Challenge hosted by Kermit @ Seitenteich
My TBR pile is ginormous and ever-growing. That’s fine with me but a lot of my books are looking at me with sad eyes for they have been on my shelves for up to 10 years and I haven’t picked them up yet. I recently ordered my TBR pile on Goodreads into shelves for each year. Beside my quite large pile of books of unknown date of purchase, the oldest books on my TBR date back to 2005. The new overview made me want to start reading those books that’ve been with me for ages. Along comes this challenge, which is just perfect for my intention:
ANTI-AGE dem SUB 3.0: You CAN [re]do!
Each month (1 August 2014 to 31 July 2015) one can collect lots by fulfilling the following tasks:
- Glücksfee (3 lots): Each month, one has to read a random book chosen by lot from one’s aged TBR pile
- Plus-Minus (1 lot): Number of Newbies – Number of aged TBR novels read < 0
- Uropa adé (1 lot): Read a book from the ancient TBR pile
- Bonus (1 lot if Glücksfee was fulfilled): Fulfill the monthly extra challenge
Aged TBR: Books that were bought prior to 1 August 2013; to challenge myself, I decided to move the date to 1 January 2011
Ancient TBR: The 12 books that have been on one’s TBR the longest; although I have enough books on my 2005 TBR, I decided to mix in a couple of books of unknown date of purchase and one from 2006 which I really really really have to want to read soon.
Ancient TBR not yet read
- The Chronicles of Narnia (Narnia, #1-7) by C.S. Lewis
- Der Glanz des Mondes (Der Clan der Otori, #3) by Lian Hearn
- Schattenkuss / Nachtschwärmer (Merry Gentry, #1-2) by Laurell K. Hamilton
- Ashleigh’s Diary (Thoroughbred Super, #2) by Joanna Campbell
- Sturmwind: Flickas Sohn (Flicka, #2) by Mary O’Hara
- Sturmwind: Der weiße Hengst (Flicka, #3) by Mary O’Hara
Overview
August
- Glücksfee: Die Augen des Schmetterlings by Federica de Cesco
- Uropa adé: Ritt unter Sternen by Lucy Rees
- Bonus (Theme Song: Fairytale Gone Bad by Sunrise Avenue): Wicked Lovely (Wicked Lovely, #1) by Melissa Marr
September
- Glücksfee: San Domingo: Das Geschenk des Häuptlings by Marguerite Henry
- Uropa adé: Elfentanz by Wolfgang & Heike Hohlbein
- Bonus (First in a Series): Gitte wagt den Sprung (Gitte, #1) by Teresa Mohn
October
- Glücksfee: Wenn wir Freunde wären by Erika Hein
- Uropa adé: Der kleine Hobbnix by A.R.R.R. Roberts
- Bonus (Autumnal Colour Scheme): Deine Pferde, meine Pferde by Manon Donner
November
- Glücksfee: Pferdeverrückt by Harriet Buchheit
- Bonus (Gift): Jona träumt vom Reiten by Lise Gast
December
none
January
- Uropa adé: Mein Pony bleibt bei mir by Sabine Jörg
February
- Uropa adé: Stumme Tränen by Cheryl Zach
March
none
April
- Glücksfee: Kelly: Liebe ist stärker als der Tod (One Last Wish, #10) by Lurlene McDaniel
- Uropa adé / Bonus: Mein Freund Flicka (Flicka, #1) by Mary O’Hara
May
- Glücksfee: Für immer vielleicht by Cecelia Ahern
| Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | |
| Glücksfee | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Plus-Minus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Uropa adé | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bonus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lots | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Huhu!
Ein froschig-fröhliches Guten Morgen und ganz viel Spaß bei der Challenge wünsche ich dir! Du hast tolle Bücher auf dem Ur-Alt-SuB (Otori <3) und ich hoffe, dass dich das ein oder andere so richtig begeistern kann.
Frohes Alt-Abbauen 😀
LG Kermit
Danke schön 🙂 ! Die Clan der Otori Reihe wollte ich jetzt schon seit Ewigkeiten beenden. Die ersten beiden hatten mir damals so unglaublich gut gefallen, aber ich bin irgendwie nie zum dritten vorgestoßen. Das soll noch dieses Jahr geändert werden.
Du hast Narnia noch nicht gelesen?
Dann aber flott, denk an Kari und den Kleiderschrank und viel Spaß!
Ich weeiiiiß. Aber irgendwie nehme ich mir das jedes Jahr für die Weihnachtszeit vor und schaffe es dann doch nicht. So wie dieses Jahr auch. Aber vielleicht schaffe ich es ja noch, so lange es Winter ist.