A snapshot of my bookshelf of unread books.

I’m ridiculously behind with these Reading Challenge Updates. I tried to get all fancy shmancy in the February post by adding neatly aligned book covers and well… it took forever. There were also a couple of months where no one read anything so there wasn’t much to report. But now it’s August and quite a few things have changed.

My litter brother Josh is no longer staying with us which means there’s no one on his ass forcing him to read. (Don’t look at me like that. Reading is fundamental. I regret nothing.) Anyway, Josh may or may not return. Until he does, I am withdrawing him from our reading challenge.

Besides Josh leaving, our prize list has been updated. I finally picked a prize! OMG! I’m so excited about it. We also decided on a grand prize for the person who reads 24 books first.

Updated Prize List

GRAND PRIZE: Halo 4 Xbox 360 Bundle

• PsychoVandal: Hauppauge HD PVR
• SickNdehed: Swim with a Tiger Cub
• InStyle76: Max 2 Dual Node Percussion Massager
• AJ: Professional Headshots (he wants to be an actor)

Current Scores

click on a name to view the actual books read so far in 2012.

SickNdehed: 13 Books
PsychoVandal: 13 books
InStyle76: 5 Books
AJ: 18 Books

So, as you can see, AJ is very much in the lead. Though, he still makes it a point everyday to remind us how much he hates reading.

That grand prize was my idea. Obviously, no matter who wins, we ALL win! This is just my way of trying to justify purchasing a fourth Xbox.

So tell us, who do you think will win? Also, feel free to make some book suggestions in the comments. I’ll need to pick a new book once I’m done with the 50 Shades of Grey Trilogy.