2023 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge

[Fran, Moderator]

2023 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge:

With the year ending, most of us have started looking forward to the new year and have some reading goals we really want to reach.

This is the place to Create-Your-Own-Reading Challenge for 2023.

I've used the acronym SMART to explain how you can put yours together.

SPECIFIC - Sure we have goals and resolutions, but for this challenge you need to be specific on what you will read. Are you going for all classics, books of a specific author, books you already own, etc? You set the parameters, but make sure there is one.

MEASURABLE - Please don't say as many as I can read, please :). Knowing the titles in advance is not required, but you need to put a number of books as your goal. This is a requirement to participate in this challenge.

ATTAINABLE - Be realistic for this challenge. I know how we can go overboard, but you know, how many hours you read in a day. Do not set yourself up to fail. On this note, you are only allowed to have one Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge entry.

REWARDING - A tenet I follow everytime I create and/or join a challenge, is that it should be fun. This is not a punishment, but an activity that you really want to do. You get a better chance of completing it, if you are enjoying yourself.

TIME-BOUND - This challenge is good for the whole year. If you want to set a different start and end date, its up to you, but make sure I can see the duration period of your challenge.

Here is the suggested format:

Challenge Title:
Duration:
Number of Books:
Challenge Description:
List of Books: (you can post it in advanced or post as you complete them)

[D.L.]

Highly Recommended
Create Your Own Reading Challenge 2023
(Inspired by Courtney's Read Your Recs Challenge)

**Read 8 of the books I have recommended to my library for purchase. I will reward myself with a new (.99 cent) e-book for every 2 books I complete.**

Progress: 0/8

POSSIBILITIES:

1. Blood Sisters
2. Chirp
3. A Civil Action
4. Crushing It
5. The Darkdeep
6. The Fascinators
7. The Flip Side
8. Homeland
9. Influence
10. The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek
11. Mirrorland
12. Moving is Murder
13. The Night She Disappeared
14. Pride and Premeditation
15. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

[Courtney]

Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge
TBR by Fives 2023
47/50 COMPLETE

5 Classics TBR
☑ The Picture of Dorian Gray
☑ The Mysterious Affair at Styles
☑ A Study in Scarlet
☑ Agnes Grey
☑ Where Angels Fear to Tread
10 Kindle TBR
☑ This Way Out
☑ Gwendy's Button Box
☑ Shockwave
☑ The House Witch
☑ Hazel and Gray
☑ The Princess Game
☑ The Black Pages
☑ The Cleaners
Unsouled DNF
☑ Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
☑ How It Unfolds
15 Middle Grade TBR
☑ The Polar Bear Explorers' Club
☑ The Land of Yesterday
☑ When Stars Are Scattered
☑ Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
☑ The Girl Who Could Not Dream
☑ The Castle Corona
☑ The Treehouse Library
☑ A Bit of Earth
☑ Replay
☑ Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians
☑ The Door of No Return
☑ Wings in the Wild
☑ Ellie Engle Saves Herself
☑ The Golden Frog Games
☑ Fairy Debt
☑ The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
20 Translated TBR
☑ Before the Coffee Gets Cold
☑ Siddhartha
☑ Return to the Enchanted Island
☑ Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
☑ Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
☑ The Art of War
☑ The Setting Sun
☑ The Sound of the Mountain
☑ Earthlings DNF @ 62 pages for content
☑ Vita Nostra
☑ Like Water for Chocolate
☑ Strange Beasts of China
A Hero Born
The Murmur of Bees CURRENTLY READING
The Three-Body Problem
Amora: Stories
The Ardent Swarm
☑ Love in the Big City
☑ Six Heirs
The Dog Who Dared to Dream
Hospital
Two Spies in Caracas
At the End of the Matinee
☑ The Apothecary Diaries: Volume 1
☑ The Little Prince
☑ Lonely Castle in the Mirror

[Bookchaser]

2023 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Challenge Title: Take Control of My DTB TBR Pile, Reduce My Keepers Pile AND Make Use of My Kindle Unlimited Membership
Number of Books: 3 "Old" + 3 "Rereads" + 12 "Kindle Unlimited" books = 18 total


This challenge is subject to change as I look through my books and decide my plan of attack.


Challenge Description:
Part 1: Read "old" paperback books that I own, then donate books that are not going to be "keepers".
Part 2: Reread "old keepers" and donate them.
Part 3: Read Kindle Unlimited Books to make use of my membership.



List of Books:
Part 1: Out With The Old (DTB TBR Pile)
01. The Last Highlander by Claire Cross - 08/30/23
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Part 2: Out With The Even Older (Re-Read Old Keepers)
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Part 3: Enjoy the New (Kindle Unlimited)
01. Starlight and Mistletoe by Michelle Pennington - 01/31/23
02. Remember Me in Good Hope by Cindy Kirk - 02/10/23
03. Touch Me And Tango by Alicia Street - 02/27/23
04. Wrong Turn, Right Direction by Elle Casey - 03/10/23
05. Highland Surrender by Tracy Brogan - 03/21/23
06. Everything But a Groom by Holly Jacobs - 03/24/23
07. Getting Wrapped Up by Erin Nicholas - 04/13/23
08. Everything But A Bride by Holly Jacobs - 05/31/23
09. Everything But a Wedding by Holly Jacobs - 06/13/23
10. Everything But a Christmas Eve by Holly Jacobs - 06/17/23
11. Wishing on a Star by Terri Osburn - 06/27/23
12. Not Quite Dating by Catherine Bybee - 06/28/23

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13. Wild Ride by Tiffinie Helmer - 07/06/23
14. The Highland Fling by Meghan Quinn - 07/15/23
15. Misbehaving in Merritt by Alicia Hunter Pace - 07/19/23
16. Just One Look by Rosalind James - 07/30/23
17. Rescued for Christmas by Tamie Dearen - 07/31/23
18. Awakening Anna by Terri Osburn - 08/24/23
19. Not Quite Mine by Catherine Bybee - 08/30/23
20. Not Quite Enough by Catherine Bybee - 09/04/23
21. An Echo in Time by Sherry Lewis - 09/30/23
22. Everything But a Mother by Holly Jacobs - 10/03/23
23. Not Quite Forever by Catherine Bybee - 10/28/23
24. Getting It All by Erin Nicholas - 10/31/23
25. Not Quite Perfect by Catherine Bybee - 11/03/23
26. Talk of the Town by Jennifer Bardsley - 11/27/23
27. Everything but a Dog by Holly Jacobs - 12/05/23
28. Sidewalks and Mistletoe by Michelle Pennington - 12/26/23
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[mikaela]

WISHLIST WARRIOR
1/1/23 - 12/31/23
Read wishlist books from the library- if they don't make the cut this year, they're off the list! *Note: DNFs count, but total to complete will go up by one for each DNF.
48 / 59 Complete

Current Wishlist:

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Strikethroughs are books removed without being read.
***= audiobook

General Fiction
Really Good, Actually DNF, 1/24
Yellowface 5/20 ☆☆☆☆☆
Her Place in Time
My Sister, the Serial Killer***
The Stowaway***
The Cabinet of Curiosities*** DNF 7/14
The Ferryman 5/5 ☆☆
The Blonde Identity ☆☆☆☆☆ 7/10
The Stranded
Drowning 5/30 ☆☆☆☆☆
Alexandra Petri's US History: Important American Documents 4/17 ☆☆☆☆☆

Fantasy
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride
Immortality: A Love Story 2/16 ☆☆☆
Untethered Sky 4/23 ☆☆☆☆☆
The Book of M
The Dinosaur Lords
Defend the Dawn 2/1 ☆☆☆☆
Psyche and Eros 7/5 ☆☆☆


Science Fiction
Rubicon*** 3/29 ☆☆☆☆☆
Arch-Conspirator 2/23 ☆☆☆☆☆
Capture the Sun 7/1 ☆☆☆☆
Velocity Weapon***
Memory's Legion*** 11/1 ☆☆☆☆☆
The Starless Crown***
The Spare Man 2/9 ☆☆☆☆
Ascension DNF, 5/1
Time Trials
Redshirts 12/2 ☆

