2022 Reading Challenges ~ Final Update

Posted January 5, 2023 by Lillian in Challenges / 1 Comment

Happy Thursday y’all! 2022 ended in a blur. It was so crazy busy for us that my reading took a nose dive. Regardless, I feel pretty good about where my goals for my reading challenges ended up. I managed to read 100 books in 2022, well below my goal, but more pages read than in any previous year so I take that as a win. I initially signed up for six challenges last year, and I met my goal for three of them 😅 However I made really good progress AND barely missed my goals for the other three. Again, win in my book! Read on to see my final totals and which books counted where.

The 2022 Audiobook Challenge was hosted by the Caffeinated Book Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About. For this challenge, you simply have to listen to audiobooks. My original goal for this year was Socially Awkward (15-20 audiobooks), which I met before the mid-year update so I increased my goal to My Precious (30+ audiobooks) which I again met 🙌 I managed to listen to 37 audiobooks during 2022. Here are the books I listened to:

The 2022 Backlist Reader Challenge was hosted by the Bookwyrm’s Hoard. For this challenge, you read books from your TBR that were published prior to 2021. My goal was to read 25 books from my TBR. I unfortunately failed this challenge, missing my goal by a hair. I managed to read 24 books from my backlist. Here are the books I read in 2022:

The 2022 Beat the Backlist reading challenge was hosted by the Novel Knight. For this challenge, you simply read books from your TBR backlist, any book published prior to 2022 counts. My original goal was to read 30 books from my TBR, and because I’d almost met it mid-year I upped my goal to 50. Sadly, I didn’t read much the last half of the year so I did not meet this new goal. I managed to read 40 books from my backlist. Here are the books I read in 2022:

The 2022 Finishing the Series Reading Challenge was hosted by my friend at Celebrity Readers. The goal of this challenge is to finish or catch up on a series that you’ve fallen behind on. My goal was to be an A-List Series Finisher (9 or more series) which I met 🥳 I read 21 books for this challenge, completing or catching up on 12 series. Here are the series I completed/caught up on in 2022:

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
Caraval / Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber
Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim
Twisted Pages by Elle Madison & Robin D. Mahle
Brilliant Darkness by A.G. Henley
Blossom Glen by Miranda Liasson

The 2022 NetGalley & Edelweiss Reading Challenge was hosted by Socrates Book Reviews. My main goal was to raise my NetGalley percentage to above 80%, which I didn’t come anywhere near seeing 🤦🏼‍♀️ I set my goal to Gold (50 books) which I just barely missed. I read 42 books from NetGalley. Here are the books I read in 2022:

The 2022 New Release Challenge was 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 was focusing more on reading backlist books in 2022, I set my goal lower. My goal was New Release Pro (31-60 books) which I met by reading 52 new releases in 2022. Here are the books I read: