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2022 January Monthly Challenge

Best MM Hurt, Healing, Comfort Books
Cry, Tearjerker Romances
Best Friendship Books
Heal Me- Best Male Doctors in Romance Novels
Best Gay Romance With A Character Who Has A Disability
Hugs!
Fairytale Retellings-Hidden Gems
Possesive, Jealous, Insta-love- MF
Fierce-Best Romantic Heroines With Attitude


I’m finished!!!
10/10 Completed
01. Happy January Birthday!: 🎂Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet.
02. Baby Names!: 👶🏻Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them. This month's names: Liam, Finn/Fynn, Abigail and Chloe.
03. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author ~ Emma Chase: 👩🏻💻Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name.
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
04. National Hangover Day (January 1): 🥴Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book.
05. National Soup Month: 🍜Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read.
06. Cuddle Up Day (January 6): 🥰Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it.
07. Make Your Dreams Come True Day (January 13): 🧚🏼♀️Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover.
08. Appreciate A Dragon Day (January 16): 🐲Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character.
09. Penguin Awareness Day (January 20): 🐧Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland).
10. Reader's Choice: 📚Read any book of your choice!











6/5 Read
2. Baby Names!: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming). The Duke Wears a Kilt(there’s a flower on the cover so it’s blooming!)
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Rebel Without A Claus (contemporary)
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- The Boss Who Stole Christmas (irritable character)
5. National Soup Month- The Christmas Wedding Guest (comfort read)
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- People We Meet on Vacation (friends)
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Delicious (fiery characters)
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Bet Me (white clouds on cover)
10. Reader's Choice- Scandal Above Stairs




Read:







10/10 Completed. Finished
1. Happy January Birthday!:
Read a book published in January.
Reminders of Him-Colleen Hoover 1/27
2. Baby Names!:
Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
This month's names:
Liam (With Gilded Helmet),
Finn/Fynn (Fair),
Abigail (Joy of the Father),
Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
(Finn Hamilton)
Better Luck Next Time-A.R. Casella 1/10
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase:
Read a book set in New Jersey and written by an author from New Jersey.
Rowe-Jessica Gadziala 1/02
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day-
Read a longer book.
The Will-Kristen Ashley 1/04
5. National Soup Month-
Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read.
Craving Molly-Nicole Jacquelyn 1/01
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day-
Read a book with an embrace in the story or book with friend(s) in it.
The Sound of Temptation-Dylan Allen 1/03
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day-
Read a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover.
A Merciful Promise-Kendra Elliot 1/07
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day-
Read a paranormal and with a 'fiery' character.
In Her Pumpkin Patch-Alina Jacobs 1/11
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day-
Read a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland).
(Australia)
Mr. Spencer-T.L. Swan 1/22
10. Reader's Choice-
Read any book of your choice!
This Day-Blanka Lipińska 1/03











My Spot!! ✨✨✨🥂🥂
7/10 Completed
✔01. Happy January Birthday!: 🎂Red Cover - Enemy at the Gates - Vince Flynn (Kyle Mills) - 1/6 4.5💥
✔02. Baby Names!: 👶🏻Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) Chloe - Snowbound at Christmas - Debbie Mason -1/22 - 3💥
✔️03. You can also read a Contemporary Romance - Lone Star Christmas - Delores Fossen - 1/29 - 4.5 💥
04. National Hangover Day (January 1): 🥴Read a story with an emotional or irritable character - Spy Another Day - Elizabeth Ellen Carter
05. National Soup Month: 🍜Read a story with a character with medical issue of some kind - Earl of Excess - Anna St. Claire
✔06. Cuddle Up Day (January 6): 🥰Read a book with an embrace on the cover - Live and Let Spy - Elizabeth Ellen Carter - 1/27 -
4.5 💥
07. Make Your Dreams Come True Day (January 13): 🧚🏼♀️Read a fairytale retelling -Once Upon a Midwinters Kiss - Fennce Edgewood (Beauty and the Beast retelling)
✔08. Appreciate A Dragon Day (January 16): paranormal - The Becoming - Nora Roberts - 1/5 - 4💥
✔09. Penguin Awareness Day (January 20): 🐧Read a book with white on the cover - Wild Rain -Beverly Jenkins - 1/2 - 5💥
✔10. Reader's Choice: 📚Read any book of your choice! Fortune Favors the Duke - Kristin Vayden - 1/25 3.5 💥











6/6 Finally Completed
🎉01. Happy January Birthday!: 🎂Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet. Published: January 08,2020
Dust of My Wings

02. Baby Names!: 👶🏻Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them. This month's names: Liam, Finn/Fynn, Abigail and Chloe.
03. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author ~ Emma Chase: 👩🏻💻Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name.
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
🎉04. National Hangover Day (January 1): Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book.
Lara

5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
🎉7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover:
An Unlucky Moon

🎉8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
Her Warriors' Three Wishes

🎉9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
The Seller

🎉10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!
Sharing Shelby

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Completed 10/10
✔️1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet

✔️2. Baby Names!: Read a book with a character that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative! - Abigail (Joy of the Father )

✔️3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read a Contemporary Romance

✔️4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an irritable character

✔️5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind (Baden)

✔️6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace in the story

✔️7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read an insta-love story

✔️8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal book

✔️9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black on the cover

✔️10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!


2/3 Read
1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
2. Baby Names!:
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name.
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story- Mating the Huntress 1/8
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover- First Dance 1/1
10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!



Read 10/10
1. Published in January: Kingston's Ransom Carole Mortimer 5☆ 27/1/22
2. Abigail: Her Reformed Rake Scarlett Scott 4☆ 15/1/22
3. Emma Chase: It's a Wonderful Tangled Christmas Carol 3☆ 1/1/22
4. Irritable character(s): Educated by The Earl Annabelle Anders 5☆ 13/1/22
5. Comfort read: A Cottage in Cornwall Laura Briggs 4☆ 9/1/22
6. Embrace on cover: The Awakening of Lady Flora Bronwen Evans 4☆ 2/1/22
7. Sky cover: Her White Wedding Tammy Andresen 5☆ 2/1/22
8. Fiery character: The Plain Bride Chasity Bowlin 5☆ 8/1/22
9. White on cover: Big-Hearted Cowboy Vicki Lewis Thompson 5☆ 3/1/22
10. Reader's Choice: The Viscount and the Hellion Alyssa Clarke 4☆ 10/1/22











Timeframe: 1/1/22 to 1/31/22
10/10
1. Happy January Birthday! - Published in January - Shoreline Drive by Lily Everett - 1/9/22 ♥♥♥♥

Pub 1/28/14
2. Baby Names! - Includes a character with one of the following popular baby names: Liam, Finn/Fynn, Abigail and Chloe – Always, in December by Emily Stone - 1/11/22 ♥♥♥♥♥

MC Max’s sister is Chloe
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author ~ Emma Chase - With an animal - Oliver: The Cat Who Saved Christmas by Sheila Norton - 1/10/22 ♥♥♥♥

4. National Hangover Day - With an emotional or irritable character - First Time Lucky? by Natalie Anderson - 1/23/22 ♥♥♥

Roxie kept running hot and cold, always sending mixed messages.
5. National Soup Month - Character with an illness or medical issue - Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper - 1/2/22 ♥♥♥

Melody has celebral palsy.
6. Cuddle Up Day - With friend(s) in it - United We Spy by Ally Carter - 1/7/22 ♥♥♥♥

Cammie has her friends Macey, Bex, and Liz as backup.
7. Make Your Dreams Come True Day - Sky on the cover - I'll Be Home for Christmas by Karen Clarke - 1/5/22 ♥♥♥♥

8. Appreciate A Dragon Day - With a 'fiery' character - Mile High by R.K. Lilley - 1/27/22 ♥♥♥

James is an dominant character with a short temper.
9. Penguin Awareness Day - With black or white on the cover - Duke of Pleasure by Elizabeth Hoyt - 1/30/22 ♥♥♥♥

White shirt
10. Reader's Choice - Any book - Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella - 1/14/22 ♥♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/30/22*****

✔ Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
Three Bells, Two Bows and One Brother's Best Friend, Willa Nash
✔ Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names.
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
The Mistletoe Motive, Chloe Liese
✔ Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase.
Getting Real, Emma Chase
✔ Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
Under Her Skin, Adriana Anders
✔ National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
Meet Me in London, Georgia Toffolo
✔ Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
Eight Perfect Hours, Lia Louis (friends)
✔ Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
Rainshadow Road, Lisa Kleypas (sky)
✔ Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
A Swift and Savage Tide, Chloe Neill (sea dragons)
✔ Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover.
Bayou Born, Hayley Edwards
✔ Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!
A Season for Second Chances, Jenny Bayliss











...10/10 Completed January 31
1. Happy January Birthday!: Red on the cover: Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel January 12, 5 stars
2. Baby Names!: Abigail: Abigail's New Hope by Mary Ellis January 23, 4 stars
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Overruled by Emma Chase January 8, 3 stars
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Irritable character: Cat of the Century by Rita Mae Brown January 11, 3 stars
5. National Soup Month- Comfort Read: Stone Cold Surrender by Brenda Jackson January 31, 4 stars
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Friends: Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder January 24, 4 stars
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine January 18, 4 stars
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day: Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell January 15, 5 stars
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day: The Bookseller by Mark Pryor January 5, 5 stars
10. Reader's Choice- Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith January 27, 5 stars











Read 10/10 DONE!
1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet

2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name. Link to Emma Chase's backlist -https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
Fun Facts about Emma:
*Emma writes contemporary romance filled with humor, heat and heart.
*She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two children and two misbehaving dogs.
*She has a long-standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
*Film rights for Royally Screwed and Tangled have been optioned!
*You may also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an child in the story

4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or character

5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind

6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with friend(s) in it

7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a book with clouds or a sky on the cover

8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a book with a 'fiery' character

9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white

10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!


January 01 - January 31, 2022
Progress: 8/10
1. Happy January Birthday:
Read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet.
Mafia Captive by Kitty Thomas
2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
3. Featured Author Challenge:
Read a Contemporary Romance.
The Princess of Chaos by Candice M. Wright
4. National Hangover Day:
The Ritual by Shantel Tessier
5. National Soup Month:
Diesel by L. Wilder
6. Cuddle Up Day:
Read a book with an embrace on the cover.
Tempted by Renee Rose
7. Make Your Dreams Come True Day:
Read an insta-love story.
Woody by Brynn Hale
8. Appreciate A Dragon Day:
Read a book with a 'fiery' character.
Ricochet by Candice M. Wright
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
10. Reader's Choice:
Read any book of your choice.
Rewriting Yesterday by Candice M. Wright

5/5 Romance
1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name.
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
dog- Search and Defend by Heather Woodhaven 3 January; 4 1/2☆

4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
a character has dementia- Chiaro di luna a Virgin River (=Wild Man Creek) by Robyn Carr 12 January; 4 1/2☆

6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
One Snowy Night by Patience Griffin 16 January; 5☆

7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
Wind River Protector by Lindsay McKenna 7 January; 4☆

8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!
Hailey's Haven by Laura Scott 20 Jnauary; 5☆


1/10 DONE
1. Happy January Birthday!: red on the cover Karen Rose Smith 1/3

2. Baby Names!: character or author named Bob Mango Bob Bill Myers 1/11
3. Emma Chase: Tangled Emma Chase 1/8
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- irritable character - the hostage prince Escape from Falaise John Flanagan 1/2
5. National Soup Month- character with an illness or medical issue Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive Philipp Dettmer 1/2
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- embrace on cover Kat Turner 1/2

7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- insta-love story Quick-Draw Cowboy Joanna Wayne 1/2
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- paranormal or fantasy story City of the Lost Stephen Blackmoore 1/1
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- black or white on cover Barack Obama 1/3

10. Reader's Choice = Night Fall Kristi Belcamino 1/3

Books Read : 0/10
1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name. Link to Emma Chase's backlist -https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
Fun Facts about Emma:
*Emma writes contemporary romance filled with humor, heat and heart.
*She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two children and two misbehaving dogs.
*She has a long-standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
*Film rights for Royally Screwed and Tangled have been optioned!
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Completed: 10/10
1. Happy January Birthday!: (red cover)

2. Baby Liam

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: will be made into a film or tv show.

4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character

5. National Soup Month-

6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- (book with friend(s) in it)

7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- (insta-love story)

8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- paranormal

9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- (black or white on the cover)

10. Reader's Choice-


8/10 Completed
The Vegetarian by Han Kang Translated by Deborah Smith.

02. Baby Names!: 👶🏻Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be an MC) or an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them. This month's names: Liam, Finn/Fynn, Abigail, and Chloe.
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been made into a film or tv show.
Zoey And The Nice Guy by Carter Ashby This is a contemporary romance, and also have children as part of the story.
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. There are a couple of irritable characters in this story.
07. Make Your Dreams Come True Day (January 13): 🧚🏼♀️Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover.
In Cold Blood by Willow Rose The Police detective is a vampire. This book is a paranormal mystery
Imago by N.R. Walker The book is set in Tasmania, Australia.
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
Book covers I read:









Completion Date: 1/23/22
1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
Love at First Spite 1/15/22
2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses).
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
The Wedding Ringer 1/5/22 - Liam is the main love interest and Finn is the best friend's husband!
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name.
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been made into a film or tv show.
The Royals Next Door 1/6/22
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
Ain't Burned All the Bright 1/12/22
5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
Pride and Prejudice 1/6/22
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves 1/14/22
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
Hunt the Stars 1/20/22
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
Portrait of a Scotsman 1/4/22
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere
Carved in Stone 1/9/22
10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!
The Matrimonial Advertisement 1/23/22
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10/10 ~~Done! 🥳️💗😁
1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet

2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).

3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name. Link to Emma Chase's backlist -https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
Fun Facts about Emma:
*Emma writes contemporary romance filled with humor, heat and heart.
*She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two children and two misbehaving dogs.
*She has a long-standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
*Film rights for Royally Screwed and Tangled have been optioned!
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.

4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book

5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read

6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it

7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover

8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character

9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)

10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!


3/10
The Off Limits Rule
2) Baby name Chloe.
These Violent Delights
3) Contemporary Romance
A Step Toward Falling
4) emotional character
Holding Up the Universe
They Both Die at the End
well an oops on this one that's what I get for assuming
6) embrace on the cover
The Light We Lost
7) fairytale retelling
Desperate Measures
Blood Brothers
9) Black and white cover
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
10) RC
The Happy Ever After Playlist











1. Happy January Birthday. Read a book published in January: An Angel for the Devil 31/1
2. Baby Names. Read a book that includes a character with one of the following popular baby names: Liam, Finn/Fynn, Abigail, Chloe: Act Your Age, Eve Brown 30/1
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase. Read one with an animal or child: The Way She Burns 31/1
4. Jan 1 - National Hangover Day. Read a longer book: Obsidio 9/1
5. National Soup Month. Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind: Contagious 15/1
6. Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day. Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friends in it: All Scot and Bothered 23/1
7. Jan 13 - Make Your Dreams Come True Day. Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover: The Farmer's Daughter 30/1
8. Jan 16 - Appreciate A Dragon Day. Read a paranormal: Desire Unchained 10/1
9. Jan 20 - Penguin Awareness Day. Read a book with black or white on the cover: Husky 30/1
10. Reader's Choice. Read any book of your choice: Bombshell 19/1











0/10 Completed
01. Happy January Birthday!: 🎂Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet.
02. Baby Names!: 👶🏻Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them. This month's names: Liam, Finn/Fynn, Abigail and Chloe.
03. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author ~ Emma Chase: 👩🏻💻Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name.
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
04. National Hangover Day (January 1): 🥴Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book.
05. National Soup Month: 🍜Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read.
06. Cuddle Up Day (January 6): 🥰Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it.
07. Make Your Dreams Come True Day (January 13): 🧚🏼♀️Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover.
08. Appreciate A Dragon Day (January 16): 🐲Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character.
09. Penguin Awareness Day (January 20): 🐧Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland).
10. Reader's Choice: 📚Read any book of your choice!

Read: 3/10
1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
🪅
2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
This month's names:
Liam (With Gilded Helmet),
Finn/Fynn (Fair),
Abigail (Joy of the Father),
Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
🪅The Boss by Abigail Owen(MC: Finn Conleth)
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name.
🪅Overruled by Emma Chase
✔️4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day: Read a story with an emotional or irritable character.
🪅No Perfect Hero by Nicole Snow▪️1/11/2022▪️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day: Read a book with an embrace on the cover.
🪅A Cowboy of Legend by Linda Broday
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
✔️8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day: Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
🪅Cards & Caravans by Cindy Spencer Pape▪️1/23/2022▪️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
✔️10. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice!
🪅An Eye for an Eye by Irene Hannon▪️1/20/2022▪️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Books Read





1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name. Link to Emma Chase's backlist -https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
Fun Facts about Emma:
*Emma writes contemporary romance filled with humor, heat and heart.
*She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two children and two misbehaving dogs.
*She has a long-standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
*Film rights for Royally Screwed and Tangled have been optioned!
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice

4/10
1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover:
2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name.
You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day: Read a longer book:
A Sword of Ice

5. National Soup Month:Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day:Read a book with with friend(s) in it. friends to lovers
Truth or Dare

7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day: Read a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
Ignite the Stars

8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day: Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character:
A Dance With Fire

9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day: Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere
10. Reader's Choice: Read any book of your choice!

1. Happy January Birthday!: 🎂Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet. - Where They Found Her -Finished 1/23
2. Baby Names!: 👶🏻Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them. This month's names: Liam, Finn/Fynn, Abigail and Chloe.
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author ~ Emma Chase: 👩🏻💻Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name.
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
4. National Hangover Day (January 1): 🥴Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book. - Redeeming Love - Finished 1/2
5. National Soup Month: 🍜Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read.-Ask Again, Yes -Finished 1/22
6. Cuddle Up Day (January 6): 🥰Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it.
7. Make Your Dreams Come True Day (January 13): 🧚🏼♀️Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover. -The Plot- Finished 1/31
8. Appreciate A Dragon Day (January 16): 🐲Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character. - The Taking of Jake Livingston - Finished 1/29
9. Penguin Awareness Day (January 20): 🐧Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland).
10. Reader's Choice: 📚Read any book of your choice! - Grown -finished

1 January to 31 January, 2022
Read: 2
1. Happy January Birthday!: Fire in His Blood by Ruby Dixon
2. Baby Names!: Beautifully Cruel by J. T. Geissinger
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Royally Screwed by Emma Chase
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day: Law Man by Kristen Ashley
5. National Soup Month: Bound by Blood by Piper Davenport
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day: Savage Urges by Suzanne Wright
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day: Guarding His Obsession by Alexa Riley (16/1/2022) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day: Death of Darkness by Dianne Duvall
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day: Hollywood Princess by Natasha Madison (30/1/2022)⭐️⭐️⭐️
10. Reader's Choice: The Hot Shot by Kristen Callihan











