2018 Beat The Backlist: Official Update Post #BeatTheBacklist

I had a lot of fun with the Beat The Backlist challenge last year, so I just couldn´t resist signing up again… The challenge is hosted at Novelknight and there is still plenty of time to sign up if you are interested! You can find my sign up post here.

This challenge is all about reading all those poor neglected books on your shelves instead of just new releases. We all love our new releases, but those older books deserve our attention too right? 😉 Books have to be published before 2018 to count, and you can set your own goals as you see fit. Reading/reviewing books before 2018 will earn you points for your team and there are even some prizes to win beside the fact you will be downsizing your TBR!

I’ve decided to lower my previous goals slightly and read a total of 40 books published before 2018 next year… With at least 20 of them published 2015 or before.

Aaaaand I’m on team Novel Knights this year!!

On to the official update post part… Where I will share the books I’ve read that fit the challenge. Books that fit in with my personal challenge are either orange for books published in 2017 or 2016 or green for books published before that. Books that have a AMAZON mentioned have earned points both for having read AND reviewed it on Amazon.

>>> Last updated December 24th 2018 <<<

BOOKS READ IN 2018:

# JANUARY #

- Life In Outer Space by Melissa Keil (305 pages) (published in 2013) 3/5 stars AMAZON
- The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks (268 pages) (published in 2013) 4/5 stars AMAZON
- The Ends Of The World by Maggie Hall (320 pages) (published in 2017) 3/5 stars AMAZON
- The Hating Game by Sally Thorne (387 pages) (published in 2016) 4/5 stars AMAZON
- Deep Blue Trouble by Steph Broadribb (320 pages) (published in 2017) 4,5/5 stars AMAZON
- The New Hunger by Isaac Marion (170 pages) (published in 2013) 3,5/5 stars AMAZON
- Stage Four by Sander Kollaard (148 pages) (published in 2015) 3,5/5 stars
- From Bad To Cursed by Katie Alender (442 pages) (published in 2011) 3/5 stars AMAZON
- The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer (323 pages) (published in 2016) 2,5/5 stars AMAZON
- Born A Crime by Trevor Noah (304 pages) (published in 2016) 4,5/5 stars AMAZON
- Halfway by Lokesh Sharma (220 pages) (published in 2017) 2/5 stars AMAZON
- Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall (330 pages) (published in 2016) 3/5 stars AMAZON
- Unclean Spirits by Chuck Wendig (320 pages) (published in 2013) 2,5/5 stars AMAZON
- Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (336 pages) (published in 2014) 4/5 stars AMAZON

Total for this month: 7 books read published in 2017 or 2016 and 7 books read published 2015 or before.

# FEBRUARY #

As Dead As It Gets by Katie Alender (448 pages) (published in 2012) 3,5/5 stars
A Castle In Romagna by Igor Stiks (128 pages) (published in 2000) 3/5 stars AMAZON
The Lot Of A Nobody by Dave Johnston (256 pages) (published in 2017) 4/5 stars AMAZON
Take The Key And Lock Her Up by Ally Carter (336 pages) (published in 2016) 2,5/5 stars AMAZON
Hollo by Devon Michael (204 pages) (published in 2016) 4/5 stars AMAZON
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (487 pages) (published in 2016) 4/5 stars AMAZON
Wires And Nerve by Marissa Meyer (238 pages) (published in 2017) 3/5 stars AMAZON
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter (528 pages) (published in 2017) 5/5 stars AMAZON
Proof Of Lies by Diana Rodriguez Wallach (400 pages) (published in 2017) 3,5/5 stars AMAZON

Total for this month: 7 books read published in 2017 or 2016 and 2 books read published 2015 or before.

# MARCH #

The Last Star by Rick Yancey (338 pages) (published in 2016) 2/5 stars AMAZON
My Sweet Friend by H.A. Leuschel (92 pages) (published in 2017) 4,5/5 stars AMAZON
With Malice by Eileen Cook (320 pages) (published in 2016) 4/5 stars AMAZON
The Art Of Fear by Pamela Crane (306 pages) (published in 2017) 3/5 stars AMAZON
Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke (352 pages) (published in 2016) 2,5/5 stars AMAZON
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult (423 pages) (published in 2004) 2/5 stars AMAZON
Cocktails And Dreams by A.L. Michael (209 pages) (published in 2017) 4,5/5 stars AMAZON
The Silent Kookaburra by Liza Perrat (309 pages) (published in 2016) 3/5 stars AMAZON
Wing Jones by Katherine Webber (378 pages) (published in 2017) 3,5/5 stars AMAZON
The Elephant Keeper’s Daughter by Julia Drosten (295 pages) (published in 2016) 2,5/5 stars AMAZON
Salt To The Sea by Ruta Sepetys (393 pages) (published in 2016) 4/5 stars AMAZON
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (386 pages) (published in 2011) 4/5 stars AMAZON

Total for this month: 10 books read published in 2017 or 2016 and 2 books read published 2015 or before.

# APRIL #

Scared To Death by Rachel Amphlett (380 pages) (published in 2016) 4,5/5 stars AMAZON
Letter For The King by Tonke Dragt (508 pages) (published in 1962) 3,5/5 stars
A Secondhand Life by Pamela Crane (314 pages) (published in 2015) 4/5 stars AMAZON
The Air Raid Killer by Frank Goldammer (292 pages) (published in 2016) 4/5 stars AMAZON
A Secondhand Lie by Pamela Crane (93 pages) (published in 2015) 3/5 stars AMAZON
Summer Of Sloane by Erin L. Schneider (304 pages) (published in 2016) 2,5/5 stars AMAZON

Total for this month: 3 books read published in 2017 or 2016 and 3 books read published 2015 or before.

# MAY #

Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick (304 pages) (published in 2016) 3/5 stars AMAZON
Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin (369 pages) (published in 2015) 4/5 stars AMAZON
My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman (372 pages) (published in 2013) 4,5/5 stars AMAZON
The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff (353 pages) (published in 2017) 4/5 stars AMAZON
Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie (256 pages) (published in 1926) 4,5/5 stars AMAZON
Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor (528 pages) (published in 2017) 5/5 stars AMAZON

Total for this month: 3 books read published in 2017 or 2016 and 3 books read published 2015 or before.

# JUNE #

The Lost For Words Bookshop by Stephanie Butland (304 pages) (published in 2017) 3/5 stars AMAZON
The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker (416 pages) (published in 2017) 4,5/5 stars AMAZON
Will To Live by Rachel Amphlett (324 pages) (published in 2017) 4,5/5 stars AMAZON
The Upside Of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli (352 pages) (published in 2017) 3/5 stars AMAZON
The Border by Steve Schafer (364 pages) (published in 2017) 5/5 stars AMAZON
When The Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore (288 pages) (published in 2016) 3/5 stars AMAZON
Saigon Dark by Elka Ray (231 pages) (published in 2016) 3,5/5 stars AMAZON
Bad Romance by Heather Demetrios (368 pages) (published in 2017) 4/5 stars AMAZON
One To Watch by Rachel Amphlett (378 pages) (published in 2017) 4,5/5 stars AMAZON

Total for this month: 9 books read published in 2017 or 2016 and 0 books read published 2015 or before.

# JULY #

Harry Potter Y La Camera Secreta by J.K. Rowling (286 pages) (published in 1998) 4/5 stars NO REVIEW
Prodigy by Marie Lu (372 pages) (published in 2013) 4/5 stars AMAZON
Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl (190 pages) (published in 1972) 3/5 stars AMAZON
Oh, The Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss (48 pages) (published in 1990) 4,5/5 stars AMAZON
Turtles All The Way Down by John Green (298 pages) (published in 2017) 3/5 stars AMAZON
Champion by Marie Lu (384 pages) (published in 2013) 3/5 stars
The Year Of The Rat by Clare Furniss (272 pages) (published in 2014) 3,5/5 stars AMAZON
Hell To Pay by Rachel Amphlett (324 pages) (published in 2017) 4,5/5 stars AMAZON
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (285 pages) (published in 1969) 3/5 stars
Thin Wire by Christine Lewry (345 pages) (published in 2012) 3/5 stars AMAZON
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell (323 pages) (published in 2011) 4/5 stars AMAZON
Misery by Stephen King (369 pages) (published in 1987) 4/5 stars AMAZON
Kids Of Appetite by David Arnold (352 pages) (published in 2016) 2/5 stars AMAZON
Weird Things Customers Say In Bookshops by Jen Campbell (128 pages) (published in 2012) 4/5 stars AMAZON
Click’d by Tamara Ireland Stone (304 pages) (published in 2017) 3/5 stars AMAZON

Total for this month: 4 books read published in 2017 or 2016 and 11 books read published 2015 or before.

