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[Patricia]

It looks like I got deleted from the list. I was updating and just got gone! I’m a little tech challenged so don’t know what I did.

[Paula]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge: 21/40

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
* Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

2. True Crime
*
3. The next book in a series you started
*
4. A book involving a heist
*
5. Nordic noir
*
6. A novel based on a real person
* White Houses by Amy Bloom

7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
*
8. A book with a time of day in the title
*
9. A book about a villain or antihero
*
10. A book about death or grief
* The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells (21/03/18)

11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
*
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
* The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara (21/01/18)

13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
*

14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
* Estoril by Dejan Tiago-Stanković (08/02/18)

15. A book about feminism
* The Word for Woman is Wilderness by Abi Andrews (29/01/18)

16. A book about mental health
*
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
*
18. A book by two authors
* The Assassin's Cloak by Irene & Alan Taylor (02/04/18)

19. A book about or involving a sport
*
20. A book by a local author
* A Private Language? a Dip Into Welsh Literature by Marion Eames (22/06/18)

21. A book with your favorite color in the title (Purple)
*

22. A book with alliteration in the title
* Walking Wounded by Sheila Llewellyn (03/01/18)

23. A book about time travel
*

24. A book with a weather element in the title
* The Library of Ice: Readings From a Cold Climate by Nancy Campbell (24/07/18)

25. A book set at sea
*
26. A book with an animal in the title
* Great Polar Bear by Carolyn Lesser (25/02/18)

27. A book set on a different planet
* The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (07/07/18)

28. A book with song lyrics in the title (Tears For Fears)
* Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams by Sylvia Plath (22/04/18)

29. A book about or set on Halloween
*
30. A book with characters who are twins
* Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday (09/01/18)

31. A book mentioned in another book
*
32. A book from a celebrity book club
*
33. A childhood classic you've never read
*

34. A book that's published in 2018
* The Second Winter by Craig Larsen (24/02/18)

35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
*
36. A book set in the decade you were born (1960s)
* The Only Story by Julian Barnes (17/02/18)

37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
* A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr (03/02/18)

38. A book with an ugly cover
* Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss (06/06/18)

39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
* Lost For Words by Stephanie Butland (16/03/18)

40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
*

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge: 0/10

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school (1980)
*
2. A cyberpunk book
*
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
*
4. A book tied to your ancestry
*
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
* A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde (06/04/18)

6. An allegory
* Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn (23/06/18)

7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
*
8. A microhistory
*

9. A book about a problem facing society today
* Disbanded Kingdom by Polis Loizou (13/07/18)

10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
*

[Martina Ferraina]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
I Miserabili
2. True Crime
Gomorra
3. The next book in a series you started
Dragonfly in Amber
4. A book involving a heist
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts
5. Nordic noir
Delitto di mezza estate
6. A novel based on a real person
Il giardino dei cosacchi
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you

8. A book with a time of day in the title

9. A book about a villain or antihero

10. A book about death or grief
Molto forte, incredibilmente vicino
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
Il richiamo del cuculo
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist

13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
Il fantasma dell'Opera
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
Cuore di seta: La mia storia italiana made in China
15. A book about feminism

16. A book about mental health
Follia
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
Guida galattica per gli autostoppisti
18. A book by two authors

19. A book about or involving a sport
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
20. A book by a local author
Il bacio del pane
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
La ragazza in blu
22. A book with alliteration in the title
The Great Gatsby
23. A book about time travel
The Time Traveler's Wife
24. A book with a weather element in the title

25. A book set at sea
Il compagno segreto
26. A book with an animal in the title

27. A book set on a different planet

28. A book with song lyrics in the title
Never Let Me Go
29. A book about or set on Halloween
Hallowe'en Party
30. A book with characters who are twins

31. A book mentioned in another book
Il Parnaso ambulante
32. A book from a celebrity book club

33. A childhood classic you've never read
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
34. A book that's published in 2018

35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
Goodread Choice Awards 2016, Best History and Biography
Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
36. A book set in the decade you were born
Il Libro Nero
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
Call Me by Your Name
38. A book with an ugly cover (my edition is pretty old and it has he ugliest cover believe me)
La Santa Rossa
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
La piccola libreria di Venezia
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
"A book with an unreliable narrator" (POPSUGAR reading challenge 2017)
Fight Club

[nx74defiant]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
2. True Crime
✔3. The next book in a series you started The Cat Who Sang for the Birds
✔4. A book involving a heist The Constantine Codex
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person
✔7. A book set in a country that fascinates you A Crowning Mercy
✔8. A book with a time of day in the title Night Soldiers
9. A book about a villain or antihero
✔10. A book about death or grief The Cat Who Robbed a Bank
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
✔14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Prague Noir
15. A book about feminism
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
✔18. A book by two authors 7th Heaven
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author
✔21. A book with your favorite color in the title The Sapphire Rose
22. A book with alliteration in the title
✔23. A book about time travel Lost in a Good Book
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea
✔26. A book with an animal in the title The Cat Who Smelled a Rat
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
✔30. A book with characters who are twins The Daria Database
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[☆Roberta☆]

3/50

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen The Virgin Suicides
2. True Crime In Cold Blood
3. The next book in a series you started A Storm of Swords
4. A book involving a heist Artemis Fowl
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person Girl with a Pearl Earring
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you The Yiddish Policemen's Union
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero Vicious
10. A book about death or grief
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym The Cuckoo's Calling
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist A Little Life
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Il gigante sepolto √
15. A book about feminism Men Explain Things to Me
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift Trilogia della nebbia
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title Red Rising
23. A book about time travel
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title Norwegian Wood
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club Crazy Rich Asians
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born Call Me by Your Name √
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges [The first book in a series you haven't read before] Dark Space √

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[Deborah]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge
35/40 (42/50)

√ 1. A book made into a movie you've already seen The Martian
√ 2. True Crime Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America
√ 3. The next book in a series you started Raging Heat
√ 4. A book involving a heist Artemis
√ 5. Nordic noir The Snowman
√ 6. A novel based on a real person Lilac Girls
√ 7. A book set in a country that fascinates you Love, Rosie
√ 8. A book with a time of day in the title Lady Midnight
√ 9. A book about a villain or antihero Fairest
√ 10. A book about death or grief Shelter in Place
√ 11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym Stranded
√ 12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist The Dime
√ 13. A book that is also a stage play or musical The Phantom of the Opera
√ 14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Little Fires Everywhere
√ 15. A book about feminism The Handmaid's Tale
√ 16. A book about mental health Turtles All the Way Down
√ 17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
√ 18. A book by two authors The Scam
√ 19. A book about or involving a sport Beartown
20. A book by a local author
√ 21. A book with your favorite color in the title Black House
√ 22. A book with alliteration in the title Tell Tale: Short Stories
√ 23. A book about time travel The Shining Girls
√ 24. A book with a weather element in the title Driving Heat
√ 25. A book set at sea Into the Drowning Deep
√ 26. A book with an animal in the title The Bear and the Nightingale
√ 27. A book set on a different planet Red Rising
√ 28. A book with song lyrics in the title Heart-Shaped Box
29. A book about or set on Halloween
√ 30. A book with characters who are twins The Ice Twins
√ 31. A book mentioned in another book Rebecca
√ 32. A book from a celebrity book club Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
√ 33. A childhood classic you've never read The Phantom Tollbooth
√ 34. A book that's published in 2018 Everlife
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born
√ 37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to The Good Daughter
√ 38. A book with an ugly cover The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
√ 40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges Sourdough

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge
(7/10)

√ 1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school Politically Correct Bedtime Stories
√ 2. A cyberpunk book Warcross
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
√ 4. A book tied to your ancestry Waterfall
√ 5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title The Apple Orchard
√ 6. An allegory 1984
√ 7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you A Discovery of Witches
√ 8. A microhistory The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[Kirsty]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

√= read (41/50 read, plus 13 extras)

√1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
Primal Fear (read 25 Jan)

√2. True Crime The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (read 24 Nov)

√3. The next book in a series you started Roses of May (read 1 Aug)

√4. A book involving a heist The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam (read 5 Jan)

√5. Nordic noir Missing (read 25 Sep)

√6. A novel based on a real person The Paris Wife (read 11 Nov)
See What I Have Done (read 30 Mar)

√7. A book set in a country that fascinates you China -
Zimbabwe - Nervous Conditions (read 11 Mar)

√8. A book with a time of day in the title The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (read 14 Nov)

√9. A book about a villain or antihero Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (read 25 May)
Paradise Lost (read 7 Jan)

√10. A book about death or grief Grief is the Thing with Feathers (read 7 Jan)
When Breath Becomes Air

√11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym Wuthering Heights The Graphic Novel: Original Text (read 28 June)

√12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (read 24 April)

√13. A book that is also a stage play or musical Of Mice and Men (read 7 Jan)

√14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you The Complete Persepolis (read 30 June)

√15. A book about feminism A Room of One's Own (read 8 Jan)

√16. A book about mental health The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (read 9 Jul)

17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

√18. A book by two authors Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy (read 12 Jan)

√19. A book about or involving a sport Beartown (read 6 Aug)

√20. A book by a local author The Tattooist of Auschwitz (read 3 Jul)

√21. A book with your favorite color in the title Purple Hibiscus (read 27 Aug)

√22. A book with alliteration in the title Fahrenheit 451 (read 20 Jun)

√23. A book about time travel Kindred (read 31 Oct)

24. A book with a weather element in the title The Name of the Wind

√25. A book set at sea The North Water (read 12 Jan)

√26. A book with an animal in the title Lily and the Octopus (read 4 Aug)
Of Mice and Men (read 7 Jan)

√27. A book set on a different planet Norse Mythology (Read 24 Jun)

√28. A book with song lyrics in the title A Doll's House (read 7 Jan)

√29. A book about or set on Halloween The Legend of Decimus Croome: A Halloween Carol (read 15 Jan)

√30. A book with characters who are twins Half of a Yellow Sun (read 17 Nov)
Home Fire (read 27 Apr)

√31. A book mentioned in another book The Lord of the Rings (read 19 June)

√32. A book from a celebrity book club Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (read 2 Jan)

33. A childhood classic you've never read

√34. A book that's published in 2018 The Great Alone (read 20 March)

√35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner 1Q84 (read 22 Sept)

36. A book set in the decade you were born - 70s The Virgin Suicides
Birdsong

√37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to When Breath Becomes Air (read 5 July)

√38. A book with an ugly cover Home Fire (read 27 April)

√39. A book that involves a bookstore or library Dear Fahrenheit 451: A Librarian's Love Letters and Break-Up Notes to the Books in Her Life (read 2 Dec)

√40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges - a novel set during war time Night (read 16 June)
A Smile in One Eye: a Tear in the Other (read 15 Feb)


2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school Nightmares and Dreamscapes
The Bridges of Madison County

√2. A cyberpunk book Ready Player One (read 8 April)

√3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place War and Peace (on Instagram) (read 22 Feb)

4. A book tied to your ancestry The Thirteenth Tale
Macbeth
44 Scotland Street
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
The Grapes of Wrath
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

√6. An allegory The Crucible (read 22 June)

7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you - Kirsty Greenwood??

√8. A microhistory Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation (read 18 July)

9. A book about a problem facing society today The Hate U Give
Columbine
Asking For It

√10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk (read 2 Dec)

[Marianne]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge 40/40 10/10

√ 1. A book made into a movie you've already seen The Lost World ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 2. True Crime The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐
√ 3. The next book in a series you started End of Days ⭐⭐⭐
√ 4. A book involving a heist Before We Were Yours ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 5. Nordic noir The Absent One ⭐⭐⭐
√ 6. A novel based on a real person Killing Jesus: A History ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 7. A book set in a country that fascinates you Corduroy Mansions ⭐⭐⭐
√ 8. A book with a time of day in the title Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 9. A book about a villain or antihero Fahrenheit 451⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 10. A book about death or grief The Year of Magical Thinking ⭐⭐⭐
√ 11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym The Casual Vacancy ⭐⭐
√ 12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist Lord John and the Private Matter ⭐⭐⭐
√ 13. A book that is also a stage play or musical Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race ⭐⭐⭐ ⭐
√ 15. A book about feminism Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History ⭐⭐⭐
√ 16. A book about mental health Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift Finding Colin Firth⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 18. A book by two authors Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy⭐⭐⭐
√ 19. A book about or involving a sport Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 20. A book by a local author Positively, Big Mama: An Untimely Coming of Age⭐⭐
√ 21. A book with your favorite color in the title Blue Shoe⭐⭐⭐
√ 22. A book with alliteration in the title Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 23. A book about time travel A Wrinkle in Time⭐⭐⭐
√ 24. A book with a weather element in the title A Court of Frost and Starlight ⭐⭐⭐
√ 25. A book set at sea In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 26. A book with an animal in the title The Dog Who Danced ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 27. A book set on a different planet The Call of Earth ⭐⭐⭐
√ 28. A book with song lyrics in the title Peace Like a River ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 29. A book about or set on Halloween Faefever ⭐⭐⭐
√ 30. A book with characters who are twins Fangirl⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 31. A book mentioned in another book The Murder of Roger Ackroyd ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 32. A book from a celebrity book club The Dry ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 33. A childhood classic you've never read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 34. A book that's published in 2018 Dark in Death ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner Red Queen ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 36. A book set in the decade you were born Twelve Days in May: Freedom Ride 1961 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to Life After Life ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 38. A book with an ugly cover Keeper of Dreams ⭐
√ 39. A book that involves a bookstore or library The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges - The Care and Management of Lies A novel set in war time ⭐⭐⭐⭐

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

√ 1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school When Bad Things Happen to Good People ⭐⭐⭐
√ 2. A cyberpunk book Blood Red Road ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship --Toltec Wisdom Book ⭐⭐⭐
√ 4. A book tied to your ancestry How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 6. An allegory Eve ⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles" ⭐⭐⭐
√ 8. A microhistory When Books Went to War: The Stories that Helped Us Win World War II ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 9. A book about a problem facing society today Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church⭐⭐⭐⭐
√ 10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Megumi]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
2. True Crime
3. The next book in a series you started
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero
10. A book about death or grief
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
15. A book about feminism
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[AF]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

42/42 and 10/10 = 52/52

**currently reading

√ 1. A book made into a movie you've already seen - The Help by Kathryn Stockett
√ 2. True Crime - Killings by Calvin Trillin
√ 3. The next book in a series you started - Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
√ 4. A book involving a heist - Camino Island by John Grisham
√ 5. Nordic noir - The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg
√ 6. A novel based on a real person - Caroline: Little House, Revisited by Sarah Miller
√ 7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - Beartown by Fredrik Backman
√ 8. A book with a time of day in the title - Dawn by by Elie Wiesel
√ 9. A book about a villain or antihero - Snape: A Definitive Reading by Lorrie Kim
√ 10. A book about death or grief - The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 by Władysław Szpilman
√ 11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling)
√ 12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist - Lord John and the Hellfire Club
√ 13. A book that is also a stage play or musical - Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
√ 14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
√ 15. A book about feminism - Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
√ 16. A book about mental health - Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson
√ 17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer
√ 18. A book by two authors - Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
√ 19. A book about or involving a sport - Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman
√ 20. A book by a local author - Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE by Phil Knight
√ 21. A book with your favorite color in the title - Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly by Agatha Christie
√ 22. A book with alliteration in the title - The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
√ 23. A book about time travel - Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
√ 24. A book with a weather element in the title - Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson
√ 25. A book set at sea - Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
√ 26. A book with an animal in the title- A Dog's Journey by W. Bruce Cameron
√ 27. A book set on a different planet - The Martian by Andy Weir
√ 28. A book with song lyrics in the title - Carry On by Rainbow Rowell
√ 29. A book about or set on Halloween - Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
√ 30. A book with characters who are twins - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
√ 31. A book mentioned in another book - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (mentioned in The Great Alone, my book set during the decade I was born)
√ 32. A book from a celebrity book club - Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine - Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
√ 33. A childhood classic you've never read - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
√ 34. A book that's published in 2018 - The Fates Divide by Veronica Roth
√ 35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner - 2015 Fiction winner - Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
√ 36. A book set in the decade you were born - The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
√ 37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to - The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
√ 38. A book with an ugly cover - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
√ 39. A book that involves a bookstore or library - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
√ 40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges -
√ from 2015 - a banned book - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
√ from 2016 - a book set in my home state - Wildwood by Colin Meloy
√ from 2017 - A book that takes place in the wilderness - The Call of the Wild by Jack London

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

√ 1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school - 1989! - Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
√ 2. A cyberpunk book - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
√ 3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place - Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
√ 4. A book tied to your ancestry - Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner (Switzerland!)
√ 5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
√ 6. An allegory - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
√ 7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you - A Cold Death in Amsterdam by Anja de Jager
√ 8. A microhistory - Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused by Mike Dash
√ 9. A book about a problem facing society today - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
√ 10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge -And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

[Toni]

28/50

I'm trying to use books that I already have but either haven't read or haven't read for at least 10 years :) Well at least as much as possible ;)

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
2. True Crime The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story Completed 6 October 2018
3. The next book in a series you started
4. A book involving a heist Kill the Boy Band Completed 2/11/2018
5. Nordic noir The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Completed 7 Jan 2018
6. A novel based on a real person The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman’s Extraordinary Life in Death, Decay & Disaster Completed 25 Nov 2018
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you China Towns: Asian Cooking from Around the World in 100 Recipes Completed 1/09/2018
8. A book with a time of day in the title The Witching Hour Completed 15/08/2018
9. A book about a villain or antihero And I Darken
10. A book about death or grief For a Ghost-Free Time, Call Completed 9 February 2018
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist This is How It Always Is Completed 7/04/2018
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
15. A book about feminism Orange Is the New Black Completed 3/11/2018
16. A book about mental health We Have Always Lived in the CastleCompleted 5/05/2018
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift Eat Completed 1 Jan 2018
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport Slow Camino: My Adventure on the Camino de Santiago Completed 16 Nov 2018
20. A book by a local author The Free Range Cook: Simple Pleasures Completed 17 February 2018
21. A book with your favorite color in the title Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer - America's Deadliest Serial Murderer
22. A book with alliteration in the title Mountain Man: Prequel Completed 8/11/2018
23. A book about time travel
24. A book with a weather element in the title The Coldest Girl in Coldtown 14/07/2018
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned from the Cat: 101 Stories about Life, Love, and Lessons Completed 25 January 2018
27. A book set on a different planet The Little Prince Completed 15 June 2018
28. A book with song lyrics in the title Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book Tess of the D'Urbervilles Completed 7 Feb 2018 50 Shades of Gray
32. A book from a celebrity book club The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Reece Witherspoon) Completed 4 October 2018
33. A childhood classic you've never read Charlotte's Web
34. A book that's published in 2018 Lake Silence Completed 24/3/2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner Room 15/03/2018
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to Initiation Completed 23 February 2018
38. A book with an ugly cover Revelations Completed 8 April 2018
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library The Uncommon Reader Completed 12 January 2018
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place The Leaving
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[Kelly]

2018 Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
2. True Crime
3. The next book in a series you started
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero
10. A book about death or grief
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
15. A book about feminism
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[Tonya]

✔ 1. A book made into a movie you've already seen Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
✔2. True Crime Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
✔ 3. The next book in a series you started Hardcore Twenty-Four
✔4. A book involving a heist Finders Keepers
✔ 5. Nordic noir The Son
✔6. A novel based on a real person Before We Were Yours
✔7. A book set in a country that fascinates you Night
✔8. A book with a time of day in the title Endless Night
✔ 9. A book about a villain or antihero Lolita
✔ 10. A book about death or grief After You
✔11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym The Cuckoo's Calling
✔ 12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
✔ 13. A book that is also a stage play or musical Frankenstein
✔ 14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you An American Marriage
✔15. A book about feminism The Female of the Species
✔ 16. A book about mental health With My Eyes Wide Open: Miracles and Mistakes on My Way Back to KoRn
✔ 17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift Before the Fall
✔ 18. A book by two authors The Rules
✔ 19. A book about or involving a sport Beartown
✔ 20. A book by a local author Serafina and the Black Cloak
✔21. A book with your favorite color in the title The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver
✔ 22. A book with alliteration in the title After Anna
✔23. A book about time travel 11/22/63
✔ 24. A book with a weather element in the title The Lightning Thief
✔ 25. A book set at sea Meg
✔ 26. A book with an animal in the title The Bat
✔ 27. A book set on a different planet Obsidio
✔28. A book with song lyrics in the title Never Let You Go
✔29. A book about or set on Halloween The Halloween Tree
✔ 30. A book with characters who are twins Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
✔31. A book mentioned in another book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
✔32. A book from a celebrity book club Big Little Lies
✔33. A childhood classic you've never read Where the Wild Things Are
✔ 34. A book that's published in 2018 Still Me
✔35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner End of Watch
✔36. A book set in the decade you were born The Chalk Man
✔ 37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to The Girl in 6E
✔ 38. A book with an ugly cover Hardcore Twenty-Four
✔ 39. A book that involves a bookstore or library All the Beautiful Lies
✔40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017
POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
✔ 2015 - a book you own but never read Dead Line
✔2016 - a book with a blue cover - Dolores Claiborne
✔2017 - a book published in 2017 - The Takedown

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

✔ 1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school Blaze
✔2. A cyberpunk book Ready Player One
✔3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place The Great Gatsby
✔4. A book tied to your ancestry Charlotte's Web
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title The Onion Field What's Eating Gilbert Grape
✔ 6. An allegory Animal Farm
✔7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you A Charming Crime
✔8. A microhistory Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
✔9. A book about a problem facing society today Carrie
✔ 10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

[Alex]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
Fight Club
2. True Crime
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
3. The next book in a series you started
The Girl Who Played with Fire
4. A book involving a heist
City of Saints & Thieves
5. Nordic noir
The Snowman
6. A novel based on a real person
Burial Rites
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
The Lacuna
8. A book with a time of day in the title
The Night Circus
9. A book about a villain or antihero
Madame Bovary
10. A book about death or grief
Men We Reaped
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
The Cuckoo's Calling
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
Two Boys Kissing
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
Alexander Hamilton
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
Behold the Dreamers
15. A book about feminism
Excavation: A Memoir
16. A book about mental health
A Cup of Water Under My Bed: A Memoir
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
Black Dove: Mamá, Mi'jo, and Me
18. A book by two authors
Gwendy's Button Box
19. A book about or involving a sport
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
20. A book by a local author
If I Bring You Roses
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
22. A book with alliteration in the title
Fahrenheit 451
23. A book about time travel
The Devil's Arithmetic
24. A book with a weather element in the title
Snow Falling on Cedars
25. A book set at sea
The Stranger
26. A book with an animal in the title
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
27. A book set on a different planet
Ender's Game
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
Never Let Me Go
29. A book about or set on Halloween
NO EXIT
30. A book with characters who are twins
The God of Small Things
31. A book mentioned in another book
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
32. A book from a celebrity book club
And Then There Were None
33. A childhood classic you've never read
The BFG
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
Landline
36. A book set in the decade you were born
Breakfast of Champions
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
38. A book with an ugly cover
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges (Book you can finish in a day)
The Sense of an Ending

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
The Chamber
2. A cyberpunk book
Brave New World
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
The Thirteenth Tale
4. A book tied to your ancestry
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
A Clockwork Orange
6. An allegory
The Little Prince
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
8. A microhistory
A Walk in the Woods
9. A book about a problem facing society today
Between the World and Me
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Dark Matter

