2026 Netgalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge

  

This is my 4th year participating in this challenge, hosted by Socrates Book Reviews.  This is a fun way to keep myself accountable and see what others are reading and posting.

I reviewed 95 Netgalley titles in 2025 which I think is the most I've ever done in a year.  I don't know if I want to do as many this year, I started to get a bit burnt out by the end of the year.  I do want to continue clearing out my backlog of ARCs that I took when I was new to Netgalley and Edelweiss and had no idea what I was doing.

Here's to whatever 2026 holds and to reading some great books!  As always I'll link my reviews as I post them and post any approvals for upcoming ARCs as they come in. 

January - Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. A War of Wyverns by SF Williamson (1/6/26) ARC and ALC
2. How to Lose a Goblin in Ten Days by Jessie Sylva (1/6/26) ALC
3. Order of Royals by Jude Deveraux (1/6/26) ARC and ALC
4. The Sun and the Starmaker (2/17/26) ARC

February Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. After the Fall (2/24/26) ARC and ALC
2. The Body by Bethany C Morrow (2/10/26) ARC and ALC
3. I Told You So by Matt Kaplan (2/24/26) ARC and ALC
4. A Rose of Blood and Binding by Claire Legrand (2/24/26) ALC
5. The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan (2/24/26) ALC

March Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Midnight at the Celestial (3/3/24) ARC and ALC
2. Nobody's Baby by Olivia Waite (3/10/26) ALC
3. Daughter of Egypt (3/24/26) ARC and ALC
4. Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher (3/24/26) ALC
5. As You Wish by Danika Brown (4/14/26) ARC
6. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews (3/31/26) ALC
7. Accidentally Marrying the Mafia Don by Evie Rose (3/31/26) ALC

April Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Deathly Fates (4/14/26) ARC
2. Devious Prey by Scott Reintgen (3/31/26) ARC
3. The New Perimenopause: An Evidence-Based Guide to Surviving the Zone of Chaos and Feeling Like Yourself Again by Dr. Mary Claire Haver (4/7/26) ARC
4. Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker (4/21/26) ARC
5. The Escape Game by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss (4/7/26) ARC
6. How Not to Fall in Love by Karla Sorensen (4/14/26) ARC and ALC
7. We Burned So Bright by T.J. Klune (4/28/26) ARC and ALC
8. The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder: A Novel by C.L. Miller (2/06/4) ARC
9. The Caretaker by Marcus Kliewer (4/24/26) ARC

May Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. The Antique Hunter's Death on the Red Sea by C.L. Miller (2/18/25) ARC
2. The Girl with a Thousand Faces by Sunyi Dean (5/5/26) ALC
3. Unicorn Hunters by Katherine Arden (6/2/26) ARC
4. Seek the Traitor's Sun by Veronica Roth (5/12/26) ALC
5. Final Target by Nora Roberts (5/26/26) ARC and ALC

June Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. The Children by Melissa Albert (6/2/26) ARC and ALC
2. Letters from the Last Apothecary by Bita Behzadi (6/9/26) ARC and ALC

July Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

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August Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. The Women in White by Sarah Pekkanen (8/4/26) ARC
2. Immortal Game by Allison Saft (8/4/26) ARC
3. Bridget & Gabe are Not Okay by Lex Croucher (8/11/26) ARC
4. Brimstone Hollow by Archer Sullivan (8/11/26) ARC
5. The Divine Gardener's Handbook by Eli Snow (8/18/26) ARC and ALC
6. Immortal Rose by Alexandra Bracken (8/18/26)
7. Mary Sue
8. The Last Day of HP Lovecraft

September Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Scion by James Islington (9/1/2026)
2. Tales from the Territory by Travis Baldree (9/30/2026)

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2025 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge

 

 I loved participating in this challenge last year so I'll be continuing participation in The Alphabet Soup challenge hosted by Dollycas in 2025.

You can sign up and find all of the info on Dollycas' blog post here.  Like last year I'll be posting updates as I finish titles.  I always try to plan out my books in advance, but if the Popsugar and Book Riot reading challenges have taught me anything, it is that I almost never read what is on the plan.  Anything with a link has a review posted, so feel free to check out my thoughts.

