2022 Reading Challenges ~ Mid-Year Update

Posted June 30, 2022 by Lillian in Challenges / 0 Comments

Happy Thursday y’all! This year is going by SO fast. I can’t believe we are already midway through 2022. It’s been a super busy year so far. Little man finished up 5th grade strong, was in a play, and two recitals. So far it’s been nice to have a break from it all this summer. Reading wise, it’s been great. I only had one month where I didn’t read much. So far, I’m meeting most of my goals and have already met one of my challenges. As of writing this post, I’ve read/listed to 58 books. Read on to see how these fit into my challenges.

The 2022 Audiobook Challenge is hosted by the Caffeinated Book Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About. For this challenge, you simply have to listen to audiobooks. You can sign up anytime between now and December 31, 2022. My goal for this year is Socially Awkward (15-20 audiobooks), which I’ve already met 🙌 so I’m upping my goal to My Precious (30+ audiobooks). This feels achievable to me, and I’ll reevaluate during the 3rd quarter. Who knows, maybe I’ll up my goal again 😉 During the first half of the year, I managed to listen to 22 audiobooks. Here are the books I’ve listened to so far this year:

American Royals by Katherine McGee – ★★★★★
A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn – ★★★★½
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J Maas – ★★★★★
Destined for an Early Grave by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn – ★★★★★
Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore – ★★★★
First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
Beastly Bones by William Ritter – ★★★★
The Traitor Prince by C.J. Redwine – ★★★★★
Reputation by Lex Croucher – ★★★★
Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
American Royals II: Majesty by Katherine McGee – ★★★★★
Inheritance by Katherine McGee – ★★★★
If You Ask Me by Libby Hubscher – ★★★★★
The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman – ★★★
This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron – ★★★★
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig – ★★★★
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff – ★★★★★
Gemina by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff – ★★★★★
One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff – ★★★★★

The 2022 Backlist Reader Challenge is hosted by the Bookwyrm’s Hoard. For this challenge, you read books from your TBR that were published prior to 2021. You can sign up anytime between now and December 31, 2022. My goal for this year is to read 25 books from my TBR. During the first half of the year, I managed to read 15 books published prior to 2021 from my TBR. Here are the books I’ve read so far this year:

Rebel Rose by Emma Theriault – ★★★★
Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
The Wish Granter by C.J. Redwine – ★★★★
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade – ★★★★★
Dragon Marked by Jaymin Eve – ★★★★
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn – ★★★★★
Beastly Bones by William Ritter – ★★★★
The Traitor Prince by C.J. Redwine – ★★★★★
Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
American Royals II: Majesty by Katherine McGee – ★★★★★
This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig – ★★★★
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff – ★★★★★
Gemina by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff – ★★★★★
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff – ★★★★★

The 2022 Beat the Backlist reading challenge is hosted by the Novel Knight. For this challenge, you simply read books from your TBR backlist, any book published prior to 2022 counts. You can sign up anytime between now and December 31, 2022. My goal for this year is to read 30 books from my TBR, and I’ve almost met that so I’m upping my goal to 50. During the first half of the year, I managed to read 27 books published prior to 2022 from my TBR. Here are the books I’ve read so far this year:

Rebel Rose by Emma Theriault – ★★★★
Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
Stolen Mayfly Bride by Sarah K.L. Wilson – ★★★★½
The Love Con by Seressia Glass – ★★★★★
Donut Fall in Love by Jackie Lau – ★★½
The Wish Granter by C.J. Redwine – ★★★★
One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade – ★★★★★
Cupcake by Cookie O’Gorman – ★★★★
Where There’s a Whisk by Sarah J. Schmitt – ★★★★
Dragon Marked by Jaymin Eve – ★★★★
All the Feels by Olivia Dade – ★★★★★
A Not So Meet Cute by Meghan Quinn – ★★★★½
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn – ★★★★★
Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore – ★★★★
First Drop of Crimson by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
The Traitor Prince by C.J. Redwine – ★★★★★
Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
Beastly Bones by William Ritter – ★★★★
American Royals II: Majesty by Katherine McGee – ★★★★★
The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman – ★★★
This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig – ★★★★
Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff – ★★★★★
Gemina by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff – ★★★★★
One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost – ★★★★
Obsidio by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff – ★★★★★

The 2022 COYER challenge is hosted by myself, Because Reading and Once Upon a Chapter this year. This is my 7th year participating in COYER and first time as a co-host! The challenge lasts the entire year with each season having slightly different rules. You can sign up here at any time. For COYER winter, my goal was 30 books. I unfortunately only read 14 books from January to March for this challenge. Here are the ones I read:

For Spring COYER, I’d hoped to read 30 books thinking that with the slightly laxer rules I’d be able to meet it….unfortunately not 😅 I managed to read 28. Here are the books I read from April to June for this challenge:

The 2022 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge is hosted by my friend at Celebrity Readers. This is another of my favorite challenges. I am a series addict. I love sitting down on a weekend or taking a whole week and bingeing a series, whether it be two books or tens. The goal of this challenge is to finish or catch up on a series that you’ve fallen behind on. You can sign up here anytime until December 1st. My goal this year is to be an A-List Series Finisher (9 or more series). So far, I’ve read 12 books for this challenge, completing or catching up on 7 series. Here are the series I’ve completed/caught up on:

The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman, Meagan Spooner
Crescent City by Sarah J. Maas
Graceling Realm by Kristin Cashore
American Royals by Katharine McGee
Spark House by Helena Hunting
Decisions in Durham by Rachel Higginson
Seashell Harbor by Miranda Liasson

The 2022 NetGalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge is hosted by Socrates Book Reviews. This is my 5th year participating in the series, and for the first time ever I am on track to meeting my goal! My main goal is to raise my NetGalley percentage to above 80%. To do this I need to read a total of 70 books this year. That may not be doable, so I’ve set my goal to Gold (50 books). So far this year, I’ve read 27 books from my NetGalley backlist. Here are the books I’ve read:

The Marvelous Monroe Girls by Shirley Jump - ★★★★
How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan - ★★★★
The Love Con by Seressia Glass - ★★★★★
The Sweetheart Deal by Miranda Liasson - ★★★★★
Donut Fall in Love by Jackie Lau - ★★½
Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood - ★★★★
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga - ★★★★
Full Flight by Ashley Schumacher - ★★★★★
Bright Ruined Things by Samantha Cohoe - ★★★
When Sparks Fly by Helena Hunting - ★★★★★
The No-Show by Beth O'Leary - ★★★★
Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore - ★★★★
Starry-Eyed Love by Helena Hunting - ★★★★
All Fired Up by Dylan Newton - ★★★★★
Reputation by Lex Croucher - ★★★★
Blame It on the Brontes by Annie Sereno - ★★★
Places We've Never Been by Kasie West - ★★★★★
Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater - ★★★★★
Belle Morte by Bella Higgin - ★★★
If You Ask Me by Libby Hubscher - ★★★★★
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan - ★★★★★
The Infinity Courts by Akemi Dawn Bowman - ★★★
Cold Summer by Gwen Cole - DNF
Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron - ★★★★
Feather and Flame by Livia Blackburne - ★★★★
Maggie Moves On by Lucy Score - ★★★★★
Fake It Till You Bake It by Jamie Wesley - ★★★★★
This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede - ★★★★★
The True Love Bookshop by Annie Rains - ★★★★★
Sea Glass Summer by Miranda Liasson - ★★★★
Always Be My Duchess by Amalie Howard - ★★★★½
The Godparent Trap by Rachel Van Dyken - ★★★★★
The Dragon's Promise by Elizabeth Lim - ★★★
The Girl in the Castle by James Patterson, Emily Raymond -
The Mirror: Broken Wish by Julie C. Dao - ★★★★
All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody, Christine Lynn Herman - ★★★★
The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber - ★★★★★
All the Feels by Olivia Dade - ★★★★★
The Sweetheart Fix by Miranda Liasson - ★★★★
Wishing on a Christmas Cowboy by Sara Richardson - ★★★★
Blame It on the Mistletoe by Beth Garrod - ★★★★

The 2022 New Release Challenge is hosted by (un)Conventional Bookviews. This is the challenge that I’ve participated in the longest and the one I look forward to every year. It is all about reading those new releases, anything published during the new year counts. As I’m focusing more on reading backlist books this year, I set my goal lower. My goal for this year is New Release Pro (31-60 books). So far I’ve read 26 new releases in 2022. Here are the new releases I’ve read so far this year: