Disclaimer: Sorry guys but this is going to be a long post!!
Hello bookworms!! The Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge is hosted by Austine @ Novel Knight. The purpose of this challenge is to read books that you have had on your TBR for a while. The challenge runs from January 1st to December 31st 2017 so you have an entire year to complete your goal whether you choose to read 10 books or 100 books. The only rule is the books have to be published prior to 2017. If you want to learn more about this challenge and you want to join in on the fun click the link above.
So a couple weeks ago I did the TBR Book Tag and one of the questions was how many books are on your Goodreads TBR? At that particular time I had 643 and now I am up to 691. Can you tell I have a problem? (LOL) So anyways one of my amazing followers suggested I should take part in this challenge. She sent me the link to it and everything because I had yet to come across it. After I went through and read about it I thought it would be fun and maybe it would hold me accountable and immediately decided I was going to sign up. I just want to say thank you to Ashley @ Inside My Minds for suggesting this challenge to me.
So since I have a lot of books on my TBR I decided for this challenge I was going to pick books that I already own. I was going through all the books that I own and I ended up having way more than I thought I did. I made a list of every single book and that is going to be my TBR (at least what I am gong to go off of) I don’t expect to read every single one of these books but I am hoping to get through at least half of them. So lets get on to the TBR already.
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
- Until The End by Christopher Pike
- The Unexpected Everything by Morgan Matson
- The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
- Don’t Close Your Eyes by Carlene Thompson
- Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
- Postcards From France by Megan McNeill Libby
- The Shining by Stephen King
- True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
- The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
- The Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
- Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
- Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares
- Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
- Emma by Jane Austen
- Wrecked by Priscilla West
- Drive Me Crazy by Marquita Valentine
- Mine for Tonight by J.S. Scott
- Soldier by Liliana Rhodes
- The Invitation by Roxy Sloan
- Club Prive by M.S. Parker
- Fixed on You by Laurelin Paige
- Chasing Perfection by M.S. Parker
- Sexy Berkeley by Dani Lovell
- Come Monday by Mari Carr
- Her Twisted Pleasures by Amelia James
- The Businessman’s Tie by Deena Ward
- Weak for Him by Lyra Parish
- Good Tidings by Terri Reid
- Tangled Beauty by K.L. Middleton
- The Unexpected Hero by Michael C. Grumley
- What Wendy Wants by Nikki Sex
- Promises of Mercy by Vella Day
- Beauty Touched the Beast by Skye Warren
- Beneath the Beauty by Skye Warren
- Broken Beauty by Skye Warren
- Beauty Becomes You by Skye Warren
- Storm b Nina Levine
- Shatterproof by Rianne Moss
- Shadow of Danger by Kristine Mason
- F*cking Awkward by multiple authors
- The Writer by D.W. Ulsterman
- Seeping Tom by E.V. Fairfall
- The Geneva Project-Truth by Christina Benjamin
- Clarity by Loretta Lost
- Justice Buried by Hilary Thompson
- Runes by Ednah Walters
- Vampire Addiction by Eva Pohler
- Origin of the Sphinx by Raye Wagner
- Demigods and Monsters by Raye Wagner
- Smartphone Utopia by J. Arthur Squires
- The Watchers of Eden by T.C. Edge
- Addicted to You by Krista and Becca Ritchie
- Forever Changed by Mona Ingram
- Bound by Duty by Stormy Smith
- The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Pretty Broken Girl by Jeana E. Mann
- The Last Star and Other Stories by D.L. Orton
- Bluegrass State of Mind by Kathleen Brooks
- Maid for Love by
- Fool for Love by
- Ready for Love by
- Blackheath by Gabriella Lepore
- The Awakened by C.M. Lucas
- How I Found You by Gabriella Lepore
- Mist and Whispers by C.M. Lucas
- The Gatekeeper’s Son by Eva Pohler
- Julian’s List by Haleigh Lovell
- Kiss of Fire by Rebecca Ethington
- Feyland by Anthea Sharp
- Pathfinders by Aidan J Reid
- Hunted by AD Starrling
- Shiri by D.S. Taylor
- Pieces of Me by Carrigan Richards
- Alien Cube by Ashley L. Hunt
- A Stone in the Sea by A.L. Jackson
- Starstruck by Breda Hiatt
- Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things by Martina McAtee
- Tell Me You Need Me by Joya Ryan
- Some Sort of Happy by Melanie Harlow
- Autumn in the City of Angels by Kirby Howell
- Demons by Ednah Walters
- Elementals by Michelle Madow
- Emerge the Awakening by Melissa A. Craven
- In My Dreams by Cameo Renae
- Inception by Bianca Scardoni
- Spark by Anthea Sharp
- The Mystery Box by Eva Pohler
- Seal It With A Kiss by Rogenna Brewer
So that is my long list of books that I own that I want to try to get to next year. I am sure there are some that I missed but this is a good starting point. I hope I didn’t put any on the list that are scheduled to publish in 2017.I don’t think I did but as I get to these books I will double check to make sure. So like I said earlier I highly doubt I can get through all these books next year so I am shooting for at least half of them. So that will be 48 books.
In addition to the reading challenge I am going to try to participate in the Hogwarts House Mini Challenge. I am not sure how this will go for me but I am willing to give it a shot. So basically you pick which house you will be reading for and then you complete the challenges. If you click on the link above Austine goes into more detail about this challenge. You don’t have to compete in the Hogwarts House Challenge to participate in the Beat the Backlist Challenge you can just do the Beat the Backlist Challenge if that’s what you choose to do. Like I said click on the link above and she will explain it so much better than I am doing. This may prove to be to stressful for me after I start but I am really going to give it a go.
So there you go guys. This is my plans for next year on top of the #ReReadIt Challenge I got my work cut out for me next year. Are you planning on signing up for these challenges? If so leave the link to your posts in the comments below I would love to know what you are planning on reading.
Great challenge, I’ve got so many building up, I think I’ll undertake this challenge too, thanks for bringing it my attention and good luck!
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Yay I am so glad you will be joking in on the challenge to. I think it will be so fun. Thank you and good luck to you as well!
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Both of these challenges sound like fun. I have an entire bookcase to read and my kindle library. I could use a challenge to get me reading the books I’ve had for a while. I always end up reading my ARCs and forgetting about the books I already own.
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You should join in on the challenge. I tend to do the same thing I get all these books but then I read the newer ones or the ones that were sent to me and then forget about the rest.
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I definitely will join the challenge. I am so guilty of reading almost all ARCs. I’d say about 95% of what I read are ARCs.
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I do the same thing. I read the books that are sent to me or I read the newer books first and then forget about the others.
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Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge sounds awesome. It’s a great idea, I should probably join it! TBR pile is out of control! 🙂
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You still have time!!
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This is EXACTLY the challenge I need to do this year! I have FAR too many books on my TBR that I need to clear before I can tell myself I can buy new books.
One idea that floats around is to add a £1 coin (or $1 note) to a jar for each book you have read. Then once the challenge is completed, you will have a nice little sum of pennies to spend on new books!! 🙂
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I have thought about saving up money before and I would really like to do it one day but I hardly ever have any cash on me and I would end up forgetting to put it in later.
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