10/10
1. Happy January Birthday!:
❄️Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
Marriage or Ruin for the Heiress - Lauri Robinson (HH#1628 - Jan 2022) - Jan 2
2. Baby Names!:
❄️Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
️
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
A Proposal in Provence - Donna Alward (HR #4792 - Feb 2022) (verdant and blooming - perfume making) - Jan 25
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase:
❄️Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name.
Fun Facts about Emma:
*Emma writes contemporary romance filled with humor, heat and heart.
*She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two children and two misbehaving dogs.
*She has a long-standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
*Film rights for Royally Screwed and Tangled have been optioned!
❄️*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
A Child's Christmas Wish - Makenna Lee (HSE #2867 - Oct 2021) - Jan 5
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day-
❄️Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
The Midwife's Miracle Twins - Caroline Anderson (HMED #1227 - Feb 2022) - Jan 9
5. National Soup Month-
❄️Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
Marriage Miracle in Emergency - Scarlet Wilson (HMED #1221 - Jan 2022) - Jan 4
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day-
❄️Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
A Bee in Her Bonnet - Sharon Buchbinder (CPC Publishing - Nov 2021) - Jan 18
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day-
❄️Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
Alaskan Christmas Escape - Juno Rushdan (HI #2041 - Dec 2021) (sky) - Jan 24
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day-
❄️Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
Code Name: Virgo - Janie Crouch (Calamitte Jane Publishing - Jan 2022) - Jan 18
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day-
❄️Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
Christmas Bodyguard - Rachel Lee (HI #2038 - Dec 2021) (white church) - Jan 31
10. Reader's Choice-
❄️Read any book of your choice!
The Penniless Debutante - Janice Preston (HH #1614 - Nov 2021) - Jan 3











READ: 9/9
✔ 1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
Vicious - V.E. Schwab 1/2
✔ 3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name. *You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
Equal Parts - Emma Winters 1/16
✔ 4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
1Q84 - Haruki Murakami (925 pages) 1/25
✔ 5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon - Christopher Paolini 1/21
✔ 6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
Devil Days in Deadwood - Ann Charles 1/19
✔ 7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
Reading Up a Storm - Eva Gates 1/14
✔ 8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
Secret of the Gargoyles - Rebecca Chastain 1/15
✔ 9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
The Library Policeman - Stephen King 1/25
✔ 10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!
Vengeful - V.E. Schwab 1/13









CHALLENGE COMPLETE

READ: 0/10
1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name. Link to Emma Chase's backlist -https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
Fun Facts about Emma:
*Emma writes contemporary romance filled with humor, heat and heart.
*She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two children and two misbehaving dogs.
*She has a long-standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
*Film rights for Royally Screwed and Tangled have been optioned!
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
P.S. I Love YouCecelia Ahern
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it The Dating PlaybookFarrah Rochon
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover An Offer From a GentlemanJulia Quinn
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!

0/10 Completed
1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January Arsenic and Old Books 02/16/2022
2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name. Link to Emma Chase's backlist -https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
Fun Facts about Emma:
*Emma writes contemporary romance filled with humor, heat and heart.
*She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two children and two misbehaving dogs.
*She has a long-standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
*Film rights for Royally Screwed and Tangled have been optioned!
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
5. National Soup Month- Read a comfort read
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 01/09/2022
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling Cursed 02/27/2022
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story Blood Cross 03/07/2022
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!

Happy Reading!!!
💟📚📖ROMANCE READERS READING CHALLENGE📖📚💟
2022 January Monthly Challenge
January 01 - January 31, 2022
✅✅✅✅✅✅✅CHALLENGE COMPLETED✅✅✅✅✅✅✅
Progress: 7/3
✔️1. Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
- Mr. Jingle Bells 1/2/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
*Cover has red
🥀2. Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc).
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
🥀3. Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name. Link to Emma Chase's backlist -https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
✔️4. Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
- Choosing Us 1/12/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* Tearjerker
✔️5. Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
- Without You 1/7/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* Rhett had cancer
✔️6. Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
- Any Given Lifetime 1/3/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
* Neil & Joshua are in an embrace
✔️7. Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
- Of Beast and Beauty 1/4/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️8. Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
- Home for the Holidays 1/13/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🥀9. Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
✔️10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!
- Love Always, Wild 1/5/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️








January 01 - January 31, 2022
0/5 Read
1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
2. Baby Names!:
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name.
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!

