I’ve seen a lot of people who have created their own challenge that pertains to their TBR pile. I took an idea from another blogger and have been keeping track of books I bought and organizing them into time frames, then crossing them off with the date completed. This is all out of curiosity to see how long it may take me at any given time to get to reading a book after I’ve bought it.
In some cases it doesn’t take long at all, but others it takes forever. I have decided to see how long it takes for me to read all the books on my TBR pile that I do not have a definite arrival date for (ie can’t remember when it entered my library). All these books were most likely bought or given to me before July 2008, which is when I started keeping track.
Start Date: July 1, 2009
THE LIST:
- ‘Salems Lot by Stephen King
- 1000 Places to See Before You Die
- 1001 Books for Every Mood
- After All These Years by Susan Isaacs
- Against Medical Advice by James Patterson
- The Angel Experiment by James Patterson – finished December 31, 2009
- Angels Flight by Michael Connelly – finished March 28, 2010
- the Appeal by John Grisham
- At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
- Beaches by Iris Rainer Dart
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson – finished September 1, 2009
- Black Friday by James Patterson
- Bleachers by John Grisham
- The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
- Blood Work by Michael Connelly
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver– finished December 31, 2010- Brando by Marlon Brando
- Butterfly by Kathryn Harey
- Cause Celeb by Helen Fielding
- Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
- City of Bones by Michael Connelly – finished July 25, 2010
- The Client by John Grisham
- The Closers by Michael Connelly
- Cradle and All by James Patterson
- Cross by James Patterson – finished September 11, 2009
- Cross Country by James Patterson – finished November 8, 2009
- Dancing in the Harvest Moon by K.C. McKinnon
- Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson – finished December 2, 2009
- A Darkness More Than Light by Michael Connelly – finished June 27, 2010
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens– finished November 21, 2010- Dear Jane Austen by Patrice Hannon – finished January 3, 2010
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks– finished June 12, 2011- Deception Point by Dan Brown
- Deck the Halls by Mary Higgins Clark
- The Devil’s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
- The Divide by Nicholas Sparks
- The Divine Comedy by Dante
- Double Cross by James Patterson – finished November 5, 2009
- Dream Country by Luanne Rice
- Easy Sushi by Emi Kazuko
- Echo Park by Michael Connelly
- Emma by Jane Austen – finished November 23, 2009
- The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje – finished October 25, 2009
- Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger
- Eye of the Storm by V.C. Andrews
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
- The Firm by John Grisham
- Five Days in Paris by Danielle Steel – finished August 4, 2009
- Four Blind Mice by James Patterson – finished August 1, 2009
Four Past Midnight by Stephen King– finished August 13, 2011- Giants in the Earth by Ole Edvart Rolvaag
- The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King – finished June 26, 2010
- Gone by Lisa Gardner
- Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell – finished December 31, 2009
- Honeymoon by James Patterson
- How to Write Love Letters by Michelle Lovric
- I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Joshua Harris
- I, Claudius by Robert Graves
- Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice – finished December 31, 2011
- J is for Judgment by Sue Grafton
- James Herriot’s Favorite Dog Stories
- The Jester by James Patterson
- Judge and Jury by James Patterson
- K is for Killer by Sue Grafton
- Le Divorce by Diane Johnson
- Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Life of Pi by Yann Martel– finished December 6, 2011- Lifeguard by James Patterson
- The Lifeguard by Mary Morris
- Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly
- Lip Service by M.J. Rose
- Little Beauties by Kim Addonizio
- London Bridges by James Patterson – finished September 6, 2009
- Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst
- Lost Light by Michael Connelly – finished July 30, 2010
- Lost by Gregory Maguire
- The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
- M is for Malice by Sue Grafton
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen– finished December 20, 2010- Marley and Me by John Grogan – finished July 25, 09
- Mary, Mary by James Patterson – finished September 9, 09
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden – finished Aug 23, 09
- The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd
The Midnight Club by James Patterson– finished August 20, 11- A Mighty Heart by Mariane Pearl
- My Symphony by Mary Engelbreit
- N is for Noose by Sue Grafton
- The Nanny Diaries by Emma McLaughlin
- The Narrows by Michael Connelly – finished Sept 9, 10
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- The Overlook by Michael Connelly
- P is for Peril by Sue Grafton
- The Pagemaster by David Kirschner
- The Partner by John Grisham
- Picture Perfect by Fern Michaels
Plum Lovin by Janet Evanovich– finished September 5, 2010- Q is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
- R is for Ricochet by Sue Grafton
- Red, White and Drunk All Over by Natalie MacLean
- S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
- Sail by James Patterson – finished June 12, 2010
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- The Secret Hour by Luanne Rice
- See How They Run by James Patterson
- Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews
- Sex Kittens by Chris Akins
- Shake Down the Stars by Frances Donnelly
- Shakespeare’s MacBeth
- The Shining by Stephen King
- Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
- Spook by Mary Roach
- The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
- T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
- Thank You For Smoking by Christopher Buckley
- The Third Sister by Julia Barrett
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
- Tidings of Great Joy by Sandra Brown
- Trading Up by Candace Bushnell
- True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
- Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich – finished August 27, 2010
- Utopia by Thomas More
- The Virginian by Owen Wister
- Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich – finished March 6, 2010
- Void Moon by Michael Connelly
- Walt Disney by Bob Thomas
- What My Cat Taught Me About Life by Niki Anderson – finished January 1, 2010
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- Where You Belong by Barbara Taylor Bradford
- Why Moms are Weird by Pamela Ribon
- Wife for Hire by Janet Evanovich
- The Year of Yes by Maria Dahvana Headley