2023 Reading Challenges Update: September

Posted October 7, 2023 by Jen in Reading Challenge Tags: , ,

This year I’m participating in five reading challenges! Here is my update for the past month (and cumulative totals).

Audiobook Challenge:

Image of books and headphones with text "Audiobook Challenge 2023" "Caffeinated Reviewer & That's What I'm Talking About"

Goal: 65 audiobooks, any genre.

September total: 5 books. Total for year: 47 books.

A Prelude to War by Kevin Hearne, Narrated by Luke Daniels
A Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne, Narrated by Luke Daniels & Xe Sands
Crystals, Belladonna, and Murder by Leanne Leeds, Narrated by Meghan Kelly
Kilt to Order by Susannah Nix, Narrated by Callie Dalton & Lee Samuels
Staked by Kevin Hearne, Narrated by Luke Daniels

Goodreads Reading Challenge:

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Goal: 105 books, any format, any genre.

September total: 7 books. Total for year: 79 books.

OverLondon by George Penney and Tony Johnson
A Prelude to War by Kevin Hearne
A Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne
Crystals, Belladonna, and Murder by Leanne Leeds
Kiss and Spell by Celestine Martin
Kilt to Order by Susannah Nix
Staked by Kevin Hearne

COYER Challenge

Graphic for the COYER Challenge 2023 January 1 - December 31

I am participating in Chapter 3, which runs September through December. Books MUST be in an electronic format – ebook or audiobook. And the books must be FREE or NEARLY FREE! This includes review books, tour books, NetGalley, Edelweiss, etc. What’s nearly free? No more than $5 for ebooks and no more than $7.50 for audiobooks (or the equivalent currency). Library books, borrowed books, or Kindle Unlimited, Amazon Prime books, and Audible Plus Catalog books do not qualify.

Goal: 20 qualifying books.

September total: 5 books. Total for Chapter 3: 5 books.

#TBRChallenge

This is my second year attempting some of Wendy the Super Librarian’s #TBRChallenge 2023. This is a topic-optional challenge to read one book from your TBR each month. Click the image below for more info.

#TBRChallenge 2023, click image for details on monthly challenge topics

Goal: to participate in 8 of the challenges. Total to date: I’ve participated in 9 challenges.

September update: I read Crystals, Belladonna, and Murder by Leanne Leeds for the “New Author” theme.

Romance Reading Challenge:

2023 Romance Reading Challenge Bingo Card with 19 of 25 boxes covered. Click the link in the post for more information.Goal: to cover all of the boxes, romance genre only. MORE INFO HERE.

September update: I completed the following boxes:

  • Kiss in Title