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Popsugar Reading Challenge - 2017

34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title The Enchanted April

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Progress 42/50
✓20. A book with career advice - David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcom Gladwell, given to me for my recent college graduation ★★★★
✓43. A book with a family member term in the title - The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve ★★★★

A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe.

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2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long – The Price of the Phoenix
43. A book with a family-member term in the title – The Immigrants' Children, Jewish & Italian Memories of Old South Portland
51. A book about a difficult topic – Looking Like the Enemy: My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese American Internment Camps

Progress: 30/40
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of - The Rook by Daniel O'Malley (paranormal fantasy)

30. A book with pictures The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with original illustrations
35. A book set in a hotel Hotel Betram

✓19. A book about food - The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders by Nancy Pickard, the main character's Chili is a big part of the story, both her making it and the eating of it, and throughout the book there is barely a page that doesn't include some reference to making, eating, or studying the ingredients about food ★★#&9733;

19. A book about food - Fast Food Nation by Eric Scholsser
46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of - To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
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30: A Book with Pictures - Managing Previously Unmanaged Collections: A Practical Guide for Museums

So far 44/52
4. Audio book: Butcher's Crossing
40. Book bought on a trip: To a God Unknown
41. Book recommended by author I love: Den frystorkade brudgummen: nio berättelser

20/25 BOOKS Completed
1. A book recommended by a librarian- How It Ends by Catherine Lo [Read 5/20/2017]
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long- The Obsession by Nora Roberts [Read 3/20/2017]
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title- Winter Halo by Keri Arthur [Read 2/8/2017]
➔ ➔9. An espionage thriller-
➔ ➔10. A book with a cat on the cover-
11. A book with an author who uses a pseudonym- Sisters of Salt and Iron by Kady Cross [Read 4/19/2017]
16. A book that's published in 2017- A Twist in Time by Julie McElwain [Read 6/14/2017]
17. A book involving a mythical creature- The Mermaid's Daughter by Ann Claycomb [Read 5/18/2017]
19. A book about food- Egg Drop Dead by Laura Childs [Read 2/19/2017]
22. A steampunk novel- The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross [Read 2/4/2017]
23. A book with a red spine- In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami [Read 4/24/2017]
➔ ➔25. A book you loved as a child-
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited- Tasmania, Australia- The Fire Sermon by Francesca Haig [Read 5/30/2017]
28. A novel set during wartime- Hollow City by Ransom Riggs [Read 2/14/2017]
30. A book with pictures- Rose Red & Snow White: A Grimms Fairy Tale by Ruth Sanderson [Read 3/17/2017
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you- [book:Lost Girls|12814600] by Ann Kelley [Read 5/22/2017]
32. A book about an interesting woman- Because You're Mine by Colleen Coble [Read 5/24/2017]
36. A book written by someone you admire- Wild Embrace by Nalini Singh [Read 5/27/2017]
➔ ➔38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas-
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before- Menagerie by Rachel Vincent [Read 5/17/2017]
-Advanced-
42. A bestseller from 2016- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2, Parts 1 & 2 by J.K. Rowling [Read 3/28/2017]
49. A book you got from a used book sale- The Bedding Proposal by Tracy Anne [Read 6/25/2017]
51. A book about a difficult topic- North of Beautifulby Justina Chen [Read 5/8/2017]
52. A book based on mythology - Siren's Call by Jayne Castle [Read 1/03/2017]

50. A book that's been mentioned in another book (mentioned in The Mummies of Ürümchi)
Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times by Elizabeth Wayland Barber (5 stars)

38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas The Moonstone - birthday
49. A book you got from a used book sale Bones to Ashes

Progress 31/40
26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited - The Patriots by Sana Krasikov

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1. A book recommended by a librarian - The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
25. A book you loved as a child - The Raven and other poems by Edgar Allen Poe
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