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 Books with the highest ratings
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 the highest rated Books on your TBR

April 1 - June 30
Read 5 books set in the Past

July 1 - September 30
Read 5 books that were recommended or gifted to you

October 1 - December 31
Read 5 of the oldest books on your TBR

The First theme of 2023 is The Highest rated books on your TBR.

Tip - If you go to your "Want to Read" list here on Goodreads and click avg ratings at the top, it will automatically put them in order of highest to lowest rating.

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January - March: The Highest Rated books on my TBR
5/5

1. All These Things Shall Give Thee Experience: (4.56); read 1/4
2. Believing Christ: The Parable of the Bicycle and Other Good News: (4.51); read 1/12
3. Following Christ: The Parable of the Divers and More Good News: (4.47); read 1/23
4. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (4.46); read 2/24
5. Modernity and the Holocaust (4.42); read 2/1

I entered about 34 books from my TBR that were shortlisted to be (hopefully) read this year. I'm a bit surprised by the results, but I'm feeling good about this start!

April - June: Books Set in the Past 8/5

1. A Separate Peace; read 4/10
2. Things Fall Apart; read 4/15
3. Arrow of God; read 5/14
4. No Longer at Ease; read 5/17
5. Gilded; read 5/22
6. David Copperfield; read 6/15
7. The Near Witch; read 6/26
8. The Ash-Born Boy; read 6/26

July - September: Books gifted or recommended 13/5

1. Fires of Invention; read 7/2, won in a giveaway
2. Gears of Revolution; read 7/10, won in a giveaway
3. Embers of Destruction; read 8/18, won in a giveaway
4. Our Woman in Moscow; read 7/23, book group
5. Authentically Izzy; read 7/29, friend
6. Shadow and Bone; read 7/31, husband
7. Siege and Storm; read 8/2, husband
8. Ruin and Rising; read 8/6, husband
9. Six of Crows; read 8/16, husband
10. Crooked Kingdom; read 8/20, husband
11. The Curious Case of the Whispering Corpse: A Steampunk Fantasy Romance; read 8/22, friend
12. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich; read 8/23, husband
13. Candide; read 8/29, book group
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October - December: Oldest Books on my TBR 5/5
1. Moby-Dick or, The Whale; read 10/16
***If this book is on your TBR, do yourself a favor and remove it. You're welcome.
2. Don Quixote - DNF 11/1
3. Till We Have Faces - read 11/22
4. King John - read 11/29
5. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - read 12/4

I like this challenge. It helped me get through my TBR list last year.

January 1 - March 31
Read the highest rated Books on your TBR
5/5

✔︎1. I'm Glad My Mom Died (4.59) Mar 24
✔︎2. The Things We Cannot Say (4.51) Feb 5
✔︎3. The Keeper of Happy Endings (4.50) Feb 25
✔︎4. Reminders of Him (4.48) Mar 1
✔︎5. Looking for Jane (4.48) Jan 16

April 1 - June 30, 2023
Theme: Read books set in the past
5/5
✔︎ The Ten Thousand Doors of January Apr 25
✔︎2. Fayne June 26
✔︎3. Crying in H Mart May 9
✔︎4. The Diamond Eye May 2
✔︎5. Apples Never Fall May 3

July 1 -September 30, 2023
Read 5 books that were recommended or gifted to you
5/5
✔︎1. Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? July 10
✔︎2. A Wrinkle in Time Aug 12
✔︎3. A Million Junes Aug 6
✔︎ 4, Cassandra in Reverse July 16
✔︎5. Humankind: A Hopeful History Sept 28

October 1 - December 30, 2023
Theme: 5 oldest books on your TBR
This can be by publishing date or when you added it to your TBR.
5/5
✔︎1. The Art of Racing in the Rain Oct 30
✔︎2. Circe Dec 12
✔︎3. Small Great Things Oct 13
✔︎4. The Mistake I Made Dec 22
✔︎5. The Witch Elm Dec 31

TBR Revival Challenge 2023
January 1 - March 30, 2023
Theme: Highest Rated Books on TBR - 5/5 - Completed

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1. A World of Curiosities - 4.62 - 1/13/23
2. Finding Me - 4.59 - 1/18/23
3. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - 4.58 2/28/23
4. The Cartel - 4.55 - 3/13/23
5. Buckingham Runner 4.8 3/30/23 (hide spoiler)]

April 1 - June 30, 2023
Theme: Read books set in the past - 5/5 - Completed

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1. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd 4/2
2. Strangers on a Train 4/15
3. Anna Dressed in Blood 4/16
4. Flowers in the Attic 4/23
5. The Dirt on Ninth Grave 4/29 (hide spoiler)]

