EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club discussion

Welcome to the TBR Revival Challenge 2022! This challenge is for anyone looking for some extra motivation to get some books off their TBR!

How to keep score:
Comment on this thread with 5 books from your TBR that fit the current theme. When you've finished a book from your list check it off by adding the date you finished reading next to the title:

Books read: 1/3
1. Something Wicked This Way Comes
2. A Tale of Two Cities January 6
3. The Two Towers

To edit your challenge score/edit your comment:
1. Find your comment in the challenge thread. [Tip: Take note of the message number in the upper left corner when you first post your list]
2. On the bottom right of your comment, there should be four hyperlinks: "reply | edit | delete | flag". Select "edit".
3. Add your book read date per above instructions.
4. Click "edit post" once you are done.

Challenge dates:
This challenge will run all year with a different theme for each quarter.
Themes will be announced within the first week of the new quarter.
January 1-March 31 Read award winning books
April 1 - June 30
July 1 - September 30
October 1 -December 31

Levels
You don't have to read all 5 books from your TBR to participate! choose to read however many books you want to.
Books read:
0- It’s the thought that counts
1 - One more down!
2 - On a Roll
3 - Page Turner
4 - Avid Reader
5 - Reading Rockstar

January 1 - March 31
Read award winning books

April 1 - June 30
5 oldest books on your TBR

July 1 - September 30
Books with a one word title

October 1 - December 31
5 newest books on your TBR

Let's start out 2022 with some books that are bound to be good!
The first quarter's theme is: Read award winning books

If you don't have enough books that have won awards on your list feel free to use books that have been nominated for awards. As always this challenge is very laid back so do what works for you!

January - March
Theme: Read award winning books

Books read: 5/5 - COMPLETED (view spoiler)[
1. Project Hail Mary 1/4/2022 GoodReads best Science Fiction 2021
2. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty 1/11/2022 Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography (2021)
3. One of Us Is Next 1/15/2022 Teen Reader's Choice Award for Chignecto-Central Regional Centre for Education
4. Y is for Yesterday / Sue Grafton 1/30/22 - Anthony Award, Best Novel in a Series (Bill Crider Award) (2018)
5. The Day of the Triffids / John Wyndham 2/2/22 International Fantasy Award for Fiction (1952) (hide spoiler)]

April - June 5/5 - COMPLETED (view spoiler)[
Theme: The 5 Oldest Books on Your TBR

Books read: 5/5
1. Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade 4/7/22
2. The Scottish Prisoner 4/14/2022
3. Lord John and the Hand of Devils 5/4/2022
4. What She Left Behind 5/9/22
5. Written in My Own Heart's Blood 6/7/22 (hide spoiler)]


July - September 5/5 - COMPLETED (view spoiler)[
Theme: Books with a one word title

Books read: 5/5 - COMPLETED
1. Ten / Gretchen McNeil 7/6/22
2. Midwives / Chris Bohjalian 7/9/22
3. Lost / Joy Fielding 7/18/22
4. Snowed / Pamela Burford 7/29/22
5. Dismantled / Jennifer McMahon 9/23/2022 (hide spoiler)]


October - December - Completed(view spoiler)[
Theme: 5 newest books on your TBR. You can interpret this prompt anyway you want.

Books read: 5/5
1. The Haunting of Alejandra 10/4
2. The Boys from Biloxi 10/8
3. The Little Prince 10/31
4. Hell's Diva 2: Mecca's Return 10/28
5. Winnie-the-Pooh / A.A. Milne 11/5/22 (hide spoiler)]

I'm trying to make reading more of a consistent habit/hobby this year, so hopefully I stick to this!

January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award winning books

Books read: 0/5
1. Circe
2. The Shadow of the Wind
3. Thrawn: Alliances
4. All Systems Red
5. Stoner

January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award winning books
Books read: 2/5

1. Beloved (Pulitzer)
2. Angela's Ashes (Pulitzer)
3. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Whitbread Award)
4. Ninth House (Goodreads Choice)
5. Challenger Deep (National Book Award)

April 1 - June 30
Theme: 5 oldest books on my TBR
Books Read: 2/5

1. Nights at the Circus
2. Step Right Up: Stories of Carnivals, Sideshows, and the Circus
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
4. Heart of a Lion: A Lone Cat’s Walk Across America
5. To The Elephant Graveyard

July 1 - September 30
Theme: One Word Titles
2/5 read

1. Walden
2. Stonewall
3. Lions
4. Piranesi
5. Blankets

October 1 - December 31
5 newest books on TBR
2/5 read

1. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
2. House of Sand and Fog
3. The White Ship
4. Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles
5. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award winning books
Books read: 0/5

1.) Every Heart a Doorway (Hugo Award)
2.) Emergency Skin (Hugo Award)
3.) Sing, Unburied, Sing (Anisfield-Wolf Book Award)
4.) Crying in H Mart (Goodreads Choice Winner)
5.) Firekeeper's Daughter (Goodreads Choice Winner)

TBR Revival Challenge

1st Qtr: Read award winning books
1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis - Children's Book of the Century & Lewis Carroll Award
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Books read:
0- It’s the thought that counts
1 - One more down!
2 - On a Roll
3 - Page Turner
4 - Avid Reader
5 - Reading Rockstar

In! *****Any book posted has been read already******Finished 01/18/2022*****

1. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science (National book award finalist)
2 The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (Goodreads nominee 2013)
3 Malibu Rising (Goodreads Choice Historical Fiction 2021)
4 I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter(Natl book award finalist)
5 Track of the Cat (Agatha and Anthony)

4/5
January 1-March 31 Read award winning books
✔︎1. Loving Frank James Fennimore Cooper Prize 2009 Apr 3
2. Beautiful World, Where Are You GR Choice Award for fiction 2021
✔︎ 3. The Midnight Library GR Choice Award for fiction 2020 Jan 15
✔︎4. Half Blood Blues Giller Prize 2011 Mar 12
✔︎5. People We Meet on VacationGR Choice Award for Romance 2021 March 2

3/5
April 1 - June 30
✔︎1. Monkey Beach Apr 19
✔︎2. Origin Apr 9
✔︎3.An American Marriage April 23
4. The Hate U Give
5. Bellevue Square


July - September
Theme: Books with a one word title

Books read: 4/5
✔︎1. Groundskeeping Sept 19
✔︎2. Albatross Oct 27
✔︎3.Complications July 29
✔︎4.Deconstructed July 17
5.Counterfeit

October 1 -December 31
5/5
newest books (that I own)
✔︎1. Greenlights, Nov 28
✔︎2. Carrie Soto Is Back Nov 2
✔︎ 3. The Measure October 23
✔︎4. Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory, Dec 7
✔︎5. Book Lovers Oct 30

January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award winning books

Books read: 5/5
1. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World Borders Original Voices Award for Nonfiction (2001) (Jan 23)
2. Matrix FINALIST FOR THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION (Jan 20)
3. Island of the Blue Dolphins Newbery Medal (1961) (Feb 8)
4. March: Book One Coretta Scott King Book Award for Author Honor (2014) (Mar 18)
5. When Breath Becomes Air Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography (2016) (Feb 12)


April 1 - June 30
Theme: 5 oldest books on your TBR

Books read: 2/5
1. Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey
2. Man's Search for Meaning (June 8)
3.Allegiant
4. The Lacuna
5. A Man Called Ove (May 31)


July 1 - September 30
Theme: Books with a one word title

Books read: 4/5
1. Smile 7/6
2. Excavation DNF (life is too short for bad books)
2A. Nightwood 8/31
3. Unbowed
4. Allegiant 8/9
5. Bleachers 10/5



October 1 - December 31
Theme: 5 newest books on your TBR

Books read: 2/5
1. The Hate You Give
2. The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing 11/5
3. Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be 11/15
4. Enough: Our Fight to Keep America Safe from Gun Violence
5. Taste: My Life through Food

January - March Theme: Read award-winning books.


Books read: 5/5
1. The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Goodreads Choice Award for Nonfiction - 2014)
2. Before I Fall - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Goodreads Choice Award for Best YA Fiction - 2010)
3. Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ .5 (RITA Award - 2020)
4. Other Words for Home - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Multiple Nominees/Awards, Newbery Medal - 2020)
5. The Color of My Words - ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Americas Award - 2000)



April - June Theme: Five oldest books on your TBR.

Books read: 1/5
1. The Witch Is Back - ⭐️⭐️(On TBR Since February 13, 2014)
2. Something Witchy This Way Comes - (On TBR Since February 13, 2014)
3. Malice In Wonderland - (On TBR Since February 13, 2014)
4. For Whom The Spell Tolls - (On TBR Since February 13, 2014)
5. The Salem Witch Tryouts - (On TBR Since February 18, 2014)



July - September Theme: Read books with one word titles.

Books read: 5/5
1. Panic - ⭐️⭐️
2. Crank - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
3. Starcrossed - ⭐️⭐️.5
4. Caraval - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. Half-Blood - ⭐️.5



October - December Theme: Read 5 Newest Books on TBR.

Books read: 5/5
1. Sheets - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Field Notes on Love - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. The Elite - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. A Court of Thorns and Roses - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. Adulthood Is a Myth - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✔ January to March Theme: Read award winning books
Books Read: 5/5

1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1962) - 12 Jan
2. Where the Red Fern Grows - Massachusetts Children's Book Award (1987), North Dakota Children's Choice Award (1981) - 19 Jan
3. When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Kinderbuch (1974) - 07 Mar
4. Piranesi - Women's Prize for Fiction (2021) - 22 Mar
5. Lost in a Good Book - Dilys Award (2004) - 24 Mar



Possibilities: (view spoiler)[
✔1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1962)
2. Dune - Hugo Award for Best Novel (1966), Nebula Award for Best Novel (1965)
✔3. Piranesi - Women's Prize for Fiction (2021)
4. Ombria in Shadow - World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (2003), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature (2003)
5. Mistress of the Art of Death - Macavity Award for Sue Feder Historical Mystery (2008), CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award (2007)
6. The Grace of Kings - Locus Award for Best First Novel (2016)
7. The Snow Child - Indies Choice Book Award for Adult Debut (2013), Specsavers National Book Award for International Author of the Year (2012)
8. The Stranger - PEN Translation Prize for Matthew Ward (1989)
9. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Premio Internacional de Novela Rómulo Gallegos (1972), Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger for Roman (1969)
(hide spoiler)]

April to June Theme: 5 oldest books on your TBR
Books Read: 0/5

1. Half of a Yellow Sun
2. Dune
3. The Way of Kings
4. The Girl on the Train - 13 Jul
5. Salt to the Sea

July to September Theme: Books with a one word title
Books Read: 3/5

1. Angelfall - 09 Jul
2. Edenbrooke - 11 Jul
3. Blackmoore - 31 Jul
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October to December Theme: 5 newest books on your TBR
Books Read: 5/5

1. Smoke Bitten - 02 Oct (shelved on 28 Aug 22)
2. Soul Taken - 05 Oct (shelved on 28 Aug 22)
3. Young Jane Young - 13 Oct (shelved on 29 Sep 22)
4. Hunting Ground - 27 Oct (shelved on 28 Sep 22)
5. Fair Game - 31 Oct (shelved on 26 Oct)

January - March: Read award winning books

Books Read: 0/5

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January - March: Read award winning books

Books Read: 5/5

✔️ 1. El secreto - Prix des libraires du Québec (1994) - January 9
✔️ 2. Dune - Hugo Award (1966) - January 28
✔️ 3. Ghost Boys - Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Older Children (2019) - February 28
✔️ 4. La biblioteca de la medianoche - Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction 2020 - March 17
✔️ 5. Los mejores años - Goodreads Choice Award for Debut 2020 - March 31
Runner-ups:Las Cosas que Perdimos en el Fuego - Premi Ciutat de Barcelona for Literatura en Lengua Castellana (2017)/Mr. Mercedes - Edgar Award (2015)/Un Puente Hacia Terabithia - Newbery Medal (1978)



April - June: the 5 oldest books on your TBR
Books Read: 2/5

✔️ 1. The Zombie Room - June 19
✔️ 2. Juego de tronos - May 21
3. La Reina Descalza
4. The Monstrumologist
5. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer



July - September: Books with a one word title
Books Read: 5/5

✔️ 1. Nimona - August 6
✔️ 2. Piranesi - August 17
✔️ 3. Persuasion - August 28
✔️ 4. Wool - September 18
✔️ 5. Redshirts - September 27

Uglies - Firecracker - Shine - Vicious - Sisterland - Longbourn



October - November: Five Newest Books on TBR
Books Read: 5/5

✔️ 1. The Ghost of Graylock - October 17
✔️ 2. The Glass Children - October 21
✔️ 3. Sheets - October 31
✔️ 4. A Court of Thorns and Roses - November 23
✔️ 5. Winterling - December 15



Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 Corazón de tinta Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Hotel Magnifique

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January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award winning books

Books read: 7/5
✅ 1.5 ⭐️ 1.Wolf Hall Booker Prize (2009)
2. Red Rising GR début author (2014)
✅ 5 ⭐️ and 💥 3. The Midnight Library GR Choice Award for fiction 2020
4. All the Light We Cannot See GR historical fiction (2014)
5. Fifteen Dogs Canada Reads Winner 2017

Alternates
✅ 3.4 ⭐️ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets British book award 1999
✅ 4 ⭐️ The Devotion of Suspect X https://www.goodreads.com/award/show/...

Firekeeper's Daughter GR Choice Winner 2021
Project Hail Mary GR Choice Winner 2021
Thinking, Fast and Slow Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest 2011
✅ 2 ⭐️ The Song of Achilles Women's Prize for Fiction (2012)
✅ 3 ⭐️ The Poppy War
✅ 3.5 ⭐️ The Four Winds

April 1 - June 30
Theme: oldest on tbr

Books read: 1/5 progress on others
1. The Art of Selling Yourself: The Simple Step-By-Step Process for Success in Business and Life oldest on Overdrive
2.The Girl on the Train old on my pausing list
3. The Joy of Less: A Minimalist Guide to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify Long on to-read shelf
✅ 4 ⭐️ 4. The Girl You Left Behind
5. The Polished Hoe long on actually owned bookshelf
6. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

July 1 - September 30
Theme: one word titles

Books read: 6/5
✅ 4 ⭐️ RECOMMEND 1. The Guncle
✅ 3 ⭐️ 2. The Ruin
✅ 2 ⭐️ 3. Shipped
✅ 4 ⭐️ 4. Relax, Dammit!: A User's Guide to the Age of Anxiety my audiobook only shows the first word
5. Piranesi
✅ 4-5 ⭐️ RECOMMEND Greenwood
✅ 2 ⭐️ China


October 1 - December 31
Theme: 5 newest

Books read: 0/5

✅ 4 ⭐️ Purchased: The Lies of Locke Lamora
Libby holds:
✅ 2 ⭐️ Suddenly You
The Swap Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life
Overdrive wish list: The Sugared Game.
✅ 4 ⭐️ The Soloist: A Lost Dream, an Unlikely Friendship, and the Redemptive Power of Music.
Goodreads - paused : Good Vibrations Guide to Sex: The Most Complete Sex Manual Ever Written. Minimalist Parenting: Enjoy Modern Family Life More by Doing Less
Good reads to read: HamnetThe Lincoln Highway

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Quarter 1:
January through March – Award Winning Books

0/5 read
1. Gilead – Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award, PEN/Faulkner Award
2. Grapes of Wrath – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, National Book Award
3. Cold Mountain – National Book Award
4. The Hours – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, PEN/Faulkner award
5. The Emperor of All Maladies – Pulitzer for Non-Fiction

2022 TBR Revival
Jan 1 - Mar 31 -- Theme: Book Award Winners/Nominees
Books Read: 5/5 ⭐️

✔️1) The Wife Between Us -- 1/7/22
✔️2) Gods of Jade and Shadow -- 1/9/22
✔️3) Here Comes the Sun -- 2/1/22
✔️4) Heads of the Colored People -- 2/4/22
✔️5) The Joy Luck Club -- 3/23/22

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Apr 1 - Jun 30 -- Theme: 5 Oldest Books on TBR
Books Read: 4/5 📚

✔️1) Eye of the Needle -- 5/29/22
✔️2) The Hunt for Red October -- 6/22/22
✔️3) Twilight -- 6/24/22
✔️4) Fragile Things -- 6/18/22
5) What Is the What --

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Jul 1 - Sept 30 -- Theme: One Word Titles
Books Read: 5/5 ⭐️

✔️1) Survivor -- 7/19/22
✔️2) Piranesi -- 8/8/22
✔️3) Queenie -- 8/23/22
✔️4) Nefertiti -- 8/26/22
✔️5) Bacchanal -- 9/5/22

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Oct 1 - Dec 31 -- Theme: 5 newest books on TBR
Books Read: 5/5 ⭐️

✔️1) The Probable Future -- 12/12/22
✔️2) Witches -- 12/3/22
✔️3) The Weight of Blood -- 11/22/22
✔️4) Upgrade -- 12/7/22
✔️5) As the Wicked Watch -- 10/21/22

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January - March
Theme: Read award winning books

Books read: 5/5
1. 2010: Odyssey Two - Jan 03
2. The Gambler - Jan 16
3. Ugursuz - Jan 29
4. Nausea - Feb 09
5. One Hundred Years of Solitude - Feb 17

July 1 - September 30
Theme: one word titles

Books read: 4/5
1. The Overcoat - Aug 01
2. Mirgorod - Aug 07
3. Zadig - Aug 07
4. Kon-Tiki - Aug 13

October - December
Theme: 5 newest books on your TBR. You can interpret this prompt anyway you want.

Books read: 5/5
1. Prašina - Oct 15
2. Bosansko kraljevstvo i Osmansko carstvo : - Oct 25
3. The Travels of Marco Polo - Oct 30
4. The Leopard - Nov 03
5. Castle - Nov 04

January 1-March 31
Theme: Read award winning books

Books read: 0/5
1. Graveyard book or Calculating Stars (Hugo)
2. This is How You Lose the Time War or A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking (Nebula)
3. Hamnet or Piranesi (Orange Prize)
4. Gilead or Overstory (Pulitzer)
5. Round House or Year of Magical Thinking or Floaters or Blessing the Boats (National Book Award)
6. Bud Not Buddy or Tale of Despereaux (Newberry)

April 1-June 30
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July 1 - September 30
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October 1 -December 31
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January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award winning books

Books read: 5/5
✔1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1962), The Keith Barker Millennium Children's Book Awards 'Children's Book of the Century', Retro Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (2001)1/1
✔2. Under the Whispering Door Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2021) 1/2
✔3. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2021), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2020), Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize Nominee for Fiction and Poetry (2021), YALSA's Teens' Top Ten Nominee (2021) 1/4
✔4. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Nominee for Shortlist (2021), Goodreads Choice Award for History & Biography (2021), The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (2021) 1/7
✔5. The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2021), Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2021) 1/10


April 1 - June 30
Theme: 5 oldest books on your TBR

Books read: 5/5
✔1. Discover USA's Best National Parks 5/22
✔2. 1,000 Places to See Before You Die 6/19
✔3. North American Railroads: The Illustrated Encyclopedia 6/22
✔4. Jefferson's Monticello 6/25
✔5. Hope for the Best 6/24


July 1 - September 30
Theme: One-word titles

Books read: 5/5
✔1. Piranesi 7/8
✔2. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks 7/17
✔3. Upgrade 7/20
✔4. Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery 7/25
✔5. Middlemarch 9/25


October 1 - December 31
Theme: Five newest books on your TBR

Books read: 5/5
✔1. City of Fortune (Pub 12/6/2022) 12/11
✔2. The World Record Book of Racist Stories (Pub 11/22/2022) 12/19
✔3. Peril in Paris (Pub 11/8/2022) 11/27
✔4. Nero: The Reluctant Emperor (Pub 11/8/2022) 12/17
✔5. Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story (Pub 11/1/2022) - 11/17

Q1 Theme: Read award winning books

Books read: 0/5
1. Firekeeper's Daughter (GR Choice - YA)
2. Hamnet (Women's Prize)
3. On Beauty (Women's Prize)
4. Reservoir 13 (Costa)
5. Tinkers (Pulitzer)

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January 1 - March 31
Award-Winning Books 5/5

1. Scythe: TIME's 100 Best YA Books of All Time January 2
2. Red, White & Royal Blue: 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards - Romance and Debut January 5
3. Educated: 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards - Memoir & Autobiography February 11
4. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer: Anthony Award - Best Critical/Nonfiction February 28
5. Daisy Jones & The Six: 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards - Historical Fiction March 15

July 1 - September 30
One Word Title 3/5
1. Renegades August 23
2. Archenemies August 30
3. Supernova September 4

Jan - March Award Winning Books
BOOKS READ 5/5

1.Midwives - New England Bookseller award for fiction. 1/9

2.The Lincoln Highway - GR Chice nominee-historical fiction 3/2

3.Windfallen -Romance novel of the year 2004 1/22

4.Ragtime - National Book Critic’s Circle 1975 2/7

5.The Lost Man - LA Times Book Prize nominee 2019 3/1

April 1 - June 30 5 oldest books on your TBR
Books read: 5/5

1. Antelope Woman 4/26
2. A School Teacher In Old Alaska: The Story Of Hannah Breece. 4/22
3.Say You're One of Them 4/25
4. The Bride's House 5/2
5. Half of a Yellow Sun 5/16

July -Sept: theme ONE WORD TITLE

BOOKS READ 5/5

1.China: The Novel 7/4

2. Monogamy 7/31

3. Kitchen 7/8

4. Snow 7/26

5. September 9/2

October-December NEWEST BOOKS ON TBR LIST
Books Read 5/5

1.When We Were Bright and Beautiful 10/3

2. The Midnight Library 10/22

3.The Love Season 10/2

4.Three Junes 10/16

5.Summer of '69 11/13

TBR Revival Challenge 2022

January 1 - March 31 Read award winning books
Books read: 5/5
✔1. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 1/3/22 - CWA Best Ever for Crime Novel 2013
✔2. We Were Liars 1/4/22 - Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction 2014
✔3. A Court of Mist and Fury 1/8/22 - Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction 2016
✔4. Gemina 1/13/22 - Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2016)
✔5. The Last Thing He Told Me 1/23/22 - Goodreads Choice Award for Mystery & Thriller 2021

April 1 - June 30 5 Oldest books on your TBR
Books read: 5/5
✔1. Last Wool and Testament by Molly MacRae 6/30/22
✔2. Clammed Up by Barbara Ross 4/17/22
✔3. Son by Lois Lowry 4/10/22
✔4. The Christmas Cookie Killer by Livia J. Washburn 5/29/22
✔5. Murder with Ganache by Lucy Burdette 5/28/22

July 1 - September 30 Books with a one word title
Books read: 5/5
✔1. Majesty by Katharine McGee 8/4/22
✔2. Noor by Nnedi Okorafor 8/26/22
✔3. Prodigy by Marie Lu 9/15/22
✔4. Malice by Heather Walter 9/17/22
✔5. Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen 9/22/22

October 1 - December 31 5 newest books on your TBR
Books read: 2/5
✔1. Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris
✔2. They Called Us Enemy by George Takei 10/8/22
✔3. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie 10/8/22
✔4. The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell 12/22/22
5. The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler

TBR Revival Challenge 2022

January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award winning books

Books read: 3/5
1. The Stranger (PEN Translation Prize) February 4
2. The Midnight Library (Goodreads Choice Award 2020) November 1
3. Funny Boy (Lambda Literary Award for Gay’s Men Fiction 1997)
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude (Premio Internacional de Novela Rómulo Gallegos 1972)
5. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Lewis Carroll Shelf Award 1962) January 20


