2023 Outdo Myself Challenge

 

Each year I challenge myself to read more books this year than I did in the previous year.  In 2022 I met the challenge and read 7 more books than in 2021.  This year (2023) I challenge myself to read 100 books.

January
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
How The Wallflower Was Won by Eva Leigh
Not Just Any Earl by Anna Bradley (audio)
Once A Rebel by Mary Jo Putney (audio)
The Last Summer by Karen Swan
The Lightning Rod by Brad Meltzer
Wild At Heart by Patricia Gaffney

February
Don’t Open the Door by Allison Brennan
Once A Scoundrel by Mary Jo Putney (audio)
Sundown by Susan May Warren
The Sister Effect by Susan Mallery
The Viper by J.R. Ward
Vanished by Lynda LaPlante

March
A Love By Design by Elizabeth Everett
An Unforgiving Place by Claire Kells
Duke Most Wicked by Lenora Bell
Midnight Dunes by Laura Griffin
None of this would have happened if Prince were Alive by Carolyn (audio)
Once A Spy by Mary Jo Putney (audio)
Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan
The Back Up Plan by Jill Shalvis
The Return of the Duke by Lorraine Heath (audio)
When Franny Stands Up by Eden Robins (DNF)

April
Hello Stranger by Katherine Center
Once Dishonored by Mary Jo Putney (audio)
The Counterfeit Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath
The Getaway by Emily March
The Seaside Library by Brenda Novak

May

A Sinister Revenge by Deanna Raybourn
Long Shadows by David Baldacci
No Plan B by Andrew Child and Lee Child
Once A Scoundrel by Mary Jo Putney (audio)
The Dangerous One by Lori Foster
The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand
The Means by Amy Fusselman (audio)
The Reluctant Countess by Eloisa James (audio)
The Sanctuary by Katrine Engberg (audio)

June

A Grave Girls Getaway by Jeanine Frost (audio)

Becoming Mrs. Lewis by Patti Callaghan Henry

Encore in Death by J.D. Robb

Going Rogue by Janet Evanovich

The Christmas Cuckoo by Mary Jo Putney

The Last Orphan by Gregg Hurwitz

The Revenge List by Hannah Mary McKinnon

Yours Truly, The Duke by Amelia Gray

July

A Little Ray of Sunshine by Kristan Higgins
I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
Lassiter by J.R. Ward (audio)
Once A Laird by Mary Jo Putney (audio)
Seabreeze Inn by Jan Moran
The Best Summer of Our Lives by Rachel Hauck
The Café At Beach End by RaeAnne Thayne
The House of Wolves by JP and Mike Lupica
Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

August

All My Knotted-Up Live by Beth Moore NF

Code 6 by James Grippando 

Countdown by JP and Brendan Dubois 

Desert Star Michael Connelly (audio)

Don’t Back Down by Sharon Sala 

His Study In Scandal by Megan Frampton 

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren 

Murder at Haven’s Rock by Kelley Armstrong 

The Book Club Hotel by Sarah Morgan 

The Cornwalls are Gone by JP and Brendan DuBois 

The Heiress Bride by Madeline Hunter 

The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews 

The Little Flower Shop by Lori Foster 

The Poisoner’s Ring by Kelley Armstrong 

Whispers At Dusk by Heather Graham 

With My Little Eye by Joshilyn Jackson DNF

September

Fire With Fire by Candice Fox

How to Tame A Wild Rogue by Julie Anne Long

Remember Me  by Mary Balogh

Seabreeze Summer by Jan Moran (audio)

Seabreeze Sunset by Jan Moran (audio)

Suddenly This Summer anthology

Talulah's Back in Town by Brenda Novak

The Keeper of Hidden Books by Madeline Martin

The Notorious Lord Knightly by Lorraine Heath (audio)

The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by Susan Wiggs

Things We Hide From the Light by Lucy Score

True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren (audio)

Welcome to Beach Town by Susan Wiggs

October

All The Days of Summer by Nancy Thayer

Knockout by Sarah MacLean (audio)

Marry Me By Midnight by Felicia Grossman

North of Nowhere by Allison Brennan

Outtakes From The Grave by Jeanine Frost (audio)

Quicksilver by Dannika Dark (audio)

The Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs (audio)

The Duke's Best Friend by Jane Ashford

The Talk of Coyote Canyon by Brenda Novak

November
Inside Threat by Matthew Quirk
Evildoer by Dannika Dark (audio)
The Sweet Spot by Amy Poeppel (audio)
The Fearless One by Lori Foster
The Happiness Plan by Susan Mallery
The Summer of Songbirds by Kristin Woodsen Harvey

December
An Inconvenient Earl by Julia London
Cross Down by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois
Desperate Acts by Alexandra Ivy
Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich
Forevermore by Dannika Dark (audio)
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Thanksgiving by Janet Evanovich (audio)
The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci

2022 Outdo Myself Challenge

 Each year I challenge myself to read more books than the previous year.  The last few years I have not met that challenge.  I hope to read 125 books in 2022.

January

Beach Wedding by Michael Ledwidge

Better Off Dead by Andrew Child & Lee Child

Cry Wolf by Hans Rosenfeldt

Down Range by Taylor Moore

Prodigal Son by Greg Hurtwitz

The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf

The Reading List by Sarah Nisha Adams (audio)

Wicked All Night by Jeanne Frost

February

A Scot to the Heart by Caroline Linden (audio)

An Echo In The Bone by Diana Gabaldon (audio)

An Impossible Imposter by Deanna Raybourn

Hidden Creed by Alex Kava

Last Duke Standing by Julia London

Lost and Found Family by Jennifer Ryan

Someone Perfect by Mary Balogh

The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly

The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mile Lupica

The Summer Getaway by Susan Mallery

March

A Family Affair by Robyn Carr

Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner

Dreaming of You by Lisa Kleypas (audio)

Flirting With Disaster by Sheryl Woods

Fortune Favors the Duke by Kristin Vayden

Hidden by Laura Griffin

Made In Manhattan by Lauren Layne 

Mile High With A Vampire by Lynsay Sands

Never A Duke by Grace Burrowes

Reminder of Him by Colleen Hoover

Such A Quiet Place by Megan Miranda (audio)

Summer At The Cape by RaeAnn Thayne

Summer on the Island by Brenda Novak

The Back-Up Plan by Sheryl Woods

The Siren of Sussex by Mimi Matthews

Written In My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon (audio)

April

Angel In A Devil's Arms by Julie Ann Long (audio)

Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb

Lightening In A Mirror by Jayne Ann Krentz

No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield (audio)

Sunrise by Susan May Warren

The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong

The Family You Make by Jill Shalvis

The Last Guest by Tess Little

The Rake Gets Ravished by Sophie Jordan

The Wrong Victim by Allison Brennan

Wild Child by Eloisa James (audio)

May

An Heiress to Remember by Maya Rodale (audio)

Beach House Summer by Sarah Morgan

Fear No Evil by James Patterson

Sweet Home Alaska by Jennifer Snow

Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson

One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (audio)

The Boardwalk Bookstore by Susan Mallery

The Duchess Hunt by Lorraine Heath (audio)

The Honeymoon Cottage by Lori Foster

The Perfect Equation by Elizabeth Everett

The Runaway Duchess by Joanna Lowell

The Wolf by J.R. Ward

The Wrong Woman by Leanne Kale Sparks

These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

With Love From London by Sarah Jio

June

Dark Horse by Gregg Hurwtiz

Gated Prey by Lee Goldberg

Highland Wolf by Lynsay Sands (audio)

Immortal Rising by Lynsay Sands

Mercy by David Baldacci

Scandal Wears Satin by Loretta Chase (audio)

Silk is for Seduction by Lorretta Chase (audio)

Somewhere I'll Find You by Lisa Kleypas (audio)

The Harbor by Katrine Engberg (audio)

The Hidden One by Linda Castillo

The Match by Harlan Coben

The Sweetest Thing by Sasha Summers

When She Dreams by Amanda Quick

July

Because You're Mine by Lisa Kleypas (audio)

Flight by Laura Griffin

Lover Arisen by JR Ward

Movieland by Lee Goldberg

The Bodyguard by Katherine Center

The Chase by Candace Fox

The Edge of Summer by Viola Shipman

The Newcomer by Mary Kay Andrews

Vixen in Velvet by Loretta Chase (audio)