0/10 Completed
01. Happy January Birthday!: 🎂Read a book published in January or red on the cover How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan - TBD
02. Baby Names!: 👶🏻Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC)
03. You can also read a Contemporary Romance Bad Luck Bridesmaid by Allison Rose Greenberg - TBD
04. National Hangover Day (January 1): 🥴Read a story with an emotional or irritable character
05. National Soup Month: 🍜Read a story with a character with medical issue of some kind
06. Cuddle Up Day (January 6): 🥰Read a book with an embrace on the cover
07. Make Your Dreams Come True Day (January 13): 🧚🏼♀️Read a fairytale retelling
08. Appreciate A Dragon Day (January 16): a book with a 'fiery' character
09. Penguin Awareness Day (January 20): 🐧Read a book with white on the cover
10. Reader's Choice: 📚Read any book of your choice!



1. Happy January Birthday! RAB with red on the cover. Dark Tides - 1/9/22
2. Baby Names!: RAB that includes a character or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them. Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning. This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: RAB written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name.
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice! - Stupid Machine - 1/10/22



2022 January Monthly Challenge
8/10 books
1.

2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.





8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character



1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name. Link to Emma Chase's backlist -https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
Fun Facts about Emma:
*Emma writes contemporary romance filled with humor, heat and heart.
*She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two children and two misbehaving dogs.
*She has a long-standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
*Film rights for Royally Screwed and Tangled have been optioned!
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!
You can choose any number of categories depending on your reading speed, book availability and/or time commitment.
When posting your challenge progress, please make sure to put the date/s when you finished your book/s.
Upon completion, please repost your challenge as it helps when updating, plus we all want to see all the pretty books you've read! You may update your original challenge as you go or repost if you choose.

January 2022
My Monthly Challenge (msg 46)
Books Read ➺ 10










☑️1. Happy January Birthday!
🔹Read a book published in January
🔹Blood Heir ➺ 01.13 ★★★★
☑️2. Baby Names!
🔹This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming)
🔹He's No Angel ➺ 01.07 ★★★
☑️3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase
🔹Read one book written by Emma Chase
🔹Getting Real ➺ 01.30 ★★★★
☑️4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day
🔹Read a story with an emotional or irritable character
🔹Professor Feelgood ➺ 01.17 ★★★★
☑️5. National Soup Month
🔹Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue
🔹The Devil You Know ➺ 01.29 ★★★★
☑️6. Jan 6 - Cuddle Up Day
🔹Read a book with an embrace on the cover
🔹Crave ➺ 01.13 ★★★
☑️7. Jan 13 - Make Your Dreams Come True Day
🔹Read a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
🔹Deadly Creed ➺ 01.04 ★★★★
☑️8. Jan 16 - Appreciate A Dragon Day
🔹Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
🔹Born of Embers ➺ 01.22 ★★★★
☑️9. Jan 20 - Penguin Awareness Day
🔹Read a book with black or white on the cover
🔹Bite Me ➺ 01.23 ★★★★
☑️10. Reader's Choice
🔹Read any book of your choice!
🔹My Favorite Half-Night Stand ➺ 01.02 ★★★★

Duration: Jan 1 - 31, 2022
10/10
1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan 01/13/2022
2. Baby Names!: Liam (With Gilded Helmet)
Always, in December by Emily Stone 01/04/2022
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: You can also read a Contemporary Romance
The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox 01/01/2022
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a longer book
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers 01/09/2022 (816 pages)
5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind
Always, in December by Emily Stone 01/04/2022
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory 01/03/2022

7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel 01/27/2022

8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo 01/16/2022
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover
Hard Christmas by Barbara D'Amato 01/07/2022

10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!
Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer 01/17/2022

Progress: 1/3
✔️1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
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* Cover has red

Read: 8/10
1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
✔️2. Baby Names!:
This month's names: Liam + Finn
- The Wedding Ringer by Kerry Rea - (1/21/22)
✔️3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by any author with her first or last name.
- When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord - (1/9/22)
✔️4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a longer book
- Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan - (1/28/22)
✔️5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue
- Love at First Spite by Anna E. Collins - (1/23/22)
✔️6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover
- Starling by Isabel Strychacz (1/12/22)
✔️7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling
- House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig - (1/31/22)
✔️8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story
- The Witch Collector by Charissa Weaks - (1/16/22)
✔️9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day - Read a book a setting in the Southern Hemisphere
- The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker (1/4/22)
10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!









