 2, 2016)

December:
1. Fangirl (Dec. 8, 2013)
2. The Firefly Letters (Dec. 8, 2013)

Read in 2017, Added in 2013:

Read in 2017, Added in 2014:

Read in 2017, Added in 2015:

[Deanne]

Mountain Climber: 6+ Books

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Alternate Options
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.
• Read the oldest book on your TBR
• Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
• Knock out all of (or as many as you can) of the books by a certain author on your TBR
• Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has an author with a last name that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has the letters of the month you’re working on in the title (does not have to be in consecutive order)
• Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on

[Denise, Manufacturing Director]

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
Timeframe: 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017
Level: Hill Hiker (3-5 books per month)
Completed: 60/60

January
1. Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost Added 05 Jan 2014 (13 Jan 2017) ★★★★★
2. Plague Town by Dana Fredsti Added 31 Jan 2014 (11 Jan 2017) ★★★★
3. The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes Added 07 Jan 2016 (10 Jan 2017) ★★★★★
4. Reign of Blood by Alexia Purdy Added 18 Jan 2013 (19 Jan 2017) ★★★
5. 1989 The Berlin Wall: My Part In Its Downfall by Peter Millar Added 01 Jan 2014 (14 Jan 2017) ★★★★



February
1. The Star Thief by Jamie Grey Added 02 Feb 2014 (10 Feb 2017) ★★★★
2. Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947 by Christopher Clark Added 05 Feb 2014 (27 Feb 2017) ★★★★★
3. Traitor's Blade by Sebastien de Castell Added 25 Feb 2014 (19 Feb 2017) ★★★★★
4. The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by K.J. Charles Added 01 Feb 2015 (03 Feb 2017) ★★★★★
5. The Poison Tide by Andrew Williams Added 10 Feb 2015 (22 Feb 2017) ★★★★



March
1. To Be a King: A Novel about Christopher Marlowe by Robert DeMaria Added 01 Mar 2014 (14 Mar 2017) ★★★★
2. The Boy with the Porcelain Blade by Den Patrick Added 01 Mar 2014 (25 Mar 2017) ★★★
3. Ink and Steel by Elizabeth Bear Added 05 Mar 2014 (30 Mar 2017) ★★★★★
4. When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke Added 27 Mar 2014 (12 Mar 2017) ★★★
5. The Wolves of London by Mark Morris Added 31 Mar 2015 (24 Mar 2017) ★★★



April
1. The Typhoon Lover (Rei Shimura Mysteries by Sujata Massey Added 15 Apr 2011 (11 Apr 2017) ★★★
2. Zusammen ist man weniger allein by Anna Gavalda Added 24 Apr 2013 (09 Apr 2017) ★★★★
3. Wilde: The Novel by Stefan Rudnicki Added 24 Apr 2013 (01 Apr 2017) ★★★★
4. Hotel Quadriga : die Geschichte einer Berliner Familiendynastie by Jenny Glanfield Added 24 Apr 2013 (03 Apr 2017) ★★★★
5. Alexander the Great: Murder in Babylon by Graham Phillips Added 25 Apr 2013 (14 Apr 2017) ★★★



May
1. Thomas the Rhymer by Ellen Kushner Added 23 May 2011 (21 May 2017) ★★★★
2. Darkness Falls by Jessica Sorensen Added 20 May 2012) (23 May 2017) ★★★
3. Cashelmara by Susan Howatch Added 20 May 2013) (28 May 2017) ★★★★
4. Der Grenzgang by Friedrich Strassegger Added 10 May 2014 (25 May 2017) ★★★
5. The Fan Tan Players by Julian Lees Added 17 May 2014 (28 May 2017) ★★★★



June
1. The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld Added 26 Jun 2011 (23 Jun 2017) ★★★★
2. The God King by James A. West Added 27 Jun 2012 (28 Jun 2017) ★★★
3. Harlot Queen by Hilda Lewis Added 10 Jun 2013 (14 Jun 2017) ★★★
4. The Sea-Hawk by Rafael Sabatini Added 10 Jun 2013 (25 Jun 2017) ★★★
5. Midwinter by Matthew Sturges Added 13 Jun 2013 (09 Jun 2017) ★★★★



