75 Books...More or Less! discussion

Back doing this challenge again! So excited!

I’ve been wanting to do the ABC Challenge again for a while, but also I don’t like having to dive for books to fit each letter like I did last time a few years ago. I want to do challenges that motivate me to get books OFF my tbr, not scrambling for something new that fits a letter. I finally worked out a compromise.

To that end, my main reading challenge for 2022 will be the RYO-ABC Challenge. It goes like this: The goal is to do the ABC challenge, but for every letter I don’t have something I want that fits it, I will read TWO books on my tbr from before 2020. Takes the stress out of it, and I feel good about getting stuff off my tbr. This will involve some shuffling around as what I read changes, but I don’t actually care.


A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z



Extra Unassigned RYO Books:

I love your idea!

Elyse wrote: "I love your idea!"

If I was feeling really ambitious, I could even fill it out multiple times! I doubt I'll have that kind of time to read tho.

First book of the year down. This book was added before 2020, so I could always change how it counts for my challenge later on, but for now I'm using it for the ABC part.

Crossing out the letter X first because I’m not going to pretend I’ll be reading a book for that letter.

Shelby wrote: "

Crossing out the letter X first because I’m not going to pretend I’ll be reading a book for that letter."

Or just pick a title that has an X somewhere in it like Notes on an Execution.

Elyse wrote: "Shelby wrote: "

Crossing out the letter X first because I’m not going to pretend I’ll be reading a book for that letter."

Or just pick a title that has an X somewh..."


True.

Finished , which means I’ve officially crossed off my first letter!

Letter I crossed off!

crosses off W!

covers O so I’m moving One by One into the RYS section for now.

covers R.

covers S, and I'm sure it won't be the only one.

I have another book I need to read soon that starts with 'M', but I was determined to cross it off with this one first because it's one of mine. I've already read something for 'I' this year, so I knew It Calls From the Veil won't get to be the one this time when it releases later this year.

This is one of the older books on my tbr, so when I know what letter I need to clear off, I have two books for it.

One mini Magical Readathon later, and I've crossed off the letters E and Q.

During the Magical Readathon in April, I crossed off A, B, P, and T, while reading 2 more older books from on my shelves.

Another three crossed off the list! D, J, and U.



I was actually hoping this challenge would motivate me to get to Unburied Fables this year, so hooray!

Crossed off L and F with and .

Also read another book on my tbr from before 2020:

Crossed off C with during the Magical Readathon Autumn Equinox and read another three from before 2020:

Read from before 2020 and crossed off G with

Read , another older book from my tbr. Only need to finish two more and I've completed the challenge!

Woohoo almost there!

Finished , another older book! I only need one more and I'm reading two of them right now.

One more older book on my TBR and it looks like that's the RYABC Challenge completed! I think I'm gonna try and do this one again next year, because it was fun. If I read any more of the older tbr books, I'll add them to the list at the bottom.

Congrats Shelby!

Elyse wrote: "Congrats Shelby!"

Thank you!

An extra older book from my tbr.

5 more older books read for November, bringing my yearly total up to 20!

Nice!