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September 11, 2025 · 8:00 am

#HRCYED Rainbow

This is what I’m planning to read for the HRCYED Last Ten Years: (Note, I am trying to do this challenge with only books I own or can get from the library.)

Red: The Book of Witching – CJ Cooke
Orange: Persephone Station – Stina Leicht
Yellow: A Study in Sherlock – ed. Laurie R King & Leslie S Klinger
Green: Earthsea (the first 4 books) – Ursula K. Le Guin
Teal: Voyage of the Damned – Frances White
Light Blue: Lady Franklin’s Revenge – Ken McGoogan
Blue: Winter of the Gods – Jordanna Max Brodsky
Purple: The Family Game – Catherine Steadman
Pink: The Female Marine – ed. Daniel A Cohen
Black: Cackle – Rachel Harrison
White: Fooled by Randomness – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Silver/Gold: The Continental Op – Dashiell Hammett
7+ Colors: Adventures in Yarn Farming – Barbara Parry

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September 4, 2025 · 8:00 am

#HRCYED The Last Ten Years

This is what I’m planning to read for the HRCYED Last Ten Years: (Note, I am trying to do this challenge with only books I own or can get from the library.)

2015: Work Rules! – Laszlo Bock
2016: Breath of Earth – Beth Cato
2017: Sleeping Beauties – Stephen King & Owen King
2018: The Immortalists – Chloe Benjamin
2019: Murder Most Stupid (ebook) – David Brooklyn
2020: The Christmas Heist (ebook) – Landis Wade
2021: The Personal Librarian – Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray
2022: Demon Copperhead – Barbara Kingsolver
2023: The Kingdom of Sweets – Erika Johanson
2024: The Bog Wife – Kay Chronister
2025: The Sun Was Electric Light – Rachel Morton

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August 29, 2025 · 8:00 am

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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August 28, 2025 · 8:00 am

#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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August 21, 2025 · 12:56 pm

#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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August 14, 2025 · 2:33 pm

#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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August 7, 2025 · 12:00 pm

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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July 31, 2025 · 8:00 am