July 1 - September 30, 2023
Theme: Books that have been recommended or gifted to you! - 5/5 - Completed
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1. It Happened One Summer / Tessa Bailey 7/8/23 - REC
2. The Cuckoo's Calling / Robert Galbraith 7/13/23 - REC
3. The Silkworm / Robert Galbraith 7/19/23 - REC
4. The Battle of Jedha / George Mann 8/22/23 - recommended by friend on Goodreads
5. Shatter Me 9/3 - recommended by co-worker (hide spoiler)]


October 1 - December 30, 2023
Theme: 5 oldest books on your TBR
This can be by publishing date or when you added it to your TBR. - 4/5 -

1. The Child Finder 10/11/23
2. Seven Bones: Two Wives, Two Violent Murders, a Fight for Justice... 10/22/23
3. On the Come Up / Angie Thomas 10/25/23
4. Caraval 12/26/23
5.

Seveneves
Tales of Tinfoil: Stories of Paranoia and Conspiracy
In the Dark of the Night
A Respectable Trade
Even in Darkness
The Royal We
Kiss the Dead
The Day the Streets Stood Still
Big Little Lies
The Dead House
Perfect Match
The Girls in the Garden
The Passage
Conviction: The Murder Trial That Powered Thurgood Marshall's Fight for Civil Rights

❄️☃️January - March☃️❄️
Theme: Highest rated books on TBR
Books read: 5/5
✔️[01/29] 1. The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
✔️[03/16] 2. When We Were Brave
✔️[02/10] 3. Hell Bent
✔️[03/29] 4. The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
✔️[02/03] 5. 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz


🌷🌈April - June🌈🌷
Theme: Books set in the past
Books read: 5/5
✔️[05/02] 1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
✔️[05/17] 2. The Bluest Eye
✔️[05/08] 3. The Poisonwood Bible
✔️[05/14] 4. High School
✔️[06/10] 5. The Master and Margarita


🌞🐝July - September🐝🌞
Theme: Recommended/gifted books
Books read: 5/5
✔️[08/14] 1. The Color of Magic
✔️[08/07] 2. The Death of Ivan Ilych
✔️[07/09] 3. Heart-Shaped Box
✔️[08/10] 4. Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, But You Can Read Them Too
✔️[07/19] 5. The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language


🍂🎃October - December🎃🍂
Theme: Oldest books on TBR
Books read: 5/5
✔️[11/26] 1. Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
✔️[11/12] 2. Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes Fools of Us All
✔️[10/19] 3. Musashi
✔️[11/06] 4. Tai-Pan
✔️[11/20] 5. Gai-Jin

January - March Theme: Highest rated books on my TBR.


Books read: 4/5

1. Six of Crows (4.49) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Paper Planes and Other Things We Lost (4.29) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. Howl’s Moving Castle (4.29) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. Strange the Dreamer (4.29) -
5. An Ember in the Ashes (4.26) - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️



April - June Theme: Books set in the past.

Books read: 5/5

1. A Study in Charlotte - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Breathe, Annie, Breathe - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. The Salem Witch Tryouts - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. Spirit Bound - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. Beastly Bones - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5



July - September Theme: Books that were recommended or gifted to you.

Books read: 3/5

1. Summer Days and Summer Nights: Twelve Love Stories - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
2. Eragon - ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
3. Wintergirls - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

January 1-March 31 Books with the highest ratings
Books read: 5/5

√1. The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row (4.64) 1/27
√2. Every Day Is a Gift: A Memoir (4.58) 1/23
√3. Defying Jihad: The Dramatic True Story of a Woman Who Volunteered to Kill Infidels—and Then Faced Death for Becoming One (4.57) 1/16
√4. Demon Copperhead (4.57) 2/17
√5. Plan for the Worst (4.55) 2/23

April 1 - June 30 Books set in the past
Books read 5/5

√1. Treasure Island 4/6
√2. Homecoming 4/8
√3. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison 4/11
√4. By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners 4/15
√5. Murder on Bedford Street 5/4

July 1 - September 30 Books that were recommended or gifted to you
Books read 5/5

√1. Take My Hand 7/6
√2. Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod 7/2
√3. Wool 8/6
√4. The Golem and the Jinni 8/14
√5. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 7/8

October 1 -December 31: 5 oldest books on your TBR
Books read 5/5
√1. The Victory Garden 12/24
√2. Doing Time 12/26
√3. The President Is Missing 12/7
√4. Next Year in Havana 12/16
√5. The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire 12/12

January 1 - March 31
0/5

1. The Grand Gypsy: A Memoir
2. I'm Glad My Mom Died
3. The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
4. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
5. The Sandman Vol. 10: The Wake

April 1 - June 31
2/5

1. The Sun Also Rises
2. The Call of the Wild
3. I'm Glad My Mom Died
4. Stonewall
5. Into the Wild

July 1st - September 30th
0/5

1. Blacksad
2. The Long Walk
3. Father and I Were Ranchers
4.
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October 1st - December 31st
1/5

1. LSD: My Problem Child – Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science
2. The Marijuana Chronicles
3. To the Elephant Graveyard : A True Story of the Hunt for a Man-Killing Indian Elephant 11/25
4. Heart of a Lion: A Lone Cat’s Walk Across America
5. Armada

Most of my Goodreads TBR are so I can remember what I want to look for in the future, so I don't own most of them. Also, I do own some, but don't have them currently accessible to me, so I included alternatives if I can't get a hold of them.