Mystery
The Thin Man*** 7/5 ☆☆☆☆
The Glass House
The Sudbury School Murders
A Regimental Murder
The Hanover Square Affair OWN
A Question of Numbers
A Tangle of Serpents
A Swirl of Shadows
A Perilous Perspective
A Fatal Illusion
Smoke & Lies
The Bangalore Detectives Club
City of Fortune
A Gentlewoman's Guide to Murder
A Sinister Revenge 3/18 ☆☆☆☆☆
The Woman in the Library
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide 4/15 ☆☆☆☆
Murder at the Mena House
The Poison Bed
Marion Lane and the Midnight Murder DNF 1/25
Of Manners and Murder: A Dear Miss Hermione Mystery 4/13 ☆☆
The Golden Spoon 3/18 ☆☆

Historical Romance
Cadenza OWN
To Swoon and to Spar 4/21 ☆☆☆☆
A Lady’s Guide to Scandal 8/16 ☆☆☆
Ana María and the Fox
Marrying Off Morgan McBride 6/2 ☆☆☆☆
An Extraordinary Union
The Davenports
To Con a Gentleman 2/17 ☆☆☆.5
To Catch A Suitor
Pygmalion

Contemporary
Moorewood Family Rules 4/24 DNF
To Have and to Heist DNF 7/31
Hello Stranger 7/4 ☆
Yes & I Love You
What If You & Me
For You & No One Else
Happy Place 4/26 ☆☆☆
Love, Theoretically 6/26 ☆☆☆☆☆
The True Love Experiment
If We're Not Married by Thirty
When in Rome 1/30 ☆☆☆☆
Practice Makes Perfect DNF 5/1
See You Yesterday
Thank You for Listening***
How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days ☆ 10/8
Love Radio
A Line in the Sand
Love Letters: A Novella 1/4 ☆☆
The Dachshund Wears Prada
Exes and O's
Too Wrong to Be Right
Hana Khan Carries On 6/30 ☆☆☆.5
Warrior Girl Unearthed
The Boyfriend Candidate DNF 6/10

Historical Fiction
That Summer in Berlin
A Most Intriguing Lady 4/29 ☆☆☆
A Bend in the Stars
Hearts of Steel
Hotel of Secrets 3/22 ☆☆☆
The Thief of Blackfriars Lane
The Prince of Spies
The Last Bookshop in London
Pandora 1/23 ☆☆☆
Wyoming Wild 7/22 ☆☆☆☆

Nonfiction
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder*** 4/28 ☆☆☆☆
Don't Look Behind You! A Safari Guide's Encounters with Ravenous Lions, Stampeding Elephants, and Lovesick Rhinos
All the Women in My Brain: And Other Concerns
You Got Anything Stronger?: Stories
Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training DNF 1/13
Yearbook
Jungalow: Decorate Wild 1/13 ☆☆☆☆☆
Y'all Eat Yet?: Welcome to the Pretty B*tchin' Kitchen 5/3 ☆☆☆

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[Bobbi]

COMPLETED

New to me Authors
Duration: 1/1/23 - 12/31/23
Read: 15/15

1. Seth Grahame-Smith - How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills 💜💜💜💜 1/14/23
2. Andrew J. Morgan - Noah's Ark 💜💜 1/25/23
3. April Henry - Two Truths and a Lie 💜💜💜 1/27/23
4. Isaac Asimov - I, Robot 💜💜💜💜💜 2/3/23
5. Lamar Giles - The Getaway 💜💜💜💜 2/4/23
6. Alex Finlay - The Night Shift 💜💜💜💜 2/12/23
7. Darcy Coates - The Whispering Dead 💜💜💜 2/20/23
8. Adrian McKinty - The Island 💜💜💜💜💜 2/25/23
9. Erin Bowman - Contagion 💜💜💜 3/5/23
10. Adam Cesare - Clown in a Cornfield 💜💜💜 3/15/23
11. Jennette McCurdy - I'm Glad My Mom Died 💜💜💜💜💜 4/2/23
12. Natasha Rhodes - Final Destination #1: Dead Reckoning 💜💜💜 4/13/23
13. Lauretta Hignett - Oops I Ate a Vengeance Demon 💜💜💜💜 4/23/23
14. Lisa Unger - Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six 💜💜💜 5/5/23
15. Craig DiLouie - Episode Thirteen 💜💜💜💜💜 5/15/23

[Aminko]

Create Your Own Reading Challenge
January 1 to December 31, 2023

Read: 3/20

Challenge Description: Ten books from my Mystery and Non-Fiction TBR shelves, added before 1 January 2023.

