Hey guys! Since I am participating (or trying to) in a few different reading challenges this year, I thought it would be helpful (mostly for me) to do a monthly update. I will use these updates to highlight what I’ve read over the month, which prompts I am hoping to tackle, and any that I may have gotten to thus far. Basically this is a monthly wrap-up.
General updates
Books started this month: 9
Books completed this month: 6
Reviews?: 4
BOTM choices (and link):
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas
As Bright as Heaven by Susan Meissner
Challenges
Beat the Back list
- Warcross by Marie Lu (my book feature)
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- The next book in a series you started
- The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (book #2) (mini review)
- A book that was borrowed or that was given as a gift
- Warcross by Marie Lu (library book) (feature)
- A book about death or grief
- Faithful by Alice Hoffman (book feature)
BookRiot: Read Harder
- A one-sitting book
- Faithful by Alice Hoffman (book feature)
I will reiterate that I have no plans to actually complete any of these challenges this year. Looking at these prompts, I know for a fact some of them I am absolutely uninterested in. However, some have made me excited for new books that weren’t on my radar (just what I need!). This is more or less so I can keep track of the things I am doing throughout the month. I will say that I want to work the hardest on my Beat the Back List though. And while I am organizing and keeping track of those books, I might as well tick off any challenge prompts I complete along the way, right?
I also want to try to pick up my Kindle books more going forward. Perhaps in between physical books? I need to start making a dent in my ARCs now that I have finally been approved for some!
February TBR
These are the prompts that I can (potentially) fill this month, with back listed books that I own.
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- A book made into a movie you’ve already seen
- The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell
- A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
- A book with a time of day in the title
- Batman: The Nightwalker
- A book about time travel
- 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- A book with an animal in the title
- The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
- A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
- A book with characters who are twins
- Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
- A book that is also a stage play or musical
- Wicked by Gregory Maguire
- A book about feminism
- Red Clocks by Leni Zumas*
- A book about mental health
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
- A book by two authors
- The Wife Between Us by Sarah Pekkanen & Greer Hendricks*
- A book by a local author
- Watching Glass Shatter by James J. Cudney
- A book from a celebrity book club
- Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman (Reese Witherspoon)
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Reese Witherspoon)
- A childhood classic you’ve never read
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
- Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- A book that’s published in 2018
- The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw*
- Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely*
- A past Goodreads Choice winner
- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
- A book you wanted to read in 2017 but didn’t get to
- my whole backlist?
- Your favorite prompt from 2015, 2016 or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
- (from the 2017 list) A book of letters- Illuminae by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
BookRiot Read Harder
- A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries
- Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
- A western
- Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely*
- A comic written or illustrated by a person of color
- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi**
- A children’s classic published before 1980
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
- A celebrity memoir
- The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
*2018 releases so not “back listed” but I either own them or will very very shortly.
**Library books I currently have at home
How did everyone else do this month? What was your favorite read? Are any of these books on your February TBR? Let’s chat!
Get reading! You’ve got quote a list to work through. Good luck.
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Thank you :):)
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Goodluck on all these challenges. But looks like a few great books coming up though: already looking forward to the reviews. Haven’t read a lot of books in january. Hopefully I can read a bit more in the upcoming month 😊😊
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Awesome! And thank you :]
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