Original highest rated, owned:
1. van Beeck - God Encountered (systematic theology) *5
2. *Tyr pagan mythology/culture magazine, vol. 3 *4.62
3. Bavinck - Our Reasonable Faith (dogmatics) *4.57
4. Audre Lorde - The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle... *4.54
5. *Harvard Classics editions, vol. 25 (1905) *4.46

Alts highest rated, owned:
1. *Tyr pagan mythology/culture magazine, vol. 2 *4.50
2. *Vermillion Gate *4.45
3. *Patricia Hill Collins - Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory *4.43
4.1. St. John of the Cross Ascension of Mt. Carmel *4.41
4.2. Charles W. Mills The Racial Contract *4.37
5.1. Rod Dreher - Live Not By Lies *4.37
5.2. Jesmyn Ward - Fire This Time *4.36

Mostly the highest rated on my spirited TBR I own are nonfiction/religious studies/feminist theory/race theory/sociology. Starred selections are ones I'm definitely sure I have accessible.

January 1 - March 31
Highest Rated Books on TBR

2/5

1. Sideland (4.55)
✔ 2. Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World (4.53) - January 17 - ★★★★★
3. The Name of the Wind (4.52)
✔ 4. The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids (4.46) - March 31 - ★★
5. Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men (4.44)

Options in case I'm unable to get any of the previous books:
Las dos muertes (4.43)
Persona normal (4.41)



April 1 - June 30
Books set in the past

1/5

✔ 1. Daisy Jones & The Six - April 29 - ★★★



July - September
5 books that have been recommended or gifted to you!

5/5

✔ 1. La Chica de Nieve - July 8 - ★★★★
✔ 2. Normal People - July 17 - ★
✔ 3. Grandes esperanzas - August 10 - ★★★★
✔ 4. La chica que soñaba con un cerillo y un galón de gasolina - August 28 - ★★★★
✔ 5. Monday's Not Coming - September 16 - ★★★★



October - December
Read 5 of the oldest books in your TBR

1. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies
2. Hollow City
3. The Shining Girls
4. The Zombie Combat Manual: a Guide to Fighting the Living Dead
5. Ruby Red

Runner ups: Someone Could Get Hurt, Love is Strange

January 1 - March 31
Highest Rated Books on TBR
5/5
1. Know My Name 4.72, March 11
2. The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row 4.64, Feb 19
3. A Court of Mist and Fury 4.63, March 27
4. I'm Glad My Mom Died 4.56, March 29
5. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents 4.54, Jan 15
6. The Daughter of Auschwitz: A Memoir 4.54, March 29
7. 999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz 4.53, Jan 2

April 1 - June 30
Set in the Past
5/5
1. Lone Women April 5
2. Carnegie's Maid April 5
3. Horse April 15
4. Hang the Moon April 18
5. Lincoln in the Bardo April 21
6. The Midnight Assassin: Panic, Scandal, and the Hunt for America's First Serial Killer April 22
7. Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend April 23

July 1 - September 30
Books Recommended
5/5
1. Iona Iverson's Rules for Commuting July 11
2. Remarkably Bright Creatures July 15
3. The Kind Worth Killing July 19
4. The Forest of Vanishing Stars July 22
5. Before We Were Yours Aug 2
6. Demon Copperhead Aug 6
7. In Five Years Aug 14

October 1 - December 31
Oldest books on TBR

January 1 - March 31
The Highest Rated Books on my TBR
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Books read 1/5

1. A Light in the Flame(4.56)
2. A Shadow in the Ember(4.49)
3. The Final Empire(4.47)
4. Where the Crawdads Sing(4.42) January 6
5. Love and Other Words(4.34)
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April 1 - June 30
Books set in the past
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July 1 - September 30
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I’m hoping I will be more successful this year 😂

January 1 - March 31
Read the highest rated Books on your TBR

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January -March Books with the highest ratings

Books Read 5/5

1.Americanah 1/26
2.The Japanese Lover 2/21
3.Fall of Giants 2/11
4.The Orphan's Tale 2/17
5.Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption 3/2

April-June. Books set in the past
Books read 5/5

Winter of the World 4/18
The Circus Train 4/26
Tidelands 5/5
Hour of the Witch 4/16
The Bluest Eye 4/23

