Reading Goals for 2018 & Beat the Backlist Signup! #BeatTheBacklist @BeatTheBacklist hosted by @AustineDecker Go Team #DeweyDragons!

Hello awesome reader. So as I’m sure you’ve surmised I’m joining the Beat the Backlist 2018 Challenge hosted by NovelKnight. At first I was hesitant to sign up because I worried I don’t read enough and I would let my team down. But because I so badly want to put a big dent in my TBR pile, with some books waiting as long as 4 years, this seemed like the perfect fit.

In 2017 I read and reviewed about 39 books. This year I would like to do much better. I anticipate having more time to read in 2018 so I’m setting a goal of at least 40 for this challenge and hopefully 48+ total books read and reviewed. Hopefully I’m not dreaming too big and life doesn’t slow me down again!

I went over my TBR and made a rough draft of 72 books to read in 2018 & 2019. I’ve cherry picked the books below from my list for a very rough TBR for this challenge. I’ll get to as many as I can. This list is numbered for counting sake but it is not in order:

TBR Sneak Peek:

1. Hardened Hearts Anthology by Eddie Generous and others http://amzn.to/2BCb5CU
2. The Spirit Mage by Layton Green http://amzn.to/2CgjkVy
3. The Adventures of Harry Morgan by Clabe Polk (Vol. 1) http://amzn.to/2B94yQ8
4. Broken Rules by Hanleigh Bradley http://amzn.to/2keaJHY
5. Rhuna: Keeper of Wisdom by Barbara Underwood http://amzn.to/2yR4EWB
6. The Rishis: Book of Secrets by Robert Delgado http://amzn.to/2oD5rdV
7. Tee for Two by Sybil Powell http://amzn.to/2oywUNC
8. Gravity Games by John Matsui http://amzn.to/2B6bkGd
9. Shoeburn and the Ill-Fitting Necklace by Shoeburn Ruffet http://amzn.to/2CUeIBe
10. Rain by India R Adams http://amzn.to/2kG8oFh
11. The Fatness by Mark A Rayner http://amzn.to/2BiZVDc
12. Afterdeath by Benoit Chartier http://amzn.to/2DFXFT5
13. State of Emergency by Mary Hallberg http://amzn.to/2B7uY4K
14. The Red Satin Shoes by Melissa Saari http://amzn.to/2B7DWPp
15. Please Don’t Be Waiting For Me by Todd Stadtman http://amzn.to/2BQbq1Q
16. Staring Into Darkness by C. L. Clark http://amzn.to/2jdaZGz
17. Elemental Affinity by J C Steel http://amzn.to/2BZZuNm
18. A Glimmer of Guile by Mary Patterson Thornburg http://amzn.to/2BjFcuP
19. The Step-Spinsters by Madina Papadopoulos http://amzn.to/2qazmec
20. The Divine Heart by Danielle R Mani http://amzn.to/2CWGBI8
21. Luska by Will Robinson http://amzn.to/2BmpoYi
22. Jake & The Dragons of Asheville by Brian Kacica http://amzn.to/2Bzt3Gu
23. The Abduction Chronicles by Thomas L. Hay http://amzn.to/2CX25Vf
24. Transference by Kate Jonuska http://amzn.to/2CZ50g3
25. Hope and Walker by Andrew Cull http://amzn.to/2BA4dWQ
26. Shadows and Lies by Gerald Darnell http://amzn.to/2CXqOsz
27. What Haunts Me by Margaret Millmore http://amzn.to/2BzvOYd
28. Inevitable Ascension by V. K. McAllister http://amzn.to/2zgAXOF
29. Madam Tulip by David Ahern http://amzn.to/2CXoWQz
30. The Bleeders by Michaela Haze http://amzn.to/2CXX52S
31. Thread and Other Stories by Eric Halpenny http://amzn.to/2CYuaM5
32. 200 Very Short Stories by Helen Keeling Marston http://amzn.to/2Bzrqsm
33. Nightmare Waiting by Glenn McGoldrick http://amzn.to/2BiKbvJ
34. And the Wolf Shall Dwell by Joni Dee http://amzn.to/2BQk2FI
35. Black and White by Nick Wilford http://amzn.to/2BzclGZ
36. Revelations by Samuel Alexander http://amzn.to/2kZjHIH
37. Tainted Blood: Face Your Demons by Nina Hobson http://amzn.to/2zfRe6J
38. Monsters I have Known by Jess Hartley http://amzn.to/2BmMluf
39. The Enemy Within by Scott Burn http://amzn.to/2BkAflB
40. (REVIEWED!) Ebb Tide by Jase Kovacs http://amzn.to/2CZn61s
41. The Secrets of Isalayne by Kari Lynn West http://amzn.to/2BAN4w2
42. A Case of Domestic Pilfering by Rohase Piercy, Charlie Raven http://amzn.to/2CY4H5s
43. Introducing Gertrude Gumshoe http://amzn.to/2CXru0Z
44. Tridea’s Children by Kevin Peake http://amzn.to/2BOYyZP
45. Nothing is Strange by Mike Russell http://amzn.to/2BkZS5v
46. The Everett Exorcism by Lincoln Cole http://amzn.to/2BXAdDB
47. Bodacious Creed by Jonathan Fesmire http://amzn.to/2BRt05L
48. Skin Food by Type A http://amzn.to/2BALxXa
49. Wicked Fallout http://amzn.to/2CXgeSw
50. Downfall by Colin Sims http://amzn.to/2BRu0Xv
51. True Magic by Colin Sims http://amzn.to/2DuFzEg
52. The Sherlock Effect by Raymond Kay Lyon http://amzn.to/2BOlEQd
53. Murder in Little Shendon by A. H. Richardson http://amzn.to/2Dwu8vW
54. Vices and Virtues by Ashley Franz Holzmann & other authors http://amzn.to/2CYxE19
55. (Un)Graceful Cat by B.A. Gabrielle http://amzn.to/2CYTCkG
56. The Hands of Ruin by Dylan Lee Peters http://amzn.to/2BlGOo3
57. Timekeeper by Tara Sim http://amzn.to/2EGtNXU
58. Murder in Absentia by Assaph Mehr http://amzn.to/2CwAlen
59. Brooding YA Hero by Carrie Ann DiRisio http://amzn.to/2ECUvRv
60. Cold Feet Fever by Maureen Fisher http://amzn.to/2EFOWS4
61. The Next Together by Lauren James http://amzn.to/2CtxbIy
62. (REVIEWED!) Cupid’s Kiss by Courtney Hunt http://amzn.to/2CmmzWG
63. (REVIEWED!) Heart of a Highlander by Collette Cameron http://amzn.to/2BzTUAR

 

Completed Books for the Challenge:

1. (REVIEW) Ebb Tide by Jase Kovacs http://amzn.to/2CZn61s
2. (REVIEW) Cupid’s Kiss by Courtney Hunt http://amzn.to/2CmmzWG
3. (REVIEW) Heart of a Highlander by Collette Cameron http://amzn.to/2BzTUAR

 

 

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