Reading Challenge Progress 2022

This page is to centralize all the various reading challenges that I am taking part in and track where I am in them. 

I use reading challenges to expand my reading horizons, by trying new authors and genres, and to add an element of serendipity and fun to my reading. Finding a book that fits a challenge can be a challenge in and of itself, and that is part of the fun. 

Books read: 102, significantly less than the 175 I'd aimed for. 

Here are the challenges that I did in 2022.

I've moved A Century of Books to its own page here now. I read only 2 books toward this in 2022.

The years I did were 1959 and 1983.

15th Annual Canadian Reading Challenge.

This is a challenge that runs July 1st to June 30th and is hosted by me (so naturally I have to participate). It also feeds into my passion for Canadian books and my goal to make others realize just how many good authors we have in our country. 

1. Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch. Finished July 1st
2. Followers by Raziel Reid. Finished July 4
3. All The Devils Are Here by Louise Penny. Finished July 17th.
4. Cuckoo's Flight by Wendy Orr. Finished August 1
5. The Wild Heavens by Sarah Louise Butler. Finished August 13
6. Crossing the City by Michel Tremblay. Finished August 24
7. By the Light of the Crescent Moon by Ailsa Keppie. Finished August 26
8. Sunny Days by Deborah Kerbel and Miki Sato. Finished September 1
9. Listen Up! Train Song by Victoria Allenby. Finished September 1
10. Outside, You Notice by Erin Alladin, illustrated by Andrea Blinick. Finished September 3
11. On the Line by Kari-Lynn Winters, illustrated by Scot Ritchie. Finished September 6
12. Last Impressions by Joseph Kertes. Finished September 6
13. Harley the Hero by Peggy Collins. Finished September 6
14. Molly of the Mall by Heidi L.M. Jacobs. Finished September 17
15. Hunted by the Sky by Tanaz Bhathena. Finished September 27
16. The Cow Said Boo! by Lana Button and Alice Carter. Finished September 30
17. Hello, Dark by Wai Mei Wong and Tamara Campeau. Finished October 9
18. What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad. Finished October 18
19. Crow by Amy Spurway. Finished October 28
20. Dirty Work by Anna Maxymiw. Finished December 16
21. Letters Across the Sea by Genevieve Graham. Finished December 24
22. Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen. Finished January 24
23. Stars in the Junkyard by Sharon Berg. Finished March 28
24. The Doll's Alphabet by Camilla Grudova. Finished April 5
25. Find You First by Linwood Barclay. Finished May 6
26. Our Animal Hearts by Dania Tomlinson. Finished May 12
27. Animal Person: Stories by Alexander MacLeod. Finished June 6
28. Every Summer After by Carley Fortune. Finished June 8

This is a good number for me, and I'm happy with that result. 

16th Annual Canadian Reading Challenge

1. Where Have You Been Bobby Marr by Morris Dalla Costa. Finished July 15
2. Windy Days by Deborah Kerbel and Miki Sato. Finished September 5
3. This is the Boat that Ben Built by Jen Lynn Bailey and Maggie Zeng. Finished September 25
4. Animals Move by Jane Whittingham. Finished October 1
5. Birds on Wishbone Street by Suzanne Del Rizzo. Finished October 6
6. Act of God by Jill Ciment. Finished October 15
7. A Sky-Blue Bench by Bahram Rahman, illustrated by Peggy Collins. Finished November 15
8. Dinos Driving by Lynn Leitch and Scot Ritchie. Finished November 20
9. Bear Has a Belly by Jane Whittingham. Finished November 23
10. The Witch of Babylon by D.J. McIntosh. Finished November 26
11. Let's Add Up! by Victoria Allenby, illustrated by Maggie Zeng. Finished November 27
12. If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It by Colleen Nelson and Kathie MacIsaac, illustrated by Scot Ritchie. Finished December 11
13. Serena Singh Flips the Script by Sonya Lalli. Finished December 16
14. Dusk in the Frog Pond and other stories by Rummana Chowdhury. Finished December 20

Not too bad for halfway through. 

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52 Book Club Reading Challenge 2022

I missed 11 of the 52 prompts, and most of the mini-challenges

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The goal was to read 5 books set in different European countries. This is the worst I've ever done. 

The challenge is hosted here

1. Cold to the Touch by Frances Fyfield. Finished January 10. (England)
2. Lucy Checks In by Dee Ernst. Finished April 4 (France)
3. The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor. Finished April 13 (Ireland)

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The TBR 22 in '22 Reading Challenge


This challenge is hosted here. I was only one short of the goal number.

The aim of this challenge is to read books you already own to clear them off your shelves and make room for new ones. I certainly have a lot of books on my shelves unread, so this is a perfect challenge for me to join.

1. Die For You by Lisa Unger. Finished January 15
2. Queen of Dragons by Shana Abe. Finished February 4
3. So Say the Fallen by Stuart Neville. Finished February 12
4. The Turning by Time Winton. Finished February 23
5. I Found You by Lisa Jewell. Finished February 28
6. The Girl in the Woods by Gregg Olsen. Finished April 25
8. Another Thing to Fall by Laura Lippman. Finished June 23
9. Where Have You Been Bobby Marr by Morris Dalla Costa. Finished July 15
10. Tomb Song by Julian Herbert. Finished July 29
11. Granma Nineteen and the Soviet's Secret by Ondjaki. Finished August 4
12. The Wildwater Walking Club by Claire Cook. Finished September 4
13. Act of God by Jill Ciment. Finished October 15
14. Boots Under Her Bed by Jodi Thomas, Jo Goodman, Kaki Warner, and Alison Kent. Finished October 20
15. The Cat, the Lady and the Liar by Leann Sweeney. Finished October 25
16. The Witch of Babylon by D.J. McIntosh. Finished November 26
17. The End of October by Lawrence Wright. Finished December 2
18. Chaotic Good by Whitney Gardner. Finished December 8
19. Pitch Dark by Renata Adler. Finished December 14
20. The King of the North Wind by Claudia Gold. Finished December 28
21. You All Grow Up and Leave Me by Piper Weiss. Finished December 31
22. 

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What's In a Name Challenge

I've done this challenge a few times. It is hosted here

One again I managed to complete it. 

This challenge has six prompts and you have to read a book to match each to complete it. For 2022, the prompts are: 

* Compound word
    Stars in the Junkyard by Sharon Berg. Finished March 28
* Speed
    The Wildwater Walking Club by Claire Cook. Finished September 4
* Person and their description
    The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas. Finished June 15
* Mythical being
    Queen of Dragons by Shana Abe. Finished February 4
* Season
    Every Summer After by Carley Fortune. Finished June 8
* Colour
    A Sky Blue Bench by Bahman Rahman. Finished November 15
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Alphabet Challenge. This isn't one hosted anywhere. I'm just trying to read titles starting with every letter of the alphabet, in order.
I completed all but one, and I'd started reading it, but not completed it for the end of the year. 

A The Apothecary's Curse by Barbara Barnett. Finished January 3
B Between a Book and a Hard Place by Denise Swanson. Finished January 5
C Cold to the Touch by Frances Fyfield. Finished January 10
D Die for You by Lisa Unger. Finished January 15
E Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch by Rivka Galchen. Finished January 24
F The Family Man by Elinor Lipman. Finished January 26
G The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer Smith. Finished February 16
H The House of Whispers by Laura Purcell. Finished February 25
I I Found You by Lisa Jewell. Finished February 28
J Juniper Lemon's Happiness Index by Julie Israel. Finished March 2
K Kym by Joyce Stranger. Finished March 26
L Lucy Checks In by Dee Ernst. Finished April 4
M The Mountains Wild by Sarah Stewart Taylor. Finished April 13
N The Needle by Francis King. Finished April 29
O Our Animal Hearts by Dania Tomlinson. Finished May 12
P The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher. Finished May 14
Q Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond. Finished May 16
R Rules of the Game by Lori Wilde. Finished May 29
S Sea Wife by Amity Gaige. Finished June 28
T Tomb Song by Julian Herbert. Finished July 29
U An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard. Finished August 10
V The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns. Finished August 28
W The Wildwater Walking Club by Claire Cook. Finished September 4
X X+Y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender by Eugenia Cheng. Finished December 31
Y You All Grow Up and Leave Me: a Memoir of Teenage Passion by Piper Weiss. Finished December 31
Z Zolitude

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