Watching Over You by Lori Foster

August

A Duke For Diana by Sabrina Jeffries

City on Fire by Don Winslow

Cold, Cold Bones by Kathy Reichs

Dukes Prefer Blonds by Lorretta Chase (audio)

Something Wilder by Christina Lauren (audio)

Sugar and Salt by Susan Wiggs

The Autumn Bride by Anne Gracie (audio)

The Cage by Bonnie Kistler (audio)

The Inheritance by Rochelle Alers

The Lost and Found Girl by Maisy Yates

The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich

The Sorority Murder by Allison Brennan

Wonderful by Jill Barnett (audio) DNF

September

After Dark With The Duke by Julie Ann Long

All the Dirty Secrets by Aggie Blum Thompson

Blame It One The Earl by Jane Ashford

Shattered by James Patterson and James O. Born

The Lady's Mine by Francine Rivers

The Second Husband by Kate White (audio)

The Winter Bride by Anne Gracie (audio)

October

A Rip Through Time by Kelly Armstrong

Desperation in Death by J.D. Robb

Leif by Celeste Barclay (audio)

My Dearest Duke by Kristin Vayden

Nightwork by Nora Roberts

Stay Awake by Megan Goldin

The Book Haters  Book Club by Gretchen Anthony

The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer

The Personal Assistant by Kimberly Belle

The Spring Bride by Annie Grace (audio)

Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas (audio)

You Were Made to Be Mine by Julie Ann Long

November

A Hard Day For A Hangover by Darynda Jones

Darius by J.R. Ward (audio)

Four Weeks A Scandal by Megan Frampton

Heartbreaker by Sarah MacLean (audio)

Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Kristan Higgins

Remember Love by Mary Balogh

The Hidden Beach by Karen Swan

The Road to Christmas by Shelia Roberts

The Summer Bride by Annie Grace (audio)

The Sunshine Girls by Molly Fader

December

Do It Afraid by Joyce Meyer (NF)

Duke Most Wicked by Lenora Bell

Home Sweet Christmas by Susan Mallery

Once A Solider by Mary Jo Putney (audio)

Sunburst by Susan May Warren

The Best Is Yet To Come by Debbie Macomber

The Duke Not Taken by Julia London

2016 Outdo Myself Challenge

  This year my goal is to read 225 books and outdo myself in 2016.  I did not meet the challenge in 2015.   Here is where I plan to keep track of what I read for this challenge.

January
A Week At The Lake by Wendy Wax
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
Blood Red by Wendi Corsi Staub
By Break of Day by M.L. Buchman
Cross Justice by James Patterson (audio)
Devil’s Bridge by Linda Fairstein
Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb
How To Be Bad by E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle
Into the Fury by Kat Martin
Marry Me At Christmas by Susan Mallery
Maybe Not by Colleen Hoover
Missing Pieces by Heather Gudenkauf
November 9 by Colleen Hoover
On His Watch by Kate Ruggle
Perfect Touch by Elizabeth Lowell
Really Do Miss Your Smile by Susan May Warren
Silent Creed by Alex Cava
The Art of Crash Landing by Melissa DeCarlo
The Burned Bridges of Ward, Nebraska by Eileen Curtright
The Guilty by David Baldacci (audio)
The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams
Will’s True Wish by Grace Burrowes
You and Only You by Sharon Sala
You’re The One That I Want by Susan May Warren

February

Anything For You by Kristan Higgins
Best Of My Love by Susan Mallery
Blood of My Blood by Barry Lyga
Brotherhood In Death by J.D. Robb
Cold Shot by Dani Pettrey
Dream House by Catherine Armsden
Fighting Dirty by Lori Foster
I Kissed A Rogue by Shana Galen
Like Family by Paolo Giordano
My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
New Leaf by Catherine Anderson
Nobody But You by Jill Shalvis
Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Ed Tarkington (audio)
The First Wife by Erica Spindler
The Friends We Keep by Susan Mallery
The Infamous Heir by Elizabeth Michels
The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel
The Marriage Contract by Katee Robert (audio)
The Martian by Andy Weir (audio)
Tiny Little Thing by Beatriz Williams
Valorous by M.S. Force
Victorious by M.S. Force
Virtuous by M.S. Force
With Every Breath by Lia Riley (audio)


