2023 Reading Challenges
Happy New Year, everyone!! I can not believe that we are officially in 2023. This past year went by way too fast; it literally feels like the beginning of 2022 was only a couple weeks ago.
This year, I decided to participate in a few reading challenges. I’ve never done one before and they always look like a lot of fun, so I decided to try some this year. For 2023, I’ll be doing the 12 Reading Challenge, Beat the Backlist, and Let Us Read Middle Grade.
The 12 Reading Challenge
created & hosted by shadowbooker on Instagram
I know I shouldn’t be adding more books to my TBR, but I also love getting book recommendations, so I’ll be fine, right? Some of these I haven’t heard of and some have been on my TBR. Thank you to everyone who recommended books!
The order I read these are subject to change, but this is what I have planned for now.
January: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
recommended by my brother
February: If You Could See the Sun by Ann Liang
recommended by Suhani @ Random Reader’s Rambles
March: Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Soloman
recommended by Amaya @ Mauve Mumblings
April: The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang
recommended by Mesal @ earthly abode
May: The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
recommended by Morgan @ Morgan is Reading Again
June: Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter
recommended by Zoe (participant in NaNoWriMo YWP)
July: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
recommended by my mom
August: 1984 by George Orwell
recommended by Phlox (participant in NaNoWriMo YWP)
September: This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke
recommended by a participant in NaNoWriMo YWP
October: On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
recommended by lilac_axolotl
November: Not My Problem by Ciara Smyth
recommended by Anoushka @ Dipped in Ink
December: Heartless by Marissa Meyer
recommended by Grizz (participant in NaNoWriMo YWP)
Beat the Backlist
Okay, this challenge will actually help my TBR. I always get caught in the new releases, so there are books on my TBR that were published a long time ago. Hopefully, this will help that problem. For this challenge, I’ll be doing the 24 prompt list.
| prompt | book |
|---|---|
| 1. five word title | A Thousand Steps into Night by Traci Chee |
| 2. won an award | A Glasshouse of Stars by Shirley Marr |
| 3. meant to read it last year | They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera |
| 4. giving an author a second chance | Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys |
| 5. an author writing under a pseudonym | The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab |
| 6. 2022 debut novel | Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan |
| 7. standalone | The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater |
| 8. bought and forgot it | Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik |
| 9. plants on the cover | A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers |
| 10. first in a trilogy | Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo |
| 11. name in the title | Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson |
| 12. set on a continent you don’t live on | The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf |
| 13. it’s a trope! (your favorite) | The Boy Who Steals Houses by C.G. Drews |
| 14. less than 170 pages | I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider |
| 15. released at least 23 years ago | The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder |
| 16. protagonist name starts with “M” | Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim |
| 17. graphic novel outside your fave genre | Heartstopper: Volume 5 by Alice Oseman |
| 18. recommended by a bookseller | Dear Martin by Nic Stone |
| 19. letter “z” in the title | The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe |
| 20. all about music or the arts | Long Story Short by Serena Kaylor |
| 21. protagonist has a pet | Kill Joy by Holly Jackson |
| 22. more than 450 pages | The First Binding by R.R. Virdi |
| 23. your favorite genre | Darling by K. Ancrum |
| 24. main cover color is your least favorite color | All That’s Left in the World by Erik J. Brown |
Let Us Read Middle Grade
There are no specific prompts or requirements for what books you can read, so I just compiled a list of ten middle grade books I’d like to read in 2023. If I end up reading more than ten MG books, I’ll be even happier, but for now, this is what I’m aiming for.
Are you participating in any reading challenges this year? Which ones?
Have you read any of the books I mentioned?
11 Comments
Suhani
i hope you love all of these!! <3 <3
Lotus @ Pages of Starlight
Thank you!
Amaya
these all look amazing, i hope you enjoy them!!
also i find it a fun coincidence that you’re reading Today, Tonight, Tomorrow in march (since march is my birthday month too lol) hope you enjoy it <3
Lotus @ Pages of Starlight
Thank you!
Oh, that’s awesome!
Anoushka
IDHSJDJJDJS ALL THE CHALLENGES SOUND SO SO EXCITING GOOD LUCK LOTUS!!!!!!! I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on all the books AND HOPE YOU LOVE THEM <33
Lotus @ Pages of Starlight
Thank you!! I hope I love them all too! I’d hate to not like a book someone recommended to me.
the human curveball
I’m doing the pop sugar reading challenge and buzzword reading challenge this year. Fingers crossed.
Lotus @ Pages of Starlight
Good luck! Hopefully we’ll both be able to finish.
Annemieke
Good luck with all your reading challenges and of course welcome aboard Let Us Read Middle Grade. I still really want to read Daughter of the Deep and The Last Fallen Star too!
Lotus @ Pages of Starlight
Thank you! I’m looking forward to reading all of them. Daughter of the Deep and The Last Fallen Star are two that I’m most excited for.
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