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2017 Challenge - General
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2017 Challenge: I finished!
- Date you finished: 10/24/17- Message number for regular list post: My message is 321, but I didn't keep it updated. Here's a link to view my Google spreadsheet recording planned versus actual.
- Favorite prompt: A book recommended by a librarian, because it helped me explore something a bit new, but I could also guide the process a bit to get something I liked. And there are so many avenues for this - threads here, book podcasts like Professional Book Nerds, the "recommendations" shelf at the library, etc., in addition to striking up a conversation with a librarian.
- Favorite book: Excluding perennial favorites I re-read, Lovecraft Country
- Least favorite prompt: A book with a red spine (too hard to determine by searching in Goodreads!)
- Last prompt you finished: A book with a month or day of the week in the title (I saved A Night in the Lonesome October for last sinceI knew I'd love reading it.)
- "I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long (I need all the help I can get working through my backlog!)
- Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: A book whose title is similar to a popular or well-known book OR a book with a swear word in the title
- Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes!
Date you finished: 10/26/17Favorite prompt: a book that takes place over a character's lifespan
Favorite book: Born a crime by Trevor Noah
Least favorite prompt: Career advice
Last prompt you finished: Book more than 800 pages (had a DNF due to severe boredom so had to start over)
I hope the bring back this prompt in 2018: book on TBR list too long or book recommendation from favorite author
Are you in for 2018: yes as long as no book > 1000 pages!
Date you finished: October 27Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: #403 and #198
Favorite prompt: A book from a non-human perspective - I found a few different possibilities and both that I ended up reading (The Bees and Three Bags Full) were so interesting and fun to read!
Favorite book: Nine of my PS reads were 5 stars, but among those I think I liked Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk the most?
Least favorite prompt: Career advice - and I know I'm not alone in that.
Last prompt you finished: Recommended by a librarian - I saved this one for last, and asked my friend and coworker, our school's librarian. She recommended March: Book One, and I read the trilogy in 2 days.
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": There isn't one I can't do without, but new releases are always fun to hunt down.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: I like ones about characters, even though (because?) they often need to be found as you read instead of planned ahead. The thread with ideas for next year was filled with good ideas, so I'm excited to see what they come up with.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes, most likely (depends on the list to some degree, as I choose between lots of options for challenges to take on).
Date you finished: 10/31/17Favorite prompt: A book by an author from a country you've never visited
Favorite book: Kindred
Least favorite prompt: A book with career advice
Last prompt you finished: A book set around a holiday other than Christmas
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": The first book in a series you haven't read before
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: A book written more than 100 years ago
Finally, are you in for 2018? Absolutely!! I had so much fun!
I completed BOTH challenges-and when I started I thought I would have fun picking a book or two from the list and then would probably forget about it. It has reminded me how much I love reading (something I had forgotten in the last 30 years).
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts:Advanced: Message 263 (finished 10/1/17)
Regular list : Message 535 (finished 11/2/17)
Favorite prompt: Book recommended by a librarian. I thought this was a good way to encourage people to use the library. Librarians are the experts!
Favorite books: My favorite books are books I probably would not have picked up otherwise which made it extra special. I loved An Untamed State, Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood, and Milk and Honey. It made me really think about the books I tend to gravitate too a lot differently.
Least favorite prompt: I have read several books from a nonhuman perspective and don't have an issue with that prompt but I hated the book The Bees. Based on everyone else's response to it, I must have missed something. I don't usually do Audiobooks. I did Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between which was really good but I think my habit of having music on in the background a lot made it more challenging. I would be doing something else and realize I wasn't paying attention again. It was better in the car so will definitely try that on a longer trip.
Last prompt you finished: Book you've read that never fails to make you smile. Since this was a re-read, I chose the next in the Spellman series.
I feel like I can't comment on the 2018 list since it came out yesterday. I spent way too much time on this sight yesterday reading through all of them!
Finally, are you in for 2018? I'm not sure yet. I did it in 2015, then skipped 2016. I may skip it again in 2018 just to reduce my number of owned unread books!
Date you finished: November 4th Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Regular 292
Favorite prompt: didn't have one
Favorite book:
Least favorite prompt: A book of letters
Last prompt you finished: A book you loved as a child, Little house in the Prarie series,
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018":
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: A book you read the year before, a free prompt.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Sorry, but no. Maybe in 2019.
