2021 Reading Challenges

Posted December 23, 2020 by karenbaron in Reading Challenge / 1 Comment

My 2021 Reading Challenges

Reading Challenges are so much fun. I love the feeling of completing one of these challenges or even surpassing it.

If you are looking for different reading challenges, you can check out The Master List of 2021 Reading Challenges over at GIRLXOXO. She has so many different ones. She has traditional bingo types, ones with prompts; you name it. Oh, and tones of genres.

If you want to sign up for one of the challenges below click the link after “Hosted by” and it will take you to the challenge page.

I have added a bunch to my list this year; let’s see what I signed up for.

2021 Goodreads Reading Challenge

Host: Goodreads
Progress: 92/104 (88%)
1 January, 2021 — 3 January, 2022
Failed

My goal this year will be 104 books

Goodreads hosts an enormous reading challenge every year. I have been participating in this contest since 2011. I haven’t always hit my target, but I try. However, I did surpass my goal again in 2020, and the number of books I read is getting higher. Since I am a book blogger, it’s fantastic. I hope to read and review at least 2 books a week in 2021.

If you want to sign up, the reading challenge is open most of the year. The great thing about this reading challenge is that you can read any book that is on Goodreads. You may want to see if you can read more books in 2021. So head over to Goodreads and set your goal as soon as they have it up.

2021 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge

Hosted by: Escape with Dollycas

2021 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge

Host: Escape with Dollycas
Progress: 18/26 (69%)
1 January, 2021 — 3 January, 2022
Failed

My goal this year is to read 26 books.

The Alphabet Soup Challenge means that by December 31, 2021, your bowls must be filled with one book for each letter of the Alphabet.

Each Letter Counts As 1 Spoonful

Details

This challenge will run from January 1st, 2021, until December 31st, 2021.

You can join anytime. You do not have to post a review of the book. Books can come from any genre. You do not need to link up each spoonful.

Make a page or a post or a GoodReads shelf where you will keep track of your spoonfuls. I keep track of mine on my Challenge Page.

Crossovers to other challenges are allowed and encouraged!

It’s an alphabet challenge!!! The challenge is to read one book that has a title starting with every letter of the alphabet.

You can drop the A’s, and The’s from the book titles as shown below.

The First Main Word Needs To Be The Letter You Are Counting

Except For that pesky Q, X, AND Z titles, then the word that starts with the challenge letter can be anywhere in the title.
So there are two different ways you can set up your own A-Z Reading Challenge.

A – How I plan to do it: Make a list on your blog from A-Z. Throughout the year, as you go along, add the books you are reading to the list. Towards the end of the year, you can check and see which letters you are missing and find books to fit.

B – Make a list now of 26 books, picking one for each letter of the alphabet.

For example:

A – Artistic License to Kill by Paula Darnell

B – Beauty Expos Are Murder by Libby Klein

C – Complications: A Novel by Danielle Steel

D- Drenched in Light by Lisa Wingate

Books can be read in any order and all formats – print – e-book – audio – are acceptable for this challenge!

Ready to join??

If you post your books on Social Media, please use the hashtag #AlphabetSoupChallenge

Follow Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book as there may be special announcements made about the challenge.

There is also a very active group on Facebook where you can share your books read, and converse with others taking part in the challenge. Alphabet Soup Challenge – You can share your accomplishments throughout the year there. Right now, they are finishing this year’s challenge, but it will switch over to the new year on January 1.

I am asking everyone to sign up using Google Forms. Sign Up Here.