July
1. A Job From Hell by Jayde Scott Added 24 Jul 2011 (25 Jul 2017) ★★
2. Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff Added 04 Jul 2012 (24 Jul 2017) ★★★
3. Huntress by Nicole Hamlett Added 24 Jul 2013 (27 Jul 2017) ★★
4. Die Gärten von Landrake Hall by Elizabeth Edmondson Added 07 Jul 2013 (23 Jul 2017) ★★★
5. Frost Arch by Kate Bloomfield Added 24 Jul 2013 (30 Jul 2017) ★★



August
1. The Keepers by Donna Augustine Added 10 Aug 2013 (21 Aug 2017) ★★★★
2. The Burning Sky by Joseph Robert Lewis Added 10 Aug 2013 (25 Aug 2017) ★★★★
3. Strange Meeting by Susan Hill Added 08 Aug 2014 (16 Aug 2017) ★★★★
4. The Borgias by Christopher Hibbert Added 10 Aug 2014 (17 Aug 2017) ★★★
5. The Phoenix Descent by Chuck Grossart Added 11 Aug 2016 (22 Aug 2017) ★★★★



September
1. The Fallen Blade by Jon Courtenay Grimwood Added 07 Sep 2013 (17 Sep 2017) ★★★
2. Staying Dead by Laure Anne Gilman Added 11 Sep 2013 (13 Sep 2017) ★★★
3. Shadowborn by Moira Katson Added 13 Sep 2013 (09 Sep 2017) ★★★★
4. A Reason To Kill by Michael Kerr Added 19 Sep 2013 (12 Sep 2017) ★★★
5. Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho Added 27 Sep 2015 (16 Sep 2017) ★★★★



October
1. Prey by Andrea Speed Added 16 Oct 2011 (18 Oct 2017) ★★★
2. The Impaler's Revenge by Ioana Visan (Added 27 Oct 2013 (29 Oct 2017) ★★★★
3. Fearless Leader by Tricia Owens Added 17 Oct 2015 (16 Oct 2017) ★★★★
4. The Oncoming Storm by Christopher G. Nuttall Added 06 Oct 2016 (02 Oct 2017) ★★★★
5. Nightshades by Melissa F. Olson Added 26 Oct 2016 (09 Oct 2017) ★★★★



November
1. Cesare Borgia: His Life and Times by Sarah Bradford Added 01 Nov 2013 (30 Nov 2017) ★★★
2. Sacrificed in Shadow by S.M. Reine Added 06 Nov 2013 (10 Nov 2017) ★★
3. Frostbite by Lynn Rush Added 08 Nov 2013 (16 Nov 2017)★★★★
4. Point of Dreams by Melissa Scott Added 14 Nov 2013 (25 Nov 2017) ★★★★★
5. Chasing the Lantern by Jonathon Burgess Added 28 Nov 2017) (22 Nov 2017) ★★★★



December
1. The Gods Will Have Blood by Anatole France Added 16 Dec 2012 (18 Dec 2017) ★★★
2. 1913: The Year Before the Storm by Florian Illies Added 29 Dec 2012 (08 Dec 2017) ★★★★
3. Balancing Act by April Adams Added 06 Dec 2013 (13 Dec 2017) ★★★★
4. Disaster Was My God: A Novel of the Outlaw Life of Arthur Rimbaud by Bruce Duffy Added 04 Dec 2014 (12 Dec 2017) ★★★
5. Surrender the Heart by MaryLu Tyndall Added 25 Dec 2017 (13 Dec 2017) ★

[Mave]

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
Timeframe: 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017
Level: Hill Hiker (3-5 books per month)

January:

February

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October

November

December

[Connie N.]

