I took part in this Challenge last year and thought it was a great way to focus me on reading backlist titles that have been on my bookshelves for a while. Whilst I didn’t meet my target of 55 books, I did read 42 and am going to add the ones I didn’t get to on to this year’s challenge.
The Beat the Backlist Challenge is in its eighth year and was started by Austine Decker. Details of how to take part are on the blog but the rules are simple:
- The book must have been published in 2023 or earlier.
- You have to start and finish the book in 2024.
- And that’s it!
The 2024 challenge runs from 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024.
My target for this year is 46 middle-grade books.
The first 13 are the books I didn’t get to last year:
The next 33 are the books I bought last year, but which I haven’t read yet:
I’m hoping that I can meet the challenge this year – as well as reading lots of new releases this year!
Book Craic 