My excitement for reading challenges has dropped sharply over the past year, so I’m really paring it down this year and focusing more on writing thoughtful (and timely) reviews. But I couldn’t totally abstain from joining (and, in one case, continuing) a few reading challenges, hence this post.

Graphics associated with each challenge were created by the host(s).

Updated January 3, 2023

Goodreads Reading Challenge

TOTAL: 143 / 100

Continuing my habit of hedging my bets, aiming for more-than-likely achievable relative to my usual reading stats (typically 250+), because classes and career and life IDK.

Cross-Country Reading Challenge

PROGRESS: 52 / 51

(Started in July 2021; aiming to completed by July December 2022. You can check out the full post, linked above, for the challenge details and titles that I’ve read!)

Books and Tea Reading Challenge

PROGRESS: 25 / 24

🗹	it’s vintage	read a book published in the 1980s	The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
🗹	deep blue sea	read a book that features mermaids	The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire
🗹	victory garden	read a book featuring or about gardening	Taming the Potted Beast by Molly Williams
🗹	coffeeshop asmr	read a book centered around a cafe or coffee shop	Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
🗹	the truth is out there	read a book where one of the primary characters is an alien	The Humans by Matt Haig
🗹	rose-colored glasses	read a book that was popular or trendy when you were in elementary school	Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
🗹	hot ‘n’ fresh	read a book from your library’s new releases shelf	Family of Liars by E. Lockhart
🗹	the tournament arc	read a book featuring a competition	The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
🗹	co-op	read a short story anthology or a novel with 2+ co-authors	Trickster ed. by Matt Dembicki
🗹	bless the rains	read a book that takes place in Africa	Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
🗹	but is it gourdy?	read a book with a gourd on the cover	Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie
🗹	dust to dust	read a book where the main character dies at the end	Babel by R.F. Kuang
🗹	i’m gray, da ba dee ba die	read a book where the main character is described as “morally gray”	Renegades by Marissa Meyer
🗹	blog star	read a book that was recommended by a blogger	The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
🗹	paperback killed the … radio star?	read a book whose title is a song name or lyric	Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram
🗹	over the rainbow	read a book where the main character(s) travel to an alternate dimension	Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
🗹	out of the loop	read a book from the past ten years that you missed out on	Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
🗹	spook business	read a book featuring ghosts, spirits, or other “beyond the grave” phenomena	City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
🗹	star-crossed what now?	read a book where the “destined couple” break it off … for good	One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
🗹	a little something extra	read a book that comes with “extra” content	The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta
🗹	here’s the thing	read a book featuring a BDO (Big Dumb Object)	Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
🗹	hero’s journey	read a book where the main character sets out on a journey	Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods by Catherynne M. Valente
🗹	chop shop	read a book that was abridged or adapted from the original material	Alice Isn’t Dead by Joseph Fink, narr. by Jasika Nicole
🗹	magical child	read a book with the “magical pregnancy” or “magical child” trope	The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
🗹	wild card!	[ free space ]	Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman

• What reading goals do you have for 2022?
• Which challenges and readathons, if any, are you participating in?
• Do you have any titles picked out (whether for a prompt or monthly TBR or just to read soon), or do you prefer to leave your options open?