Shaina’s Comments (group member since Jul 09, 2022)

Shaina’s comments from the Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge group.

I just finished Elantris by Brandon Sanderson. The main characters are a couple who don't live together.

After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid is my pick. The couple decide to live apart for a year.

Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore

"It was going to be a glorious year."

Anatomy of a Scandal might work.

22/50

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Regular
📌1 A book about a POC experiencing joy and not trauma The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches - 📚23rd Feb⭐⭐⭐
2 A book you want to read based on the last sentence Oona Out of Order
3 A book about space tourism
4 A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
📌5 A book with a snake on the cover or in the title Fer-de-Lance - 📚6th Mar ⭐⭐⭐
📌6 A book that fills your favorite prompt from the 2015 PS Reading Challenge The Sea-Gull - 📚14th Feb⭐⭐
7 A book about a cult
📌8 A book under 250 pages The Judge's House - 📚1st Jan⭐⭐⭐
9 A book that features a character going through menopause Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
📌10 A book you got for free The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope - 📚17th Feb⭐⭐⭐⭐
11 A book mentioned in another book
12 A book about a road trip
13 A book rated less than three stars on Goodreads Passenger to Frankfurt
14 A book about a nontraditional education Educated
15 A book that an AI chatbot recommends based on your favorite book
16 A book set in or around a body of water Where the Crawdads Sing
📌17 A book about a run club The Heart Principle - 📚6th Feb⭐⭐⭐
18 A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons
📌19 A highly anticipated read of 2025 Onyx Storm - 28th Jan⭐⭐⭐
📌20 A book that fills a 2024 prompt you'd like to do over (or try out) A book with an enemies to lovers plot - The Predator - 📚19th Jan⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
21 A book where the main character is a politician Anatomy of a Scandal
📌22 A book about soccer The Striker - 📚 8th July ⭐⭐⭐
23 A book that is considered healing fiction Before the Coffee Gets Cold
📌24 A book with a happily single woman protagonist The Camomile: An Invention - 📚28th Mar⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌25 A book where the main character is an immigrant or refugee The Bride Test - 📚5th Feb⭐⭐⭐
📌26 A book where an adult character changes careers Rules of Civility - 📚13th Jan⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌27 A book set at a luxury resort The Paradise Problem - 📚9th Jan⭐⭐⭐
28 A book that features an unlikely friendship
29 A book about a food truck
30 A book that reminds you of your childhood
31 A book where music plays an integral part of the storyline Daisy Jones & The Six
32 A book about an overlooked woman in history
33 A book featuring an activity on your bucket list
📌34 A book written by an author who is neurodivergent The Kiss Quotient - 📚6th Feb⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌35 A book centering LGBTQ+ characters that isn't about coming out Somewhere Beyond the Sea - 📚30th Jan⭐⭐⭐
📌36 A book with silver on the cover or in the title The Clocks - 📚1st Mar⭐⭐⭐
37 Two books with the same title (1) The Answer Is No
38 Two books with the same title (2) The Answer Is No
📌39 A classic you've never read Tension - 📚9th Jan ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌40 A book about chosen family The Teller of Small Fortunes - 📚17th Mar ⭐⭐⭐


Advanced Prompts
Easy
41 A book by the oldest author in your TBR pile
42 A book with a title that starts with the letter Y Yellowface
📌43 A book that includes a nonverbal character Out of My Mind - 📚6th Jan⭐⭐⭐
44 A book you have always avoided reading

Medium
📌45 A book with a left-handed character Death Knows No Calendar - 📚16th Mar⭐⭐⭐
46 A book where nature is the antagonist The Obelisk Gate
47 A book of interconnected short stories

Hard
📌48 A book that features a married couple who don't live together Elantris - 📚7th Jan⭐⭐⭐⭐
49 A dystopian book with a happy ending
📌50 A book that features a character with chronic pain [book:Fourth Wing|61431922 - 📚23rd Jan⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

My first ereader was the Kobo, but when it died, I bought a Kindle and am very happy with it too! The advantage of the Kindle is the access to books on Kindle unlimited, free amazon books and the wide range of books available to buy on Amazon. The only thing I miss is that my Kobo kept track of how many books and pages I read but I do that on GR anyway. Hope that helps.

I second Brandon's recommendations. Both are really great collections!

I just finished Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple. The wife Ellen is 42. A 5-star read.

I just finished Neon Gods and the female lead character is 24 yrs old

Thank you for that link! I always have trouble with locations and settings.

