From My Reader's Block:

Challenge Levels:

Pike's Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s Mount Blanc: Read 24 books from your TBR pile/s Mt. Vancouver: Read 36 books from your TBR pile/s Mt. Ararat: Read 48 books from your TBR piles/s Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 60 books from your TBR pile/s El Toro: Read 75 books from your TBR pile/s Mt. Everest: Read 100 books from your TBR pile/s Mount Olympus (Mars): Read 150+ books from your TBR pile/s

And the rules: *Once you choose your challenge level, you are locked in for at least that many books. If you find that you're on a mountain-climbing roll and want to tackle a taller mountain, then you are certainly welcome to upgrade.  All books counted for lower mountains may carry over towards the new peak.

*Challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2014.

*You may sign up anytime from now until November 30th, 2014.

*Books must be owned by you prior to January 1, 2014. No ARCs (none), no library books. No rereads. *You may count any "currently reading" book that you begin prior to January 1--provided that you had 50% or more of the book left to finish in 2014.  I will trust you all on that.

*Books may be used to count for other challenges as well.

*Feel free to submit your list in advance (as incentive to really get those books taken care of) or to tally them as you climb.

*There will be quarterly check-ins and prize drawings!

*A blog and reviews are not necessary to participate.

This year I am scaling back a bit.  I know that life with an infant deters my rampant reading habit.  So I am going for the Mt. Vancouver level of 36 books.  That will still be a huge chunk out of my TBR piles.

TBR List:

1. The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
2. Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton
3. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
4. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
5. Graceling by Kristin Cashore
6. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
7. A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
8. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
9. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
10. Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
11. Neuromancer
12. Contact by Carl Sagan
13. Dune by Frank Herbert
14. Something Wicked This Way Comes
15. Fingersmith
16. Beloved
17. A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
18. Siddartha by Herman Hesse
19. The Nanny Diaries
20. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
21. The Devil in the White City
22. Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
23. The Little Prince
24. The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul by Terry Pratchett
25. Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
26. John Adams
27. Washington
28. American Lion
29. Woodrow Wilson
30. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
31. The House of Riverton by Kate Morton
32. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
33. Alexander Hamilton
34. Private World of Georgette Heyer
35. What Ifs of American History
36. TBD