Popsugar Reading Challenge - 2016 Showing 1,951-2,000 of 2,196

[Willoyd]

I'd like to join in with the challenge please. I'm late to it here, but have been doing it with a few others. Aiming to complete all 40, and am up to 33 at the time of writing.

Current total: 40/40, completed 3rd October 2016

1. A book based on a fairy tale: The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories - Angela Carter
2. A National Book Award winner: The Swerve - Stephen Greenblatt
3. A YA bestseller: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole - Sue Townsend
4. A book you haven't read since high school: The Go-Between - LP Hartley
5. A book set in your home county: Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
6. A book translated to English: Berlin Now - Peter Schneider
7. A romance set in the future: The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham
8. A book set in Europe: Germany, Memories of a Nation - Neil Macgregor
9. A book that's under 150 pages: Rain, Four Walks in English Weather - Melissa Harrison
10. A New York Times bestseller: True Grit - Charles Portis
11. A book that's becoming a movie this year: Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carroll
12. A book recommended by someone you just met: The Somme - Gary Sheffield
13. A self-improvement book: Seven Brief Lessons in Physics - Carlo Rovelli
14. A book you can finish in a day: The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher - Hilary Mantel
15. A book written by a celebrity: The Battle of the Atlantic - Jonathan Dimbleby
16. A political memoir: Diaries, In Power 1983 to 1992 - Alan Clark
17. A book at least 100 years older than you: Evelina - Frances Burney
18. A book that's more than 600 pages: The Strangest Family - Janice Hadlow
19. A book from R+J's Book Club: A Man Called Ove - Fredrick Backman
20. A science-fiction novel: The Midwich Cuckoos - John Wyndham
21. A book recommended by a family member: The Racer - David Millar
22. A graphic novel: Asterix, The Bonnie Fechter - Goscinny & Uderzo
23. A book that is published in 2016: Landskipping - Anna Pavord
24. A book with a protagonist that has your occupation: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark
25. A book that takes place during summer: The Driver's Seat - Muriel Spark
26. A book and its prequel: Mansfield Park - Jane Austen & Becoming Mrs Norris - Alexa Adams
27. A murder mystery: The Two-Penny Bar - Georges Simenon
28. A book written by a comedian: Stephen Fry in America
29. A dystopian novel: Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn
30. A book with a blue cover: Blaming - Elizabeth Taylor
31. A book of poetry: The Death of King Arthur - Simon Armitage
32. The first book you see in a bookstore: The Running Hare - John Lewis-Stempel
33. A classic from the 20th century: Ragtime - EL Doctorow
34. A book from the library: 1815 - Stephen Bates
35. An autobiography: The Unexpected Professor - John Carey
36. A book about a road trip: The Bean Trees - Barbara Kingsolver
37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with: And The Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
38. A satirical book: Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
39. A book that takes place on an island: The Blackhouse - Peter May
40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy: Winnie-the-Pooh - AA Milne

[Janine]

I have read two more, putting me at 35/40. Full list.

19. A book from Oprah's Book Club - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
26. A book and its prequel - Throne of Glass + The Assassin's Blade

[Willoyd]

Update #1986

34/40:
16. A political memoir: Diaries, In Power 1983 to 1992 - Alan Clark

[Fallon]

Update message #55

34/40
18. A book that's more than 600 pages - Drums of Autumn
23. A book that is published in 2016 - Sage's Eyes
40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

[Shannon]

Updated msg 1587

2. A National Book Award winner Words By Heart

35.5/40

[Cheri]

Update: 31/40
Task 31. A book of poetry.

Electric Light by Seamus Heaney (4 stars)

[Stephanie]

Update: I finished "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides, one of Oprah's Book Club Book. It certainly earned it. I now have 23/40

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #1448.

✔ 26. A book and its prequel The Lord of the Rings ★★★☆☆ and The Hobbit ★★★★☆ by J.R.R. Tolkien

38/40

[Kym]

Pop Sugar Reading Challenge
21/40
10. A New York Times bestseller All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

[Nurai]

Update: 15/25

An Autobiography: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.

[Mie]

Update - original post 1772 - progress 38/40

✔️ A dystopian novel - The Selection #2 - Kiera Cass

[Kirsten]

Updated Message 1975

[Kym]

Pop Sugar Reading Challenge
22/40
1. A book based on a fairy tale - The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy (really good reading)

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #1448.

✔ 16. A political memoir I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai ★★★★★

39/40

[Willoyd]

Update #1986

31. A book of poetry: The Death of King Arthur - Simon Armitage

Which makes 35/40.

[Charity]

Updated message 43.

16/25

[Kym]

Pop Sugar Reading Challenge
23/40
7. A romance set in the future - Divergent by Veronica Roth

[Kirsty]

Update message #284
18/40
:)

[Melissa]

updated message 1061: 31/40

#27: a murder mystery: You Will Know Me
#31: a book of poetry: Citizen: An American Lyric
#37: a book about a culture that you're unfamiliar with: Sarah's Key

[Susan C]

Updated message 31

27/40

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #1448.

✔ 2. A National Book Award winner Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier ★★★★★

40/40

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #1448.

***COMPLETE***

✔ 1. A book based on a fairy tale Scarlet by Marissa Meyer ★★★★☆
✔ 2. A National Book Award winner Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier ★★★★★
✔ 3. A YA bestseller City of Bones by Cassandra Clare ★★★☆☆
✔ 4. A book you haven't read since high school Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev ★★★★☆
✔ 5. A book set in your home state Dersu the Trapper by Vladimir Arsenyev ★☆☆☆☆
✔ 6. A book translated to English Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov★★★★☆
✔ 7. A romance set in the future Saga, Volume 1 by Brian K. Vaughan ★★★★★
✔ 8. A book set in Europe Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert ★★☆☆☆
✔ 9. A book that's under 150 pages Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll ★★☆☆☆
✔ 10. A New York Times bestseller Paper Towns by John Green ★★☆☆☆
✔ 11. A book that's becoming a movie this year Lady Susan by Jane Austen ★★★☆☆
✔ 12. A book recommended by someone you just met Апокалипсис Welcome by Zотов ★★☆☆☆
✔ 13. A self-improvement book The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana by Mallanaga Vātsyāyana ★★☆☆☆
✔ 14. A book you can finish in a day The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank ★★★☆☆
✔ 15. A book written by a celebrity The English Roses by Madonna ★☆☆☆☆
✔ 16. A political memoir I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai ★★★★★
✔ 17. A book at least 100 years older than you Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen ★★★☆☆
✔ 18. A book that's more than 600 pages The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek ★☆☆☆☆
✔ 19. A book from Oprah's Book Club One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez ★★★★★
✔ 20. A science-fiction novel Solaris by Stanisław Lem ★★☆☆☆
✔ 21. A book recommended by a family member The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham ★★★☆☆
✔ 22. A graphic novel Nothing is Forgotten by Ryan Andrews ★★★★★
✔ 23. A book that is published in 2016 Big Rock by Lauren Blakely ★★☆☆☆
✔ 24. A book with a protagonist that has your occupation Сумерки by Dmitry Glukhovsky ★★★★☆
✔ 25. A book that takes place during summer The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ★★★★☆
✔ 26. A book and its prequel The Lord of the Rings ★★★☆☆ and The Hobbit ★★★★☆ by J.R.R. Tolkien
✔ 27. A murder mystery "Thou Art the Man" by Edgar Allan Poe ★★★★☆
✔ 28. A book written by a comedian Yes Please by Amy Poehler ★★☆☆☆
✔ 29. A dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell ★★★★★
✔ 30. A book with a blue cover The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald ★★★★☆
✔ 31. A book of poetry Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin ★★★★★
✔ 32. The first book you see in a bookstore Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas ★★☆☆☆
✔ 33. A classic from the 20th century Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut ★★★★★
✔ 34. A book from the library Salvation of a Forsyte, and Other Stories by John Galsworthy ★★★★★
✔ 35. An autobiography Other Shores by Vladimir Nabokov ★★☆☆☆
✔ 36. A book about a road trip The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien ★★★★☆
✔ 37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with Shirley by Charlotte Brontë ★☆☆☆☆
✔ 38. A satirical book The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov ★★★☆☆
✔ 39. A book that takes place on an island Lord of the Flies by William Golding ★★★★☆
✔ 40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy City of Glass by Cassandra Clare ★★★★★

40/40

[Chetara]

*Message 1625 (page 33) on challenge broad*
26 of 37 completed; Removed task 13, 21 & 24 from challenge.

✔35. An autobiography – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (8/30/16)

[Kym]

Pop Sugar Reading Challenge
24/40
25. A book that takes place during summer - The Things We Wish Were True by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen

[Kirsten]

Updated post 1975

[KellI]

Update to post 136. I am now 34/40!

[Kym]

Pop Sugar Reading Challenge
25/40
29. A dystopian novel - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

[Samantha (AK)]

Updated Message 225 - 12/15

[Cheri]

Update: 32/40

Task 32: The first book you see in a bookstore.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling (3 stars)

[Chetara]

*Message 1625 (page 33) on challenge broad*
27 of 37 completed; Removed task 13, 21 & 24 from challenge.

✔30. A book with a blue cover – Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells (9/8/16)

[Stephanie]

Update: I just finished "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom for my self-improvement category. I now have 24/40.

[Emily]

UPDATE

Sorry it's been so long!

1. A book based on a fairy tale
2. A National Book Award winner- Warm Bodies
3. A YA bestseller- Let it snow
4. A book you haven't read since high school
5. A book set in your home state- Ways to live forever
6. A book translated to English
7. A romance set in the future- Prodigy
8. A book set in Europe – Between shades of grey
9. A book that's under 150 pages- Fantastic beasts and where to find them
10. A New York Times bestseller- City Of Bones
11. A book that's becoming a movie this year
12. A book recommended by someone you just met- City of Ashes
13. A self-improvement book- Life’s to f******* short
14. A book you can finish in a day- Severed Heads, Broken hearts
15. A book written by a celebrity
16. A political memoir
17. A book at least 100 years older than you
18. A book that's more than 600 pages
19. A book from Oprah's Book Club
20. A science-fiction novel
21. A book recommended by a family member- The Book Theif
22. A graphic novel- Username Evie
23. A book that is published in 2016
24. A book with a protagonist that has your occupation
25. A book that takes place during summer
26. A book and its prequel
27. A murder mystery
28. A book written by a comedian
29. A dystopian novel- Legend
30. A book with a blue cover- Wonder
31. A book of poetry
32. The first book you see in a bookstore- Solitaire
33. A classic from the 20th century- Wizard of Oz
34. A book from the library
35. An autobiography- MEMEME
36. A book about a road trip:
37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with: BUDDHISM
38. A satirical book
39. A book that takes place on an island
40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy- Reasons to stay alive

19/40

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 3

36/32

[Colleen]

Update post 1296

27/40

23. A book that is published in 2016 We're All Damaged 9/10/16
28. A book written by a comedian Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo

[Cassandra]

Congratulations to Anna for finishing her challenge!

Welcome to the challenge, Will. :)

[Tania]

Update message 928, progress 22/40

✓32. The first book you see in a bookstore: Inadmissable by Tamer Elsayed

[Adria]

Updated message 1086

20/20 completed!

[Tania]

Updating message 928, progress 23/40

✓35. An autobiography: Animals Don't Blush by David R. Gross

[Kym]

Pop Sugar Challenge Update
26/40
23. A book that is published in 2016 - The Muse by Jessica Burton

[Tania]

Update message 928, progress 24/40

✓13. A self-improvement book: 21 Power Habits for a Winning Life with Empowering Affirmations & Words of Wisdom by Krystal Kuehn

[GailW]

update message 86, completed 38 of 41.

[Mie]

Update - original post 1772 - progress 39/40

✔️ A book with a protagonist that has your occupation - The devil wears Prada - Laura Weisberger

[Shannon]

Updated msg 1587

4. A book you haven't read since high school Lord of the Flies

I didn't actually read this book in high school, but I can't remember ALL of the books I did read. The ones I can remember, I have already read again. So, I am counting this one since it has been a required reader in many high schools.

36.5/40

[Charity]

Updated message 43.

17/25

[ChrisP]

11/40
1. A book based on a fairy tale Uprooted***
2. A National Book Award winnerRebecca****
3. A YA bestseller
4. A book you haven't read since high school
5. A book set in your home state
6. A book translated to English
7. A romance set in the futureLost Stars*****
8. A book set in Europe
9. A book that's under 150 pages
10. A New York Times bestseller Finders Keepers***
11. A book that's becoming a movie this year
12. A book recommended by someone you just met
13. A self-improvement book
14. A book you can finish in a day
15. A book written by a celebrity
16. A political memoir
17. A book at least 100 years older than you
18. A book that's more than 600 pages
19. A book from Oprah's Book Club
20. A science-fiction novel Golden Son*****
21. A book recommended by a family member
22. A graphic novel
23. A book that is published in 2016
24. A book with a protagonist that has your occupation
25. A book that takes place during summer The Traveling Vampire Show***
26. A book and its prequel
27. A murder mystery
28. A book written by a comedian
29. A dystopian novel Bird Box****
30. A book with a blue cover
31. A book of poetry
32. The first book you see in a bookstore
33. A classic from the 20th centuryThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz****
34. A book from the library Aftermath**
35. An autobiography
36. A book about a road trip The Rising***
37. A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with
38. A satirical bookThe Addams Family***
39. A book that takes place on an islandCat's Cradle****
40. A book that's guaranteed to bring you joy

[Kelly]

Updated #32.

30/30 complete!

[Dramapuppy]

Updated message 1772
28/40

[Kirsty]

Update msg 284:

21/40 :)

[Bücherhörnchen]

Update September

4. A book you haven't read since high school Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
24. A book with a protagonist that has your occupation Book of Lies (I'm a Student)
29. A dystopian novel Red Queen
39. A book that takes place on an island Der Schatz von Acapulco


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[Robin]

What a great feeling! I have one more to go.