2023 Beat the Backlist Reading Challenge

In this challenge, the goal is to beat the backlist by reading any book published prior to the current year. There’s an additional option to read with prompts, 24 or 52. I’m choosing 24! Join the challenge and read the rules here!

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the prompts

1. five word title: Stubbed Toes and Dating Woes by Dahlia Donovan
2. won an award: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
3. meant to read it last year: 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
4. giving an author a second chance
5. an author writing under a pseudonym: Give It a Whirl by Kayt Miller
6. 2022 debut novel: The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh 
7. standalone: The Adirondack Witch by Patrick Reuman
8. bought and forgot it: FInal Girls by Riley Sager
9. plants on the cover: The Enchanted Hacienda by J.C. Cervantes
10. first in a trilogy: The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lacky
11. name in the title: Washed-Up Former Child Star Ryan Lee by Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock
12. set on a continent you don’t live on: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
13. it’s a trope: Unexpectedly in Love by Christina Tetreault
14. less than 170 pages: What Not to Were by Dakota Cassidy
15. released at least 23 years ago: Sword of Ice by Mercedes Lackey
16. protagonist name starts with “M”: Once Upon a Legend by Mary Ting
17. graphic novel outside your favorite genre
18. recomended by a bookseller: My Murder by Kate Williams
19. letter “z” in the title: Under the Blazing Sun by Becca Seymour
20. all about music or the arts: The Summer of Christmas by Juliet & Keith Giglio
21. protagonist has a pet: Carnage in a Pear Tree by Dakota Cassidy
22. more than 450 pages: The Girl with the Dragon Tattooby Stieg Larsson
23. your favorite genre: Darkness Peering by Alice Blanchard
24. main cover color is your least favorite color: The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

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1. The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
2. Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar by Mercedes Lackey - ★★★★★
3. Carnage in a Pear Tree by Dakota Cassidy - ★★★★
4. The Summer of Christmas by Juliet Giglio, Keith Giglio - ★★★½
5. The Adirondack Witch by Patrick Reuman - ★★
6. What Not to Were by Dakota Cassidy - ★★★★
7. Unexpectedly In Love by Christina Tetreault - ★★★★
8. 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard - ★★★★★
9. Give It a Whirl by Kayt Miller - ★★★★★
10. Once Upon A Legend by Mary Ting - ★★★★★
11. Darkness Peering by Alice Blanchard - ★★★★★
12. Final Girls by Riley Sager - ★★★★★
13. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris - ★★★★
14. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - ★★★★½
15. Stubbed Toes and Dating Woes by Dahlia Donovan - ★★★★★
16. Under the Blazing Stars by Becca Seymour - ★★★★½
17. The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson - ★★★★½
18. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson - ★★★★★
19. Washed Up Former Child Star Ryan Lee by Lisa Henry, J.A. Rock - ★★★★½
20. The Enchanted Hacienda by J.C. Cervantes - ★★★★★
21. My Murder by Katie Williams - ★★★½
22. The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh - ★★★★★