{"id":3193,"date":"2014-02-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=3193"},"modified":"2014-02-24T11:16:39","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T17:16:39","slug":"my-to-be-reviewed-shelf-is-slowly-shrinking-tbr2014-challenge-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=3193","title":{"rendered":"My to-be-reviewed shelf is slowly shrinking&#8230; TBR2014 Challenge update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For most book-folk, TBR means &#8220;to be read&#8221; (as in &#8220;My TBR stack is taller than I am&#8221;), but for me it means that lonnng shelf of books that I&#8217;ve already read, but still need &#8220;to be reviewed&#8221; here!<\/p>\n<p>Moving right along, I added recommendations of these\u00a0books with 2013 or earlier copyright date to BooksYALove in February (click each link to open my no-spoiler review in a new tab\/window):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Clockwork-Scarab.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3103\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=3103\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Clockwork-Scarab.jpg?fit=250%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,343\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Clockwork Scarab\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Clockwork-Scarab.jpg?fit=250%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3103\" alt=\"book cover of Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason published by Chronicle Books\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Clockwork-Scarab-218x300.jpg?resize=92%2C126\" width=\"92\" height=\"126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Clockwork-Scarab.jpg?resize=218%2C300&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Clockwork-Scarab.jpg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 92px) 100vw, 92px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Go-Kidd-Design.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3130\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=3130\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Go-Kidd-Design.jpg?fit=207%2C279&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"207,279\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Go Kidd Design\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Go-Kidd-Design.jpg?fit=207%2C279&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-3130\" alt=\"book cover of Go A Kidd's Guide to Graphic Design by Chip Kidd published by Workman\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Go-Kidd-Design.jpg?resize=102%2C137\" width=\"102\" height=\"137\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Clockwork Scarab, by Colleen Gleason (book review) \u2013 the Misses Stoker and Holmes, on the case!\" href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/2014\/02\/clockwork-scarab-by-colleen-gleason-book-review-the-misses-stoker-and-holmes-on-the-case.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Clockwork Scarab<\/a> &#8211; Egyptian curse stalking young women in steampunk London or merely murder? Eva Stoker and Mina Holmes investigate!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Go: A Kidd\u2019s Guide to Graphic Design, by Chip Kidd (book review) \u2013 design is everywhere we look\" href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/2014\/02\/go-a-kidds-guide-to-graphic-design-by-chip-kidd-book-review-design-is-everywhere-we-look.html\" target=\"_blank\">Go: A Kidd&#8217;s Guide to Graphic Design<\/a> &#8211; from color to typography, noted graphic designer Chip Kidd shares info, insight and project ideas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Team-Human.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3083\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=3083\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Team-Human.jpg?fit=99%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"99,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Team Human\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Team-Human.jpg?fit=99%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3083\" alt=\"book cover of Team Human by Sarah Rees Brennan and Justine Larbalestier\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Team-Human.jpg?resize=89%2C135\" width=\"89\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Flygirl.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3166\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=3166\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Flygirl.jpg?fit=265%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"265,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Flygirl\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Flygirl.jpg?fit=265%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-3166\" alt=\"book cover of Flygirl by Sherri L Smith published by Penguin\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Flygirl-198x300.jpg?resize=90%2C136\" width=\"90\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Flygirl.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Flygirl.jpg?w=265&amp;ssl=1 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 90px) 100vw, 90px\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Team Human, by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan (book review) \u2013 love your local vampire?\" href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/2014\/02\/team-human-by-justine-larbalestier-and-sarah-rees-brennan-book-review-love-your-local-vampire.html\" target=\"_blank\">Team Vampire<\/a> &#8211; when transforming to vampire can leave you a zombie, why wouldn&#8217;t Mel want to keep her best friend among the living?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Flygirl, by Sherri L. Smith (book review) \u2013 flying for her country, despite prejudice\" href=\"http:\/\/booksyalove.com\/2014\/02\/flygirl.html\" target=\"_blank\">Flygirl<\/a> &#8211; passing for white so she can fly during WWII, Ida Mae will face even more dangers on the ground than aloft.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/How-Not-to-Be-a-Dickjpg.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3194\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=3194\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/How-Not-to-Be-a-Dickjpg.jpg?fit=525%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"525,525\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"How Not to Be a Dickjpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/How-Not-to-Be-a-Dickjpg.jpg?fit=525%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-3194\" alt=\"book cover of How Not to Be a Dick by Meghan Doherty published by Zest Books\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/How-Not-to-Be-a-Dickjpg-300x300.jpg?resize=144%2C144\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/How-Not-to-Be-a-Dickjpg.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/How-Not-to-Be-a-Dickjpg.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/How-Not-to-Be-a-Dickjpg.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/How-Not-to-Be-a-Dickjpg.jpg?w=525&amp;ssl=1 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a>How Not to Be a Dick &#8211; this common-sense (with a sense of humor) everyday etiquette guide will help you be a better person.<\/p>\n<p>So far in 2014, I&#8217;ve 8 recommended of my targeted 50+ pre-2014 titles for this year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/evie-bookish.blogspot.com\/2013\/10\/2014-tbr-pile-reading-challenge-sign-ups.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bookish 2014 TBR Reading Challenge<\/a> &#8211; onward!<br \/>\n*kmm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For most book-folk, TBR means &#8220;to be read&#8221; (as in &#8220;My TBR stack is taller than I am&#8221;), but for me it means that lonnng shelf of books that I&#8217;ve already read, but still need &#8220;to be reviewed&#8221; here! Moving right along, I added recommendations of these\u00a0books with 2013 or earlier copyright date to BooksYALove [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19,51,98,29],"tags":[82,55,16,190],"class_list":["post-3193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternate-history","category-fiction","category-mystery","category-reflective","category-steampunk","tag-blogging","tag-books","tag-determination","tag-tbr2013"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3193"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3223,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions\/3223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}