2019 Beat The Backlist: Official Update Post #BeatTheBacklist

I had a lot of fun with the previous Beat The Backlist challenges, so of course I signed up again. This challenge is hosted by Novelknight and in 2019 will be all about reading once more… No extra complications or extra points for reviews, just getting those backlist titles read and earning brownie points for that. 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 2019 to count, and you can set your own goals as you see fit.

I’ve decided to set my goal at a total of 80 books published before 2019, with at least 30 of them published 2016 or before.

Aaaaand I’m on team RAVENCLAW 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 2018 or 2017 or green for books published before that.

>>> Last updated December 31st 2019 <<<

BOOKS READ IN 2019:

# JANUARY #

• • The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang (published in 2018) 
  • The Crown Of Embers by Rae Carson (published in 2012) 
  • Mala Vida by Marc Fernandez (published in 2015) 
  • Artemis by Andy Weir (published in 2017) 
  • Beneath The Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire (published in 2018) 
  • The Treatment by CL Taylor (published in 2017)
  • Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot (published in 2018) 
  • The BFG by Roald Dahl (published in 1982)
  • The Insect Farm by Stuart Prebble (published in 2015) 
  • A Tragic Kind Of Wonderful by Eric Lindstrom (published in 2016) 
  • Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes (published in 2018) 
  • The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager (published in 2018) 
  • The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham (published in 1925)
  • Bright We Burn by Kiersten White (published in 2018) 
  • The Psychology Of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas (published in 2018) 
  • Exquisite by Sarah Stovell (published in 2017) 
  • When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon (published in 2017) 
  • The Shattering by Karen Healey (published in 2011) 
  • The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (published in 1939)

Total for this month: 11 books read published in 2018 or 2017 and 8 books read published 2016 or before.

# FEBRUARY #

• A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine D’Engle (published in 1962)
• What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera (published in 2018)
• The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson (published in 2013)
• An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (published in 2018)
• Friend Request by Laura Marshall (published in 2017)
• Half Lies by Sally Green (published in 2014)
• To Make Monsters Out Of Girls by Amanda Lovelace (published in 2018)
• Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (published in 2011) DNF
• Colombiano by Rusty Young (published in 2017)
• Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson (published in 2009) 
• Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch (published in 2011)
• The Pumilio Child by Judy McInerney (published in 2018)
• The Woman In The Window by A.J. Finn (published in 2018)
• Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson (published in 2016)

Total for this month: 7 books read published in 2018 or 2017 and 7 books read published 2016 or before.

# MARCH #

• A Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. Drews (published in 2018)
• And Every Morning The Way Home Gets Longer And Longer by Fredrik Backman (published in 2015)
• The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld (published in 2014)
• Here We Are Now by Jasmine Warga (published in 2017)
• The Courier by Kjell Ola Dahl (published in 2015)
• The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa (published in 2012)
• Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (published in 2018)
• Verity by Colleen Hoover (published in 2018)
• The Dry by Jane Harper (published in 2016)
• Harry Potter Y El Cáliz De Fuego by J.K. Rowling (published in 2000)
• Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick (published in 2016)
• We Are Of Dust by Clare Coombes (published in 2018)
• Tell The Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt (published in 2012)

Total for this month: 5 books read published in 2018 or 2017 and 8 books read published 2016 or before.

# APRIL #

• The Blue by Lucy Clarke (published in 2015)
• Release by Patrick Ness (published in 2017)
• The Murmur Of Bees by Sofia Segovia (published in 2015)
• Song Of Sacrifice by Janell Rhiannon (published in 2018)
• How To Walk Away by Katherine Center (published in 2018)
• Across The Universe by Beth Revis (published in 2011)
• The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall (published in 2015)
• The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows (published in 2008)
• The Murder On The Links by Agatha Christie (published in 1923)
• These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner (published in 2013)
• Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (published in 2006)
• Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott (published in 2018)

Total for this month: 4 books read published in 2018 or 2017 and 8 books read published 2016 or before.

# MAY #

• Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain (published in 2008)
• Alice In Zombieland by Gena Showalter (published in 2012)
• The Death Of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware (published in 2018)
• Circe by Madeline Miller (published in 2018)
• The Dead Girls Of Hysteria Hall by Katie Alender (published in 2015)
• Trouble Makes A Comeback by Stephanie Tromly (published in 2016)
• The Wisdom Of Sally Red Shoes by Ruth Hogan (published in 2018)
• The Sleep Tight Motel by Lisa Unger (published in 2018)
• The Last Of August by Brittany Cavallaro (published in 2017)
• Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool (published in 2013)
• And The Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness (published in 2018)
• The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (published in 2006)

Total for this month: 6 books read published in 2018 or 2017 and 6 books read published 2016 or before.

