Challenges Past, Challenges Ahead

 Well, it's a good thing I've reduced my challenge reading in the past few years, because 2020 was challenging enough! 

Last year I set myself a few long term challenges to read along with, and met most of them, and am still working along on others. I'll just be doing the same this year, not taking on any new ones. 

I always read along with the Canadian Book Challenge, which runs from July 1 - July 1. I finished my list for the 13th Challenge, and now we're working along on the 14th Challenge, hosted by Shonna of Canadian Bookworm.  I'm only at 2/13 right now so better get cracking!

I'm still reading along for my ACOB Challenge -- A Century of Books was created by Simon at Stuck in a Book some years ago. The first time I did it I took 4 years to read a whole century; this time I was hoping to finish this try in 2 years, but 2020 got in the way. I'm planning on having it done by the end of 2021. 

I completely finished my list for the Classics Club! I'm now pondering whether to make another one for the next five years. 

As always, I enjoyed reading for August's Women in Translation Month, which is more of a readalong than a challenge per se, but it helps me to focus in on my reading and reviews. I'll keep participating as long as it goes on. 

And finally there's my own challenge, of sorts, the Literary Sewing Circle. This is a readalong I host on my sewing blog, Following the Thread, twice a year. We read a book together and then sew something inspired by our reading. This year we read Susanna Kearsley's Bellewether in the spring, and Louise Erdrich's The Night Watchman in the fall. Two more to come in 2021. 

I hope you also have reading plans that make you excited about a whole new year of reading choices. I know I'm looking forward to getting my reading mojo back.