The 5th annual 2019 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge is out and I am π― here for it! There’s even a Goodreads group for sharing suggestions.
I’m challenging myself to read books that I own (this symbol ^) and to read new-to-me authors and lesser-read genres.
Here’s a few possibilities for each prompt. Who wants to join me?
β Completed 5/41
π Updated: 1/31/19
1. Book Becoming a Movie π₯ in 2019:
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt ^
2. Book That Makes You Nostalgic:
Mrs. Mike by Benedict Freedman^
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith^
3. Book Written by a Musician πΆ(Fiction or Nonfiction):
Girl In A Band by Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)
Just Kids by Patti Smith
4. Book You Think Should be Turned Into a Movie πΏ:
Legend – Marie Lu^
Believe Me – JP Delaney
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman^
5. Book With at Least One Million Ratings on Goodreads:
The Time Travelers Wife^
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins^
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott^
The Bronze Horseman by Paulina Simmons^
6. Book With a Plant πΏ in the Title or on the Cover:
The Girlfriend by Michele Francis
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly ^
7. Reread of a Favorite Book:
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfeld ^
Ghost In The Wires by Kevin Mitnick ^
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers^
8. Book About a Hobby:
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
The Garden of Small Beginnings Abby Waxman ^
9. Book You Meant to Read in 2018:
Educated by Tara Westover^
10. Book With “Pop,” “Sugar,” or “Challenge” in the Title:
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen ^
11. Book With an Item of Clothing π or Accessory on the Cover:
The Marriage Lie by Kimberley Belle
12. Inspired by Mythology, Legend or Folklore:
Circe by Madeline Miller
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden^
13. Published Posthumously:
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi^
14. Book You See Someone Reading on TV or in a Movie π₯ :
Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells^
The Easter Parade by Richard Yates (Ellie Kemper)
15. Retelling of a Classic:
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld
16. Book With a Question in the Title:
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? By Mindy Kaling
How Hard Can It Be? By Allison Pearson ^
Have You Seen Luis Velez? Catherine Ryan Hyde (May 21, 2019)
17. Set on a College or University Campus π« :
My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
18. About Someone With a Superpower:
Vicious by VE Schwab
The Darkest Mind by Alexandra Bracken
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare^
19. Book Told From Multiple Character POVs:
Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas^
Legend by Marie Lu^
The Family Tabor by Cherise Wolas
20. Set in Space π:
Artemis by Andy Weir ^
My Year In Space by Scott Kelly
21. By Two Female Authors π―ββοΈ:
An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen^
22. Title that Contains “Salty,” “Sweet,” “Bitter” or “Spicy”
Bittersweet Brooklyn by Thelma Adams^
Bittersweet by Susan Albert^
Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler
23. Set in Scandinavia:
Sea Witch Sarah Henning
24. Takes Place in a Single Day:
The 7.5 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton^
The Sun is Also A Star
25. Debut Novel:
The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy ^
26. Book Published in 2019:
The Editor by Steven Rowley ^ π
27. Featuring an Extinct π or Imaginary Culture:
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
28. Recommended by a Celebrity You Admire:
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (recc Tom Hanks)
Away by Amy Bloom (recc Amy Poehler^
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (recc Dolly Parton)^
29. Book with “Love” β€οΈ in the Title:
To All The Boys Iβve Loved Before by Jenny Han ^
30. Book Featuring an Amateur Detective:
The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager^
31. Book About a Family:
The Wartime Sisters by Lynda Loigman ^ π
32. Written by an Author from Asia, Africa or South America:
Homegoing – Yaa Gyasa^
An American Marriage- Tayari Jones
The God of Small Things Arundahti Roy^
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
33. Zodiac Sign or Astrology Term π in the Title:
The Moon Sister by Lucinda Riley π
34. Book That Includes a Wedding π° :
A Place For Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza^
35. By an Author Whose First and Last Name Start with the Same Letter:
Next Year In Havana by Chanel Cleeton
36. A Ghost π» Story:
Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult
37. Two-Word Title:
Still Me by JoJo Moyes^
After Anna by Lisa Scottoline^
Lost Roses by Martha Hall Kelly ^
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah ^
39. Novel Based on A True Story:
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris ^
The Librarian of Auschwitz ^
40. Book Revolving Around a Puzzle or Game:
The Bookshop of Yesterdayβs by Amy Meyerson (scavenger hunt) ^
The Lying Game by Ruth Ware ^
41. Your Favorite Prompt from a Past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge:
*2017 A Book With a Family Term in The Title (Sisters, sons etc)
Daughter of Molokai by Alan Brennert ^ π
A House For Happy Mothers by Amulya Malladi ^
QOTD: Are you participating? Which ones have you read? Share your POPSUGAR Reading Challenge suggestions in the comments below!
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I wish I could commit to something like this but I always get sidetracked by some new “must read first” book…
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Iβm sure Iβll get distracted too but Iβve got to try and get through these books!!!
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I love going through posts like this! I’m also going to join, although I’m not obliging myself to tick off every prompt. I’ll be happy if I manage to do half of them, haha. π Added The Lying Game and The Last Time I Lied to my options as well! Didn’t have any “owned books” for those yet, so maybe I’ll end up getting my hands on either of them. π
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Iβm glad youβre joining in! It should be a fun way to get through some books…
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Exactly! I like it even more when I discover certain books fit a prompt I didn’t expect to fit, hah. π
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I’ve never joined this although I’ve been meaning to. The last Popsugar Reading Challenge I aw kind of intimidated me. But I’d love to consider it this 2019 π
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I can highly recommend both Throne of Glass and Vicious. Those are two of the best books I read this year.
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Really? Thatβs high praise – good to know!
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