Link to my google spreadsheet or join me on Storygraph

Books Read

Letter	Title	Author
A	Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear	Seanan McGuire
B	Breath of the Dragon	Shannon Lee & Fonda Lee
C	The Crescent Moon Tearoom	Stacy Sivinski
D	A Dragon of Black Glass	James Rollins
E	Elevation	Stephen King
F	Freaking Romance vol 2	Snailords
G	Get Lost with You	Sophie Sullivan
H	Heartwood	Amity Gaige
I	In the Veins of Drowning	Katie Cassidy
J	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Jules Verne
K	The Kiss Lottery	Ilsa Madden-Mills
L	Lightfall	Ed Crocker
M	The Merger	Adriana Locke
N	Not for the Faint of Heart	Lex Croucher
O	Our Infinite Fates	Laura Stevens
P	The Prince Without Sorrow	Maithree Wijesekara
Q	The Queens of Crime	Marie Benedict
R	Rebel Witch	Kristen Ciccarelli
S	Spied	JM Miller
T	Transmentation Transience	Darkly Lem
U	Under the Same Stars	Libba Bray
V	The Vine Witch	Luanne G. Smith
W	Wash Day Diaries	Jamila Rowser
X	Xolo	Donna Barbara Higuera
Y	Yellowface	R.F. Kuang
Z	Zombie Apocalypse Running Club	Carrie Mac

Monthly Mini Challenges

Month	Prompt	Title	Author
January	You are dropped on a deserted island for 7 days with water, flint to make a fire, and a tarp. You are allowed to bring 3 personal items. Choose your items and then find one of those items in the title of a book and read it to complete the challenge.
February	Read a book with a word in the title from a Taylor Swift song title.	The Kiss Lottery	Ilsa Madden-Mills
March	read a book with UP - DOWN - HIGH or LOW in the title.	Coming Up Roses	Staci Hart
April	read a book with MURDER in the title. Homicide- Death - Kill are acceptable too	Board to Death	CJ Connor
May	a book with something SWEET in the title	Sweet Escape	Meredith Wild and Jillian Liota
June	read a book with a PREPOSITION in the title	A Fate Forged in Fire	Hazel McBride
July	Read a book with 7 or more works in the title	The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant	Liza Tully
August	read a book with a COLOR in the title	Hemlock & Silver	T. Kingfisher
September	read a book with a person, place, or thing you would find in or at a school in the title	An Introvert's Guide to Life and Love	Lauren Appelbaum
October	read a book with something or someone you would find in a Church or Cemetery in the title	The River Has Roots	Amal El-Mohtar
November	read a book with the word Wonderful or a synonym of Wonderful it the title
December	Read a Book with something Christmassy in the title

2025 Alphabet Soup – Author Edition Reading Challenge

   

I participated in this challenge last year and it was really fun to see how many of the books I read fit into the challenges.

You can sign up and find all of the info on Dollycas' blog post here.  

I'll be posting updates as I finish titles.  I always try to plan out my books in advance, but if the Popsugar and Book Riot reading challenges have taught me anything, it is that I almost never read what is on the plan.  Anything with a link has a review posted, so feel free to check out my thoughts.

Books Read

Letter	Title	Author
A	The Fourth Consort	Edward Ashton
B	Let's Call a Truce	Amy Buchanan
C	Babylonia	Costanza Cosati
D	The Best Medicine	Krysta Dearson
E	The River Has Roots	Amal El-Mohtar
F	The Great Gatsby	F. Scott Fitzgerald
G	Tequila Wars	Ted Genoways
H	An Academy for Liars	Alexis Henderson
I	Attack on Titan Volume 21	Hajime Isayame
J	How Long 'til Black Future Month?	N.K. Jemisin
K	Penitence	Kristin Koval
L	The Quarry Girls	Jess Lourey
M	The Soccer of Success: How the Beautiful Game Can Help You Achieve Goals in Business	Ciarán McArdle
N	The Man Made of Smoke	Alex North
O	A Song for You and I	K. O'Neill
P	The Deathly Grimm	Kathryn Purdie
Q	The Briar Club	Kate Quinn
R	Arch-Conspirator	Veronica Roth
S	This Wild Heart	Karla Sorensen
T	The Arrival	Shaun Tan
U	House of Crows Collection	Lisa Unger
V	Space Opera	Catherynne M. Valente
W	A Language of Dragons	SF Williamson
X	Heavenly Tyrant	Xiran Jay Zhao
Y	Onyx Storm	Rebecca Yarros
Z	The Shadow of the Wind	Carlos Ruiz Zafón

2025 Netgalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge

 

I participated in this challenge in 2023 and 2024 and plan to do it again in 2025.  It is being hosted by Socrates Book Reviews.  I was able to review 94 books in 2024 between Netgalley and Edelweiss and this challenge is always great way to keep myself accountable and on top of reviews.

