Reduce my TBR piles Challenge – 2007 by sally906

Reduce my TBR piles Challenge – 2007 by sally906 (signed up 11/20/06)
My challenge to myself for 2007 is to get my pile of TBR books down. I have piles everywhere- on shelves, in my clothes drawers, under the bed and tucked away in a cupboard. I need space- so the books have to be reduced in size and number.
I know some of you have been doing this month by month this year (2006) but I am going public to keep myself honest.

I would like to reduce it by at least half. Below is a list of all the books on my shelf as at the 1st of November 2006 – I will update this list on 30th December and start the challenge January 1st. it also appears on my bookshelf.

I read on average 100+ books a year – so I should be able to reduce this pile by half, and still have room spare for "free" reading. I am only including books that have been obtained by me on a permanent basis – not book rings or rays which I class as temporary dwellers on my shelves.

I am going to post once a month how I am going – probably on the 1st of each month – as is an easy date to remember. If anyone else would like to join me in this challenge, please feel free to post below! I am doing this alone or with friends- I have to do something to get my pile under control.

My Rules
1. I am only including books that are on my shelf as at 1st January 2007 that have been sent to me by another reader (either Bxer or PBS).
2. I must read three books from my TBR list before I can add to it (this does not include bookrings as they are not permanent additions)
3. I will have fun: )
4. When 2007 is over- I will heaps of room to get more books- LOL!!!


Conroy, Pat – Beach Music (NA 2007 Convention BB)
Andrews, V. C. – If there Be Thorns (Already Been Crossed BB)
Clark, Mary Higgins – Daddy’s Little Girl (Already Been Cross BB)
Ondaatje, Michael – The English Patient (Already Been Crossed BB)
Sousanis, Marti – The Art of Filo Cookbook – January 2007
Straub, Peter – Floating Dragon – Already Been Crossed BB
Binchy, Maeve – Echoes – Already Been Crossed BB
Chesney, Marion – The Viscount’s Revenge - Already Been Crossed BB
Fast, Howard – The Outsider - Already Been Crossed BB
Evanovich, Janet – Back to the Bedroom (Audio) – January 2007
Carlson, Richard – Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…(Audio) – January 2007
Andrews, Donna – Access Denied (PBS) – January 2007
Moyes, Jojo – Sheltering Rain – Alredy Been Crossed BB
Sakoian, Francis – Astrological Patterns – Already Been Crossed BB
Patterson, James – 4th of July (audio) – February 2007
Carter, Sammi – Chocolate Dipped Death – February 2007
Wilder, Laura Ingalls - On the Way Home: The Diary of a Trip from South Dakota to Mansfield, Missouri, in 1894 (PBS) – April 2007
Eichler, Selma – Murder Can Botch Up Your Birthday – April 2007




1. ???? – Fluke, or I know Why the Winged Wale Sings
2. Adams, Alina – Murder on Ice
3. Albert, Susan Wittig - Lavender Lies (PBS)
4. Albert, Susan Wittig - An Unthymely Death (PBS)
5. Anderson, Sheryl J. – Killer Heels (PBS)
6. Andrews, Donna – Click Here for Murder (PBS)
7. Andrews, V.C. – My Sweet Audrina
8. Archer, Jeffrey – As the Crow Flies
9. Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity and the Duke (PBS)
10. Atherton, Nancy - Aunt Dimity and the Next of Kin (PBS)
11. Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity: Snowbound (PBS)
12. Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity’s Christmas (PBS)
13. Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity’s Death (PBS)
14. Atherton, Nancy – Aunt Dimity’s Good Deed (PBS)
15. Austen, Jane – Persuasion
16. Bahr, Howard– The Black Flower
17. Ballard, Mignon F. – Angel At Troublesome (PBS)
18. Bank, Melissa – The Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing
19. Barron, Stephanie – Jane and the Genius of the Place
20. Bauval, Robert – The Orion Mystery
21. Beaton, M. C. – Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener
22. Bebris, Carrie - Pride and Prescience (PBS)
23. Berenson, Laurien – Best In Show (PBS)
24. Berne, Suzanne – A Crime in the Neighborhood
25. Berry, Liz – The China Garden
26. Binchy, Maeve – Nights of Rain and Stars
27. Blume, Judy – Forever
28. Blume, Judy – Smart Women
29. Bowling, Harry – One More for Saddler Street
30. Bradford, Richard – Red Sky At Morning
31. Braun, Lillian Jackson – The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern
32. Braun, Lillian Jackson – The Cat Who Brought Down the House
33. Braun, Lillian Jackson – The Cat Who Robbed a Bank
34. Braun, Lillian Jackson – The Cat Who Smelled a Rat
35. Braun, Lillian Jackson – The Cat Who Tailed a Thief
36. Braun, Lillian Jackson – The Cat Who Went Up the Creek
37. Brink, Carol Byrie – Caddie Woodlawn
38. Broadrick, Annette – Lean, Mean & Lonesome
39. Brown, Dale – Night of the Hawk
40. Brown, Dan – Angels and Demons
41. Brown, Dan – Digital Fortress
42. Brown, Dan – The DaVinci Code
43. Brown, Rita Mae – Rest in Pieces
44. Brown, Sandra – 22 Indigo Place
45. Brown, Sandra – The Rana Look
46. Browne, Jill Conner – God Save the Sweet Potato Queens
47. Bryson, Bill - The Lost Continent (PBS)
48. Buchanan, Edna – Meane, It’s Murder
49. Burnes, Caroline – Familiar Texas
50. Burnett, Carol – One More Time
51. Cabot, Meg – Princess in the Spotlight
52. Caine, Leslie – Death by Inferior Design (PBS)
53. Carl, JoAnna - Crime de Cocoa (PBS)
54. Carl, JoAnna – The Chocolate Frog Frame-Up (PBS)
55. Carr, Phillippa – A Time for Silence
56. Carter, Jimmy – Sharing Good Times
57. Cather, Willa – Death Comes to the Archbishop
58. Charles, Hampton – Miss Seeton at the Helm
59. Chiaverini, Jennifer - The Quilter’s Legacy (PBS)
60. Childs, Laura - Bound for Murder (PBS)
61. Christie, Agatha – 4:50 From Paddington (audio)
62. Christie, Agatha – By The Pricking of My Thumbs
63. Christie, Agatha – Elephants Can Remember
64. Christie, Agatha – Funerals are Fatal
65. Christie, Agatha – Hickory Dickory Death
66. Christie, Agatha – The Body in the Library
67. Christie, Agatha – The Mysterious Affair of Styles
68. Christie, Agatha – The Seven Dials Mystery
69. Churchill, Jill – A Knife to Remember
70. Churchill, Jill– Love for Sale
71. Civil-Brown, Sue – Carried Away
72. Clark, Carol Higgins – Decked
73. Clark, Carol Higgins – Popped
74. Clark, Carol Higgins – Snagged
75. Clark, Carol Higgins – Twanged
76. Clark, Mary Higgins – Daddy’s Little Girl
77. Clark, Mary Higgins/Clark, Carol Higgins – He See’s You When You’re Sleeping
78. Cleage, Pearl – What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day
79. Close, William – A Doctor’s Story: From City Surgeon to Country “Doc”
80. Colgan, Jenny – Amanda’s Wedding (audio)
81. Collins, Jackie – Hollywood Husbands
82. Collins, Jackie – Vendetta: Lucky’s Revenge
83. Collins, Kate – Dearly Depotted (PBS)
84. Collins, Kate – Mum’s the Word (PBS)
85. Connelly, Michael – City of Bones
86. Cook, Robin – Sphinx
87. Cooper, Henry Jr. – Apollo on the Moon
88. Coyle, Cleo – Latte Trouble (PBS)
89. Coyle, Cleo – Through the Grinder (PBS)
90. Coyle, Harold – Dead Hand
91. Craft, Michael – Boy Toy
92. Craig, Philip – A Deadly Vineyard Holiday
93. Crane, Stephen – The Red Badge of Courage
94. Criswell, Millie – Staying Single
95. Crusie, Jennifer – Faking It
96. Crusie, Jennifer – Tell Me Lies
97. Cussler, Clive– Treasure
98. Daheim, Mary – The Alpine Kindred
99. Davidson, Diane Mott – Killer Pancake
100. Davidson, Diane Mott – The Main Corpse
101. Delany, Gina – Wild Flame
102. DeLeo, Peter – Survive! My Fight for Life in the High Sierras
103. Delinsky, Barbara – Flirting with Pete
104. Delinsky, Barbara – The Woman Next Door
