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I would like to read at least 70 books in 2023. That's enough to challenge me, but not stress me. :) Complete - 100+ books read

The first part of my challenge is to continue or finish ongoing series, and I'm really looking forward to reading these, some are ones I dip into a little every year, others I'm aiming to finish or at least put a great big dent in them.

Multiple books in a series: Complete

Meg Langlsow series by Donna Andrews:
- Round Up the Usual Peacocks
- Dashing Through the Snowbirds

Shetland series by Ann Cleeves:
- Dead Water
- Thin Air
- Cold Earth

Green Rider series by Kristen Britain:
- Mirror Sight
- Firebrand
- The Dream Gatherer
- Winterlight

Ruth Galloway series by Elly Griffiths:
- The Ghost Fields
- The Woman in Blue
- The Chalk Pit
- The Dark Angel

Anne of Green Gables series by L. M. Montgomery:
- Anne's House of Dreams
- Anne of Ingleside
- Rainbow Valley

Books of the Raksura series by Martha Wells:
- Stories of the Raksura, Volume 1: The Falling World & The Tale of Indigo and Cloud
- Stories of the Raksura, Volume 2: The Dead City & The Dark Earth Below

Licanius trilogy by James Islington:
- An Echo of Things to Come

Temperance Brennan series by Kathy Reichs:
- Fatal Voyage
- Grave Secrets
- Bare Bones


Single books from ongoing series: Complete

- A Song of Comfortable Chairs
- The Rising Tide
- Demon Copperhead
- Tress of the Emerald Sea
- The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
- The Postscript Murders
- The Zig Zag Girl
- To Track a Traitor
- Exiles
- Desperation in Death
- The Ruin of Kings
- Killing Moon
- Santa Grint
- The Good, the Bad and the History
- The Shadow Murders
- Farmer Boy
- Fractured
- Homecoming
- Hell Bent
- System Collapse
- Witch King
- The Paper Bark Tree Mystery
- The Kind Worth Killing
- The Darkness
- The Bullet That Missed
- Cold Blood
- Zero Days
- The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi
- The Dark
- Our Lady of Mysterious Ailments

At least 15 new authors, or books I own, taken from this list:

1. Wrong Place Wrong Time
2. The Night Swim
3. The Cold Dish
4. Redwall
5. The Spare Man
6. The Marlow Murder Club
7. The Appeal
8. Threadneedle
9. The Decagon House Murders
10. The Woman in the Library
11. The Lost Queen
12. The Escape Room
13. The Wife
14. Things in Jars
15. Post Mortem
16. The Ruin of Kings
17. Confessions on the 7:45
18. Sabriel
19. The Kind Worth Killing
20. The Neon Rain



A Beautiful Poison
A Death in Vienna
A Fine Balance
A Natural History of Dragons
A Rising Man
A Spindle Splintered
A Spy in the House
All the Beautiful Lies
Anything Goes
Babel, Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators� Revolution
Big Lies in a Small Town
Black Sun
Blood Song
Cackle
Children of Time
City of Lies
Darling Rose Gold
Daughter of Redwinter
Dead Simple
Death of a Red Heroine
Death Deserved
Dragon Springs Road
Dregs
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
Fatherland
Fireborne
Fragile
Fortress in the Eye of Time
Gallows Court
Gideon the Ninth
Go Ask Alice
Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse
Hidden Pictures
I Found You
I Remember You
I Will Miss You Tomorrow
Illborn
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
Journey to the Center of the Earth
King's Dragon
Kisscut
Little Secrets
Luck in the Shadows
Malibu Rising
Malice
Mariana
Murder at Mallowan Hall
Murder on Astor Place
Never Coming Home
Nettle & Bone
No Exit
Only the Innocent
Open and Shut
Ordinary Grace
Pretty Little Wife
River of Darkness
Six Stories
Six Wakes
Scythe
Senlin Ascends
Servant of the Underworld
Shadowmarch
Sleeping Giants
Sometimes I Lie
Spring Tide
Summer Frost
Swordheart
Tales from Watership Down
The 22 Murders of Madison May
The Ashes of London
The Barrister and the Letter of Marque
The Beach
The Black Coast
The Blacktongue Thief
The Bone Orchard
The Book Eaters
The Book of Accidents
The Book of Lost Friends
The Burning
The Chalk Man
The Creak on the Stairs
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
The Eight
The Fourth Monkey
The Glass House
The Hacienda
The Hand of the Sun King
The Inheritance Games
The Justice of Kings
The Last House on Needless Street
The Life We Bury
The Lighthouse Witches
The Magnolia Palace
The Mask of Mirrors
The Missing Ones
The Next Accident
The Ninth Rain
The Poppy War
The Priory of the Orange Tree
The Quiet People
The Rage of Dragons
The Raven Boys
The Secret of Crickley Hall
The Skull Mantra
The Silent Sister
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
The Stardust Thief
The Stone Angel
The Sword of Kaigen
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Time Machine
The Watchman
Trouble in Nuala
The Unquiet Dead
Unwanted
Upon the Sands
Victim Without a Face
What the Wind Knows
Witches Steeped in Gold

