Looking forward to these two challenges!

I really enjoyed last year's reading challenge hosted by Nat @ Reading Romances -- and I'm really, really happy that she's hosting a new one for 2013.

Nat has changed the challenge for 2013. She's focusing on romance plots, themes and settings and has the list for the entire year already:

(To read the full details of the challenge, click here.)

I'm committing to reading 2 to 3 books every month. (Romance Lover: 2-3 books)

*All images taken from Reading Romances.

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I'm also glad I found this new challenge. This one is hosted by The Bookworm.

The Romance Reading Challenge 2013

Image taken from The Bookworm.

Here are the rules:

1. The challenge runs from January 1st, 2013 through December 31st, 2013.

2. "Romance" isn't limited to steamy Harlequin novels. There is a huge selection of books in this category such as contemporary romance, historical romance, romantic suspense and paranormal romance to name a few. As long as the story has romantic love between the two main characters your selection will fit this challenge. The novels do not need to have a happy ending either, there can also be unrequited love.

3. Choose at least 5 novels to read. You can change your choices at any time. Crossovers between other challenges are fine.

All kinds of books count, ebooks and audiobooks too.

4. Read your book selections at your own pace in 2012 then post the link to your review(s). You don't need to have a blog, posting your reviews on Goodreads and LibraryThing counts as well. If you do have a blog and are joining us, please consider linking back to this post either with text or with one of the buttons provided below to help spread the word.

To read the full details of this challenge, click here.

I still have a pile of books on my TBR so here are the 5 romance novels that I am reading for this challenge: