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[Book Blogger Hop] Skipping 2020 Reading Challenges

January 11, 2020      Erica Robyn      30 Comments

Book Blogger Hop Meme

Book Blogger Hop is a weekly meme hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer, where you answer a question and join a “hop”. The purpose is to help bloggers discover and get to know one another.

For this week’s Book Blogger Hop, Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer asks:

Do you have a reading challenge for 2020?

BBH My Answer

I didn’t sign up for any challenges this year.

I wanted to hold off again this year so I can focus in on simply getting caught up with my honest reviews that I haven’t been able to get to as I also make sure I am able to mood read.

That being said, I’m always on the look out for new challenges to write down what I may participate in next year!

Thanks for reading!
What are your favorite reading challenges?

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  1. Haley @ stuck in the stacks says

    January 11, 2020 at 1:09 pm

    Emily is taking this approach and I think I might try it next year! We hope you have a fantastic read year!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      January 11, 2020 at 1:53 pm

      <3

      Reply
  2. Candyce @ the book Dutchesses says

    January 11, 2020 at 1:14 pm

    I’m not doing any challenges other than the Goodreads one. My goal is getting to more of my backlist books.

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      January 11, 2020 at 1:53 pm

      😀 I love that! I need to get to more of my backlist stacks as well!

      Reply
  3. Ashley S. says

    January 11, 2020 at 1:34 pm

    Most reading challenges stress me out, so this year I’m only doing a Goodreads challenge. Hope you have a great weekend! Happy reading! 🙂

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      January 11, 2020 at 1:54 pm

      Yeah… I’ve found that challenges make me get a bit of tunnel vision, then I get so fixated on only what the challenge outlines that it negatively effects my overall reading. Have a great weekend as well!!

      Reply
  4. Elizabeth @Silver's Reviews says

    January 11, 2020 at 1:49 pm

    I only do the Goodreads one.

    Good idea to not do any challenges for yourself this year if it will help you get caught up.

    Happy 2020 Reading!!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      January 11, 2020 at 1:54 pm

      <3 Happy 2020 reading to you as well!

      Reply
  5. Laura says

    January 11, 2020 at 3:20 pm

    Hi there! Thanks for stopping by! I do understand why you haven’t signed up for any challenge. I have a few challenges as you saw on my website, but they are all about books that I can pick myself, with no prompts so I can choose which book to read because like you, I’m a mood reader and I don’t like to read a book because I “must” do it. So yeah I understand your answer. And by the way, you shouldn’t sign up for anything if you don’t feel like it 😉

    Have a nice weekend!

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    • Erica Robyn says

      January 11, 2020 at 5:10 pm

      Those types of challenges are the best!! I hope you enjoy them! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Literary Feline says

    January 11, 2020 at 6:16 pm

    I chose two challenges that already fit into my reading plans so it won’t be extra work. I wish you luck getting through your review books! That’s one of then things I need to work on too.Have a great week!

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    • Erica Robyn says

      January 12, 2020 at 4:06 pm

      That’s a great idea!! I’ll have to try to do the same in 2021! Have a great week as well 🙂

      Reply
  7. Angela says

    January 11, 2020 at 8:27 pm

    I’m with Literary Feline – I picked challenges that go along with my reading and won’t be difficult to do!

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    • Erica Robyn says

      January 12, 2020 at 4:07 pm

      So smart!!

      Reply
  8. Greg says

    January 11, 2020 at 11:53 pm

    I skipped challenges this year too. It worked for me in 2019 lol so I’m doing it again! 🙂

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      January 12, 2020 at 4:07 pm

      😀

      Reply
  9. chucklesthescot says

    January 12, 2020 at 5:05 am

    I’m doing the Goodreads Challenge but haven’t signed up for any challenges being hosted by other people as I ended up trying to do too much! I’m doing my own year long challenges with no goals and rules so it should be a calmer reading year!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      January 12, 2020 at 4:07 pm

      <3 I hope you have a great reading year! :)

      Reply
  10. Carrie @The Butterfly Reader says

    January 12, 2020 at 10:22 am

    I don’t blame you for not signing up for any! I do hope you manage to get caught up!

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    • Erica Robyn says

      January 12, 2020 at 4:07 pm

      Thank you! Fingers crossed!!

      Reply
  11. Flora says

    January 12, 2020 at 3:07 pm

    I’m hoping to catch up on some unfinished book series this year as well as doing the main Goodreads Books read challenge.
    I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.
    Here’s my BBH Post
    Flora x

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    • Erica Robyn says

      January 12, 2020 at 4:08 pm

      😀 Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

      Reply
  12. ShootingStarsMag says

    January 13, 2020 at 8:02 am

    I don’t do many challenges. I signed up for two, and only one of them is related to reading certain books. I’m hoping to read a lot more of the books I already own this year.

    -Lauren

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    • Erica Robyn says

      January 13, 2020 at 4:13 pm

      😀 Good luck!! I’m hoping to read more of what I own as well.

      Reply
  13. Jackie says

    January 13, 2020 at 2:56 pm

    I am doing the Goodreads challenge with the pre-acceptance that I will almost definitely fail to meet my goal, ha! In the years I’ve done the Goodreads challenge, I’ve never met my goal, and I’m okay with this. I also want to use the PopSugar reading challenge as a guide for picking books this year (I’m already off to a terrible start with this >.<)

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    • Erica Robyn says

      January 13, 2020 at 4:14 pm

      hahaha It’s so tricky! I did the PopSugar challenge twice and I did really enjoy it! I just ended up taking it a bit too seriously I think 🙂

      Reply
  14. Olivia Roach says

    January 14, 2020 at 5:14 am

    No challenges for me this year either. I am still on my buying ban which hinders what I can do, and I am also working on just reading through the books on my own shelf at the moment.

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      January 16, 2020 at 12:59 pm

      That’s awesome! I’m trying to read from my shelf as well!

      Reply
  15. McKenzie Allyshia says

    January 20, 2020 at 3:56 pm

    I can definitely understand on holding back on challenges when you have books that need to be read. Challenges can definitely add a lot more to your “to read” pile than necessary ha ha!

    Reply
    • Erica Robyn says

      January 20, 2020 at 5:24 pm

      Yeah, it’s definitely a struggle!! haha

      Reply

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