Every year I pick a few reading challenges to do and every year I generally fail at all of them. While I’m not expecting different results this year (that way I’m pleasantly surprised if I succeed), I’ve picked a few out that I want to try. This page will be updated with any new challenges as I find them and sign up!
Beat the Backlist
OFFICIAL Challenge Page
Considering this is my own reading challenge, it would be odd not to participate!
Guidelines
- Books must be published in 2018 or earlier.
- Books must be read start-to-finish in the year 2019
I’ve posted my potential TBR list on the blog already but I’m hoping to read way more books than the 24 I picked out. Everything read for BTB will be added to the table below and I’ll update periodically with review links and whatnot.
| Title | Author, First | Author, Last | Date Read | Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Brilliant Death | Amy Rose | Capetta | ||
| An Assassin's Guide to Love and Treason | Virginia | Boecker | ||
| Damsel | Elana K. | Arnold | ||
| Wildcard | Marie | Lu | ||
| These Rebel Waves | Sara | Raasch | ||
| A Reaper at the Gates | Sabaa | Tahir | ||
| Onyx & Ivory | Mindee | Arnett | ||
| Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi | Adeyemi | ||
| Heart of Iron | Ashley | Poston | ||
| The Queen's Rising | Rebecca | Ross | ||
| A Conspiracy of Stars | Olivia A. | Cole | ||
| Unearthed | Amie Meagan | Kaufman Spooner | ||
| This Mortal Coil | Emily | Suvada | ||
| Devils & Thieves | Jennifer | Rush | ||
| Before She Ignites | Jodi | Meadows | ||
| The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue | Mackenzi | Lee | ||
| Scythe | Neal | Shusterman | ||
| Timekeeper | Tara | Sim | ||
| The Girl at Midnight | Melissa | Grey | ||
| Talon | Julie | Kagawa | ||
| The Iron Thorn | Caitlin | Kittredge | ||
| The Summoning | Kelley | Armstrong | ||
| Magic Bites | Ilona | Andrews | ||
| Vicious | V.E. | Schwab |
A to Z Reading Challenge
There are variations of this challenge around the community so I don’t plan on signing up for a specific one. Instead, I’ll be keeping track here and in the 2019 Always Fully Booked planner from Little Inklings Design.
Guidelines (from the planner page)
- titles starting with “A” and “The” don’t count (for those letters)
- any book title containing “X” counts for X
KEY
★ counts for Beat the Backlist
✹ Beat the Backlist original TBR title
Titles
Potential titles listed, will cross off when complete
- A - An Assassin’s Guide to Love and Treason by Virginia Boecker ✹
- B - The Brilliant Death by Amy Rose Capetta ✹
- C - A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole ✹
- D - Damsel by Elana K. Arnold ✹
- E - Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire ★
- F - Flame in the Mist by Renee Ahdieh ★
- G - The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee ✹
- H - Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston ✹
- I - The Iron Thorn by Caitlin Kittredge ✹
- J - Julia Vanishes by Catherine Egan ★
- K - Kiss of the Royal by Lindsey Duga ★
- L - Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman ★
- M - Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews ✹
- N - Nemesis by Brendan Reichs ★
- O - Onyx & Ivory by Mindee Arnett ✹
- P - Passenger by Alexandra Bracken ★
- Q - The Queen’s Rising by Rebecca Ross ✹
- R - A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir ✹
- S - Scythe by Neal Shusterman ✹
- T - Talon by Julie Kagawa ✹
- U - Unearthed by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner ✹
- V - Vicious by V.E. Schwab ✹
- W - Wildcard by Marie Lu ✹
- X - Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins ★
- Y - The Young Elites by Marie Lu ★
- Z - Zodiac by Romina Russell ★
Let’s Chat!
Are you participating in any reading challenges in 2019?
Have a book recommendation for any of the listed prompts above?
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