First things first: Beat the Backlist is a year long challenge, the focus of which is knocking older books off your to-read list. They can be any genre, any format, any length. There are just a few rules:
* The book must have been published in 2018 or earlier to count. It can be in any format (including an ARC/eARC) as long as the release date is earlier than 2019.
* You have to start and finish the book in 2019 to count it. Any books started in 2018 and finished in 2019 do not count. Any books started in 2019 and finish in 2020 also do not count.
* You have to start and finish the book in 2019 to count it. Any books started in 2018 and finished in 2019 do not count. Any books started in 2019 and finish in 2020 also do not count.
* The challenge runs from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
Sign up here if you're interested. This post also has a lot more info about the challenge and an FAQ and graphics and fun stuff like that. :)
This year I'm participating in the Hogwarts House mini challenge as part of Hufflepuff house. You can read more about that here.
ANYHOO. In 2019 I'm doing the challenge *as intended* thankyouverymuch, which is convenient because I'm so behind on ARCs that I have about 50 past due ones for books published in 2017 and 2018 that will also count for this challenge in 2019. SO BONUS, I can also use #BeatTheBacklist2019 to conquer my past due ARCs as well as Book Mountain, MWAHAHAHHAHAHA!
My goal for Beat the Backlist 2019 is 100 books (I know, lofty goals, right?) and to kick things off I put together a super tentative TBR list. This list is comprised almost entirely of past due ARCs (some aren't quite past due yet, but by the time 2019 rolls around they will be!) and books I purchased off Book Outlet and never read. That's right, I am a book dragon, sitting gloriously atop my hoard. ALL SHALL LOVE ME AND DESPAIR! I've created a Goodreads shelf for #2019BeatTheBacklist and my TBR is also below, if you want to see what I'm going to try to knock out. This is more just guidelines than actual rules, of course, and there's no way I'm getting through ALL of these, but the list does give me at least some sort of place to focus. :)
How about you? Are you going to be a part of the Beat the Backlist challenge for 2019? How about the Hogwarts House mini challenge? If so, what house are you?
(My TBR list is under the cut, so click to read more if you got here on my main page, because it's loooooong.)
How about you? Are you going to be a part of the Beat the Backlist challenge for 2019? How about the Hogwarts House mini challenge? If so, what house are you?
(My TBR list is under the cut, so click to read more if you got here on my main page, because it's loooooong.)
| Title | Author | Format | Status | Rating | My Review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother | Danielle Teller | ARC | to read | ||
| Can't Catch Me: And Other Twice-Told Tales | Michael Cadnum | ARC | to read | ||
| Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility | Hillary Manton Lodge | ARC | to read | ||
| Ten Kisses to Scandal (Misadventures in Matchmaking, #2) | Vivienne Lorret | ARC | to read | ||
| Dare to Love a Duke (The London Underground, #3) | Eva Leigh | ARC | to read | ||
| 29 Dates | Melissa de la Cruz | ARC | to read | ||
| My Favorite Half-Night Stand | Christina Lauren | ARC | to read | ||
| Victorian Fairy Tales | Michael Newton | ARC | to read | ||
| Sugar: My Life as a Sugar Babe | Monique X | ARC | to read | ||
| Outrun the Wind | Elizabeth Tammi | ARC | to read | ||