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49/50

📌1 A book with the word "leap" in the title Leap of Faith by Elizabeth Johns - 📚7th July⭐⭐⭐
📌2 A bildungsroman book The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin - 📚25th Jan⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌3 A book about a 24-year-old The Foundling by Georgette Heyer - 📚17th July ⭐⭐⭐
📌4 A book about a writer Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson - 📚16th Jan⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌5 A book about K-pop Once Upon a K-Prom - 📚16th Oct⭐⭐
📌6 A book about pirates Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini - 📚21st Oct ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌7 A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete Carrie Soto Is Back - 🎧7th Aug ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌8 A book by a blind or visually impaired author We Solve Murders by Richard Osman - 📚15th Sept⭐⭐⭐
📌9 A book by a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing author Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out by Shannon Reed - 📚28th June⭐⭐⭐
📌10 A book by a self-published author Silent Vows by Jill Ramsower - 📚18th June⭐⭐⭐
📌11 A book from a genre you typically avoid Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez - 📚5th March⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌12 A book from an animal's POV The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa - 📚6th Aug⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌13 A book originally published under a pen name Behind a Mask, or a Woman's Power by A. M. Barnard aka Louisa May Alcott - 📚1st Jan⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌14 A book recommended by a bookseller The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins - 📚22nd June⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌15 A book recommended by a librarian The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson - 📚20th July ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌16 A book set 24 years before you were born On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming - 📚14th Jan⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌17 A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list You Only Live Twice - 📚 12th Feb ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌18 A book set in space 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke - 📚12th Jan ⭐⭐⭐
📌19 A book set in the future The Chrysalids by John Wyndham - 📚7th Jan ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌20 A book set in the snow Craving Chaos by Jill Ramsower - 📚18th June ⭐⭐⭐
📌21 A book that came out in a year that ends with "24" The Rector's Daughter - 📚 22nd Feb ⭐⭐⭐
📌22 A book that centers on video games Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - 📚11th Sept ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌23 A book that features dragons Iron Flame - 📚20th Feb ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌24 A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred Watson - 🎧25th July ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌25 A book that was published 24 years ago (2000) Gathering Blue - 📚7th Sept ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌26 A book that was turned into a musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes - 📚29th Feb ⭐⭐⭐
📌27 A book where someone dies in the first chapter Big Ben Strikes Eleven by David Magarshack - 📚10th Jan⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌28 A book with a main character who's 42 years old Someone at a Distance by Dorothy Whipple - 📚23rd Jan ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌29 A book with a neurodivergent main character Convenience Store Woman - 📚9th Aug⭐⭐⭐
📌30 A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary Recursion - 📚17th Oct ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌31 A book with a title that is a complete sentence Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - 📚5th Feb ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌32 A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot Fourth Wing - 📚16th Feb ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌33 A book with an unreliable narrator Never Let Me Go - 📚27th Apr ⭐⭐⭐
📌34 A book with at least 3 POVs The Rose Code by Kate Quinn - 📚7th Mar ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌35 A book with magical realism Weyward by Emilia Hart - 📚17th Jan⭐⭐⭐
📌36 A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde - 📚22nd Mar ⭐⭐⭐
📌37 A book written during NaNoWriMo The Wedding Date - 📚22nd Feb⭐⭐⭐
📌38 A cozy fantasy book A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher - 🎧8th Jan⭐⭐⭐
📌39 A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author Magic for Liars - 📚12th Apr ⭐⭐⭐
📌40 A horror book by a BIPOC author Best of Luck - 📚23rd Sept ⭐⭐⭐
📌41 A memoir that explores queerness Gender Queer - 🎧8th Aug⭐⭐⭐⭐
42 A nonfiction book about Indigenous people Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants - 🎧
📌43 A second-chance romance Private Arrangements - 📚14th Feb ⭐⭐⭐
📌44 An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics - 🎧28th July ⭐⭐⭐
📌45 An LGBTQ+ romance novel Fingersmith by Sarah Waters - 📚16th Nov⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌46 A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours The Hero of Ages - 📚25th July⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌47 A book with 24 letters in the title The Frangipani Tree Mystery - 📚18th Oct ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌48 A collection of at least 24 poems I Could Chew on This: And Other Poems by Dogs - 📚6th Aug⭐⭐⭐
📌49 The 24th book of an author The Lost World - 📚26th Mar ⭐⭐⭐⭐
📌50 A book that starts with the letter "X" Xingu by Edith Wharton - 📚7th Jan ⭐⭐⭐

Thank you, Brandon! I'll definitely look at SD Perry. I've never read Star Trek

Thank you, Kaia! I'm not too keen on him. He has two books listed but neither seems to be rated or read.

Does anyone have any suggestions for SD apart from Sylvia Day? Even a Classic is welcome.

2023 POPSUGAR Challenge

38/40

Regular

✅1. A book you meant to read in 2022 The Westing Game
2. A book you bought from an independent bookstore Klara and the Sun
✅3. A book about a vacation To the Lighthouse
✅4. A book by a first-time author The Martian
✅5. A book with mythical creatures The Hobbit
✅6. A book about a forbidden romance Lady Chatterley's Lover
✅7. A book with "Girl" in the title Third Girl
✅8. A celebrity memoir Becoming
✅9. A book with a color in the title The White Priory Murders: A Mystery for Christmas: 107
✅10. A romance with a fat lead A Civil Contract
✅11. A book about or set in Hollywood The Black Echo
✅12. A book published in spring 2023 Payback in Death
✅13. A book published the year you were born One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross
✅14. A modern retelling of a classic Neon Gods
✅15. A book with a song lyric as its title Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories
✅16. A book where the main character's name is in the title Vera
✅17. A book with a love triangle Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes
✅18. A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022 The Testaments
✅19. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge Smiley's People
✅20. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023 A Man Called Ove
✅21. A book set in the decade you were born Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice
✅22. A book with a queer lead Brokeback Mountain
✅23. A book with a map Evil Under the Sun
✅24. A book with a rabbit on the cover The Velveteen Rabbit
✅25. A book with just text on the cover High Wages
✅26. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list They're Made Out of Meat
✅27. A #BookTok recommendation Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
✅28. A book you bought secondhand The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book
✅29. A book your friend recommended Lessons in Chemistry
✅30. A book that's on a celebrity book club list The Giver of Stars
✅31. A book about a family Doctor Thorne
✅32. A book that comes out in the second half of 2023 The Last Devil to Die
✅33. A book about an athlete/sport Skating Shoes
✅34. A historical fiction book I Will Repay
35. A book about divorce The Custom of the Country
✅36. A book you think your best friend would like The Running Grave
✅37. A book you should have read in high school The Adventures of Robin Hood
✅38. A book you read more than 10 years ago The Casual Vacancy
✅39. A book you wish you could read for the first time again Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
✅40. A book by an author with the same initials as you The Lost World

POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2022

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📌1. A book published in 2022: Abandoned in Death
📌2. A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship: Death on the Nile
📌3. A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society: Children of Time
📌4. A book with a tiger on the cover or “tiger” in the title: The Teeth of the Tiger
📌5. A sapphic book: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
📌6. A book by a Latinx author: Blindness
7. A book with an onomatopoeia in its title: Scientific Progress Goes "Boink"
📌8. A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid: The Ink Black Heart
📌9. A book with a “found family”: Project Hail Mary
📌10. An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner: Half of a Yellow Sun or To Sir, With Love
📌11. A #BookTok recommendation: The Book Thief
📌12. A book about the afterlife: The Midnight Library
📌13. A book set in the 1980s: A Time to Kill
📌14. A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
15. A book by a Pacific Islander author: The Bone People
📌16. A book about witches: Lolly Willowes
📌17. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022: Persuasion
18. A romance novel by a BIPOC author: Giovanni's Room
📌19. A book that takes place during your favorite season: The Honjin Murders
📌20. A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read: Suspects Nine
21. A book about a band or musical group: Daisy Jones & The Six
📌22. A book with a character on the ace spectrum: All Systems Red
📌23. A book with a recipe in it: Recipe for a Perfect Wife
📌24. A book you can read in one sitting: Foundation
📌25. A book about a secret: Second Foundation
📌26. A book with a misleading title: My Evil Mother
📌27. A Hugo Award winner: Stranger in a Strange Land
📌28. A book set during a holiday: Lament for a Maker
📌29. A different book by an author you read in 2021: The Mysterious Island
📌30. A book with the name of a board game in the title: The Queen's Gambit
📌31. A book featuring a man-made disaster: The Handmaid's Tale
32. A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page ( J.K. Rowling): I Capture the Castle
📌33. A social-horror book: Rosemary's Baby
📌34. A book set in Victorian times: Barchester Towers
📌35. A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title: Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays
📌36. A book you know nothing about: A Gentleman in Moscow
📌37. A book about gender identity: The Left Hand of Darkness
📌38. A book featuring a party: A Case of Murder in Mayfair
39. An #OwnVoices SFF (science fiction and fantasy) book: Kindred
📌40. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge ( A Mystery or Thriller) : The Big Bow Mystery

Advanced
📌41. A book with a reflected image on the cover or “mirror” in the title: Solaris
📌42. A book that features two languages: The Name of the Rose
43. A book with a palindromic title: R.U.R.
📌44. A duology (1): Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
📌45. A duology (2): Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
📌46. A book about someone leading a double life: The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien
📌47. A book featuring a parallel reality: Piranesi
📌48. A book with two POVs: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
📌49. Two books set in twin towns, aka “sister cities” (1) Chicago - The Razor's Edge
📌50. Two books set in twin towns, aka “sister cities” (2) Moscow - The Provincial Lady in Russia