July-September 5 books that have been recommended or gifted to you!
5/5

1. Lessons in Chemistry 7/25
2. The Shell Seekers 7/16
3. The Country Guesthouse 7/13
4. Nantucket Wedding 8/4
5. The Boys in the Boat 8/5

October-December .. 5 oldest books on your TBR

Completed 5/5

1The Switch 10/10
2 Amsterdam 10/15
3 Shalimar the Clown 10/21
4 The Coincidence of Coconut Cake 10/21
5 Silver Bay 10/29

January-March: Books with the highest ratings
Books read: 5/5

1. The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness February 22
2. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder March 17
3. Love and Other Words February 13
4. How to Win Friends & Influence People March 12
5. The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery February 4

April-June: Books set in the past
Book read: 5/5

1. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children May 24
2. The Bell Jar April 10
3. Flowers in the Attic May 28
4. Beneath a Scarlet Sky May 20
5. Never Let Me Go April 7

July-September: 5 books that have been recommended or gifted to you
Books read: 5/5

1. Six of Crows September 8
2. Twisted Love July 20
3. Belladonna July 15
4. The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read September 29
5. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms August 27

October-December: 5 oldest books on your TBR
Books read: 5/5

1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! December 24
2. Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat October 3
3. Poirot and Me December 16
4. Bad Behavior October 28
5. Lemony Snicket, the Unauthorized Biography December 18

TBR Revival Challenge 2023
January 1 - March 31 Read the highest rated Books on your TBR
Books read 5/5
1 Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang 4.53 stars 2/21/23
2 Eyes that Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho 4.62 stars 3/5/23
3 Watercress by Andrea Wang 4.54 stars 3/5/23
4 The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones 4.62 stars 3/29/23
5 White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad 4.58 stars 4/3/23

April 1 - June 30 Books set in the past
Books read 5/5
1 Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee 4/3/23
2 The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 4/7/23
3 The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka 4/13/23
4 The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 4/17/23
5 At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen 4/20/23

July 1 - September 30 5 books that have been recommended or gifted to you
Books read 5/5
1 Egg Drop Dead by Vivien Chien 8/21/23
2 Spirited Away, Volume 1 by Hayao Miyazaki 9/4/23
3 Spirited Away, Volume 2 by Hayao Miyazaki 9/30/23
4 The Tea Dragon Festival by Kay O'Neill 9/30/23
5 In Real Life by Cory Doctorow 9/30/23

October 1 - December 31 Read 5 of the oldest books on your TBR
Read 4/5
1 Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris 10/25/23
2 Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 10/31/23
3 Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan
4 Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld 10/28/23
5 Soulless by Gail Carriger 10/15/23

This is my first challenge with the group!

January 1 - March 31
The Highest Rated Books on my TBR
Books read: 2/5

✔️1. Aranyak: Of the Forest 4.62 25/1/23
2. The Nightingale 4.60
3. The Heart's Invisible Furies 4.50
✔️4. In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom 4.48 15/1/23
5. The Man Who Died Twice 4.42

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Tori wrote: "The First theme of 2023 is The Highest rated books on your TBR.

Tip - If you go to your "Want to Read" list here on Goodreads and click avg ratings at the top, it will automatically put them in o..."

Hey Tori, does the number of reviewers matter? I have some 5 stars books in my TBR, but they have 1-2 reviewers so I don't think that counts

Love this challenge - great way to finally get my TBR list down a bit!

January 1 - March 31
Read the highest rated books on your TBR

5/5
1. The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah - finished 22 January
2. A Dutiful Boy, Mohsin Zaidi - finished 22 February
3. A Gentleman in Moscow: A NovelAmor Towles - finished 1 March
4. Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi - finished 11 March
5. More Than a Woman, Caitlin Moran - finished 25 March

April 1 - June 30
Read books set in the past

7/5
1. The Wonder, Emma Donoghue - finished 3 April
2. The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead finished
3. The Heart's Invisible Furies, John Boyne finished 14 May
4. The Red Pony, John Steinbeck
5. Malibu Rising, Taylor Jenkins Reid finished 3 June
6. The Informant, Andrew Rosenheim, finished 19 June
7. The Forgotten Garden, Kate Morton finished 8 July

July 1 - September 30
5 books that have been recommended or gifted to you!