My 26 Books

A- Asbury High and the Kidnapper’s Drive by Kelly Brady Channick

B – Bait and Witch by Angela M. Sanders

C – The Crush by Allyson Kennedy

D – The Diva Runs Out of Thyme by Krista Davis

E – Embracing the Outcast by Nadine C. Keels

F – Fatal Family Ties by SC Perkins

G – The Ghost Camper’s Tall Tales by Elizabeth Pantley

H – Haunted Hibiscus by Laura Childs

K – Knight’s Ransom by Jeff Wheeler

L – Long Island Iced Tina by Maria DiRico

M – Meet You Under the Stars by Traci Borum

O – One Poison Pie by Lynn Cahoon

P – In the Penalty Box by Lynn Rush and Kelly Anne Blount

R – Rogue Unbroken by Angie Day

S – Saint Vandal’s Day by DE Haggerty

T – Tales of Willow Valley by Linda Weaver Clarke

W – Wedding Bear Blues by Meg Macy

2021 The Backlist Reader Challenge

Hosted by: The Bookwyrm’s Hoard

2021 The Backlist Reader Challenge

Host: The Bookwyrm's Hoard
Progress: 3/10 (30%)
1 January, 2021 — 31 December, 2021
Failed

My goal this year will be 10 books

The Backlist Reader Challenge (#BacklistReader) encourages us to read all those older books that have been piling up on our TBR piles or lists. And by “older,” I mean books that came out before 2020 (so, in 2019 or earlier.)

The challenge runs from January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. It ends at midnight in whatever timezone you’re in. You can still post reviews and link them up until January 5, 2022, but only for books read in 2021.

The Rules

Rule #1: To count for the challenge, books have to be published before 2020 AND already be on your TBR list or pile.

In other words, you don’t have to own the book. If it was on your want-to-read list when you signed up for the challenge, and it came out in 2019 or earlier, it counts… regardless of format (ebook, print book, audiobook) and regardless of how or where or when you acquired it. Library books totally count, as long as you had the book on your want-to-read list before you signed up for the challenge.

What does”TBR list” or “to-read” list” mean, exactly? It means whatever you use to keep track of the books you want to read. If that’s a shelf or a pile of physical books, great. If it’s the “to-read” shelf on Goodreads, also fine. If you keep a spreadsheet on your computer or a list in a notebook or a “for later” list in your library account, those work too just as long as you have something to keep track of what you want to read but haven’t read yet. (In my experience, most book-lovers have a to-read list of some sort, somewhere.)

Do rereads count? Personally, I love rereading familiar books, and in any given year, at least a third of my reading is rereads. But back when I first created this challenge, the goal was to encourage myself to read books I hadn’t ever gotten around to reading. On the other hand, there are some books on my TBR list that I read a long time ago but want to reread because I can barely remember them. So here’s the compromise I came up with: you can only count a book you have read before IF (a) you haven’t read the book in the last 10 years, and (b) you can’t remember much about it.

Rule #2: Create a goal or sign-up post on your blog

…or wherever you usually post your reviews or your thoughts about a book (e.g., Goodreads, LibraryThing, Instagram, Facebook.) Please link back to this post! Then link your sign-up post below, where you see the “Add your link” button. (Please link your actual goals/sign-up post, not your home page.) You can set your own goal, and you can list the books you want to read this year or leave it up to your mood at the time—as long as they are already on your TBR list when you sign up! You can sign up through December 1, 2021; after that, the sign-up link will be closed.

Rule #3 (optional): Review the books you read for the challenge, and post your links on the review linky

After Jan. 1, 2021, I’ll post a page with the review linky widget and link it here; you’ll also be able to get to it from the top menu bar. You can certainly do the challenge without writing reviews, but the review links are your entries for the year-end giveaway. Reviews don’t have to be long; a few sentences is fine. If you don’t have a blog, you can post them on Goodreads or LibraryThing or even on your Facebook or Instagram. Please link to your review itself (not to your blog’s main page, your profile, or the book’s main Goodreads or LibraryThing page.) If you’re unsure how to find that link, email me, and I’ll walk you through it.

Rule #4: Before January 5, 2022, create and link a wrap-up post

Let us know how you did! I’ll create a link-up post like this one for the wrap-up posts, so you can share your achievement with others who are participating!