I currently have 40 outstanding ARCs on my TBR right now, 14 of those are 2025 releases.  

I'm going to shoot for Platinum again this year.  I haven't been able to get to 100 Netgalley reviews in a year quite yet.  I do review for other sources but they aren't all on Netgalley and Edelweiss.

I'll link my reviews below as I post.  To keep myself accountable, I'll be posting my tentative TBR based on release dates and approvals as the year goes on.

January - Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. A Monsoon Rising by Thea Guanzon (12/10/24)
2. Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire (1/7/24)
3. Breath of the Dragon by Shannon Lee and Fonda Lee (1/7/25)
4. Let's Call a Truce by Amy Buchanan (1/14/25)
5. Vow of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes (1/14/25)
6. Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher (11/26/24)
7. A Language of Dragons by S.F. Williamson (1/7/25)
8. Babylonia by Costanza Casati (1/14/25)
9. An Academy for Liars by Alexis Henderson (9/17/24)
10. The Soccer of Success by Ciaran McArdle (1/28/25)
11. Lightfall by Ed Crocker (1/14/25)
12. Penitence by Kristin Koval (1/28/25)
13. Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray (2/4/25)

February Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict (2/11/25)
2. The Kiss Lottery by Ilsa Madden-Mills (2/11/25)
3. Get Lost With You by Sophie Sullivan (2/11/25)
4. Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley (11/12/24)
5. A Dragon of Black Glass by James Rollins (2/18/25)
6. The Fourth Consort by Edward Ashton (2/25/25)
7. Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven (3/4/5)
8. Heart of the Shadow King by Sylvia Mercedes (2/25/25)

March Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (3/4/25)
2. The Knight and the Butcherbird by Alix E. Harrow (3/11/25)
3. Transmentation Transience by Darkly Lem (3/18/25)
4. The Deathly Grimm by Kathryn Purdie (3/25/25)
5. The Prince Without Sorrow by Maithree Wijesekara (3/18/25)
6. A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (4/1/25)

April Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Where Shadows Meet by Patrice Caldwell (4/1/25)
2. The Quarry Girls by Jess Lourey (11/1/22)
3. Their Monstrous Hearts by Yigit Turhan (4/8/25)
4. Heartwood by Amity Gage (4/1/25)
5. Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (3/4/25)
6. The Notorious Virtues by Alwyn Hamilton (4/1/25)
7. Bat Eater and other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker (4/29/25)

May Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. My Grandma and Grandpa Rock! by Pat Benetar and Neil Giraldo (9/9/25)
2. Big Dumb Eyes by Nate Bargatze (5/6/25)
3. Tequila Wars by Ted Genoways (5/6/25)
4. The Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg (11/1/22)
5. The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North (5/13/25)
6. A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen (1/30/24)
7. Lessons in Heartbreak by Karla Sorensen (5/20/25)
8. Hidden Nature by Nora Roberts (5/27/25)

June Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. A Fate Forged in Fire by Hazel McBride (5/27/25)
2. Sunshine and Spice by Aurora Palit (9/10/24)
3. The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark (6/3/25)
4. Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon by Annie Mare (6/3/25)
5. Pretty Good Science Jokes by Steve Mockus (8/26/25)

July Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. An Irish Summer by Alexandra Paige (7/1/25)
2. A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna (7/15/25)
3. The Code for Love by Anne Marsh (7/29/25)
4. Of Flame and Fury by Mikayla Bridge (7/15/25)
5. In the Veins of Drowning by Kalie Cassidy (7/15/25)
6. The Golden Age of Magic by Luanne G. Smith (7/1/25)
7. The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw (7/22/25)
8. Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (
9. The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistant by Liza Tully (7/8/25)

August Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Angel Down by Daniel Kraus 7/29/25
2. The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen (8/5/25)
3. The Witch's Orchard by Archer Sullivan (8/12/25)
4. Mistress of Bones by Maria Z. Medina (8/5/25)
5. Woven from Clay by Jenny Birch (8/12/25)
6. Hemlock & Silver by T. Kingfisher (8/19/25)
7. Break Me Down by Anna Downes (8/19/25)
8. The Executioners Three by Susan Dennard (8/26/25)

September Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley (9/2/25)
2. The Summer War by Naomi Novik (9/16/25)
3. To Clutch a Razor by Veronica Roth (9/16/25)
4. The Maiden and her Monster by Maddie Martinez (9/9/25)
5. An Introvert's Guide to Life and Love by Lauren Applebaum (9/16/25)
6. The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell (9/16/25)
7. Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross (9/2/25)

October Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher (9/30/25)
2. A Steeping of Blood by Hafsah Faizal (9/23/25)
3. Daedalus is Dead by Seamus Sullivan (9/30/25)
4. The Irish Goodbye by Heather Aimee O'Neill (9/30/25)
5. Mirage City by Lev AC Rosen (10/7/25)
6. The Hitchhikers by Chevy Stevens (10/7/25)
7. The Witching Moon Manor by Stacy Sivinski (10/7/25)
8. The Genius Bat by Yossi Yovel (10/7/25)
9. Red City by Marie Lu (10/14/25)
10. The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong (10/14/25)
11. Same by Hannah Rosenberg (10/21/25)
12. The Crimson Throne by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis (10/7/25)

November Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Fallen City by Adrienne Young (11/4/25)
2. Witchlight (sample) by Susan Dennard (11/4/25) 
3. Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree (11/11/25)
4. Break Wide the Sea by Sara Holland (11/11/25)
5. Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story by Jeffery Kluger (11/11/25)
6. Single Dad Dilemma by Karla Sorensen (11/18/25)
7. The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers (11/18/25)
8. I Know I Should Exercise, But...: 44 Reasons We Don't Move and How to Get Over Them by Diana Hill and Katy  Bowman
9. The Moorwitch by Jessica Khoury

December  Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher (12/1/25)
2. Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson (12/9/25)
3. The Twin Paradox by Charles Wachter (8/23/20)
4. Through the Gates of Garnet and Gold by Seanan McGuire (1/6/26)
5. The Swan's Daughter by Roshani Chokshi (1/6/26)

12/26/25 Update:

I've successfully reviewed all of my 2025 Netgalley ARCs!!! I don't think I've ever done that before.  I even caught up on a few backlog items and got in one for next year.  I might be able to squeeze in one more 2026 ARC before the end of the year but I'm reading and listening to non-ARCs right now for other reading challenge prompts.

It looks like I'm at 95 Netgalley titles for 2025, but some of the books I reviewed were for both the ARC and ALC version so I posted over 100 actual reviews on Netgalley.  

2024 Alphabet Soup – Author Edition Reading Challenge

  

I participated in this challenge last year and it was really fun to see how many of the books I read fit into the challenges.

You can sign up and find all of the info on Dollycas' blog post here.  

I'll be posting updates as I finish titles.  I always try to plan out my books in advance, but if the Popsugar and Book Riot reading challenges have taught me anything, it is that I almost never read what is on the plan.  Anything with a link has a review posted, so feel free to check out my thoughts.

Link to my google spreadsheet or join me on storygraph

A - Melissa Albert - The Bad Ones

B - Robert Jackson Bennet - The Tainted Cup

C - Becky Chambers - A Psalm for the Wild Built

D - Haley Dennings - This Ravenous Fate

E - Jaq Evans - What Grows in the Dark

F - Hafsah Faizal - A Tempest of Tea

G - James Goodhand - The Day Tripper

H - Olivia Hayle - The Perfect Mistake

I - Hajime Isayama - Attack on Titan Volumes 2-14

J - Amanda Jayatissa - Island Witch

K - Rupi Kaur - The Sun and Her Flowers

L - Adrianna Locke - Written in the Scars

M - Alex Michaelides - The Fury

N - Peter Nichols - Granite Harbor

O -  Kay O'Neill - The Tea Dragon Festival

P - Richard Plourde - Back to You

Q -  Amanda Quain - Dashed

R - Rebecca Ross - Ruthless Vows

S - Charlotte Stein - When Grumpy Met Sunshine

T - Amy Tintera - Listen for the Lie

U - Amanda Urquardt - The Butcher Game

V - Jeff Vandermeer - Annihilation

W - Martha Wells - System Collapse

X - Xiran Jay Zhao - Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor

Y - Samantha Young - Skies over Caledonia

Z - Gabrielle Zevin - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

2024 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge

 

I loved participating in this challenge last year so I'll be continuing participation in The Alphabet Soup challenge hosted by Dollycas in 2024.

You can sign up and find all of the info on Dollycas' blog post here.  Like last year I'll be posting updates as I finish titles.  I always try to plan out my books in advance, but if the Popsugar and Book Riot reading challenges have taught me anything, it is that I almost never read what is on the plan.  Anything with a link has a review posted, so feel free to check out my thoughts.