5/5
The Dazzle of the Light, Georgina Clarke finished 5 August
Oh William!, Elizabeth Strout finished 8 August
The Power, Naomi Alderman finished 18 August
To Paradise, Hanya Yanagihara, finished 24 September
Small Pleasures, Clare Chambers

October 1 - December 31
5 of the oldest books on your TBR list

4/5
Home to Big Stone Gap, Adriana Trigiani - finished 24 November
The Moon Is Down, John Steinbeck, finished 29 November
A Death in the Family, Karl Ove Knausgård
In the Unlikely Event, Judy Blume, finished 30 December

2023 TBR Revival Challenge

Jan 1 - Mar 31 Theme: Books with the highest ratings
Progress: 5/5⭐️

1. Demon's Dream: An Unexpected Love (4.87) - 1/24/23
2. Heartbreak U (4.80) - 2/12/23
3. Black Saint (4.73) - 3/5/23
4. He Who Is a Friend (4.72) - 2/11/23
5. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (4.63)
5. In Covenant with Ezra (4.62) - 3/22/23

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Apr 1 - Jun 30 Theme: Books set in the past
Progress: 4/5

1. Saint Monkey - 6/7/23
2. Conjure Women - 6/19/23
3. A Master of Djinn - 6/21/23
4. Heavy - 6/27/23
5. Moloka'i - 7/9/23

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Jul 1 - Sep 30 Theme: Books that were recommended or gifted
Progress: 5/5⭐️

1. Uptown Thief - 8/3/23
2. Cuffing Season - 8/10/23
3. The Rage of Dragons - 8/20/23
4. The House Girl - 9/14/23
5. Where There's Smoke - 9/29/23

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Oct 1 - Dec 31 Theme: Oldes Books on TBR
Progress: 5/5⭐️

1. Gemini - 10/7/23
2. Landline - 10/11/23
3. Divine Justice - 10/15/23
4. I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem - 10/19/23
5. Wench - 10/27/23

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January 1-March 31 Books with the highest ratings
1. Archy and Mehitabel
2. The Persistence of Vision
3. The Moment of Lift
4. King Beetle-Tamer and Other Lighthearted Wonder Tales
5. Princess in Disguise

April 1 - June 30 Set in the Past
0ops. Somehow missed this altogether. The only books from TBR that I read were Star Trek.

July 1 - September 30 - recommended or gifted to you.
Well. Easy if I just keep reading the Star Trek books that my brother gave me. Impossible if I don't, as I never get gifts and very seldom get rec's.
1. A Fury Scorned
2. Infiltrator
3. Possession
4. Rogue Saucer
5. The Death of Princes

October 1 -December 31

January - March Theme: Highest rated Books on my TBR
*Excluding starting any long series at this point in time*

Books read: 5/5
✔️1. A Court of Mist and Fury (4.62)⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️2. All My Rage (4.57) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️3. The Things We Cannot Say (4.51) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️4. The Help (4.47) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️5. I Must Betray You (4.44) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


April - June Theme: Books set in the past

Books read: 5/5
✔️1. The It Girl ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
✔️2. Fight Club ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️3. Tuck Everlasting ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️4. An Offer From a Gentleman ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️5. Romancing Mister Bridgerton ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5


July - September Theme: Books that were recommended or gifted to you

Books read: 5/5
✔️1. Heart of the Sun Warrior ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️2. My Darling Girl ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
✔️3. Malice ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️4. A House with Good Bones ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
✔️5. A Soul of Ash and Blood ⭐️⭐️⭐️


October - December Theme: 5 oldest books on your TBR

Books read: 0/5
1. Behind Closed Doors
2. Every Breath
3. Middlegame
4. Strange the Dreamer
5.Little Secrets

⭐️ January - March Theme: Highest rated Books on my TBR

For this challenge I allowed myself to adjust it. I just chose the books I allready own and will not read books that come later in a series that I havent started yet :)

Progress: 4/5

✔️1. I'm glad my mom died (Jeanette McCurdy)
✔️2. Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir) 24.01.23
3. The body keeps the score (Bessel van der Kolk)
✔️4. The final Empire (Brandon Sanderson)
✔️5. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Read)




⭐️April - June Theme: Books set in the past

Progress 5/5 Finished on 30th of April

✔️1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)
✔️2. Elfie Season 1 (Gabrielle Dubois)
✔️3. Crying in H Mart (Michelle Zauner
✔️4. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Shannon Chakraborty)
✔️5. Treasure Island



🐝 July - September Theme: Recommended/gifted books

Progress 5/5 *finished end of august*

✔️1. The City of Brass
✔️2. The Push
✔️3. A Dowry of Blood
✔️4. The Poppy War
✔️5. The Silent Patient




October-December: Read the oldest books on your TBR

Progress: 1/5

1. The Haunting of Hill House
2.
3.
4.
5.

January 1 - March 31
Read the highest rated Books on your TBR

3/5
1. A Wild and Precious Life 2/8
2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
3. The Hate You Give 1/25
4. In the Dream House 4/18
5. Where the Crawdads Sing 1/16