Date you finished: 11/5/17- main list; 11/19/1 advanced list. Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: /440
Favorite prompt: A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile
Favorite book: Etiquette & Espionage
Least favorite prompt: A book that was published in 2017- I usually tend to read older books.
Last prompt you finished: A Book that's been on your TB Read list for too long
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018":
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Since we've already seen the 2018 list, maybe this is now a suggestion for 2019? A book with a sympathetic monster.
Date you finished: 11/6/17 (Regular) 11/5/17 (Advanced)Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 284 (Regular) 153 (Advanced)
Favorite prompt: "A book that's been on your TBR shelf for way too long"
I have a tendency to add books with abandon, then look back 6 months later and think, "how did that get there?"
"A book that's more than 800 pages"
I may be in the minority here, but I loved this prompt. I have a habit of adding these nice, delicious doorstop books to my TBR, and then letting them sit there for months on end. This gave me an excuse to actually knock one of them out.
Favorite book: Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story by Douglas Preston
This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan
Columbine by Dave Cullen
Least favorite prompt: A book with career advice (blah) and a book of letters.
Last prompt you finished: A book of letters
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book that's been on your TBR for way too long. Sometimes I need a kick in the pants to take care of some of those older books on the list.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Well we already have the '18 list, so I'll go with the prompt that I like best from the list, which is a book about a villain or an antihero. Finally gives me an excuse to read I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Oh, most definitely. And I'm strong-arming my reader friends to come along with me.
Date you finished: 11/6/17Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: #675 and #417
Favorite prompt: A book that takes place over a character’s lifespan. I read A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman for this prompt. It was a wonderful story and I really enjoyed seeing it unfold completely from beginning to end.
Favorite book: The Color Purple by Alice Walker, Life of Pi by Yann Martel, My Life in France by Julia Child
Least favorite prompt: A steampunk novel. I wasn't interested in this prompt and I had difficultly picking a book. I love sci-fi, but typically find steampunk to be a bit too kitschy. However, I read The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman and enjoyed it.
Last prompt you finished: A book you got from a used book sale. I read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. A very quick, last read.
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book by a person of color.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: They've already been announced, but I’m looking forward to “A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to”. I have many!
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yep!
- Date you finished: 11/6/17- Message number for list posts:
regular: 875
advanced: 399
- Favorite prompt: A book mentioned in another book
- Favorite book: In the Woods and From Hell
- Least favorite prompt: a book set in a hotel, because the options seemed very limited. I started and didn't finish Gentleman in Moscow (for reasons), and ended up knocking out an Agatha Christie novel Evil Under the Sun just to fill the task. (At least it turned out to be a fun and short read)
- Last prompt you finished: A book with a month or day of the week in the title. I struggled to find a book I was in a mood for and had some false starts, and finally managed to stick with Saturday.
- "I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long.
- Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: I was actually going to suggest nordic noir for this, and hey, there it is!
- Finally, are you in for 2018? yes, and this time I'm bringing a friend along too
Date you finished: 11/7/17Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Regular: #777
Favorite prompt: The story within a story. Great opportunity to re-read a recent favorite, The Blind Assassin.
Favorite book: for a book I hadn't read before, either My Brilliant Friend or Venetia
Least favorite prompt: Oof, there were a couple I hated, but I have to go with the "book bought on a trip."
Last prompt you finished: "Holiday other than Christmas"
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018:
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yep!
Date you finished: November 2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 702 and 405.
Favorite prompt: A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile - It gave me the opportunity to really sit down and read the annotated Pride and Prejudice. It was a re-read but with a lot of extra information and interesting facts.
Favorite book: We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Doomsday Book or The Winter People
Least favorite prompt: Espionage Thriller...I totally stretched it by using my steampunk read, The Invisible library for it instead.
Last prompt you finished: Book set around a holiday other than Christmas
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book over 800 pages...I need to push myself to read longer books next year.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: I know they already posted the new prompts, and I've briefly looked at them but don't remember. I'd be happy with anything really, because it helps me when I'm feeling indecisive. I just pick a prompt and find a book to read next!
Finally, are you in for 2018? DUH
Posting for my son, Jack. I did the challenge with him, he is 3 so we had to tweak a couple of the prompts a bit but we both had a lot of fun (as did my librarian!) finding books to satisfy all the prompts.Date you finished: November 10
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 1
Favorite prompt: any with books about or by people of colour or different cultures bc we both enjoyed reads about the different experiences from a child's book perspective
Favorite book: how to train your train
Least favorite prompt: ones like by someone you admire or favourite etc because he's 3 so they were harder to interpret
Last prompt you finished: book with a subtitle
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": animal on the cover or in title
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: book about or involving a vehicle or transportation
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes! The new list looks great, there will be some tweaking of course but it was a lot of fun
Date you finished: November 12Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: #3 on each
Favorite prompt: A book involving a mythological creature
Favorite book: At Home in the World
Least favorite prompt: Career advice
Last prompt you finished: A book you bought on a trip
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": I like to see new prompts every year
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: This has been thoroughly covered!
Finally, are you in for 2018? Absolutely!
Date you finished: October 24, 2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: I didn't post them.
Favorite prompt: A book set in the wilderness. I had so many options for this, set in all kinds of wildernesses.
Favorite book: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
Least favorite prompt: A bestseller from a genre you don’t normally read. If I don't read the genre, it's normally because I don't like the genre.
Last prompt you finished: A book with a month or day of the week in the title
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": None, I want all new prompts!
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: A book about a topic that you are curious about.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Oh, yeah!
Hello!I have finally finished the 2017 challenge.
Date you finished: November 12th
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 794 (just did the regular list this year)
Favorite prompt: There's a few I love - a book involving travel, a book involving career advice, a book by an author who uses a pseudonym
Favorite book: I read some really great books this year but I'll just narrow this down to one, Murder on the Orient Express. I hadn't read it before and loved every second of it.
Least favorite prompt: A book with a month or day of the week in the title; I just really didn't like the book I read for this one.
Last prompt you finished: A book about food
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": Since the list has already been released, I with they would have included A Book That's Been on Your TBR List Too Long
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: I like that they included your favorite prompt from 2015, 2016 or 2017
Finally, are you in for 2018? Of course! I'm even going to do the full challenge.
Date you finished: 11/12/17Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts:
Regular list #189
Advanced list #478
Favorite prompt: A book that's been on my TBR list too long
Favorite book: Big Little Lies
Least favorite prompt: A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile (I don't like re-reads)
Last prompt you finished: A book you bought on a trip
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book about an interesting woman
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: ??
Finally, are you in for 2018? YES!
Date you finished: 11/10/2017Regular List and Advanced List
Favorite prompt: A book with an unreliable narrator – this one introduced me to Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot via The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and I’m glad to have gotten in a Christie read before reading Murder on the Orient Express so that I knew what to expect from her writing. I also really liked A book you bought on a trip, since I am very selective about what books I actually like to keep on my shelves. It brought me Annihilation, which was awesome!
Favorite book: A book based on mythology – I read American Gods which has firmly cemented its place on my “Favorites” shelf.
Least favorite prompt: A book that is a story within a story – I feel like a lot of books that I read fall into this category, so it was just kind of a nothing prompt for me. I ended up using Acceptance, the last book of a trilogy, which I didn’t like very much (but you should still read the first book, Annihilation!)
Last prompt you finished: A book with a month or day of the week in the title – Fourth of July Creek
“I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018”: A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: A book with an LGBT+ protagonist
Finally, are you in for 2018?
Date you finished: November 14, 2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: I put both on the regular list: # 301
Favorite prompt: A book recommended by a librarian. I talked with the HS librarian in our school system and she recommended Dumplin'. It was a wonderful YA read and will soon be made into a movie.
Favorite book: A gentleman in Moscow. That book has stayed with me much longer than I thought it would when I started it.
Least favorite prompt: A book that's been mentioned in another book.
Last prompt you finished: A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of. Metafiction = I was on a waitlist for Fangirl for months when it dawned on me to look in our HS library. It was available and my daughter brought it home for me. Finished at last!
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book that's becoming a movie in 2018
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018:
Finally, are you in for 2018? Absolutely!
Date you finished: Regular prompt - 15 Nov 2017
Advanced prompt - 10 Dec 2017
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts:
Regular - Message 772
Advanced - Message 336
Favorite prompt: A book by an author from a country you have never visited
Favorite book(s): A Man Called Ove & Gone With the Wind
Least favorite prompt: 3-way tie!
- A book with a month or a day of the week in the title
- A book with a season in the title
- A book that takes place around a holiday other than Christmas
Last prompt you finished: A book with more than 800 pages
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book whose main character is a different ethnicity that you
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: A book originally published in a language other than your own first language
Finally, are you in for 2018?: Already planning my list!
Date you finished: November 13, 2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 661 (posted the list only once in the Popsugar Reading Challenge 2017 Group)
Favorite prompt: maybe audiobook, since it got me started on listening to audiobooks again
Favorite book: Dinge, die vom Himmel fallen
Least favorite prompt: +800p
Last prompt you finished: +800 p
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": well, since the list is out already,... but I like the favourite prompt from earlier years
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018:
Finally, are you in for 2018? YES!
#863 Regular ChallengeDate Finished: November 21st, 2017
Favorite prompt: Steampunk! Imprudence (Yay finding hidden reading gems!)
Favorite book: Book title as character's name Carmilla (Finally got around to reading this awesome book!)
Least Favorite Book: A September Bride
Least favorite prompt: Book Title with Day or Month in the title (I read Tuesday Nights in 1980 last year. Otherwise I would have liked this prompt better. But I had such a hard time finding a book)
Last prompt you finished: Espionage Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots (Took me a long time to find a book for this one!)
I hope the bring back this prompt in 2018: Getting books off TBR is always good!
Are you in for 2018: I'll start it and see where it goes! Looking forward to a reading break for the rest of the year though! This reading journey has been amazing and while I'm sad it's coming to a close I'm grateful.
PS: Sparkley/ Shiny Cover would be awesome for 2019.
Date you finished: November 16, 2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Main #218 page 5, Advanced #445 page 9
Favorite prompt: Book of Letters
Favorite book: The Book of Emma Reyes: A Memoir, The Hate U Give, Magpie Murders
Least favorite prompt: book in a genre or subgenre you never heard of
Last prompt you finished: 800+ pages
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": Book that has been in my TBR pile too long
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Book with a map
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes!
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Date Finished:Regular finished Nov 11, 2017 Advanced Finished Nov 6, 2017
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts:
Regular #955
Advanced #475
Favorite prompt: Regular - A novel set during the war
Advanced - A book recommended by an author you love
Favorite book: Regular - Between shades of gray
Advanced- The dove keepers
Least favorite prompt: A book with career advice. I enjoyed the book I choose but did not like the prompt
Last prompt you finished: A book involving a mythical creature
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book recommended by an author you love
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Many great suggestions already.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Definitely!!! I loved the challenge and cant wait to start the 2018 challenge as well as to start hunting for new books.
Date finished: 11/17/2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced lists:
Regular #62
Advanced #38
Favorite prompt: A book by an author from a country you have never visited and A book with an unreliable narrator
Favorite book: So many good ones. Here are a few:
A Gentleman in Moscow
Small Great Things
Everyone Brave is Forgiven
Elizabeth Is Missing
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Least favorite prompt: A book with career advice and A steampunk novel
Last prompt finished: A book with a mythical creature
Are you in for 2018: Absolutely! Can't wait!
Finished! Regular challenge completed -11/1/2017 Message # 92
Advance challenge completed - 11/17/2017 Message # 57
Favorite prompt - First book in a series I haven't read
Favorite Book - Nancy Wake Hard to choose!
Least favorite prompt - genre I don't normally read
Last prompt finished - a book mentioned in another book
2018 prompt suggestion - a little late for that, but I am glad they chose the prompt for a book published in 2018. New books out are always a treat to read!
In for 2018? Yes! In fact, choosing prompts was so much easier because I had many books on my list last year that I didn't end up reading that fit into a prompt for 2018.
Date you finished: Finished on November 21, 2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Only on the regular list - Page 5, number 222.
Favorite prompt: Book from a country you've never visited
Favorite book:
Tough to decide. I am putting my top five books:
Station Eleven
Lilac Girls
84, Charing Cross Road
Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey from War-torn Syria in a Wheelchair
Brokeback Mountain
Least favorite prompt: Book with Career Advice -- could not decide on this one!
Last prompt you finished: Was the prompt a story within a story. I read Fangirl, and it was lovely.
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": Well, the list is already out :) I'm liking the True Crime prompt.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: n/a
Finally, are you in for 2018? Definitely in for 2018.
Date you finished: November 24, 2017.Favorite prompt: a bestseller from a genre you wouldn't normally read
Favorite book: A Man Called Ove
Least favorite prompt: a cyberpunk novel - gaaah, isn't it still there for 2018?!
Last prompt you finished: a book you bought on a trip
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: list already done :-)
Finally, are you in for 2018? yes
I finished today, November 26, 2017My favorite prompt was -a book about a difficult topic
Favorite book was The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Least favorite prompt was - a book with career advice
Least favorite book was The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Last prompt finished was - A book with a month or day if the week in the title and it was The View From Saturday by E.L. Konisburg
The prompt I want to see again is a book by a person of a different ethnicity
In for 2018? Absolutely
Date I finished: 11-23-17!Message #'s: not sure but I will post my lists!
Favorite prompt: a book by an author with a pseudonym (Final Girls by Riley Sager)
Favorite book: Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstances
Least favorite prompt: an espionage thriller (The Chemist by Stephanie Meyer)
Last prompt I finished: a book that's more than 800 pages (4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster)
I can't wait to start the 2018 challenge on 1-1-18!
--Allison in Devils Lake, ND :)
Date you finished: 11/17/2017 (my 35th birthday!)Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 902 (regular); 423 (advanced)
Favorite prompt: An audiobook - I LOVE Audible and have a weakness for celebrity memoirs read by their authors. Sadly, I chose a lemon for this prompt... my bad!
Favorite book: Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming - I've been recommending this to everyone since I finished it in February. I did listen to this one, but used it for the "A book with a family member term in the title" prompt.
Least favorite prompt: A novel set during wartime - I'm just so sick and tired of reading books about WWII.
Last prompt you finished: A book that's more than 800 pages (I read Outlander)
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read - I started this challenge to get out of my reading comfort zone, and this prompt really helped me. I read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, since I hate self-help books and don't ever read them.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Something with sports! I read a ton of sports biographies, and was so excited to see this on the list.
Finally, are you in for 2018? - YEP! I already have my reading list and most of my books in a big pile next to my bed. Hurry up, calendar!
--Mo in Mount Prospect, IL
I finished the main list a while ago and made an "I finished" post just for it as I wasn't sure if I was going to tackle the advanced list. But, I'm a sucker to complete a challenge, so here's my "I finished" post for the advanced list! Date you finished: Nov. 28
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Advanced: 456
Favorite prompt: A book recommended by an author you love (The Children's Book, recommended by Diana Gabaldon)
Favorite book: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Least favorite prompt: A book that's more than 800 pages. I don't mind reading long novels, but 800 pages seems a bit excessive when you're trying to read a book a week for a challenge. I read Kushiel's Dart, which I enjoyed enough to make the sequel my 2018 "next book in a series" choice, so I guess I'm putting myself back in the long novel boat. . .
Last prompt you finished: A book that takes place over a character's lifespan (The Stone Diaries)
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book mentioned in another book, which works out well, since this one did come back! I read Ham on Rye, mentioned in Oryx and Crake, for this. I didn't enjoy it, but I like the prompt.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Too late to make one now, right?!
Finally, are you in for 2018? I am! I already have most of my books chosen.
Date you finished: November 28Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Message #973 for regular and #482 for Advanced
Favorite prompt: A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long. My son had been begging me to read Sabriel for years, and this prompt was the kick in the pants I needed to get started. Once I started, of course, I had to fly through the whole trilogy, because it was just as good as my son always said.
Favorite book: Tough to choose! Probably … Lab Girl, by Hope Jahren? or maybe The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri?
Least favorite prompt: A book that's becoming a movie in 2017. I like to read books before seeing the movie, so I had already read most of the books slated to become movies this year in 2016 or before.
Last prompt you finished: A steampunk novel. I've read a lot of steampunk in the past, not so much lately. I ended up going with The Clockwork Angel, because it's one of my daughter's favorite series.
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": Not sure what to say here, because I have already seen the 2018 list by this time. My TBR list is so long, though, that I would be happy if they had the prompt about reading something old on your TBR every year!
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Maybe a graphic memoir?
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes
Date you finished: November 28thMessage number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 972 regular. Didn’t finish advanced.
Favorite prompt: A book from an authors from a country you have never visited. I have had Khalid Hosseini’s And the Mountains Echoed on the shelf since it was published and never read it. This gave me the nudge I needed, and it was one of the best books I read this year.
Favorite book: The amazing Adventures of Kavelier and Clay by Michael Chabon. I thought I hated the mythical creature prompt, but someone suggested this book (another one on the self unread) so I picked it up. So glad, it’s wonderful.
Least favorite prompt: Steampunk
Last prompt you finished: A book you loved as a child.
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": well the list is out, so it is futile, but I liked the book mentioned in another book prompt, and didn’t get around to it
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: still a little late for this.... but how about a recommendation from a senior citizen? I like to hear what my older friends have loved in their reading lives. Usually it’s something different than the more recent popular books.
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yep.
Date you finished: 11/26/2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 844 (regular), 382 (advanced)
Favorite prompt: A book recommended by an author you love
Favorite book:
Salt to the Sea
Beartown
Full Wolf Moon
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry.
Least favorite prompt: A book you bought on a trip
Last prompt you finished: A book based on mythology
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": Book becoming a movie
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: A 2017 Goodreads award winner
Finally, are you in for 2018? YES!
Date you finished: 11/29/17Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: regular: 496; advanced: 331
Favorite prompt: Book read before, never fails to make you smile.
Favorite book: I incorporated all the Harry Potter books which are my favorite, but of newly read books my favorite was a tie between Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity and Tuesdays at the Castle
Least favorite prompt: a book that is more than 800 pages. It was a book i was going to read anyway, but it made it feel like homework.
Last prompt you finished: a book about food
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": a bestseller from a genre you don't normally read
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: a book that takes place in a country you have never been to.
Finally, are you in for 2018? no, it was fun this year, but it was difficult to find books for my later prompts and i have lots of books on my tbr list that just don't fit into prompts and i'd never get around to reading them.
Date you finished: November 29Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: Regular: 963, Advanced: 480
Favorite prompt: A book set in the wilderness
Favorite book: The Count of Monte Cristo
Cloud Atlas
My Cousin Rachel
Annihilation
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Least favorite prompt: An espionage thriller - my most hated genre!
Last prompt you finished: A book involving a mythical creature
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": The list is out, but I'm happy there are prompts focusing on diversity this year again!
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: A book adapted as a play/musical was the suggestion I most wanted, so I'm very happy it made it!
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes! I have my list picked out, and I can't wait!
Date you finished: November 30thMessage numbers for regular and advanced list posts: 974 / 483
Favorite prompt: A Book You Loved as a Child (I had to order a copy because it's out of print...)
Favorite book: so many to choose from - but I really enjoyed reading Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff
Least favorite prompt: Book Set in the Wilderness
Last prompt you finished: A Book Recommended by a Librarian...Moby Dick...(my librarian really wanted to challenge me)
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": An Audiobook (my audiobooks are the only way I survive my commute...)
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: A Book Written by an Author Whose First or Last Name is the Same as Your Own
Finally, are you in for 2018? Absolutely!!! This was so much fun!
Date you finished: November 30, 22017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 830
Favorite prompt: Story within a story
Favorite book: Magpie Murders anad Six Wakes
Least favorite prompt: A book by an author who uses a pseudonym
Last prompt you finished: The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better - very long wait at the library
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": ship has sailed on this one
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018:
Finally, are you in for 2018? YES - mother is too as we do it together
Date you finished:12/3/17Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 528 for regular. I haven't finished advanced yet, but may not at this point, so I'm going ahead and posing about finishing the regular challenge
Favorite prompt: A book you loved as a child
Favorite book:Redshirts or The Paper Magician for most fun reads, butKindred for book I'm most glad the challenge made me read
Least favorite prompt: A bestseller from a genre I don't normally read (there very few genres I avoid, and there are reasons I avoid all of them--I read a sports book and it was only okay)
Last prompt you finished: A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long (but it did make me finally read Silmarillion!)
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018":I know it's too late for this, but the one I would have voted for is 'a book by or about a person with a disability'.
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018:Again, it's too late, but I think some kind of, 'read a book set in a part of your country/region that you've never spent much time in' would be really fun. Just have to word it carefully so people from small countries or who are very well traveled can still make it work.
Finally, are you in for 2018? So much yes!
Date you finished: 12/6/2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 30 / 442
Favorite prompt: A book that is a story within a story
Favorite books: Stoner, Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
Least favorite prompt: steampunk novel, book you got from an used book sale
Last prompt you finished: A book from a genre you have never heard of before
"I hope they bring back this prompt in
Suggestion for a new prompt for
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes!
Date you finished: 12/6/2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: #343/didn't participate in the advanced
Favorite prompt: A book set in two different time periods
A book recommended by a librarian
An audiobook
Favorite book: Gone with the Wind
A Gentleman in Moscow
Least favorite prompt: An espionage thriller
A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read
A steampunk novel
Last prompt you finished: A book set in a hotel
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes!
Date you finished:11/29/2017
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts:
never posted my lists this year!
Favorite prompt:
A book by an author from a country you've never visited
Favorite book:
All of the Harry Potter books, but for something new, I'll say The Dark Tower
Least favorite prompt:
A book with career advice
Last prompt you finished:
A book set in the wilderness
Finally, are you in for 2018?
Yes but I'm going to be also working on 2015 and 2016 challenges so prob won't finish next year!
Date you finished: Regular: 15th October 2017
Advanced: 4th December 2017
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts:
Regular: 941
Advanced: 464
Favourite prompt:
Regular: A book with a cat on the cover
Advanced: A book about an immigrant or refugee
Favourite book:
Regular: The Dry, Jane Harper
Advanced: The Happiest Refugee, Anh Do
Least favourite prompt:
Regular: A book you’ve read before that never fails to make you smile
Advanced: A book that’s more than 800 pages
Last prompt you finished:
Regular: A book about food
Advanced: A book that’s more than 800 pages
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018":
A book by an author who uses a pseudonym
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018:
Book featuring topic of mental health or addiction
Finally, are you in for 2018? Yes
Date finished: 12/8/17I didn't post my lists, but I finished both.
Favorite prompt: A book about an interesting woman
Favorite book: the Harry Potter series
Last prompt finished: A book you bought on a trip
I'm definitely in for 2018!
saddly, i'll not finish the challenge. I read 45 books til today, but left one aside(food prompt), that I'm not going to start this year, because I want to finish the 800 pages prompt withOutlander V - A Cruz de Fogo. My favorite prompt was the suggestion of an author I admire, and it'll be one that i'm going to repeat in 2018.
Finally done with my regular list!!Date you finished: 12/10/17
Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 719 for regular, 432 for advanced
Favorite prompt: Contrary to a lot of people, I enjoyed the prompts that made me go outside my reading comfort zone, such as “A steampunk novel” or “A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read”. Whether I liked the books or not, it’s nice to have some variety
Favorite book: Homegoing which I read for “A book recommended by a librarian”. The experts do know best!
Least favorite prompt: “A book with a month or day of the week in the title”. It’s not that there was something wrong with the prompt itself, there were just significantly less options than I would’ve thought to chose from and I really disliked what I read for it.
Last prompt you finished: “An espionage thriller”
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": “A book with a _____ spine/cover” it’s fun and allows you to get creative while browsing
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Since they’re already chosen, I’ll just point out the one I’m looking forward to most which is “A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift”
Finally, are you in for 2018? Definitely!
Onto advanced... let’s see how much I can get done before the end of the month
Date you finished: December 6th, 2017Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: 100
Favorite prompt: First book in a series I haven't read yet
Favorite book: so many, but I'll say Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Least favorite prompt: career advice
Last prompt you finished: Book with 800+ pages
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": booked recommended by a family member
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: it's already out, but I like the book you borrowed prompt
Finally, are you in for 2018? Oh, yes!
I finished today! This challenge was so fun. I read books I’m sure I would have never read were it not for this challenge. I’m looking forward to just reading whatever I want in 2018. But I may do this challenge again 2019!
Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge
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Message number(s) for regular and advanced list posts: regular: 162
Favorite prompt: The first book in a series you haven't read before
Favorite book: Probably House of Suns or 84, Charing Cross Road
Least favorite prompt: A book you bought on a trip
Last prompt you finished: A book about food
"I hope they bring back this prompt in 2018": A book set in two different time periods
Suggestion for a new prompt for 2018: Maybe a comic book
Finally, are you in for 2018? I should be