{"id":1264,"date":"2010-12-11T19:43:41","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T01:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/?p=1264"},"modified":"2010-12-11T20:10:34","modified_gmt":"2010-12-12T02:10:34","slug":"ive-decided-to-join-the-off-the-shelf-book-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendymartinillustration.com\/wordpress\/ive-decided-to-join-the-off-the-shelf-book-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve decided to join the Off the shelf book challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bareadingchallenges.blogspot.com\/p\/off-shelf-challenge.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i571.photobucket.com\/albums\/ss152\/lilsquirtness\/banners\/Bookish%20Ardour\/OffTheWall.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Off The Shelf!\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The challenge is to read all the books in your to-be-read pile, the only thing is you already have to own them. Since I have a pile (which seems to continue growing when I&#8217;m not looking) and I also want to read more and watch TV less, I thought why not?<\/p>\n<p>Part of my to-be-read pile also includes books I have received from publishers for review, so these will be marked as ARC, in the form of e-books. I thought I&#8217;d have a hard time reading a book on the computer since I like to curl up with my books, but I have read one already and wasn&#8217;t too uncomfortable for the most part.<\/p>\n<p>The books I have on the pile as of today (and you can&#8217;t add more books to the list as part of the challenge) are:<\/p>\n<p>1. Paranormalcy<br \/>\n2. Need<br \/>\n3. Sisters Red<br \/>\n4.The Keening (ARC)<br \/>\n5. Theodosia and the Last Pharaoh (ARC)<br \/>\n6. Majix: Notes From a Serious Teen Witch (ARC)<br \/>\n7. Nathaniel Fludd: Beastologist, Book 4: The Unicorn&#8217;s Tale (ARC)<br \/>\n8. Beyond Happiness (ARC)<br \/>\n9. Ordinary Recovery (ARC)<br \/>\n10. <span class=\"bookTitleRegular\">ChristoPaganism: An Inclusive Path<br \/>\n11. A Walk Through a Window (which I haven&#8217;t actually received yet, but is expected)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bookTitleRegular\">I also have some trade books which I have promised to review within 45 days of receipt, I&#8217;m not sure if they count, but I will be reading them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bookTitleRegular\">12. Dreamweaver CS5 for Dummies 9 in 1 (ARC)<br \/>\n13. Photoshop CS5 for Dummies (ARC)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bookTitleRegular\">There are a few more that have become buried in my shelves, and for bonus points, I&#8217;ll add them when I uncover them. So, according to my estimates that makes me entering the challenge at the &#8220;trying&#8221; level of 15 books.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The challenge is to read all the books in your to-be-read pile, the only thing is you already have to own them. Since I have a pile (which seems to continue growing when I&#8217;m not looking) and I also want to read more and watch TV less, I thought why not? 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