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Reading Challenge 2026 to 66 and Beyond!

porposed January reads for my 2026 Reading Challenge and Reading Tracker

Over the last few years I stopped quantifying my yearly reading challenges, focusing more on enjoyment than numbers. For 2026, I’m bringing structure back—not to race through books, but to balance library reads, long-neglected TBR shelves, and a few intentional discoveries along the way. Reading Challenge Book Categories From My…

The Black Highway – Simon Toyne (Laughton Rees #3)

The. Black Highway is the third book in the Laughton Rees series by Simon Toyne. The first two books Dark Objects and The Clearing set a pretty high bar for the series. The Black Highway clears that bar and leaves me eagerly awaiting the next installment in the series. The…

Close Your Eyes – Michael Robotham

Unraveling Michael Robotham’s Close Your Eyes Mystery (Joseph O’Loughlin #8) Close Your Eyes Begins…. From Goodreads…. When a former student bungles a murder investigation, clinical psychologist Joseph O’Loughlin steps in to face a ruthless killer. A mother and her teenage daughter are found murdered in a remote farmhouse, one defiled by…

Into The Wild With – The Vanishing Kind by Alice Henderson (Alex Carter #4)

Wildlife biologist Alex Carter returns in The Vanishing Kind by Alice Henderson a tense, immersive novel of suspense set in a vast wildlife preserve in New Mexico— and the his may be her most dangerous assignment yet! Originally Posted June 2025 Revsed and Updated April 2026 📖 What’s It About?…

Three-Inch Teeth – C.J.Box (Joe Pickett #24) A Great Addition to the Series!

Three- Inch Teeth is the 24th book in the Joe Pickett series from C.J.Box, It is also the 23rd book I have read in the series. The only book in the series I haven’t read is Cold Wind. (Note to self read Cold Wind this year!). As a long-time…

Scott Carson – Lost Man’s Lane. His Best yet? Yes!

I have been a fan of author Michael Koryta ever since way back in 2003? And after two terrific books I am now a fan of his alter-ego Scott Carson. And I think Scott Carson’s latest release Lost Man’s Lane just may be Scott’s best novel. As such it also…

Village in the Dark – Iris Yamashita (Cara Kennedy Book#2)

Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita is book number 2 in her Cara Kennedy series. It is a mystery thriller set in Alaska. Book 1 in the series is City Under One Roof. Cara Kennedy is an Anchorage Police Department Detective. She is on administrative leave after her…

Goodbye Girl – (Jack Swyteck #18) – James Grippando

Ok so after having read only two books in all of March, I finished my second book for April yesterday! The two books I’ve finished are Goodbye Girl by James Grippando and Innercise: The New Science to Unlock Your Brain’s Hidden Potential by John Assaraf. Goodbye Girl is the…

What You Never Knew – Jessica Hamilton

Would you return to a family-owned island 30 years after an event that ripped your family apart? In Jessica Hamilton’s new psychological thriller What You Never Knew, Jane Bennett did just that…. When she was a child, June Bennett‘s family spent their summers on Avril Island in Lake Champlain. The…

The Wife Stalker – Liv Constantine

Ok so I guess it’s time to put to rest the idea that abbook like The Wife Stalker is not the type of book I typically read. I guess it’s more appropriate to say it’s one of the various types of books I read. In fact I’ve read more of…