The 2009 To Be Read Challenge

I just stumbled across this challenge today, and thought it might be interesting to join it. We're talking about just 12 books in 12 months, which is a meager amount of reading for someone who writes for a living .... but since I began writing for a living, finding time to read is always a challenge. Don't ask me why. I can't figure it out myself, and I've been trying for 15 years or more. I have hundreds of books on my TBR list, so I'm just going to randomly pick a few that I've been meaning to read for a while and haven't yet gotten to. The rules for this challenge are: * to read 12 TBR books in 12 months -- you can read those all in one month if you want, or one a month, or however you wanna do it. * you need to have a list posted somewhere for others to see (even if it's in a comment on the official blog site) * you CANNOT change your list after January 1st, 2009!!! * you can create an Alternates list of MAXIMUM 12 books, if you want, in order to have options to choose from (you can read these in place of books on your original list). * audiobooks and e-books ARE allowed * re-reads are NOT allowed, as they aren't TRUE "TBRs" * you CAN overlap with other challenges * OPTIONAL: you can join the Yahoo! Group created for participants of the TBR Challenge, if you want to have a place to keep your list, or just to share with others about how you're doing! :) Okay! The countdown is on!!! Get your list(s) ready, and make sure you post the link to it here ;) My List:

1. DEAD MAN'S ISLAND by Carolyn Hart
2. ANGRY HOUSEWIVES EATING BON BONS by Lorna Landvik
3. ABIGAIL ADAMS, A BIOGRAPHY by Phyllis Lee Levin
4. THE LAND OF MANGO SUNSETS by Dorothea Benton Frank
5. BLESSINGS by Anna Quindlen
6. NO ONE HEARD HER SCREAM by Jordan Dane
7. BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWNUPS by Anne Tyler
8. SWEETWATER CREEK by Anne Rivers Siddons
9. SEA SWEPT by Nora Roberts
10. HER MAN FRIDAY by Elizabeth Bevarly
11. SUNSET EXPRESS by Robert Crais
12. IN THE MIDNIGHT RAIN by Ruth Wind

Alternates:

1. KISS RIVER by Diane Chamberlain
2. THE SUICIDE CLUB by Gayle Wilson
3. THE LEOPARD PRINCE by Elizabeth Hoyt
4. THE MAGIC HOUR by Kristin Hannah
5. LOVE, LIES AND A DOUBLE SHOT OF DECEPTION by Lois Winston
6. SISTER'S CHOICE by Emilie Richards
7. COLD TEA ON A HOT DAY by Curtiss Ann Matlock
8. HEAT WAVE by Jill Marie Landis
9. THE SECRET BETWEEN US by Barbara Delinsky
10. A DOSE OF MURDER by Lori Avocato
11. SUMMER IN TUSCANY by Elizabeth Adler
12. A LITTLE BIT WICKED by Victoria Alexander