2021 Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge on Facebook

Hosted by: Cozy Mystery Reading Challenges

2021 Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge on Facebook

Host: Cozy Challenges
Progress: 14/24 (58%)
1 January, 2021 — 31 December, 2021
Failed

My goal this year is to finish 24 books with these prompts.

These are the prompts:

Cozy with a 3-word title – Saint Vandal’s Day by DE Haggerty
Cozy with a color in the title – Wedding Bear Blues by Meg Macy
Male Author – Treasure Most Deadly by Terry Ambrose
Set in a hotel or B&B – Treasure Most Deadly by Terry Ambrose
A title that’s a character’s name
As mentioned in another book
Cozy involving a theft – Asbury High and the Kidnapper’s Drive by Kelly Brady Channick
Next in a series, you started last year – The Disappearance of Emily by Elizabeth Pantley
An item of clothing on the cover
Plant on the cover – The Corpse Who Knew Too Much by Debra Sennefelder
Author of Color
Set somewhere other than the USA or UK
Cozy you picked for the title
Published the month of your birthday – Haunted Hibiscus by Laura Childs
Cozy you previously abandoned
Cozy you were excited to get but haven’t read yet – One Poison Pie by Lynn Cahoon
An Author collaboration
Cozy with a Character List – Monkey Bread Business by Jodi Rath
Cozy you bought for the cover
The protagonist has your (dream) occupation

Bonus

Three cozies by the same author – Spelling the Tea by Erin Johnson, With Scream and Sugar by Erin Johnson, and A Score to Kettle by Erin Johnson
A cozy published 21 years ago
Cozy cover in Pantone’s Color of the Year
Cozy with cows or oxen

2021 Beachcomber Mystery Reading Challenge

Hosted by: Rick Mills Project

2021 Beachcomber Mystery Reading Challenge

Host: Rick Mills Project
Progress: 42/60 (70%)
1 January, 2021 — 31 December, 2021
Failed

My goal this year is to finish these lists with a minimum of 60 books.

I will add the book title and link to the review next to the card’s line item.

Welcome to the 2021 Beachcomber Mystery Reading Challenge, coming to you from the state of Maine, home of Acadia National Park and 3,478 miles of coastline for your mystery reading pleasure! Please consider joining us! We welcome new beachcombers at any time! You can sign up on this page.

4 Wild Cards are allowed to replace hard-to-find items. Wild Cards may be used on any cards.

WEAPONS

First Bag Completed Date:

Rope: Rope

Falling object: Falling Object

Poison, poisoned food: Poison

Motor vehicle (wreck): Wreck

Fire

Handgun: Handgun

Knife: Knife

Rock, brick, blunt object: Blunt Object

Ax or hatchet

Pointy object: Pointy Object

Motor vehicle (struck by): Struck By

Motor vehicle (carbon monoxide): Carbon Monoxide

Free square

Drowning, water, ice

Bomb or explosion

Push or fall: Fall

Fright or heart attack

Pillow, smother, asphyxiation: Asphyxiation

Animal attack or bite: Bite

Dagger: Dagger

Medicine or drugs: Medicine/Drugs

Household object: Household Object

Hands or fists: Hands

Rifle or shotgun: Rifle

Stocking, pantyhose, belt, scarf, tie: Belt

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Second Bag Completed Date:

Rope: Rope

Falling object

Poison, poisoned food: Poison

Motor vehicle (wreck)

Fire

Handgun: Handgun

Knife: Knife

Rock, brick, blunt object: Blunt Object

Ax or hatchet

Pointy object: Pointy Object

Motor vehicle (struck by)

Motor vehicle (carbon monoxide)

Free square

Drowning, water, ice

Bomb or explosion

Push or fall

Fright or heart attack

Pillow, smother, asphyxiation: Pillow

Animal attack or bite

Dagger: Letter Opener (Dagger)

Medicine or drugs:

Household object: Household Object

Hands or fists: Hands

Rifle or shotgun:

Stocking, pantyhose, belt, scarf, tie

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Extras for Future Bags: Rope, Poisoned Food, Handgun, Knife, Blunt Object, Pointy Object, Asphyxiation, Household Object, Hands, Rope, Handgun, Knife, Blunt Object, Asphyxiation, Knife, Rock, Blunt Object, Rock

CRIME SCENES

First Bag Completed Date:

Boat: Ferry

Library or bookstore: Bookstore

Kitchen or bakery: Kitchen

Pathway or forest: Forest

Locked room: Locked Room

Lake, ocean, or river: Lake

Alley, mews, or backyard: Alley

Lawn: Lawn

Basement

Attic: Attic

Bar, store, restaurant: Bar

Cliff, roof, high place: High Place

Free square: Backstage

Any vehicle: Any Vehicle

Train or subway

Stairs or balcony: Balcony

Hotel or cabin: Hotel

Street or sidewalk: Street

Island: Island

Swimming pool, spa, jacuzzi

Garden, park, gazebo: Garden

Home or business office: Home

Bedroom: Bedroom

Bathtub, shower, bathroom: Bathroom

Beach or shoreline: Shoreline

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Second Bag Completed Date:

Boat

Library or bookstore: Library

Kitchen or bakery: Kitchen

Pathway or forest: Forest

Locked room: Locked Room

Lake, ocean, or river: Ocean

Alley, mews, or backyard: Alley

Lawn: Lawn

Basement

Attic

Bar, store, restaurant: Restaurant – Tea Room

Cliff, roof, high place:

Free square: School

Any vehicle

Train or subway

Stairs or balcony: Stairs

Hotel or cabin: Hotel

Street or sidewalk

Island

Swimming pool, spa, jacuzzi

Garden, park, gazebo: Gazebo

Home or business office: Home

Bedroom: Bedroom

Bathtub, shower, bathroom:

Beach or shoreline:

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Extras for Future Bags: Library, Ocean, Alley, Lawn, Store, Hotel, Business Office, Bedroom, Home, Greenhouse

DETECTIVES

Your detective’s name must include the indicated letter.

Titles do not count – Inspector Clouseau can be used for “A,” but not for “T.”

You can use any character in a detective role, not necessarily an official detective.

First Bag Completed Date: July 26, 2021

A: Aileen MacKinnon

B: Rudie Hollybrook

C: Mia Carina

D: Rick Atwood

E: Hope Early

F: Jessica Fletcher

G: Peregrin “Pippa” Lane Hawthrone

H: Minnie Hamilton

I: Ivy Culpepper

J: Josie Way

K: Kris Gage

L: Lucy Lancaster

Free square

M: Minnie Wells

N: Hayden Caldwell

O: Mia Molene

P OR Q: Stephanie Wu

R: Regan Summerside

S: Sasha Silverman

T: Theodosia Browning

U: Jolie Tucker

V: Marvella Harris

W: Sophie Winston

X Y OR Z: Alex Atwood

X Y OR Z: Emily Westhill

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Second Bag Completed Date:

A: Holly Jackson

C: Mia Carina

E: Elizabeth Grady

H: Hayden Caldwell

K: Jules Keene

Free square

P OR Q

R: Regina Murphy

S: Shell McMillan

U: Jolie Tucker

X Y OR Z

X Y OR Z: Hope Early

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Extras for Future Bags:

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VICTIMS

Your victim’s name must include the indicated letter. Victims must be dead.

First Bag Completed Date: May 21, 2021

F: Julianne Fortescue

G: Simon Greer

H: Henry Curtis

I: Bertram Kensington

Free square

P OR Q: Petra Cornflower

R: Vanessa Renchrik

S: Dave Smith

T: Tina Iles-Karras

U: Tuck Hall

V: Vanessa

W: Willow French

X Y OR Z: Fiona Lyle-Hayes

X Y OR Z: Zipporah Melwyn

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Second Bag Completed Date:

A: Adele Simpson

B: Birdie Donovan

C: Charlie Braithwaite

D: Harold Westenham

E: Amelia Witherspoon

G: Professor Ogletree

H: Holly Swift

I: Bradley Kokolakis

J: Janelle

K: Kerbie Gomez

L: Londra Lewis

Free square

M: Dr. Monique Baxter

N: Nancy

P OR Q: Ira Perkins

X Y OR Z: Donna Wilcox

X Y OR Z: Colonel Slayton

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Extras for Future Bags: A: Marie-Claire Renavand, D: Jared Serano

2021 Cloak & Dagger

Hosted by: Carol’s Notebook

2021 Cloak & Dagger

Host: Carol's Notebook
Progress: 45/60 (75%)
1 January, 2021 — 31 December, 2021
Failed

My goal this year is to be Sherlock Holmes with 60 books.

Challenge Rules:

You can read any book that is from the mystery/suspense/thriller/crime genres. Any sub-genres are welcome as long as they incorporate one of these genres.
You don’t need a blog to participate, but you do need a place to post your reviews to link up. (blog, Goodreads, Instagram, etc.)
Make a goal post and link it back here with your goal for this challenge.
Books need to at least 100 pages long. Please, no short stories.
Crossovers with other challenges are fine.
The Challenge will run from Jan. 1st to Dec. 31st. (Sign up ends March 15th)

We still have our Facebook group, so if you haven’t joined, we would love for you too! Go here. It’s a closed group, so just ask to join, and we’ll let you in.

There will be a monthly link-up to see what everyone’s reading – and probably add some to our own TBR lists. At the halfway mark and the end, we will have a giveaway for those participating.

We’ll continue to use the hashtag #CloakDaggerChal.

Levels:

5-15 books – Amateur sleuth

16-25 books – Detective

26-35 books – Inspector

36 – 55 – Special agent

56+ books – Sherlock Holmes

2021 Craving the Cozies

Hosted by: Escape with Dollycas

2021 Craving the Cozies

Host: Escape with Dollycas
Progress: 42/60 (70%)
1 January, 2021 — 31 December, 2021
Failed

My goal this year is to enter the Yearning level with 60 books.

Cozy mysteries, also referred to simply as “cozies,” are a sub-genre of crime fiction mysteries in which sex and violence are downplayed or treated humorously, and the crime and detection take place in a small, socially intimate community. The crime-solver is an amateur sleuth, usually but not always a woman, who is thrust into the aftermath of the murder. The protagonist frequently has an occupation or hobby that brings appealing information to the reader.

The challenge runs from January 1, 2021, and ends December 31, 2021.

Rules

Choose the level at which you would like to participate in:

Levels – You can always go up a level, but you can’t go down.

Peckish – 1 – 25 Cozy Mysteries
Famished – 26 – 51 Cozy Mysteries
Yearning – 51 – 75 Cozy Mysteries
Starving – 76 – 100 Cozy Mysteries
Ravenous – 101 – 125 Cozy Mysteries
Voracious – 126 – 150 Cozy Mysteries
Overindulged – 151 – 200 Cozy Mysteries
Pigged Out – 201 or more Cozy Mysteries

You can Feed Your Need To Read with print, digital, or audiobooks.

You do not have to post a review, but the authors would appreciate it if you did. If you need help, just let me know.

You do not need to have a blog to participate. If you do have a blog, take the button above, put it on your blog, and post about the challenge.

Join the Craving for Cozies Facebook Group here and share your progress with everyone. Follow Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book for cozy giveaways and reviews.

You can keep track of your books any way you wish. You can even set up a special shelf on Goodreads.com to help you keep track! It is super easy. Just click the MY BOOKS tab at the top of the page. When that page opens, just click – ADD A SHELF in the left-hand sidebar. Title it Craving for Cozies Challenge, and you are all set.

