I have some really big goals for myself with this new year, both personally and with regards to books. This will be the first year that I will be in one place (hopefully) not juggling school or the constant traveling I have experience that past few years. I am really trying to focus on myself and trying to limit distractions and drama. One of my biggest book goals next year is to read the books I own and definitely catch up on series I am so far behind on or that I need to read. (Shoutout to Alex @ Booksy Daisy for posting her tbr and convincing me to do this!) Beat the Backlist hosted by Novel knight is the perfect challenge. (I do better when I am able to mark off a list so challenges work so well for me) Now I cannot make promises that the books I list are going to be the ones I actually read, but it is the goal to get these ones specifically. I am setting myself the goal of 50 books! I haven’t decided what I want my year goal to be, but with the hopes of tackling the books on my shelf I definitely want to focus more on the backlist and older books!

THE CHALLENGE

• The challenge will run from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018.
• Books must be released prior to 2018 to count for this challenge.

My (Tentative) TBR List 

♣ The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor
The Looking Glass Wars
Seeing Redd
ArchEnemy
♣ Shattered Sea Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie
Half A King
Half the World
Half a War
♣ Lunar Chronicle Series by Marissa Meyer
Cress
Fairest
Winter
♣ Harry Potter Series by J.K Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
♣ The Immortal Series by Tamora Pierce
Wild Magic
Wolf-Speaker
Emperor Mage
The Realm of the Gods
♣ Modern Faerie Tales by Holly Black
Valiant
Ironside
♣ Sweet Trilogy by Wendy Higgins
Sweet Evil
Sweet Peril
Sweet Reckoning
♣ Legend Trilogy by Marie Lu
Legend
Prodigy
Champion
♣ Misborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
The Well of Ascension
The Hero of Ages
♣ Avalon Duology by Mindee Arnett
Avalon
Polaris
♣ Fire and Thorns Trilogy by Rae Carson
The Crown of Embers
The Bitter Kingdom
♣ Wait For You Series by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Wait For You
Trust In Me
Be With Me
Stay With Me
Fall With Me
Forever With You
♣ Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan 
The Lightening Thief
The Sea of Monsters
The Titan’s Curse
The Battle of the Labyrinth
The Last Olympian
♣ Rome by Jay Crownover 
♣ Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell 
♣ A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 
♣ Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer
♣ Notorious RBG: The Life and Time of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Irin Carmon
♣ Americanah by Chimanada Ngozi Adichie
♣ Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 
♣ Lock in by John Scalzi 
♣ Kings of Broken Things by Theodore Wheeler 

Original List [5/50]

♠ The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis
♠ The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee
♠ Final Girls by Riley Sager
♠ Dear Martin by Nic Stone
♠ The Dazzling Heights by Katharine McGee
♠ Wicked by Jennifer L Armentrout
♣ Torn by Jennifer L Armentrout
♠ The Matchmaker’s Playbook by Rachel Van Dyken
♠ The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
♠ Brave by Jennifer L Armentrout
♠ Mr. Penumbra’s 24-hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
♠ Halfway to The Grave by Jeaniene Frost
♠ The Girl in 6E by A.R Torre
♠ Paper Princess by Erin Watt
♠ Broken Prince by Erin Watt
♠ The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
♠ Twisted Palace by Erin Watt
♠ The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey 
♠ The Last Star by Rick Yancey 
♠ Nash by Jay Crownover
♠ The Problem With Forever by Jennifer L Armentrout
♠ Rowdy by Jay Crownover 
♠ Asa by Jay Crownover
♠ Bitten by Kelley Armstrong
♠ Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson
♠ Built by Jay Crownover
♠ Rush by Kandi Steiner
♠ To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
♠ P.S I Still Love You by Jenny Han
♠ The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
♠ Royally Screwed by Emma Chase
♠ Little Monsters by Kara Thomas
♠ Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
♠ The Bone Artist by Madeliene Roux
♠ Catacomb by Madeleine Roux
♠ The Warden by Madeleine Roux 
♠ Dear Ijeawele or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adicie
♠ Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke
♠ Fablehaven by Brandon Mull 

Total {44/50}

Let me know if you are participating and what team you are on! Happy Reading and Tackle that TBR!