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Popsugar Reading Challenge - 2017
20 of 39 completed, Removed task 19 *Revised on 6/8/17*
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Original Post: Page 5 – Message 220
Updated message 1182Completed 42/52
43. A book with a family member term in the title The Brothers Karamazov
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Updated message # 343Progress: Completed 29/35
Edited post #1041.41/52 completed.
#18: En man som heter Ove
#33: De oroliga
#37: Murder on the Orient Express
Update msg 17: 34/40✅ 31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you - Love in the Time of Cholera ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Pop Sugar 2017 Reading ChallengeProgress: 25/40
19. A book about food - A Greedy Man in a Hungry World by Jay Rayner
Update: 14/40 - a book with multiple authors, First Love by James Patterson & Emily Raymond15/40 - a book by an author from a country you've never visited, I Am The Messenger by Markus Zusak
16/40 - a book set in two different time periods, Visit from the Goon Squad
17/40 - the first book in a series you haven't read before, The Gunslinger by Stephan King
Update to message 132.26. A Book By An Author From a Country You’ve Never Visited - Into the Water by Paula Hawkins (06/12/2017)
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Updated OM 130 with:02. A book that’s been on your TBR list for way too long. Shadowfever (2017.06.13, ★★★☆☆).
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Not sure where my original post is, but I have surpassed my goal of (10) by reading (14)... and still counting.1. A book recommended by a librarian
✓2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long: Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
3. A book of letters
4. An audiobook
✓5. A book by a person of color: Mind of My Mind by Octavia E. Butler
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
9. An espionage thriller
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: You're Welcome, Universe by Whitney Gardner
✓14. A book involving travel: Redwood and Wildfire by Andrea Hairston
✓15. A book with a subtitle: Nearly Orthodox: On being a modern woman in an ancient tradition by Angela Doll Carlson
16. A book that's published in 2017
17. A book involving a mythical creature
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile
19. A book about food
20. A book with career advice
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective
✓22. A steampunk novel: Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie M. Liu
23. A book with a red spine
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: Central Station by Lavie Tidhar
✓27. A book with a title that's a character's name: The Book of Joan by Lidia Yuknavitch
28. A novel set during wartime
✓29. A book with an unreliable narrator: Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delaney
30. A book with pictures
✓31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you: Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
✓32. A book about an interesting woman: First Women: The Grace and Power of America's Modern First Ladies by Kate Anderson Brower
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: Foundation by Isaac Asimov
40. A book you bought on a trip
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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: The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story by Hyeonseo Lee
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of
47. A book with an eccentric character
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: Black Silent Majority: The Rockefeller Drug Laws and the Politics of Punishment by Michael Javen Fortner
52. A book based on mythology
Update: 34/40 38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves (5 stars)
(Note - I had previously used a different book for this task, but I switched it out to another category that it also fit.)
Update to post 19219/40
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long - The Dovekeepers
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title - Winter
8. A book with multiple authors - Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
Oh, wow! I just reached my stated goal of 36 books from the PopSugar challenge. I've got them recorded below. I'm updating my goal to be all 52 books!
1. A book recommended by a librarian
The Girl Who Drank the Moon The 2017 Newbery Award book
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long
Little Altars Everywhere, been on my nightstand stack for 16 months
3. A book of lettersWhere'd You Go, Bernadette
4. An audiobook
5. A book by a person of color
The Best We Could Do, (also works for refugees and book set in two periods)
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title
7. A book that is a story within a story
Peach Pies and Alibis (also works for mythical creature)
8. A book with multiple authors
Imperial Lady
9. An espionage thriller
10. A book with a cat on the cover
11. A book with an author who uses a pseudonym
Brain Trust, Lynn Sholes also writes as Lynn Armistead McKee (also works for multiple authors)
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 1—Phantom Blood, Vol. 1, This is a double score, as I don't normally read Graphic Novel, and it's the very first Manga I've ever read. Too bad I didn't like it.
