Reading Challenge 2023

As we bid farewell to 2022, it's time to plan our 2023 reading challenges. I’m setting myself a target of 40 new books to read on Goodreads in addition to the 11 individual challenges below. I also want to read all the unread books currently gathering dust on my bookshelves (about 35 in total). Do…

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Brontë-Inspired Reads of 2022

I made my way through 43 books in 2022. It will come as no surprise that a few of them were inspired in some way by the Brontës. Here's a quick recap of those titles and my general thoughts on them. Have you read any of the titles below? If so, what did you think…

Favourite Reads of 2022

It's that time of year again when we bookworms begin reviewing our reading challenges and annual book haul. This year I've read a good mix of everything but I have some clear favourites from the 43 books I've completed this year. So here are my top 5 reads from 2022.  Top Five of 2022 The…

Reading Challenge 2022: The Results

As we're so close to welcoming in 2023 and I'm unlikely to finish any more books between now and then I thought I'd provide the results of my 2022 Reading Challenge. At the start of the year, I set myself a challenge of reading 20 books I hadn't previously read and some individual tasks. Currently,…

Reading Challenge 2022: Update

As we're now halfway through the year, it's time for an update on my 2022 Reading Challenge. How am I doing so far? Let's revisit the challenges I set for myself at the start of the year and assess. A Piece of Brontë-Inspired Fiction.  I completed this task by reading the wonderful Wildfell Summer by Tracey…

Reading Challenge 2022

As we prepare to bid farewell to the year, as well as wrapping up our 2021 reading challenges, we bookworms are also busy planning our 2022 reading challenges. I'm setting myself a target of 20 new books to read on Goodreads in addition to the 15 individual challenges below. Reader, enjoy. A Piece of Brontë-Inspired…

Reading Challenge 2021: The Breakdown

Like everyone else on the planet, my 2021 didn't exactly go as planned, nor did my reading challenge. Let's have a look at what I set out to read, and what I actually managed to complete. It was a year in which I discovered my new favourite living author, more Brontë-inspired fiction, and re-discovered my…

Reading Challenge 2021 Update.

We all had our fingers crossed for 2021. For me personally it really hasn't been so great. It has still been filled with books though. Now that we’re pretty much halfway through 2021 I thought I’d share with you an update on my reading challenge. I set myself a target of 20 new books for…

Reading Challenge 2021

Happy New Year all! Let's hope for a much better 2021 and the less said about most of 2020, the better. I have no resolutions other than my reading challenge however I will follow Charlotte Brontë's advice and see where it gets me - “I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to…

Reading Challenge 2020: The Results

What a year 2020 has been. It's safe to say that nobody was expecting anything quite like it. At the start of the year I had a lot of resolutions for 2020; things to do, places to see etc., however, like most bookworms I also had some reading resolutions. Following a mainly successful 2019 Reading…