January 2022 Reading Wrap Up & Challenge Progress

 

Goodbye January!

It's hard to believe we're already a month into the year.
We've been hard at work with homeschool and our reading goals. It's been chillier than usual and we haven't been on many hikes so far this new year, but we did get plenty of great new reads in! 

I'm not as active here, although I am still trying to keep up with my reviews. There's just a lot going on in my life right now and I can't spend as much time writing as I'd like. If anyone is still reading my posts, hello and I greatly appreciate you! I hope you're reading all the best books! 

 You can follow what I'm reading at Bookstagram, Goodreads (includes our KidLit reads,) and StoryGraph [username; stacyrenee] (does not include our KidLit reads.)


Back to January. 
I finished reading 9 books this month, 
including 1 nonfiction audiobook, 1 book of poetry, and 2 graphic novels. 




Books Read in January

Chapter Books Read Out Loud

CHALLENGE PROGRESS

ABC CHALLENGE

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

7 / 26

JAN: +7
C, E, G, H, L, N, V


BookRiot's READ HARDER Challenge

1 / 24

JAN: +1
Prompt #12: Read a poetry collection
Read: Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman



The52BookClub Reading Challenge

5 / 52

JAN: +5

Prompt #3: Title starting with the Letter "E"
Read: Emlyn's Moon by Jenny Nimmo

Prompt #11: A book w/ less than 2022 reviews on GR
Read: Graceling: Graphic Novel by Kristin Cashore & Gareth Hinds 

Prompt #27: Includes a map
Read: The Hunger by Alma Katsu

Prompt #34: Author's photo on back of book
Read: Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

Prompt #52: A book published in 2022
Read: Northwind by Gary Paulsen



PopSugar Reading Challenge

2 / 40

JAN: +1

Prompt #1: Book published in 2022
Read: Northwind by Gary Paulsen

Prompt #15: Written by Pacific-Islander
Read: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw


NEW TO ME AUTHORS

Erin Zammett Ruddy
Cassandra Khaw
Rachel Smythe
Gareth Hinds
Soman Chainani



I think that's about it on stats and challenges I want to track here.

I hope you all had a great start to the year!
Happy reading! 

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Norman Didn't Do It! (Yes, he did.) by Ryan T. Higgins (Children's Picture Book Review)

Norman Didn't Do It!
(Yes, he did.)
by Ryan T. Higgins
Published by Disney-Hyperion
on September 7, 2021
Genre: Children's, Picture Books, Humor
Length: 48 pages
Ages: 3 - 5 years

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Synopsis:
Norman is a porcupine. Mildred is a tree.
Norman and Mildred are best friends. Just the two of them. And only the two of them. But when a surprise pops up, life will never be the same again. 


Our Thoughts:

What's a porcupine to do when his best friend makes a new friend?

Norman's best friend is a tree. They do everything together.
But when a new friend pops up, Norman just can't handle it! He worries so much that he does something drastic; something so terrible, he eventually has to make it right.

Ryan T. Higgins never disappoints! We have loved everything we've read by him so far. His picture books are all so funny and this one was no exception. From his characters' expressions to their words and actions, his books always keep my Little Reader giggling.  

If you've enjoyed any of the hilarious Mother Bruce books, you'll recognize Higgins' illustration style and humor and enjoy this just as much! I'd also recommend this to fan of the Elephant & Piggie series by Mo Willems! 

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NatGeoKids World Atlas: Sixth Edition (Children's Nonfiction Book Review)

We received a physical copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

National Geographic Kids'
World Atlas
Sixth Edition
Published by National Geographic Society
on August 24, 2021
Genre: Children's Nonfiction
Length: 216 pages
Ages: 10 - 14 years
Grade level: 3 - 5th 

Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | BookDepository

Synopsis:
The map experts at National Geographic bring you a new atlas that captures our world with completely updated maps, stats, and fun facts--the perfect reference for curious kids and students. 

Learn all about the people, places, trends, and developments of our world in the sixth edition of this acclaimed atlas. All the latest, greatest geographic and political information makes this a valuable resource for using in the classroom or reading at home.


My Thoughts:

Many thanks to the publisher for providing a copy of this atlas that we've used nearly every (home)school day so far this month thanks to our Language Arts curriculum's focus on countries, cultures, and folklore. 

This atlas includes a wonderfully wide and varied look at our home planet, from sharing its' place in the solar system, to its time zones, landforms, and more.
It shares a collection of informational maps as well as the continents and all the countries within them, including physical and political maps. 
And, as always, National Geographic Kids' books include a wealth of extra facts and gorgeous, colorful photos to round out this wonderful resource! 

We created a special GoogleMaps map to tag all of our literary locations and settings but having a physical map--or many--is so much more useful for our everyday hands-on lessons!

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The Umbrella Lady (Umbrella #1) by "V.C. Andrews" (YA Contemporary Mystery Book Review)

The Umbrella Lady
(Umbrella #1)
by VC Andrews
Published by Gallery Books
on February 2, 2021
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Drama
Length: 304 pages

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Synopsis:
A young girl who has lost her father finds herself at the mercy of a mysterious woman who is not quite what she seems.

Left on a train platform in an unfamiliar village, little Saffron Faith Anders is certain her father will return shortly, just like he promised. She holds out hope even as the hours pass and the station grows dark. When a strange old woman with a large umbrella approaches and inquires about her situation, Saffron doesn't immediately trust the imposing do-gooder, but with the chances of her father returning growing ever slimmer, she agrees to rest at the old woman's house. 

Her stay was supposed to be for a few minutes, hours at most, but soon, Saffron realizes she has been confined to a house of dark secrets and is now at the mercy of the enigmatic Umbrella Lady. One minute grandmotherly and the next wickedly cruel, she shears Saffron's hair and burns her clothes. When strange letters arrive from Saffron's father, claiming that he will send for her shortly, hope returns to her young heart. But Saffron soon discovers that those who claim to love you will often hurt you the most...


My Thoughts:

Saffron Faith Anders is abandoned by her father at a small-town train station shortly after her mother dies in a house fire. The Umbrella Lady finds her and coaxes Saffron home with her, promising that her father will know where to find her, but as the days pass Saffron must come to terms with the fact that her father will not return.
The Umbrella Lady, or Mazy, homeschools Saffron, intent on raising her and protecting her from the outside world. But Saffron is determined and intelligent enough to make it on her own and dreams of the day she will have the chance. 

I read a lot of VC Andrews' original series in my youth and even though I am aware that her books are now ghostwritten, this book had everything I would expect of a VC Andrews novel.
It's a coming-of-age story about an abandoned girl who must rely on adults who may or may not have her best interests at heart and learns to maneuver her new life of confinement and secrecy.

As always, VC Andrews' books tend to lean towards tough subjects and sometimes triggering content, such as abandonment, child abuse, neglect, and more. 


The sequel, Out of the Rain, is out now! 

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If The World Were 100 People by Jackie McCann (Children's Nonfiction Picture Book Review)

 

If the World Were 100 People:
A Visual Guide to Our Global Village
Written by Jackie McMann
Illustrations by Aaron Cushley
Published by Crown Books for Young Readers
on July 20, 2021
Genre: Children's, Nonfiction
Length: 32 pages
Ages: 4 - 8 years

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Synopsis:
Help your child become a global citizen with this accessible introduction to the people who live on our planet, with big ideas broken into bite-size chunks through clever graphic design. Perfect for home and classroom settings! 

With almost 7.8 billion people sharing the earth, it can be a little hard to picture what the human race looks like all together. But if we could shrink the world down to just 100 people, what could we learn about the human race? What would we look like? Where and how would we all be living? This book answers all these questions and more!

Reliably sourced and deftly illustrated, If the World Were 100 People is the perfect starting point to understanding our world and becoming a global citizen. If we focus on just 100 people, it's easier to see what we have in common and what makes us unique. Then we can begin to appreciate each other and also ask what things we want to change in our world. 


My Thoughts:

Want an easier way to show the differences and similarities of ALL the billions of people on Earth to young learners? What better way for Littles to understand our global village than to break those similarities and differences down into an easy-to-see one hundred people? Each of those 100 people would represent around 80 million people in the world today! 

So, how many of those '100 people' are male or female? How different is our DNA? How many people have enough to eat each day? How many have a safe place to live and how many don't? How about access to electricity or the internet or education?

If the World Were 100 People helps share the 'bigger' picture of our world and the people in it by breaking down these and many other facts into groups that younger children can more readily see and imagine than millions and billions. 

I especially loved the discussions this book brought forth as well as how the answers to these questions may change over time as the population grows and better access to food and medicine allows people to live longer.

This children's nonfiction is perfect for both a home or classroom setting!

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BookRiot's 2022 READ HARDER Challenge

 

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This is the EIGHTH annual Read Harder challenge but only my second year participating. I really love how this challenge pushes us to really read outside our comfort zones and genres! 

Are you joining in?

HASHTAG:

#READHARDER

THE PROMPTS:

(I may fill these in as I go!)

1. Read a biography of an author you admire

2. Read a book set in a bookstore

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
The Thirteenth Tale

3. Read any book from the Women's Prize Shortlist/longlist/winner list
An American Marriage
The Tiger's Wife
Piranesi
A Little Life
The Vanishing Half
Pachinko

4. Read a book in any genre by a POC that's about joy and not trauma

With the Fire On High
The Firekeeper's Daughter

5. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices

BlackOut

6. Read a nonfiction YA comic

Drowned City
Run: Book One by John Lewis +

7. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40

The House in the Cerulean Sea
Lore Olympus Vol 1 & 2 (Hades is 2000+ yrs old)

8. Read a classic written by a POC

The Bluest Eye

9. Read a book that's been on your TBR the longest

The Bluest Eye

10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author (BIPOC, LGBTQIA+)
Velvet Was the Night

11. Read a book with an asexual or aromantic partner

Dread Nation

12. Read an entire poetry collection

Call Us What We Carry

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author

14. Read a book whose movie or tv adaptation you've seen but haven't read the book yet

The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgerton #2)
Firestarter
Heartstopper Vol 1 - 4

15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital)
Scarenthood

16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes
Ugly Love

17. Read a memoir by someone who is trans or nonbinary

Gender Queer by Maia Kobabi

18. Read a "Best ____ Writing of the Year" for a topic and year of your choice

19. Read a horror novel by a BIPOC author

Certain Dark Things
Fledgling

20. Read an award-winning book from the year you were born

Lonesome Dove

21. Read a queer retelling of a classic in the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth
The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

22. Read a historical novel about a period you know little about 

The Children's Blizzard

23. Read a book by a disabled author

Kindred
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Get A Life, Chloe Brown
Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking

24. Pick a prompt from any previous years' challenge to repeat! 

Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

Want to join in?

You can find out more about the challenge at BookRiot!

You can keep up with what I'm reading at Goodreads & Bookstagram!

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2022 ABC Reading Challenge

Hello readers! 

Happy New Year! 

I've been participating in some form of this ABC challenge for years and enjoy crossing out titles and adding to lists so here we go again! 

PREVIOUS YEARS

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022 ABC READING CHALLENGE

*title = currently reading

title = finished reading

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

MY TBR LIST

(scroll down for list of books I ended up reading)

A
An American Marriage | Aquicorn Cove

B

Before We Were Yours | The Bird Eater | The Bluest Eye | The Book of Accidents | The Bookwanderers | The Broken Girls

C

Call Us What We Carry | Carrie | Cemetery Boys | The Children's Blizzard | Concrete Rose | Confessions on the 7:45

D

Daisy Jones and the Six | Damnation Spring | Deacon King Kong | The Death of Jane Lawrence | The Dressmakers of Auschwitz

E

Emlyn's Moon | Empty Smiles | Entangled Life | The Eye of the World

F

The Final Girl Support Group | The Firekeeper's Daughter

G

Gallant | Gideon the Ninth | *The Girls in the Stilt House | Graceling | The Guest List

H

The Haunting of Leigh Harker | A History of Wild Places | The Hunger

I

The Invited

J

Joyland

K

King of Scars

L

The Last House On Needless Street | The Last Time I Lied | Layla | Let Me Go | The Library Of the Dead | A Little Life | Lore Olympus | The Lost Apothecary | The Lost Village

M

The Maidens | Middlegame | Milk & Honey | My Best Friend's Exorcism 

N
Northwind | Nothing But Blackened Teeth

O

One by One | Out of the Easy | Out of the Rain

P

Pachinko | Pax, Journey Home | The Poet X | Practical Magic | The Pull of the Stars 

Q

R

The Ravenous Dead | Resurrection Road | Rule of Wolves

S

The Sanatorium | The Secrets We Share | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo | The Shape of Darkness | Shuggie Bain | The Silent Patient | Sorrowland | State of Terror | Stolen | Such A Fun Age | The Sum Of Us

T

Tender Is The Flesh | Three Sisters | The Tiger Rising | Tokyo Ever After

U
Ugly Love

V

Velvet Was The Night | Verity

W

We Live Inside Your Eyes | When the World Was Ours | Where the Drowned Girls Go | The Wolf and the Woodsman | Wolf Hall

X

Y

Z

BOOKS I ACTUALLY READ IN 2022

*title = currently reading

title = finished reading

A
An Offer From A Gentleman
Ain't Burned All the Bright 
The Aquanaut (GN)
Aquicorn Cove (GN)
Amari and the Night Brothers
Animal Barn
The Accursed Vampire (GN)
Anna and the Apocalypse

B
The Bluest Eye
The Boy Who Met A Whale
Burn the Bridge: Poetry and Prose
The Book of Cold Cases
The Best We Could Do (GN)
The Book of Accidents
Bloom (GN)
Bridge of Souls

C
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas
Calm the F*ck Down
Cat's Cradle: The Golden Twine (GN)
The Cartographers

Carrie
Chivalry (GN)
Crumbs (GN)
Cackle
A Christmas Story
A Christmas Carol

D
Damnation Spring

Don't Turn Out the Lights
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

E
Emlyn's Moon
Enola Holmes: the graphic novels Volume 1
Empty Smiles
The Evil Dead (GN)
Entangled Life

F
Fly By Night by Tara O'Connor (GN)
Firestarter
The Final Girl Support Group
Fever by Shilo Niziolek

G
Graceling (Graphic Novel)
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Guide by Peter Heller
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabi (GN)
The Girl From the Sea (GN)

Garlic and the Vampire (GN)
Garlic and the Witch (GN)
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Ghostlight
Gravebooks
Grandma Gatewood's Walk
The Graveyard Book Vol 1 (GN)
The Graveyard Book Vol 2 (GN)
Ghosts (GN)

H
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
A History of Wild Places
Heartstopper Vol 1 - 4
The Hacienda
Horrorstor
How To Raise An Anti-Racist
Haven Jacobs Saves the Planet

Healing From Toxic Relationships

I
It's In His Kiss
The Invited
Invisible

J

Joyland

K

L

The Little Book of Life Skills
Lore Olympus Vol 1
The Last Cuentista
The Last Time I Lied
Lore Olympus Vol 2
Louisa June and the Nazis in the Sea
A Lullaby For Witches
The Lost Apothecary

Long Live the Pumpkin Queen
Lumberjanes Vols 1 - 4 (GN)

M
Milk and Honey
Mercury
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Mooncakes
Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron
My Best Friend's Exorcism
My Side of the Mountain

N
Northwind by Gary Paulsen
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
Nimona
Notes On A Nervous Planet
Nettle and Bone
Nick and Charlie (novella)

O
Out of the Rain by 'VC Andrews'
Outdoor Kids In An Inside World
Over the Garden Wall
On the Way to the Wedding
On A Sunbeam

P
Paper Girls Vol 1
The Prince and the Dressmaker
Practical Magic
Pumpkinheads

Q

R
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Run: Book One
Recitatif

Romancing Mister Bridgerton
The Rules of Magic

S
Sorceline
Sleepwalk
Sleeping Beauties Vol 1
Suspicious Minds
Snapdragon
Slewfoot
The Sisters of Luna Island

T
Took: the Graphic Novel
To Sir Phillip, With Love
This One Summer

The Thirteenth Tale
A Thousand Winters In Me

U
Ugly Love
Unmasked (Fright Watch)

V
The Viscount Who Loved Me

W
Where the Drowned Girls Go
Wake the Bones
The Witch, The Sword, and the Cursed Knights
When He Was Wicked
When Women Were Dragons
The Whispers
What Moves the Dead
Witchlings
The Witchcraft of Salem Village
Welcome to Dead House
The Witches: Salem 1692
We Sold Our Souls
What Lives in the Woods
Witchlight

X

Y
The Year of the Witching

Z

I'll be linking up to the 2022 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge hosted by EscapeWithDollycas.
You can see the general rules and sign up HERE.

You can follow and see what I'm currently reading at Goodreads & Bookstagram! 

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The 52 Book Club's 2022 Reading Challenge

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What is the 52 Book Club Challenge?

This is an annual reading challenge made up of 52 unique prompts hosted by The 52 Book Club.  

MY PROGRESS UPDATE:
__ / 52

The Prompts:


1. A 2nd-person narrative
The Tiger's Wife
Stolen by Lucy Christopher  
The Night Circus
The Fifth Season
Three Women

2. Featuring a library or bookstore
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd


3. Title starting with letter "E"
Entangled Life
Emlyn's Moon
Empty Smiles


4. Title starting with letter "F"
The Final Girl Support Group
The Firekeeper's Daughter
Fly By Night by Tara OConnor

5. Chapters have titles
The Eye of the World
The Guest List
The Thirteenth Tale
Sleepwalk
Lore Olympus

6. Household object on cover
The Bird Eater (fork)


7. A nonfiction bestseller
Caste
Educated
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The Radium Girls
How To Be An AntiRacist
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Maid

8. Involving the art world
The Silent Patient
A Little Life

9. A book that sparks joy
(I will choose at my discretion)

10. A book based on a real person
Wolf Hall
The Alice Network
The Redhead of Auschwitz

11. A book with less than 2022 ratings on Goodreads
Graceling (Graphic Novel) 

12. Set on at least two continents
The Alice Network
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Huntress
The Book of Magic 
The Lost Apothecary

13. Includes a club
The Final Girl Support Group

14. A character with a superhuman ability
Circe
Carrie
Firestarter

15. A five-syllable title

Velvet Was the Night
The Children's Blizzard
Daisy Jones & the Six
The Last Time I Lied
The Shape of Darkness
Tender Is the Flesh
The Book of Cold Cases


16. A book you've seen someone reading in a public place


17. A book picked based on its spine
On A Sunbeam

18. Jane Austen-inspired
The Wife Upstairs
The Reading List

19. A book that has an alternate title
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone
George / Melissa

20. Related to the word "Gold"
Cat's Cradle: The Golden Twine

21. Published by Simon & Schuster
One By One
Such A Quiet Place
State of Terror
The Night She Disappeared
Tender Is the Flesh
Ugly Love
Verity

22. An unlikely detective
The Lost Apothecary
The Curious Dog in the Night-Time
The Silent Patient
The Firekeeper's Daughter
Hope Never Dies