105. Dereske, Joe - Bookmarked to Die (PBS)
106. Despres, Loraine – The Scandalous Summer of Sissy Leblanc
107. Devereaux, Jude – Temptation
108. Devereaux, Jude – The Maiden
109. Dietz, Denise – Beat Up a Cookie (PBS)
110. Donald, David Herbert - Lincoln (PBS)
111. Donnelly, Deborah – Death Takes a Honeymoon (PBS)
112. DuMaurier, Daphne – Rebecca
113. Dunant, Sarah – The Birth of Venus
114. Durban, Pam – The Laughing Place
115. Durham, Laura – Better Off Wed (PBS)
116. Edwards, Anne – A Remarkable Woman
117. Eichler, Selma – Murder Can Mess Up Your Mascara (PBS)
118. Ely, Ron – East Beach
119. Erickson, Lynn – Upon A Midnight Clear
120. Evanovich, Janet – Four to Score
121. Evanovich, Janet – High Five (PBS)
122. Evanovich, Janet – One For The Money
123. Evanovich, Janet – Seven Up
124. Evanovich, Janet - Three To Get Deadly (PBS)
125. Farmer, Jerrilyn – Dim Sum Dead (PBS)
126. Feehan, Christine – The One
127. Fiffer, Sharon - Buried Stuff (PBS)
128. Finnamore, Suzanne – Otherwise Engaged (audio)
129. Fletcher, Jessica – Martinis & Mayhem
130. Fletcher, Jessica – Murder in Moscow
131. Fletcher, Jessica – Murder on the QE2
132. Fletcher, Jessica – Trick or Treachery
133. Fluke, Joanne – Fudge Cupcake Murder
134. Fluke, Joanne – Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (PBS)
135. Fluke, Joanne – Strawberry Shortcake Murder
136. Fluke, Joanne – Sugar Cookie Murder (PBS)
137. Forbes, Esther – Johnny Treman
138. Foreman, Amanda – Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
139. Fowler, Earlene – Broken Dishes
140. Fowler, Earlene – Sunshine and Shadow (PBS)
141. Fowler, Karen Joy – Sister Noon
142. Friedman, Kinky – Armadillos and Old Lace (PBS)
143. Gabaldon, Diana – Cross Stitch
144. Gaffney, Patricia – Circle of Three
145. Galenorn, Yasmine – A Harvest of Bones
146. Galenorn, Yasmine - Legend of the Jade Dragon (PBS)
147. Garvey, Amy - Murder in the Hamptons (PBS)
148. George, Elizabeth – A Suitable Vengeance
149. Gilman, Dorothy – A Palm for Ms. Pollifax
150. Gilman, Dorothy – Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled (PBS)
151. Giuliano, Geoffrey – Dark Horse, The Private Life of George Harrison (audio)
152. Goldsmith, Olivia – Fashionably Late
153. Grafton, Sue – A is for Alibi
154. Grafton, Sue – B is for Burglar
155. Grafton, Sue - C is for Corpse (PBS)
156. Grafton, Sue – H is for Homicide
157. Grafton, Sue – K is for Killer
158. Grafton, Sue - O is for Outlaw (PBS)
159. Graham, Winston – Fortune is a Woman
160. Greenberg, Martin Harry – Santa Clues
161. Grisham, John – The Chamber
162. Grisham, John – The Last Juror
163. Haddon, Mark – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime
164. Hall, Parnell - And a Puzzle to Die On (PBS)
165. Hall, Parnell – With This Puzzle, I Thee Kill (PBS)
166. Hamilton, Jane – The Book of Ruth
167. Harris, Charlaine – Shakespeare’s Christmas
168. Harris, Ruth – Modern Women
169. Hart, Carolyn G. – Mint Julep Murder (PBS)
170. Hart, Carolyn G. – The Christie Caper
171. Harvey, Kathryn – Butterfly
172. Haskins, James – Andrew Young: Man With A Mission
173. Hawthorne, Nathaniel – The House of the Seven Gables
174. Hawthorne, Nathaniel – The Scarlet Letter
175. Hayden, Torey – Somebody Else’s Kids
176. Haynes, Conrad – Perpetual Check
177. Hayter, Sparkle – Nice Girls Finish Last
178. Henry, Sue – Death Trap (PBS)
179. Herman, Julie Wray – Three Dirty Women and the Bitter Brew (PBS)
180. Herman, Julie Wray – Three Dirty Women and the Garden of Death (PBS)
181. Heymann, C. David – A Woman Named Jackie
182. Hill, Reginald – An April Shroud
183. Hoag, Tami – Dark Paradise
184. Hold Sawyer, Corinne Hold – Geezer Factory Murders (PBS)
185. Hunter, Maddy – Pasta Imperfect
186. Hyde, Anthony – Red Fox
187. Irvin, Candace – The Impossible Alliance
188. Isaacs, Susan – Red, White and Blue
189. Isenberg, Jane – Death in a Hot Flash (PBS)
190. Jance, J. A. – Partner in Crime
191. Jance, J. A. - Rattlesnake Crossing (PBS)
192. Jenkins, Mark – The Jump Off
193. Jensen, Muriel – Man With A Miracle
194. Johnson, Dolores – A Dress to Die For
195. Kantner, Rob – Concrete Hero
196. Kearny, Jillian – Agent 0f Love
197. Keillor, Garrison – Homegrown Democrat
198. Keneally, Thomas – Confederates
199. Kenner, Julie - The Givenchy Code (PBS)
200. Kent, Grenville – The Da Vinci Decode
201. Kersh, Gerald – Nice and the City
202. Knight, Brenda - Women Who Love Books Too Much - (PBS)
203. Kozak, Harley Jane – Dating Dead Men
204. Krantz, Judith – Spring Collection
205. Kurtz, Katherine – Saint Camber
206. Lachnit, Carroll – Akin to Death (PBS)
207. Lakin, Rita – Getting Old is the Best Revenge (PBS)
208. Leaming, Barbara – If This Was Happiness
209. Lensen, Ruby Jean – Lost and Found
210. MacAllister, Heather – Moonlighting
211. MacDonald, Anne-Marie – Fall On Your Knees
212. MacDonald, John D. – Darker Than Amber
213. Macomber, Debbie – 44 Cranberry Point
214. Macomber, Debbie – Brides for Brothers
215. Magoffin, Richard – Waltzing Matilda, Song of Australia
216. Mansell, Jill – Mixed Doubles
217. Martin, Nancy – Drop-Dead Blonde (PBS)
218. Martin, Nancy – Whirlwind
219. Masters, John – The Lotus and The Wind
220. Matthews, Carol – Bare Necessity
221. McBride, Susan – Blue Blood
222. McBride, Susan – The Lonely Star Lonely Hearts Club (PBS)
223. McCullough, Colleen - Tim
224. McDonald, Cherokee Paul – Blue Truth
225. McGown, Jill – Perfect Match
226. McKay, Sue – Shaken and Stirred
227. McKevett, G. A. - Bitter Sweets(PBS)
228. McKevett, G. A. - Killer Calories (PBS)
229. McKevett, G. A. - Peaches and Screams (PBS)
230. McKevett, G. A. - Sour Grapes (PBS)
231. McKevett, G. A. - Sugar and Spite (PBS)
232. McNaught, Judith – Almost Heaven
233. McNaught, Judith – Remember When
234. McNaught, Judith – Whitney, My Love
235. Meier, Leslie - Back to School Murder (PBS)
236. Meier, Leslie - Birthday Party Murder (PBS)
237. Meier, Leslie - Star Spangled Murder (PBS)
238. Meier, Leslie – Turkey Day Murder (PBS)
239. Michaels, Fern – Kentucky Rich
240. Michaels, Fern – Kentucky Sunrise (PBS)
241. Michaels, Fern – Texas Fury
242. Michaels, Fern – Texas Heat
243. Michaels, Fern – Texas Rich
244. Michaels, Fern – Wife On Approval (PBS)
245. Michaels, Kasey – Maggie By The Book
246. Michaels, Kasey – Too Good to Be True
247. Mitford, Nancy – Love in a Cold Climate
248. Moeri, Louise – Save Queen of Sheba
249. Myers, Tamar – The Hand That Rocks the Ladle
250. Napoleon, Landon – ZigZag
251. Nix, Garth – Mister Monday
252. Notaro, Laurie - Autobiography of a Fat Bride(PBS)
253. Packer, ZZ – Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
254. Palmer, Catherine – A Victorian Christmas Cottage
255. Parson, Tony – One For My Baby
256. Patterson, James – Honeymoon (PBS)
257. Pearson, Allison – I Don’t Know How She Does It
258. Phillips, Carly – The Bachelor
259. Phillips, Carly – The Playboy
260. Plain, Belva – Tapestry
261. Price, Eugenia – The Beloved Invader
262. Proulx, Annie - Close Range: Wyoming Stories (PBS)
263. Proulx, Annie - Shipping News
264. Quindlen, Anna – One True Thing
265. Quinnell, A.J. – Man On Fire
266. Reynolds, Debbie – Debbie: My Life
267. Rhodes, Natasha – National Parks
268. Rice, Luanne – Summer Light
269. Rice, Patricia – Carolina Girl
270. Ripley, Alexandria – From Fields of Gold
271. Roberts, Nora – Birthright
272. Roberts, Nora – Chesapeake Blue
273. Roberts, Nora – Considering Kate
274. Roberts, Nora - Entranced
275. Roberts, Nora – From the Heart
276. Roberts, Nora – Heaven and Earth
277. Roberts, Nora – Public Secrets
278. Roberts, Nora – Stanislaski Brothers
279. Roberts, Nora – The Villa
280. Roosevelt, Eleanor - The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt (PBS)
281. Roosevelt, Elliott – A First Class Murder
282. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder and the First Lady
283. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder at Hobcaw Barony
284. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder at the Palace
285. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Blue Room
286. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Chateau
287. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the East Room
288. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Executive Mansion
289. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Lincoln Bedroom
290. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Oval Office
291. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Red Room
292. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the Rose Garden
293. Roosevelt, Elliott – Murder in the West Wing
294. Roosevelt, Elliott – New Deal for Death
295. Roosevelt, Elliott – The Hyde Park Murder
296. Roosevelt, Elliott – The President’s Man
297. Roosevelt, Elliott – The White House Pantry Murder
298. Sawyer, Corinne Holt – The Geezer Factory Murders
299. Schmals, Libby – The Perfect Elizabeth
300. Seafton, Maggie - A Deadly Yarn (PBS)
301. Seafton, Maggie – Needled to Death (PBS)
302. Siddons, Anne Rivers – Nora, Nora
303. Simenon, Georges - The Iron Stair Case
304. Smiley, Jane – A Thousand Acres
305. Smiley, Jane – The All-True Travels and Adventure of Lidie Newton
306. Smith, Alexander McCall – Tears of the Giraffe
307. Smith, Alexander McCall – The Sunday Philosophy Club
308. Smith, Lee – The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed
309. Steel, Danielle – Accident (Spiral)
310. Steel, Danielle – Fine Things (Spiral)
311. Steel, Danielle – Full Circle (Spiral)
312. Steel, Danielle – Heartbeat (Spiral)
313. Steel, Danielle – Loving (Spiral)
314. Steel, Danielle – Once In A Lifetime (Spiral)
315. Steel, Danielle – Palomino (Spiral)
316. Steel, Danielle – Season of Passion (Spiral)
317. Steel, Danielle – The Promise (Spiral)
318. Steel, Danielle – The Ranch (Spiral)
319. Stoker, Bram – Dracula
320. Swanson, Denise – Murder of a Snake in the Grass
321. Sweeney, Leann - Dead Giveaway (PBS)
322. Sweeney, Leann – A Wedding to Die For (PBS)
323. Tally, Steve – Almost America
324. Taylor, Kathleen - Cold Front (PBS)
325. Taylor, Kathleen – Funeral Food (PBS)
326. Thompson, Hunter – Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
327. Truman, Margaret – Murder in the Smithsonian
328. Truman, Margaret – Murder on the Potomac
329. Twain, Mark – The Prince and the Pauper
330. Viets, Elaine – Dying to Call You (PBS)
331. Viets, Elaine – Murder Between the Covers
332. Vollers, Maryanne – Ice Bound: A Doctor’s Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole
333. Wallace, Irving – The Guest of Honor
334. Wambaugh, Joseph – Finnegan’s Week
335. Warren, Pat – Bright Hopes
336. Waugh, Daisy – The New You Survival Kit
337. Weber, Ken - Even More Five-Minute Mysteries (PBS)
338. Welles, Patricia – Angel in the Snow
339. Wilder, Quinn – That Man From Texas
340. Wilson, Barbara Jaye - Murder and the Mad Hatter (PBS)
341. Wilson, F. Paul – Gateways (PBS)
342. Wolzien, Valerie – All Hallow’s Evil (PBS)
343. Woods, Stuart – Grass Roots (PBS)
344. Yee – The Sports Book
345. Young, Elizabeth – Asking for Trouble
346. Eig, Jonathan - Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig (PBS)
347. Carter, Sammi – Candy Apple Dead (PBS)
348. Bailey, Pearl – Between You and Me
349. Steel, Danielle – Thurston House (RABCK)
350. Steel, Danielle – Lone Eagle (RABCK)
351. Jackson, Brenda, et al – A Whole Lotta Love (PBS)
352. Grisham, John – Skipping Christmas
353. Crosby, Virginia – The Fast Death Factor

Updated 05.10.2007