SO, what with the new year and all, the reading challenges are piling up. This one is probably going to be the biggest one for me- my TBR is actually mainly books published in or pre-2016, so the TBR formation will likely not be too difficult. However, I also have a raging habit of collecting all of the new books at the library to take home and renew as many times as possible just so I can read them.
Right.
So about the challenge. The idea is to clear out all the older* books on one’s TBR in order to make room for new releases. This does NOT mean that I won’t be reading the new ones, (because dude there is no way I’m passing up the new Schwab books and Maas and that one by Renee Aldieh that looks flipping INCREDIBLE), just that I’m going to try to hit the books that have languished there for a long time first. Austine and Tia from NovelKnight created the challenge (which you can find here), so all the thanks go to them!
*can a book be considered old if it was published at the end of 2016? Idk.
BEAT THE BACKLIST 2017 TBR
Library books!
Books I’ve checked out and really ought to read before I get fines b/c #broke
- Illuminae! It’s due in less than a week soooo….
- The Red Queen. Same here- and I can’t renew it, either, so that might be a problem.
- An Ember In The Ashes- Already renewed a few times, so time is running out fast.
- The Iron Cast. I have a little bit more time to read this, but still only two weeks
- Morning Star- A month!
Books on my shelves already:
I’m getting really tired of seeing so many unread books on my shelves that I need to read sooo…
6. Heartless- I read a few chapters, but had to put it away in favor of a library book- so I’m really excited! I have the ARC from a trade, too…. 🙂
7. The Diabolic- asdfhjhgfdsf yaaasssss
8. Scythe- Started it and never finished SO
9. Things Fall Apart
10. The Da Vinci Code
11. Beowulf- I seriously need to get through this, I’ve made it about a quarter of the way, but I really want to finish.
12. The Steampunk Club
13. Daughter of Chaos
14. UnEnchanted
15. Shadowed Strength
16. The Wilds
17. Evernight
18. The Irish Cottage: Finding Elizabeth
19. In at the Deep End
20. Prince of Wolves
21. The Dark Citadel Omnibus
22. The Waiting Booth
23. Terrier
24. Bloodhound
Books I neither own nor have checked out
Let’s hope I can get them at the library…
25. Dune
26. The Smell of Other People’s Houses
27.The Broom of the System
28. Ruined
29. Of Metal and Wishes
30. Of Dreams and Rust
31. The Queen’s Poisoner
32. The Architect of Song
33.Words in Deep Blue
34. White Cat
35. Nevernight
36. Outrun the Moon
37. Vassa in the Night
38. The Graces
39. Shatter Me
40. The Scorpio Races
41. Love Voltaire Us Apart
42. Stalking Jack the Ripper
43. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
44. A Murder in Time
45.The Reader
46. Behold the Dreamers
47. Gemina
48. A Torch Against the Night
49. We are the Ants
50. Three Sisters, Three Queens
51. The Boleyn Inheritance
52. The Too-Clever Fox
53. Clockwork Princess
54. The Bane Chronicles
55. If I Was Your Girl
56. Holding Up the Universe
57. Truthwitch
58. Ivory and Bone
59. The Love That Split the World
60. The Girl From Everywhere
61. A Shadow Bright and Burning
62. The First Time She Drowned
63. The Art of Not Breathing
64. Learning to Swear in America
65. The Weight of Zero
66. Ripple
67. Frannie and Tru
68. The Way I Used to Be
69. Rescuing Jesus: How People of Color, Women, and Queer Christians are Reclaiming Evangelicalism
70. Because of You
71. Silent
72. The Female of the Species
73. The Orphan Queen
74. The Mirror King
75. A Darkly Beating Heart
76. The Lies of Locke Lamora
77. The Historian
78. Love Is Death
79. Winterspell
80. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
81. Dante’s Inferno
82. Unwind
83. Outlander
All right, then! Now, will I read these in order? Hahahaha no, probably not, although I’ll try to stick with the whole priority-order (Library, own, others) just to streamline things a bit. I’m getting really excited about this all, though! Eleven hours left! 😉
Happy New Year!
Katie
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This sounds like such a fun challenge! Stand-out books that I definitely recommend you read are Outrun the Moon, An Ember in the Ashes, The Girl from Everywhere, and A Shadow Bright and Burning.
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Oh, yes! I’m really excited for those! I’ll probably end up moving those up on the list… 😉
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