At the beginning of the new year, I decided to sign up for four reading challenges. Some of them are going better than others. Let’s take a closer look.

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 NINE books from the library, some borrowed through Overdrive to read on my Kindle or physical books. I really need to pick up the pace here. The problem is I usually have ARCs to read for NetGalley, which takes precedence, and then there’s my weekly Nancy Drew book to read, leaving very little time to tackle all the wonderful books that I pick up from the library.

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 and reviewed 35 audiobooks, with another ten or so to review in the coming weeks.

Next is my Goodreads Reading Challenge for 2021. My goal is to read or listen to 100 books. 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 71 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#NetGalley #ARCReview: Castle Shade (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #17) by Laurie R. King
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 #NetGalley #ARCReview: Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda P. Dobbs
16. Published in the 1800s
17. Local Author Being Ethel: In a world that loves Lucy by Michele Olson
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
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 2021 Newbery Medal Winner: When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
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

30 down, 22 to go. Not bad for four months in.

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