Cindy's Book Corner: Reading Challenges 2022

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

The Mount TBR Reading Challenge is hosted by Bev over at My Reader's Block. There are specific levels you can sign up for and I committed to 48 books (Mount Ararat) from my physical (owned) TBR shelf prior to the start of 2022.

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

"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 avoiding

August: 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:

Mount Munch: Read 36 books from your Virtual TBR/Wish List/Library

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

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

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

W. Whitemeyer, Karen Short-Straw Bride

Y. Liwen Y. Ho -Retying the Knot

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