April 1 - June 30
Theme: 5 oldest books on my TBR

Books read: 0/5
1. Funny Boy
2. The Great Gatsby
3. A Brief History of Time
4. 1984
5. The Diary of a Young Girl


July 1 - September 30
Theme: Books with a one word title

Books read: 0/5
1. Hiroshima
2. 1984
3. Siddhartha
4. Catch-22
5.Bossypants


October 1 -December 31
Theme:

Books read: 0/5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award winning books
Read: 11/5
1. The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss (Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, 2013; PEN Award for Biography, 2013)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jan 26

2. Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Oregon Book Award for Fiction, 1997)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Feb 9

3. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (National Book Award for Fiction, 1953)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Feb 17

4. How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisin (Locus Award for Best Collection, 2019; ALA Alex Award, 2019)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Feb 21

5. The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma (Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction, 2015; NAACP Image Award for Debut Author, 2016)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Feb 22

6. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album Reprint,2016; Cybils Award for Young Adult Graphic Novels, 2015)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Feb 25

7. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Indies Choice Book Award, 2007; ALA Alex Award, 2007)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Feb 28

8. Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson and Grace Ellis (Eisner Award for Best New Series & Best Publication for Teens, 2015)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mar 2

9. Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica (Premio Clarin de Novela, 2017; Ladies of Horror Fiction Award for Best Novel, 2020)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mar 3

10. Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow (National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 1975)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Mar 15

11. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (Pulitzer Prize for Novel, 1937; National Book Award for Novel, 1936)
⭐️ Mar 23


April 1 - June 30
Theme: 5 oldest books on TBR
4/5, 7/10
1. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy (April 5, 2017)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ May 12

2. Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table by Thomas Malory (April 5, 2017)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jun 5

3. The Arabian Nights by Anonymous (April 5, 2017)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jun 27

4. I Am What I Am by John Barrowman (April 22, 2017)

5. Spectacles by Sue Perkins (April 29, 2017)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Apr 6

6. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway (May 8, 2017)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sep 2

7. Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang (May 10, 2017)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Apr 15

8. Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert (May 19, 2017)
⭐️⭐️ Jun 29

9. Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley (May 20, 2017)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Apr 17

10. Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women by Susan Burton (May 22, 2017)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jul 2


July 1 - September 30
Theme: one word titles
7/5
1. Hooked: How Crafting Saved My Life by Sutton Foster
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jul 12
2. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jul 24
3. Neuromancer by William Gibson
⭐️⭐️ Jul 30
4. Columbine by Dave Cullen
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Aug 21
5. Middlemarch by George Eliot
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sep 1
6. Verity by Colleen Hoover
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sep 13
7. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Sep 21


October 1 - December 31
Theme: most recent (added since July 2022)
14/5
1. The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid (July 26, 2022)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Oct 5
2. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (July 6, 2022)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Oct 9
3. Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler (September 27, 2022)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Oct 17
4. Inferno by Dante Alighieri (August 2, 2022)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Oct 21
5. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 2: Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri (October 21, 2022)
⭐️⭐️ Oct 28
6. It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover (August 20, 2022)
⭐️⭐️ Nov 7
7. Paradiso by Dante Alighieri (October 21, 2022)
⭐️⭐️ Nov 8
8. Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin (July 23, 2022)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nov 9
9. The Removed by Brandon Hobson (November 1, 2022)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Nov 10
10. The Saga of the Swamp Thing: The Bronze Age, Vol. 3 by Martin Pasko (July 16, 2022)
⭐️ Nov 18
11. Desmond Gets Free by Matt Meyer Meyer (November 17, 2022)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dec 4
12. Saga, Volume 10 by Brian K. Vaughan (October 18, 2022)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dec 6
13. A Nation Under Our Feet, Book Two by Ta-Nehisi Coates (December 11, 2022)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dec 20
14. We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu (October 14, 2022)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dec 30

TBR Revival Challenge 2022

January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award winning books

Books read: 6/5
1. The Humans - Edgar Award Nominee
2. The New York Trilogy - Prix France Culture de Littérature Étrangère 1989
3. The Lido - WHS Thumping Good Read winner 2019
4.The Dutch House - 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (finalist)
5.The Weekend - Literary Fiction Book of the Year, ABIA Awards 2020 Australia
6. When Breath Becomes Air - 2016 Goodreads choice winner


April 1 - June 30
Theme: 5 oldest books on my TBR

Books read: 3/5
1. Island Beneath the Sea - finished 11 May
2. Maya's Notebook - finished - 06 June
3. Their Eyes Were Watching God - finished 03 July


July 1 - September 30
Theme: Books with a one word title

Books read: 6/5
1. Trio - finished 30 July
2. Commonwealth - finished 6 August
3. Americanah - finished 7 September
4. Hungry Grace Dent - finished 11 September
5. Once - finished 13 September
6. Dreamland - finished



October 1 - December 31
Theme: 5 newest books on TBR list

I'm going for any books that I've added TBR during 2022...

Books read: 2/5
1. Still Life- finished 23 October
2. The Girl with the Louding Voice - finished
3. Vinegar Girl
4. The Ink Black Heart
5.

TBR REVIVAL CHALLENGE 2022

January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award winning books

The following are nominees for the 2021-2022 Golden Sower Award in either the Chapter Book or Novel category. Thanks for being flexible with the definition of award winners. I rarely select a book because it won an award, but every year I try (and usually fail) to read all of the Golden Sower nominees.

Books Read: 9 of 5
Status: COMPLETED

1. Roll with It - 01/10/2022
2. Dragon Hoops - 01/25/2022
3. Verify - 01/26/2022
4. Wildfire - 02/08/2022
5. Count Me In - 02/12/2022
6. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise - 02/16/2022
7. Prairie Lotus - 03/24/2022
8. Run, Hide, Fight Back - 03/25/2022
9. Paul, Big, and Small - 03/30/2022

April 1 - June 30
Theme: 5 oldest books on TBR list

Yikes! So . . . there is no way I will be able to get through 5 books in 3 months, unless they are on audio. Thus, I went through my tags in Libby and found the oldest audiobooks tagged (based on release date, not the date tagged) to come up with the following list.

