- We Sold Our Souls – Grady Hendrix
- Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen – Lois McMaster Bujold
- Cetaganda – Lois McMaster Bujold
- Shards of Honor – Lois McMaster Bujold
- Winterfair Gifts – Lois McMaster Bujold
- The Lord of Stariel – AJ Lancaster
- In the House of Aryaman, a Loney Signal Burns – Elizabeth Bear
- Morgan is my Name – Sophie Keetch
- A Certain Hunger – Chelsea G Summers
- The Grand Hotel – Scott Kenemore
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Books to Read- September 2025
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#HRCYED Around the World
This is what I’m planning to read for the HRCYED Around the World Prompt: (Note: I am trying to do this challenge with only books I own or can get from the library. Excepting the New Release challenge of course)
- North America: The Monsters of Templeton – Lauren Groff
- South America: Back to the Well (read in Aug) – Gustavo Bondoni
- Africa: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind – William Kamkwamba & Bryan Mealer
- Europe: Mayhem – Sarah Pinborough
- Asia: The Cat Who Saved Books – Sosuke Matsukawa
- Australia: Will Save the Galaxy for Food – Yahtzee Croshaw
- Antarctica: Lady Franklin’s Revenge – Ken McGoogan (It’s about an Arctic expedition, but I’m sure I have a Shackleton book laying about as well. That means this is subject to change if I find it.)
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Books to Read- August 2025
- Braiding Sweetgrass – Robin Wall Kimmerer
- The Silent Corner – Dean Koontz
- Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland – Lisa Schneidau
- Cook County ICU – Cory Franklin
- White Trash Warlock – David R Slayton
- Spillover – David Quammen
- Underland – Robert Mcfarlane
- The Secret Life of Groceries – Benjamin Lorr
- The Turn of the Screw – Henry James
- The Nazi Hunter – Alan Elsner
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#HRCYED Progress Update
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:
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#HRCYED Subgenres of Choice
This is what I’m planning to read for the HRCYED Subgenres of Choice: (Note, I am trying to do this challenge with only books I own or can get from the library.)
- Cozy Fantasy: Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea (read in July) – Rebecca Thorne
- Crime: A Matter of Death and Life (read in July) – Simon R. Green
- Thriller: This Body’s Not Big Enough for the Both of Us (read in July) – Edgar Cantero
- Fairytale: Nettle & Bone – T. Kingfisher
- Urban Fantasy: The Masquerades of Spring – Ben Aaronovitch
- Humor: Dungeon Crawler Carl #1 (read in August) – Matt Dinniman
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#HRCYED NonFiction Reading List
This is what I’m planning to read for the HRCYED Nonfiction Prompt:
- Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy – Ed. Richard Brian Davis
- Thick – Tressie McMillan Cottom
- The Awful End of Prince William the Silent – Lisa Jardine
- Dogtripping – David Rosenfelt
- Integral Psychology – Ken Wilber
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HRCYED Participation Kick-Off Post
If you haven’t heard of it, the Hardest Reading Challenge You’ll Ever Do is abbreviated as #HRCYED and is running around on the Book-Tube community. Am I part of that community? Not really. I watch a few here and there, but I’m not a particular participant in reviewing, nor do I make videos.
What do I do? I read and I write. So, am I going to propose my own books against some of the challenges? You betcha.
Have I ever met a major challenge that will make my life difficult? Nope.
Am I going to write up my proposed reading lists so you can all see how badly I fail? Yes.
This is me officially letting it be known that I’m doing this challenge. It’s supposed to be a year-long challenge, so we’ll see how long I last.
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