Link to my google spreadsheet or join me on Storygraph

A - Alien Earths by Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger

B - Bosse by Dianna Love

C - Court of Wanderers by Rin Chupeco

D - Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

E - Eat Smarter: Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life by Shawn Stevenson

F - A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

G - Ghost Station by SA Barnes

H - Head Over Heels by Karla Sorensen

I - Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

J - Just a Girl by Alyssa Cole

K - Kilt Trip by Alexandra Kiley

L - Looking for Smoke by KA Cobell

M - Mislaid in Parts Half Known by Seanan McGuire

N - Nothing But it All by Adriana Locke

O - Out There Screaming by Various Authors

P - Principles of Emotion by Sara Read

Q - Quarantine Zone by Daniel H. Wilson

R - Recipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel Linden

S - Shattered Juliette by Katana Collins

T - Through the Glen by Samantha Young

U - Under the Oak Tree by Suji Kim

V - Voices Carry by Raven Oak

W - We are Legion by Dennis E Taylor

X - X Marks the Spot by Edard Finnigan

Y - Young Buck by Kilby Blades

Z - Zodiac by Ai Weiwei

Monthly Mini Challenges

January: Read a book with a word in the title that has at least 3 syllables: A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft

February: Read a book with a Number Written Out in the Title: The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert

March: Read a book with Who, What, Where, When, Why, or How in the Title: What Grows in the Dark by Jaq Evans

April read a book with a Creepy Crawly in the title: Me Moth by Amber McBride

May Word Fruit or a Fruit in the title

June Word of something you see at a wedding: 7 Generations by David A Robinson

July read a book with 1 of the 50 United States in the title

August read a book with something small enough to fit in your pocket in the title: The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava

September Read a book with Money or Type of Money in the Title

October read a book with a word that could be a Halloween costume in the title The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner

November read a book with a SPICE in the title. (Or the word Spice)

December

2024 Netgalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge

 

I participated in this challenge in 2023 and plan to do it again  It is being hosted by Socrates Book Reviews.  I was able to review 91 books in 2023 between Netgalley and Edelweiss and this was a great way to keep myself accountable.

I currently have 38 outstanding ARCs on my TBR right now, 20 of those are 2024 releases.  

I'm going to shoot for the Platinum Level this year and try to hit 75 books.

I'll link my reviews below as I post.  To keep myself accountable, I'll be posting my tentative TBR based on release dates and approvals as the year goes on.

January - Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft (1/2/24)
2. Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire (1/9/24)
3. Principals of Emotion by Sara Read (1/9/24)
4. Recipe for a Charmed Life by Rachel Linden (1/9/24)
5. The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder  by Robert I. Sutton & Huggy Rao (1/30/24)
6. When Grumpy Met Sunshine by Charlotte Stein (2/6/24)

February Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. The Ultimate Glow Up Guide by Elicia Goguen (2/13/24)
2. What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher (2/13/24)
3. Nothing But It All by Adriana Locke (2/20/24)
4. A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal (2/20/24)
5. The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett (2/6/24)
6. The Framed Women of Ardemore House by Brandy Schillace (2/13/24)
7. The Bad Ones by Melissa Albert (2/20/24)
8. The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed
9. Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (3/5/24)

March Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Heartless Hunter by Kristen Ciccarelli (2/20/24)
2. Island Witch by Amanda Jayaissa (2/20/24)
3. What Grows in the Dark by Jaq Evans (3/5/24)
4. Kilt Trip by Alexandra Kiley (3/5/24)
5. Bride by Ali Hazelwood (2/6/24)
6. The Day Tripper by James Goodhand (3/19/24)
7. The Love Remedy by Elizabeth Everett (3/19/24)
8. Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury (2/27/24)
9. A View from the Stars by Cixin Liu (4/2/24)
10. Alien Earths by Dr. Lisa Kaltenegger (4/16/24)
11. The Book of Thorns by Hester Fox (4/2/24)

April Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes (4/9/24)
2. The Science of Weird Shit: Why Our Minds Conjure the Paranormal by Chris French 
3. The Kiss Countdown by Etta Easton (4/9/24)
4. Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina (4/16/24)
5. Granite Harbor by Peter Nichols (4/30/24)

May Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins (ebook) by P. Djèlí Clark (8/6/24)
2. Court of Wanderers by Rin Chupeco (4/2/24)
3. When Among Crows by Veronica Roth (5/14/24)
4. Mind Games by Nora Roberts (5/21/24)
5. The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuar Turton (5/21/24)
6. The Hunter's Daughter by Nicola Solvinic (5/14/24)

June Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky (6/4/24)
2. Tidal Creatures by Seanan McGuire (6/4/24)
   
