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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2018 Netgalley & Edelweiss Challenge #NGEW2018

I joined this challenge hosted by Bookish Things & More in 2017 and it was a huge success, so I decided to sign up again. Huge success would you say? I aimed for 25 books in 2017 and managed to read a whopping 99!! Netgalley ARCs and 26 other ARCs instead in 2017 (complete list here). There is no way I will be able to beat these numbers; partly because I want to start reading my own books, partly because it’s becoming increasingly difficult to get approved for ARCs as an International blogger, but that’s a whole different matter I don’t even want to think about.

 

Challenge Guidelines

• The challenge will run from Jan 1, 201 – Dec 31, 2018.
• Anyone is welcome to join. You do not need to be a blogger, just post your reviews and come back every month to link them up.
• Any genre, release date, request date, length, etc. counts so long as it came from Edelweiss or Netgalley.
• At the beginning of each month there will be a roundup post for you to add your reviews.
• If you forget to link up one month it’s not a problem just add your reviews next month.
• If you would like to move up or down levels that is completely fine and at your discretion.
• If you have any questions tweet me @BookishThings or e-mail bookishthingsandmore@yahoo.com!
• Hashtag: #NGEW2018

Levels

Bronze – 10 Books

Silver – 25 Books

Gold – 50 Books

Platinum – 75 Books

Diamond – 100 Books

I will be going for 25 books, which I hope will be doable. I currently ‘only’ have 4 books pending and a 97% 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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Bout Of Books 16.0 Sign Up

Yesssss!! It’s almost time for another Bout Of Books read-a-thon!! I loved participating in the previous read-a-thons, so when I saw that they are going to host another one from May 9th till May 15th, I just knew I HAD to sign up. And there is still plenty of time left to join Bout Of Books 16.0 as well if you’re interested!

This is just my sign up post; I will post my read-a-thon TBR and goals closer to May 9th. I’m so excited about participating in another read-a-thon!

Are you joining the Bout Of Books fun as well?

The 2016 Bookish Bingo Challenge

I loved participating in the Bookish Bingo Challenge hosted at The Girly Geek Blog last year, and I still can’t believe this year’s challenge post has escaped me until now. As soon as I saw her post of The 2016 Bookish Bingo Challenge, I knew I had to join. This is such a fun challenge and the perfect way of reading a wide variety of books! 😀

Check out the original post for full instructions, but the basic instructions are on the bingo card as well:

I’m looking forward to discover lots of new books with this challenge!

It’s time for another round of Bout Of Books!

Yesssss!! It’s almost time for another Bout Of Books read-a-thon!! I loved participating in their read-a-thons in the past, so when I saw that they are going to host another one from January 4th till January 10th, I just knew I HAD to sign up. Bout Of Books 15 is simply the perfect way to start 2016! 😀

This is just my sign up post; I will post my read-a-thon TBR and goals closer to January 4th. I’m so excited about participating in another read-a-thon!

Are you joining the Bout Of Books fun as well? Have a great week everyone! ❤

Bout Of Books 14 – Sign Up

It’s almost time for another Bout Of Books read-a-thon! I loved participating in their previous read-a-thons, so when I saw the sign up post I just knew I had to sign up for this one too. Bout Of Books 14 is due to start August 17th, so there is still plenty time to sign up if you want to join as well! 😀

I will probably make a TBR closer to the start of this read-a-thon… Since I don’t have a clue what I will be reading before haha. Let me know if you are joining Bout Of Books 14 as well!

Have a great week everyone! ❤

Bout Of Books 13: Sign Up/ TBR!!!

I know I probably shouldn’t with my Review-A-Thon goals collecting dust and everything, but I just couldn’t help myself. It’s time for my Bout Of Books 13 Sign Up!! 😀 😀 😀

I probably won’t be able to read or blog much on Monday or Tuesday, so I basically have only five days for this challenge… I’ve decided to keep my TBR pretty short and mostly concentrate on having fun! 😀

TBR:

• Angelfall by Susan Ee (in case I can’t finish it before the read-a-thon starts)
• A Thousand Pieces Of You by Claudia Gray
• Don’t Tell Mummy by Toni Maguire
• The Wicked Will Rise by Danielle Paige
• Unwind by Neil Shusterman

Are you joining this fun read-a-thon as well next week? Let me know below! 😀