I love your organization!!!

I'm only on the 2nd one, but am loving the Meg Langslow series. Anne's House of Dreams is the next in that series for me. Not sure why I keep putting it off. LOL

So many series there that I'm also enjoying and some ones I'm not familiar with. I'll have to check them out. 70 books is a good number. Good luck with your 2023 selections.

Very organized challenge! Some I've heard of & read; many others I haven't. I've enjoyed all the Elly Griffiths books I've read--from all 3 of her series. I read Nettle & Bone this year & loved it. One of those, I want to get my own copy & read it again.
Happy Reading!

I am reading the Meg Langslow and Ruth Galloway series as well. I read all the Anne of Green Gables books many years ago and loved them. I've read Macbeth at least twice, and I've seen it performed in the theater once (amazing!). A Spindle Splintered was a good book. I also liked Confessions on the 7:45, The Priory of the Orange Tree, and Gideon the Ninth.

Also on my TBR: The Ruin of Kings, Malice, A Natural History of Dragons, Babel, Shadowmarch, The Time Machine. I hope we both enjoy them.

I'll have to look at the rest later. I'm sure I'll end up adding more books to my TBR, though.

Patricia wrote: "Very organized challenge! Some I've heard of & read; many others I haven't. I've enjoyed all the Elly Griffiths books I've read--from all 3 of her series. I read Nettle & Bone this ..."

I've read the first in one of Elly Griffith's other two series and been surprised at how different it was from Ruth Galloway, but still really good. Looking forward to reading more.

Anne wrote: "I am reading the Meg Langslow and Ruth Galloway series as well. I read all the Anne of Green Gables books many years ago and loved them. I've read Macbeth at least twice, and I've seen it performed..."

As usual, we are reading/have read a lot of the same books, not surprised :) Even better, you enjoyed them, good chance I will too!
The Anne of Green Gables books are technically re-reads, but I was 12 last time I read them, so I've forgotten what happens.

Oooohhh, this list looks so good!!! I will be lurking off/on for the whole weekend.

I have most of these on my own TBR; and definitely see some things that I may need to add.

Since I am almost done/caught up with Murderbot; I will need to think about that Raksura series. I need to retry the Kim Stanley Robinson books - Mars Trilogy: Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars.

Good luck and I will continue lurking.

I will probably aim for 70 too, but I will never be able to be so organized...
Happy reading!

70 books seems like a reasonable challenge.

Loved the Shetland series. Have you read either of Ann Cleeves� series? Really enjoyed those as well.

Really need to read the Anne of Green Gables series. Think I’m the only one who hasn’t read it.

Going to wait to see what you think of Martha Wells� Raksura series before I pick them up. I love her Murderbot series but I’m unsure of her fantasy books.

Anyway, happy 2023 reading!

Alondra wrote: "Oooohhh, this list looks so good!!! I will be lurking off/on for the whole weekend.

I have most of these on my own TBR; and definitely see some things that I may need to add.

Since I am almost d..."

Raksura books are really different from the Murderbot books - but I like both of them in different ways. Raksura is fantasy, not sci-fi...but the imagination and story is just as good.

Ioana wrote: "I will probably aim for 70 too, but I will never be able to be so organized...
Happy reading!"

Thanks, Ioana :) The second part of the challenge isn't very organized...just a big list of books from authors I haven't read, or books I own, that I want to read - and I can pick anything I want from it. Great for mood reading :)

Lillie wrote: "70 books seems like a reasonable challenge.

