Libby’s Comments (group member since Mar 29, 2020)

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

A few I've read and can recommend:

For a literary fiction read:
For a YA read:
For a middle grade read:
For a poetry read:
For a fantasy read:

Barb wrote: "To Libby #798:
Do you mind if I ask about your use of The Alchemist for prompt #18? I can't remember a made up language. I found a few of your choices interesting BTW!
Regards, Barb #569"

Apologies for the delay, I went with "language of the heart" to me that's a made up language!

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion

How to do Nothing:

Kate wrote: "I'm thinking about Uprooted for this prompt. The author Naomi Novik has a masters degree in Computer Science so I think it fits."

Yay, more excuses to read through the Temeraire series! His Majesty's Dragon

New to the group but not the challenge! My changed schedule to working at home in my full time and at the grocery store I work at from my usual shift to 10pm-2am (after we close) gave me time to listen to books.

This week I read:

Oona Out of Order - Book published in 2020
Girl lives life out of order and has to come to grips with this fact. Was not a fan of this book despite the hype. I found there to be too much focus on age and beauty without much thought/analysis on these themes.

Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion - Involving Social Media
Thoughtful essays on the self and feminism. Some really interesting and well written thoughts, good to think about during this time of increased focus on "productivity."

Wilder Girls - Medical Thriller
YA type book about girls quarantined on an island after getting infected with the "tox." Entertaining but ultimately forgettable for me.

Summer of '69 - author with more than 20 books
A beach read about a family living through major and minor events in the summer of 69. I enjoyed these characters and thought they were written interestingly with flaws.

Currently Reading:
The Girl in the Tower (using for other challenge)
The Dearly Beloved (main character in 20s)'

QOTW
I've been cutting down on my facebook use as discussing the virus right now is either too stressful or aggravating.

46/50

2020 Challenge - Regular prompts
✔️ A book that's published in 2020 - Oona Out of Order
✔️ A book by a trans or nonbinary author -I Wish You All the Best
✔️ A book with a great first line - A Woman Is No Man
✔️ A book about a book club - The Ten Thousand Doors of January
✔️ A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics The Girl in the Tower
✔️ A bildungsroman - Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
✔️ The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed - Everyone Knows You Go Home
✔️ A book with an upside-down image on the cover - Fleishman Is in Trouble
✔️ A book with a map - Ninth House
✔️ A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club - Ayesha at Last
✔️ An anthology - We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
✔️ A book that passes the Bechdel test - Stay and Fight
✔️ A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it - The Proposal
✔️ A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name - Song of a Captive Bird
✔️ A book about or involving social media - Tweet Cute
✔️ A book that has a book on the cover - The Last Book Party
✔️ A medical thriller - Wilder Girls
✔️ A book with a made-up language - The Alchemist
✔️ A book set in a country beginning with "C" - The Disappeared
✔️ A book you picked because the title caught your attention - What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker: A Memoir in Essays
✔️ A book published the month of your birthday - Things in Jars
✔️ A book about or by a woman in STEM - Black Powder War
✔️ A book that won an award in 2019 - Call Me Zebra
✔️ A book on a subject you know nothing about - The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness
✔️ A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics - Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
✔️ A book with a pun in the title - Frankissstein: A Love Story
✔️ A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins - The Gifted School
✔️ A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character - The Municipalists
✔️ A book with a bird on the cover - Red Birds
✔️ A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader - Red, White & Royal Blue
31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title - Golden Child
✔️ A book by a WOC - The City We Became
✔️ A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads The Dearly Beloved
✔️ A book you meant to read in 2019 - The Overstory
✔️ A book with a three-word title - The Knockout Queen
✔️ A book with a pink cover - The Rules Do Not Apply
✔️ A Western Upright Women Wanted
✔️ A book by or about a journalist - Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family
39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week Her Body and Other Parties
✔️ Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge (A book you think should be turned into a movie) -The Downstairs Girl

2020 Challenge - Advanced prompts
✔️ A book written by an author in their 20s - Conversations with Friends
2. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
✔️ A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision) - Pet (enhancement, although it is not necessarily just about having better eyesight, the char actor is better able to "see")
✔️ A book set in the 1920s - Enchanted Islands
✔️ A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics - The Lonesome Bodybuilder
✔️ A book by an author who has written more than 20 books - Summer of '69
✔️ A book with more than 20 letters in its title - The Girl with the Louding Voice
✔️ A book published in the 20th century -Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
9. A book from a series with more than 20 books - Giant Days, Vol. 1
✔️ A book with a main character in their 20s - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous