The Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge is returning for its 6th year in 2022! Designed to help you tackle all the books you keep meaning to read and still haven’t!

I’M SO IN!!!!!!

For 2022 I am setting my goal as 24 books. That’s 2 a month so that’s totally doable I think!!

The guidelines are simple:

• The book must be published in the previous year or earlier (for the 2022 challenge, anything published in 2021 or earlier counts).

• You have to start and finish the book in 2022.

Any format, any genre. Re-reads count, and you don’t have to own the book.

There is no formal sign-up for Beat the Backlist this year. The only request is that if you do post somewhere online about the challenge, please give Novelknight a link back so more readers can learn about BTB!

Hashtags for 22 =
#BeatTheBacklist
#BeatTheBacklist2022

Come join in….you know you want to!!!!

It’s that time of year when we are stuck between Christmas and New Year and because this years been such a stinker, I thought we needed some laughs….in the form of meme’s!

So here you go!!!

The Audiobook Challenge is back for 2022!

It’s ran by The Caffeinated Reviewer – click on her name to find out how to join and  don’t forget to add your link!

Choose your level and rock your ears off!

Use hashtag #2022AudiobookChallenge on social media to alert others of your listens and progress!

I listened to 12 audios in 2021 so I’m going for 10 to 15 listens (Stenographer – can listen while multitasking!!!) and I’m going for the full 15!!!!

Here are the details:

Achievement Levels

• Newbie (I’ll give it a try) 1-5

• Weekend Warrior (I’m getting the hang of this) 5-10

• Stenographer (can listen while multitasking) 10-15

• Socially Awkward (Don’t talk to me) 15-20

• Binge Listener (Why read when someone can do it for you) 20-30

• My Precious (I had my earbuds surgically implanted) 30+

• Marathoner (Look Ma No Hands) 50+

• Over-Achiever (Power Listener) 75+

• The 100 Club (Audiobook Addict) 100+



Challenge Details

• Runs January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022. You can join at any time.

• The goal is to find a new love for audios or to outdo yourself by listening to more audios in 2022 than you did in 2021.

• Books must be in audio format (CD, MP3, etc.)

• ANY genres count.

• Re-reads and crossovers from other reading challenges are allowed.

• You do not have to be a book blogger to participate; you can track your progress on Goodreads, Facebook, LibraryThing, etc.

• If you’re a blogger grab the button and do a quick post about the challenge to help spread the word. If you’re not a blogger you can help by posting on Facebook or Tweet about the challenge.

• Updates plus a giveaway will be posted twice during the year. The first update will be July 2, 2022, and the last update will take place on December 30, 2022.

Will you join for 2022?

HAPPY BOXING DAY!!!

Boxing Day in the UK

Boxing Day in the UK is the day after Christmas Day, December 26, and is a public Bank Holiday.

Traditionally, it was a day when employers distributed money, food, cloth or other valuable goods to their employees in boxes.

Now it’s a day that brings the start of the post-Christmas sales and also is a time to recover from the excesses of Christmas Day!!!!!

Boxing Day is the day me and my whole family get together to celebrate Christmas (even though last year was a Zoom get together!) We swap gifts, have food and have a drink together.

Happy Christmas to you all!

“I hope the magic of Christmas fills every corner of your heart and home with joy — now and always.”

I’ll probably be off here until the 27th as we have stuff planned so hope you all have a lovely time filled with fun, family and food! 🎅

Happy Blogmas!

Here we are with the end of the year fast approaching and a time to reflect on the best reads of the year!

We all love books here so wanted to spread the love and post about them!

I did a post halfway through the year which you can see here and these are the rest of the fabulous books I’ve loved this year (not necessarily released then, I read then!)

I’ve read so many great books this 2nd half of the year but these are the ones that really stood out to me:

Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

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Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

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Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

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The Extraordinaires by TJ Klune

Flash Fire by TJ Klune

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What are some of your best books of 2021?

Happy Blogmas!!!

Here we are nearly at the end of the year and I am here with a closure on the Beat the Backlist Challenge! Did I do it??!!

My original post – here, Q1 update – here, Q2 update – here. and Q3 update – here.

I wanted to read 40 backlist books even though I thought that might be a challenge for me!

At the end of Q3 I had read 34 so only needed 6 to reach my next goal….and I just scraped in with 42 backlist books read!!!!

So these are the books that completed my challenge!!!

Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

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The Rising by Kristen Ashley

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A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St Clair

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Gild by Raven Kennedy

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Lady Midnight and Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

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And not pictured but still loved….

Until December by Aurora Rose Reynolds

Until Talon by Aurora Rose Reynolds

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Did you participate in this challenge?

How did you do?

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Happy Blogmas!

I thought it might be fun to look back to a post with books I didn’t read in 2020 but wanted to read in 2021…..lets see how I did!

You can see my original post here

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Rhapsodic by Laura Thalassa ✔

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Skyhunter by Marie Lu ✔

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City of Bones by Cassandra Clare ✔

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The Poppy War by RF Kuang (NOT READ)

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City of Brass by SA Chakraborty ✔

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Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness ✔

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From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L Armentrout ✔

And the last two……..

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo ✔

The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones ✔

8/9 is not bad for a mood reader like me, I’m happy! Better make sure I read that last one in 2022!!!

Happy Blogmas!

I think it’s always nice to look back and see that I’ve accomplished something in the year so thought I’d see if I finished any series in 2021!

I was actually surprised how many series I’d actually finished! I didn’t think it would be that many!

(Let’s not talk about how many series that I haven’t finished and also new ones I’ve started this year *incoherent mumbles* )

So here we go……

Aurora Cycle by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare

Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare

River of Royal Blood by Amanda Joy

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Cassidy Blake by Victoria Schwab

All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace

Penryn and the End of Days by Susan Ee

Cursebreakers by Brigid Kemmerer

The Rising by Kristen Ashley