Double Trouble ABC Challenge

I missed doing an ABC challenge in 2018… So even though I’m not sure I’ll actually finish the challenge this year, I decided to just give in and give it a go. The catch? I’ll be doing not one, but TWO ABC challenges: one with the book titles and one with the last name of the authors. Like the title states: double trouble! But hopefully also double the fun. (I know there are lots of existing ABC challenges out there, but I’m just doing my own challenge this year to keep things simple.)

My rules:

TITLE: read one book that has a title with each letter of the alphabet. The A’s and The’s don’t count… Also, the Q, X and Z titles can have those letters anywhere in the title.

AUTHOR: read a book with an author’s last name for each letter. If there is more than one last name, it should be the first that counts… And the Q, X and Z names can have the letter anywhere in the last name.

Let’s go ABC crazy!!

2019 (Netgalley) ARCS: The Complete List #NGEW2019

I joined this challenge in 2017 and 2018 and both years it turned out to be a big success. I managed to read no less than 108! NG ARCs last year and 16 other ARCs; way more than I planned and in a way I’m hoping I’ll be less successful in 2019. Why? I want to finally read more backlist titles as well… Let’s see if I can find a healthy balance in 2019. This yearly challenge is currently hosted at Reading Between The Pages.

I’ll be aiming for GOLD – 50 books.

The list below is a list of ALL the ARCs I’ve been able to read in 2019. This includes other ARCs that won’t count for the Netgalley And Edelweiss challenge; those are marked in orange while the Netgalley ARCs are marked in green.

>>> Last updated March 9th 2019 <<<

2019 Beat The Backlist: Epic BTB Bingo #BeatTheBacklist

As you may already know, I have signed up for the Beat The Backlist challenge again this year and so far things have been going great. I wasn’t going to because I’m trying to avoid the pressure, but the Epic BTB Bingo card was just too much temptation for me and I ended up giving in. So this will be the official BTB Bingo update post!

A little reminder: my goal is to read 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!!

Let’s continue with the empty EPIC BTB BINGO card first… I’ll be updating the second bingo card at the end of each month with the titles I managed to read and you can find a full list of prompts and titles below that one.

Below the books I (will) read for each prompt! Books I have read and posted on the challenge page are in blue.

2019 Netgalley & Edelweiss Challenge #NGEW2019

I joined this challenge in 2017 and 2018 and both years it turned out to be a big success. I managed to read no less than 108! NG ARCs last year and 16 other ARCs; way more than I planned and in a way I’m hoping I’ll be less successful in 2019. Why? I want to finally read more backlist titles as well… Let’s see if I can find a healthy balance in 2019. This yearly challenge is currently hosted at Reading Between The Pages.

Challenge Guidelines

• The challenge runs from January 1, 2019 – December 31, 2019. There is no deadline to signup.
• Everyone is welcome to participate – you do not need to have a blog.
• Any genre, release date, length, etc. counts, it just needs to be a book from NetGalley or Edelweiss.
• Books can count for more than one challenge that you are participating in.
• If you want to move up or down a level – go for it!
• The first day of each month I will post a monthly “link-up” for you to link your reviews. If you forget one month, no worries, just catch up the next month.
• Questions: Feel free to leave a comment below or use the contact page at the top of this post.
• Hashtag: #NGEW2019

The Levels

Bronze – 10 Books

Silver – 25 Books

Gold – 50 Books

Platinum – 75 Books

Diamond – 100 Books

I will be going for 50 books, which I hope will be doable. I currently have a whopping 17 NG books pending (plus a bunch of other ARCs) and a 94% ratio, so we’ll see how things go I guess.

Have you joined this challenge? What are your goals? Feel free to comment. 🙂

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2019 When Are You Reading? Challenge

I had a lot of fun during the previous four years (click to see lists for 2015 , 2016, 2017 and 2018), so of course I couldn’t resist signing up again for next year. This challenge is hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World Of Words and is all about reading books either published or set in different time periods… The perfect way of reading books of different eras!

She made a slight change to the early eras for 2019, which suits me perfectly because I’ve always had trouble to find titles for the pesky 1600s era. The complete challenge will include 12 books from the eras. Below I will be adding the titles I have managed to read for each era, and again I will do things differently and not add every book to the list, just one or two for each era depending on the color each title has. I have divided my reads into two categories: books by publish date and books by setting. When the setting is not specified or is roughly the same as the publish date, I will use this color.

