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#HRCYED Progress Update

It’s been two months since I started working on the Hardest Reading Challenge You’ll Ever Do (HERCYED) 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 many 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 (in August)
 
Completed Prompt: 24 Hour Reading Challenge — Read as many books as you can in one day, from waking to sleeping. Goal is at least 3. I was home sick the day that I did this prompt, so I didn’t get nearly as many done as I’d hoped.

Books Read: (A total of 672 pages)

  • Sport for the Baron – John Creasey (I really enjoy all of the Creasey books I’ve read and recommend them as popcorn books)
  • Nimona – Noelle Stevenson
  • Wolf in the Fold – Simon R Green (Hawk & Fisher are just such fun.)
  • STARTED: The World’s 100 Best Short Stories (“Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, “The Red Room”, and “Kari Aasen in Heaven”

In Progress: 

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

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Quote of the Week – October 10, 2025

I do the very best I know how the very best I can and I mean to keep doing it until the end.
Abraham Lincoln

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#HRCYED Award Season

This is what I’m reading for the HRCYED Award Season Prompt. The Bram Stoker Awards don’t put out a longlist or nominee list, so I’ve had to do more than one award to get all of the levels. (As per the FAQ, this is allowed.)

Bram Stoker Award:

  • Winner: The Reformatory – Tananarive Due
  • Winner: The Daughters of Black Island – Christa Carmen
  • Finalist: Black River Orchard – Chuck Wendig
  • Finalist: How to Sell a Haunted House – Grady Hendrix

Women’s Prize:

  • Semifinalist: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue – VE Schwab
  • Semifinalist: Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi

Locus Award:

  • Nominee: Space Oddity – Catherynne M Valente

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Quote of the Week – October 3, 2025

Reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Seneca

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#HRCYED TBR Game

This is what I’m reading for the HRCYED TBR Game Challenge. 

I chose to use the Star Hop Challenge from Stephanie’s Bookverse. https://youtu.be/2IcyUiZ5o0Q?si=xNxLUP4VuOx87R4A

  • Book I Know Nothing About: Eats of Eden – Tabitha Blankenbiller (I do know that I met the author at AWP a few years ago which is where I got this book. It’s signed and everything! I just got it based on the cute pin-up model on the front cover and the pun. Don’t judge me.)
  • Series Continuation: The Girl in the Green Silk Gown – Seanan McGuire 
  • Most Anticipated: Once in a Blue Moon – Simon R. Green
  • Series Continuation: Pirate’s Life for Tea – Rebecca Thorne
  • Ends in an Even Page Number: The Black Girl Survives in This One – ed. Desiree S Evans & Saraciea J Fennell
  • Series Continuation: Carl’s Doomsday Scenario – Matt Dinniman

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