Beat the Backlist 2021

  

#BTB2021

 I am going to do this prompt based challenge again in 2021. It is hosted by Austine and Katie on Novelknight blog.   You don't have to own the book and can borrow etc.   There is a 24 or 52 prompt list.  They have created a bingo card or a regular checklist for whichever format you prefer to track using.  

Status:   48/52 books completed

1. √ more than one author
• READ Murder in Red by Jessica Fletcher
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/29/21
2. √ dragons OR lizards 
• One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus
•  Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/20/21
3. √ it’s on a ship! 
• READ Peril Through the Panama Canal by Lizzie Josephson
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/12/21
4. √ purple cover 
• READ To Fudge or Not to Fudge by Nancy Coco
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/28/21
5. √ set in a major city 
• READ  Shakeup by Stuart Woods
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/24/21
6. √ book you forgot you had 
• READ Oh Say Can You Fudge by Nancy Coco
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/29/21
7. √ caused a major book hangover
• READ Laughing at my Nightmare by Shane Burcaw
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 1/30/21
8. √  multiple points of view  
• READ The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 1/25/21
9. book you’re giving another chance 
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10. √  quest to find lost/hidden object 
• READ Deserts, Driving, & Derelicts by Tonya Kappes
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 1/26/21
11. √  chapter title page has art 
• READ In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 2/7/21
12. √ kept you up late reading 
• READ 21st Birthday by James Patterson
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 6/18/21
13. picked by a friend/trusted reviewer IDEA:  In the Woods
14. √ non-human character
• READ No Good Tea Goes Unpunished by Bree Baker
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 2/10/21
15. √ first line is less than 10 words 
• READ Forests, Fishing & Forgery by Tonya Kappes
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 2/2/21
16. √ banned book 
• READ  The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 10/21/21
17. √  cover features your favorite color prominently 
• READ Dry by Augusten Burroughs
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/23/21
18. √ all about music 
• READ Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review  4/7/21
19. √  character lets out a breath they didn’t realize they were holding
• READ The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie  
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 1/5/21
20. √ genre you never/rarely read 
• READ Icebound by Andrea Pitzer
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 7/21/21
21. √ standalone 
• READ Midnight Library by Matt Haig
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 1/20/21
22. √ lost royalty 
1. READ Once Upon a Prince by Rachel Hauck
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review  11/23/21
23. √ cover with your country’s flag colors 
• READ Choppy Water by Stuart Woods
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 1/21/21
24. √ written in letters or diary entries 
• READ The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/13/21
25. √ book centered around politics 
• READ A Burning by Megha Majumdar
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/16/21
26. √  features a carnival or circus IDEA:  The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus
• Two Can Keep a Secret by Karen McManus
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/19/21
27. snake on the cover IDEA:  City of the Beasts/Serpent & Dove
28. √ on the Indie Bestseller list in 2020 or earlier 
• The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/21/21
29. √ historical with a twist
• A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 2/17/21
30. √ character has a dream scene 
• READ The Sinister Superyacht by Ana T. Drew  
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review  1/4/21
31. √  set in autumn 
• READ Misalignment and Murder by Cathy Tully 
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review  1/26/21
32. based on non-Greek/Roman mythology IDEA:  The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, #1)
33. √ non-binary protagonist 
• READ Chorus Lines, Caviar and Corpses by Mary McHugh
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/12/21
34. √ a book with illustrations 
• READ  Holiday Magic at the Disney Parks by Rebecca Cline
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 12/16/21
35. √ WTF plot twist  
• READ Theater Nights are Murder by Libby Klein
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/22/21
36. √ second book in a duology 
• One of Us is Next by Karen McManus 
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 9/5/21
37. √non-fairytale re-telling 
• READ The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 2/27/21
38. √ from your 2020 backlist 
• READ Where'd you Go Bernadette by Maria Semple
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 6/26/21
39. √ book where the woods/forest are important 
• READ The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 4/10/21
40.  √ black and white 
• READ Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 2/6/21
41.  √ novella 
• READ Felicia's Food Truck Bite Size Cozies by Celia Kinsey
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 2/20/21
42. √  person on the cover 
• READ The Answer Is by Alex Trebek
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/10/21
43. √  anthology 
• READ A Flock of an Alibi  anthology Verena DeLuca 
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 10/5/21
44. √ has a map 
• READ South Pole Station by Ashley Shelby
•  Blog Post and GoodReads Review 1/18/21
45.  √ book about bones OR “bone” in the title 
• READ Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 1/15/21
46.  √ good book, bad cover 
• READ Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 6/2/21
47.  √ brings out the geek in you
• READ The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 6/23/21
48. √ bought it for the cover 
• READ The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 5/26/21  
49. √ book written in verse 
• READ Steampunk Poe by Edgar Allen Poe  DNF
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 10/5/21
50. √ includes a 2nd person point of view
• READ There There by Tommy Orange
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 7/7/21
51.  √ author has a book releasing in 2021
• READ Killer Kung Pao by Vivien Chien
• Blog Post and Good Reads Review 1/14/21
52. √ mentions a pineapple
• READ Frontier Follies by Ree Drummond
• Blog Post and Goodreads Review 3/12/21