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Popsugar Reading Challenge - 2016
4 more done since my last post!5. A book set in your home state - Florida - Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
9. A book that's under 150 pages - Animal Farm by George Orwell
15. A book written by a celebrity - Suck It, Wonder Woman!: The Misadventures of a Hollywood Geek by Olivia Munn
26. A book and its prequel - Me Before You and After You by Jojo Moyes
update:16/20
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39. A book that takes place on an island - Headhunters on my Doorstep by Troost ✓ May 283/41
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Updating msg 723:3. A YA bestseller - Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer -- READ
29. A dystopian novel - Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick -- READ
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Hi, Couple of updates:16 political memoir - It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership
7. A romance in the future: The Crown
23. A book published in 2016: My Name Is Lucy Barton
Update message 26: 34/4029. A dystopian novel - Ready Player One
40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy - What Do You Care What Other People Think?
16. A political memoir - Was ich noch sagen wollte
32. The first book you see in a bookstore - Oh, The Places You'll Go!
#35 Public Library Enemy #1 by Caroline AddersonA sad dog, a murdered book, a library, and a boy. A children's book that made me laugh.
Update message 5524/40
20. A science-fiction novel - 11/22/63
25. A book that takes place during summer - Delirium
Updated message 90 -- 35/40✔35. An autobiography -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly--05/28/16
✔18. A book that's more than 600 pages -- The Pillars of the Earth--06/02/16
Update for May: -->12/3010. A New York Times bestseller City of Heavenly Fire
37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with Starcrossed (Greek Culture)
40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy Rubinrot
Progress on this yearly goal has slowed down massively. It's trickier with fewer categories to fill and the ones that are left are harder or I'm less keen on! Luckily I'm ahead of schedule anyway.I have read two more, putting me at 30/40. Full list.
1. A book based on a fairy tale - Cress
35. An autobiography - Andy Murray: Seventy-Seven: My Road to Wimbledon Glory
Update: I finished my recommended by a friend/family category by reading Jane Eyre. My mom has been recommending it for years. I am now up to 16/40
Update message message 1018 : 10/25 A New York Times bestseller
A National Book Award winner (Galaxy National Book Awards)
Update to message #1448.
✔ 7. A romance set in the future Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★
20/40
✔ 7. A romance set in the future Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★
20/40
Update msg 158911. A book that's becoming a movie this year The Girl on the Train
16. A political memoir Rosewater: A Family's Story of Love, Captivity, and Survival
29/40
Update to msg 1213.21. A book recommended by a family member: Firefly Lane
4.5 stars. A little long, but very sweet. Good beach read.
update me!! :)21/40
23. A book that is published in 2016 The Crown by Kiera Cass
34. A book from the library City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
35. An autobiography Life by Keith Richards
Updating message 928:Progress 16/40
✓25. A book that takes place during summer: Best Horse by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk
✓27. A murder mystery: Death in Cyprus by M.M. Kaye
Update: 10/25. A book that's based on a fairytale: A Court of Thorns and Roses (beauty and the beast).
Update to message 105.[√] A Book That Is Guaranteed To Bring You Joy – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
10/55
Updated msg 1589 22. A graphic novel There's a Hair in My Dirt!: A Worm's Story
30/40
I am not sure if this is truly a "graphic novel", but it is an adult cartoon book.
Update: 5/1040. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy: After You
21. A book that is recommended by a family member: De Amerikaanse prinses
30. A book with a blue cover: If I Stay
34. A book from the library: The Last Letter from Your Lover
35. An autobiography: Beter
Edit to post #20420/40
13. A self-improvement book - Living a Safe Universe: A Book for Seth Readers by Lynda Madden Dahl
Another couple knocked off...✔ 35. An autobiography
Love in the Outback by Deb Hunt ~ read 4/6/16 ★★★
✔ 3. A YA bestseller
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart ~ read 5/6/16 ★★★★
Sub total = 10/40
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9. A book that's under 150 pages - A Cut Too Far (By Herman Brown)
23. A book that is published in 2016 - Exit, Pursued By A Bear (E.K. Johnston)
34. A book from the library - American Ace (Marilyn Nelson)
New Total - 6/20