March

A Kiss At Midwinter by Courtney Milan
Be Frank With Me by Julia Claiborne Johnson
Beautiful Redemption by Jamie McGuire
Dragon’s Lair by Chantal Fernando
 He Will Be My Ruin by K.A. Tucker
Hold Your Breath by Katie Ruggle
Indiscreet by Mary Balogh
Infinite In Between by Carolyn Mackler
One Heart to Win by Johanna Lindsey
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter (audio)
Promises I Made by Michelle Zink
Seth and Greyson by Jessica Sorensen
Sweetest Scoundrel by Elizabeth Hoyt (audio)
Tall, Dark and Wicked by Madeline Hunt
The Blue by Lucy Clarke
The Certainty of Violet and Luke by Jessica Sorensen
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks (audio)
The Duchess War by Courtney Milan
The Opposite of Everyone by Joshilyn Jackson
The Railwayman’s Wife by Ashley Hay
The Secret Life of Anna Blanc by Jennifer Kincheloe
The Secrets She Keeps by Deb Caletti


April
Beautiful Bitch by Christina Lauren

Beautiful Sacrifice by Jamie McGuire

Beautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren

Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Herberlin

Corrupted by Lisa Scottoline

Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon

Flash of Fire by M.L. Buchman

Flirtation Walk by Siri Mitchell

My American Duchess by Eloisa James

Right Where You Are by L.E. Bross

Snapped by Laura Griffin

Sustained by Emma Chase

The Beast by J.R. Ward

The Dutch Girl by Donna Thorland

The Resolution of Callie and Kayden by Jessica Sorensen

The Rogue Not Taken by Sarah MacLean

The Weekenders by Mary Kay Andrews

Where It Hurts by Reed Farrel Coleman (audio)

Wicked Sexy Liar by Christina Lauren (audio)

May
Along the Infinite Sea by Beatriz Williams
An Affair Before Christmas by Eloisa James (audio)
Beautiful Burn by Jamie McGuire
Beautiful Secret by Christina Lauren
Cold Barrel Zero by Matthew Quirk (audio)
Duke of My Heart by Kelly Bowen (audio)
Finding Fraser by K.C. Dyer
Free Men by Katy Simpson Smith (audio)
Redemption Road by John Hart
The Heiress Effect by Courtney Milan
The Lies About Truth by Courtney C. Stevens
The Lion’s Mouth by Anne Holt (audio)
The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeny
The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton (audio)
The Two Family House by Lynda Cohen Loigman
The Way I Used To Be by Amber Smith (audio)
The Wedding Pact by Katee Robert
This Was Not The Plan by Cristina Alger (audio)
Titans by Leila Meacham
Violent Crimes by Phillip Margolin (audio)
Wildfire in His Arms by Johanna Lindsey


June
Beautiful Player by Christine Lauren
Defender by Diana Palmer
Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon (audio)
Fan the Flames by Katie Ruggle
Into The Whirlwind by Kat Martin
Let’s Go To Sleep by Maisie Reade (audio)
Poisonous by Allison Brennan
The Bitter Season by Tami Hoag
The Fixer by Joseph Finder (audio)
The Girl From Summer Hill by Jude Deveraux
The Lake House by Kate Morton
The Last Mile by David Baldacci (audio)
The Passenger by Lisa Lutz (audio)
The Total Package by Stephanie Evanovich
The Wicked Duke by Madeline Hunter
This Is The Story of You by Beth Kephart
Thrown by Colette Auclair

July
A Lowcountry Wedding by Mary Alice Monroe
Appealed by Emma Chase
Cross Kill by James Patterson (audio)
Daughter’s of the Bride by Susan Mallery
Devil and the Deep by Julie Ann Walker
Essential Maps for the Lost by Deb Caletti
Fellside by M.L. Carey (audio)
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson NF
Gone Again by James Grippando (audio)
Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase
Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas
Mason Jar Nation by Joann Moser NF
Monsters: A Love Story by Liz Kay
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Orphan X by Gregg Hurtwiz (audio)
Potent Pleasures by Eloisa James (audio)
The Children by Ann Leary
The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones
The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath
The Secret Diaries of Miranda Cheever by Julia Quinn
Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue by Stephanie Laurens (audio)
When the Duke Returns by Eloisa James (audio)