| Mr. Nice Guy | Jennifer Miller | ARC | to read | ||
| In the Vanisher's Palace | Aliette de Bodard | ARC | to read | ||
| Unwritten | Tara Gilboy | ARC | to read | ||
| In the Night Wood | Dale Bailey | ARC | to read | ||
| The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy (Montague Siblings, #2) | Mackenzi Lee | ARC | to read | ||
| Misfits (Royal Academy Rebels #1) | Jen Calonita | ARC | to read | ||
| Damsel | Elana K. Arnold | ARC | to read | ||
| Couldn't Ask for More (Brothers of Theta Delta Theta #2) | Kianna Alexander | ARC | to read | ||
| More Than a Phoenix | Ashlyn Chase | ARC | to read | ||
| Emma and the City | Amy Hilliges | ARC | to read | ||
| Undercover Princess (The Rosewood Chronicles, #1) | Connie Glynn | ARC | to read | ||
| The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers | Maxwell King | ARC | to read | ||
| Keep Christianity Weird: Embracing the Discipline of Being Different | Michael Frost | ARC | to read | ||
| Mirage (Mirage, #1) | Somaiya Daud | ARC | to read | ||
| An Earl Like You (The Wagers of Sin, #2) | Caroline Linden | ARC | to read | ||
| Phoenix Unbound (Fallen Empire, #1) | Grace Draven | ARC | to read | ||
| A Touch of Gold (A Touch of Gold, #1) | Annie Sullivan | ARC | to read | ||
| These Rebel Waves (Stream Raiders, #1) | Sara Raasch | ARC | to read | ||
| Dance of Thieves (Dance of Thieves, #1) | Mary E. Pearson | ARC | to read | ||
| The Future is Blue | Catherynne M. Valente | ARC | to read | ||
| Devoted to Pleasure (Devoted Lovers, #1) | Shayla Black | ARC | to read | ||
| Once Upon a Rainbow, Volume Three | W.M. Fawkes | ARC | to read | ||
| What Kitty Did Next | Carrie Kablean | ARC | to read | ||
| One for the Rogue (Studies in Scandal, #4) | Manda Collins | ARC | to read | ||
| Storm Glass (Harbinger #1) | Jeff Wheeler | ARC | to read | ||
| The Bookshop of Yesterdays | Amy Meyerson | ARC | to read | ||
| The Bird and the Blade | Megan Bannen | ARC | to read | ||
| Order of Protection (Courting Justice #1) | Lexi Blake | ARC | to read | ||
| Born of Air (Dragon Soul, #4) | Sean Michael | ARC | to read | ||
| Blind the Eyes (Threads of Dreams #1) | K.A. Wiggins | ARC | to read | ||
| You Never Forget Your First Earl (The Worthingtons, #5) | Ella Quinn | ARC | to read | ||
| The Oddling Prince | Nancy Springer | ARC | to read | ||
| Onyx and Ivory | Mindee Arnett | ARC | to read | ||
| The Otter of Death (Gunn Zoo Mystery #5) | Betty Webb | ARC | to read | ||
| The Luck of the Bride (The Cavensham Heiresses #3) | Janna MacGregor | ARC | to read | ||
| Ash Princess (Ash Princess Trilogy #1) | Laura Sebastian | ARC | to read | ||
| The Sisters Mederos | Patrice Sarath | ARC | to read | ||
| Siren's Lure (The Aermian Feuds #2.5) | Frost Kay | ARC | to read | ||
| Torn (The Unraveled Kingdom #1) | Rowenna Miller | ARC | to read | ||
| Over Raging Tides (Lady Pirates, #1) | Jennifer Ellision | ARC | to read | ||
| The Wedding Date | Jasmine Guillory | ARC | to read | ||
| Once Upon a River | Diane Setterfield | ARC | to read | ||
| Your One and Only | Adrianne Finlay | ARC | to read | ||
| Fated: Cinderella's Story (Destined #1) | Kaylin Lee | Kindle Unlimited | to read | ||
| Hidden Blade (The Soul Eater #1) | Pippa DaCosta | Kindle Unlimited | to read | ||
| Red's Alphas (Wolves of Crimson Hollow #1) | M.H. Soars | Kindle Unlimited | to read | ||
| Game of Lies (Messenger Chronicles #2) | Pippa DaCosta | Kindle Unlimited | to read | ||