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability
Wonderstruck, although many would not consider deafness to be a disability
14. A book involving travel
'Tis, McCourt goes from New York City to Germany during the Korean War, and travels between there and Ireland, and NYC and Ireland several times throughout the book
15. A book with a subtitle
The Worry Trick: How Worry Controls You and What You Can Do to Take Back your Life
16. A book that's published in 2017 -
The Power of Different: The Link Between Disorder and Genius, coming out on March 7 (I got an advance reader copy through a Goodreads giveaway)
17. A book involving a mythical creature -
The Fairy Circus, Well - - fairies! ;D
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile
19. A book about food -
The Corn Grows Ripe, the primary food for a Mayan village
20. A book with career advice -
How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age -
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective
They Called Me Dragon: A Narrative Account of My Adventures on the Planet Earth, J’o’ Ka Joarchim is a Joviahn, naughtily visiting the planet Earth and embroiling himself in human affairs - a most superb little read.
22. A steampunk novel -
Boneshaker
23. A book with a red spine
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
The Alchemist I've never been to Brazil.
27. A book with a title that's a character's name -
Henry VI, Part 2
28. A novel set during wartime -
The Women in the Castle WWII and aftermath, examining experiences of 3 German women in particular
29. A book with an unreliable narrator -
A Human Silicon Chip, for Subir's complete personality flip-flop and evidenced shallowness for all his socialist idealism
30. A book with pictures -
The Secret River, Surely, this 2009 illustration reinterpration by the Dillons would have enchanted Rawlings. (also works for different ethnicity character)
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you
Bronze and Sunflower, Sunflower and Bronze are Chinese. (also works for published in 2017, the American translation edition)
32. A book about an interesting woman
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars How about several interesting women? :)
33. A book set in two different time periods
Almost Missed You (also works for published in 2017)
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title
Fear on Friday
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
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, (also works for a book set in the wilderness)
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before
Encircling, (Innsirkling #1, translated)
40. A book you bought on a trip
The Crying of Lot 49, So very dumb. Even the author didn't like it
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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 The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights - (also works for travel)
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee
Beautiful Hero: How We Survived the Khmer Rouge - I am in awe of this family's survival.
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of
Bats of the Republic: An Illuminated Novel - "Although the advent of e-books has ushered portability and convenience into the home library, that proliferation of pdfs has endangered those satisfactions unique to paper and pen. From this technological turbulence has emerged the illuminated novel—-a book that takes a conventional plot as its centerpiece and then decorates it with postcards, leaflets and other addenda. Printed, drawn or wedged into the pages, these inserts become critical appendages of the story and transform books, such as J.J. Abrams’ and Doug Dorst’s collaboration S. and Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves, into odes to the physical. With Bats of the Republic, Zachary Thomas Dodson makes his bold entrance into this intriguing genre." from https://www.pastemagazine.com/article...
47. A book with an eccentric character
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale - Ahab, Queequeg, Ezekiel, Gabriel, Pip
48. A book that's more than 800 pages
49. A book you got from a used book sale
The Taming of the Shrew - nasty, horrid misogyny, don't care of the century involved
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book
51. A book about a difficult topic
808 Conversation Starters for Couples:, because it is difficult to keep relationships meaningful over the years, and because many of its prompts a deeply personal questions that are difficult to address to oneself, let alone to a partner.
52. A book based on mythology
Robyn Hood: Outlaw Princess -I wasn't sure if Robin Hood counts for this category, but the Meriam Webster definition says "the myths dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people" - so there we go!
22/4536. A book written by someone you admire - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Update to post 100:32. A book about an interesting woman - Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
35. A book set in a hotel - The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard
31/52
18/40 - 16. A book published in 2017: Caraval
Just completed #19 (book about food) - The Wish Granter by C.J. Redwine. Really entertaining read! I love Redwine's reimagined fairytales! And I especially love her female heroes - no simpering, sleepy damsels in this book! My only complaint was the book was a touch slow and confusing at the start. Definitely worth reading! 4 stars35/30
Samantha (AK) wrote: "Not sure where my original post is, but I have surpassed my goal of (10) by reading (14)... and still counting.1. A book recommended by a librarian
✓2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way..."