Mysteries
1. Don't Ever Forget by Matthew Farrell
2. One by One by Ruth Ware
3. The Crossing by Matt Brolly
4. Wonders of a Godless World by Andrew McGahan
5. Dead Inside by Noelle Holten
6. Six Years by Harlan Coben
7. A Trouble of Fools by Linda Barnes
8. Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller
9. Dirty Snow by Georges Simenon
10. Murder Board by Brian Christopher Shea (26/8/2023)





Non-Fiction
1. Atoms and Ashes: A Global History of Nuclear Disasters by Serhii Plokhy
2. The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid by Lawrence Wright
3. Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam M. Grant
4. Affluence Without Abundance: The Disappearing World of the Bushmen by James Suzman
5. Churchill: The Power of Words by Winston S. Churchill
6. Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression - and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari
7. The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire by Chloe Hooper (20/6/2023)
8. The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson
9. Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland by Jonathan M. Metzl (1/10/2023)
10. Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do by Michael J. Tougias

[Julianna]

This challenge always helps me get some neglected books off my TBR pile, so I'm sticking with it.

Create Your Own Challenge
Challenge Title: The Triple Challenge
Duration: Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
Number of Books: 14/15

Part I - 10 Oldest TBR Books
Read the 10 oldest books from my GoodReads TBR list.
1.Guilty Pleasures by Laura Lee Guhrke (6/27)★★★1/2
2.Divine by Karen Kingsbury (1/8)★★1/2
3.The Baby Farm by Karen Harper (2/16)★★★★
4.Tinker by Wen Spencer (8/9)★★★★1/2
5.The Earl's Forbidden Ward by Bronwyn Scott (10/5)★★★1/2
6.Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale (3/31)★★★★
7.The Hazards of Hunting a Duke by Julia London (3/14)★★★1/2
8.The Ruthless Rake by Barbara Cartland (10/19)★★★★
9.The Defiant Hero by Suzanne Brockmann (3/7)★★★★★
10.Healing Touch by Jenna Anderson (11/11)★★★1/2

Completed 10/10


Part II - Book to Movie
Read at least three books that were made into movies and then watch the movie.
1.The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (6/5)★★★★★ *MW (6/30)
2.The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (7/23)★★★★★ *MW (8/2)
3.

Read 2/3
*MW = Movies Watched 2/3


Part III - Finish Anthologies
I have a habit of starting anthologies because of one particular story and then not finishing them. So, I'm going to finish all anthologies started the previous year unless one of the stories in it is part of a series that I'm not caught up on.
1.Blood Lite III: Aftertaste by Various Authors (7/29)★★★1/2
2.Demonica Underworld Compilation by Larissa Ione (2/19)★★★★1/2

Completed 2/2

[Robin]

Challenge Title: Standalone Challenge
Duration: Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
Number of Books: 30
Challenge Description: Read 30 standalone books, 15 of which have been in my TBR for 2+ years.

1. The New Year's Party: A Holiday Thriller Short Story - Daniel Hurst
2. Beneath Devil's Bridge - Loreth Anne White
3. Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron - Julia Quinn
4. Wrong Place Wrong Time - Gillian McAllister
5. The Bookstore Sisters - Alice Hoffman
6. Anne Frank: Her Life and Legacy - Jemma J. Saunders
7. Running Wild - Linda Howard & Linda Jones 2y+
8. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt 2y+
9. Cop Town - Karin Slaughter 2y+
10. Body Language - Suzanne Brockmann 2y+
11. Killers of a Certain Age - Deanna Raybourn
12. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone - Benjamin Stevenson
13. Honey Moon - Susan Elizabeth Phillips 2y+
14. Exclusive by Sandra Brown - Sandra Brown 2y+
15. Drowning - T.J. Newman
16. Years - LaVyrle Spencer 2y+
17. The Villa by Nora Roberts 2y+
18. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - Jesse Q. Sutanto
19. A Night to Remember - Walter Lord
20. Just Another Missing Person - Gillian McAllister
21. Every Vow You Break - Peter Swanson
22. Angelika Frankenstein Makes Her Match - Sally Thorne
23. The Dark Room - Lisa Gray
24. Freaky Friday - Mary Rodgers
25. Seeing Red - Sandra Brown 2y+
26. Ruthless Game - Danielle Girard
27. How to Lose a Guy Before Christmas - A.J. Pine
28. The Halloween Tree - Ray Bradbury
29. The Christmas Star - Kate Forster
30. The Upside Down Christmas - Kate Forster

[Lynn]

Part 1
Challenge Title: TBR Reduction
Duration: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023
Number of Books: 40/40 - Part 1 completed
Challenge Description: Read 40 stand alone books that are currently on my bookshelf.
List of Books:
1. Lotus Effect by Trisha Wolff 1/9/2023 **** 1/2
2. Love on the Line by McGarvey Black 1/9/2023 ** 1/2
3. Savaged by Mia Sheridan 1/19/2023 ****
4. A Rare Chance by Carla Neggers 1/25/2023 ** 1/2
5. Lethal by Sandra Brown - Even though it is part of the Lee Coburn series, this book is the only book written as part of that series, hence - standalone. 1/26/2023 ****
6. Sweet Deception by Angel Nicholas 1/28/2023 **
7. Hail Mary by Hope Anika 2/2/2023 **** 1/2
8. Rock by JA Huss 2/6/2023 **
9. Get a Clue by Jill Shalvis 2/10/2023 *** 1/2
10. Lies by Kylie Scott 2/12/2023 ****
11. The Layover by Lacie Waldon 2/15/2023 ***
12. The Accidental Text by Becky Monson 3/5/2023 *****
13. The Summer House by Jenny Hale 3/7/2023 ***
14. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl 3/8/2023 *****
15. Deadline by Sandra Brown 3/10/2023 **** 1/2
16. By a Thread by Lucy Score 3/11/2023 **** 1/2
17. Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words by Tara Sivec and Andi Arndt 3/12/2023 **** 1/2
18. The Witness by Sandra Brown 3/14/2023 *** 1/2
19. The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren 2/20/2023 ***
20. My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren 3/22/2023 ****
21. Ringmaster by Brianna Hale 3/24/2023 ***
22. Back in the Burbs by Tracy Wolfe and Avery Flynn 3/26/2023 ****
23. Paris is Always a Good Idea by Jenn McKinlay 3/28/2023 **** 1/2
24. Would Like to Meet by Rachel Winters 4/20/2023 ***
25. Loathe to Love You by Ali Hazelwood 4/23/2023 ****
26. House of Lies by Maggie Toussaint 4/29/2023 ** 1/2
27. He Will Be My Ruin by K. A. Tucker 5/5/2023 ***
28. Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn 5/14/2023 ***
29. Bad Mother by Mia Sheridan 5/19/2023 *** 1/2
30. Dying To Know by Zoe C. Barnes 6/15/2023 *
31. Travis by Mia Sheridan 6/21/2023 ***
32. Running from Strangers by C. C. Harrison 6/28/2023 **
33. Like Gravity by Julie Johnson 8/2/2023 ***
34. A Deadly Deed Grows by Kathryn Long 8/13/2023 *** 1/2
35. Summer Rental by Rektok Ross 8/17/2023 *** 1/2
36. Silent Waters by Jan Coffey 8/20/2023 ** 1/2
37. Criminal Intent by Laurie Breton 8/21/2023 ***
38. Just a Heartbeat Away by Cara Bastone 8/22/2023 ****
39. In a Jam by Kate Canterbary 08/28/2023 **** 1/2
40. Breaking All the Rules by Amy Andrews 8/30/2023 *** 1/2


Part 2
Challenge Title: Try a Chapter Challenge
Duration: 5/24/2023 - 12/31/2023
Number of Books: 8/25
Challenge Description: I will try reading the first chapter of each book to determine whether or not I want to read it. If I decide I don't want to read it, the book will be listed as a DNF and unhauled. The purpose is to reduce the number of books on my shelves.
List of Books:
1. The Suicide Club by Gayle Wilson DNF
2. Under the Alaskan Ice by Karen Harper DNF
3. In Plain Sight by Tara Taylor Quinn DNF
4. Make Me Burn by Marie Harte DNF
5. Dangerous Games by Justine Dare DNF
6. The Prime Objective by Ginna Gray DNF
7. High Stakes by Justine Dare DNF
8. Night Fires by Justine Dare DNF

Round 2
1. Sugar Creek by Toni Blake DNF
2. Criminal Intent by Laurie Breton ***
3. The Search by Christine Heggan DNF
4. Silent Waters by Jan Coffey ** 1/2
5. Betrayed by Rebecca York DNF
6. Night Moves by Janelle Taylor DNF
7. Just a Heartbeat Away by Cara Bastone 8/22/2023 ****

[Suzanne]

Romance Readers Reading Challenges
2023 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge
Duration: 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022

Progress: 0 out of 50

With the year ending, most of us have started looking forward to the new year and have some reading goals we really want to reach.

This is the place to Create-Your-Own-Reading Challenge for 2023.

I've used the acronym SMART to explain how you can put yours together.

SPECIFIC - Sure we have goals and resolutions, but for this challenge you need to be specific on what you will read. Are you going for all classics, books of a specific author, books you already own, etc? You set the parameters, but make sure there is one.

MEASURABLE - Please don't say as many as I can read, please :). Knowing the titles in advance is not required, but you need to put a number of books as your goal. This is a requirement to participate in this challenge.

ATTAINABLE - Be realistic for this challenge. I know how we can go overboard, but you know, how many hours you read in a day. Do not set yourself up to fail. On this note, you are only allowed to have one Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge entry.

REWARDING - A tenet I follow everytime I create and/or join a challenge, is that it should be fun. This is not a punishment, but an activity that you really want to do. You get a better chance of completing it, if you are enjoying yourself.

TIME-BOUND - This challenge is good for the whole year. If you want to set a different start and end date, its up to you, but make sure I can see the duration period of your challenge.

Here is the suggested format:

Challenge Title: READ BOOKS YOU ALREADY OWN!
Duration: 1 YEAR
Number of Books: 50
Challenge Description: Read books that you already own in your basement
List of Books: (you can post it in advanced or post as you complete them)
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[Charlene]

CREATE YOUR OWN CHALLENGE

Challenge Title: A Year n Balance
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2023
Number of Books: 15
Challenge Description: Balance my reading by reading five books from each my Kindle, my owned physical books and my library.

List of Books: (you can post it in advanced or post as you complete them)

Progress: 10/15

Kindle
1. Adore Me, finished 01/14/23
2. Stillhouse Lake, finished 08/12/23
3. The Coworker
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Owned
1. Surrender to Me, finished 02/26/23
2. Against the Heart,finished 08/26/23
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Library
1. Losing You, finished 01/28/23
2. They Both Die at the End, finished 03/07/23
3. The Midnight Library, finished 03/11/23
4. In an Instant, finished 04/01/23
5. You've Reached Sam, finished 04/14/23

[Aoife]

Challenge Title: Backlog Buildup Buster

Duration: 1st January to 31st December 2023

Number of Books: /40

Challenge Description: tackle the tbr and reserved books from the library. My focus will mostly be physical and ebooks I already have but with 6 reserved audiobooks already from the library it won't hurt to focus on them!

Physical Books
1. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
2. The Hunger Games
3. Looking for Alaska
4. Gideon the Ninth
5. Someone Is Watching You

Audiobooks
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Kindle/ebooks
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[R~wka]

2023 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge
January 1 to December 31, 2023

Part 1: Read (and finishing) already started series (started before 1 January 2023)
Finished: 1/5 | Continuing (diferent) Series 8/15
1. Drake Sisters by Christine Feehan
#2 The Twilight Before Christmas - Jan 13

2. Bridgertons by Julia Quinn (Completed)
#5 To Sir Phillip, With Love - Jan 17
#6 When He Was Wicked - Mar 14
#7 It's In His Kiss - Mar 22
#8 On the Way to the Wedding - Apr 06

3. A Razzy Cat Cozy Mystery by by Courtney McFarlin
#11 The Crisis at the Wedding - Mar 27
#12 The Murder on the Mountain - May 21, 2023

4. The Dalai Lama's Cat by David Michie
#2 The Art of Purring - May 11

5. The MacKade Brothers by Nora Roberts
#2 The Pride of Jared MacKade - May 14

6. The Boundarylands by Callie Rhodes
#3 Samson - Jun 21

7. The Club by Lauren Rowe
#3 The Club: Redemption

8. Grim Dating by Eve Langlais
#2 Sweeping Ashley - Aug 13


Part 2: Finish Anthologies: 2/4
1. V: A Virgin Romance Collection - 14%
2. Midnight Breed Series Collection - 14%
3. The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After - 💯 Jun 27 ✔️
4. Seven Christmas Kisses - 💯 Jan 09 ✔️


Part 3: Read Cozy Mystery books: 5/20
1. Lost Christmas - Jan 05
2. Christmas CAT-astrophe - Jan 08
3. Halloween Hi-Jinx - Jan 09
4. Boots and the Bandit - Jan 12
5. Escape From Danger - Feb 26
6. Ghostly Paws - Mar 26
7. The Crisis at the Wedding - Mar 27
8. The Murder on the Mountain - May 21, 2023

[Lyndi (mibookobsession)]

2023 Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge
Roll n' Read TBR Bookstagram Challenge
January 1, 2023- December 31, 2023
Goal: 20 books

Challenge Description
I roll 3 dice. Ex: 635. My TBR books by position would be 6, 63, and 635. THE 4th book is the sum of the 3 dice, so 14. Since I only have 454 books in TBR, I can scramble to get 356. I'm only allowed a scramble choice if the number is higher than my total TBR. I find the 4 books on my TBR shelf then post a poll on my Bookstagram for my followers to choose from.
I came up with this challenge on my own and tried it last month on Insta, so I'm counting the book they chose as my first finished in this challenge.

1. March choices and vote %:
-33% -0% -33% -34%
✔Chasing Perfect 4/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

2. Roll: 434 TBR total: 454
4- -40% 43- -40% 434- -20% sum 11- -0%
The poll is tied so I'll choose ✔Bone River since it's been on my TBR the longest.

3. Roll 3: 351
33% 17% ✔ 50% 0%

Roll 4

5 4 1

25% 0% 50% 25%
Finished Behind Closed Doors 5/7

Roll 5
4 3 6

31% 15% 15% 39%
✔5/30 Once More with Feeling

Roll 6 324
25% 0% 25% 50%

[Mary]

Read 50 books (50 diff authors)
Duration: 1/1/23 - 12/31/23
3/50
1. A Willing Murder Jude Deveraux 1/1
2. Perfect Grump Nicole Snow 1/5
3. Scorpius Rising Rebecca Zanetti 1/11
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[minnemoo]

📚Create Your Own Reading Challenge
January 1 to December 31, 2023📚

Challenge Title: Kindle Unlimited Monthly Sprint
Duration: May 2023 - December 2023

Number of books: 40+

Goal: Making better use of my KU membership especially with the price increase and finish any books hogging up slots.

Challenge Description: Start date is May 2023, after challenge creation date (April 26). Read minimum 5 KU books per month. Fiction genres other than romance are fine. Nonfiction is fine. Overlapping/challenge crossovers are fine.

📚 Completed: 29

📘 MAY
1. Forest of Spirits - 5/5
2. A Soul to Keep - 5/12
3. King of Wrath - 5/15
4. Serpent's Touch - 5/16
5. Serpent's Claim - 5/27
6. A Kingdom of Stars and Shadows - 5/31



📗 JUNE
1. A Wrinkle in Time - 6/5
2. Ruthless Prince - 6/5
3. A Kingdom of Blood and Betrayal - 6/15
4. Until You Can't - 6/22
5. Jasmine in Autumn: A Tale of Snow White - 6/30



📕 JULY
1. Never Lie - 7/5
2. Meet Me at the Anvil - 7/12
3. Pestilence - 7/14
4. The Specialist - 7/18
5. Rustic Hearts - 7/23
6. Simply Mine - 7/25
7. Heart's Prisoner - 7/28
8. My Jurassic Mate - 7/30
9. Love.exe - 7/30



