2023 Mid-Year Check In: Reading Challenges

It's that time of year to check in on my progress for the reading challenges I decided to join. And I'm nervous. I'm hoping to be at the halfway mark on these, but I honestly don't think I'm doing well at all 😅

The challenge: To read 90 books in 2023.
Progress: 35/90 books (38%). Not quite the halfway mark I was hoping, but 38% isn't that bad... or so I keep telling myself. I'm like 10 books behind on this challenge and it's driving me nuts. Lol.

The challenge: To read at least 25 books released in 2023
Progress: 10/25 books (40%). This is another one where I'm not doing too bad, but I'm also not where I want to be.

The challenge: To read 36 books owned before 2023.
Progress: 21/36 books (58%). This one I am nailing though! I'm surprised because I have been doing really bad at this challenge for the last couple of years. Lol.

The challenge: To read 45 backlist books from my TBR pile that were published before 2022.
Progress: 16/45 book (35%). Yikes. This challenge is turning out to be harder than I expected 😬

The challenge: To read 10 Netgalley/Edelweiss books.
Progress: 2/10 books (20%). Omg this is so bad 🙈 Lol

The challenge: To read 5-10 series enders.
Progress: 4/5 books (80%). Look at me and my 4 series finished! Not bad. Lol.

The challenge: To read one book that has a title starting with every letter of the alphabet.
Progress: 17/26 books (65%). This one hasn't been too bad, but with these types of challenges the last couple of letters are always the hardest ones to complete.

The challenge: To read one book that has an author whose first name, middle, or last name starts with every letter of the alphabet.
Progress: 16/26 books (62%). Ditto for this one.

The challenge: To finish the Soul Screamers and Shifters series.
Progress: 0/2 series finished (0%). I knew trying to attempt this challenge was a long shot, but I still have half a year to accomplish it.

The challenge: Read a book for each monthly prompt where the prompts play off of the book you chose for the previous prompt.
Progress: 6/12 prompts (50%). Right on track with this one! This is one of my favorite challenges this year! It's so much fun!

The challenge: 31-40 discussion posts written and posted.
Progress: 24/31 posts written and posted (77%). I love discussion posts. Lol.

The challenge:  6-10 reading challenges, entered and completed.
Progress: 0/6 challenges completed (0%). None completed yet, which is fine. I'll start worrying about this one (and the rest of them) at the end of the year 😆

I'm on track on 6/12 total challenges... which I guess is appropriate because that means I'm doing good on 50% of my challenges 😂
Let me know how you're doing in your reading challenges!