23. An author with an "X", "Y", or "Z" in their name
Grady Hendrix
Hanya Yanagihara 
Nizrana Farook
Molly Knox Ostag

24. Addresses a specific topic
Notes On A Nervous Planet

25. A wealthy character
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Ex Hex
The Guest List

26. Has an "author's note"
The Last House On Needless Street
The Water Dancer
The Alice Network
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

27. Includes a map
The Hunger
Circe
Fable
The Cartographers

28. An award-winning book from your country
The Underground Railroad
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe

29. Over 500 pages long
A Little Life
Inkheart
On A Sunbeam

30. Audiobook is narrated by the author
A Promised Land
How To Be AntiRacist
The Neil Gaiman Reader
The Bluest Eye
Notes On A Nervous Planet
Will by Will Smith

31. Technology themed
Mr. Penumbra's
This Is How You Lose the Time War

32. A book that intimidates you


33. A bilingual character
Cemetery Boys
Lobizona
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Pachinko
The Last Cuentista

34. An author's photo on the back cover
A Promised Land
Local Woman Missing
Call Us What We Carry
The Girl From the Sea


35. From the villains perspective
Circe
Nimona
Perfume
Alias Grace
The Silent Patient

36. Recommended by a favorite author


37. Set in a rural area
The Dry
Educated
The Firekeeper's Daughter
The Hacienda
The Night She Disappeared

38. Don't judge a book by its cover! 
The Viscount Who Loved Me

39. A middle-grade novel
The Bookwanderers
Fly By Night
Northwind
Took: Graphic Novel
Amari and the Night Brothers


40. A book with photographs inside
The Dressmaker of Auschwitz
The Radium Girls

41. Involves a second chance
A Little Life
Before We Were Yours
Deacon King Kong
Under the Whispering Door
A History of Wild Places

42. An indie read
The Forest of Stolen Girls

43. Author who's published in more than one genre


44. An anthology


45.  A book with illustrated people on cover
Gideon the Ninth
Cemetery Boys
Pachinko
This One Summer

46. A job title in the title 
The Dressmakers of Auschwitz
The Maid
Maid
The Firekeeper's Daughter
The Guide

47. Read during the month of November 
nonfiction? We shall see. 

48. Re-do one of this year's prompts but w/ a different genre


49. Book title starts with the same letter as your first name
Sorrowland
Shuggie Bain
The Shape of Darkness
Sorceline


50.  A POC as the MC
A Promised Land
An American Marriage
The Vanishing Half
Dread Nation
Concrete Rose
The Poet X
Ghost Boys
Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry

51. The word "Game" in the title
Middlegame

52. Published in 2022
Where the Drowned Girls Go
Northwind
Amari and the Night Brothers
The Cartographers
Nettle and Bone
Lore Olympus Vol 2




HASHTAGS

#the52bookclub
#the52bookclub2022

 
You can find out more about this challenge over at The 52 Book Club's website! 



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PopSugar's 2022 Reading Challenge

 

This is the eighth PS reading challenge and my fourth year participating!

I'm not very strict about whether I will finish the challenge or not but I love to build my yearly tbr from these challenges and it's always a challenge in itself to find a book I own or have access to that will fit each prompt, but I'm loving these and hope I can knock lots of literature off my tbr list!

THE PROMPTS

1. A book published in 2022
Where the Drowned Girls Go
Northwind
Sleepwalk
Wake the Bones
Amari and the Night Brothers
When Women Were Dragons

2. Set on a plane, train, or cruise ship
The Woman in Cabin 10
Project Hail Mary

3. A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal country
The Power by Naomi Alderman

4.  A book with a tiger on the cover or in the title
The Tiger's Wife

KidLit: 
Camp Tiger by Susan Choi (PB)
When You Trap A Tiger (MG)
The Tiger Rising (J)

5. A sapphic book
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
The Priory of the Orange Tree
Girls of Paper and Fire
When Women Were Dragons
The Girl From the Sea

6. A book by a Latinx author
Velvet Was the Night

7. A book with onomatopoeia in the title
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ring Shout
Harlem Shuffle

Rec: Flush by Carl Hiaasen

8. A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid
Heidi
White Bird

9. A book about a "found" family
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Lumberjanes
A History of Wild Places

10. An Annisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner
Deacon King Kong
There, There
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Hidden Figures
Half Of A Yellow Sun

11. A Booktok recommendation
The Song of Achilles
Cultish

12. A book about the afterlife
Under the Whispering Door
The Broken Girls

13. A book set in the 1980's
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
Paper Girls
Watchmen
The Blackbird Girls

14. A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title
The Bird Eater by Ania Ahlborn

15. A book by a Pacific Islander author
Nothing But Blackened Teeth
Tokyo Ever After
Pachinko
Little Fires Everywhere*
The Forest of Stolen Girls^
The Astonishing Color of After

Picture books:
Drawn Together^
A Different Pond

16. A book about witches
Practical Magic
A Lullaby For Witches
The Witches

17. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022
Around the World in Eighty Days
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
Daisy Jones & the Six
Pachinko
Paper Girls
The Power
Neil Gaiman's Sandman
White Bird
Firestarter

18. A romance novel by a BIPOC author
Never Tell by Stacey Abrams
Velvet Was the Night

19. A book that takes place during your favorite season


20. A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read
Damnation Spring, following White Bird.

21. A book about a band or musical group
Daisy and the Six


22. A book with a character on the ace spectrum


23. A book with a recipe in it


24. A book you can read in one sitting
Red at the Bone
The Aquanaut

25. A book about a secret
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
Amari and the Night Brothers


26. A book with a misleading title


27. A HUGO Award winner
This Is How You Lose the Time War

28. A book set during a holiday
Father Christmas and Me

29. A different book by an author you read in 2021
Empty Smiles
The Final Girl Support Group
The Haunting of Leigh Harker
The Last Time I Lied
The Shape of Darkness
Out of the Rain

30. A book with the name of a board game in the title
Pan's Labyrinth

31. A book featuring a man-made disaster


32. A book with a quote from your favorite author on a cover or Amazon page


33. A social-horror book
Sorrowland

34. A book set in Victorian times
Within These Wicked Walls

35. A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title
Brief Answers to the Big Questions

36. A book you know nothing about


37. A book about gender identity
Gender Queer

38. A book featuring a party
The Guest List
Lore Olympus Vol 1

39. An #ownvoices SFF book
Amari and the Night Brothers

40. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past PopSugar reading challenge



ADVANCED

41. A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title
The Book of Accidents
The Firekeeper's Daughter
Gallant
Graceling (Graphic Novel)
A History of Wild Places

42. A book that features two languages
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
The Last Cuentista
The Poet X

43. A book with a palindromic title
Maddaddam

44. A duology (1)


45. A duology (2)


46. A book about someone leading a double life


47. A book featuring a parallel reality
Where the Drowned Girls Go

48. A book with two POVs
Mercury
The Book of Cold Cases
Ugly Love

49. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (1)


50. Two books set in twin towns/sister cities (2)




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LazyDayLit's 2022 Reading Goals & January TBR

 Happy New Year, readers!

I hope 2021 wasn't a complete train wreck for you all and that you read plenty of great books!

Now that it's over, I'm looking forward to all the new books that will be coming out this year as well as all the backlist books I plan to read! 

My 2022 Reading Goals

I've been enjoying simple goals lately and plan on keeping it simple again this year, with the usual reading challenges thrown in for fun. 

Books I hope to read:

52+ (at least 1 per week)

Genres:

I'd love to read more horror and historical fiction but also more nonfiction and more poetry! 

Formats:

I tend to borrow more than anything and don't see that changing but I'd love to listen to more audiobooks this year!

I also plan on continuing my goal of at least 1 graphic novel per month! 

MY JANUARY 2022 TBR

What are you looking forward to reading in January?


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