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.

1. A Gown of Spanish Lace by Janette Oke
2. Golden in Death by JD Robb
3. Outfoxed by David Rosenfelt
4. Tell No One by Harlan Coben
5. Jane Darrowfield-Professional Busybody by Barbara Ross
6. Deep South by Nevada Barr
7. Long Range by C J Box
8. The Trespasser by Tana French
9. The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
10. Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent
11. Normal People by Sally Rooney
12. The Chain by Adrian McKinty
13. Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
14. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
15. The Late Show by Michael Connelly
16. Boar Island by Nevada Barr
17. Dry Bones by Craig Johnson
18. TV Netflix Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
19. The Searcher
20. The Arrangement
21. Track of the Cat
22. Land of Wolves by Craig Johnson
23. Vicious Circle by C J Box
24. Destroyer Angel by Nevada Barr
25. His & Hers by Alice Feeney
26. The Vineyard Victims by Ellen Crosby
27. The Long Call by Ann Cleeves
28. The Good Guy by Dean Koontz
29. Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly
30. Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney 
31. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
32. False Witness by Karin Slaughter
33. The Guest by Lucy Foley
34. All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny
35. Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson
36. 13 1/2 by Nevada Barr
37. The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell
38. TV Netflix Series Firefly Lane vs Audiobook Fly Away
39. The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz
40. The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
41. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell
42. TV Netflix Series Maid vs Audiobook Maid by Stephanie Land
43. Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
44. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
45. 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

1. Hunting the Hangman by Howard Linskey
2. Churchill’s Secret Messenger by Alan Hlad
3. Ghosts of the Past by Mark Downer
4. The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
5. The Castilions by VEH Masters
6. Last Port of Call by Jean Grainger
7. Vagabond Wind by Amanda Hughes
8. The Cotilion Brigade by Glen Craney
9. The Red Button by Keith Eldred
10. Hellhound, Take Me Home by Stu Lane 
11. The Memory Stones by Lewis Pennington
12. The Final Days of Abbot Montrose by Sved Elvestad
13. The Sea Bandits by Amanda Hughes
14. Frigate by John Wingate
15. When Heroes Flew by H W Bernard
16. Love in a Time of Hate by Matthew Cost
17. The Harp and the Rose by Jean Grainger
18. The Pilot’s Daughter by Meredith Jaeger
19. Songbird by Gail Meath
20. Fletcher and the Blue Star by John Drake
21. Last to Know by Brandy Heineman
22. The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
23. The Great Witch of Brittany by Louisa Morgan
24. A Deception Most Deadly by Genevieve Essig
25. A Christmas Legacy by Anne Perry
26. 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.

1. The Little Grave by Carolyn Arnold
2. No Going Back by T R Ragan
3. Unnatural by Deven Greene
4. Silent Voices by Patricia Gibney
5. Hunting the Hangman by Howard Linskey
6. The Girl in the Missing Poster by Barbara Copperthwaite
7. Shucked Apart by Barbara Ross
8. Snow on the Range by Sofia Aves
9. Dead Cat, Run by Annabelle Lewis
10. Bitter Rain by Shannon Baker
11. Churchill’s Secret Messenger by Alan Hlad
12. The Spirit of Animal Healing by Marty Goldstein
13. Spring Upon a Crime by ML Erdahl
14. Dog Days by Ericka Waller
15. Animal Instinct by David Rosenfelt
16. An Eye for an Eye by Carol Wyer
17. The Wise Ass by Tom McCaffrey
18. Ghosts of the Past by Mark Downer
19. The Blame by Kerry Wilkinson
20. This Land is No Stranger by Sarah Hollister
21. Mainely Money by Matt Cost
22. Murder in an Irish Bookshop by Carlene O’Connor
23. Long Island Iced Tina by Maria DiRico
24. A Matter of Life and Death by Philip Margolin
25. Dead Even by Annelise Ryan
26. Search for Her by Rick Mofina
27. The Hiding Place by Paula Munier
28. Deadly Editions by Paige Shelton
29. The French Paradox by Ellen Crosby
30. Out of Crisis by Richard Caldwell
31. What You Never Knew by Jessica Hamilton
32. Judgment at Alcatraz by Dave Edlund
33. Buried by the Sea by Becky Clark
34. The Manhattan Job by Jason Kasper
35. Bone Rattle by Marc Cameron
36. Punning With Scissors by Becky Clark
37. Her Three Lives by Cate Holahan
38. Hell’s Half Acreby Jackie Elliott
39. Elizabeth and Monty by Charles Casillo
40. The Decagon House Murders by Yukito Ayatsuji
41. Gone Too Far by Debra Webb
42. Money Bear by Kerry K Cox
43. Hellhound, Take Me Home by Stu Lane
44. The Forever Home by Sue Watson
45. Aftermath by Terri Blackstock
46. Keeping Guard by Sandra Owens
47. Wolfe Trap by Matt Cost
48. Bad Moon Rising by John Galligan
49. Safe Harbour by Mike Martin
50. Dog Eat Dog by David Rosenfelt
51. Draw and Order by Cheryl Hollon
52. Net Force: Kill Chain by Jerome Preisler
53. Cajun Kiss of Death by Ellen Byron
54. When Heroes Flew by H W Bernard
55. One Little Lieby Christopher Greyson
56. Man on Fire by Humphrey Hawksley
57. Seven Year Witch by Angela M Sanders
58. Murder in Connemara by Carlene O’Connor
59. The Perfect Ending by Rob Kaufman
60. This Much Huxley Knows by Gail Aldwin
61. Vortex by Catherine Coulter
62. Bad Medicine by James B Cohoon
63. Funny Farm by Laurie Zaleski
64. Striking Range by Margaret Mizushima
65. Landscape of a Marriage by Gail Olmsted
66. The Secret Staircase by Sheila Connelly
67. Target Churchill by Warren Adler
68. Frigate by John Wingate
69. The Necklace by John Wingate
70. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
71. Hemlock for the Holidays by Paula Darnell
72. Crossing Lines by Adrienne Giordano
73. Keep Me Close by Jane Holland
74. The Silent Witness by Carolyn Arnold
75. Fatal Solutions by Becky Clark 
76. Look Twice by Eva Hudson
77. The Cure for What Ales You by Ellie Alexander
78. Silent Island by Dana Perry
79. Always Remember by Cathryn Grant
80. Hypnosis is for Hacks by Tamara Berry
81. The Curse of Morton Abbey by Clarissa Harwood
82. The Pilot’s Daughter by Meredith Jaeger
83. These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant
84. A Christmas Legacy by Anne Perry
85. Count to Three by T R Ragan
86. Songbird by Gail Meath
87. Under Pressure by Sara Driscoll
88. The Night Thief by Joy Ellis
89. Deja Boo by Carolyn Ridder
90. The Deathwatch Beetle by Kjell Eriksson
91. Fallen Angel by D K Hood
92. 13 1/2 by Nevada Barr
93. Darkness Falls by Robert Bryndza
94. Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino
95. Moscow Embassy by Thomas J Mitchell
96. Deadly Little Lies by Stephanie DeCarolis
97. Fletcher and the Blue Star by John Drake
98. Last to Know by Brandy Heineman
99. Elinor by Shannon McNear
100. Targeted by Stephen Hunter
101. The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
102. Rohm Around the Dial by Michael Maxwell
103. Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea
104. The Great Witch of Brittany by Louisa Morgan
105. The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly
106. Jane Darrowfield and the Mad Woman Next Door by Barbara Ross
107. City of the Dead by Jonathan Kellerman
108. A Deception Most Deadly by Genevieve Essig

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