Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge 2019

Towards the end of December 2018, I did a full clear out on Goodreads because my Want to Read shelf had almost 3,000 books on it. I decided to set myself a challenge to try and actually read the books I have planned to read and been excited for. I got my Want to Read shelf down to 467 books that I still have an excited interest in reading. My goal is to start powering through and reading books from the shelf rather than getting distracted by other random books. I decided that I would take part in the Beat the Backlist 2019 reading challenge so and incorporate it into my goals.

There are 24 book challenges in Beat the Backlist which works out to 2 per month. I will update this list each time I read a qualifying book.

Beat the Backlist 2019

• Less than 1,000 Goodreads Ratings
  • Street of Broken Dreams – Tania Crosse
    • 4.5 Stars

• A Book About Books
  • The Bookshop – Penelope Fitzgerald
    • 2 stars

• Recommended by Someone Else
  • Out Came the Sun – Mariel Hemingway
    • 5 stars

• Cover Love
  • Love Letters to the Dead – Ava Dellaria
    • 5 stars

• Own Voices
  • Shadow Sisters – Shelley Davidow
    • 5 stars

• 2018 Release
  • Eve of Man – Giovanni and Tom Fletcher
    • 5 stars

• Title is a Name
  • Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
    • 5 stars

• Indie Author
  • The Hourglass – Liz Heron
    • 5 stars

• A Genre You Don’t Normally Read
  • Bloody Lessons – M. Louisa Locke
    • 4.5 stars

• Under 200 pages
  • Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson
    • 4.5 stars

• Borrowed or Gifted
  • A Sister’s Sorrow – Kitty Neale
    • 5 stars

• A Debut Author
  • A Woman of War – Mandy Robotham (currently only 99p on Kindle)
    • 5 stars

• Book to Movie/Show
  • Eat Pray Love – Elizabeth Gilbert
    • 5 stars

• Finish a Series
• New-To-You Author
  • The Rosie Project – Graeme Simsion
    • 4 stars

• On Your TBR for 2+ Years
  • Paper Towns – John Green
    • 4.5 stars

• Over 400 pages.
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – J.K. Rowling
    • 5 stars

• Animal on the Cover
  • Book of Beasties – Sarah Bamford-Seidelmann
    • 4.5 stars

• One Word Title
  • Wonder – R.J. Palacio
    • 5 stars

• From Your 2018 TBR
  • Tattooist of Auschwitz – Heather Morris
    • 5 stars

• Standalone
  • The Wartime Sisters – Lynda Cohen-Loigman
    • 5 stars

• Cover With Your Favourite Colour
  • The Handbook for Highly Sensitive People – Mel Collins
    • 5 stars

• Part of a Trilogy
  • On the House – Helen Maskew
    • 4 stars

• Cover Art Redesign
  • My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Piccoult
    • 5 stars

By the end of February, I have read 23/24 books that fit the prompts. I think it’s safe to say that I’ll probably double up this challenge!

Bex

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