SIGN UP HERE!

2021 Cruisin’ thru the Cozies

Hosted by: Socrates’ Book Reviews

2021 Cruisin’ thru the Cozies

Host: Socrates' Book Reviews
Progress: 43/40 (108%)
1 January, 2021 — 31 December, 2021
Completed!

108

My goal this year is to become a Level four (Sleuth Extraordinaire) with 40+ books.

This year’s cozy mystery reading challenge has two ways to participate, and you can choose whichever suits you the best:

A) Read only cozy mysteries of your choice.

B) Read one book from these sub-genres:

– One from culinary (anything dealing with food: restaurants, baked goods, etc.)
– One from animal-related (cats, dogs, birds, etc.)
– One from craft-related (any kind of hobbies – knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, etc.)
– One from paranormal (witches, vampires, etc.)
– One from cozy mysteries based outside the US (example: Belinda Lawrence series (British))
– One career-based cozy mystery (housekeeping, wedding planner, etc.)
– One holiday based (set during any holiday – Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentines, etc.)
– One travel mystery (character could be on a cruise, touring another area, etc.)
– One historical mystery (any mystery not set in the present)
– One is your choice! (freebie!)

Here are the levels you can join for either A or B…

Level one (Snoop) –
A) Read 10 cozy mysteries of your choice.
B) Read one book in each of the above cozy sub-genres (total of 10 books)

Level two (Investigator) –
A) Read 20 cozy mysteries of your choice.
B) Read all the books in level one plus an additional 10 cozy books of your choice (total of 20)

Level three (Super Sleuth) –
A) Read 30 cozy mysteries of your choice.
B) Read two books from each sub-genre in level one plus an additional 10 cozy books of your choice (total of 30 books)

Level four (Sleuth Extraordinaire) –
A)Read 40 cozy mysteries of your choice.
B)Read two books from each sub-genre in level one plus an additional 20 cozy books of your choice (total of 40 books)

Here are the rules…

1. The challenge runs from January 1, 2021, and ends December 31, 2021.

2. You don’t have to choose your books in advance. If you do, you can change your list at any time during the year. Books can overlap with other challenges.

3. Books can be in any format – paper, audio, ebooks…it all counts!

4. You don’t have to post a review, but I’m sure others would love to know about the books you are reading and may even want to add it to their reading lists.

NOTE: If you don’t have a blog and want to participate, that’s fine. You don’t have to have a blog. Just post in the comments section as you finish the books. If you belong to a site like Goodreads and review the books there, that’s fine too. Just leave us the link. I also have a group for this challenge on Goodreads, and you can sign up here.

5. If you do have a blog, take the button above, put it on your blog, and post about the challenge. Then add your name to Mr. Linky below. Please use the link of your challenge post, not the link to your home page.

6. I’m going to have one link for signing up, one link for completed reviews, and one link for your wrap up posts. I won’t be having a monthly link, just one for all reviews read for this challenge.

2021 Medical Examiner’s Mystery Reading Challenge

Hosted by: Rick Mills Project

2021 Medical Examiner’s Mystery Reading Challenge

Host: Rick Mills Project
Progress: 42/60 (70%)
1 January, 2021 — 31 December, 2021
Failed

My goal this year will be to complete at least 60 toe tags (books).

Goal:

You are the Medical Examiner, and your goal is to issue as many Toe Tags as you can during 2021 by reading murder mysteries and documenting the cause of death of the unfortunate victim(s).

How to:

You can sign up on this page.
Read a murder mystery. Note the victim(s) and cause(s) of death.
Submit one Death Certificate per book, identifying the Cause(s) of Death of the victim(s). Any death (accidental, natural causes, homicide, suicide) counts, as long as the person is significant enough to be named in the book.
This page does not update in real-time. Your submission generates an email to the Chief Medical Examiner, who will review the data and submit it to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, as summarized above.

