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Popsugar Reading Challenge - 2017

4. An audiobook The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
15. A book with a subtitle Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile The Wee Free Men
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017 Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
51. A book about a difficult topic Homegoing

32. A book about an interesting woman - Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton ✔
8/30 complete!

10/30

6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title If on a Winter's Night a Traveler Finished 1/16/2017
33. A book set in two different time periods The Sparrow Finished 1/4/2017
Advanced
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee Behold the Dreamers Finished 1/8/2017
52. A book based on mythology American Gods Finished 1/31/2017

Completed:
26.

Goal: 8/52
1. A book recommended by a librarian
---> A Court of Thorns and Roses
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long
---> Persuasion
8. A book with multiple authors
---> A House to Let
11. A book with an author who uses a pseudonym
---> The Bad Beginning
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited
---> The Three-Body Problem
28. A novel set during wartime
---> The Girl from Venice
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before
---> Intertwined
42. A bestseller from 2016
---> A Court of Mist and Fury

18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
27. A book with a title that's a character's Name The One Memory of Flora Banks
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee Missing
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book Quidditch Through the Ages
-->5/36

4/40
23. A book with a red spine - Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
27. A book with a title that's a character's name - Cress

Finished
A Mistress of the Art of Death for a book with a red spine
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society for a book with multiple authors
The Winter People for book from a genre you don't normally read
Code Name Verity, for a book with an unreliable narrator

We've chosen "travel" or "letters" for next month's discussion.
Any suggestions for books based on letters,postcards or similar please?
Pat.B

Current count: 6/52
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families
3. A book of letters
4. An audiobook (read the book version;-)
5. A book by a person of color
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title
7. A book that is a story within a story
8. A book with multiple authors
10. A book with a cat on the cover
11. A book with an author who uses a pseudonym
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability
14. A book involving travel
15. A book with a subtitle
16. A book that's published in 2017
17. A book involving a mythical creature
18. A book you haven't read before that will make you smile
19. A book about food
20. A book with a career woman
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective
22. A steampunk novel
23. A book with a red spine
24. A book set in the wilderness
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited
28. A novel set during wartime
29. A book with an unreliable narrator
30. A book with pictures
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you
32. A book about an interesting woman
33. A book set in two different time periods
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title
35. A book set in a hotel
36. A book written by someone you admire
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before
40. A book you bought on a trip
Advanced
41. A book recommended by an author you love
42. A bestseller from 2016
43. A book with a family-member term in the title
44. A book that takes place over a character's life span
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of
48. A book that's more than 800 pages
49. A book you got from a used book sale
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book
51. A book about a difficult topic
52. A book based on mythology

✓24. A book set in the wilderness - The Naturalist in Nicaragua by Thomas Belt
Thomas Belt explores some of the more remote areas within Nicaragua back in the 1800's; I enjoyed learning more about the history and natural elements of this beautiful country.

POPSUGAR 2017 READING CHALLENGE
Duration January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
"Hardcore" version, 20 / 52 books
1. A book recommended by a librarian

3. A book of letters
4. An audiobook
5. A book by a person of color

7. A book that is a story within a story

9. An espionage thriller
10. A book with a cat on the cover

12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read

14. A book involving travel




19. A book about food
20. A book with career advice

22. A steampunk novel

24. A book set in the wilderness
25. A book you loved as a child
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited

28. A novel set during wartime

30. A book with pictures


33. A book set in two different time periods
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title
35. A book set in a hotel

37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas

40. A book you bought on a trip
Advanced
41. A book recommended by an author you love

43. A book with a family-member term in the title
44. A book that takes place over a character's life span
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of

48. A book that's more than 800 pages
49. A book you got from a used book sale
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book
51. A book about a difficult topic


Progress: 3/52
4. audiobook -

24. set in wilderness -

27. title is character's name -


28.
52.
progress: 24/52

15. A book with a subtitle.
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War by Lynsey Addario (5 stars)

05. A book by a person of colour. An Untamed State (2017.01.19, ★★★★★).
11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym. The Bad Beginning (2017.01.14, ★★★☆☆).
14. A book involving travel. The Carnivorous Carnival (2017.01.28, ★★★★☆).
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective. The Book Thief (2017.01.07, ★★★★☆).
27. A book with a title that's a character's name. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I & II (2017.01.16, ★★★☆☆).
29. A book with an unreliable narrator. The Handmaid's Tale (2017.01.15, ★★★★☆).
31. A book where the main character is of a different ethnicity from you. The Ersatz Elevator (2017.01.23, ★★★☆☆).
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before. Divergent (2017.01.09, ★★★★☆).
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of (Space Opera). The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2017.01.14, ★★★★★).
47. A book with an eccentric character. The Reptile Room (2017.01.21, ★★☆☆☆).
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book. The Wide Window (2017.01.21, ★★★☆☆).
51. A book about a difficult topic. The Austere Academy (2017.01.22, ★★★★☆).
52. A book based on mythology. American Gods (2017.01.04, ★★★★☆).
Latest addition:
35. A book set in a hotel. The Penultimate Peril (2017.02.03, ★★★★☆).

✓8. A book with multiple authors - Death & Strudel: A Belle Appleman Mystery by Dorothy & Sidney Rosen
Update to message #10.
✅ 24. A book set in the wilderness: Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
7/52
✅ 24. A book set in the wilderness: Life of Pi by Yann Martel 02/04/2017 ★★★★☆
7/52

15. A book with a subtitle - The Secrets of the Flesh: A Story of Colette by Judith Thurman
8/52

18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - ****
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before - Child 44 - ***
12/18

5/20
26. A book by an author (Jojo Moyes) from a country you've never visited Paris for One (UK) 2-3-17
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9/25
Added 2 more:
✔15. A book with a subtitle Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution
✔27. A book with a title that's a character's name Macbeth