2018 Beat the Backlist has come to an end. How did I do? Meh… I guess I did okay. Not great.
I read 15 books I consider part of ‘Beat the Backlist’. What I qualify are books I put on my TBR list before 2018, and they were published before 2018. I also don’t count sequels. (If I did count sequels, it’s actually closer to 32 books.)
Also, thank you to Novel Knight for hosting a fantastic challenge! I look forward to it every year!
The Results
Birdie’s Original 2019 Pre-List:
- Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews
- Eyes of Silver, Eyes of Gold by Ellen O’Connell ✔️
- Shades of Twilight by Lauren Howard
- Turn Coat by Jim Butcher ✔️
- We are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
- Falling Kingdom by Morgan Rhodes
- Kids of Appetite by David Arnold
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- Withered + Sere by TJ Klune ✔️
- Devil’s Cut by JR Ward
- The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
- Dance with Me by Heidi Cullinan
- Release by Patrick Ness
- Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
- All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Stiefvater
- Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
- Warbringer by Leigh Bardugo ✔️
- Vicious by VE Scwab ✔️
- Alex, Approximately by Jenn Bennett ✔️
- Denton Little’s Death Date by Lance Rubin
- Female of the Species by Cindy McGinnis
Surprise! I read these too:
- Taboo for You by Anyta Sunday ✔️
- The Hating Game by Sally Thorne ✔️
- Leo Loves Aries by Anyta Sunday ✔️
- Jackaby by William Ritter ✔️
- Widdershins by Jordan L Hawk ✔️
- Latakia by J.F. Smith ✔️
- Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant ✔️
- Dragon Bound by Thea Harrison ✔️
- Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones ✔️
Birdie Bookworm 
Well done! I am taking part this year but didn’t make a tbr for it because I am terrible at sticking to them! I really am hoping that it motivates me to pick up books that have been on my shelves for ages!
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I always start with something, but I love thag I don’t have to stick to it. Thats my favorite part of the challenge.
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I think you did great! Sometimes it’s hard picking a TBR at the beginning of the year. I had like 30 books on my TBR originally for BTB, and by the end of the year, I didn’t even want to read some of them anymore.
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That’s what happens to me each year too. I’m glad its a flexible challenge.
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Great job!
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Thank you!
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Wow.
I am hoping I’ll have that same kind of feeling of self-driven gratitude after I complete my first #BeatTheBacklist challenge this coming year!! What really fuelled my interest was having the chance to dig into stories I just never had the joy of reading previously… looks like you read as eclectically and diversely as I do! Happy travels this New Year into the bookish realms that interest you!!
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I try to read eclectically, but lately it’s been harder. My 2019 year may look a little differently.
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