You know me – I always have a reading challenge or two going! I’ve got a lot more going on in life these days and a lot less time to read, but I still like to challenge myself. For the foreseeable future, I’ll be working on through two very specific reading challenges – continuing to read through and finish series, and the A to Z challenge, where I am trying to diversify my reading using the alphabet. In addition to those two challenges, I’m going to also start tagging my reads with #BetterThyself, so I can keep track of the books I’m reading that I feel are benefiting me in ways other than just entertainment. And eventually, I’ll add that distinction to all of my old reviews too, and have a #BetterThyself list.
Welcome to the present! I’m glad you’re here with me.
Let’s Finish Some Series!
Red Queen series by Victoria Aveyard
- Red Queen
- Glass Sword
- King’s Cage
- War Storm
Three Dark Crowns series by Kendare Blake
- Three Dark Crowns
- One Dark Throne
- Two Dark Reigns
- Five Dark Fates
The Star-Touched Queen duology by Roshani Chokshi
- The Star-Touched Queen
- A Crown of Wishes
Brooklyn Brujas series by Zoraida Córdova
- Labyrinth Lost
- Bruja Born
- Wayward Witch
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before series by Jenny Han
- To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
- P.S. I Still Love You
- Always and Forever, Lara Jean
The Girl from Everywhere duology by Heidi Heilig
- The Girl from Everywhere
- A Ship Beyond Time
Shades of Magic series by V.E. Schwab
- A Darker Shade of Magic
- A Gathering of Shadows
- A Conjuring of Light
King of Scars duology by Leigh Bardugo
- King of Scars
- Rule of Wolves
And I Darken series by Kiersten White
- And I Darken
- Now I Rise
- Bright We Burn
The Hartigans series by Avery Flynn
- Butterface
- Muffin Top
- Tomboy
Old West series by Beverly Jenkins
- Forbidden
- Breathless
- Tempest
The Vicious Deep series by Zoraida Córdova
- The Vicious Deep
- The Savage Blue
- The Vast and Brutal Sea
An Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir
- An Ember in the Ashes
- A Torch Against the Night
- A Reaper at the Gates
- A Sky Beyond the Storm
Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas
- Throne of Glass
- Crown of Midnight
- Heir of Fire
- Queen of Shadows
- Empire of Storms
- Tower of Dawn
- Kingdom of Ash
The A to Z Challenge
- A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
- Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
- The Fall of the House of Zeus by Curtis Wilkie
- Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust
- His Truth is Marching On by Jon Meacham
- I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
- Tyler Johnson was Here by Jay Coles
- King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
- Love, Hate, and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
- My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London
- A Promised Land by Barack Obama
- Queer, There, and Everywhere by Sarah Prager
- Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
- Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
- Text Me When You Get Home by Kayleen Schaefer
- Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho
- The Vegetarian by Han Kang
- When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
- The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
- You Don’t Know Me But I Know You by Rebecca Barrow
- American Street by Ibi Zoboi
Snark & Squee 