April 1 - June 30
Read books set in the past

4/5
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
2. Treasure Island 5/14
3. The Sun Also Rises 5/21
4. Catch-22 4/26
5. The Secret of the Old Clock 5/1

July 1 - September 30
Read 5 books that were recommended or gifted to you

2/5
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 11/1
2. Taste: My Life through Food 8/30
3. Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister 11/23
4. The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts 9/17
5. Best Poems of Stevie Smith 10/18

October 1 -December 31
The oldest books

2/5
1. The Art of War 11/15
2. I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 10/6
3. Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey
4. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
5. Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943

January to March : highest rated Books on your TBR
Books: 2/5

1. The Wall (4.69)
✔ 2. Sweep of the Heart (4.65) - 15 Jan
3. The Way of Kings (4.65)
4. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (4.63)
✔ 5. The Winners (4.54) - 07 Feb



April to June : Read books set in the past
Books: 4/5

✔ 1. The Haunting of Maddy Clare - 08 May
✔ 2. Murder in Little Italy - 11 May
✔ 3. A Place of Execution - 01 Jun
✔ 4. The Red Palace - 08 Jun
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Books: 0/5

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January 1 - March 31: Highest Rated Books on your TBR
Books read: 0/5

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 4.62
2. Remarkably Bright Creatures 4.47
3. The Daylight Thief 4.47
4. Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard 4.44
5. The Song of Achilles 4.37

January 1 - March 31
The Highest Rated Books on my TBR
(I excluded first books in a series, unpublished books, and books not readily available to me)
✔️ 1. Don't Forget Us Here 4.66
2. Braiding Sweetgrass 4.57
✔️3. Stamped from the Beginning 4.55
4. Gone: A search for what remains of the world's extinct creatures 4.52
5. The Bullet That Missed 4.47

Yes, this seems fun

apr-jun
1. De orchideeentuin 5/4
2. De 100 jarige man 22/4
3. De partizaan
4. de kunst van het liegen 4/5
5.

jan-mar: reading rockstar!
1. Het labyrint der geesten-24/3
2. Project Hail Mary - 8/2
3. A Game of Thrones - dnf because did not like it. Then tried tv series, also did not make it to the end of season 1. Not my thing.
4. Aan het einde van de wereld - 11/2
5. De nachtroos - 5/2

Adriana wrote: "Tori wrote: "The First theme of 2023 is The Highest rated books on your TBR.

Tip - If you go to your "Want to Read" list here on Goodreads and click avg ratings at the top, it will automatically ..."

No, one of my highest rated ones has hardly any reviews too. If you want to exclude it you can, what matters is that you read a book from your TBR!

🩹 TBR Revival Challenge - Yearly Challenge 🩹
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2023

🩹 Books read: 20/20 🩹 - 📚🎸☆

January – March
Theme: The highest rated books on my TBR-List
Excluded Rhythm of War because I want to re-read the entire series closer to when the last book comes out

Books read: 5/5 - 📚🎸☆

1. I'm Glad My Mom Died (4.59) ✔️25.01.23
2. Project Hail Mary (4.52) ✔️ 31.03.23
3. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (4.52) ✔️16.02.23
4. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood (4.49) ✔️07.03.23
5. Homegoing (4.47) ✔️ 30.03.23



April - June
Theme: Books set in the past

Books read: 5/5 - 📚🎸☆

1. Anne of Green Gables (1880's) ✔️ 01.04.23
2. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Victorian era) ✔️ 08.04.23
3. Treasure Island and The Ebb-Tide (mid-18th century) ✔️ 18.04.23
4. Daisy Jones & the Six (20th century) ✔️ 04.05.23
5. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (1942+) ✔️ 26.05.23



July - September
Theme: 5 books that have been recommended or gifted to you

Books read: 5/5 - 📚🎸☆

1. Cloud Cuckoo Land (recommended) ✔️ 31.07.23
2. The Underground Railroad (gifted) ✔️ 12.07.23
3. Klara and the Sun (recommended) ✔️ 15.08.23
4. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (recommended) ✔️ 30.07.23
5. The Remains of the Day (gifted) ✔️ 21.08.23



October - December
Theme: Read 5 of the oldest books on your TBR

Books read: 5/5 - 📚🎸☆

1. Pride and Prejudice (longest on my tbr) ✔️26.11.23
2. Romeo and Juliet (oldest books on my tbr) ✔️18.11.23
3. Norse Mythology (longest on my tbr)✔️26.12.23
4. Brave New World (longest on my tbr)✔️26.12.23
5. Frankenstein (oldest books on my tbr) ✔️19.11.23



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TBR Revival Challenge

January - March
Highest Rated (I'll count anything above 4.5)
3/5

1. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (4.52)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ January 30
2. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (4.56)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ February 7
3. Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie (4.58)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ February 8
4. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones (4.63)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ February 27
5.