3. There is a Door in This Darkness by Kristin Cashore (6/11/24)
   
4. Looking for Smoke by K.A. Cobell (6/4/24)
5. Devil is Fine by John Vercher (6/18/24)
   
6. Honey by Isabel Banta (6/25/24)

July Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi (7/2/24)
   
2. The Best of All by Karla Sorensen (7/16/24)
3. House of Marionne by J. Elle (8/29/23)
4. 49 Miles Alone by Natalie D. Richards (7/2/24)
5. Heir, Apparently by Kara McDowell (7/9/24)
6. Let the Games Begin by Rufaro Faith Mazarura (7/9/24)
7. Dashed by Amanda Quain (7/16/24)
8. Nobody Cares About Your Career: Why Failure Is Good, the Great Ones Play Hurt, and Other Hard Truths by Erika Ayers Badan 6/11/24)

August Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1.  The Dead Cat Tail Assassins (audiobook) by P. Djèlí Clark (8/6/24)
2. House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen (8/6/24)
3. A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
4. The Truth According to Ember by Danica Nava (8/6/24)
5. The Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings (8/6/24)
6. Haunted Ever After by Jen DeLuca (8/13/24)
7. Hera by Jennifer Saint (8/13/24)

September Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas (9/3/24)
2. Medusa by Nataly Gruender (8/13/24)
3. A Bit Much by Lynday Rush (9/17/24)
4. Dead & Lovely by J.M. Miller (9/3/24)
5. We Love the Nightlife by Rachel Koller Croft (8/20/24)
6. Voices Carry by Raven Oak (8/6/24)
7. Star Father by Charlie N. Holmberg(3/8/22)
8. The Booklover's Library by Madeline Martin (9/10/24)
9. The Haunting of Moscow House by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore (9/3/24)
10. The Banned Books Club by Brenda Novak (9/17/24)
11. In the Garden of Monsters by Crystal King (9/24/24)
12. Bringer of Dust by J.M. Miro (9/17/24)
13. We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida (9/3/24)

October Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang (10/1/24)
2. Buried Deep and other Stories by Naomi Novik (9/17/24)
3. The Butcher Game by Alaina Urquart (9/17/24)
4. The Bletchley Riddle by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin(10/8/24)
5. If I Stopped Haunting You by Colby Wilkens (10/15/24)
6. The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner (9/24/24)
   
7. Heir by Sabbaa Tahir (10/1/24)
8. The Fate of Magic by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis (10/1/24)

I hit my goal this month, with 79 reviews posted!

November Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Song of Ash and Moonlight by Claire Legrand (9/17/24)
2. The Mirror of Beasts by Alexandra Bracken (7/30/24)
3. My Darling Jane by Ilsa Madden-Mills (11/5/24)
4. Golemcrafters by Emi Watanabe Cohen (11/12/24)
5. Bride of the Shadow King  by Sylvia Mercedes (11/12/24)
6. Once Upon A Christmas Tree by Lulu Moore (11/15/24)
7. The Whispering Night by Susan Dennard (11/19/24)
8. The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce (7/16/24)

December  Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood (9/17/24)
2. Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang (10/29/24)
3. I Made it Out of Clay by Beth Kander (12/10/24)
4. What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould (12/10/24)
5. Between Now and Forever by Adriana Locke (12/17/24)
6. Her Knight at the Museum by Bryn Donovan (11/12/24)
7. The Jewel of the Isle by Kerry Rea (11/26/24)

I finished the year with 94 Netgalley and Edelweiss reviews posted in 2024.  

2023 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge

In 2023 I'm going to try some different reading challenges.  I'm adding The Alphabet Soup challenge hosted by Dollycas to my repertoire this year.

You can sign up and find all of the info on Dollycas' blog post here.  This one sounds really fun and encourages using books you are reading for other challenges for the 

I'll be posting updates as I finish titles.  I always try to plan out my books in advance, but if the Popsugar and Book Riot reading challenges have taught me anything, it is that I almost never read what is on the plan.  Anything with a link has a review posted, so feel free to check out my thoughts.

