Fall Into Reading Challenge

With the days getting shorter and the air getting all crispy again, fall is really here! It's time for reading a lot of books, tea or hot chocolate, on the couch, with or without a blanket. I can't wait! I was looking forward to joining my first reading challenge for a while now and Fall into Reading 2012 hosted by Callapidder Days looks like my kind of challenge!

Essentially, Fall Into Reading 2012 is a fun, low-pressure reading challenge open to anyone and everyone. It will take place September 22nd-December 21st (which, as you may have guessed, lines up with the fall of 2012).

To participate, here’s what you need to do:

• Create a list of books you’d like to read or finish this fall. This is the only real requirement for participating in the challenge.

• Feel free to set some additional reading goals (such as reading to your kids two hours per week, getting through your pile of magazines, etc.). However, this is not required; setting additional goals iscompletely optional.

• Write a blog post that includes the list of books you want to read (and any additional goals you’ve set), and get ready to post it on your blog on September 22nd.

• Visit Callapidder Days on September 22nd to sign up for the challenge. I’ll have an official launch post up that morning, complete with an area for you to submit a link to your personal Fall Into Reading post, where it will be added to the master list of participants.

• Read! Work on your goals throughout Fall 2012.

• Report your results. Write another blog post in December to let everyone know how you did. (I’ll post an official wrap-up to the challenge on December 22nd, where you’ll be able to share your results.)

• Have fun! Visit other participants to see what they’re reading. Write reviews if you’re so inclined. But most of all, enjoy your fall reading!

The real challenge for me this fall is to lower my existing TBR pile. I keep buying books, so it grows all the time and I want to change that! It's almost sad seeing all those books just collecting dust and every time I see them I think I really want to read them, but I pick another book every time... And keep buying more. 
So here's my challenge list, most books I already own and I've put some books on there I REALLY want to have: (in no particular order) 

1. Eve and Adam by Katherine Applegate & Michael Grant
2. What's Left of Me by Kat Zhang
3. Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout 
4. Easy by Tammara Webber
5. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
6. The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
7. Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
8. Tempest by Julie Cross
9. Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan
10. Abandon by Meg Cabot
11. A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
12. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl
13. Bitten by Kelly Armstrong
14. Broken by A.E. Rought
15. Dance of Shadows by Yelena Black
16. Dearly, Beloved by Lia Habel
17. Die For Me by Amy Plum
18. Enshadowed by Kelly Creagh
19. The Goddess Test by Aimée Carter
20. Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
21. Hidden by Sophie Jordan
22. Hourglass by Myra McEntire
23. Immortal City by Scott Speer
24. Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer
25. Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
26. Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
27. The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
28. The Violet Fox by Clare C. Marshall
29. Lies by Michael Grant
30. Eve by Anna Carey
31. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
32. Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
33. Unraveling by Elizabeth Norris
34. Partials by Dan Wells
35. Defiance by C.J. Redwine
36. Breathe by Sarah Crossan

With 13 weeks of fall, I have to read approximately 3 books a week! I should be able to do that! But it wouldn't be fun if it's at least a bit challenging!

Happy Reading!