I did it! (Sort of.)
This year I had two reading goals:
1. Read 75 books.
2. Read books that fit into the categories below.
I almost didn’t make it and I was okay with that, and I might have stretched things a bit (see my Facebook post), but I did it. Next year’s reading challenge is going to look quite a bit different (check back next week), but for now I’m happy to have accomplished this much.
How did you do this year?
New-to-me author similar to a favorite author | Paint Me Yours | Rachel Bowdler |
Re-read a favorite book | More Than Words Can Say | Karen Witemeyer |
Book set in a different country | Miss Benson’s Beetle | Rachel Joyce |
A “daunting” book | When Crickets Cry | Charles Martin |
New-to-me author’s debut | The Ex Talk | Rachel Lynn Solomon |
Read an author of a different race or background | Black Buck | Mateo Askaripour |
Read a book club book | Get Out of Your Head | Jennie Allen |
Mystery novel | Them Bones | Carolyn Haines |
Audiobook | The Hundred-Year House | Rebecca Makkai |
Read a book based on the cover | In Search of a Prince | Toni Shiloh |
Holiday novel | His Christmas Wish | Allie Pleitner |
A friend’s favorite book | Paper Dolls | Kara Hunt |
An animal on the cover | Save the Cat! Writes a Novel | Jessica Brody |
Red, yellow, or blue cover | The Hotel Nantucket | Elin Hildebrand |
Green, orange, or purple cover | The Book of Jane | Anne Dayton |
Space opera novel | The Restaurant at the End of the Universe | Douglas Adams |
2021 new release | Love Ordained | Tara Taffera |
2020 award-winning book | Self-Care | Leigh Stein |
Food on the cover | Tart of Darkness | Denise Swanson |
Set in your home state | Sarah’s Choice | Pegg Thomas |
Set in a state you’ve never visited | The Bookworm’s Guide to Dating | Emma Hart |
Classic children’s novel | Little House in the Big Woods | Laura Ingalls Wilder |
Try a new book by an author you didn’t like | Hadley Beckett’s Next Dish | Bethany Turner |
A memoir | Eat Cake. Be Brave. | Melissa Radke. |
A novel on my TBR pile | The Stars in April | Peggy Wirgau |
A nonfiction book on my TBR pile | Strangers to Superfans | David Gaughran |
One-word title | Bridges | Deborah Raney |
Three-word title | The Music Shop | Rachel Joyce |
Five-or-more-word title | The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper | Phaedra Patrick |
God/Lord/Jesus in the title | Forgotten God | Francis Chan |
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