Rules:

This challenge is open from Jan 1, 2021 – Dec 24, 2021.
Genres: You get to decide what is a ‘mystery.’ Traditional murder mysteries, thrillers, police procedurals, romances, all are welcome.
Formats: Print books, audiobooks, radio dramatizations, or e-books may be used.
You get one Toe Tag per victim. What counts? If the person is significant enough to be given a name and includes a cause of death, you can cite, then it counts. For more details on what counts and what doesn’t, see the FAQ page.
Reviews: You do not need to write reviews, but you are welcome to. If you supply a link to your blog or Goodreads review, I will link to it.
Bloggers are welcome to copy the toe tag image from the header (or any image that catches your fancy) for your blog.

2021 New Release Reading Challenge

Hosted by: (un) Conventional Bookworms

2021 New Release Reading Challenge

Host: (un) Conventional Bookworms
Progress: 61/80 (76%)
1 January, 2021 — 3 January, 2022
Failed

My goal this year is to be a New Release Veteran with 80 books.

The rules for the 2021 New Release Challenge are simple:

Books have to be released and reviewed in 2021.

Other challenges can be used, as well. If you are participating in the Netgalley / Edelweiss challenge or the COYER challenge, books can count towards more than one challenge, as long as the ones you use for the 2021 New Release Reading Challenge qualify for the other rules.

The minimum length for a book to qualify is 100 pages, it can be in any format, though, physical, e-book, ARC, or audiobook.

The New Release Challenge is open from January 1st through December 31st, 2021, and sign-ups are open until September 1st, 2021.

You don’t have to be a blogger to participate; you can link to your review on Goodreads or Booklikes instead – so don’t be shy!

If you want to spread the love, please use #2021NewReleaseChallenge on Twitter

There are five levels in the 2021 New Release Challenge:

1-30 books per year – New Release Newbie

31-60 books per year – New Release Pro

61-100 books per year – New Release Veteran

101-200 books per year – New Release Enthusiast

200+ books per year – New Release Obsessed

To sign up, please link your sign-up post in the linky below, and also make sure you use the quarterly linky for your reviews. You can choose if you want to do monthly or quarterly challenge updates on your blog, but you will have the possibility to link up each quarter with your reviews.

2021 Six Shooter Reading Challenge

Hosted by: Rick Mills Project

2021 Six Shooter Reading Challenge

Host: Rick Mills Project
Progress: 33/6 (550%)
1 January, 2021 — 31 December, 2021
Completed!

550

My goal this year will be 6 books from at least 1 author.

Angela M. Sanders’s Shots (Books)

Bait and Witch

DE Haggerty’s Shots (Books)

Saint Vandal’s Day

Debra Sennefelder’s Shots (Books)

The Corpse Who Knew Too Much, The Corpse in the Gazebo

Erin Johnson’s Shots (Books)

Spelling the Tea, With Scream and Sugar, A Score to Kettle, Solstice Spirits,

Elizabeth Pantley’s Shots (Books)

The Disappearance of Emily, The Ghost Camper’s Tall Tales, Witches, Spiders, and Schemes

Ginger Bolton’s Shots (Books)

Beyond a Reasonable Donut

Jodi Rath’s Shots (Books)

Monkey Bread Business, Pork Chopped to Death

Kelly Brady Channick’s Shots (Books)

Asbury High and the Kidnapper’s Drive

Krista Davis’s Shots (Books)

The Diva Runs Out of Thyme

Laura Childs’s Shots (Books)

Haunted Hibiscus

Lynn Cahoon’s Shots (Books)

One Poison Pie

Maria DiRico’s Shots (Books)

Long Island Iced Tina, It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder

Olivia Matthews’s Shots (Books)

Murder by Page One

SC Perkins’s Shots (Books)

Fatal Family Ties

TC LoTempio’s Shots (Books)

The Time for Murder is Meow

Terry Ambrose’s Shots (Books)

Treasure Most Deadly

Vicki Delany’s Shots (Books)

Deadly Summer Nights

Winnie Archer’s Shots (Books)

Death Gone A-Rye

Goal:

Shoot (read) six mysteries by the same target (author). You get one notch on your gun (and a prize) for each target completed.

