Novels In Verse Reading Challenge

The Novels In Verse Reading Challenge

Hosted by: Born Bookish

I've never thought much about novels that are written in verse.  I think I've read maybe two in my life, and for some reason have since completely dismissed them altogether.  For no real reason.  Maybe those two I read weren't that great and I've been asuming that if those two weren't great, none of them are.  Which is a totally backwards way of thinking that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but there you go.

So when I stumbled upon Born Bookish's Novels In Verse Reading Challenge, I thought it would be a great opportunity to try out some more of this genre.  Basically, throwing the word "Challenge" around is a good way to get me to read anything.

I have decided to stay simple and try for the Haiku level this year - one to four books written in verse.  Which seems kind of wimpy if I think about it, but this is new territory for me, and maybe those two I've read before really were great and I'm just not a fan of verse writing.  It's entirely possible.  We'll just have to wait and see.  For now, the books I'm planning to read for this challenge are:

Love & Leftovers by Sarah Tregay

May B. by Caroline Starr Rose

Because I Am Furniture by Thalia Chaltas

The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder

The best part?  Three of these were already on my wishlist, and I didn't even know they were written in verse.  Take that, verse-hating self!

2012 tbr pile challenge

Since I have bought a bazillion books over the last few years that are still sitting around taking up room on my overstuffed bookshelf (that I keep adding to, by the way), I have decided to join the 2012 TBR Pile Reading Challenge.  I'm hoping it will be good motivation to get to some of those poor, abandoned books that are just sitting there, waiting for someone to love them.  Here are the details of the challenge:

Welcome to 2012 TBR PILE Reading Challenge!!!

We all have those books. We buy them, win them, they're gifted to us.. Then we put them up on a bookshelf and there they stay, collecting dust, waiting for the time when we'll finally decide to pick them up.

Join us on a quest to dust off your TBR Pile and read all the books you've been telling yourself you'll read next time you'll get a chance.. This is your chance! And we've got PRIZES!!! :D

Challenge guidelines:

1. This challenge will run from Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 31, 2012.
2. As we would like to see quality reviews linked up to our monthly wrap-ups, only bloggers can enter. Sorry about that!
3. Any genre, length or format of book counts, as long as it is a book that's been sitting on your shelf for some time now. Only books released in 2011 and earlier! NO ARCs and 2012 fresh-off-the-press releases allowed!
   
4. You can list your books in advance or just put them in a wrap-up post. If you list them, feel free to change them as the mood takes you.
5. When you sign up in the linky, put the direct link to your post about joining the 2012 TBR PILE Reading Challenge (You need to include the info + host list + challenge button. You can also grab the button code and add it to your sidebar!)
   
6. You can move up levels, but no moving down.
7. Sign-ups will be open until Dec 15, 2012, so feel free to join at any time throughout the year.
8. At the end of each month one of the hosts will post a wrap-up. Every wrap-up will have it's unique theme, a mini-challenge, a giveaway and place for you to link up your reviews from this month. For each review you link up, you will get one entry in a drawing of one book of choice from The Book Depository. It's open to INTERNATIONALS. For participating in the mini-challenge you will get +1 entry.
   
9. If you miss a wrap-up post + giveaway, you can link up your reviews next month. Do not, however, try to link up one review twice - we will be checking ;)
10. December is a wrap-up for the whole year. All the book reviews you linked up January-November + the ones you'll link up in December will be entered into a HUGE giveaway - 12 books, 12 winners, INTERNATIONAL. 
11. You don't have to follow all the hosts to join the challenge, but you do have to follow all of us to be entered in giveaways!

Levels:

1-10 - A Firm Handshake
11-20 - A Friendly Hug
21-30 - A Sweet Kiss
31-40 - Love At First Sight
41-50 - Married With Children

Hosts:

• Evie from Bookish
•  Nicole from All I Ever Read
• Bonnie from Hands and Home
• Donna from Book Passion For Life
• Caitlin from WatchYA Reading
• Rie from Mission To Read
• Vicky from Books, Biscuits & Tea
• Christa from Hooked On Books
• Jenna from Fans Of Fiction
• Angel from Mermaids Vision

You get to read all the books you've been hoping to read for a loooong time now, enjoy the unique themes and mini challenges and WIN some fantastic new BOOKS! :D Can it get any better? Sign up now!

You can keep track of my progress, and see the books I plan to read for the challenge, here.  If you would like to sign up for the TBR Pile Challenge, just click here!