This Reading Challenge is a bit different – but so needed.

As book reviewers who blog, we sometimes get overwhelmed with books that need to be read and reviewed – like yesterday.  And sometimes books fall through the virtual cracks.  Anna of The Herd Presents and herding cats & burning soup has come up with a solution.  A fun way to challenge ourselves to get caught up, be accountable and do it in good company.

In the  2016 Blogger Shame Review Challenge  we are asked to go through our bookshelves and e-readers in search of books we needed to review (for whatever purpose) — the ones that got left behind for some reason.  You can click on that link above and go to the signup page with all the rules, suggestions and Mr. Linky.

I don’t have any official review copies that are old enough to qualify for this Challenge.  BUT... I do have both paperbacks and ebooks that I purchased for the express purpose of reading and reviewing.  It might have been a series I wanted to read or some new releases that got lost in getting the NetGalley deadlines met.  It is vastly important to me to get my Kindle and bookshelves cleared out in 2016 to a more reasonable amount of reviews that I’d like to do.  And of course there are going to be more books added in 2016  *sigh*.

If this sounds like a Challenge that is calling your name – head on over to the signup page and read all about this one.

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UPDATE:  Although Anna was gracious in allowing my non-arc idea to continue in this Challenge — I have reconsidered, and it really isn’t fair to ask her to let me do something that is not really, truly representative of her Challenge.  I love Anna, she is a rock star blogger and I simply cannot do anything that is not within her guidelines.  It was my choice to remove myself.  I will tackle my overloaded bought to review books in another fashion..

Best of luck to everyone who has ARCs to catch up with.  I just know everyone will be successful at this one.