How to:

You can sign up on this page.
Shoot (read) book #1
Submit the form.
Reload, repeat until you have read 6 books. Once you complete 6, you get a notch on your gun.
Please note the Shooting Gallery does not update in real-time. Your submission generates an email to The Grand Targetmeister, who will fill in the data.
This is a rolling challenge. How does that work? At the end of the year (Dec 31, 2021):
- A new page is set up for 2022, and the 2021 challenge is archived for your future reference.
- Completed targets are removed.
- Partially completed targets roll over to 2022, provided there was some activity on that target during 2021. Otherwise, they will be considered abandoned and removed.

Rules:

The challenge runs from January 1 – December 24, 2021.
Genres: You get to decide what is a ‘mystery’. Traditional murder mysteries, thrillers, police procedurals, young adult, romances, all are welcome.
Formats: Print books, audiobooks, radio dramatizations, or e-books may be used.
Each completed target earns you a notch on your gun.
Once you have completed a target, you can target the same author again for additional notches.
You can target different authors simultaneously or consecutively.
Young folks are especially welcome too. Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew readers are naturals!
Pseudonyms count as the same author, for example, if your target is Erle Stanley Gardner, you can count books by A. A. Fair.
You do not need to write reviews, but you are welcome to. If you supply a link to your blog or Goodreads review, the title will link to it.
Bloggers are welcome to copy any images from this challenge.
Never enter the secret passageway first.

Thank you for stopping by to see which 2021 Reading Challenges I will be participating in.

What did you think? I have over 10 challenges. Drop back by here to check out my progress, or you can go to Reading Challenges on the above menu, which will bring you back here. It’s looking like there will be lots of mysteries are in my future. I am looking forward to filling out the toe tags. Yep, I just said that; hopefully, it’s not too morbid.

Are you doing any Reading Challenges in 2021? Drop a comment and let me know.

Until next time,

Happy Reading!

My 2021 Reading Challenges

2021 Goodreads Reading Challenge

2021 Goodreads Reading Challenge

2021 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge

2021 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge

Details

2021 The Backlist Reader Challenge

2021 The Backlist Reader Challenge

The Rules

Rule #1: To count for the challenge, books have to be published before 2020 AND already be on your TBR list or pile.

Rule #2: Create a goal or sign-up post on your blog

Rule #3 (optional): Review the books you read for the challenge, and post your links on the review linky

Rule #4: Before January 5, 2022, create and link a wrap-up post

2021 Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge on Facebook

2021 Cozy Mystery Reading Challenge on Facebook

These are the prompts:

Bonus

2021 Beachcomber Mystery Reading Challenge

2021 Beachcomber Mystery Reading Challenge

WEAPONS

CRIME SCENES

DETECTIVES

VICTIMS

2021 Cloak & Dagger

2021 Cloak & Dagger

Challenge Rules:

Levels:

2021 Craving the Cozies

2021 Craving the Cozies

Rules

Levels – You can always go up a level, but you can’t go down.

SIGN UP HERE!

2021 Cruisin’ thru the Cozies

2021 Cruisin’ thru the Cozies

Here are the levels you can join for either A or B…

Here are the rules…

2021 Medical Examiner’s Mystery Reading Challenge

2021 Medical Examiner’s Mystery Reading Challenge

Goal:

How to:

Rules:

2021 New Release Reading Challenge

2021 New Release Reading Challenge

The rules for the 2021 New Release Challenge are simple:

There are five levels in the 2021 New Release Challenge:

2021 Six Shooter Reading Challenge

2021 Six Shooter Reading Challenge

Goal:

How to:

Rules:

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