Beat the Backlist 2019 – Update

Hello everyone!

At the start of last year I joined the Beat the Backlist Challenge for the first year. My goal was to get my NetGalley down to 0. How did I do? Well I failed miserably at getting my NetGalley down but I am pleased to say that I did complete my 30 TBR books for the challenge. I may have deviated from the original list but at least I got some of my other books off my TBR pile. Here is the original list I posted at the start of the challenge.

• Lies Jane Austen Told Me by Julie Wright READ
• Beartown by Fredrik Backman
• The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld READ
• The Coffin Path by Katherine Clements
• Anything You Do Say by Gillian McAllister READ
• The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
• The Alphabet of Heart’s Desire by Brian Keaney
• Me Mam, Me Dad, Me by Malcom Duffy READ
• Bunk 9’s Guide to Growing Up by Adah Nuchi
• Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
• How Do You Like Me Now? by Holly Bourne
• Now You See by Max Manning READ
• White Bodies by Jane Robins READ
• The Sacrifice Box by Martin Stewart
• If I Fall by Ella Harper READ
• The Malinovsky Papers by H. Jones
• You Were Gone by Tim Weaver READ
• One Day In December by Josie Silver
• The Broken Girls by Simone St James READ 
• Before I Let Go by Marieke Nijkamp READ
• All the Hidden Truths by Claire Askew READ
• Mother by Hannah Begbie
• All These Beautiful Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth
• Roar by Cecelia Ahern
• Down to the Woods by M.J. Arlidge
• Mistletoe and Mystery by Daisy James READ
• Matilda at 30 by Roald Dahl

Total 12/30

Okay so just under half my original list however I did read these from my physical bookcase:

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
• Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator – Roald Dahl
• The Vicar of Nibbleswicke – Roald Dahl
• Esio Trot – Roald Dahl
• The Magic Finger – Roald Dahl
• Boy (Tales of Childhood) – Roald Dahl
• Potty Training In One Week – Gina Ford
• The Twits – Roald Dahl
• The Notebook – Nicholas Sparks
• A Walk To Remember – Nicholas Sparks
• Getting The Little Blighters To Eat – Claire Potter
• Getting The Little Blighters To Behave – Claire Potter
• Little Boy Blue – M.J. Arlidge
• George’s Marvellous Medicine – Roald Dahl
• The Magician’s Nephew – C.S. Lewis
• The Very Hungover Caterpillar – Emlyn Rees & Josie Lloyd
• ‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas – Emlyn Rees & Josie Lloyd
• The Teenager Who Came To Tea – Emlyn Rees & Josie Lloyd
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – C.S.Lewis
• The Three Railway Engines (#1) – Rev. W.V Awdry
• Troublesome Engines – Rev. W.V Awdry
• Gordon The Big Engine – Rev. W.V Awdry
• James and the Giant Peach – Roald Dahl

Total 35/30!

I can’t believe how well I did with this challenge. I am hopeful that this year I can not only succeed but beat my original target again.

Have you signed up for Beat the Backlist this year?

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