2023 Reading Challenges

After over committing on reading challenges last year, I have scaled way back this year. This is just a small sampling of the vast amount of reading challenges out there! It seems like every other day I hear about more (yay!). I am looking forward to participating in these few challenges. Please click on the banner to be taken to the host for each challenge to see all the details and sign up (if interested).

First, I will be finishing these states to finish the 2022 Literary Escapes Challenge:

Illinois- Dear Henry, Love Edith by Becca Kinzer

Massachusetts

Nevada-

Rhode Island-An Unlikely Suitor by Nancy Moser

Vermont- Smitten Book Club by Colleen Coble and others

Virginia

West Virginia-Dogwood by Chris Fabry

 

Each month builds off the previous month!!

✅January: a or the in the title-The Mistletoe Countess by Pepper Basham

✅February: complementary colors on the spine- Dogwood by Chris Fabry

March: Title starts with the next letter in the alphabet:

April: a different genre:

May: has more pages-

June: title has half as many letters-

July: set in a different country or world-

August: the same genre-

September: turn to page 50, one of those words in the title-

October: first letter of author's last name is the first letter of the title-

November: a different time period-

December: page count is within 20 pages-

Christian Romance Reading Challenge 2023

Oceana's prompts are fairly easy, they just have to be CHRISTIAN ROMANCE: 

✅January-A Past Favorite-The Mistletoe Countess by Pepper Basham

✅February-A new to you author-Dogwood by Chris Fabry

March-a book in a series-

April-a 5-star prediction-

May-a new release-

June-a cute cover-

July-set during summer-

August- super hyped-

September-recent purchase-

October-historical-

November-want to read-

December-Christmas book-    

 I love reading Bloggin' 'bout Books (Susan's blog) and when I saw she was doing a challenge on BOOKISH BOOKS, yeah, I was pretty much there 😂 It is very low pressure, you pick your level. I have a few bookish books on my TBR that I want to get to this year, so this will help me be intentional with that goal. I am going for the lowest level:

Toe in the door: 1-10 books

1. The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green

2. Of Literature & Lattes by Katherine Reay 

3. Smitten Book Club by Colleen Coble and others 

4. Book Love by Debbie Tung

Finally, I saw this one going around on Instagram. It's the backlist challenge to read 23 books in 2023. Since I was already planning to unofficially work on my backlog, I decided I could commit to 23 books. 

 

These are the 23 I committed to:

1. Dogwood ✅
2. Echoes Among the Stones 
3. Miles From Nowhere 
4. Echoes of Titanic 
5. Buried 
6. The Cartographer's Secret 
7. Land of Silence 
8. The Woman in the Green Dress 
9. Tending Roses 
10. An Unlikely Amish Match 
11. Opening His Holiday Heart 
12. Dear Mr. Knightly 
13. A Hope Undaunted 
14. Smitten Book Club ✅
15. Beyond All Dreams 
16. Love Under Construction 
17. Growing Strong✅
18. More Than A Mom ✅
19. Coming of Winter 
20. Seconds to Live 
21. The Lady and the Lionheart 
22. Shadows of the Past 
23. All my Belongs

Bonus (only counted if the 23 are done):

1. No More Faking Fine by Esther Fleece
2. With You I Am by Cleopatra Margot
3. Thirty Days Hath by Chautona Havig (Kindle)
4. Shift: Changing Our Focus to See the Presence of God by Abby McDonald
   

Are you joining in the challenge?! Do we have any books in common? I know I am not the only one who has bookshelves full of books that I need to read 😂 

What challenges have you decided to do this year?