Loved the Shetland series. Have you read either of Ann Cleeves� series? Really enjoyed those as well.

Really need to read the Anne of Green Gables ser..."

Yes I have read other Ann Cleeves - been working my way through the Vera books this year, love them so much. I've read a few Shetland books, so focusing on the rest of them in 2023.

Anne of Green Gables is such comfort reading - actually this time around I'm listening to the audiobooks, which has been a lot of fun.

Marha Wells' imagination and great writing is just as good in the Raksura books as in the Murderbot - but they are very different series. Do you like fantasy books? Or just sci-fi like Murderbot? I love Murderbot's snarky humour, lol. Raksura is a cool world though.

Linette wrote: "Raksura books are really different from the Murderbot books - but I like both of them in different ways. Raksura is fantasy, not sci-fi...but the imagination and story is just as good..."

Sounds perfect. You know I love my fantasy!

I'm re-reading Anne's House of Dreams right now. So far, it isn't gripping me, it isn't one of my favorite in the series...but the books after it make it worth the struggle.

I'm hoping to read Hell Bent when it comes out this year.

I just finished reading The Bullet That Missed, and it might be my favorite of the series.

I read Last Breath, and now I learn that there's another book in the series. I'm waiting for someone to read Fatal Witness and tell me that I must read it. :-)

Macbeth is one of my favorite plays by Shakespeare. I'm pretty hit or miss with him.

I love your idea of reading 15 new authors or books you own from your looong list. So many good books on there, I don't know how you'll choose, but I'm here for it!

Lea wrote: "I'm re-reading Anne's House of Dreams right now. So far, it isn't gripping me, it isn't one of my favorite in the series...but the books after it make it worth the struggle.

I'm hoping to read He..."

Thanks, Lea :) Glad to hear The Bullet That Missed is good - and Hell Bent, finally book two in this series, it took forever. Probably because she was writing excellent books in her other series, lol.

Malice and Sleeping Giants, are highly recommended.

I'm still lurking and have added a couple to my TBR; but I had to mention those. The Themis Files can be read in a long weekend. I literally read each book within 24 hours; so you know it must be good. Perfect, no; but really good and great pacing.

Alondra wrote: "Malice and Sleeping Giants, are highly recommended.

I'm still lurking and have added a couple to my TBR; but I had to mention those. The Themis Files can be read i..."

Alondra, I really have to get to Sleeping Giant this time!
I'm looking forward to the others as well :)

All individual challenges have been completed :)
Just in time to post next year's list, lol.
List free reading until the end of the year!

Linette wrote: "All individual challenges have been completed :)
Just in time to post next year's list, lol.
List free reading until the end of the year!"

Congratulations, Linette. Enjoy your free reading. :)

Congrats, well done! I see you have enough material left for 2024...and 2025 🤣🤣🤣

Linette wrote: "Alondra, I really have to get to Sleeping Giant this time!
I'm looking forward to the others as well ..."

The whole trilogy is good; but of course, the first book is the best. I read each book in one sitting. It was that good.

Bill wrote: "Linette wrote: "All individual challenges have been completed :)
Just in time to post next year's list, lol.
List free reading until the end of the year!"

Congratulations, Linette. Enjoy your fre..."

With no list to give me structure, I may spiral, haha. Actually, I'm picking from my 2024 list, so I can whittle that down to something realistic, lol.

Alondra wrote: "Linette wrote: "Alondra, I really have to get to Sleeping Giant this time!
I'm looking forward to the others as well ..."

I still haven't read it :( But, it will be on my 2024 list, and every year's list until I finally get to it.

The whole trilogy is good; but of course, the first book is the best. I re..."

Ioana wrote: "Congrats, well done! I see you have enough material left for 2024...and 2025 🤣🤣🤣"

Haha - yes, definitely a carry-forward list. :)

Congrats!

Wow, congrats! I don't think I've ever finished an independent challenge. Yours is probably more organized though. Looking forward to seeing your next list!

Patricia wrote: "Wow, congrats! I don't think I've ever finished an independent challenge. Yours is probably more organized though. Looking forward to seeing your next list!"

Thank you :) Yes, it is organized! But, usually a little over ambitious too, lol.

Anne wrote: "Congrats!"

Thank you :)

Congratulations! Enjoy your free reading! :-)