Brandee & Linda’s Excellent Reading Challenge Adventure ~ Year-End Update

Wow! I can’t believe 2022 is almost over. Linda and I will definitely be putting together a challenge for ourselves in 2023 by piecing together parts of other challenges. But here’s a look at how we did this year.

As always, a shout out to GirlXOXO for providing a comprehensive list of 2022 reading challenges for us to choose from! All challenges listed link back to the websites of those hosting each particular challenge. Thanks to all those who host these challenges!

 

From the Read Harder Challenge:

• Read a book set in a bookstore.
  The Boardwalk Bookstore by Susan Mallery
  
• Read an award-winning book from the year you were born.
• Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.

 

From the Beyond the Bookends’ Reading Challenge:

• Read a book of historical fiction.
  The Singing Trees by Boo Walker
  West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
  Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce
• Read a banned book.
  Maus I by Art Spiegelman
• Read a Young Adult romance
  Crown of One Hundred Kings by Rachel Higginson
  Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
  

 

From the Book Voyage Reading Challenge:

• Read a book set in the Arctic or Antarctic. 
• Read a book set in Africa or the Middle East.
• Read a book set in Southern Asia.

 

From the Backlist Reader Challenge:

• Read at least 3 books published prior to 2021 that were already on your TBR.
  Dragon Actually by GA Aiken
  NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
  Timid by Devney Perry
  Tragic by Devney Perry
  Tinsel by Devney Perry
  Where I Belong by J. Daniels
  All In by Emma Scott
  A Hidden Fire by Elizabeth Hunter
  Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost
  Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
  Still by Kennedy Ryan
  Misconduct by Penelope Douglas
  Lothaire by Kresley Cole

 

From the Alphabet Soup Author Edition Reading Challenge:

• Read a book by an author with F at the beginning of their first or last name.
  Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
  Up from the Grave by Jeanine Frost
• Read a book by an author with Q at the beginning of their first or last name.
  The Duke & I by Julia Quinn
• Read a book by an author with Z at the beginning of their first or last name.
  Fated by Rebecca Zanetti
  You Can Run by Rebecca Zanetti
  

 

From the Diversity Reading Challenge:

• Read a book written by an author who is OR with characters who are LGBTQIA+
  Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
  Mother Road by Bree Bennett

• Read a book written by an author who is OR with characters who are neurodiverse.
  Broken Records by Bree Bennett

• Read a book written by an author who has OR with characters who have chronic health issues.
  Taking the Leap by Kristen Ashley (not sure it counts but the hero lost part of his leg in the line of duty as a firefighter – prior to the timeline of the book) I read this one, too 🙂 

 

From the Monthly Keyword Reading Challenge:

This one’s a little different since we’re choosing certain month’s keywords and so we’ll have to read a book with those keywords during that month 😉

• MAR – End, Fall, Loud, Queen, Woods, Nine, Beautiful, Crown
  At Grave’s End by Jeaniene Frost
  The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera
  
• JUN – Sea, You, Hate, Perfect, Shade, Until, Beach, Little
  A Stone in the Sea by A.L. Jackson
  
• SEP – Bright, Here, Out, Life, Strange, Rule, Story, Salt
  A 5 Second Life by Emma Scott
  
• DEC – Still, Cabin, Cafe, Night, Lake, By, Holiday, Fire
  Fire Inside by Kristen Ashley
  Into the Fire by Jeaniene Frost
  

 

From the Epistolary Reading Challenge:

• Read a book written in the form of letters, emails, diaries, blogs, etc.
  Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid

 

From the Color Coded Reading Challenge:

• Read a book where the color of the cover (or the color mentioned in the title) is purple
  Incense and Sensibility by Sonali Dev has a lot of purple on the cover.
• Read a book where the color of the cover (or the color mentioned in the title) is green
  Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews has the color green on the cover.

 

From Linda’s imagination:

• Brandee should read a book set in either Norway or Switzerland  – or a book written by either a Swiss or a Norwegian author.
  I purchased The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker (a Swiss author) but haven’t started it yet. I’ll make sure this element is included in our 2023 challenge so I can read it. 😉
• Linda should read a book set in either Colorado or Texas – or a book written by either a Texas-based or a Denver-based author (that she hasn’t read before).
  I think I have failed on this – I have read a lot of Kristen Ashley this year, but she wasn’t a new-to-me author…
  
• Buddy-read one book each month of 2022
  Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost
  Tempting the Boss by Natasha Madison
  The Girl in the Mist by Kristen Ashley
  Taking the Leap by Kristen Ashley
  Tattered Loyalties by Carrie Ann Ryan
  Accidental Tryst by Natasha Boyd
  Fallen Empire by KA Tucker
  The Artist’s Trilogy by Karina Halle (4 books)
  Making the Match by Kristen Ashley

 

Not too bad, right! Be on the lookout for the 2023 installment. 😉

Reading this book contributed to these challenges:

• B & L's Excellent Reading Challenge Adventure

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