{"id":4012,"date":"2026-03-16T03:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianregency.com\/blog\/?p=4012"},"modified":"2026-03-16T03:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:12:33","slug":"reading-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/16\/reading-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey guys, Camy here! I absolutely love Goodreads.com<\/a>. It\u2019s a website for readers and I could literally spend hours surfing the site, looking up books and authors, reading reviews. I belong to several reading groups including Christian Fiction Devourers<\/a>, and I joined an A-Z Reading Challenge<\/a> for 2014. Basically, you read authors or titles from A-Z.<\/p>

\"Fire<\/a><\/div>\n

I chose authors. This isn\u2019t a requirement of the challenge, but I set myself a personal goal to read Regency romance and historical romance authors for the challenge!<\/p>\n

So far, I\u2019ve read:<\/p>\n

\"6600275\"<\/a>Miss Mouse<\/i> by Mira Stables<\/p>\n

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\"3313519\"<\/a>The Torpid Duke<\/i> by Pauline York<\/p>\n

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\"156538\"<\/a><\/p>\n

North and South<\/i> by Elizabeth Gaskell<\/p>\n

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\"1729712\"<\/a>A Debt of Honour<\/i> by Diana Brown<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a bit stuck for an author with a last name that starts with X. I just found a historical author with a last name that starts with Z, so I\u2019m glad about that! I just ordered the book through Paperbackswap.com. It\u2019s set in Medieval times, which isn\u2019t my favorite time period, but the storyline and heroine sounds interesting!<\/p>\n

So if any of you have recommendations for a Regency or historical author with a last name that starts with X, I\u2019m all ears!<\/p>\n

What reading challenges have you entered for this year? I\u2019d love to hear about them and your progress! I know I need to step it up if I\u2019m going to make my challenge this year \u2026<\/p>\n

On the writing front, I got my ARCs for my upcoming Regency romance, Prelude for a Lord<\/i><\/a>! Here\u2019s a copy with my reluctant Vanna White:<\/p>\n

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Originally posted 2014-05-19 05:00:08. <\/small><\/p>

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