Welp, last year’s reading goal was uh… less than met shall we say? It still was a lot better than the previous year (at least as far as reading books on my #BeattheBacklist planned list though the overall numbers according to Goodreads was quite a bit lower over all LOL), but I managed barely 20% of my overall goal of 100 reads of my physical TBR. Considering that, I’m dropping the number back down to 52 instead. Most of the titles below are going to be from the previous year’s list, but I have a fair number of new books I got last year (of course – oof I am a book hoarder to be sure) that I’m quite excited to read as well. So yeah, I’m adding those to the list, as well, because why not!
Granted, most of these are currently packed up after our move and won’t be unpacked until we have the bookshelves built in my new office, but I can at least get started on the books that I have on my bedside table and or have multiple versions of in eBook or audiobook format. Because I apparently hoard books in various forms as well as just in general. Like ya do. LOL.
But yeah, this challenge is always fun, as is the Bingo card that comes with it. I still don’t know why it’s so damned motivating, but I’ll take whatever motivation I can get! But yeah, if y’all are interested in checking it out, the main challenge blog is here: https://austinedecker.com/beat-the-backlist/ You can check out #BeattheBacklist on Twitter as well to check out folks’ sign ups. The community portion also tends to be super encouraging, too.
1. Beasts Made of Night *
2. Crown of Thunder *
3. Where Dreams Descend *
4. Ignite the Stars*
5. Watership Down
6. Tales from Watership Down
7. The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina
8. Lakesedge
9. The Once and Future Witches
10. The Grimrose Girls
11. Vampires Never Get Old
12. Over the Woodward Wall
13. A Deadly Education
14. A History of Wild Places
15. Foreshadow
16. Shadow of the Fox*
17. Feed*
18. The Girl from Everywhere*
19. Of Fire and Stars*
20. The Last Namsara*
21. A Secret History of Witches*
22. Ash*
23. The Walls Around Us*
24. Sabriel*
25. Lirael
26. Abhorsen
27. The City We Became *
28. An Unkindness of Ghosts*
29. The Belles*
30. The House in the Cerulean Sea*
31. Song of the Current*
32. Gideon the Ninth*
33. Tarnished are the Stars
34. Uprooted
35. Out Now
36. Are You Listening
37. As Old as Time
38. The Rest of Us Just Live Here
39. The Passage
40. Loosed Upon the World
41. Ghost Wood Song
42. This Splintered Silence
43. Cinderella is Dead
44. Sekret
45. Manga Classics – The Stories of Edgar Allen Poe
46. Rebelwing
47. Devils Unto Dust
48. Once and Future
49. The Sword in the Stars
50. Anna Dressed in Blood
51. Girl of Nightmares
52. The Disasters
As always, I know I’ll end up reading new releases or new backlist books I get or reread or well… Let’s just say this list tends to be all over the place when compared to the “official” goal TBR above. But hey, it still counts as reading. I just don’t get to use my handy Bingo card for these. LOL
Bonus Books:
Book – Date Read – Format – Type aka non-list backlist book or new release or reread