Books Read: 6 of 5
Status: COMPLETED

1. The Story of My Life - 06/02/2022
2. The Fire Next Time - 04/02/2022
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - 06/09/2022
4. Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux - 05/15/2022
5. Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family - 04/10/2022
6. Of Mice and Men - 04/13/2022
7. The Devil's Highway: A True Story - 07/01/2022 (SO CLOSE!)

July 1 through September 30
Theme: Books with a one word title

Wow! There are a lot more books with one word titles on my Goodreads To Read shelf than I would have imagined. Fortunately, there were already 5 tagged in Libby, so I will attempt those and fall back on the Goodreads list, if needed.

Books Read: 6 of 5
Status: COMPLETED

1 - Transcription by Kate Atkinson - 07/17/2022
2 - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman - 07/18/2022
3 - Stella by McCall Hoyle - 07/19/2022
4 - Twins by Varian Johnson - 07/22/2022
5 - Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth - 09/06/2022
6 - Becoming by Michelle Obama - 09/30/2022

October 1 - December 31
Theme: 5 newest books on TBR list

Hmm . . . I'm not sure how to best identify these, so I'll go with any books added to my TBR list in 2022 (regardless of the publication date) AND any books published in 2022 (regardless of how long I have been waiting for them). Of course, they'll have to be on audio.

Books Read: 5 of 5
Status: COMPLETED

1 - The Winners by Fredrik Backman - 10/12/2022
2 - The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman - 10/28/2022
3 - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher - 12/38/2022
4 - Odder by Katherine Applegate - 12/29/2022
5 - The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale by Philip Van Doren Stern -12/31/2022

January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award winning books

Books read: 1/5
1. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time Jan 2
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4.
5.

❄️☃️January - March☃️❄️
Theme: Read award winning books
Books read: 5/5
✔️[01/06] 1. Project Hail Mary (2021 Goodreads Choice Award - Science Fiction)
✔️[01/08] 2. The Midnight Library (2020 Goodreads Choice Award - Fiction)
✔️[01/16] 3. Malibu Rising (2021 Goodreads Choice Award - Historical Fiction)
✔️[02/28] 4. 1Q84 (2011 Goodreads Choice Award - Fiction)
✔️[02/25] 5. Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital (2013 National Book Critics Circle Award - Nonfiction)


🌷🌈April - June🌈🌷
Theme: Oldest books on my TBR
Books read: 5/5
✔️[05/01] 1. The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century
✔️[04/28] 2. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
✔️[05/29] 3. How the Post Office Created America: A History
✔️[04/11] 4. Chains
✔️[04/23] 5. The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness


🌞🐝July - September🐝🌞
Theme: Books with a one-word title
Books read: 5/5
✔️[08/08] 1. Binti
✔️[08/25] 2. Seveneves
✔️[08/11] 3. Emma
✔️[09/04] 4. Obsidian
✔️[08/13] 5. Piranesi


🍂🎃October - December🎃🍂
Theme: Newest books on my TBR (being flexible with this based on availability/library wait times)
Books read: 5/5
✔️[11/06] 1. A History of the World in 100 Objects
✔️[11/25] 2. The War of the Worlds
✔️[11/28] 3. The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
✔️[11/13] 4. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
✔️[10/09] 5. Golden Son

TBR Revival Challenge 2022

January - March
Theme: Read award winning books

Books Read: (1/5)


1. When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka (1/23/22) ☆☆☆☆
ALA Alex Award (2003)
Phoenix Award (2022)
2.
3.
4.
5.

Jan-March 2022 TBR Challenge
Award Winning Books
2/5
1. Crying in H Mart Goodreads Award for Memoir & NonFiction 2021 Read Jan 2022
2. Hell of a Book National Book Award for Fiction 2021 (READ)
3. The Song of Achilles Orange Prize for Fiction 2012 (READ)
4. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law ) Goodreads NonFiction Award 2021 (READ/DNF
5. Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York Goodreads Non Fiction Award 2021Read 03-16-22

April - June Theme: 5 oldest books on my TBR
2/5
1. The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
2. The End of the World Running Club]Read June 2022
3. Skin Lane by Neil Bartlett
4. Love in a Cold Climateby Nancy MitfordRead May 2022
5. Bleak House by Charles Dickens

July 1 - Sept 30 Theme: 5 one word title on my TBR 2/5

1. Falconer by John Cheever (READ) August 2022
2. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
3. Taste: My Life through Food by Stanley Tucci (READ) August 2022
4. Imago by Octavia E. Butler
5. Stoner by John Williams

BONUS: would be third reading but love so much Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Sept-Dec Challenge - newest TBR books 2/5

1. Suburban Hell by Maureen Kilmer Read Oct 2022 ***
2. The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias Read Oct 2022 *****
3. How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
4. The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz Read Nov 2022 ****
5. Maureen Rachel Joyce Read Nov 2022 *****

January - March Theme: Award Winning Books

Books read: 5/5
✔️ 1. The Once and Future Witches ⭐️⭐️⭐️ British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2021) 1/20/22
✔️ 2. When You Trap a Tiger ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature for Children's Literature (2021) 1/22/22
✔️ 3. The Poet X ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ National Book Award for Young People's Literature (2018) 2/1/22
✔️ 4. Eleanor & Park ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Georgia Peach Book Award (2014) 2/11/22
✔️ 5. A Little Life ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 - Kirkus Prize for Fiction (2015) 2/26/22

April - June Theme: 5 oldest books on my TBR

Books Read: 5/5
✔️ 1. House of Salt and Sorrows ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/02/22
✔️ 2. Scythe ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/10/22
✔️ 3. Dark Places ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/28/22
✔️ 4. To All the Boys I've Loved Before ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 6/08/22
✔️ 5. The Sound of Rain ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/4/22