| A Dance of Silver and Shadow (Beyond the Four Kindgoms #1) | Melanie Cellier | Kindle Unlimited | to read | ||
| The Luckless (Second Age of Retha #1) | A.M. Sohma | Kindle Unlimited | to read | ||
| Admiring Ash (Love Letters #1) | Anyta Sunday | Kindle Unlimited | to read | ||
| Allison's Adventures in Underland (Harem of Hearts #1) | C.M. Stunich | Kindle Unlimited | to read | ||
| Claimed (Haven Realm #4) | Mila Young | Kindle Unlimited | to read | ||
| Breakwater (Broken Tides #1) | Catherine Jones Payne | Kindle Unlimited | to read | ||
| The Way You Make Me Feel | Maurene Goo | library? | to read | ||
| Black Heart (Curse Workers, #3) | Holly Black | own | to read | ||
| A Study in Sable (Elemental Masters #11) | Mercedes Lackey | own | to read | ||
| A Scandal in Battersea (Elemental Masters, #12) | Mercedes Lackey | own | to read | ||
| Vassa in the Night | Sarah Porter | own | to read | ||
| Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) | Leigh Bardugo | own | to read | ||
| Olivia Twist | Lorie Langdon | own | to read | ||
| Hello Stranger (The Ravenels, #4) | Lisa Kleypas | own | to read | ||
| A Blade So Black | L.L. McKinney | own | to read | ||
| To Marry a Scottish Laird (Highland Brides, #2) | Lynsay Sands | own | to read | ||
| The Total Package | Stephanie Evanovich | own | to read | ||
| The Highlander Takes a Bride (Highland Brides, #3) | Lynsay Sands | own | to read | ||
| So I Married a Sorcerer (The Embraced, #2) | Kerrelyn Sparks | own | to read | ||
| Signs Point to Yes | Sandy Hall | own | to read | ||
| Reforming a Rake (With This Ring, #1) | Suzanne Enoch | own | to read | ||
| Rebel Belle (Rebel Belle, #1) | Rachel Hawkins | own | to read | ||
| Put Up Your Duke (Dukes Behaving Badly, #2) | Megan Frampton | own | to read | ||
| One-Eyed Dukes Are Wild (Dukes Behaving Badly, #3) | Megan Frampton | own | to read | ||
| How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days (The Embraced, #1) | Kerrelyn Sparks | own | to read | ||
| Heroes Are My Weakness | Susan Elizabeth Phillips | own | to read | ||
| Falling for the Highlander (Highland Brides, #4) | Lynsay Sands | own | to read | ||
| Danger, Sweetheart | MaryJanice Davidson | own | to read | ||
| An English Bride In Scotland (Highland Brides, #1) | Lynsay Sands | own | to read | ||
| All the Ways to Ruin a Rogue (The Debutante Files, #2) | Sophie Jordan | own | to read | ||
| Sense & Sensibility (The Austen Project, #1) | Joanna Trollope | own | to read | ||
| What You Always Wanted (If Only . . ., #8) | Kristin Rae | own | to read | ||
| The Rogue (Devil's Duke, #1; Falcon Club, #4) | Katharine Ashe | own | to read | ||
| The Legendary Lord (Playful Brides, #6) | Valerie Bowman | own | to read | ||
| The Geek Girl's Guide to Cheerleading | Charity Tahmaseb | own | to read | ||
| The Bride Wore Pearls (Fraternitas Aureae Crucis, #3) | Liz Carlyle | own | to read | ||
| Night Hawk | Beverly Jenkins | own | to read | ||
| Immortal Nights (Argeneau, #24) | Lynsay Sands | own | to read | ||
| Hungry for You (Argeneau #14) | Lynsay Sands | own | to read | ||
| How to Dance with a Duke (Ugly Ducklings, #1) | Manda Collins | own | to read | ||
| Forbidden (Old West, #1) | Beverly Jenkins | own | to read | ||
| Duels and Deception | Cindy Anstey | own | to read | ||
| Breathless (Old West, #2) | Beverly Jenkins | own | to read | ||
| Always | Lynsay Sands | own | to read | ||
| Then Came You (The Gamblers, #1) | Lisa Kleypas | own | to read | ||
| The Importance of Being Scandalous (A Tale of Two Sisters, #1) | Kimberly Bell | own | to read | ||
