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Too Many Reading Challenges? No Such Thing!
One last post for the day...I promise!
You all know how much I adore my reading challenges. I love seeing new ones pop up this time of year. There are so many great ones out there for 2022; believe you me, I wanted to join them all! I managed to limit myself to *just* ten. Before you all stage an intervention, recognize that the first five aren't all that challenging because they encompass what I usually read and track anyway. The last five, though? Well, we'll see how I do.
1. 2022 Literary Escapes Challenge hosted by Lori @Escape With Dollycas Into a Good Book
Boo and Yeah: A (Mostly) Successful Year With Reading Challenges
So, book lovers, what are your thoughts on reading challenges? Obviously, I adore them. Even when I don't finish them (which is most of the time), I still have a ball finding books that fit prompts, making check marks on challenge lists, and seeing others challengers' progress. It's just...fun. This year, I'm patting myself on the back a bit because I actually did pretty well with all of my challenges. Just because I only completed a few of them doesn't mean I didn't expand my reading horizons, find some great books to read, and have myself a good ole time. My kids say I have no idea what real fun is. I can't imagine why...
Let's start with my successes. My biggest one is first:
Boom! For the first time ever, I met (and surpasses, thank you very much) my goal of reading 200 books in a year. I love tracking my reading with Goodreads.
The Children's Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2021 Wrap-Up Post
- About a war other than World War II Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh
- Takes place before 1800 The Outlaws of Sherwood by Robin McKinley
- Set in a country you do not live in Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- Main character travels on a ship, train, or covered wagon Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- Set in a decade you don't usually choose to read about Cuba in My Pocket by Adrianna Cuevas
- A major holiday is celebrated A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
- Takes place in a city or region where you have lived The Island at the End of Everything by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
- Features time travel to the past Houdini and Me by Dan Gutman
- About a historical disaster, natural or otherwise Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
- With a proper noun in the title Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce
- Features a real female hero from the past
- Book that relates somehow to your own family history (the main character emigrates from the same country your ancestors did, the MC participates in a historical event your family member did, about someone you're related to, etc.) Beyond the Mapped Stars by Rosalyn Eves
- Written by a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) author We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
- Features a main character with a different ethnicity, religion, or culture than your own The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman
- Has an animal on the cover Bluebird by Sharon Cameron
- A ghost story Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland
- Features a castle or an old house
- Set in South or Central America
- A mystery The Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill
- Set in the decade that one of your parents was born in War and Mollie McGonigle by Karen Cushman
- Concerns an event of historical significance that happened during your lifetime (or your parents' lifetimes if you were born after 2000)
- Features a search for gold or other kinds of treasure Behind the Masks by Susan Patron
- A person in period clothing on the cover Boston Jane by Jennifer L. Holm
- Based on a true story Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
21 out of 25 isn't bad at all, so I'm not going to be too hard on myself for not finishing my own challenge. Ha ha.
For the one of you who asked, no, I will not be bringing the challenge back next year. I wasn't a very good hostess this year and I've got other projects to focus on in 2022. We'll see what happens in 2023!
For the two other participants in the challenge, here's a final Linky to use for posting any reviews or wrap-up posts related to the challenge. Thanks again for hanging in there with me. I appreciate the support! Oh, and if you did finish the challenge and I owe you a book, please let me know.




Reading
All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

Listening
The War Librarian by Addison Armstrong



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