**This challenge fell through the cracks. Withdrawn.**

Scale Your TBR Mountain
Timeframe: 1/1/17 to 12/31/17
12/24

January
Naked by Gina Gordon - 1/21/17 ♥♥♥ (1/13/16)
Perfection by R.L. Mathewson - 1/28/17 ♥♥♥♥ (1/4/15)


February
Jackson's Trust by Violet Duke - 2/4/17 ♥♥♥ (2/5/16)
Plain Jayne by Laura Drewry - 2/26/17 ♥♥♥♥ (2/5/14)


March
Sweet Revenge by Rebecca Zanetti - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥ (3/23/16)
Tied by Emma Chase - 4/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥ (3/4/16)


April
Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥ (4/9/15)
Rocky Mountain Haven by Vivian Arend - 4/16/17 ♥♥♥ (4/8/16)


May
Deep Night by Kathy Clark - 5/11/17 ♥♥♥ (5/14/15)
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥ (5/23/13)
Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥ (5/6/16)



June
The Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥ (6/12/13)



July

August

September

October

November

December

**This challenge fell through the cracks. Withdrawn.**

[Jodi]

I'm in! I will be a Valley Wanderer.

2017 Scale your TBR


February
1. Rush by Gina Gordon 2/19/17 *** (date added to TBR: 2/11/16)
2. Don't Talk to Strangers by Amanda Kyle Williams 2/18/18 ****(Date added to TBR: 2/3/16)

March
1. Sleepless in Manhattan by Sarah Morgan 3/26/17 **** (date added to TBR: 3/20/16)

April
1. Obsession Falls 4/26/17 **** (date added to TBR 4/26/16
2. A Better Man 4/24/17 *** (date added to TBR 4/14/16
3. The Baller: A Down and Dirty Football Novel 4/14/17 **** (date added to TBR 4/22/16)

May

June
1. Missed Connections 6/25/17 *** (date added to TBR 6/4/16)

July
1. The Billionaire Bachelor 7/8/17 *** (date added to TBR 7/10/16)

August
1. Royal 8/22/17 *** (date added to TBR: 8/29/16)
2. Dear Heart, I Hate You 8/6/17 *** (date added to TBR: 8/25/16)

September
1. Heartless 9/12/17 *** (date added to TBR: 9/14/16)
2. Under Your Skin 9/10/17 *** (date added to TBR: 9/4/16)

October
1. Hit the Spot 10/7/17 * (date added to TBR: 10/26/16)
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November
1. Criminal 11/29/17 ***** (date added to TBR: 11/26/16

December
1. Only You
2. Torch: A Second Chance Romance

[Brindi Michele]

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
January 1, 2017--December 31, 2017
Level: VALLEY WANDERER: 1-2 books

1/24

JANUARY
1. Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin 1/7/17 ★★★
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[Karen D]

This sounds like fun! I'll check and see if I managed to accidentally get any for January, but otherwise I'll jump in for February - Valley Wanderer.

January
1. A Cure for Madness by Jodi McIsaac - added 1/20/16, finished 1/15/2017

February
1. What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe, finished 2/23. Added 2/17/2016
2. Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben, finished 2/24, added 2/24/2016

March
1. The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima, finished 3/3, Added 3/29/2016
2. Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey, finished 3/17, added 3/4/2016

April
1. Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman, finished 4/13, added 4/14/2016
2. The Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire North, finished 4/14, added 4/27/2016

May
1. The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett, finished 5/9, added 5/1/2016
2. A Fine Imitation by Amber Brock, finished 5/16, added 5/7/2016

June
1. Enchanted Islands by Allison Amend, finished 6/8, added 6/1/2016
2. Break in Case of Emergency by Jessica Winter, finished 6/15, added 6/15/2016

July
1. Behold the Dreamers: A Novel by Imbolo Mbue, finished 7/2. added 7/2/2016
2. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness, finished 7/4, added 7/23/2016

August
1. Intimations: Stories by Alexandra Kleeman, finished 8/17, added 8/30/2016
2. Cherry by Lindsey Rosin, finished 8/19, added 8/19/2016

September
1. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, finished 9/4, added 9/24/2015
2. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind, finished 9/15. Added 9/24/2015

October
1. Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Nevin, finished 10/13. Added 10/1/2016
2. The Tears of Dark Water by Corban Addison, finished 10/19. Added 10/9/2015

November
1. The Warded Man by Peter V Brett, finished 11/10. Added 11/7/2015
2. Scared to Death by Rachel Amphlett, finished 11/19. Added 11/26/2016

December
1. Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke, finished 12/7. Added 12/1/2015
2. 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea by Jonathan Franklin, finished 12/22. Added 12/7/2015

[Avid Reader and Geek Girl]

I will be a Valley Wanderer.