[Echo]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge
26/40

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
2. True Crime True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray
✔ 3. The next book in a series you started A Local Habitation
✔ 4. A book involving a heist Hunger Makes the Wolf
5. Nordic noir Detective Inspector Huss or I'm Traveling Alone
✔ 6. A novel based on a real person The Alienist
✔ 7. A book set in a country that fascinates you The Prey of Gods
✔ 8. A book with a time of day in the title Chimes at Midnight
✔ 9. A book about a villain or antihero Genuine Fraud
✔ 10. A book about death or grief Jane, Unlimited ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym Up the Walls of the World
✔12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist The Wrong Stars
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
✔14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Children of Blood and Bone
✔15. A book about feminism Her Body and Other Parties
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
✔ 18. A book by two authors Just One of the Boys
✔ 19. A book about or involving a sport Roller Girl
✔ 20. A book by a local author Elements of Chemistry
✔21. A book with your favorite color in the title A Red-Rose Chain
✔ 22. A book with alliteration in the title Manners & Mutiny ⭐⭐⭐
✔23. A book about time travel Just One Damned Thing After Another
✔24. A book with a weather element in the title Our Lady of the Ice
✔ 25. A book set at sea Into the Drowning Deep ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
26. A book with an animal in the title
✔ 27. A book set on a different planet Before Mars
✔ 28. A book with song lyrics in the title Magic for Nothing and the Tricks for Free
✔ 29. A book about or set on Halloween The Accident Season
✔ 30. A book with characters who are twins Truth or Beard
✔ 31. A book mentioned in another book The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight
✔ 32. A book from a celebrity book club The Mad Scientist's Daughter
33. A childhood classic you've never read The Railway Children
✔ 34. A book that's published in 2018 Beneath the Sugar Sky ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner Saga, Vol. 4
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to The Argonauts
✔ 38. A book with an ugly cover An Artificial Night

✔39. A book that involves a bookstore or library The Burning Page
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
-A book by (or about) a person who has a disability

[Evelyn]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge
Completed 49/52

✅1. A book made into a movie you've already seen Carrie by Stephen King ⭐⭐⭐
✅2. True Crime The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple by Jeff Guinn⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅3. The next book in a series you started If You Dare by A.R. Torre ⭐⭐⭐
✅ 4. A book involving a heist The Heist by Janet Evanovich ⭐⭐⭐
5. Nordic noir The Redbreast
✅6. A novel based on a real person El general en su laberinto by Gabriel García Márquez⭐⭐
✅7. A book set in a country that fascinates you -South Korea- Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅8. A book with a time of day in the title Just One Night by Lauren Layne ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅9. A book about a villain or antihero Do Not Disturb by A.R. Torre ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅10. A book about death or grief Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty ⭐⭐⭐⭐
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
✅12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli ⭐⭐⭐
✅13. A book that is also a stage play or musical Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
✅14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅15. A book about feminism Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅16. A book about mental health Reasons to Stay Alive⭐⭐⭐
✅17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift by March: Book Two by John Lewis ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅18. A book by two authors Dating You / Hating You by Christina Lauren ⭐⭐⭐
✅19. A book about or involving a sport Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything by Aly Raisman⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅20. A book by a local author The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon ⭐⭐
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
✅22. A book with alliteration in the title Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅23. A book about time travel Kindred ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅24. A book with a weather element in the title The Mist by Stephen King ⭐⭐⭐
✅25. A book set at sea The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez ⭐⭐⭐
✅26. A book with an animal in the title Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅27. A book set on a different planet The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury⭐⭐⭐
✅28. A book with song lyrics in the title The Trouble with Love by Lauren Layne ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅29. A book about or set on Halloween Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie ⭐⭐⭐
✅30. A book with characters who are twins Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell ⭐⭐⭐
✅31. A book mentioned in another book The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅32. A book from a celebrity book club Becoming by Michelle Obama ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅33. A childhood classic you've never read Charlotte's Web by E.B. White ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅34. A book that's published in 2018 The Ones Who Got Away by Roni Loren ⭐⭐⭐
✅35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner We Were Liars by E. Lockhart ⭐⭐
✅ 36. A book set in the decade you were born Columbine by Dave Cullen ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to Human Acts by Han Kang ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅38. A book with an ugly cover A Week to Be Wicked Tessa Dare ⭐⭐⭐
✅39. A book that involves a bookstore or library By Your Side by Kasie West ⭐⭐⭐
✅40. 2015 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge- A Nonfiction Book Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅41. 2016 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - A book that was published in 2016 In the Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅42. 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - A book by an author who uses a pseudonym - The Accusation: Forbidden Stories from Inside North Korea by Bandi ⭐⭐⭐


2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

✅1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school Dark Places by Gillian Flynn ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅2. A cyberpunk book Minority Report by Philip K. Dick ⭐⭐⭐
✅3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer ⭐⭐⭐
✅4. A book tied to your ancestry Arráncame la vida by Ángeles Mastretta ⭐⭐⭐
✅5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title Orange: Future by Ichigo Takano ⭐⭐
✅6. An allegory The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-mi Hwang ⭐⭐⭐
✅7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh ⭐⭐⭐
✅8. A microhistory Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach ⭐⭐⭐
✅9. A book about a problem facing society today The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Steven]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen - Silence
2. True Crime - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
3. The next book in a series you started - Death's End
4. A book involving a heist - Six of Crows
5. Nordic noir - The Snowman
6. A novel based on a real person - On the Road
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - Shōgun
8. A book with a time of day in the title - Breakfast of Champions
9. A book about a villain or antihero - The Talented Mr. Ripley
10. A book about death or grief - My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - The Cuckoo's Calling
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist -
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical - Alexander Hamilton
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
15. A book about feminism -
16. A book about mental health - Turtles All the Way Down
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - Brave New World
18. A book by two authors - Otherworld
19. A book about or involving a sport - Fever Pitch
20. A book by a local author - The Lightning Thief
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel -
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet - Artemis
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never readThe Phantom Tollbooth
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title - A Clockwork Orange
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[Miriam]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

✅ 1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2. True Crime
Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
✅ 3. The next book in a series you started
Shadow Kiss
✅ 4. A book involving a heist
The Heist
5. Nordic noir
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
✅ 6. A novel based on a real person
Burial Rites
✅ 7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
Me Before You
✅ 8. A book with a time of day in the title
Welcome to Night Vale
✅ 9. A book about a villain or anti-hero
The Phantom of the Opera
✅ 10. A book about death or grief
Julia's Daughters
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
City of Lost Dreams
✅ 12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
We Are Water
✅ 13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two
✅ 14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
Asylum
✅ 15. A book about feminism
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
✅ 16. A book about mental health
Girl, Interrupted
✅ 17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
The Shack
✅ 18. A book by two authors
City of Dark Magic
19. A book about or involving a sport
Britt-Marie Was Here
✅ 20. A book by a local author
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
✅ 21. A book with your favorite color in the title
Under a Purple Moon
22. A book with alliteration in the title
Picture Perfect
✅ 23. A book about time travel
Tempting Fate
✅ 24. A book with a weather element in the title
Stormbreaker
✅ 25. A book set at sea
The Woman in Cabin 10
✅ 26. A book with an animal in the title
Silence of the Lambs
✅ 27. A book set on a different planet
Red Rising
✅ 28. A book with song lyrics in the title
Little Earthquakes
✅ 29. A book about or set on Halloween
Dance Upon the Air
30. A book with characters who are twins
I Know This Much Is True
31. A book mentioned in another book
The Bonfire of the Vanities
✅ 32. A book from a celebrity book club
The Road
✅ 33. A childhood classic you've never read
Stuart Little
34. A book that's published in 2018
The Wild Inside
✅ 35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
The Fault in Our Stars
✅ 36. A book set in the decade you were born
1984
✅ 37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
The Girl on the Train
✅ 38. A book with an ugly cover
The Great Gatsby
✅ 39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
INK: A Love Story on 7th and Main
✅ 40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
2017 - The first book in a series you haven't read before
Matched

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

✅ 1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
The Lovely Bones
✅ 2. A cyberpunk book
Cinder
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place

4. A book tied to your ancestry
When I Was Puerto Rican
✅ 5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
✅ 6. An allegory
Animal Farm
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
The Scent of Lemon Leaves
8. A microhistory
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
✅ 9. A book about a problem facing society today
Speak
✅ 10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
A Man Called Ove

[SimitudeSims]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge ✅ *Done*

Completed: 50/50

✅1. A book made into a movie you've already seen-The Haunting of Hill House
✅2. True Crime-Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
✅3. The next book in a series you started-The Snowman
✅4. A book involving a heist- Artemis
✅5. Nordic noir- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
✅6. A novel based on a real person-The Other Einstein
✅7. A book set in a country that fascinates you-A Death In Tuscany
✅8. A book with a time of day in the title-Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
✅9. A book about a villain or antihero-Moriarty
✅10. A book about death or grief- The Accidental Tourist
✅11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym- The Silkworm
✅12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist-Middlesex
✅13. A book that is also a stage play or musical-Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade
✅14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you- The Hate U Give
✅15. A book about feminism-The Feminine Mystique
✅16. A book about mental health-The Bell Jar
✅17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift-Gone Girl
✅18. A book by two authors-Sleeping Beauties
✅19. A book about a sport Beartown
✅ 20. A book by a local author- The Fifth Commandment
✅21. A book with your favorite color in the title-The Color Purple
✅22. A book with alliteration in the title- The Great Gatsby
✅23. A book about time travel-Outlander
✅24. A book with a weather element in the title-Shelter From The Storm
✅25. A book set at sea- The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
✅26. A book with an animal in the title-The Rooster Bar
✅27. A book set on a different planet-A Wrinkle in Time
✅28. A book with song lyrics in the title- Valley of the Dolls
✅29. A book about or set on Halloween- Dark Harvest
✅30. A book with characters who are twins-The Identicals
✅ 31. A book mentioned in another book- Great Expectations
✅32. A book from a celebrity book club-Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
✅33. A childhood classic you've never read- The Secret Garden
✅ 34. A book that's published in 2018-As Sick as Our Secrets
✅35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner- Truly Madly Guilty
✅36. A book set in the decade you were born-In Cold Blood
✅37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to-The Bear and the Nightingale
✅38. A book with an ugly cover- Bridget Jones's Diary
✅39. A book that involves a bookstore or library- The Body in the Library
✅40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges(Book written by a celebrity 2016) I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

✅1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school- The Hillside Stranglers
✅2. A cyberpunk book- Ready Player One
✅3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place-Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life
✅4. A book tied to your ancestry-The Book Thief
✅5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title-Orange Is the New Black
✅ 6. An allegory- Animal Farm
✅7. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
✅8. A microhistory-A Walk in the Woods
✅ 9. A book about a problem facing society today- Thirteen Reasons Why
✅10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge-All the Ugly and Wonderful Things -Thanks, Michelle Likes To Read:)

[Misha]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge
Updated: December 29, 2018

Completed: 29/42

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen - The Borrowers
2. True Crime
3. The next book in a series you started - Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
4. A book involving a heist - The Eternity Code
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person - My Lady Jane
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - The Arctic Incident (Russia)
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero - Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen
10. A book about death or grief - The Five People You Meet in Heaven reread
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist - The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical - Ivanov
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods
15. A book about feminism - The Witch Doesn't Burn In This One
16. A book about mental health - The Princess Saves Herself in this One
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - The Three Sisters
18. A book by two authors - Obsidio
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author - ABNKKBSNPLAKo?! reread
21. A book with your (second) favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel - The Time Machine
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title - The Seagull
27. A book set on a different planet - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
28. A book with song lyrics in the title - Poor Unfortunate Soul: A Tale of the Sea Witch
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins - Manga Mutiny reread
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never read - Matilda
34. A book that's published in 2018 - Leah on the Offbeat
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner (2017) - A Court of Wings and Ruin
36. A book set in the decade you were born (90s) - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone reread
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover - Uncle Vanya
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, and/or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
i. 2015 A book that was originally written in a different language - Manga Metamorphosis reread
ii. 2016 A book based on a fairy tale - The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince
iii. 2017 A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long - Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Lost Scrolls Collection

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

Completed: 4/10

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school (2011) - The Hunger Games reread
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title - The Cherry Orchard
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory - Manga Melech reread
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - Milk and Honey

[Simant]

0/50

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
2. True Crime
3. The next book in a series you started
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero
10. A book about death or grief
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
15. A book about feminism
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[Tote]

This will be my first time. How to pick the 40th?

