For 2022, I ended up throwing out any outside reading challenges. I focused more on mood reading and attempting to just go where my reading thoughts take me. I ended up finishing a few of my own challenges and failing at a lot of the others. But that’s okay. I don’t mind that I failed all of these challenges.
2022 Reading Challenges
Goodreads Challenge
Winter RC
Spring RC
Summer RC
Fall RC
Perpetual RC
UnRead Shelf Project
UnRead Shelf RC
Kid Read Alouds
And now let’s break down all the individual challenges, starting with those that I completed:
Completed Challenges
Goodreads
Goal 244/200 Books 100%
Kid Read Alouds
Goal 20/20 Books 100%
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin (2/10/22)
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi (3/13/22)
City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda (4/5/22)
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis (4/17/22)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming (4/24/22)
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis (5/8/22)
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein (5/25/22)
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis (6/9/22)
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman (6/19/22)
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate (7/12/22)
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall (8/4/22)
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (8/19/22)
The Very Very Far North by Dan Bar-el (8/25/22)
The Beast of Buckingham Palace by David Walliam (8/20/22)
Through the Looking-glass and What Alice Saw There by Lewis Carroll (9/1/22)
Word of Mouse by James Patterson (9/7/22)
Sees Behind Trees by Michael Dorris (9/15/22)
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (9/22/22)
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry (9/30/22)
Morning Girl by Michael Dorris (9/18/22)
Fall
Goal 25/25 Books 100%
5 Horror
Fledgling by Octavia E. Butler (10/11/22)
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James (10/19/22)
Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard (10/25/22)
You May Now Kill the Bride by R.L. Stine (10/20/22)
The Wrong Girl by R.L. Stine (10/21/22)
5 Fantasy/Scifi
Vicious by VE Schwab (9/27/22)
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint (9/28/22)
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas (10/14/22)
The Lost Vampire Prince by Melody Raven (11/4/22)
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater (1/11/22)
3 Kid Read Alouds
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry (9/30/22)
The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown (10/12/22)
Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone (10/14/22)
3 Book Club / Buddy Reads
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler - Nerdy Bookish Friends Read (9/23/22)
Her Majesty’s Secret Coven by Juno Dawson - Nerdy Bookish Friends Read (10/7/22)
Fairy Tale by Stephen King - Nerdy Bookish Friends Read (11/12/22)
3 Romance
The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George (9/25/22)
The Devil and the Heiress by Harper St. George (11/19/22)
The Highlander Who Protected Me by Vanessa Kelly (11/25/22)
2 Classics
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (9/24/22)
The Children of Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren (11/18/22)
2 Nonfiction
The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse (10/12/22)
The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill (10/8/22)
2 Library Choices
My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris (10/22/22)
Beastly Bones by William Ritter (10/28/22)
Failed Challenges
Perpetual Reading Challenge
Goal 0/25 Books 0%
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UnRead Shelf
Goal 23/50 Books 46%
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (1/30/22)
The Comfort Book by Matt Haig (1/29/22)
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (2/8/22)
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (3/26/22)
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey (4/6/22)
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier (5/27/22)
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd (6/18/22)
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (6/28/22)
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (7/5/22)
Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (9/21/22)
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (9/23/22)
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (9/24/22)
The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George (9/25/22)
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint (9/28/22)
The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill (10/8/22)
The Yoga Store Murder by Dan Morse (10/12/22)
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James (10/19/22)
You May Now Kill the Bride by R.L. Stine (10/20/22)
The Wrong Girl by R.L. Stine (10/21/22)
Something Strange and Deadly by Susan Dennard (10/25/22)
Reliquary by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (10/26/22)
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (10/29/22)
The Midwife’s Revolt by Jodi Daynard (11/26/22)
The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Unread Shelf Project Reading Challenge
Goal 14/24 Books 58.3%
January: The Book You’ve Been Putting Off Reading - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (1/30/22)
February: A Title You Couldn’t Resist - House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland (2/8/22)
March: A Memoir or Biography - Ariadne by Jennifer Saint (9/28/22)
April: A Book by an Indie Published or Small Press - The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier (5/27/22)
May: The Shortest Unread Book on Your Shelf - The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (6/28/22)
June: A Book About a Journey - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (7/5/22)
July: Book Set in a Country or Culture Different Than Your Own - The Heiress Gets a Duke by Harper St. George (9/25/22)
August: A Book Chosen by Your Friends or Family - I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (9/24/22)
September: A Book that Represents the Reader You Want to Be - Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (9/23/22)
October: A Book that Makes You Nervous - The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
November: A Title That Starts with the First Letter of Your Name -
December: A Classic Book -
A Book in Translation -
A Book Bought for the Cover - A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (3/16/22)
A Science/Technology Nonfiction -
The Most Recently Acquired - The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd (6/18/22)
A Book About/Of Poetry - The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita Gill (10/8/22)
A Book About Nature -
A Book Made into a Movie or TV Series -
A Book About a Season or Phase of Life - The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (3/26/22)
A Book About Food or Cooking - Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl (9/21/22)
A Book Set in Your Hometown or State -
A Book About Art or Artists -
A Modern Retelling of a Classic Book -
Seasonal - Winter
Goal 23/25 Books 92%
Five Kindle Books
Mistletoe and Mr. Right by Sarah Morgenthaler (1/25/22)
Beautiful Player by Christina Lauren (2/1/22)
Beautiful Beginning by Christina Lauren (2/16/22)
Beautiful Beloved by Christina Lauren (2/16/22)
Fierce Fairytales by Nikita Gil (3/12/22)
Five Nonfiction
How Zoologists Organize Things by David Bainbridge (1/15/22)
Billion Dollar Loser by Reeves Wiedemanv (1/28/22)
How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith (2/11/22)
Fuzz by Mary Roach (2/25/22)
Everyone You Hate is Going to Die by Daniel Sloss (2/27/22)
Five Fantasy/Scifi
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse (1/21/22)
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (2/12/22)
Just One Damned Thing After Another (2/23/22)
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire (2/26/22)
The Kingdom by Jess Rothenberg (3/8/22)
Five Romance
Life’s Too Short by Abby Jimenez (1/14/22)
All the Feels by Olivia Dad (1/19/22)
Enjoy the View by Sarah Morgenthaler (2/9/22)
An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole (2/15/22)
Electric Idol by Katee Robert (3/11/22)
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske (3/16/22)
The Comfort Book by Matt Haig (1/29/22)
A Jane Austen Reread - Northanger Abbey (2/18/22)
House of Leaves by Mark Danielewski
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily Danforth
Seasonal - Spring
Goal 19/25 Books 76%
Five Nonfiction
Girly Drinks by Mallory O’Meara (4/16/22)
Thick by Tressie McMilan Cottom (5/13/22)
TBD
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TBD
Five Fantasy/SciFi
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu (3/23/22)
Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey (4/6/22)
Dead Silence by SA Barnes (4/9/22)
The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart (4/22/22)
The Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec (4/29/22)
Three Romance
If the Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy (4/2/22)
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton (5/14/22)
The No-Show by Beth O’Leary (5/20/22)
Finish (Three Books) Beautiful Series by Christina Lauren
Beautiful Secret (4/13/22)
Beautiful Boss (4/15/22)
Beautiful (4/26/22)
Three Middle Grade
The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman (3/25/22)
The Bookwanderers by Anna James (3/29/22)
The Dragon in the Library by Louie Stowell (4/5/22)
Two Buddy Read Books (CR Picks)
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan (5/24/22)
When Women were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
Two Random Library Picks
Anatomy by Dana Schwartz (5/4/22)
The Disasters by M.K. England (5/30/22)
A Jane Austen Reread
Seanan Maguire Selection
Seasonal - Summer
Goal 21/25 Books 80%
5 Nonfiction Reads
A Brief History of Earth by Andrew H. Knoll (6/23/22)
The Palace Papers by Tina Brown (8/26/22)
TBD
TBD
TBD
5 Romances
Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert (7/15/22)
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory (7/21/22)
Sweet Filthy Boy by Christina Lauren (7/27/22)
Dirty Rowdy Thing by Christina Lauren (8/16/22)
Dark Wild Night by Christina Lauren (8/28/22)
5 Science Fiction
Klara and the Sun by Kazoo Ishiguro (6/25/22)
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (7/23/22)
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (8/9/22)
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K Le Guin (8/19/22)
TBD
5 Fantasy
The Change by Kirsten Miller (6/29/22)
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (7/2/22)
The Bone Orchard by Sara A. Mueller (7/6/22)
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (7/8/22)
Wonderland edited by Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane (7/13/22)
5 Young Adult and Middle Grade
The Minor Third by Neil Patrick Harris (7/16/22)
Lobizona by Romina Garber (7/22/22)
Wretched Waterpark by Kiersten White (7/30/22)
Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor (8/6/22)
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall (8/1/22)