TBR Revival Challenge 2023: It really is the thought that counts!
Reading Goal: 0/1

January 1 - March 31, 2023
Theme: Highest Rated Books on TBR*
1. The Anthem Guide to Short Fiction by Christopher Linforth (5)
2. Eros Visible: Art, Sexuality and Antiquity in Renaissance Italy by James Grantham Turner (5)
3. Observations Made During the Epidemic of Measles on the Faroe Islands in the Year 1846 by Peter Ludwig Panum (5)
4. Kikasete yo, Ai no Kotoba o by Sei Takenaka (4.86)
5. Jellybean the Dragon by Elias Zapple (4.84)

April 1 - June 30, 2023
Theme: TBR* Books Set in the Past**
1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
2. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
3. Zorro by Isabel Allende
4. The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
5. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

(view spoiler)[July 1 - September 30, 2023
Theme: n/a

October 1 - December 31, 2023
Theme: n/a (hide spoiler)]
*My TBR is my "currently-reading" Good Reads shelf as it has 600+ books on it and I should try and dwindle that.
**I am not sure how many books in my TBR are recounting their stories within themselves but I will try to find as many that stay in the past.

January 1-March 31 Books with the highest ratings 5/5

1. The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden 4.59 3.9.23 *****
2. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 4.60 Completed 1.25.23 ****
3. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy 4.58 Completed 1.19.23 ***
4. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver 4.57 Completed 1.25.23 ****
5. Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon 4.55 2.6.23 ****





April 1 - June 30 Books set in the past 5/5

1. The Last Blue by Isla Morley 4.1.23 *****
2. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 4.8.23 ****
3. Blood And Gold by [aut[author:Stephenie Meyer|941441]hor:Anne Rice|7577] 4.21.23 ****
4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 5.10.23 ****
5. The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer 6.15.23 *****



July 1 - September 30 5/5
Read 5 books that were recommended or gifted to you

1. The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks 7.14.23 ****
2. The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner 7.21.23 ****
3. Homecoming by Kate Morton 7.25.23 *****
4. Trust by Hernan Diaz 8.1.23 ****
5. Deacon King Kong by James McBride 8.15.23 ***



October 1 - December 31
Read 5 of the oldest books on your TBR 5/5
1. Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz 10.12.23 *****
2. The Host by Stephenie Meyer 10.15.23 ****
3. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena 10.30.23 ****
4. The Passage by Justin Cronin 11.12.23 *****
5. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown 11.17.23 *****

Quarterly challenge

5 books with highest ratings
1. ✅ Revolutionary Love, Cass Scotka
2. ✅ Beside Golden Irish Fields, Ava Miles
3. The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson
4. The Magic of Mina Lima
5. ✅ Beyond the wand, Tom Felton- Loved this book, could not stop reading it!

TBR Revival Challenge

January 1-March 31: Books with the highest rating

1. How the Word is Passed
2. Know My Name
3. Fighting Words

April 1-June 30

1.
2.
3.

July 1-September 30

1.
2.
3.

October 1-December 31

1.
2.
3.

2023Q1:

The World from Yesterday
A Capote Reader
Lilith‘s Brood

January 1 - March 31
Read the highest rated Books on your TBR:
1. The Portable Dorthy Parker
2. Gone with the Wind
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
4. And Then There Were None
Total 0/5

April 1-June30
Books set in the past:
✔️1. The God of Small Things
2. North and South
3. Jo's Boys
✔️4. The Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret
5. Dear Enemy
Total 2/5

July1-September30
Books that were recommended or gifted to you
1. Right-Wing Woman
2. The Price of Salt
3. Pornography (Men Possessing Women)
4. Intercourse
5. Castle Rackrent
Total 0/5

January 1 - March 31: Read the highest rated Books on your TBR

I'm only considering short-listed books aka from my 2023 tbrs :)
Read: 0/5
1. The Last Question 4.56
2. Project Hail Mary 4.52
3. Skyward 4.49
4. Mysteries of Thorn Manor 4.48
5. Blood Song 4.42

Extra: 0/2
4. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas 4.38
5. El Aleph 4.35

January 1-March 31 Books with the highest ratings
Books read: 1/5
1. Finansowa Forteca
2. The Complete Maus
3. Chrobot. Życie najzwyklejszych ludzi świata
4. Tyle miłości nie może umrzeć March 23
5. Stąd. 150 drzwi pod jednym adresem

April 1 - June 30 Books set in the past
Books read 1/5
1. The Flames: A Novel September 27
2. Pachinko
3. Middlemarch
4. The Years
5. The Unbearable Lightness of Being

July 1 - September 30 Books recommended to me
Books read 0/5
1. The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed
2. Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
3. Circe
4. Girl, Woman, Other
5. A Short History of Nearly Everything

October 1 -December 31 The oldest book on the list
Books read 1/5
1. Memoirs of a Geisha
2. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
3. The Secret History
4. The Anthropocene Reviewed
5. The Spanish Love Deception October 20

January 1 - March 31
Read the highest rated Books on your TBR

I'm skipping a bunch from the top, mostly because they have high average ratings but very few ratings, so they don't really seem to fit the theme, and a few for other reasons. But these are all from quite high up the list, anyway. There's no way I'll read them all in the next two and a half months lol.

1) The Green Mile by Stephen King (4.47)
2) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (4.39)
3) The Godfather by Mario Puzo (4.38)
4) Still Alice by Lisa Genova (4.32)
5) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (4.31)

January - March: Books with the highest ratings
(5/5)

20th January: Die zwei Türme (4.47)
21st January: Dudette (4.69)
29th January: Die Wiederkehr des Königs (4.55)
30th January: STRANGER THINGS: Das offizielle Begleitbuch – ein NETFLIX-Original: Die andere Seite von Stranger Things (4.49)
25th March: Der Junge, der Maulwurf, der Fuchs und das Pferd. Eine bewegte Geschichte: Ein Buch, so schön wie eine Umarmung (4.6)



April - June: Books set in the past (5/5)

17th April: Jane Eyre (19th century)
23rd April: Goldstein (1931)
1st June: Der denkwürdige Fall des Mr Poe (1830)
10th June: City of Girls* (1940s)
28th June: The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald (1925)



July - September: Books that were recommended or gifted (5/5)

29th July: Paradise Garden
25th August: Going Zero
31st August: Daisy Jones and The Six
9th September: Gittersee
22nd September: Drifter
(not sure if these count, but they were copies i got sent by the publishers for free, so I could read them and recommend them to customers)



October - December: 5 oldest books on your TBR (4/5)

31st October: Tales of Horror (a collection of short stories published in the 1830s and 40s)
10th November: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
28th November: Anne of Avonlea (1909)
12th December: Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.(1973)

January-March

Books read: 1

1. I’m glad my mom died (finished 1/23/2023)
2. The love songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
3. Dear senthuran: a black spirit memoir
4. Ace: what asexuality reveals about desire, society, and the meaning of sex
5. The chaos machine: the inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world


Classic disclaimer that these are not the five HIGHEST rated books on my want to read list, but they are all well rated. They also happen to be books I already own which will make this easier.

Tori wrote: "The First theme of 2023 is The Highest rated books on your TBR.

Tip - If you go to your "Want to Read" list here on Goodreads and click avg ratings at the top, it will automatically put them in o..."

Hi Tori - i don't know if anyone else is having this issue but when I click avg ratings on my Want to Read list - Goodreads does not put them in order. I tried on Chrome and I tried on Safari - and got same result. Am I doing something wrong? Joe

Brooklyn wrote: "Tori wrote: "The First theme of 2023 is The Highest rated books on your TBR.

Tip - If you go to your "Want to Read" list here on Goodreads and click avg ratings at the top, it will automatically ..."

Yes, I have the same issue. Some books aren't in order. For the most part they get sorted, but there are some stragglers. Weird.

EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club
TBR Revival Challenge 2023
Duration: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023

Progress: 15 out of 20

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:

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 Books with the highest ratings
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: Books with the highest rating

1. A Christmas Memory by Richard Paul Evans - ***** - 1/30/2023 - 192 Pages - 4.65
2. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - ***** - 3/8/2023 - 476 Pages - 4.52
3. The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni - ***** - 2/27/2023 - 448 Pages - 4.41
4. Verity by Colleen Hoover - ***** - 1/24/2023 - 341 Pages - 4.37
5. Dark Skye by Kresley Cole - ***** - 3/1/2023 - 420 Pages - 4.29


April 1-June 30: Read books set in the past

1. How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe  by Thomas Cahill - ** - 4/3/2023 - 246 Pages
2. Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce - ***** - 4/9/2023 - 352 Pages
3. No Land's Man by Aasif Mandvi - **** - 4/13/2023 - 192 Pages
4. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - ***** - 4/15/2023 - 352 Pages
5. Round Robin by Jennifer Chiaverini - **** - 4/18/2023 - 304 Pages


July 1-September 30: Read 5 books that were recommended or gifted to you

1. Geekerella by Ashley Poston - ***** - 7/5/2023 - 320 Pages
2. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus - ***** - 7/19/2023 - 400 Pages
3. The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf - *** - 7/26/2023 - 352 Pages
4. Devil's Daughter by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 8/7/2023 - 272 Pages
5. The Choice of Magic by Michael G. Manning - ***** - 8/15/2023 - 626 Pages


October 1-December 31: Read 5 of the 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