July - September Theme: One Word Title

Books read: 5/5
✔️ 1. Finale ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 7/01/22
✔️ 2. Warcross ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 7/03/22
✔️ 3. Wildcard ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.25 7/08/22
✔️ 4. Prodigy ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 7/19/22
✔️ 5. Champion ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 7/23/22

October - December Theme: 5 newest books on TBR (to give this some structure, I'm going to do this by release date & if I already own/pre-ordered the book)

Books read: 5/5
✔️ 1. Carrie Soto Is Back ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 10/04/22
✔️ 2. The Final Gambit ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 10/26/22
✔️ 3. The Golden Enclaves ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 11/02/22
✔️ 4. It Starts with Us ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 11/22/22
✔️ 5. A Light in the Flame ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 12/01/22

January - March: Award Winning Books

1. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (06.01.22)
2. Die Gefährten (09.02.22)

April - June: 5 oldest books on your TBR

1. Launen der Zeit (02.06.22)

July - September: Books with a one word title

1. Violeta (26.07.22)

October - December: 5 newest books on your TBR

1. Der Papierpalast (05.10.22)
2. Spitzweg (14.10.22)
3. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (22.10.22)
4. The Fault in Our Stars (13.11.22)
5. Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (26.11.22)

January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award winning books

Books read: 5/5
1. Ninth House - 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards Fantasy winner
2. Eileen - 2016 PEN/Hemingway Award winner
3. Interior Chinatown - 2020 National Book Award for Fiction winner
4. Project Hail Mary - 2021 Goodreads Choice Awards Science Fiction winner
5.The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue - 2020 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy

April 1 - June 30
Theme: 5 oldest books on your TBR

Books read: 0/5
1. A Skinful of Shadows
2. Grimm's Fairy Tales
3. The Silver Chair
4. The Emerald City of Oz
5. Once Upon a River

January - March
Theme: Read award winning books

Books read: 2/5
****1. Dragonwings by Laurence Yep for our Newbery Club for January.
***2. The Wandering Earth by Liu Cixin
***3.A Wizard of Earthsea
****4. I Tell a Lie Every So Often by Bruce Clements, Nat'l Book Award
****5. Ramona and Her Father, Newbery for March.

April - June
Theme: 'oldest'

Books read: 5/5
1. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
2. The Best of Leigh Brackett
3. A Choice of Catastrophes
4. When Marnie Was There
5. Dominic


July - September
Theme: ?

Books read: 0/5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


October - December
Theme: ?

Books read: 0/5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

January - March
Read Award Winning Books

Books Read 0/3
1. Holes
2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
3. Anxious People

January - March
Read Award Winning Books

Books Read 0/3
1.
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3.

EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club
TBR Revival Challenge 2022
Duration: 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022

Progress: 5 out of 20 (5 - Reading Rockstar)

Welcome to the TBR Revival Challenge 2022! This challenge is for anyone looking for some extra motivation to get some books off their TBR!

How to keep score:
Comment on this thread with 5 books from your TBR that fit the current theme. When you've finished a book from your list check it off by adding the date you finished reading next to the title:

Books read: 1/3
1. Something Wicked This Way Comes
2. A Tale of Two Cities January 6
3. The Two Towers

To edit your challenge score/edit your comment:
1. Find your comment in the challenge thread. [Tip: Take note of the message number in the upper left corner when you first post your list]
2. On the bottom right of your comment, there should be four hyperlinks: "reply | edit | delete | flag". Select "edit".
3. Add your book read date per above instructions.
4. Click "edit post" once you are done.

Challenge dates:
This challenge will run all year with a different theme for each quarter.
Themes will be announced within the first week of the new quarter.

January 1-March 31: Read award winning books
April 1 - June 30
July 1 - September 30
October 1 -December 31

January-March:
1. Firelight by Kristen Callihan - ***** - 1/8/2022 - 372 Pages - RITA Award by Romance Writers of America Nominee for First Book (2013), Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) for Historical Fantasy/Paranormal (2012)
2. Neuromancer by William Gibson - *** - 1/13/2022 - 271 Pages - Hugo Award for Best Novel (1985)
3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - ***** - 1/24/2022 - 389 Pages - Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2017)
4. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 1/28/2022 - 880 Pages - All About Romance (AAR) Annual Reader Poll for Favorite "Other" Romance & Honorable Mention for Favorite Couple (1998)
5. The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski - ***** - 1/30/2022 - 352 Pages - Premio Ignotus for Mejor antología (2003), Tähtifantasia Award (2011)


April 1 - June 30
5 oldest books on your TBR
1. The Iliad by Homer
2. Aesop's Fables by Aesop
3. Antigone by Sophocles
4. Medea by Euripides
5. The Art of War by Sun Tzu

July 1 - September 30
Books with a one word title
1. Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker - ***** - 7/2/2022 - 280 Pages
2. Yearbook by Seth Rogen - ***** - 7/8/2022 - 260 Pages
3. Pawcasso by Remy Lai - ***** - 7/20/2022 - 240 Pages
4. Joust by Mercedes Lackey - ***** - 7/21/2022 - 448 Pages
5. Pachinko by Lee Min-jin - *** - 7/26/2022 - 490 Pages


October 1 - December 31
5 newest books on your TBR
1. The Museum of Failures by Thrity Umrigar
2. A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
3. JUDAS 62 by Charles Cumming
4. Long Past Dues (The Unorthodox Chronicles, #2) by James J. Butcher
5. Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends & Lattes, #0) by Travis Baldree

January 1 - March 31
Award Winning Books
1. Killers of the Flower Moon (Anthony Award 2018, Edgar Award 2018) 1/24
2. Homegoing (PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award 2017) 2/28
3. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (CWA Best Ever for Crime Novel 2013) 3/11
4. Artificial Condition (Hugo Award 2019) 3/21
5. The Ocean at the End of the Lane (Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel 2014) 3/25

April 1 - June 30
5 oldest books on your TBR
1. Sex and Sexuality in Stuart Britain 4/19
2. The Book of Lost Names 4/25
3. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 6/7
4. The Family Upstairs
5. The Passage

July 1 - September 30

October 1 -December 31

January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award winning books

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October 1 - December 31
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January 1 - March 31
Theme: Read award-winning books

