2022 reading challenges I'm following
As
in the past, mostly the challenges listed here help me direct my
reading. As such, some will not provide a challenge, simply indicate how
well I am doing. Some of the challenges are external to this blog while
others are hosted here or on a blog that I manage. In practical terms I
do allow some challenges to overlap, that is, most books will appear in
more than one challenge. Most of the challenges are simply
continuations of ones I took on last year as I have found that these
work for me.
This page is a work in progress
Last updated 23 May 2022
Quick summary
- 2022 Good Reads Reading Challenge. I have set my challenge at 110. Currently: 56
- Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Completed in 2014, titles read in 2022: 4
- USA Fiction Challenge So far 29/51, this year: 7
- 2022 Aussie Author Reading Challenge: aiming for 20: currently 12
- 2022 Australian Women Writers Challenge: aiming for 20. Currently 5
- British Books Challenge 2022 currently 30
- 2022 Ebook Reading Challenge currently 34
- New to me authors - a personal challenge currently 16
- Not crime fiction - a personal challenge currently 3
- New Zealand reading challenge -again a personal challenge. currently xx
- Translated crime fiction - a personal challenge that will overlap with many of the other reading challenges that I have undertaken. currently 3
- Snagged through the Library currently: 24
- Audio books: currently: xx
- 2022 Historical Reading Challenge. Currently: 7
2022 Good Reads Reading Challenge. I have set my challenge at 110.
Currently: 56
My list of books read can be found here
Agatha Christie Reading Challenge Completed in 2014, titles read in 2022: 4
- 4.4, THE INVISIBLE HOST, Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning
- 5.0, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE
- 4.5, CROOKED HOUSE
- 4.3, DESTINATION UNKNOWN
USA Fiction Challenge So far 32/51, this year: 7
- 4.4, THE INVISIBLE HOST, Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning
- 4.6, DREAM GIRL, Laura Lippman
- 4.4, THE NIGHT BIRD, Brian Freeman
- 4.6, TRANSIENT DESIRES, Donna Leon
- 4.5, STREETS OF GOLD, Margot Kinberg
- 4.6, OLD BONES, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Connie Archer
2022 Aussie Author Reading Challenge: aiming for 20: currently 12
- 4.5, A QUESTION OF DEATH, Kerry Greenwood
- 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
- 4.6, WILD PLACE, Christian White
- 4.6, CROCODILE TEARS, Alan Carter
- 4.5, CANTICLE CREEK, Adrian Hyland
- 4.4, REMEMBER ME, Liz Byrski
- 4.6, CRUCIFIXION CREEK, Barry Maitland
- 4.6, ASH ISLAND, Barry Maitland
- 4.5, SLAUGHTER PARK, Barry Maitland
- 4.6, THE STONING, Peter Papathanasiou
- 4.5, SISTERS OF MERCY, Caroline Overington
- 4.5, THE TEA LADIES OF ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL, Joanna Nell
2022 Australian Women Writers Challenge: aiming for 20. Currently 5
- 4.5, A QUESTION OF DEATH, Kerry Greenwood
- 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
- 4.4, REMEMBER ME, Liz Byrski
- 4.5, SISTERS OF MERCY, Caroline Overington
- 4.5, THE TEA LADIES OF ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL, Joanna Nell
British Books Challenge 2022 currently 30
- 4.8, A NARROW DOOR, Joanne Harris
- 4.4, MURDER AT MONK'S BARN, Cecil Waye
- 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard
- 4.4, A LONG SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.4, A VIKING SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.6, THE DISAPPEARING ACT, Catherine Steadman
- 5.0, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Agatha Christie
- 4.3, THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE, Richard Osman
- 4.4, A GHOSTLY SHADOW, H. L. Marsay
- 4.5, THE INVITATION, Lucy Foley
- 4.4, A ROMAN SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.5, CROOKED HOUSE, Agatha Christie
- 4.5, WATER'S EDGE, G.R. Jordan
- 4.4, THE BOTHY, G.R. Jordan
- 4.7, SECRET SMILE, Nicci French
- 4.6, THE GARDENER, Salley Vickers
- 4.7, WATCH HER FALL, Erin Kelly
- 4.3, DESTINATION UNKNOWN, Agatha Christie
- 4.4, MEDICUS, Ruth Downie
- 4.4, THE DARK REMAINS, William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
- 4.4, THE HORROR WEEKEND, G.R. Jordan
- 4.5, THE NIDDERDALE MURDERS, J. R. Ellis
- 4.6, THE ROYAL BATHS MURDER, J. R. Ellis
- 4.5, THE WHITBY MURDERS, J.R. Ellis
- 4.5, THE SMALL FERRY, G. R. Jordan
- 4.5, DEAD AT THIRD MAN, G.R. Jordan
- 4.4, THE PIRATE CLUB, G. R. Jordan
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, JM Hall
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens
- 4.7, SHADOW SANDS, Robert Bryndza
2022 Ebook Reading Challenge currently 34
Kindle: 26
- 4.4, MURDER AT MONK'S BARN, Cecil Waye
- 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard
- 4.4, A LONG SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.4, A VIKING SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.4, THE INVISIBLE HOST, Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning
- 4.4, A GHOSTLY SHADOW, H. L. Marsay
- 4.4, A ROMAN SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.4, REMEMBER ME, Liz Byrski
- 4.6, CRUCIFIXION CREEK, Barry Maitland
- 4.5, WATER'S EDGE, G.R. Jordan
- 4.4, THE BOTHY, G.R. Jordan
- 4.5, STREETS OF GOLD, Margot Kinberg
- 4.4, MEDICUS, Ruth Downie
- 4.3, THE CASE OF THE DOTTY DOWAGER, Cathy Ace
- 4.5, THE CASE OF THE MISSING MORRIS DANCER, Cathy Ace
- 4.4, THE HORROR WEEKEND, G.R. Jordan
- 4.5, THE NIDDERDALE MURDERS, J. R. Ellis
- 4.6, THE ROYAL BATHS MURDER, J. R. Ellis
- 4.5, THE WHITBY MURDERS, J.R. Ellis
- 4.5, THE SMALL FERRY, G. R. Jordan
- 4.5, DEAD AT THIRD MAN, G.R. Jordan
- 4.4, THE PIRATE CLUB, G. R. Jordan
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, JM Hall
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Connie Archer
- 4.4, THE CASE OF THE CURIOUS COOK, Cathy Ace
- 4.5, THE CASE OF THE UNSUITABLE SUITOR, Cathy Ace
Libby: 8
- 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
- 4.6, ASH ISLAND, Barry Maitland
- 4.5, SLAUGHTER PARK, Barry Maitland
- 4.5, SISTERS OF MERCY, Caroline Overington
- 4.7, SECRET SMILE, Nicci French
- 4.5, WHITE OUT, Ragnar Jonasson
- 4.4, THE DARK REMAINS, William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens
New to me authors - a personal challenge currently 14
4.4, MURDER AT MONK'S BARN, Cecil Waye
- 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
- 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard
- 4.4, A LONG SHADOW, H.L. Marsay
- 4.4, THE INVISIBLE HOST, Gwen Bristow & Bruce Manning
- 4.6, THE STONING, Peter Papathanasiou
- 4.4, DEATH IN BRITTANY, Jean-Luc Bannalec
- 4.6, THE GARDENER, Salley Vickers
- 4.7, WATCH HER FALL, Erin Kelly
- 4.4, MEDICUS, Ruth Downie
- 4.5, THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED, Jonas Jonasson
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, JM Hall
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Connie Archer
- 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard
- 4.4, REMEMBER ME, Liz Byrski
- 4.6, THE GARDENER, Salley Vickers
- 4.5, THE TEA LADIES OF ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL, Joanna Nell
- 4.5, THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED, Jonas Jonasson
New Zealand reading challenge -again a personal challenge. currently xx
Translated crime fiction - a personal challenge that will overlap
with many of the other reading challenges that I have undertaken.
currently 3
- 4.4, DEATH IN BRITTANY, Jean-Luc Bannalec
- 4.5, WHITE OUT, Ragnar Jonasson
- 4.5, THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED, Jonas Jonasson
Snagged through the Library currently: 24
- 4.4, THE RIVER MOUTH, Karen Herbert
- 4.6, THE DISAPPEARING ACT, Catherine Steadman
- 4.6, DREAM GIRL, Laura Lippman
- 5.0, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, Agatha Christie
- 4.3, THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE, Richard Osman
- 4.6, WILD PLACE, Christian White
- 4.5, THE INVITATION, Lucy Foley
- 4.4, THE NIGHT BIRD, Brian Freeman
- 4.6, TRANSIENT DESIRES, Donna Leon
- 4.6, CROCODILE TEARS, Alan Carter
- 4.6, ASH ISLAND, Barry Maitland
- 4.5, SLAUGHTER PARK, Barry Maitland
- 4.6, THE STONING, Peter Papathanasiou
- 4.5, SISTERS OF MERCY, Caroline Overington
- 4.7, SECRET SMILE, Nicci French
- 4.4, DEATH IN BRITTANY, Jean-Luc Bannalec
- 4.6, THE GARDENER, Salley Vickers
- 4.7, WATCH HER FALL, Erin Kelly
- 4.3, DESTINATION UNKNOWN, Agatha Christie
- 4.5, WHITE OUT, Ragnar Jonasson
- 4.5, THE TEA LADIES OF ST JUDE'S HOSPITAL, Joanna Nell
- 4.4, THE DARK REMAINS, William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
- 4.6, OLD BONES, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens
Audio books: currently: xx
2022 Historical Reading Challenge. Currently: 7
- 4.5, A QUESTION OF DEATH, Kerry Greenwood - Melbourne 1928
- 4.6, A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SHEEP, Sally Coulthard
- 4.5, THE INVITATION, Lucy Foley -impact of WW2
- 4.3, DESTINATION UNKNOWN, Agatha Christie Cold War 1950s
- 4.4, MEDICUS, Ruth Downie Roman Empire 117 AD
- 4.5, THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED, Jonas Jonasson
- 4.4, A SPOONFUL OF MURDER, Robin Stevens - Hong Kong 1936
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