Popsugar Book Challenge update:

I have six books left to go.  Out of 52….last year I might have read 50 books.  The lowest of my life since I could read, I am sure.


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Which is surprising.  And I find that this random book challenge was something that I have utterly and completely enjoyed.  I found books that were simply delightful.  I found an author that I adore (Larry Correia).  I read books that I have intended to read for quite sometime.  I have completely stretched this year with my tastes.  I absolutely loved Grapes of Wrath and everything else I’ve touched by Steinbeck.


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Which is to say….I’ve made my own, similar, book challenge.  I’ll list it below.  I don’t have the goal of finishing it by the end of the year.  It’s longer than the first book challenge.  It’s simply to keep me stretching with my reading.  I still intend to keep reading a classic a month.  Even though I missed May.  What I’m saying is that, for now, I’ll be reading off of a random, arbitrary list of books for the fun of it.  I can’t tell you why I enjoy it other than I’m a freak.  But here is my new list:


Amanda’s Popsugar Book Challenge


A Book with a Title that Makes You Smile:


Reread the first book you can remember reading:


Read your first “favorite” book:


Finish a series or trilogy that you have started and never finished:


A Murder Mystery:


A book with a mouse:


A friend’s favorite book:


A book with an appealing title:


A book set in a fantasy land:


A book set in Egypt:


A book about something that interests you but you wouldn’t normally read:


A book with a protagonist that has your same first name:


A book from your teenage years:


A book you remember distinctly from your childhood or you read over and over again:


Reread your very favorite book:


Read a book based on a myth or fairy-tale:


Read a pulp novel:


A classic horror novel:


A book that’s been on your to read list for a while:


Read a fatty classic novel:


Read a book you feel you should:


Read a classic novel from another country or culture:


Read a book set in a piece of history that interests you:


Read another Pulitzer Prize winner:


Read a Newberry Award or Honor book:


Read a Hugo Award Winning Book:


Read a book that makes you smile:


Read a Coming of Age Book:


Read a book you think will be difficult to read:


Read a modern classic:


Read a classic children’s book you didn’t read as a child:


Read a classic science fiction novel:


A book set in the 1910s:


A book set in the 1920s:


A book set in the 1930s:


A book set in the 1940s:


A book set in the 1950s:


A book set in the 1960s:


A book set in the 1970s:


A book set in the 1980s:


A book set in the 1990s:


A book about space:


A ghost story:


Read a gothic story:


Read a “chick-lit” book:


Read a book and then watch the movie:


Read a cheeseball SCI-FI novel:


Read a Memoir:


Read a Nonfiction Book:


Read an End of Days Book:


Read an ancient classic:


Read a cheesy adventure book:


A vampire book:

A spy book:


A pirate book:


A romance novel:


A fantasy novel:


A full series:


A trilogy:


Something unexpected:


An American classic:


A British Classic:


An Asian Classic:


A piece of old pulp:


An old mystery novel:


A children’s book:


A Young Adult Book:


A book with a female protagonist:


A book with a male protagonist:


A book with a child protagonist:


A book with an elderly protagonist:


Something massive:


Something whimsical:


Something scary:


Something sad:


Something fanciful:


Something happy:


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Anyhoo, I’ll be reading this while I finish up the first challenge.  I’m reading Madame Bovary currently.  I plan on throwing in, perhaps, Don Quixote and the last of the Wheel of Time.  So, those will take forever to make myself plow through.


~Amanda


ps Frozen Fever can now be pre-ordered.  Hallelujah.  Though Teen Titans have come to my house to the enjoyment of us all.


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