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen - It
2. True Crime - Ming Hunter
3. The next book in a series you started - Crossed
4. A book involving a heist - The Crooked Kingdom
5. Nordic noir - Murder on the Orient Express
6. A novel based on a real person - The Shining
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - Daughter of Smoke and Bone
8. A book with a time of day in the title - Mister Monday
9. A book about a villain or antihero - The Young Elites
10. A book about death or grief - I'll Give You the Sun
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - The Cuckoo's Calling
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist - Aristotle and Dante Discovers the Secret of the Universe
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical - Macbeth or King Lear
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - Dear Martin
15. A book about feminism - Wonder Woman
16. A book about mental health - Every Last Word
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - Anne of Green Gables
18. A book by two authors - Gemina
19. A book about or involving a sport - The Deal
20. A book by a local author - Reached
21. A book with your favorite color in the title - Red Rising
22. A book with alliteration in the title - Poison Princess
23. A book about time travel - Outlander / A Wrinkle in Time
24. A book with a weather element in the title - Snow Like Ashes
25. A book set at sea - Along for the Ride
26. A book with an animal in the title - To Kill a Mockingbird
27. A book set on a different planet - Scarlet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title - Gone
29. A book about or set on Halloween - The Graveyard Book
30. A book with characters who are twins - Fangirl
31. A book mentioned in another book - And Then There Were None
32. A book from a celebrity book club - Rules of Magic
33. A childhood classic you've never read - The Princess Bride
34. A book that's published in 2018 - A Reaper at the Gates
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner - Rebel of the Sands
36. A book set in the decade you were born - The Handmaid's Tale
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to - A Court of Thorns and Roses
38. A book with an ugly cover - Uglies
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library - The Librarian
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

[Nancy]

Progress: 39/50
1. A book made into a movie you've already seen: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2. True Crime
3. The next book in a series you started: A Fatal Grace
4. A book involving a heist: The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
5. Nordic noir: Blood on Snow
6. A novel based on a real person: The Perfect Nanny
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you: The Strays (Australia)
8. A book with a time of day in the title: Midnight Snacks are Murder
9. A book about a villain or antihero
10. A book about death or grief: The History of Love
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist: The Immortalists
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical: Animal Farm
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you: Halsey Street
15. A book about feminism: The Female Persuasion
16. A book about mental health: Turtles All the Way Down
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift: In the Midst of Winter
18. A book by two authors: What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism Dan Rather & Eliot Kirschner
19. A book about or involving a sport: Beartown
20. A book by a local author: Trouble Brewing from Allentown, PA
21. A book with your favorite color in the title: The Red Tent
22. A book with alliteration in the title: Magpie Murders
23. A book about time travel: Second Time Around
24. A book with a weather element in the title: The Dry
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title: The Swan House
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title: True to You
29. A book about or set on Halloween: Halloween Murder
30. A book with characters who are twins: The Thirteenth Tale
31. A book mentioned in another book: A Great Reckoning mentioned in I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
32. A book from a celebrity book club: An American Marriage
33. A childhood classic you've never read: Anne of Green Gables
34. A book that's published in 2018: The Wedding Date
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner: Before We Were Yours (2017)
36. A book set in the decade you were born: The Great Alone
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to: Since We Fell
38. A book with an ugly cover: Her Every Fear
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library: The Bookshop on the Corner
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges: a book set around a holiday other than Christmas (2017): The Cruelest Month- set around Easter

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place: The Power
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you: The Sister Circle Nancy Moser
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today: The Almost Sisters (racism)
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: A Rule Against Murder

[Riley]

44/50

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen: Peter Pan
2. True Crime: Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
3. The next book in a series you started: First Debt
4. A book involving a heist: Six of Crows
5. Nordic noir: The Snowman
6. A novel based on a real person: Alias Grace
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you: The Winter Over
8. A book with a time of day in the title: The Night Circus
9. A book about a villain or antihero: The Cruel Prince
10. A book about death or grief: P.S. I Miss You
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym: The Cuckoo's Calling (JK Rowling)
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist: Picture Us in the Light
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical: And Then There Were None
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you: My Sister, the Serial Killer
15. A book about feminism: The Red Word
16. A book about mental health: Freshwater
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift: Sleeping Giants
18. A book by two authors: Damaged Like Us
19. A book about or involving a sport: Beartown
20. A book by a local author: Tyler Johnson Was Here
21. A book with your favorite color in the title: The Color Purple
22. A book with alliteration in the title: Children of Blood and Bone
23. A book about time travel: The Echo Room
24. A book with a weather element in the title: Strange Weather
25. A book set at sea: The Opposite of Here
26. A book with an animal in the title: Sadness Is a White Bird
27. A book set on a different planet: The Empress
28. A book with song lyrics in the title: Never Let Me Go
29. A book about or set on Halloween: The Halloween Tree
30. A book with characters who are twins: The Lies of Locke Lamora
31. A book mentioned in another book: Ready Player One
32. A book from a celebrity book club: Rebecca
33. A childhood classic you've never read: A Wrinkle in Time
34. A book that's published in 2018: An American Marriage
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner: Salt to the Sea
36. A book set in the decade you were born: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to: Valley of the Dolls
38. A book with an ugly cover: The Education of Sebastian
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library: Fangirl
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges: A classic romance: Rebecca

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school (2007): Unwind
2. A cyberpunk book: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place:
4. A book tied to your ancestry: House of Purple Cedar
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
6. An allegory: Lord of the Flies
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you: Unwanted
8. A microhistory: The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
9. A book about a problem facing society today: Anatomy of a Scandal
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: Gather the Daughters

[Suzanne]

0/50

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen:
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, or The Shining, or Life of Pi)

2. True Crime: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

3. The next book in a series you started:
(A Fatal Grace)

4. A book involving a heist:

5. Nordic noir:
(The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

6. A novel based on a real person: Shadow Country

7. A book set in a country that fascinates you:

8. A book with a time of day in the title: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West, Sunset Park

9. A book about a villain or antihero: Frankenstein: The 1818 Text, or The Remains of the Day, or Artemis Fowl

√ 10. A book about death or grief:
(Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End)

11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym:

12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, or Middlesex, or The Book of Salt, or Luna, or Every Day

13. A book that is also a stage play or musical: Dear Evan Hansen

√ 14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you: Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

15. A book about feminism:
(Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman, or A Room of One's Own)

16. A book about mental health: Challenger Deep

17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift:

18. A book by two authors: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, or The Talisman

19. A book about or involving a sport:
(The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics)

20. A book by a local author: Grasslands

21. A book with your favorite color in the title:
(Purple Hibiscus)

22. A book with alliteration in the title: Caleb's Crossing, Angela's Ashes, Peter Pan (also a play/musical)

√ 23. A book about time travel: A Wrinkle in Time

24. A book with a weather element in the title:
(The Snow Child, The Art of Racing in the Rain)

25. A book set at sea:
(The Shipping News)

26. A book with an animal in the title: The Good Lord Bird, or The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, or I've been wanting to rereadThe Trumpet of the Swan

27. A book set on a different planet:

28. A book with song lyrics in the title: Norwegian Wood, or Go Ask Alice

29. A book about or set on Halloween: Coraline? or We Have Always Lived in the Castle? or The Haunting of Hill House??

30. A book with characters who are twins:

31. A book mentioned in another book:

√ 32. A book from a celebrity book club: Big Little Lies

33. A childhood classic you've never read: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

√ 34. A book that's published in 2018: An American Marriage

35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner:
Truly Madly Guilty, When Breath Becomes Air, The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Life After Life, I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir, 11/22/63, The Paris Wife, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Columbine

36. A book set in the decade you were born: 11/22/63, Go Ask Alice, The Brothers K, reread A Prayer for Owen Meany??

37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to:
(11/22/63)

38. A book with an ugly cover:

39. A book that involves a bookstore or library:
(Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore)

40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges:


2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school:
(A Perfect Spy)

2. A cyberpunk book: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place:

4. A book tied to your ancestry:

5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title:

6. An allegory: Watership Down

7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you:

8. A microhistory:

√ 9. A book about a problem facing society today: Columbine

10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

Books listed for prompts not checked off are ideas, which are still in flux. Books listed in parenthesis after checked off categories are previous ideas for the category, which I may still want to read in addition to the primary book for the prompt.

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

√1. A book made into a movie you've already seenNorth and South (The Tale of Despereaux)
√2. True Crime Shot All to Hell: Bad Ass Outlaws, Gunfighters, and Law Men of the Old West, Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
√3. The next book in a series you startedQueen of Sorcery, Food Wars!, Vol. 2, Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
√4. A book involving a heistArtemis
√5. Nordic noir Mind's Eye (Nothing, Detective Inspector Huss)
√6. A novel based on a real person Elizabeth Street (The Invention of Wings)
√ 7. A book set in a country that fascinates youHow the Irish Saved Civilization (The Search for God and Guinness: A Biography of the Beer That Changed the World, Unlikely Rebels: The Gifford Girls and the Fight for Irish Freedom)
√ 8. A book with a time of day in the titleA Night Divided (The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time, Night Watch)
√ 9. A book about a villain or antiheroFairest, Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen
√10. A book about death or griefHuntress, The Graveyard Book, The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches, The Walk
(Life After,)
√ 11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym Wuthering Heights (Jo's Boys, Agnes Grey)
√12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonistOpenness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ
√13. A book that is also a stage play or musical The Secret Garden,The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time ( Don Quixote, The Phantom of the Opera, , Les Misérables)
√14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
Food Wars!, Vol. 3 (Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry)
√15. A book about feminism Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story
√ 16. A book about mental healthLook Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's, You're Never Weird on the Internet, NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
√ 17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a giftBlood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
√18. A book by two authors Not Pregnant: A Companion for the Emotional Journey of Infertility, A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages, Illuminae
√19. A book about or involving a sport: A Short History of the Girl Next Door (Grandmaster, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics)
√20. A book by a local authorMurder on Whiskey Row
√21. A book with your favorite color in the titleThe Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
√22. A book with alliteration in the title Pawn of Prophecy, A Goose Girl: A Retelling of The Goose Girl (The Goose Girl)
√23. A book about time travelThe Clay Lion
√24. A book with a weather element in the titleFollowed by Frost, Happily Ever Afters: A Reimagining of Snow White and Rose Red, The Haunting of Sunshine Girl
√25. A book set at seaCaptains Courageous
√26. A book with an animal in the titleThe Hawk and the Dove Trilogy, Poo-Poo and the Dragons (The Last Unicorn)
√27. A book set on a different planet The Splitting (Night Watch, Men at Arms)
√28. A book with song lyrics in the title You Must Remember This: Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age ( Shades of Grey, Renegades)
√29. A book about or set on Halloween The Vampire's Mail Order Bride (Hallowe'en Party)
√30. A book with characters who are twins A Dance of Silver and Shadow: A Retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses, A Tale of Beauty and Beast: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast(The Thirteenth Tale)
√ 31. A book mentioned in another book Three Men in a Boat (mentioned in Have Space Suit—Will Travel) (Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism, The Siege: A Family's Journey Into the World of an Autistic Child, both mentioned in NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity)
√32. A book from a celebrity book club Turtles All the Way Down (The Martian, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, The Nightingale)
√33. A childhood classic you've never readThe Blue Castle, Pollyanna, Jane of Lantern Hill
√34. A book that's published in 2018 Unearthed, Dominion, The Plastic Magician
√35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winnerQuiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
√ 36. A book set in the decade you were bornHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (The Music Shop)
√37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to The Peacemaker: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict, The American Indian (Education of a Wandering Man)
√38. A book with an ugly coverRumpled
√39. A book that involves a bookstore or library The Princess Companion: A Retelling of The Princess and the Pea (84, Charing Cross Road)
√40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges: A Graphic Novel Food Wars!, Vol. 1

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

√ 1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
√2. A cyberpunk bookWarcross
√3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place Sir Knight of the Splendid Way ( The Czars)
√4. A book tied to your ancestry Quest for a Maid (How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It)
√5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Five Little Peppers and How They Grew)
√6. An allegory The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World, Persuasions: A Dream of Reason Meeting Unbelief(Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum Physics, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, The Phantom Tollbooth)
√7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
The Walk (The Boarding School Experiment)
√8. A microhistory Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
√9. A book about a problem facing society todayCarpe Diem, Illinois, Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed Everything
√10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Jackaby (Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things)

[Rebecca]

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen [The Birds]
The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier

2. True Crime
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum

3. The next book in a series you started
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

4. A book involving a heist
The Great Pearl Heist: London's Greatest Thief and Scotland Yard's Hunt for the World's Most Valuable Necklace by Molly Caldwell Crosby

5. Nordic noir
My First Murder by Leena Lehtolainen

6. A novel based on a real person
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

7. A book set in a country that fascinates you [New Zealand]
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

8. A book with a time of day in the title
Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton

9. A book about a villain or antihero
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three by Mara Leveritt

10. A book about death or grief
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you [Jamaican]
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

15. A book about feminism
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine

16. A book about mental health
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness by Kay Redfield Jamison

17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
In the Woods by Tana French

18. A book by two authors
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

19. A book about or involving a sport
Still Kicking: My Journey as the First Woman to Play Division I College Football by Katie Hnida

20. A book by a local author [Metro Cleveland]
The Rehearsal by Sarah Willis

21. A book with your favorite color in the title [purple]
The Purple Violet of Oshaantu by Neshani Andreas

22. A book with alliteration in the title
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

23. A book about time travel
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

24. A book with a weather element in the title
What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley by Kim Cross

25. A book set at sea
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty by Caroline Alexander

26. A book with an animal in the title
The Perfect Horse: the Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts

27. A book set on a different planet
Planetfall by Emma Newman

28. A book with song lyrics in the title
Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin

29. A book about or set on Halloween
Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween by Lisa Morton

30. A book with characters who are twins
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

31. A book mentioned in another book
**pending**

32. A book from a celebrity book club [Florence Welch]
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

33. A childhood classic you've never read
The Giver by Lois Lowry

34. A book that's published in 2018
Beneath the Sugar Sky by Seanan McGuire

35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner [2010 Science Fiction]
Feed by Mira Grant

36. A book set in the decade you were born [1990's]
Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo by Zlata Filipović

37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron

38. A book with an ugly cover
Asleep: The Forgotten Epidemic that Remains One of Medicine's Greatest Mysteries by Molly Caldwell Crosby


39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett

40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges [2015 - nonfiction]
The Millionaire and the Bard: Henry Folger’s Obsessive Hunt for Shakespeare’s First Folio by Andrea Mays

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school [2010]
Room by Emma Donoghue

2. A cyberpunk book
Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
**pending**

4. A book tied to your ancestry [maiden name implies ancestors were coopers]
Wood, Whiskey and Wine: A History of Barrels by Henry Work

5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

6. An allegory
Half a Day and other stories

7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Solnit

8. A microhistory
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel

9. A book about a problem facing society today [Islamophobia]
I'm Not a Terrorist, But I've Played One On TV: Memoirs of a Middle Eastern Funny Man by Maz Jobrani

10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach

[Amanda]

Here we go! My tracking GoogleDoc

47/52
12/21/18: I think 47 is where I'm going to end this year. It's disappointing not to finish, but I wanted to stick to mining my TBR as much as possible and if I couldn't find something to fit a prompt, it wasn't a priority.

General Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen Stories of Your Life and Others
2. True Crime Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
3. The next book in a series you started Persepolis Rising
4. A book involving a heist Six of Crows
5. Nordic noir The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
6. A novel based on a real person Alias Grace
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
8. A book with a time of day in the title Good Morning, Midnight
9. A book about a villain or antihero Vicious
10. A book about death or grief Everything I Never Told You
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist Golden Boy
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
15. A book about feminism Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society
16. A book about mental health Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift The Lady of the Lake
18. A book by two authors Sweep in Peace
19. A book about or involving a sport The Hook Up
20. A book by a local author Weetzie Bat
21. A book with your favorite color in the title Blueprints of the Afterlife
22. A book with alliteration in the title Red Rising
23. A book about time travel Timebound
24. A book with a weather element in the title A Breath of Snow and Ashes
25. A book set at sea Almost a Scandal
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet Young Miles
28. A book with song lyrics in the title The Way You Make Me Feel
29. A book about or set on Halloween The Replacement
30. A book with characters who are twins Fangirl
31. A book mentioned in another book The Lathe of Heaven
32. A book from a celebrity book club Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018 Starless
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner It Ends with Us
36. A book set in the decade you were born Eleanor & Park
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to Do You Want to Start a Scandal
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library A Discovery of Witches
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
40a. 2015 A Trilogy The Turner Series: Unveiled, Unclaimed, Unraveled
40b. 2016 A Book I haven't read since High School The Girl Who Played with Fire
40c. 2017 A Book about an interesting woman The Comfortable Courtesan, Volume 1

Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
2. A cyberpunk book Count Zero
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place Annihilation
4. A book tied to your ancestry Blood of Elves
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory The Bees
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you A Promise of Fire
8. A microhistory Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
9. A book about a problem facing society today The Hate U Give
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Caraval

[Sarah]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge (1 book can cover many topics since otherwise I wouldn't get to read anything but books for this challenge.)

[2/52]

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen - The Princess Bride(?)
2. True Crime - My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
3. The next book in a series you started
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero
10. A book about death or grief
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - any Charles Todd book - mother/son duo
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical - Alexander Hamilton
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
15. A book about feminism
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - Any book from OTSP Secret Sister
18. A book by two authors - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes & Joe Layden
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title - Cold Cold Heart
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
2015: A book with more than 500 pages - Alexander Hamilton

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

BONUS (Your favorite prompt from the 2016 & 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges):
(51) 2016: A book about a culture I'm not familiar with.
(52) 2017: A book that's been on my TBR for way too long.

[Molly]

46/52

X1. A book made into a movie you've already seen- Practical Magic Practical Magic
X2. True Crime- The Stranger Beside MeThe Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy The Shocking Inside Story
X3. The next book in a series you started- The Wicked Will RiseThe Wicked Will Rise
X4. A book involving a heist- Lock ArtistThe Lock Artist
X5. Nordic noir- The SonThe Son
6. A novel based on a real person- Burial Rites
X7. A book set in a country that fascinates you- Boy in the Striped PajamasThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas
8. A book with a time of day in the title- the Curious case of the dog in the nighttime
X9. A book about a villain or antihero- The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an EyeThe Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
X10. A book about death or grief- Me, Earl, and the Dying GirlMe and Earl and the Dying Girl
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym- The Cuckoos Calling
X12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist- The Price of Salt/CarolCarol
X13. A book that is also a stage play or musical- HP and the Cursed ChildHarry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2
X14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you- Life of Pi Life of Pi
X15. A book about feminism- The Handmaids TaleThe Handmaid's Tale
X16. A book about mental health- Furiously HappyFuriously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift- Just Juliet
X18. A book by two authors-On What GroundsOn What Grounds
X19. A book about or involving a sport- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part TIme IndianThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
X20. A book by a local author- No Stone UnturnedNo Stone Unturned
X21. A book with your favorite color in the title- Blood OrangeBlood Orange
X22. A book with alliteration in the title- Make Mine MurderMake Mine Murder: Appointment with Death / Peril at End House / Sad cypress
X23. A book about time travel- Artemis Fowl and the Time ParadoxThe Time Paradox
24. A book with a weather element in the title- Rose in a Storm
X25. A book set at sea- The woman in cabin 10The Woman in Cabin 10
X26. A book with an animal in the title- H is for HawkH is for Hawk
27. A book set on a different planet- Martian Chronicles
28. A book with song lyrics in the title- Helter Skelter
X29. A book about or set on Halloween- Something Wicked This Way ComesSomething Wicked This Way Comes
X30. A book with characters who are twins- The Memory Keepers DaughterThe Memory Keeper's Daughter
31. A book mentioned in another book- Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them
X32. A book from a celebrity book club- WildWild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
X33. A childhood classic you've never read- MatildaMatilda
X34. A book that's published in 2018- The Wife Between UsThe Wife Between Us
X35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner- Into the WaterInto the Water
36. A book set in the decade you were born- Eleanor & Park
X37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to- Still AliceStill Alice
X38. A book with an ugly cover- The #1 Ladies Detective AgencyThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
X39. A book that involves a bookstore or library- Mr. Penumbra's 24 hour bookstoreMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
X40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges- One Word Title- RoomRoom

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school- The Alibi (1999)
X2. A cyberpunk book- Ready Player OneReady Player One
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place- Bucky F*ing DentBucky F*cking Dent
4. A book tied to your ancestry- Seward
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title- Sweet Potato Queens First Big Ass Novel
X6. An allegory- The ShackThe Shack
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you- The Forever King by Molly Cochran
8. A microhistory- Stiff: the Curious Life of Human Cadavers
X9. A book about a problem facing society today- The Hate U GiveThe Hate U Give
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge- Pending***

[Jacob]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge
42/42
1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
Black Mass by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill
§2. True Crime
American Fire: Love, Arson, and Life in a Vanishing Land by Monica Hesse
§3. The next book in a series you started
Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
4. A book involving a heist
Camino Island by John Grisham
5. Nordic noir
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
§6. A novel based on a real person
I Was Anastasia by Ariel Lawhon
§7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
To Capture What We Cannot Keep by Beatrice Colin
§8. A book with a time of day in the title
The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott
§9. A book about a villain or antihero
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry
§10. A book about death or grief
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
§11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
Calypso by David Sedaris
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by John Tiffany, J. K. Rowling and Jack Thorne
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
§15. A book about feminism
Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard
§16. A book about mental health
Insane: America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness by Alisa Roth
§17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone by Olivia Laing
18. A book by two authors
Slobberknocker: My Life in Wrestling by Jim Ross and Paul O'Brien
19. A book about or involving a sport
The Game of Our Lives: The English Premier League and the Making of Modern Britain by David Goldblatt
20. A book by a local author
Southernmost by Silas House
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
22. A book with alliteration in the title
A Song of Shadows by John Connolly
§23. A book about time travel
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J. K. Rowling
24. A book with a weather element in the title
Prayers for Rain by Dennis Lehane
25. A book set at sea
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
26. A book with an animal in the title
Bearskin by James A. McLaughlin
27. A book set on a different planet
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
The Fireman by Joe Hill
§29. A book about or set on Halloween
Haunted Nights edited by Ellen Datlow
30. A book with characters who are twins
The Dark Half by Stephen King
§31. A book mentioned in another book
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
§32. A book from a celebrity book club
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
33. A childhood classic you've never read
The BFG by Roald Dahl
§34. A book that's published in 2018
Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover
§35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
§36. A book set in the decade you were born
Swing Time by Zadie Smith
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel
38. A book with an ugly cover
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
Quiet, Please: Dispatches From A Public Librarian by Scott Douglas
§40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh (a collection of short stories)
§41. Your favorite prompt from the 2016 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan (A New York Times bestseller)
§42. Your favorite prompt from the 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor (a book recommended by an author you love)

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge
10/10
1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
§2. A cyberpunk book
Warcross by Marie Lu
§3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
4. A book tied to your ancestry
Enemy of God by Bernard Cornwell
§5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
6. An allegory
The Schooldays of Jesus by J. M. Coetzee
§7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips
§8. A microhistory
The Taste of Empire: How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World by Lizzie Collingham
§9. A book about a problem facing society today
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath by Leslie Jamison
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

[Madeleine]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen The Unbearable Lightness of Being✔
2. True Crime My Story✔
3. The next book in a series you started Petals on the Wind✔
4. A book involving a heist Something in the Water✔
5. Nordic noir Burial Rites✔
6. A novel based on a real person The Coldest Winter Ever✔
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea✔
8. A book with a time of day in the title To All the Boys I've Loved Before ✔
9. A book about a villain or antihero Give Him Back✔
10. A book about death or griefSometimes I Lie✔
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym Garden of Shadows✔
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves✔
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical The End of the Affair✔
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Freshwater✔
15. A book about feminism Sex Object: A Memoir✔
16. A book about mental health The Universe Has Your Back: Transform Fear to Faith✔
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift The Essential Guide to Crystals, Minerals and Stones✔
18. A book by two authors The Wife Between Us✔
19. A book about or involving a sport The Cheerleaders✔
20. A book by a local author The Weight of Blood
21. A book with your favorite color in the title Calypso✔
22. A book with alliteration in the title The Novel Habits of Happiness✔
23. A book about time travel Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting✔
24. A book with a weather element in the title Fire Sermon✔
25. A book set at sea Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"✔
26. A book with an animal in the title The Pisces✔
27. A book set on a different planet These Broken Stars or Illuminae or The Mars Room
28. A book with song lyrics in the title The Great Alone✔
29. A book about or set on Halloween Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda✔
30. A book with characters who are twins Hidden Bodies✔
31. A book mentioned in another book Spirit Junkie: A Radical Road to Self-Love and Miracles✔
32. A book from a celebrity book club Sing, Unburied, Sing✔
33. A childhood classic you've never read Flowers in the Attic✔
34. A book that's published in 2018Bad Mommy✔
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo ✔
36. A book set in the decade you were born Mother✔
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get toWe Are Never Meeting In Real Life✔
38. A book with an ugly cover The Ex-Wife✔
39. A book that involves a bookstore or libraryYou✔
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges The Last Mrs. Parrish✔

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school [college] The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
2. A cyberpunk book Ready Player One✔
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place Crazy Rich Asians✔
4. A book tied to your ancestry The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street✔
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title The Pecan Man
6. An allegory Scythe✔
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you Unbeautifully by Madeline Sheehan✔
8. A microhistory Wicca for Beginners: A Guide to Wiccan Beliefs, Rituals, Magic, and Witchcraft✔
9. A book about a problem facing society today There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem✔
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 84, Charing Cross Road✔

In order of completion:

[Allie]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen- The Crown
2. True Crime- The Axeman of New Orleans
3. The next book in a series you started- Killman Creek
4. A book involving a heist- The Escape Artist
5. Nordic noir- Jar City
6. A novel based on a real person- Burial Rites
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you- Force of Nature
8. A book with a time of day in the title- The Husband Hour
9. A book about a villain or antihero- Crimson Lake
10. A book about death or grief- The House of Broken Angels
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym- Shelter in Place
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist- Goodbye to Berlin
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical- A Natural Woman
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you- The Wedding Date
15. A book about feminism- The Girl in the Tower
16. A book about mental health- Turtles All the Way Down
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift- The Memory Thief
18. A book by two authors- The Wife Between Us
19. A book about or involving a sport- The Sittaford Mystery
20. A book by a local author- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
21. A book with your favorite color in the title- Black Water Lilies
22. A book with alliteration in the title- The Woman in the Window
23. A book about time travel- Somewhere in Time
24. A book with a weather element in the title- Sunshine at the Comfort Food Cafe
25. A book set at sea- Something in the Water
26. A book with an animal in the title- The Bear and the Nightingale
27. A book set on a different planet- Artemis
28. A book with song lyrics in the title- Beautiful Secret
29. A book about or set on Halloween- The Halloween Tree
30. A book with characters who are twins- Surprise Me
31. A book mentioned in another book- Anne of Green Gables
32. A book from a celebrity book club- The Dry
33. A childhood classic you've never read- The Book Thief
34. A book that's published in 2018- How to Stop Time
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner- Before We Were Yours
36. A book set in the decade you were born- The Immortalists
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to- The Hating Game
38. A book with an ugly cover- The Vanishing Act
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library- Still Me
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges- Suite Francaise
(A novel set during wartime- 2017 Reading Challenge)

[MacKenzie]

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
2. True Crime
3. The next book in a series you started - MaddAddam
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - Red Sparrow
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero
10. A book about death or grief - I Am a Truck
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - Just Pretending
15. A book about feminism - All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author - Islands of Grass
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel
24. A book with a weather element in the title - The Year of the Flood
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club - Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to - The Corrections
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

[Alyssa]

*1.    A book made into a movie you've already seen V for Vendetta
*2.   True Crime The Monster of Florence
*3.   The next book in a series you started The Subtle Knife
*4.    A book involving a heist Six of Crows
*5.    Nordic noir The Ice Beneath Her
*6.    A novel based on a real person Prairie Tale: A Memoir
*7.    A book set in a country that fascinates you Inheritance from Mother
*8.    A book with a time of day in the title Black Star, Bright Dawn
*9.   A book about a villain or anti-hero Fight Club
*10.    A book about death or grief Insurgent
*11.    A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym Split Second
*12.    A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist Annie on My Mind
*13.    A book that is also a stage play or musical Driving Miss Daisy
*14.    A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative
15.    A book about feminism Moxie
*16.    A book about mental health The Silent Wife
*17.   A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift  The Amber Spyglass
*18.    A book by two authors Uncaged
*19.    A book about or involving a sport Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
*20.    A book by a local author The Things They Carried
*21.    A book with your favorite color in the title Blue Heaven
*22.    A book with alliteration in the title Sisters in Sanity
23.    A book about time travel
*24.    A book with a weather element in the title Twister
*25.    A book set at sea Girl at Sea
26.    A book with an animal in the title
*27.    A book set on a different planet The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
*28.    A book with song lyrics in the title Norwegian Wood
*29.    A book about or set on Halloween A Perfect Evil
30.    A book with characters who are twins
*31.    A book mentioned in another bookOn the Road
*32.   A book from a celebrity book club Gone Girl
*33.    A childhood classic you've never read The Golden Compass
* 34.    A book that's published in 2018 Calypso
* 35.    A past Goodreads Choice Awards winnerAllegiant
*36.   A book set in the decade you were bornThe Perks of Being a Wallflower
*37.    A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002
*38.   A book with an ugly cover Fraud: Essays
*39.    A book that involves a bookstore or library The Book Thief
*40.    Favorite prompt from past challenge: Book that's been on your TBR list for way too long Divergent

[Jana]

I tried to do this last year, but got too involved with my schoolwork and research. I hope to do better this year, I want to get back to pleasure reading.

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge - 3/50

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
2. True Crime
3. The next book in a series you started
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero
√ 10. A book about death or grief Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
√ 11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym Middlemarch
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
15. A book about feminism
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
√ 30. A book with characters who are twins The Thirteenth Tale
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[Diane]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

50/50 Hooray!

✅1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
✅2. True Crime
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
✅3. The next book in a series you started
World Without End by Ken Follett
✅4. A book involving a heist
The Heist by Daniel Silva
✅5. Nordic noir
Nightblind by Ragnar Jónasson
✅6. A novel based on a real person
Victoria by Daisy Goodwin
✅7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939 by Adam Hochschild
✅8. A book with a time of day in the title
Night Over Water by Ken Follett
✅9. A book about a villain or antihero
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
✅10. A book about death or grief
H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
✅11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
The Man in the Queue by Josephine Tey was published (1929) under the pseudonym of Gordon Daviot. Gordon Daviot and Josephine Tey were pseudonyms of Elizabeth Mackintosh.
✅12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
✅13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
✅14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
✅15. A book about feminism
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
✅16. A book about mental health
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
✅17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
✅18. A book by two authors
Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I by Hazel Gaynor
✅19. A book about or involving a sport
Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger
✅20. A book by a local author
In Winter's Kitchen by Beth Dooley
✅21. A book with your favorite color in the title
I don't really have a favorite color, but when pushed to have one I picked blue.
Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
✅22. A book with alliteration in the title
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
✅23. A book about time travel
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
✅24. A book with a weather element in the title
Deep Freeze by John Sandford
✅25. A book set at sea
The Midnight Watch: A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian by David Dyer
✅26. A book with an animal in the title
The Tiger Queens: The Women of Genghis Khan by Stephanie Thornton
✅27. A book set on a different planet
Dune by Frank Herbert
✅28. A book with song lyrics in the title
Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
✅29. A book about or set on Halloween
The Fifth Petal by Brunonia Barry
✅30. A book with characters who are twins
The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand
✅31. A book mentioned in another book
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Mentioned in An Unnecessary Womanby Rabih Alameddine
✅32. A book from a celebrity book club
Tara Road by Maeve Binchy from Oprah's book club.
✅33. A childhood classic you've never read
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
✅34. A book that's published in 2018
The Bishop's Pawn by Steve Berry
✅35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
✅36. A book set in the decade you were born
Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse by Jennifer Worth
✅37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
News of the World by Paulette Jiles
✅38. A book with an ugly cover
Origin by Dan Brown
✅39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan
✅40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
2017 Challenges #39 The First Book in a series you haven't read before OR #48 Book with more than 800 pages
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

✅1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition by Richard Bach
✅2. A cyberpunk book
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
✅3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
Seen at the gym.
There There Tommy Orange (author)
✅4. A book tied to your ancestry
The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
After reading Beth's review, I decided that this would be a good book for my German background. Beth: "It also showed how Germans were mislead and ashamed during and after the war. I haven’t seen this side of it in other books. Very much recommend to readers interested in this time period."
✅5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
A Monk and Two Peas by Robin Marantz Henig
✅6. An allegory
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
✅7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
Devoted by Alice Borchardt
✅8. A microhistory
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
✅9. A book about a problem facing society today
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
✅10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Still Life by Louise Penny recommended in this list, Post 72 The challenge list of recommendations

[Chrissy]

46/50

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
Mary Poppins January 14, ★★★
2. True Crime
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century July 24, ★★★★
3. The next book in a series you started
Ancillary Sword January 3, ★★★★
4. A book involving a heist
Artemis February 5, ★★★
5. Nordic noir
Burial Rites January 27, ★★★
6. A novel based on a real person
Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath April 22, ★★★★
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
My Brilliant Friend March 19, ★★★
8. A book with a time of day in the title
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler March 4, ★★★★1/2
9. A book about a villain or antihero
The Picture of Dorian Gray January 20, ★★★
10. A book about death or grief
Grief is the Thing with Feathers November 13, ★★★★
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever May 19, ★★★
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
Peter Darling June 9, ★★★★★
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic June 2, ★★★★
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
Queen Sugar February 19, ★★★★
15. A book about feminism
Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman April 3, ★★★★★
16. A book about mental health
Challenger Deep June13, ★★★★
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
Electric Arches February 23, ★★★★★
18. A book by two authors
Gemina April 23, ★★★★
19. A book about or involving a sport
Beartown February 4, ★★★★★
20. A book by a local author
Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst March 29, ★★★★★
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
The Blue Castle February 2, ★★★★
22. A book with alliteration in the title
Spinning Silver August 26, ★★★★1/2
23. A book about time travel
11/22/63 August 6, ★★★★
24. A book with a weather element in the title
Still Life with Tornado December 28, ★★★★
25. A book set at sea
The Gracekeepers September 29, ★★★
26. A book with an animal in the title
Six of Crows March 30, ★★★★
27. A book set on a different planet
Remnant Population July 9, ★★★★
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
Carry On July 16, ★★★★
29. A book about or set on Halloween
The Halloween Tree October 12, ★★★
30. A book with characters who are twins
East of Eden June 1 p, ★★★★★
31. A book mentioned in another book
Watership Down (in Eleanor and Park) August 18, ★★★
32. A book from a celebrity book club
An American Marriage November 12, ★★★★
33. A childhood classic you've never read
The Little Prince June 6, ★★★★1/2
34. A book that's published in 2018
Obsidio June 6, ★★★★
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? December 9, ★★★★
36. A book set in the decade you were born (70s)
The Great Alone May 3, ★★★★
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
The Race October 10, ★★★1/2
38. A book with an ugly cover
To Say Nothing of the Dog November 20, ★★★★★
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore April 16, ★★★★
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2016 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Author under 30 Mirage December 23, ★★★1/2

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school - Griffin and Sabine August 21, ★★★★
2. A cyberpunk book - Warcross July 28, ★★
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place - Player Piano?
4. A book tied to your ancestry - An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States ★★★1/2
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title -Watermelon Nights November 8, ★★★★
6. An allegory - Children of Blood and Bone September 8, ★★★★
7. A book by an author with the same Name as me - This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today by Chrissy Metz, October 20, ★★★
8. A microhistory - Eight Flavors: The Untold Story of American Cuisine
9. A book about a problem facing society today - Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - Radiance

[[deleted user]]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

0/50

I am so organised I've picked the titles I plan to read next year and have even colour coded them depending on the source (to buy, owned or to borrow)

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen The Martian √ Read 05/01/2018
2. True Crime Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City √ Read 10/01/2018
3. The next book in a series you started Hookah √ Read 15/01/2018
4. A book involving a heist The Art Forger √ Read 23/01/2018
5. Nordic noir The Disappeared √ Read 04/02/2018
6. A novel based on a real person Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath √ Read 10/02/2018
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you To The Bright Edge of the World √ Read 18/02/2018
8. A book with a time of day in the title Behold the Dawn √ Read 23/02/2018
9. A book about a villain or antihero I, Ripper √ Read 04/03/2018
10. A book about death or grief The Light of the World √ Read 06/03/2018
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym The Cuckoo's Calling √ Read 01/04/2018
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist Rubyfruit Jungle √ Read 05/04/2018
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical Brave New World √ Read 10/04/2018
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Everything I Never Told You √ Read 15/04/2018
15. A book about feminism Monologos de la Vagina / The Vagina Monologues √ Read 17/04/2018
16. A book about mental health Prozac Nation √ Read 08/06/2018
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift A House at the Bottom of a Lake √ Read 18/04/2018
18. A book by two authors No Suspicious Circumstances √ Read 30/04/2018
19. A book about or involving a sport On Boxing √ Read 10/06/2018
20. A book by a local author Blood and Ice √ Read 06/05/2018
21. A book with your favorite color in the title Purple Hibiscus √ Read 12/06/2018
22. A book with alliteration in the title Smilla's Sense of Snow √ Read 29/05/2018
23. A book about time travel Hyperion √ Read 22/06/2018
24. A book with a weather element in the title The Sun Is Also a Star √ Read 01/04/2018
25. A book set at sea The Gracekeepers √ Read 10/07/2018
26. A book with an animal in the title All the Birds in the Sky Read 15/07/2018
27. A book set on a different planet The Knife of Never Letting Go √ Read 22/07/2018
28. A book with song lyrics in the title Norweigan Wood √ Read 29/07/2018
29. A book about or set on Halloween A Night in the Lonesome October √ Read 19/08/2018
30. A book with characters who are twins Lives of the Twins √ Read 27/08/2018
31. A book mentioned in another book One Hundred Years of Solitude √ Read 03/10/2018
32. A book from a celebrity book club Little Fires Everywhere √ Read 14/10/2018
33. A childhood classic you've never read Outside Over There √ Read 29/10/2018
34. A book that's published in 2018 The Woman in the Woods √ Read 13/10/2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner The Dogs I Have Kissed √ Read 30/10/18
36. A book set in the decade you were born Eleanor & Park √ Read 03/11/2018
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad √ Read 04/11/2018
38. A book with an ugly cover Dragons of the Wold √ Read 06/11/2018
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library The Library at Mount Char √ Read 10/11/2018
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges Blood Brothers √ Read 18/11/2018

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school The Long Road Home √ Read 18/11/2018
2. A cyberpunk book Ready Player One √ Read 05/01/2018
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place Amy and Isabelle √ Read 18/11/2018
4. A book tied to your ancestry A Short History of Scotland √ Read 28/10/2018
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title Blackberry Wine √ Read 23/11/2018
6. An allegory Blindness √ Read 10/12/2018
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you The Death of Joan of Arc √ Read 21/11/2018
8. A microhistory A Short History of the Vietnam War √ Read 24/10/2018
9. A book about a problem facing society today The Hate U Give √ Read 06/12/2018
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge American Elsewhere √ Read 24/12/2018

[Loren]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
2. True Crime
3. The next book in a series you started
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero
10. A book about death or grief
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
15. A book about feminism
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[Isabell]

I will be reading mostly in German, but for the posts here I'll use the English titles as far as possible.

Completed: 44/50 14.12.2018

+ A book made into a movie you've already seen The Valley of Horses
+ True Crime The Book Thieves: The Nazi Looting of Europe's Libraries and the Race to Return a Literary Inheritance
+ The next book in a series you started The Girl Who Played with Fire
+ A book involving a heist The Book Thief
+ Nordic noir The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
+ A novel based on a real person The Shadow Sister
+ A book set in a country that fascinates you Hummeldumm
+ A book with a time of day in the title Die Nacht, in der meine Schwester den Weihnachtsmann entführte / the night my sister kidnapped santa claus
+ A book about a villain or antihero The Shepherd
+ A book about death or grief January First
+ A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym The Cuckoo's Calling
+ A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist Lord John and the Private Matter
+ A book that is also a stage play or musical The Little Vampire
+ A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Through the Ever Night
+ A book about feminism Die Antwort / the answer
+ A book about mental health Turtles All the Way Down
+ A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift Keine Zeit für Arschlöcher / no time for assholes by Horst Lichter
+ A book by two authors Milchgeld
+ A book about or involving a sport The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
+ A book by a local author AERA - Die Rückkehr der Götter
+ A book with your favorite color in the title Der grüne Skarabäus / the green scarab
+ A book with alliteration in the title Gottlos glücklich: Warum wir ohne Religion besser dran wären happy without a God
+ A book about time travel Farnham's Freehold
+ A book with a weather element in the title One Rainy Night by Richard Laymon - the German title is Der Regen/ the rain
+ A book set at sea Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade
+ A book with an animal in the title The Mammoth Hunters
+ A book set on a different planet Thief of Time
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
+ A book about or set on Halloween Sommer der Wahrheit
30. A book with characters who are twins
+ A book mentioned in another book Pride and Prejudice
32. A book from a celebrity book club
+ A childhood classic you've never read The Little Witch by Ottfried Preußler
+ A book that's published in 2018 The Midsummer Garden
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born
+ A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to The Desert Spear
38. A book with an ugly cover
+ A book that involves a bookstore or library Die Spur der Bücher
+ Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges Into the Still Blue

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

+ A bestseller from the year you graduated high school Measuring the World
+ A cyberpunk book Under the Never Sky
+ A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place Old School
+ A book tied to your ancestry The Plains of Passage
+ A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title Winteräpfel / winter apples
+ An allegory Animal Farm by George Orwell
+ A book by an author with the same first or last name as you Isola
+ A microhistory Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ
+ A book about a problem facing society today Frauen dürfen hier nicht träumen: Mein Ausbruch aus Saudi-Arabien, mein Weg in die Freiheit / women are not allowed to dream here: my escape from Saudi Arabia
+ A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge A Man Called Ove

[Sue]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge - completed December 30, 2018

50/50

√1. A book made into a movie you've already seen - The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
√2. True Crime - In Cold Blood
√3. The next book in a series you started - Operator Down
√4. A book involving a heist - Camino Island
√5. Nordic noir - Roseanna
√6. A novel based on a real person - Michal
√7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - Kidnapped
√8. A book with a time of day in the title - Dark Sacred Night
√9. A book about a villain or antihero - Dracula
√10. A book about death or grief - The Sky Is Everywhere
√11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - Out of Africa
√12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist - Alan Turing
√13. A book that is also a stage play or musical - Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
√14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
√15. A book about feminism - Cold Mountain
√16. A book about mental health - High Calling High Anxiety: Advice From James For Managing Stress In Ministry
√17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - Deadline
√18. A book by two authors - War Shadows
√19. A book about or involving a sport - Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
√20. A book by a local author - Walking in the Rain: Surviving the Fall
√21. A book with your favorite color in the title - Prairie Rose
√22. A book with alliteration in the title - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
√23. A book about time travel - Slaughterhouse-Five
√24. A book with a weather element in the title - Hurricanes in Paradise
√25. A book set at sea - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
√26. A book with an animal in the title - Whale Song
√27. A book set on a different planet - Iron Gold
√28. A book with song lyrics in the title - Holy Ghost
√29. A book about or set on Halloween - Hallowe'en Party
√30. A book with characters who are twins - Cutting for Stone
√31. A book mentioned in another book - Howards End
√32. A book from a celebrity book club - Me Before You
√33. A childhood classic you've never read - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
√34. A book that's published in 2018 - The Kremlin Conspiracy
√35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner (2015 Fiction winner) - Go Set a Watchman
√36. A book set in the decade you were born - Nine Princes in Amber
√37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to - The Silver Music Box
√38. A book with an ugly cover - 13 Little Blue Envelopes
√39. A book that involves a bookstore or library - 84, Charing Cross Road
√40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges (2016: A book of poetry) - Sonnets from the Portuguese and Other Poems

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

√1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school - Night Soldiers
√2. A cyberpunk book - Neuromancer
√3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place - Relic
√4. A book tied to your ancestry - Robin Hood
√5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title - The Grapes of Wrath
√6. An allegory - Lord of the Flies
√7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you - When You Reach Me
√8. A microhistory - Columbine
√9. A book about a problem facing society today - Beautiful Lies: You Are More Than *What Men Think *What the Mirror Reflects *What Magazines Tell You
√10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - A Man Called Ove

[Sandra]

My first time doing this!!

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

52/52

√1. A book made into a movie you've already seen - The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
√2. True Crime - No Place Safe: A Family Memoir
√3. The next book in a series you started - The Darkest Legacy
√4. A book involving a heist - Artemis
√5. Nordic noir - The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye
√6. A novel based on a real person - Alex and Eliza
√7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - The Sun Is Also a Star
√8. A book with a time of day in the title - Almost Midnight
√9. A book about a villain or antihero - Arrow: The Dark Archer
√10. A book about death or grief - They Both Die at the End
√11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - Lethal White
√12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist - Let's Talk About Love
√13. A book that is also a stage play or musical - Hamilton: The Revolution
√14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - Am I Ugly? - One Woman's Journey to Body Positivity
√15. A book about feminism - We Should All Be Feminists
√16. A book about mental health - Challenger Deep
√17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - The Ice Twins
√18. A book by two authors - The President Is Missing
√19. A book about or involving a sport - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
√20. A book by a local author - I'm from Portugal, so I'm choosing a Portuguese author. I doubt there are any authors from my city! - Codex 632
√21. A book with your favorite color in the title - Words in Deep Blue
√22. A book with alliteration in the title - State of Sorrow
√23. A book about time travel - 11.22.63
√24. A book with a weather element in the title - Windfall
√25. A book set at sea - One Girl One Dream
√26. A book with an animal in the title - A Dance with Dragons
√27. A book set on a different planet - Doctor Who: The Eyeless
√28. A book with song lyrics in the title - One of Us Is Lying
√29. A book about or set on Halloween - Batman: The Long Halloween
√30. A book with characters who are twins - One
√31. A book mentioned in another book - Hamlet
√32. A book from a celebrity book club - The Beauty Myth
√33. A childhood classic you've never read - The Little Prince
√34. A book that's published in 2018 - Fatal Legacies
√35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner - The Hate U Give
√36. A book set in the decade you were born - (90's) - The Future of Us
√37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to - The Princess Diarist
√38. A book with an ugly cover - The War of the Worlds
√39. A book that involves a bookstore or library - 84, Charing Cross Road
√40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
√2015 - A book by a female author - The Fandom
√2016 - A dystopian novel - Ariadnis
√2017 - An audiobook - What If It's Us