Fiction: 10/10
1. Cress - Geffen Award, January 5
2. The Nickel Boys - Pulitzer Prize, January 16
3. Project Hail Mary - Goodreads Choice Award 2021, January 20
4. All the Light We Cannot See - Pulitzer Prize, January 23
5. Hamnet - Women's Prize for Fiction, January 26
6. The Color Purple - Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, February 4
7. Winter - Pacific Book Review Award for Best Young Adult, February 10
8. Raybearer - Andre Norton Award, March 10
9. Shutter Island - Barry Award, Anthony Award, Hammett Prize, March 25
10. Pachinko - Dayton Literary Peace Prize, March 27

Nonfiction: 5/5
1. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City - Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, Andrew Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction, January 19
2. Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street - Andrew Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction, Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, January 30
3. The Pale-Faced Lie - Spur Award for First Nonfiction Book, March 19
4. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction, March 20
5. Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction, March 30

April 1 - June 30
Oldest on TBR

Fiction 10/10
1. The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury - May 26
2. The Time Traveler's Wife - May 23
3. The Fault in Our Stars - June 12
4. The Goldfinch - May 4
5. Never Let Me Go - June 8
6. The Silver Linings Playbook - May 29
7. Me Before You - June 15
8. Beautiful Disaster - June 19
9. The lightening thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians - June 30
10. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies - June 22

Nonfiction 5/5
1. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change - June 13
2. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life - May 19
3. Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals - June 14
4. The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery - May 29
5. Magdalena: River of Dreams - June 23

July 1 - September 30
One Word Titles

Fiction 10/10
1. Beartown - July 15
2. Gallant - August 18
3. Seveneves - July 30
4. Fingersmith - July 11
5. Impulse - Sept 14
6. Moloka'i - Sept 28
7. Room - Sept 30
8. Neverwhere - July 9
9. Pride - Sept 10
10. Elektra - August 30

Nonfiction 5/5
1. Parkland - Sept 25
2. Me - July 17
3. Bossypants - Sept 21
4. Eleanor - Sept 11
5. Yearbook - Sept 11

Oct 1 - Dec 31
Newest on TBR

Fiction 10/10
1. The Violin Conspiracy - Oct 26
2. Always, in December - Nov 5
3. The Iliad - Nov 20
4. Middlesex - Nov 30
5. Across Five Aprils - Nov 30
6. Jubilee Trail - Dec 20
7. August: Osage County - Dec 20
8. The Hunt for Red October - Dec 24
9. Mycroft Holmes - Dec 30
10. Mycroft and Sherlock - Dec 31

Nonfiction 5/5
1. Corrections in Ink: A Memoir - Nov 5
2. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know - Nov 13
3. On Juneteenth - Nov 19
4. Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again - Dec 2
5. Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir - Dec 6

January - March: Read award winning books

Books Read: 4/5

1. People We Meet On Vacation Feb 21
2. Broken
3. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet Feb 7
4. The Spanish Love Deception Mar 18
5. The Final Girl Support Group Mar 28

April - June: 5 oldest books on your TBR

Books Read: 4/5

1. A Short History of Nearly Everything DNF
2. Vampire Academy Apr 13
3. Thirteen Reasons Why Apr 5
4. The Devil Wears Prada Apr 10
5. Adulthood Is a Myth May 2

July - September: Books with a one word title

Books Read: 5/5

1. Coraline September 15
2. You July 5
3. Verity July 27
4. Confess August 1
5. Layla September 13

October - December: 5 newest books on your TBR

Books read: 4/5

1. Homecoming October 5
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo November 16
3. Providence October 11
4. Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less DNF
5. Regretting You December 20

I have my own TBR list to follow, but I'll see how many I can fit from here too!

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January - March 5/5 Award Winners

1. The Cellist of Sarajevo (Evergreen Award 2009): read 1/16
2. Midnight at the Dragon Cafe (ALA Alex award 2006) read 1/25
3. Maus: Un survivant raconte, tome 1: Mon père saigne l'histoire (Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards 1992) read 1/26
4. Beneath the Lion's Gaze (Indies Choice Book of the Year Award in Adult Debut 2011) read 2/3
5. Graceling (Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2012) read 2/8

April-June 5/5 Oldest on TBR

1. The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Volume I read 6/12
2. The Light Princess read 6/21
3. Madame Bovary read 7/5
4. Bleak House read 7/19
5. The Comedy of Errors read 9/7

July-September 5/5 One Word Titles

1. Estranged read 7/8
2. Steelheart read 8/1
3. Mitosis read 8/2
4. Bellewether read 8/7
5. Firefight read 8/21
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October-December 5/5 Newest on TBR

1. Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas read 10/10
2. Goblin read 10/12
3. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches read 10/27
4. As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow read 11/30
5. The Upside of Falling read 12/15

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January - March
Theme: Read Award Winning Books

Books read: 5/5

1. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent January 6
Shortlisted for the 2014 Stella Prize, the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Guardian First Book Award. Won the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year, the Indie Awards Debut Fiction Book of the Year and the Victorian Premier’s People’s Choice Award. Also shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

2. The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden January 11
Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2018)

3. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles January 24
Finalist for the 2016 Kirkus Prize in Fiction & Literature; and International Dublin Literary Award nominee (2018 longlist).

4. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green February 4
MANY many awards... too much to list

5. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls February 18
Awards include the Christopher Award, the American Library Association's Alex Award (2006) and the Books for Better Living Award.

April - June
Theme: 5 Oldest Books on TBR

Books read: 0/5 Oops! Did not get to any of the books for the challenge this quarter.

July - September
Theme: One Word Title

Books read: 4/5
1. Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate August 19
2. Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore September 8
3. Breathless by Amy McCulloch September 15
4. Austenland by Shannon Hale September 30
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October - December
Theme: 5 Newest Books on TBR

Books read: 5/5
1. A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner October 3
2. A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow October 9
3. The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu October 16
4. The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan October 25
5. Crooked House by Agatha Christie October 29