Link to my google spreadsheet

A - The Angel Maker by Alex North

B - Begin Again by Emma Lord

C - Clytemnestra by Constanza Casati

D - Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross

E - Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

F - Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

G - The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

H - Hex You by PC and Kristin Cast

I - Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

J - Joy by Mike Bond

K - Kiss Me Forever by Anna B. Doe

L - Letter Late Than Never by Lauren Connolly

M - Maus I & II by Art Spiegelman

N - The Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert

O - Only You by Samantha Young

P - Phaedra by Laura Shepperson

Q - The Quiet Tenant: A novel by Clémence Michallon

R - Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

S - Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long

T - This is How We Do It by Kevin Hart

U - Unseelie by Ivelisse Houseman

V - The Vinyl Frontier by Lola West

W - The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

X - Ex Libris by Matt Madden

Y - You Wouldn't Dare by Samantha Markum

Z - Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae-Jones

2023 Alphabet Soup – Author Edition Reading Challenge

 

I've that in 2023 I'm going to try some different reading challenges.  I'm adding The Alphabet Soup challenge hosted by Dollycas to my repertoire this year.

You can sign up and find all of the info on Dollycas' blog post here.  This one sounds really fun and encourages using books you are reading for other challenges for the 

I'll be posting updates as I finish titles.  I always try to plan out my books in advance, but if the Popsugar and Book Riot reading challenges have taught me anything, it is that I almost never read what is on the plan.  Anything with a link has a review posted, so feel free to check out my thoughts.

Link to my google spreadsheet

A - Ryka Aoki - Light from Uncommon Stars

B - Lauren Blackwood - Wildblood

C - Rin Chupeco - Silver Under Nightfall

D - Sarah Daniels - The Stranded

E - Jumata Emill - The Black Queen

F - Francesca Flores - The Witch and the Vampire

G - These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong

H - Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris - The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar 

I - Hajime Isayama - Attack on Titan Volume 1

J - Ripley Jones - Missing Clarissa

K - Shalane Flanagan & Elyse Kopecky - Rise and Run: Recipes, Rituals and Runs to Fuel your Day: A Cookbook

L - Adrianna Locke - Sacrifice

M - Liz Maverick - Eight Winter Nights

N - Ari North - Always Human

O - K. O'Neill - The Moth Keeper

P - Christopher Paolini - Fractal Noise

Q - Kate Quinn - The Diamond Eye

R - James Rollins - The Cradle of Ice 

S - Sukeikha Snyder - Tikka Chance on Me

T - Tijan - The Revenge

U - June Eric-Udorie - Can We All Be Feminists?

V - Sarah Vaughn - Sleepless Vol 1 & 2

W - Martha Wells - Network Effect

X - Xiran Jay Zhao - Iron Widow

Y Adrienne Young - Spells for Forgetting

Z - Gabrielle Zevin - The Storied Life of AJ Fikry

2023 Netgalley and Edelweiss Reading Challenge

I recently found this challenge and it is perfect for me.  It is being hosted by Socrates Book Reviews.  I do most of my reviewing on Netgalley and occasionally get a few books on Edelweiss.  I have a decent backlog of books I'd like to get off my shelf in 2023.

I have about 50 books on my TBR right now, 20 or so of those are 2023 releases and another 10 of those are things I meant to get to in 2022.  I really need to chip away at the older books on my list that have been sitting there unread.

I'm going to shoot for the Gold Level and try to hit 50 books read and reviewed.  I did 65 in 2022 so I don't think that is out of reach.   

I'll link my reviews below as I post.  To keep myself accountable, I've posted my tentative TBR based on ARCs I've been approved for based on current release date.

January - Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Unseelie by Ivelisse Houseman (1/3/23)
2. The Stranded by Sarah Daniels (1/3/23)
3. The Nightmare Man by J.H. Markert (1/10/23)
4. Phaedra by Laura Shepperson (1/10/23)
5. Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long (1/17/23)
6. Begin Again by Emma Lord (1/24/23)
7. Hex You by PC and Kristin Cast (1/31/23)
8. The Angel Maker by Alex North (2/28/23)
9. Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz (2/28/23)

Completed this Month: 9    Completed this Year: 9        

February Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Wildblood by Lauren Blackwood (2/7/23)
2. The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar by Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris  (2/7/23)
3. The Cradle of Ice by James Rollins (2/7/23)
4. Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah (2/21/23)
5. The Writing Retreat (2/21/23)
6. Weyward by Emelia Hart (3/7/23)
7. The Black Queen  by Jumata Emill (1/31/23)
8. Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman (1/17/23)
9. Missing Clarissa by Ripley Jones (3/7/23)