2017 Scale your TBR

February
1. Dangerous Creatures by Kami Gracia- added 2/1/14 Read 2/8/17 4 stars
2. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard Published Feb 10th, 2015 Read 2/18 4 stars

March
1. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold added 3/23/15
2. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies added 3/8/15 DNF'd 3/6 1 star

April
1. Heartless by Marissa Meyer added: 4/2/16
2. Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison (Alternative published 4/6/10)

May
1. Ageless added 5/22/16
2. Beautiful Disaster (Alternative-author surname McGuire)

June
1. Uglies added 6/13/13
2. Midwives added 6/24/16

July
1. Sinful Cinderella added 7/10/16
2. Love and Other Unknown Variables added 7/22/16

August
1. P.S. I Love You added 8/19/13
2. The Things We Wish Were True added 8/3/16

September
1. The Lonely Drop added 9/16/16
2. Remember Me? added 9/23/15

October
1. Behind Closet Doors: Four stories of falling in love & coming out 10/16/16
2. The Girl In The Ice- Alternative(from previous month) added 9/24/16

November
1. Rain- Alternative (finish a series)
2. The Grownup Alternative (published 11/13/15)

December
1. Something Reckless Alternative (published 12/22/14)
2. The Children of Men Alternative (published 12/5/06)

Alternate Options
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.
• Read the oldest book on your TBR
• Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
• Knock out all of (or as many as you can) of the books by a certain author on your TBR
• Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has an author with a last name that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has the letters of the month you’re working on in the title (does not have to be in consecutive order)
• Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on

[Gen]

Scale your TBR mountain challenge
January 1 - December 31, 2017

6/22

January

(Skipping, since I started at the end of the month)

February

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden (Feb. 03, 2010) 05.03.2017
Uncle Silas by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Feb. 12, 2011)



March

Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo (Mar. 12, 2011) 31.03.2017
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Mar. 16, 2011) 10.03.2017



April

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Apr. 29, 2011) 21.02.2017
The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien (Apr. 29, 2011) 06.04.2017



May

Entwined by Heather Dixon (May 17, 2011)
Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy O. Frost (May 19, 2012)



June

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (Jun. 04, 2011)
The Maid of Fairbourne Hall by Julie Klassen (Jun. 03, 2012)



July

The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks (Jul. 17, 2011)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Jul. 28, 2011)



August

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett (Aug. 07, 2011)
Hard Day's Knight by Katie MacAlister (Aug.07, 2011)



September

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (Sep. 18, 2010)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Sep. 18, 2010)



October

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Oct. 02, 2010)
How to Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman (Oct. 26, 2015)



November

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Nov. 16, 2010) 30.10.2017
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (Nov. 17, 2010)



December

Juliet by Anne Fortier (Dec. 26, 2011)
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom (Dec. 18, 2011)

[cherryjellybeans]

Does it matter if we miss a book we put down for a month? I'm not sure if i will get around to reading my january book this month so I will try and read it in February.

[Elaine]

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge

Challenge Accepted: January 25, 2017
Challenge (hopefully) Completed: December 31, 2017

Level: Mountain Climber, 6+ books per month
Note: I am using when I added an ebook to my Kindle as I don't really use the Goodreads TBR feature.

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[Paris]

Camille wrote: "Does it matter if we miss a book we put down for a month? I'm not sure if i will get around to reading my january book this month so I will try and read it in February."

That's fine Camille. As long as you're working through that TBR you're doing great.

[Agnieszka]

Looks so fun - I'm in / With 120+ books I'm not sure one message will be enought.

Scale Your TBR Mountain Challenge
Timeframe: 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017
Level: Mountain Climber (10+ books per Month)
Progress: 24/120+

January 14/10 all personal targets reached (view spoiler)[
by Russell Hamilton 3* 1/13 (published 1/25/13) TBR: 1/12/17
by Zanna Mackenzie 4* 1/22 (bought 1/17/16) TBR: 1/19/17
by J.D. Robb 5* 1/4 (In Death #23) TBR: 3/3/16
by J.D. Robb 5* 1/13 (In Death #24) TBR: 6/25/16
book 1 of by J.D. Robb 3* 1/15 (In Death #24.5 - book set owned) TBR: 1/7/17 (book set)
by J.D. Robb 4* 1/18 (In Death #25) TBR: 6/25/16
by J.D. Robb 4* 1/20 (In Death #26) TBR: 6/25/16
by Cindy Blackburn 4* 1/25 (Cue Ball Mysteries #2; published 1/1/12) TBR: 9/25/15
by Jeffery Deaver 5* 1/11 (Lincoln Rhyme #3 - library) TBR: 12/22/16
by Roseanna M. White 4* 1/7 (Christian; bought 1/1/16) TBR: 8/15/16
by Roseanna M. White 4* 1/8 (Christian) TBR: 8/15/15
by Roseanna M. White 5* 1/29 (Christian or series) TBR: 12/29/16
by Don Nori Sr. 3*? (not sure yet) 1/19 (non-fiction) TBR: 11/13/15
= by Giulia Enders 5* 1/28 (paper book or non-fiction) TBR: 12/24/16 (hide spoiler)]

personal tasks let's see how it will work:
2-4 books added, bought (since only about 10% of my books on my GR shelves) or published in a month (max. 1 from library) Feb: 1
1-2 books by Nora Roberts / J.D. Robb (owned or library) Feb: 3
2 books to help with (perfarably current) series (max. 1 from library) Feb: 2
2 Christian books (owned) Feb: 2
1-2 non-fiction book (owned) Feb: 1
1 Polish or paper book (owned or borrowed) Feb: 1

February 10/10 (view spoiler)[
by Karen Rose 4* 2/8 (published: 2/12/15 [edition] - library) TBR: 2/6/17
= by J.D. Robb 4* 2/2 (In Death #27) TBR: 6/25/16
book 2 of by J.D. Robb 3* 2/3 (In Death #27.5) TBR: 1/7/17 (book set)
= by J.D. Robb 4* 2/13 (In Death #28) TBR: 6/25/16
Süßer Ruf des Todes: Roman=Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb ?* 2/? (In Death #29) TBR: 1/7/17
by Zanna Mackenzie 4* 2/3 (Amber Reed Mystery #1.5) TBR: 1/22/17
= 5* 2/18 (Lincoln Rhyme #4) TBR: 12/22/16
by Roseanna M. White 4* 2/3 (Christian) TBR: 12/29/16
by Rachel Dylan 3* 2/7 (Christian) TBR: 1/21/16
by Tobi Katze 5* 2/20 (non-fiction) TBR: 2/20/17
by Andrzej Szczypiorski 5* 2/19 (Polish paper book, non-fiction) TBR: 1/4/17 (bought June 1998; originally planned to read August 2016)

Web of Deceit, Zdrada Bourne'a, Double Blind, Sidetracked, Don't Look Back, Die Ambler-Warnung, Jack Reacher 3, Critical Error, By Reason of Insanity (Randy Singer), Treason (Don Brown), Death of a Highland Heavyweight, Dog Tags, A Case of the Heart, On the Pineapple Express & Moon Over Maalaea Bay (Pure Genius 2 & 3), A Soft Place to Fall, Pelican books, Out of Controll (Connealy) (hide spoiler)]

March 0/10 (view spoiler)[

March: Love Comes Calling, A Killer Among Us, When A Secret Kills, Remember Me (van Hulzen), Beguiled, Maid to Match, Tempest in the White City, It Happened At the Fair & Fair Play (hide spoiler)]

April 0/10 (view spoiler)[

Jen's Keeper (Bruner), Saving Grace (J. Green) (hide spoiler)]

May 0/10 (view spoiler)[

Texas Secrets, Accused (Cantore), Sixty Acres and a Bride, Love in Disguise, Mission Compromised (Oliver North), Rain Song, Officer Jones, Shaddows of the Past, Critical Pursuit (Cantore), The Chase (Mills), Shattered (Pettrey), Gathering Shaddows, The War Planners, Jet & Jet Ops 0.5, Kind of Sword & Night of the Assassin, Power Games, Hollywood Assassin, A Women Like Me, Too Close to Home (Messenger), Night Passage (Jesse Stone), An Unlikely Suitor, By the Order of the President, 'I, Spy?' (hide spoiler)]

[Agnieszka]

Part 2



June 0/10 (view spoiler)[

The Rose Legacy, Blame it on Texas, Sancturary Breached (WitSec Town 3), Imperfect Strangers (hide spoiler)]

July 0/10 (view spoiler)[

Thompson's & Sons 1.5 & 3, Journey's Edge, PAVAD 3-10, The Supreme Court of Heaven, The Great Exchange (Mance), Rise of an Oligarch, Mortal Showdown, Blind Trust (Port Aster #2), Adrian Hell 0.5-4, Titus Ray Thriller 1&2, Safe Haven (Patten), Let's Pretend..., Plan Ikar, Pakt Holcrofta, Die Lazarus-Vendeta, Die Verschwörung (Baldacci), Spyder-Projekt, Der Verrat (Grisham), Theodore Boone 2, Foxhunter, Islington, Deadly Blessings, Irreparable Harm (Miller), The Pursuit of Emma, The Detective's Daughter, Milo Weaver 1-3, Unspoken, Full Disclosure, The President's Killer, White Gold, Cicada Spring, The Gray and Guilty Sea, Saving Grace, Protecting Paige, Needing Nita, Undercurrents, Edge of Courage, Concrete Evidence, Absolution, Missdirection, 11/9, The Comfort of Black, The Unlikely Pilgrimage, Clear by Fire, My Sister's Secret, Sworn to Silence, Nathan McBride 1-5, Eyeshot, The Offering & Killing Time (Clancy), Visible Threat (Cantore), Melody Hill (hide spoiler)]

August 0/10 (view spoiler)[

Anne of Green Gables, Twilight's Serenade, Forbidden (Ford), The Warriors (Petterson), Lost and Found Series 0.5-1 (Madden), Double Trouble (Cross), Dying to Read, The Engagement Party, SEALs of Winter, The Kill Zone (Coughlin), DI Charlotte Savage 1-5, Undeclared, Red Tape (FLC), Power Down (Coes), Second Service 1-3.5, Der Schatten des Windes, First and Only, Last Night in Montreal, Extrem Laut und Unglaublich Nah, Piper Anderson 1-4,6.5, Mercy Killer, Bellingwood 1-3, The Cleaner, The One You Love, Death Turns A Trick, PRIMAL, Rebecca Ranghorn, Imperfect Chemistry, In Kelly's Corner, In Search of A Love Stroy, Indelible Love, Maid For Love, No Knight Needed, Treading Water, Virtual Strangers, The White Company, Kiss A Gril in the Rain, Troubled Son, Shooting Eros, Run Away to Home, The Trouble 0.5-1 (Morgan), Ten Rules for a Call Girl, Pierced, Love Bats Last, Landfall, The Lawman, Love and Rumor, Love and Shenanigans, A Love That Never Tires, Loving Lauren, Lovestruck in London, Must Love Hightlanders, Selling Scarlett, Sexy Barkley, One To Hold, Let Them Eat Cake, The Marriage Bargain, Marriage by Mistake, Melting Away the Ice, Wilde Jahre in West-Berlin, Mine 'Til Monday, The Storyteller of Inis Mor: Could a legend save his life?, Weddings Can Be Murder, With This Kiss, Say You Will, Shaddowboxer, Too Quiet in Brooklyn, The Opposite of Wild, A Secret Love (Moon), Sherlock Holmes, Until You (Marton), After the Fire, The Profiler (Munro Family), The Princess Problem, The Keeneston Roses, Only in Vegas, Burnout 1-2.5 (West), The Taste of Fear, Troubled Sea, The Trace of a Mole, Tucker, Lost Girls (hide spoiler)]

September 0/10 (view spoiler)[

Some Like it Perfect, most of NR, Clarity, If Angels Fall, Silence, Diary of an Angel, Water Lessons, HORNET 1-3, Forever Changed (Ingram), Darcy Walker 1-2, The Story of Awkward, Upon a Midnight Dream, Cold Mountain, Circle of Spies 1-2.5, Erased, The Ranger, Surface Tension, Kathleen Turner, Never Buried, West of Western, Cold Blue, Legacy Rising, Out of the Chaos, Blackout, Kühlfach 4, Everyone Burns, The Slush Pile Brigade, Blind Thrust, No Name Inn 5, Black Flagged 1-4, Frat Party, Running Into the Darkness, Fearsome, After Midnight, The Agreement, Alex, All Your Reasons, Asphalt, 'Vorsicht, Herzalarm!', Almost A Bride, You Are Here, On the Black, Her Russian Protector, Varied Traits, Axel, Fighting Temptation, A Beautiful Lie, Prince Joe, 'Bed, Breakfast, and You', Big Girls Don't Cry, Blawback, Family Stone-6, Heroes in Uniform, Romancing the Military Man, Dangerous Attraction, Her Sanctuary, Wilde Security, K-9 Rescue, Top Dog, Crossfire (Series), Always (Paige), THE THESEUS PARADOX (hide spoiler)]

October 0/10 (view spoiler)[

The Icarus Prediction, Room, Knots and Crosses, Summer Beach Vets, The Brands Who Came For Christmas, Alexanders (Malone), A Distant Echo, Meredith Rae Morgan, Isabella Mumphrey, Marshall in Peticoats, Elite Metal, Protect and Serve (book set), Almost Wives Club, Always Wanted, Are You Lonesome Tonight?, Midnight Desires, 48 Hours, Lucky 7 (book sets), Heavy Hour, The Renaissance of Aspirin, Back to the Bedroom, Meant to Be, In the Line of Duty (Series), Someone to Watch Over Me, SEALs of Summer 2, The Good Soldier, (hide spoiler)]

November 0/10 (view spoiler)[

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December 0/10 (view spoiler)[

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An example for me for the easy level would be:
January
1. The Nightmare Garden by Caitlin Kittredge (put on TBR Jan. 26, 2012)
2. Fragile Brilliance by Tammy Blackwell (put on TBR Jan. 23, 2013)

If you run out of books during a certain month, you can use one or more of these to make your level goal for the month. You can also make up your own alternates, but they have to work with the challenge.

Alternate Options
• Read a book from the month before or the month after the month you’re working on.
• Read the oldest book on your TBR
• Finish (or get caught up on) a series (this is an exception to the nothing from 2017 rule)
• Knock out all of (or as many as you can) of the books by a certain author on your TBR
• Read a book that has a title that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has an author with a last name that starts with the same letter of the month you’re working on
• Read a book that has the letters of the month you’re working on in the title (does not have to be in consecutive order)
• Read a book that was published in the month you’re working on

The object of this year long challenge is to knock off as many books as you can from your TBR. First you’ll pick a level, then each month you’ll read books that were put on your TBR during that same month of any previous year (except for 2017). There will also be alternate options just in case you run out of books from a certain month.

Please put when the book was added to your TBR, the date read and your rating when you post. (hide spoiler)]

[CassieV]

I can't resist TBR clearing challenges (not that it ever gets any smaller, lol!)

Level: Let's try Hill Hiker (3-5 books)

February 1 - December 31, 2017

February
1. Lord of the Fading Lands - Added 2/6/12 READ 4/6/17****
2. A Spy's Devotion - Added 2/5/16
3. Blackmoore - Added 2/18/16

March
1. The Awakening - Added 3/7/12
2. A Great and Terrible Beauty - Added 3/24/15
3. Goddess - Added 3/15/16
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[cherryjellybeans]

Paris wrote: "Camille wrote: "Does it matter if we miss a book we put down for a month? I'm not sure if i will get around to reading my january book this month so I will try and read it in February."

That's fin..."

Cool, thanks Paris

[Paris]

Camille wrote: "Cool, thanks Paris."

You're welcome Camille.