To start off the new year, I decided to sign up for four reading challenges. It seems like a lot, but in reality, there’s a lot of crossover so it’s not as daunting as I expected. How am I doing so far?

First is the Library Love Reading Challenge. My goal was to read at least 36 books to make me an Overdrive Junkie. So far, I’ve read eight books from the library, some borrowed through Overdrive to read on my Kindle or physical books. I check out a LOT of books on a regular basis but always get pushed to the side for ARCs and audiobooks, and I end up having to return them because there are holds on the items. I really need to pick up the pace on this front. I’ve got the books in hand, I just need to read some of them before turning them back in.

Next is the 2021 Audiobook Challenge. My goal was Marathoner, or listening to 50+ books. Since I can listen to audiobooks at work, this has been no problem. So far I’ve listened to 31 of them.

Next is my Goodreads Reading Challenge for 2021. My goal is to read or listen to 100 books. I don’t post my books on Goodreads until I’ve reviewed them here on the blog, so it’s not the most accurate depiction of how many books I’ve read because some were read or listened to at the tail end of 2020 and some are awaiting review on the blog. Currently my stats say I’m at 51 books.

Next is the 2021 Reading Challenge: 52 Weeks, 52 Books There are specific categories for this one:

Reading Challenge 2021

1. A Productivity Book
2. Book Becoming a Movie in 2021
3. Goodreads Winner in 2021
4. Biography #NetGalley #ARCReview The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock: An Anatomy of the Master of Suspense by Edward White
5. About a Pressing Social Issue’
6. A Book About Books
7. Set in the 1920s Castle Shade by Laurie R. King (Review to come next month)
8. An Author Who Uses Initials #NetGalley ARC Review #TheLastTiara by M.J. Rose
9. Poetry
10. A 2020 Bestseller The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
11. Recommended by a Colleague Anxious People by Fredrick Backman (Translated by Neil Smith)
12. With a Number in the Title 41: A Portrait of My Father by George W. Bush (Review to come next month)
13. Bottom of Your To-Read List
14. Reread a Favorite Book: #AllCreaturesGreatandSmall Book and #PBSMasterpiece Review
15. Own Voices Story
16. Published in the 1800s
17. Local Author
18. Longer Than 400 Pages: Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy by Larry Tye
19. A Book Turned Into a TV Series: The Duke and I (Bridgertons) Did not review.
20. A Book That Makes You Think
21. A WWII Story The Last Correspondent by Soraya M Lane (review to come next month)
22. A Highly Anticipated Book The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
23. Eye-Catching Cover From Blood and Ash (Blood and Ash #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
24. A Summer Read
25. Coming of Age Story When You Trap a Tiger (review to come next month)
26. Bestselling Memoir No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality by Michael J. Fox
27. Book Club Favorite #ReesesBookClub #TheGuestList by Lucy Foley
28. A Book About Friendship Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Whistle Stop, AL #1) by Fannie Flagg
29. An Audiobook The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict
30. Set in Australia When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O’Neal (Okay, so it’s New Zealand, but that’s pretty close)
31. By a Nobel Prize winner
32. About an Immigrant
33. Time Travel Novel
34. An Author You Love That Time of Year: A Minnesota Life by Garrison Keillor
35. Childhood Favorite The Clue in the Jewel Box (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #20)
36. Classic Read in High School #AllCreaturesGreatandSmall Book and #PBSMasterpiece Review
37. Borrowed from the Library #ReesesBookClub Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
38. Nonfiction New York Times Bestseller
39. From an Indie Publisher
40. Fantasy Spellbreaker by Charles M. Holmberg
41. A Sequel The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop (Whistle Stop, AL #2) by Fannie Flagg
42. Recommended by a Librarian
43. Psychological Thriller Mirrorland by Carole Johnnstone
44. Book Club Pick
45. A Book About Technology No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram by Sarah Frier
46. Title with Three Words #NetGalley ARC Review #TheLastTiara by M.J. Rose
47. Debut Novel of Famous Author
48. Genre You Don’t Usually Read
49. A Book Everyone Is Talking About
50. You Own But Haven’t Read The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
51. Borrowed from a Friend
52. A 2021 New Release The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

So far so good. How are you doing on your reading challenges?