With this book blog baby not being very old, I did not hear about very many reading challenges until late in 2021. I have done the Goodreads reading challenge for a few years but had NO idea of the vast amount of reading challenges there are out there! It seems like every other day I hear about more (yay!). However, I want to be VERY careful not to over commit myself, but probably will anyway, LOL. I am looking forward to participating in several challenges next year and hope to see you around the challenges as well 😀 Let's cheer each other on and have some fun! Please click on the banner to be taken to the host for each challenge to see all the details and sign up.
THE CHALLENGES:
1. ✅ 2022 New Release -Trust Me By Kelly Irvin
2. ☐ A Reese Witherspoon BOTM pick (because Reese is my favorite actress).
3. ☐ A romance book with enemies to lover's trope
4. ☐ Read a memoir
5. ✅ Read a book based on a tv series or movie adaptation (watch the show or movie after for fun)-The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
6. ✅ Read a book that was recommended to you-The Second Sister by Marie Bostwick
7. ☐ Thriller novel
8. ☐ Book with two authors or more
9. ✅ Graphic Novel - I will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider
10. ✅ Hyped book that everyone is talking about-In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh
11. ✅ Book that has been on your TBR list a very long time- A Time to Love by Barbara Cameron
12. ☐ Goodread's 2021 Winner or Nominee
13. ✅ Book with less than 200 pages -Jane by the Book by Pepper Basham
14. ✅ Listen to an audiobook -Short-Straw Bride by Karen Witemeyer
15. ✅ New to you author -Kasie West The Distance Between Us
16. ☐ 2022 Bestseller
17.✅ A book that makes you think and contemplate life -Little Pieces of Hope by Todd Doughty
18.✅ Highly anticipated read- All That it Takes by Nicole Deese
19. ✅ Summer vibes/summer read-Meet Me in Myrtle Beach by Brooke St. James
20. ✅ Library book - Riverbend Gap by Denise Hunter
21. ☐ A book where the cover caught your eye
22. ✅ A book by an auto-buy author of yours- The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair
23. ☐ Physical book on your bookshelf
24. ☐ New York Times Nonfiction Bestseller
25. ☐ Read a holiday romance
26. ☐ Read a book that gives you fall and or creepy vibes
27. ☐ Read an office romance novel
28. ☐ Read a YA book
29. ☐ Read a book with a summer romance
30. ✅ Read a book that has the friend's to lover's trope-Much Ado About a Latte by Kathleen Fuller
31. ☐ Read a book that has paranormal elements in it (witches, ghosts, vampires, etc.)
32. ✅ A book with the color pink on the cover -The Secrets of Paper and Ink by Lindsay Harrel
33. ☐ A book that has a cover you love
34. A book that is written in text messages, emails, or different forms of text.-
35. ✅A book that has mental health aspects to it= UnStuffed: Decluttering Your Home, Mind & Soul by Ruth Soukup
36. ☐ A book that has a place in the title imaginary or real (example Malibu Rising, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Beaches)
37. ✅ A coming of age story where the characters are in school-The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
38. ☐ Dual timeline book
39. ☐ Book about family
40. ☐ Read a romance with a single parent in it
41. ✅ A book you bought from a bookstore - Song of Silence by Cynthia Ruchti
42. ✅Read a contemporary novel-No Ex Before Marriage by Portia MacIntosh
43. ☐ Read a Young Adult Romance
44. ☐ A funny book
45. ✅ A book with an animal in it- To Steal a Heart by Jen Turano
46. ✅ Book you meant to read last year but didn't - Give Me One Good Reason
47. ✅ Book with a winter scene on the cover -At Your Request by Jen Turano
48. ✅ Read a classic -Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
49. ✅ Read any book from a series-Stealing the Preacher by Karen Whitemeyer
50. ✅ Free space/pick any book -Life Flight by Lynette Eason
- Sunrise by Susan May Warren
- Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
- UnStuffed by Ruth Soukup
- The Girl Who Could Breathe Underwater by Erin Bartels
- Fresh Scars by Donna Mumma
- Song of Silence by Cynthia Ruchti
- Life Flight by Lynette Eason
- At Your Request by Jen Turano
- Trust Me by Kelly Irvin
- Jane by the Book by Pepper Basham
- Meet Me in Myrtle Beach by Brooke St. James
- Foundation of Love by Amy Clipston
- Knox by Susan May Warren
- Laurel's Dream by Pepper Basham
- A Sparkle of Silver by Liz Johnson
- Retying the Knot by Liwen Y. Ho
- To Marry An Earl by Karen Thornell
- In The Field of Grace by Tessa Afshar
- Diamond in the Rough by Jen Turano
- Love Does by Bob Goff
- Flights of Fancy by Jen Turano
- Key to Savannah by Hope Callaghan
- The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen
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"2022 Read Your Bookshelf Challenge" hosted by Chantel at An Intentional Life.
✅ January: quiet-any kind of word that represents quiet in the title, like silent or still Song of Silence by Cynthia Ruchti
✅ February: love in the title-A Time to Love by Barbara Cameron
✅March: growth, something growing or having to do with growth-In the Field of Grace by Tessa Afshar
✅April: your initials in the title-The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen
May: a new-to-you author
June: A book on the cover
July: a book you have been avoidingAugust: a body part in the title (like Head in the Clouds by Karen Witemeyer)
September: a collection of poems, short stories, or whatever works for you
October: "secret" in the title (The Secret Garden)
November-cozy or nostalgic (includes books that make you feel that way)
December: a mostly white cover
The VIRTUAL MOUNT TBR CHALLENGE is for those of us who have a long "wish-list" of TBRs and who would like a
chance to tackle those mountains. I signed up for:
- Give Me One Good Reason by Michelle Pennington
- Short-Straw Bride by Karen Witemeyer
- Riverbend Gap by Denise Hunter
- Love and Other Mistakes By Jessica Kate
- Deadly Target by Elizabeth Goddard
- Another Gospel? by Alisa Childers
- Stealing the Preacher by Karen Witemeyer
- To Steal a Heart by Jen Turano
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
- To Write a Wrong by Jen Turano
- Dreams of Gold by Traci Hunter Abramson
- The Distance Between Us by Kasie West
- The Second Sister by Marie Bostwick
- A Time to Love by Barbara Cameron
- The Secret of Paper and Ink by Lindsay Harrel
- A Stranger's Game by Colleen Coble
- To Disguise the Truth by Jen Turano
- Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson
- In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh
- Foundation of Love by Amy Clipston
- Malicious Intent by Lynn H. Blackburn
- Loving Lovina by Patricia Johns
- Counterfeit Love by Crystal Caudill
- Mulberry Hollow by Denise Hunter
- Roots of Wood and Stone by Amanda Wen
- The Bookseller's Promise by Beth Wiseman
- A Distance Too Grand by Regina Scott
- Verse Mapping Journal by Kristy Cambron
- All That it Takes by Nicole Deese
- A Talent for Trouble by Jen Turano
- Sea Glass Cottage by Irene Hannon
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The 2022 Alphabet Soup Author Edition Reading Challenge is hosted by Lori over at Escape with Dollycas Into a Good Book. The challenge is to read one book that has an author whose first name, middle, or last name starts with every letter of the alphabet.
A. Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility
B. Bartels, Erin The Girl Who Could Breathe Underwater
C. Childers, Alisa Another Gospel?
D. Doughty, Todd Little Pieces of Hope
E. Eason, Lynette Life Flight
F. Ferguson, Melissa Meet Me in the Margins
G. Goddard, Elizabeth Deadly Target
H. Hunter, Denise Riverbend Gap
I. Irvin, Kelly Trust Me
J. Johnson, Liz A Sparkle of Silver
K. Kate, Jessica Love and Other Mistakes
L. Lauralee Bliss Love Finds You in Bethlehem New Hampshire
M. Mumma, Donna Fresh Scars
N. Nicole Deese All That it Takes
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P. Pennington, Michelle- Give Me One Good Reason
Q. Queen, Connie-Canyon Survival
R. Ruchti, Cynthia Song of Silence
S. Snider, Grant I will Judge You by Your Bookshelf
T. Turano, Jen To Steal a Heart
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W. Whitemeyer, Karen Short-Straw Bride
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Y. Liwen Y. Ho -Retying the Knot
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The 2022 Literary Escapes Challenge Challenge is hosted by Lori over at Escape with Dollycas Into A Good Book.
The
challenge is to try and read a book from each state (plus the district
of Columbia!). You can also earn bonus points by adding books from
countries (1 point for each country/no repeats)
Alabama
Alaska- Sunrise by Susan May Warren
Arizona- A Distance Too Grand by Regina Scott
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida - Fresh Scars by Donna Mumma
Georgia- A Sparkle of Silver by Liz Johnson
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas-Roots of Wood and Stone by Amanda Wen
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan- The Girl Who Could Breathe Underwater by Erin Bartels
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana -Deadly Target by Elizabeth Goddard
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire -Love Finds You in Bethlehem New Hampshire by Lauralee Bliss
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York - To Steal a Heart by Jen Turano
North Carolina-Riverbend Gap by Denise Hunter
North Dakota
Ohio- Edgewater Road by Shelley Shepard Gray
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina- Meet Me in Myrtle Beach by Brooke St. James
South Dakota
Tennessee-Meet Me in the Margins by Melissa Ferguson
Texas -Karen Witemeyer Short-Straw Bride
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin- The Second Sister by Marie Bostwick
Wyoming
Great list! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThanks :)
DeleteThis looks great!
ReplyDeleteI am excited :) I almost signed up for one more yesterday...I might have a problem, LOL!
DeleteThat’s a lot of challenges, good luck!
ReplyDeleteThanks Shelley, my saving grace will be that I can use one book for multiple challenges :)
DeleteOh yeah, it is definitely hard to not go overboard with the challenges. I have done it many times in the past 😅 You picked some great challenges though! Good luck! You got this!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the vote of confidence, I appreciate it :)
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