Completed: 4/3
1. Happy January Birthday!: Emperor ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (1/19)
2. Baby Names!:
3. FAC - Emma Chase: Tangled
4. National Hangover Day:
5. National Soup Month: A Stolen Season: London ⭐⭐⭐ (1/16)
6. Cuddle Up Day:
7. Make Your Dreams Come True Day:
8. Appreciate a Dragon Day:
9. Penguin Awareness Day: Who's That Earl ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (1/14)
10. Reader's Choice: Oddball ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (1/27) and Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village






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1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name. Link to Emma Chase's backlist -https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
Fun Facts about Emma:
*Emma writes contemporary romance filled with humor, heat and heart.
*She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two children and two misbehaving dogs.
*She has a long-standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
*Film rights for Royally Screwed and Tangled have been optioned!
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!
You can choose any number of categories depending on your reading speed, book availability and/or time commitment.
When posting your challenge progress, please make sure to put the date/s when you finished your book/s.
Upon completion, please repost your challenge as it helps when updating, plus we all want to see all the pretty books you've read! You may update your original challenge as you go or repost if you choose.
Happy Reading!!
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1. Happy January Birthday!: Read a book published in January, or read a book with red on the cover in honor of January's birthstone, the Garnet
2. Baby Names!: Read a book that includes a character (doesn't need to be a MC) or is written by an author with one of the following popular baby names, or any variation or nickname of one of them (example using Robert: Robert, Rob, Bob, Roberta, Bobbie, Robertson, etc). Alternately, you may choose a book with a character, storyline, scene or cover art that somehow represents the name's meaning (in parentheses). Some of the meanings are pretty obscure, so feel free to be creative!
This month's names: Liam (With Gilded Helmet), Finn/Fynn (Fair), Abigail (Joy of the Father), Chloe (Verdant and Blooming).
3. Featured Author Challenge (FAC) author - Emma Chase: Read one book written by Emma Chase or any author with her first or last name. Link to Emma Chase's backlist -https://www.goodreads.com/author/list...
Fun Facts about Emma:
*Emma writes contemporary romance filled with humor, heat and heart.
*She lives in New Jersey with her husband, two children and two misbehaving dogs.
*She has a long-standing love/hate relationship with caffeine.
*Film rights for Royally Screwed and Tangled have been optioned!
*You may also read a book set in New Jersey, or written by an author from New Jersey. You can also read a Contemporary Romance or a book with an animal or child or an active or excited character in the story or a book that has been or will be made into a film or tv show.
4. Jan 1- National Hangover Day- Read a story with an emotional or irritable character or a story that makes you emotional or makes you feel strongly in some way or read a longer book
5. National Soup Month- Read a story with a character with an illness or medical issue of some kind or a comfort read
6. Jan 6- Cuddle Up Day- Read a book with an embrace on the cover or in the story or book with friend(s) in it
7. Jan 13- Make Your Dreams Come True Day- Read a fairytale retelling or an insta-love story or a book with clouds or a moon or a sky on the cover
8. Jan 16- Appreciate A Dragon Day- Read a paranormal or fantasy story or a book with a 'fiery' character
9. Jan 20- Penguin Awareness Day- Read a book with black or white on the cover or a book with a setting in the Southern Hemisphere-(Australia, Antarctica, South America, Africa, Asia (several islands off the continental mainland)
10. Reader's Choice- Read any book of your choice!
You can choose any number of categories depending on your reading speed, book availability and/or time commitment.
When posting your challenge progress, please make sure to put the date/s when you finished your book/s.
Upon completion, please repost your challenge as it helps when updating, plus we all want to see all the pretty books you've read! You may update your original challenge as you go or repost if you choose.
Happy Reading!!