# JUNE #

• Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski (published in 2016)
• We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby (published in 2017)
• The Confectioner’s Guild by Claire Luana (published in 2018)
• Queens Of Geek by Jen Wilde (published in 2017)
• Wolves At The Door by Gunnar Staalesen (published in 2018)
• Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman (published in 2006)
• The Weight Of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore (published in 2015)
• Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan (published in 2013)
• Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich (published in 2018)
• The Lynmouth Stories by L.V. Hay (published in 2018)
• The Secret Diary Of Hendrik Groen by Hendrik Groen (published in 2014)
• Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh (published in 2018)
• The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware (published in 2016)
• Us Against You by Fredrik Backman (published in 2017)
• Jar Of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier (published in 2018)
• The Problem With Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout (published in 2016)
• The Broken Ones by Sarah A. Denzil (published in 2016)

Total for this month: 9 books read published in 2018 or 2017 and 8 books read published 2016 or before.

# JULY #

• Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie (published in 1923)
• Ivory And Bone by Julie Eshbaugh (published in 2016)
• House Of Furies by Madeleine Roux (published in 2017)
• Harry Potter Y La Orden Del Fénix by J.K. Rowling (published in 2003)
• Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (published in 2018)
• The Puppet Show by M.W. Craven (published in 2018)
• Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson (published in 2012)
• Small Spaces by Katherine Arden (published in 2018)
• Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter (published in 2015)
• The Escape Room by Megan Goldin (published in 2018)
• Block 46 by Johana Gustawsson (published in 2016)
• The Dark Descent Of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White (published in 2018)
• The Rose & The Dagger by Renee Ahdieh (published in 2016)

Total for this month: 6 books read published in 2018 or 2017 and 7 books read published 2016 or before.

# AUGUST #

• Dead Scared by Sharon Bolton (published in 2012)
• The Archived by Victoria Schwab (published in 2013)
• An Unwanted Guest by Shari Lapena (published in 2018)
• The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (published in 2013)
• Outrun The Moon by Stacey Lee (published in 2016)
• Darius The Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (published in 2018)
• 29 Seconds by T.M. Logan (published in 2018)
• I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (published in 2012)
• Smoke In The Sun by Renee Ahdieh (published in 2018)
• The Cellar by Natasha Preston (published in 2014)
• The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (published in 1952)
• Stalking Jack The Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco (published in 2016)
• Keeper by Johana Gustawsson (published in 2017)
• The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson (published in 2013)

Total for this month: 5 books read published in 2018 or 2017 and 9 books read published 2016 or before.

# SEPTEMBER #

• The Unbound by Victoria Schwab (published in 2014)
• Muse Of Nightmares by Laini Taylor (published in 2018)
• Snare by Lilja Sigurdardottir (published in 2015)
• Trap by Lilja Sigurdardottir (published in 2016)

Total for this month: 1 books read published in 2018 or 2017 and 3 books read published 2016 or before.

# OCTOBER #

• Cage by Lilja Sigurdardottir (published in 2017)
• Coraline by Neil Gaiman (published in 2002)
• The Twisted Tree by Rachel Burge (published in 2018)
• Little Siberia by Antti Tuomainen (published in 2018)
• A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (published in 2012)
• Hydra by Matt Wesolowski (published in 2017)
• Infinity + One by Amy Harmon (published in 2014)
• Thin Air by Michelle Paver (published in 2016)
• Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (published in 2000)
• The Lion Tamer Who Lost by Louise Beech (published in 2018)
• The Museum Of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman (published in 2014)
• Cold Fear by Mads Peder Nordbo (published in 2018)
• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (published in 2011)
• The Noble Path by Peter May (published in 1992)
• The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab (published in 2011)

Total for this month: 6 books read published in 2018 or 2017 and 9 books read published 2016 or before.

# NOVEMBER #

• Changeling by Matt Wesolowski (published in 2018)
• Harry Potter Y El Misterio Del Principe by J.K. Rowling (published in 2005)
• Marry Poppins by P.L. Travers (published in 1934)

Total for this month: 1 books read published in 2018 or 2017 and 2 books read published 2016 or before.

# DECEMBER #

• How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss (published in 1957)
• The Shadow Cabinet by Maureen Johnson (published in 2015)
• Next Year In Havana by Chanel Cleeton (published in 2018)
• Palm Beach Finland by Antti Tuomainen (published in 2017)
• On The Bright Side by Hendrik Groen (published in 2016)

Total for this month: 2 books read published in 2018 or 2017 and 3 books read published 2016 or before.

 

FINAL NUMBERS: 63/50 books read published in 2018 or 2017 and 78/30 books read published 2016 or before. A total of 141/80 books.

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