2022 New Release Challenge Review Link-Ups Hello everyone, here’s where you can share links to your 2022 New Release Challenge reviews. I will put up a new link-up each quarter, and the newest quarter will be on top of the post to make it easier to find. Each review link-up will be open from the first day of the quarter until the 10th of the month following the end of the quarter. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to let me know – and if you want to share the love, use #2022NewReleaseChallenge on twitter. We hope you’ll have have fun participating in the challenge this year, and that we’ll all find new books to read thanks to […]

COYER 2022 Sign-up If you know our blog, you know that COYER is part of our traditions. We have been participating since the very first COYER, which has led us to have many more bookish friends. And we’ve had the pleasure of meeting some of them at least once in our life. Hopefully, 2022 will be gentle, and we’ll be able to meet up with our bookish friends again in real life. At least, hanging out with our COYER friends virtually – like in the Facebook group – helps us having discussions with like-minded people. The COYER rules are up already at Because Reading is Better than Real Life, and the two other blogs that are co-hosting the challenge with […]

2022 New Release Challenge The 2022 New Release Challenge is a year-long challenge in which we aim to read books released in 2022.  Brandee and I are the sole hosts of the challenge, and we both hope many of you will sign up and participate!  There is one post on the top of our homepage for all review links for the year, where the link is open for books you read and review each quarter. I also want to say a big thank you to Brandee’s oldest for creating our beautiful logo!! In 2021, I read 92 books that counted for the New Release Challenge, and I don’t see why this should be any different for 2022. This is just […]

Audiobook Challenge Mid-year Check-in I have listened to 9 audiobooks this year – which is surprisingly few IMO. I thought I had listened to a lot more than that to be honest. I have enjoyed all the books I’ve listened to, and I really want to listen to many, many more. However, I kind of need to do something else at the same time as I’m listening, or I feel a little too idle. I mostly listen when I drive to work, and sometimes on the bus or other public transport. Now that summer is here, I won’t really have to go anywhere for the next several weeks, so I need to find myself a new listening routine. Audiobook Challenge […]

COYER Summer sign-up COYER Summer is a little breathing pause in the all year COYER, as we’re allowed to read any book – any price, any format, and any distributor – even KU books can be included in this installment. COYER Summer is active from July 1st to October 27th, so get your reading on – we sure know we will! I especially, can’t wait to include some of my KU reads in the COYER linky, as I have been able to find some really good ones lately. I also think it’s possible to do COYER summer even if you haven’t chosen to do the whole year challenge, so don’t worry if you feel like you want to sign up […]

We know the first quarter of 2021 is almost over but we’re doing a thing and we wanted to share it with you. We’ll do quarterly updates so be on the look out for an update coming soon… Reading challenges are kind of our thing. But there are so many nice ones out there, and it’s just not possible for us to participate in (and do well in) all of them. So we’ve come up with our own personal Reading Challenge Adventure that’s a little medley of some of our favorite reading challenges. From the Read Harder Challenge: Read a book you’ve been intimidated to read.  Read a non-European novel in translation.  Read a memoir by a Latinx author.  Read […]

  2021 Audiobook Challenge Grab your earbuds and join hosts Caffeinated Reviewer and That’s What I’m Talking About for the 2021 Audiobook Challenge! Choose your level and rock your ears off! There’s a new co-host and a new category to achieve! Please welcome Jen from That’ s What I am Talking About. Use hashtag #2021AudiobookChallenge on social media to alert others of your listens and progress! Challenge Details Runs January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021. You can join at any time. The goal is to find a new love for audios or to outdo yourself by listening to more audios in 2020 than you did in 2018. Books must be in audio format (CD, MP3, etc.) ANY genres count. Re-reads and crossovers from […]

COYER 2021 is a supercharged COYER where reading books is important, but so is being a part of the wonderful COYER community. COYER 2021 – Our Sign-up It’s that time of the year again – when challenges abound, and we have to make some decisions about which ones we are going to participate in next year. COYER is definitely a no-brainer for us, as we’ve participated in every COYER challenge since the beginning. And we have found some truly wonderful blogger and bookish friends thanks to it. Of course, while originally the challenge is supposed to clean out your e-reader, we have added at least as many books as the ones we’ve read during prior challenges. This time around, the […]

2021 New Release Challenge The 2021 New Release Challenge is a year-long challenge in which we aim to read books released in 2021.  Brandee and I are the sole hosts of the challenge, and we both hope many of you will sign up and participate!  There is one post on the top of our homepage for all review links for the year, where the link is open for books you read and review each quarter. I also want to say a big thank you to Michelle @ Limabean Designs for creating our beautiful logo!! In 2020, I read 75 books that counted for the New Release Challenge, and I don’t see why this should be any different for 2021. This is […]

It’s that time again…time for OctobeRec Fest. Yay! I’m sure I’m not alone in being a collector of books after reading a raving review or hearing a reader friend gush. Right? Right?!? So I started this feature as a nod to Oktoberfest but added books into the mix. (books & beer…heaven, am I right?!?) I so enjoy making a point to read the books that a blogging/reading friend recommended. Maybe this year I’ll include the beers I try this month with my reviews. 😉   Here are a few of the books I’m hoping to get to this month. I’m sure you’ll recognize your recommendations but I’ll try to make sure to call you out in my reviews. 😉 And if I […]