A Look Back at the 2021 Reading Challenges

So easy to sign up for the 2021 Audiobook Challenge and loads of fun to participate! I get mine free through Overdrive — at my local library. I’m shooting for Binge Listener – 20-30.

A Gown of Spanish Lace by Janette Oke
Golden in Death by JD Robb
Outfoxed by David Rosenfelt
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
Jane Darrowfield-Professional Busybody by Barbara Ross
Deep South by Nevada Barr
Long Range by C J Box
The Trespasser by Tana French
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent
Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Chain by Adrian McKinty
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
Boar Island by Nevada Barr
Dry Bones by Craig Johnson
TV Netflix Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Searcher
The Arrangement
Track of the Cat
Land of Wolves by Craig Johnson
Vicious Circle by C J Box
Destroyer Angel by Nevada Barr
His & Hers by Alice Feeney
The Vineyard Victims by Ellen Crosby
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
False Witness by Karin Slaughter
The Guest by Lucy Foley
All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson
13 1/2 by Nevada Barr
The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell
TV Netflix Series Firefly Lane vs Audiobook Fly Away
The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell
TV Netflix Series Maid vs Audiobook Maid by Stephanie Land
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain

2021 Goodreads Reading Challenge

Fun and easy way to challenge yourself to read–set your goal. (It can always be altered up or down.) Last year I set a challenge of 170 reads. This year I’m trying for 175. BONUS: Enlightening stats at the end of the year! Watch the sidebar widget for my 2021 Goodreads Reading Challenge progress.

As of December 31: 187 books

2021 Historical Reading Challenge

Sign up and add the link(s) of your review(s) including your name and book title to the monthly Mister Linky. There are six levels of readers listed and I chose Renaissance Reader-10. I did the same last year and sticking with it. Watch me reach my goal! Don’t forget to add the tag: #histficreadingchallenge

Hunting the Hangman by Howard Linskey
Churchill’s Secret Messenger by Alan Hlad
Ghosts of the Past by Mark Downer
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
The Castilions by VEH Masters
Last Port of Call by Jean Grainger
Vagabond Wind by Amanda Hughes
The Cotilion Brigade by Glen Craney
The Red Button by Keith Eldred
Hellhound, Take Me Home by Stu Lane
The Memory Stones by Lewis Pennington
The Final Days of Abbot Montrose by Sved Elvestad
The Sea Bandits by Amanda Hughes
Frigate by John Wingate
When Heroes Flew by H W Bernard
Love in a Time of Hate by Matthew Cost
The Harp and the Rose by Jean Grainger
The Pilot’s Daughter by Meredith Jaeger
Songbird by Gail Meath
Fletcher and the Blue Star by John Drake
Last to Know by Brandy Heineman
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
The Great Witch of Brittany by Louisa Morgan
A Deception Most Deadly by Genevieve Essig
A Christmas Legacy by Anne Perry
Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain

NetGalley and Edelweiss Challenge

I joined this Challenge in 2018, 2019, and 2020 at the platinum level, which translates to 75 books for the year. If you’d like to sign up for this challenge, click here. See their sign up page for rules and Guidelines. Use the Hashtag: #NGEW2021 when posting your reviews.