What I did was bookmark the page that mine is on so that all I have to do is click on it to get to my post. :)
Update: 35/408. A book with multiple authors
The Terracotta Army: The History of Ancient China’s Famous Terracotta Warriors and Horses by Charles River Editors (3 stars)
Update msg 343#39: Matched-Ally Condie
1/20 complete
Pop Sugar 2017 Reading ChallengeProgress: 26/40
23. A book with a red spine - Sepulchre by Kate Mosse
Updated Message #71https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... Message #71
I'll give it a try but I'm going to start by trying for 20 from this list. I had a list of 12 last year and I did 9.
1. A book recommended by a librarian
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long
3. A book of letters
✔4. An audiobook - Bossypants
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
9. An espionage thriller
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 - Beautiful Darkness
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile
19. A book about food
20. A book with career advice
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 - Island of the Blue Dolphins
25. A book you loved as a child
✔26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited - Truly Madly Guilty
27. A book with a title that's a character's name
✔28. A novel set during wartime Summer of My German Soldier
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 - Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor
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 - Fire After Dark
40. A book you bought on a trip
Advanced
41. A book recommended by an author you love
✔42. A bestseller from 2016 -Before the fall
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
47. A book with an eccentric character
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
I have Completed : 25/52 1. A book recommended by a librarian Frankenstein
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long - Seven Years in Tibet
3. A book of letters
4. An audiobook The Mistletoe Murder: And Other Stories
5. A book by a person of color
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title The Winter People
7. A book that is a story within a story
8. A book with multiple authors The Forgotten Room
9. An espionage thriller
10. A book with a cat on the cover Life of Pi
11. A book with an author who uses a pseudonym
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read News of the World
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability Motherless Brooklyn
14. A book involving travel The Woman in Cabin 10
15. A book with a subtitle The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
16. A book that's published in 2017
17. A book involving a mythical creature
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile
19. A book about food Delicious!
20. A book with career advice
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective
22. A steampunk novel Neverwhere
23. A book with a red spine The Paris Architect
24. A book set in the wilderness Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
25. A book you loved as a child
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited
27. A book with a title that's a character's name The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
28. A novel set during wartime
29. A book with an unreliable narrator The Girl on the Train
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 The Shadow Land
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 The Bookseller
40. A book you bought on a trip
Advanced
41. A book recommended by an author you love The Woman in White (recommended by Ann Perry)
42. A bestseller from 2016 Commonwealth
43. A book with a family-member term in the title The Husband's Secret
44. A book that takes place over a character's life span Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of The House on Mango Street (Coming of age story)
47. A book with an eccentric characterA Man Called Ove
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
Update: Message 14710/35
31: A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you - The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
Update to post 100:43. A book with a family-member term in the title - Son by Lois Lowry
32/52
Just completed #3 (book of letters) - The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brasheres. Despite my initial feelings about this book, and not really liking the movie adaptation, I was surprisingly moved by it. The writing is simple, but I appreciated how the stories were woven together mixed with the letters each girl wrote. The author did a decent job of giving her characters their own personality in their letters. Worth reading! 4.5 stars36/30
update: POPSUGAR 2017 READING CHALLENGE
Duration January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
I am in with 15.
27 / 15 books
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Update: 36/4037. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier (4 stars)
Updated progress 27 of 52Recently finished:
28. A novel set during wartime The Things They Carried
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you The Spy (Dutch)
Now at 28 of 52one of the best books I've read.
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited The Door (Hungary)
Updating message 233Progress 39/50
✓9. An espionage thriller - The Prometheus Deception by Robert Ludlum ★★★★
Kate wrote: "I'm in for 52Popsugar Reading Challenge
1. A book recommended by a librarian- South of Broad
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long- Drums of Autumn
3..."
Hello sweetheart,
Good luck with your challenge. I hope you'll make it!
I've got a question, how can I strike out the book titles on my own list, when I'm finished with each book, like you did with yours?
Thank you for your time and Happy Reading :)
Just completed #44 (character's life span) - Somewhere Out There by Amy Hatvany. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The author's characters were real, and unfortunately, the mother character in this book found herself in circumstances that are not all that different almost forty years later. The book was well-researched, and other than being a bit bland in the beginning, progressed well. I received this book as a giveaway in exchange for my honest review. Worth reading! 4 stars37/30
Updated message 1182Completed 47/52
✓25. A book you loved as a child The Outsiders
✓36. A book written by someone you admire Spoken from the Heart
✓46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of Sharp Teeth
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