I am a huge Agatha Christie fan and love participating in the Read Christie challenge hosted at agathachristie.com. This year the theme is “Biggest, Best, Beloved” books. There are “official” selections, but you can also choice to read alternatives. The hashtag is #ReadChristie2026.
January - Best Opening (The Body in the Library)February - Beloved Character(s) (Mrs McGinty’s Dead)March - Biggest Impact on You As A Young Reader (Murder on the Orient Express)April - Beloved in your Collection (A Caribbean Mystery)May - Best Short Story Collection (The Labours of Hercules)June - Best to Read in One Sitting (The Murder of Roger Ackroyd)July - Best-Kept Secret (The Rose and the Yew Tree)August - Beloved Duo (By the Pricking of My Thumbs)September - Best According to Agatha (Endless Night)October - Best Cold Case (Sleeping Murder)November - Biggest Inspiration (And Then There Were None)December - Best Seasonal Read (Hercule Poirot’s Christmas)2026 - Best Book about AC (An Autobiography)...
The Literary Escapes Challenge hosted at Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book is one I don't do great at but have fun keeping track of. The goal is to read 1 book set in each of the 50 states + the District of Columbia. (51 Points). If you complete the challenge you earn 50 Bonus Points. You also can earn Bonus Points for books set in Countries around the world. 1 Bonus Point for each country – no repeats.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Country #1...
I’m signing up for the 2026 Audiobook Challenge, hosted by Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About. I might be a bit of an audiobook junkie. My goal for the year is 75+, which puts me at the Over-Achiever level. The hashtag is #2026AudiobookChallenge.
Also, June is Audiobook Month, so there will be a special mini-challenge just for the month.
Books read:...
By the end of the year, I will have completed 2025's 52 Books in 52 Weeks main challenge. (I did not do so great at the mini-challenges.) I read a lot of books I enjoyed, some of which I wouldn't usually have picked up, so I'm signing up again this year.
Here's the list:
Set in an ancient civilization
Kangaroo word on the cover
Written without quotation marks
Has a dust jacket
Featuring a conspiracy
Title starts with the letter “O”
Title starts with the letter “P”
A three-syllable word in the title
Featuring a natural disaster
Spans a decade or more
Requires suspension of disbelief
A genre-defining read
Bookface
Includes a character list
A subtitle with commas
Deus Ex Machina
Author’s bio mentions their dog
Provokes strong emotion
A nosy neighbour character
Day of the week in the title
Written in the 1800s
Spotted in a TV series or movie
Grumpy sunshine trope
Uneven number of chapters
Includes a red herring - The Last Death of the Year by Sophie Hannah
Title in a serif font
Two or more authors, one pseudonym
From a series at least...
We all know I love cozies, so of course I'm signing up for the Cruisin’ thru the Cozies Reading Challenge again. It's hosted by Yvonne at Socrates’ Book Reviews. I’m aiming at being an investigator, reading 20 cozy mysteries of my choice hopefully including one from each of the categories below.
One from culinary –
One from animal-related –
One from craft related –
One from paranormal –
One from cozy mysteries based outside the US –
One career-based cozy mystery –
One holiday based –
One travel mystery –
One historical mystery –
One is your choice! –
Books read:...
I am signing up for the Nonfiction reader challenge again this year. It's hosted by Shelleyrae at Book’d Out. The hashtag is #ReadNonFicChal.
The challenge is to read nonfiction books from twelve different categories. I’m going with the Nonfiction Nipper option again this year, reading three from any three categories. The categories are:
History
Memoir/Biography
True Crime
Science
Health
Food
South East Asia
Humour (Humor)
Lost or found
Television
Subculture
Published in 2026
Books read:...