Completed this Month:  9    Completed this Year: 18    

March Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young (9/27/22)
2. The Revenge by Tijan (9/13/22)
3. Clytemnestra by Constanza Casati (5/2/23)
4. Silver Under Nightfall by Rin Chupeco (9/13/22)
5. The Genius of Women by Janice Kaplan (2/18/20)
6. The Familiar Dark by Amy Engel (3/31/20)
7. Last Night by Karen Ellis (2/26/19)
8. Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie (8/23/22)
9. Intruders by Ashley & Leslie Saunders (3/21/23)
10. The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores (3/21/23)
11. God Themselves by Jae Nichelle
12. You Wouldn't Dare by Samantha Markum (3/28/23)
13. All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes (3/22/22)
14. Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross (4/4/23)
15. Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker (4/4/23)

Completed this Month: 15    Completed this Year: 33

April Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury (2/28/23)
2. Wings Once Cursed and Bound by Piper J. Drake (4/11/23)
3. Pieces of Me by Kate McLaughlin (4/18/23)
4. Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken (4/4/23)

Completed this Month:  4   Completed this Year:  37

May Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. A Crown of Ivy and Glass by Claire Legrand (5/9/23n delayed to 6/13/23)
2. Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini (5/16/23)
3. Witch King by Martha Wells (5/30/23)
4. Dragon Springs and Other Things by Raven Oak (6/1/23)

Completed this Month: 4    Completed this Year:     41

June Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Joy by Mike Bond (11/3/22)
2. The Sweetheart List by Jill Shavis (6/13/23)
3. The Helm of Midnight by Marina Lostetter (4/13/21)
4. Identity by Nora Roberts (5/23/23)
5. The Quiet Tennant by Clemence Michallon (6/20/23)
6. What the Neighbors Saw by Melissa Adelman (6/20/23)

Completed this Month:  6   Completed this Year:     47

July Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Space Ships & Other Trips by Raven Oak  (7/1/23)
2. The Prince and the Apocalypse by Kara McDowell (7/11/23)
3. The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon  (6/27/23)
4. I Will Make You Pay by Teresa Driscoll (10/10/19)
5. Boys in the Valley by Philip Fracassi (7/11/23)
6. Ghosted by Amanda Quian (7/25/23)
7. Abeni's Song by P. Djeli Clark (7/25/23)

Completed this Month: 7     Completed this Year:     54

August Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Bring Me Your Midnight by Rachel Griffin (8/1/23)
2. Gone Tonight by Sara Pekkanen (8/1/23)
3. Dark Corners by Megan Goldin (8/8/23)
4. Whalefall by Daniel Kraus (8/8/23)
5. The Education of Kendrick Perkins by Kendrick Perkins and Seth Rogoff (2/21/23)
6. Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
7. The Love Plot by Samantha Young (8/29/23)
8. On The Plus Side by Jenny L. Howe (12/26/23)
9. Guardians of Dawn: Zhara by S. Jae-Jones (8/1/23)

Completed this Month: 9     Completed this Year:     63

September Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Fly with Me by Andie Burke (9/5/23)
2. Someone Somewhere Maybe: Poems by Sophie Diener (9/26/23)
3. Gender is Really Strange by Teddy G. Goetz (10/19/23)
4. Perilous Times by Thomas D. Lee (5/23/23)
5. The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie (9/19/23)
6. The Cage of Dark Hours by Marina Lostetter (2/14/23)
7. Thank You for Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz (9/12/23)
8. A Traitor in Whitehall by Julie Kelly (10/3/23)

Completed this Month:  8   Completed this Year:     71

October Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Best Laid Plans by Karla Sorensen (10/3/23)
2. Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (11/7/23)
3. The Takedown by Carlie Walker (10/3/23)
4. Night of the Witch by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis (10/3/23)

Completed this Month:    4    Completed this Year:    75

November Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Flower and Thorn by Rati Mehrotra (10/17/23)
2. The Hunting Moon by Susan Dennard (11/7/23)
   
3. Next-Door Nemesis by Alexa Martin (11/14/23)
4. An Ordinary Violence by Adriana Chartrand (10/31/23)
5. The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker (10/3/23)
6. Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie (10/31/23)
7. Mister Lullaby by J.H. Markert (11/21/23)
8. We are the Crisis by Cadwell Turnbull (11/7/23)
9. Gwen & Art are Not in Love by Lex Croucher (11/28/23)

Completed this Month:    9     Completed this Year:     84

December  Link up to see what everyone else read and reviewed

1. Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn (12/5/23)
2. Guy's Girl by Emma Noyes (10/24/23)
3. My Darling Bride by Ilsa Madden-Mills (12/5/23)
4. Starling House by Alix E. Harrow (10/3/23)
5. Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura (12/5/23)
6. Housebroke by Jaci Burton (12/12/23)
7. All Hallows by Christopher Golden (1/24/23)

Completed this Month:    7     Completed this Year:   91