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
2. won an award
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
7. standalone: The Adirondack Witch by Patrick Reuman
8. bought and forgot it
9. plants on the cover
10. first in a trilogy: The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lacky
11. name in the title
12. set on a continent you don’t live on
13. it’s a trope
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”
17. graphic novel outside your favorite genre
18. recomended by a bookseller
19. letter “z” in the title
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
23. your favorite genre
24. main cover color is your least favorite color

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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 -
5. The Adirondack Witch by Patrick Reuman - ★★
6. What Not to Were by Dakota Cassidy - ★★★★
7. 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard - ★★★★★
8. Give It a Whirl by Kayt Miller - ★★★★★