2022 Linz the Bookworm Reading Challenge

Host: Linz the Bookworm
Progress: 39/12 (325%)
1 January, 2022 — 31 December, 2022
Completed!

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In this challenge, the goal is to read a book in any format (hard copy, ebook, audio) with a title that fits into each category. You can read more about this challenge here.

My goal is 12 books across all the sections (equivalent to one section), but I’m going to track all five levels!

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1: book of the month club	my reads
Read a book under $5	The Wish Collector by Mia Sheridan
Read a book that is under 350 pages	Hexes and Honey Buns by Danielle Garrett
Read a book that was recommended to you	The Damage by Caitlin Wahrer
Read a newly published book (within a year)	Dadbod by Kayt Miller
Read a book that has a type of plant or flower in the title	The Witching Tree by Alice Blanchard
Read a book because of the cover	Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin
Read a book about a mythical creature.	The Black Gryphon by Mercedes Lackey
Read a book that takes place in the future
Read a book by an author that’s new to you	The Collective by Alison Gaylin
Read a book from NPR’s top 50 Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the past decade	Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
A book by an author whose first or last name has 5 letters	The Misbegotten Son by Jack Olsen
Free Space! (Pick any book)	Love in the Time of Serial Killers by Alicia Thompson

6 / 12

2: casual reader club	my reads
Read a book published 5 years ago	Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Read a Speculative Fiction
Read the first book in a duology	Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh
Read the second book in a duology	Smoke in the Sun by Renée Ahdieh
A book that was published when you were 5 years old
Read a book by an author named Alex, Alexander, Alexandra (or variant)	Towering by Alex Finn
Read a book about Zombies
Read a book with a black cover	Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly
Read a book from AbeBooks.com’s list of 100 (fiction) books to read in a lifetime
Read a book with the word City in the title
Read a book about a musician (non-fiction or fiction)
Free Space! (Pick any book)	The Big Dark Sky by Dean Koontz

11 / 12

3: dedicated reader club	my reads
A book with a title that has 5 letters	Honor by Thrity Umrigar
Read a book published by Macmillan (or subsidiary)	The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
Read a book with a title that doesn’t start with an article (A, An, The)	Storm Warning by Mercedes Lackey
Read a book you recently acquired	A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw
Read a book that’s been on your TBR for over a year	Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Mona Fowler-Doyle
Read a Revenge Story	The Golden Couple by Greer Hendriks & Sarah Pekkanen
Read a book by Philippa Gregory
Read a book that takes place on an island	Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
Read a book that does not have a person (or people) on the cover	Crossroads by Mercedes Lackey
A book that you intended to read on last year’s challenge	Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell
Read a Psychological Thriller	The Replacement Wife by Darby Kane
Free Space! (Pick any book)	Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian

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4: speed reader club	my reads
Read a book over 500 pages	Island Queen by Vanessa Riley
Read a book that starts with the letter Z (or has Z in the title)
Read a book that takes place around your favorite holiday	The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling
A book with 5 objects on the cover	Spell or High Water by Gina LaManna
Read a book with the word Wisdom in the title
Read a Dystopian	The Grace Year by Kim Liggett
Read a book by an author with the same name as one of your parents (Biological, Step, Adopted)	The Potion Commotion by Constance Barker
Read a book that a movie/show you’ve watched is based on but have yet to read
Read a book about a Saint (non-Fiction or Fiction)
Read any book from the Men’s Health most popular book list
Read a book published in a year that was important to you
Free Space! (Pick any book)	Sign Here by Claudia Lux

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5: overachiever club	my reads
Read the 5th book in a series or an author’s 5th novel	Bastion by Mercedes Lackey
Read a True Crime book	On South Mountain by David Cruise & Alison Griffiths
Read a book by Georges Simenon (or one of his Pen Names)
A book with the number 5 in the title
Read a book that takes place in Russia
Read a book by an author using initials as part of their name	A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
Read a book that has a title in the form of a question
Read a banned book from this banned book list
A book with at least 5 prominent characters	Storm Rising by Mercedes Lackey
Read a book that Linz read previously
Read a book that Tress read previously
Free Space! (Pick any book)	The Break by Katie Sise