📙 AUGUST
1. Coveted by the Bear - 8/2
2. Champagne Venom - 8/4
3. Die for Me - 8/8
4. Cyclone - 8/8
5. Champagne Wrath - 8/11
6. Girls Weekend - 8/14
7. Cemetery Boys - 8/15
8. Breathless - 8/19
9. A False Start - 8/31



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[Mony]

British, Aussie & New Zealand Authors

Brits







Aussie & New Zealand


Italy +

[Courtney]

Create-Your-Own Reading Challenge
TBR by Fives 2023
50/50 COMPLETE

5 Classics TBR
☑ The Picture of Dorian Gray
☑ The Mysterious Affair at Styles
☑ A Study in Scarlet
☑ Agnes Grey
☑ Where Angels Fear to Tread
10 Kindle TBR
☑ This Way Out
☑ Gwendy's Button Box
☑ Shockwave
☑ The House Witch
☑ Hazel and Gray
☑ The Princess Game
☑ The Black Pages
☑ The Cleaners
Unsouled DNF
☑ Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
☑ How It Unfolds
15 Middle Grade TBR
☑ The Polar Bear Explorers' Club
☑ The Land of Yesterday
☑ When Stars Are Scattered
☑ Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
☑ The Girl Who Could Not Dream
☑ The Castle Corona
☑ The Treehouse Library
☑ A Bit of Earth
☑ Replay
☑ Bastille vs. the Evil Librarians
☑ The Door of No Return
☑ Wings in the Wild
☑ Ellie Engle Saves Herself
☑ The Golden Frog Games
☑ Fairy Debt
☑ The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
20 Translated TBR
☑ Before the Coffee Gets Cold
☑ Siddhartha
☑ Return to the Enchanted Island
☑ Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
☑ Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
☑ The Art of War
☑ The Setting Sun
☑ The Sound of the Mountain
☑ Earthlings DNF @ 62 pages for content
☑ Vita Nostra
☑ Like Water for Chocolate
☑ Strange Beasts of China
☑ The Murmur of Bees
☑ Love in the Big City
☑ Six Heirs
☑ The Apothecary Diaries: Volume 1
☑ The Little Prince
☑ Lonely Castle in the Mirror
☑ The Beast Player
☑ Soul Lanterns

[Fran, Moderator]

Way to go Courtney!!

[Julianna]

Create Your Own Challenge - ALL DONE!
Challenge Title: The Triple Challenge
Duration: Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
Number of Books: 15/15

Part I - 10 Oldest TBR Books
Read the 10 oldest books from my GoodReads TBR list.
1.Guilty Pleasures by Laura Lee Guhrke (6/27)★★★1/2
2.Divine by Karen Kingsbury (1/8)★★1/2
3.The Baby Farm by Karen Harper (2/16)★★★★
4.Tinker by Wen Spencer (8/9)★★★★1/2
5.The Earl's Forbidden Ward by Bronwyn Scott (10/5)★★★1/2
6.Flowers from the Storm by Laura Kinsale (3/31)★★★★
7.The Hazards of Hunting a Duke by Julia London (3/14)★★★1/2
8.The Ruthless Rake by Barbara Cartland (10/19)★★★★
9.The Defiant Hero by Suzanne Brockmann (3/7)★★★★★
10.Healing Touch by Jenna Anderson (11/11)★★★1/2

Completed 10/10


Part II - Book to Movie
Read at least three books that were made into movies and then watch the movie.
1.The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate (6/5)★★★★★ *MW (6/30)
2.The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (7/23)★★★★★ *MW (8/2)
3.Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber (12/21)★★★1/2 *MW (12/27)

Read 3/3
*MW = Movies Watched 3/3


Part III - Finish Anthologies
I have a habit of starting anthologies because of one particular story and then not finishing them. So, I'm going to finish all anthologies started the previous year unless one of the stories in it is part of a series that I'm not caught up on.
1.Blood Lite III: Aftertaste by Various Authors (7/29)★★★1/2
2.Demonica Underworld Compilation by Larissa Ione (2/19)★★★★1/2

Completed 2/2