Happy New Year and More Challenges

Happy New Year!  It's one of my favorite holidays and somehow, even though it is proof of how old I am getting, every January 1 I wake up feeling like I can take over the world.

I have some last minute challenges I am joining.  As usual, I am tracking my progress on my 2012 Challenges page.

Kate at Midnight Book Girl is once again hosting her Ready Me Baby, One More Time challenge, which I joined last year only because of the Brit reference.  But, in 2011, it was the only challenge that I completed and reminded me how much I love rereading.  Usually, rereading makes me feel guilty, because there are so many good books that I haven't read, but... this challenge was fun and I am absolutely going to to do it again!

The levels:

Trip Down Memory Lane: 1-3 re-reads

Reliving the Past: 4-8 re-reads

Back To The Future: 9-12 re-reads

Groundhog Day Reader: 13-20 re-reads

You've Got a Serious Problem and Really Need to Go Book Shopping: 21+ re-reads

This is the only challenge that I am not playing safe with.  I'm going for the top level: You've Got A Serious Problem and Really Need to Go Book Shopping (Really, I don't, but if you insist...) and attempting reread at least 21 novels.

This challenge will fit nicely with the Bucket List challenge and will also make me feel less guilty about neglecting so many of my stacks of books.  It's also kind of clever.

Pike's Peak: Read 12 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Vancouver: Read 25 books from your TBR pile/s
Mt. Ararat: Read 40 books from your TBR piles/s
Mt. Kilimanjaro: Read 50 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

I'm going for Pike's Peak because I don't want to fail this year, but I am hoping to upgrade at some point.  Also, I hope that anyone going for Mt. Everest has more than one pile/s.

And now I have 8 challenges, a goal notebook, and a clean room.  2012 is starting out great.