# AUGUST #

It’s Okay To Laugh by Nora McInerny Purmort (288 pages) (published in 2016) 0/5 stars
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman (312 pages) (published in 2014) 4,5/5 stars AMAZON
The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman (340 pages) (published in 2015) 3/5 stars
Harry Potter Y El Prisionero De Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (360 pages) (published in 1999) 4,5/5 stars
Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire (176 pages) (published in 2016) 4,5/5 stars
Ink And Bone by Rachel Caine (352 pages) (published in 2015) 3,5/5 stars
The Mysterious Affair At Styles by Agatha Christie (304 pages) (published in 1920) 4/5 stars
Uprooted by Naomi Novik (465 pages) (published in 2015) 3/5 stars
The Shadow Cats by Rae Carson (54 pages) (published in 2012) 3/5 stars
Rivers Of London by Ben Aaronovitch (392 pages) (published in 2011) 3,5/5 stars
The Girl Who Saved The King Of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson (419 pages) (published in 2013) 3/5 stars
I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh (371 pages) (published in 2014) 3/5 stars
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins (323 pages) (published in 2010) 4/5 stars

Total for this month: 2 books read published in 2017 or 2016 and 11 books read published 2015 or before.

# SEPTEMBER #

The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (published in 2017) 5/5 stars
Orange Is The New Black by Piper Kerman (published in 2010) 2/5 stars
Father Christmas And Me by Matt Haig (published in 2017) 4,5/5 stars
The Chaos Of Stars by Kiersten White (published in 2013) 2/5 stars
Bang by Barry Lyga (published in 2017) 3/5 stars
Hero At The Fall by Alwyn Hamilton (published in 2017) 3/5 stars
Half Bad by Sally Green (published in 2014) 2,5/5 stars
All The Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin (published in 2011) 2/5 stars
The Shattered Mountain by Rae Carson (published in 2013) 3,5/5 stars
The Ballroom by Anna Hope (published in 2016) 3/5 stars
The King’s Guard by Rae Carson (published in 2013) 3,5/5 stars
Radiance Of Tomorrow by Ishmael Beah (published in 2014) 4,5/5 stars
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (published in 2017) 4/5 stars
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard (published in 2006) 1,5/5 stars
A Thousand Devils by Frank Goldammer (published in 2017) 4/5 stars
In A Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware (published in 2015) 2,5/5 stars
Without Merit by Colleen Hoover (published in 2017) 3,5/5 stars
All This I Will Give To You by Dolores Redondo (published in 2016) 2,5/5 stars

Total for this month: 9 books read published in 2017 or 2016 and 9 books read published 2015 or before.

# OCTOBER #

The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma (published in 2015) 3,5/5 stars
The Passion According To Carmela by Marcos Aguinis (published in 2008) 4/5 stars
Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch (published in 2016) 3/5 stars
Reboot by Amy Tintera (published in 2013) 4/5 stars
The Darkness by Ragnar Jonasson (published in 2015) 3,5/5 stars
They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera (published in 2017) 4/5 stars
Demonglass by Rachel Hawkins (published in 2011) 2/5 stars
Rebel by Amy Tintera (published in 2014) 4/5 stars
Spell Bound by Rachel Hawkins (published in 2012) 2,5/5 stars
The Princess Saves Herself In This One by Amanda Lovelace (published in 2016) 4/5 stars
The Giver by Lois Lowry (published in 1993) 3/5 stars
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (published in 1964) 3/5 stars

Total for this month: 3 books read published in 2017 or 2016 and 9 books read published 2015 or before.

# NOVEMBER #

The Burning World by Isaac Marion (published in 2017) 2,5/5 stars
An Officer And A Spy by Robert Harris (published in 2013) 0/5 stars DNF
The Cottingley Fairies by Ana Sender (published in 2017) 3/5 stars
Not A Clue by Chloe Delaume (published in 2004) 0/5 stars DNF
Blue Blood by Sara Blaedel (published in 2005) 4/5 stars

Total for this month: 2 books read published in 2017 or 2016 and 3 books read published 2015 or before.

# DECEMBER #

Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (published in 2000) 3,5/5 stars
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena (published in 2016) 4/5 stars
The Deal Of A Lifetime by Fredrik Backman (published 2017) 3/5 stars
A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig (published in 2015) 4,5/5 stars
Down Among The Sticks And Bones by Seanan McGuire (published in 2017) 4/5 stars
The Girl Who Saved Christmas by Matt Haig (published in 2016) 4,5/5 stars
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (published in 2014) 4/5 stars
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (published in 1991) /5 stars