| Scared Scriptless | Alison Sweeney | own | to read | ||
| Newt's Emerald | Garth Nix | own | to read | ||
| Definitely Not Mr. Darcy | Karen Doornebos | own | to read | ||
| Can I See You Again? | Allison Morgan | own | to read | ||
| Blackhearts (Blackhearts, #1) | Nicole Castroman | own | to read | ||
| Rose & Thorn (Ash & Bramble, #2) | Sarah Prineas | own | to read | ||
| Ash & Bramble (Ash & Bramble, #1) | Sarah Prineas | own | to read | ||
| The Legend of Lyon Redmond (Pennyroyal Green, #11) | Julie Anne Long | own | to read | ||
| The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1) | Peter S. Beagle | own | to read | ||
| To Kill a Kingdom | Alexandra Christo | own | to read | ||
| Song of the Current (Song of the Current, #1) | Sarah Tolcser | own | to read | ||
| Redshirts | John Scalzi | own | to read | ||
| Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands #1) | Alwyn Hamilton | own | to read | ||
| Not in the Script (If Only . . . , #3) | Amy Finnegan | own | to read | ||
| It Started With a Scandal (Pennyroyal Green, #10) | Julie Anne Long | own | to read | ||
| Close Enough to Touch | Colleen Oakley | own | to read | ||
| It Happened One Midnight (Pennyroyal Green, #8) | Julie Anne Long | own | to read | ||
| Ink and Bone (The Great Library #1) | Rachel Caine | own | to read | ||
| First Watch (The Fifth Ward #1) | Dale Lucas | own | to read | ||
| Dating You / Hating You | Christina Lauren | own | to read | ||
| The Wish Granter (Ravenspire, #2) | C.J. Redwine | own | to read | ||
| The Shadow Queen (Ravenspire, #1) | C.J. Redwine | own | to read | ||
| Deathless (Leningrad Diptych, #1) | Catherynne M. Valente | own | to read | ||
| School for Sidekicks | Kelly McCullough | own | to read | ||
| Red Glove (Curse Workers, #2) | Holly Black | own | to read | ||
| White Cat (Curse Workers, #1) | Holly Black | own | to read | ||
| Six-Gun Snow White | Catherynne M. Valente | own | to read | ||
| The November Girl | Lydia Kang | own | to read | ||
| Seven Black Diamonds (Seven Black Diamonds, #1) | Melissa Marr | own | to read | ||
| Level Grind (The Twenty-Sided Sorceress #1-4) | Annie Bellet | own | to read | ||
| Kissing in America | Margo Rabb | own | to read | ||
| All's Fair in Love and Cupcakes | Betsy St. Amant | own | to read | ||
| Anyone but You (Twisted Lit #3) | Kim Askew | own | to read | ||
| Exposure (Twisted Lit #2) | Kim Askew | own | to read | ||
| Tempestuous (Twisted Lit #1) | Kim Askew | own | to read | ||
| Dumplin' | Julie Murphy | own | to read | ||
| When Dimple Met Rishi | Sandhya Menon | own | to read | ||
| Spinning Silver | Naomi Novik | own | to read | ||
| Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1) | Amie Kaufman | own | to read | ||
| The Girl in the Tower (Winternight Trilogy, #2) | Katherine Arden | own | to read | ||
| The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1) | Katherine Arden | own | to read | ||
| The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) | Holly Black | own | to read | ||
| The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking #1) | Patrick Ness | own | to read | ||
| Must Love Plague (A Sisters of the Apocalypse Novel #1) | Shelly Chalmers | owned ebook | to read | ||
| Beta Test (#gaymers #2) | Annabeth Albert | owned ebook | to read | ||
| Sleeping with the Boss (Anderson Brothers #1) | Marissa Clarke | owned ebook | to read | ||
| Dear Jane (Animal Attraction #1) | Marissa Clarke | owned ebook | to read |
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