Bookbloggers 2022 Fiction Reading Challenge Sign-Up @fictionophile

2022-reading-challenge-headerI took part in this challenge hosted by Lynne at Fictionophile last year and I’m pleased to say she is hosting it again this year.  You can find full details here but basically the challenge is to read books with a title that match the six criteria shown below.

I’ve identified five books from my TBR pile that match the criteria.  Luckily, I’ve got a whole year to find a book to match the final one. At the moment, links from the title will take you to the book description on Goodreads. I’ll replace them with links to my review once I’ve read the books.

fictionophile-2022-reading-challengeReference to temperature – TBA

Reference to precipitation –  Snow by John Banville 

Word associated with royalty – The Queen’s Lady by Joanna Hickson

A collection of short stories – The Crime Writers’ Association: Music of the Night edited by Martin Edwards

Title contains ‘good’ or ‘evil’ – The Good Husband of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith

Title contains numerals – A Thousand Paper Birds by Tor Udall

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2022 Sign-Up

Historical Fiction Reading Challenge 2022The start of a new year means it’s time to sign up for some new reading challenges. I’ve decided to take part in the Historical Fiction Reading Challenge hosted by Marg at The Intrepid Reader. As well as indulging my love of historical fiction, I like the idea of sharing reviews and recommendations with other fans of the genre every month.

You can find full details of the challenge here but the main idea is to choose one of six different reading levels to aim for:

20th Century Reader – 2 books
Victorian Reader – 5 books
Renaissance Reader – 10 books
Medieval – 15 books
Ancient History – 25 books
Prehistoric – 50+ books

Since I read a lot of historical fiction (a few that are already in my TBR pile are shown below), I’m going to aim for the Prehistoric reading level. If you enjoy historical fiction or would just like to read more of the genre, why not join me and sign up?