August
‘Til Death Us Do Part by Amanda Quick
A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams
Amy Snow by Tracy Rees (audio)
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley (audio)
Blood Defense by Marcia Clark
Don’t Tempt Me by Lori Foster
Duke of Sin by Elizabeth Hoyt (audio)
Everywhere And Every Way by Jennifer Probst (audio)
Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben
Gone Too Deep by Katie Ruggle
Heart Strike by M.L. Buchman
Lady Pirate by Lynsay Sands (audio)
Little Girl Gone by Gerri Schmidt
The Lost Duke of Wyndham by Julia Quinn (audio)
The Pursuit by Evanovich and Goldberg
The Rebel Heir by Elizabeth Michels
Try Me On For Size by Stephanie Haefner
With Love From The Inside by Angela Pisel


September
Among the Wicked by Linda Castillo
Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
Curious Minds by Evanovich and Sutton
Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick (audio)
Firebrand by Diana Palmer
Flight Patterns by Karen White
Hadrian by Grace Burrowes
In Safe Hands By Katie Ruggle
Invincible Summer by Alice Adams (audio)
Kiss and Tell by Suzanne Brockman (audio)
Make Me Love You by Johanna Lindsey
Once Upon A Moonlit Night by Elizabeth Hoyt (audio)
Strike by Delilah S. Dawson (audio)
The Bachelor Auction by Rachel Van Dyken
The Distance From Me to You by Marina Gessner
The Perfect Neighbors by Sarah Pekkanen (audio)
The Second Girl by David Swinson (audio)


October
All The Missing Girls by Megan Miranda (audio)
Arrowood By Laura McHugh
Beneath this Ink by Megan March (audio)
Blue Heaven by C.J. Box
Completely Yours by Erin Nichols
Family Tree by Susan Wiggs
Home by Harlan Coben
Indecent Proposal by Katee Robert (audio)
Just Kiss Me by Rachel Gibson
Killer Looks by Linda Fairstein
Magic Binds by Ilona Andrews
Night School by Lee Child
Playing with Fire Kate Meade
Ruin Me by Jessica Sorensen
Still Life by Louise Penny
Surviving Ice by K.A. Tucker (audio)
The Angel’s Share by J.R. Ward (audio)
The Asset by Shaun Kuhn (audio)
The Pretender by JP and Andrew Bourelle (audio)

November
A Bravo For Christmas by Christine Rimmer
A Duke to Remember by Kelly Bowen (audio)
A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet
Beneath These Chains by Megan March (audio)
Bullseye by JP and Michael Ledwidge (audio)
City of the Lost by Kelly Armstrong
Dirty Girl by Meghan March (audio)
Dirty Love by Meghan March (audio)
First Star I See Tonight by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
My Last Continent by Midge Raymond (audio)
On Second Thought by Kristan Higgins
Only Beloved by Mary Balough
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
The Greek’s Christmas Bride by Lynne Graham
The Obsession by Nora Roberts
The Pattern Artist by Nancy Moser
The Singles Game by Lauren Weisberger (audio)

December

A Lowcountry Christmas by Mary Alice Monroe

A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean

Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb

Bossman by Vi Keeland (audio)

Chase by JP and Michael Ledwidge (audio)

Deep Dark by Laura Griffin

Erasing Faith by Julie Johnson (audio)

French Kiss by JP and Richard DiLallo (audio)

Guilty Minds by Joseph Finder

Heist by JP and Rees Jones (audio)

Little Black Dress by JP and Emily Raymond (audio)

Maid Under the Mistletoe by Maureen Child

Reckless Creed by Alex Kava

Sweet Little Lies by Jill Shalvis

The Gun Runner by Scott Hildreth (audio)

The Trouble with Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis

The Vanishing Year Kate Moretti by (audio)