Welcome to the third Backlist Bingo 2024 Check in! We are enjoying working through our backlist and let’s see how much progress we made in March. Like last time, take a look at what other participants have been reading and which year of books we have been gravitating to as a community.
Ariel’s Backlist Bingo Update
Prompt: More Than 400 Pages
Book Name: The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao | Goodreads
Quick review: This pick was Kriti’s and my buddy read for the month, and it had been on our radar since last year. It was an exciting read filled with exciting twists and turns, along with compelling characters. This book was definitely one of my top reads of the month!
Prompt: An Audiobook/Ebook
Book Name: Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour by Piniel E. Joseph | Goodreads
Quick review: Also my non-fiction feature for the month, Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour highlights the modern history and events of the Black Power movement as a whole, creating a helpful context as I read other essays by activists like Angela Y. Davis. An important read, and I found it to be a good audiobook listen!
Prompt: A Novella
Book Name: After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang | Goodreads
Quick review: As a fan of dragons, I knew this was a must read for me. Knowing it was a short novella that I could read anytime almost meant that it most often was overlooked. This challenge was perfect in having me read this– and I’m so very glad I did. It’s a sad and thoughtful exploration of climate change in an urban fantasy world where dragons are common local fauna. It’s definitely worth the read!
Kriti’s Backlist Bingo Update
Though I wanted to read more than one, that is all I could tackle from my indie backlist this month.
Prompt: Non-Fiction
Book Name: Kneading Journalism: Essays on baking bread and breaking down the news by Tony Ganzer | Goodreads
Quick review: As the name suggests, this book is a collection of essays about journalism, how perception towards journalists have changed over the years with politics and new technologies. Tony Ganzer asks thought provoking questions and brings the conversation about journalism to the dining table with some bread recipes to try out! I loved how he shared historical events from around the world and provided a regional bread recipe from there.
What have people been reading?
The Backlist Bingo Community has now read read 51 books across 24 prompts as part of the challenge.
Most read author: Becky Chambers
Most read book: A Psalm for the Wild Built
Here are the new books that made it to our spreadsheet in March:
- An audiobook/ebook – Rogue Protocol (Murderbot Diaries #3)
- An award nominated book – When Breath Becomes Air
- A Novella – A Psalm for the Wild-Built
- Graphic novel – Anya’s Ghost
- SciFi – The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
- Friend’s Choice – Bandit Queens
- Added to the TBR within the year – Meet me at the Lake
How was March for your backlist? Tell us in the comments or add to our spreadsheet. 🙂
As always, we love reading with you and even if you didn’t sign up before, you can join us for this challenge now. 🙂 Add your name to the list of participants here. In the same spreadsheet, you can add your books through the year so please bookmark it. You can tag us on X, BlueSky, Facebook and Instagram (Ariel, Kriti) with your updates. Download a printable copy of the bingo, Instagram story templates and post here.
Check back for updates at the end of next month!
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