>> Last updated March 9th 2019 <<

• Pre 1300
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• 1300-1499
  # Bright We Burn – by Kiersten White (1454)
  # The Pumilio Child – by Judy McInerney (1457-1459)
• 1500-1699
  # The Familiars – by Stacey Halls (1612)
• 1700-1799
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• 1800-1899
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• 1900-1919
  # Smoke And Key – by Kelsey Sutton (1895/1910)
• 1920-1939
  # The Painted Veil – by W. Somerset Maugham (1925)
  # The Big Sleep – by Raymond Chandler (1939)
• 1940-1959
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• 1960-1979
  # A Wrinkle In Time – by Madeleine D’Engle (1962)
  # The Insect Farm – by Stuart Prebble (1959-1972)
• 1980-1999
  # The BFG – by Roald Dahl (1982)
• 2000-Present
  # Finding Grace – by K.L. Slater (2019)
• The Future
  # The Fever King – by Victoria Lee (2074/2122)
  # Here And Now And Then – by Mike Chen (2142)

Currently 8 out of 12 time periods read.

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Have you joined this challenge this year? Do you tend to read a lot of books set or published in different eras? Feel free to comment! 🙂

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2018 When Are You Reading? Challenge: DONE!!

It was getting a close call, but I finally managed to finish the fifth edition (and my fourth) of the WHEN ARE YOU READING? challenge! I had a lot of fun during the previous three years (click to see lists for 2015 , 2016 and 2017), and this year was no different… This challenge is hosted by Sam @ Taking On A World Of Words and is all about reading books either published or set in twelve different time periods… The perfect way of reading books of different eras!

Below a list of titles I read for each era (only one or two this time; including all read titles was just too much to keep up with). I have divided my reads into two categories: books by publish date and books by setting. When the setting is not specified or is roughly the same as the publish date, I will use this color.

This is what I read for the following eras:

• Pre 1500
  # The Year Of The Snake – by M.J. Trow (1st century)
  # Jilliand – by Clare Gutierrez (800s)
• 1500-1599
  # A Castle In Romagna – by Igor Stiks (1535/1948/1995)
• 1600-1699
  # Girl With A Pearl Earring – by Tracy Chevalier (1660s)
• 1700-1799
  # The Unbinding Of Mary Reade – by Miriam McNamara (1704-1720) 
  # The Poison Plot – by Elaine Forman Crane (1738-1739) DNF
• 1800-1899
  # The Elephant Keeper’s Daughter – by Julia Drosten (1803-1822)
• 1900-1919
  # All Things Bright And Strange – by James Markert (1917-1920)
• 1920-1939
  # Murder On The Orient Express – by Agatha Christie (1926)
  # What Blooms From Dust – by James Markert (1935)
• 1940-1959
  # Salt To The Sea – by Ruta Sepetys (1945)
• 1960-1979
  # The Letter For The King – by Tonke Dragt (1962)
  # The Silent Kookaburra – by Liza Perrat (1970s)
• 1980-1999
  # Born a Crime – by Trevor Noah (1990s)
• 2000-Present
  # Barbed Wire Heart – by Tess Sharpe (2018)
• The Future:
  # Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (2044-2045)
  # Prodigy/Champion by Marie Lu (2132)

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Have you read any of these titles yourself? Do you tend to read a lot of books set or published in different eras? Feel free to comment! 🙂

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2019 Beat The Backlist Sign Up

The year is nearing to an end, and with that it’s time to think about new 2019 reading goals. Since I always seem to be having a huge pile of pending backlist titles no matter how much I read, I’m always looking for a way to make myself free more time to finally read them. I loved participating in the last two Beat The Backlist yearly challenges, so of course I had to sign up straight away for the 2019 edition.

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.

And even better, the Harry Potter themed teams and mini challenge are back! I will be looking forward to read all the backlist books along with my fellow RAVENCLAWS!!

I’m not making a TBR yet since there is still a month left before 2019 begins and I’m not sure what I will end up reading before then… But I have established myself a goal:

I’ve decided to set my goal at a total of 50 books published before 2019 next year,  with at least 20 of them published 2016 or before.

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 I’m excited to be joining this year-long challenge again. Anyone else signing up?

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