Monthly Archives: August 2025

It’s been a little over a month since I started working on the Hardest Reading Challenge You’ll Ever Do (HRCYED) 2.0. 

While I’ve been putting up reading lists for each prompt, I might not always read exactly as planned. Part of the challenge for myself is trying to do as much of these prompts as possible using the books that I already have on hand. This is my round up of what progress I’ve made so far: 

Completed Prompt: Subgenres of Choice

Books Read: 

• Can’t Spell Treason without Tea (Teas and Tomes #1) Rebecca Thorne
• A Matter of Death and Life – Simon R Green
• This Body’s Not Big Enough for the Both of Us – Edgar 
• Nettle & Bone – T. Kingfisher
• The Masquerades of Spring (Rivers of London) – Ben Aaronovitch
• Dungeon Crawler Carl (#1) – Matt Dinniman

In Progress: 

• By the Hundreds: 3/7
• Series Staircase: 3/10
• The Last 10 Years: 2/10 or 11 if you want to earn +5 points
• Adaptations: 3/8
• Around the World: 1/7
• Spooky Creatures: 1/8
• Become the Avatar: 1/4
• Animals: 3/5
• Queer Alphabet: 2/9
• BIPOC Authors: 1/10
• New Releases: 2/12
• Challenge Yourself: 1/??
• Non-Fiction: 3/5

So, I’ve definitely found myself reading a lot more because of this challenge and I am getting through my TBR. All in all, I think this has been a good challenge to take on even if it’s one more piece of stress I probably shouldn’t be taking on. 

Anyway, if you’d like to learn more about HRCYED, you can find the announcement here: