2018 READING CHALLENGES

2018 READING CHALLENGES INTRODUCTION

BEAT THE BACKLIST - BETTER WORLD BOOKS

BEAT THE BACKLIST was the perfect 2018 challenge for me because I have seriously scaled back on review ARCs this year, so I can get more personal enjoyment reading done and also start clearing out some of the old ARCs that have been gathering dust on the pile. I originally saw this on A DANCE WITH BOOKS last year, but was swammped with ARCs and had my fingers crossed that NOVELKNIGHT would be offering the challenge again this year.

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The only rule is the book has to have been published before 2018. I am adding a rule for myself that they have to be titles I already own, or books I want to own in hardcover I am borrowing from the library for now.

There are six categories I want to work on:

OLDER HIGHLY ANTICIPATEDS AND SEQUELS

BACKLIST REVIEW BOOKS AND ARCS

CLASSICS

NEWBERY AWARD WINNERS

OLDER RECOMMENDATIONS FROM BLOGGING BUDDIES

KINDLE FREEBIES AND 99¢ PURCHASES

SOME TOP OF THE LIST TITLES

*PRACTICAL MAGIC

THE GRAVEYARD BOOK

*SOME OF US JUST LIVE HERE

*FEED

*SLEEPING GIANTS

*RUIN AND RISING

A CLOSED AND COMMON ORBIT

*THE HERO AND THE CROWN
*VASSA IN THE NIGHT
*RECKLESS
*NIGHT OF THE PURPLE MOON
A LION AMONG MEN
*THE CEILING MAN

*THE BOY WHO PAINTED THE WORLD
THE BOOK THIEF
THE NIGHT CIRCUS
*A GAME OF THRONES
*THE DARKEST MINDS
*REBECCA
*1Q84
*PETER PAN
*UPROOTED
*NIMONA
*THE BIRD BOX
*THE GOOD BRAIDER
*WALK TWO MOONS
THE AMULET OF SAMARKAND
*JUST KIDS
*TITUS GROAN
*THE GOOD EARTH

*denotes books I own
(all the links will be added eventually, but I made sure some of the less familiar titles had links right away)

THE
BETTER WORLD BOOKS
CHALLENGE

IDEAS / ALREADY READ IN JANUARY
*A book recommended by a friend.
TIMEKEEPER
A childhood favorite.
THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
A book nominated for a literary prize.
WALK TWO MOONS
A book recommended by a librarian.
SOUR HEART
A book with a detective protagonist.
A CUCKOO'S CALLING
*A book stuck on your reading list.
THE RAREST BIRD
A sequel.
RUIN AND RISING
A book you never finished.
THE GOLDFINCH

*A book involving magic.
HALF BAD

A Graphic Novel.
ALONE
A self-help book
SLIP STREAM TIME HACKING
A book about food
THUG KITCHEN
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If you have any suggestions for books set in Africa, or books based on feature films, let me know in the comments. Are you doing any reading challenges this year?