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

√1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school - (2009) - Dead and Gone
√2. A cyberpunk book - Ready Player One
√3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place - Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?
√4. A book tied to your ancestry - Girl at Sea
√5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title - Five Quarters of the Orange
√6. An allegory - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
√7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you - The House on Mango Street
√8. A microhistory - Writing on the Wall: Social Media - The First 2,000 Years
√9. A book about a problem facing society today - Thirteen Reasons Why
√10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - To All the Boys I've Loved Before

[Johanna]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge
45/52

√ 1. A book made into a movie you've already seen - Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake 3/21/18
√ 2. True Crime - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 2/1/18
√3. The next book in a series you started - Cherry Ames, Senior Nurse 12/19/18
√ 4. A book involving a heist - Heist Society 1/10/18
√ 5. Nordic noir - The Snowman 4/27/18
√ 6. A novel based on a real person - Martha Jefferson America's First Daughter 1/16/18
√ 7. A book set in a country that fascinates you The Heir and the Spare
√ 8. A book with a time of day in the title - The Night Circus 4/1/18
√ 9. A book about a villain or antihero - Heartless 5/22/18
10. A book about death or grief The Year of Magical Thinking
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym Seven Gothic Tales
√ 12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist - This is How It Always Is 2/20/18
√ 13. A book that is also a stage play or musical - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay 12/3/18
√ 14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - Crazy Rich Asians 10/26/18
√ 15. A book about feminism - The Bees 1/25/18
√ 16. A book about mental health - Elizabeth Is Missing 6/20/18
√ 17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington 11/30/18
√18. A book by two authors - The Royal We 12/16/18
√ 19. A book about or involving a sport - Swimming Home: A Novel 4/6/18
√ 20. A book by a local author - Love Is a Mix Tape
√ 21. A book with your favorite color in the title - The Purple Swamp Hen and Other Stories 4/5/18
√ 22. A book with alliteration in the title - Fahrenheit 451 1/6/18
√ 23. A book about time travel - The Time Traveler's Wife 5/13/18
√ 24. A book with a weather element in the title - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan 4/30/18
√ 25 A book set at sea - The Woman in Cabin 10 1/1/18
√√ 26.A book with an animal in the title - Beartown 4/15/18 / Esio Trot
√ 27. A book set on a different planet - Artemis 3/4/18
√ 28. A book with song lyrics in the title - Behind Closed Doors
√ 29. A book about or set on Halloween - Hallowe'en Party 7/13/18
√ 30. A book with characters who are twins - The Ice Twins 3/12/18
√ 31. A book mentioned in another book - The Virgin Suicides
√ 32. A book from a celebrity book club - Seven Days of Us 5/27/18
√ 33. A childhood classic you've never read - Where the Red Fern Grows / Bridge to Terabithia 4/24/18
√ 34. A book that's published in 2018 - The River Widow
√ 35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner - My Not So Perfect Life - 3/7/18
√ 36. A book set in the decade you were born - Go Ask Alice 6/28/18
√ 37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to - China Dolls 4/26/18
√ 38. A book with an ugly cover - The Knife of Never Letting Go 12/1/18
√√ 39. A book that involves a bookstore or library - Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life 2/22/18 / Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2/15/18
√ 40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges:
2015: A book by an author you've never read before - The Light of the Fireflies
2016:
2017: A book with a girl's name in the title - Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures - 1/15/18

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

√ 1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school - Number the Stars 4/12/18
√ 2. A cyberpunk book - Autonomous 2/22/18
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story
√ 4. A book tied to your ancestry - The house by the river 1/27/18
√ 5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title - Cherry Ames, Student Nurse 4/28/18
√ 6. An allegory - Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters 3/10/18
√ 7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you - When Passion Rules by Johanna Lindsey 1/6/18
√ 8. A microhistory Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything - 7/27/18
√ 9. A book about a problem facing society today - Fierce Kingdom 1/1/18
√ 10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion 2/12/18

[Chris]

Christyna's Spot

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
2. True Crime
3. The next book in a series you started
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero
10. A book about death or grief
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
15. A book about feminism
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
22. A book with alliteration in the title
23. A book about time travel
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never read
34. A book that's published in 2018
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the

[Cristin]

Aw yeah, year 2!

32 / 52

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
2. True Crime In Cold Blood
3. The next book in a series you started Brother Odd
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir Sidetracked
6. A novel based on a real person Little House in the Big Woods
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
8. A book with a time of day in the title Crown of Midnight
9. A book about a villain or antihero V for Vendetta
10. A book about death or grief
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist Magic's Pawn
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you The Girl from the Well
15. A book about feminism A Room of One's Own
16. A book about mental health The Bell Jar
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author The High King
21. A book with your favorite color in the title Island of the Blue Dolphins
22. A book with alliteration in the title The Austere Academy
23. A book about time travel Saving Hamlet
24. A book with a weather element in the title
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title The Sign of the Beaver
27. A book set on a different planet The Last Jedi
28. A book with song lyrics in the title
29. A book about or set on Halloween Something Wicked This Way Comes
30. A book with characters who are twins Secret Vampire
31. A book mentioned in another book The Da Vinci Code
32. A book from a celebrity book club
33. A childhood classic you've never read Holes
34. A book that's published in 2018 The Grave's a Fine and Private Place
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born Anastasia Krupnik
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to Emma
38. A book with an ugly cover Never Let Me Go
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library You
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Prompt 9 - A book by a female author - The Handmaid's Tale
*41. Your favorite prompt from the 2016 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2016 Prompt 34 - A book from the library. The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
*42. Your favorite prompt from the 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2017 Prompt 4 - An audiobook. Odd Hours

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2. A cyberpunk book
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6. An allegory The Crucible
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill
8. A microhistory
9. A book about a problem facing society today
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge A Wizard of Earthsea

[Kerry]

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

FINISHED Nov 9 My first ever organized reading challenge!

52/52 Read



52 read Prompts - 42/42 prompts read -10/10 Advanced Prompts read
64 books read total
CR = Currently reading
√ √ Completed

√ √ 1. A book made into a movie you've already seen Pride and Prejudice √ √ Read July 29
√ √ 2. True Crime In Cold Blood √ √ February 3
√ √ 3. The next book in a series you started The White Queen √ √ Sept 12-Sept 17
√ √ 4. A book involving a heist Of Thieves and Elves: A Supernovella √ √ January 23
√ √ 5. Nordic Noir The Girl with the DragonTattoo √ √ January 5
√ √ 6. A novel based on a real person √ √ I Shall Be Near to You √ √ Read July 22
√ √ 7. A book set in a country that fascinates you √ √- UK A Traveller's History Of Scotland √ √ Read October 26
√ √ 8. A book with a time of day in the title Midnight Marriage √ √ May 16
√ √ 9. A book about a villain or antihero The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder √ √ Read May 14
√ √10. A book about death or grief √ √Titanic: Voices From the Disaster √ √ April 18
√ √ 11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym √ √ Wuthering Heights√ √ March 3
√ √ 12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist The Picture of Dorian Gray √ √ April 6
√ √ 13. A book that is also a stage play or musical √ √ The Phantom of the Opera √ √ Read June 13
√ √ 14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Tell a Thousand Lies √ √ March 20 and √ √ The Alchemist √ √ February 22
√ √ 15. A book about feminism The Handmaid's Tale √ √ March 17
√ √ 16. A book about mental health The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde √ √ The Merry Men, and Other Tales and Fables √ √ January 18
√ √ 17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift √ √ Postmortem √ √ Aug 16- 25
√ √ 18. A book by two authors To Marry an English Lord Life in a Medieval Castle √ √ Oct 31-Nov 4
√ √ 19. A book about or involving a sport√ √ Seabiscuit: The Life of the Most Famous Horse in American History √ √ February 5 and
√ √Secretariat: The Life of the Most Famous Triple Crown Winner in American History √ √ February 7
√ √ Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption√ √ √ √Speed Dating √ √ February 18
√ √ 20. A book by a local author Leisenring No. 1 √ √ Read May 1
√ √ 21. A book with your favorite color in the titlePurple √ √ April 26
√ √ 22. A book with alliteration in the title A is for Alibi √ √ Read July 3
√ √ 23. A book about time travel √ √
√ √The Rose Garden √ √ Aug 26- Sept 3
√ √ Out of Time √ √Read June 18
√ √ A Different Time:Gateway To The West√√ Read Feb 12
√ √ 24. A book with a weather element in the title The Fallen Snow √ √ Sept 18 - Sept 28
√ √ 25. A book set at sea √ √ Titanic: an illustrated history √ √ April 28
√ √ 26. A book with an animal in the title The Black Sheep √ √
√√ 27. A book set on a different planet
√ √ A Wrinkle in Time√ √ March 7
√ √ Migration &√ √ January 9
√ √ Web of the Spider Queen √√ January 7
√ √ 28. A book with song lyrics in the title A Night to Remember: The Sinking of the Titanic √ √ April 23
√ √ 29. A book about or set on Halloween Hallowe'en Party √ √ Read October 9
√ √ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow √ √ Read Aug 29
√ √ 30. A book with characters who are twins Tell a Thousand Lies √ √ March 20
√ √The 12 Screams of Christmas √ √ Read April 28
√ √ 31. A book mentioned in another book To the Lighthouse mentioned several times in Monkey Grip and You √ √ Read October 5
√ √ 32. A book from a celebrity book club
√ √ The Woman in Cabin 10 √ √ August 1
√ √ 33. A childhood classic you've never read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz√ √ - April 7
√ √ 34. A book that's published in 2018 Trail of Tears: A Captivating Guide to the Forced Removals of Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations √ √ Read Sept 3
√ √ 35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? √ √ June 26
√ √ 36. A book set in the decade you were born The Outsiders √ √ Read May 30 √ √
√ √ 37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to Voyager √ √ Sept 18 - Oct. 14
√ √ 38. A book with an ugly cover √ √ Macbeth √ √
√ √ 39. A book that involves a bookstore or library √ √ The Body in the Library √ √ January 28 or A Hidden Fire √ √ Nov. 10
√ √ 40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges:
√ √ 2017: A book you bought on a trip
Hungry for Home: Leaving the Blaskets: A Journey from the Edge of Ireland √ √ Nov 4-Nov 9
√ √ 2016 challenge- a book set in Europe √ √All the Light We Cannot See √ √ Read June 22
√ √ 2015 challenge: A Book that Became a Movie: My Sister's Keeper √ √ Read August 15

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge
10 Prompts read/ 12 books read

√ √ 1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school Wanderlust √ √ May 8
√ √ 2. A cyberpunk book Dreams Unleashed and √ √The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer √ √ January 16
√ √ 3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place The Fix √ √ Read May 26
√ √ 4. A book tied to your ancestry The Life and Times of Lewis Wetzel √ √ Sept 4- Sept 11
√ √ 5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title √ √ Lemon and Lace √ √ Read May 14
√ √ Oh, Cherry Ripe √ √ May 28
√ √ 6. An allegory Heart of Darkness √ √ February 5 and
√ √ The Alchemist √ √ February 22
√ √ 7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you Network of Fear √ √ Read June 9
√ √ 8. A microhistory Titanic: Legacy of the World's Greatest Ocean Liner √ √ Read May 3
√ √ 9. A book about a problem facing society today√ √Fat Girl Walking: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin...Every Inch of It√ √ March 23
√ √ The Perks of Being a Wallflower √ √ May 28
√ √ 10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Austenland √ √ Read July 9

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[Ariel]

50/50 FINISHED!!!!!!!

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

√ 1. A book made into a movie you've already seen Stardust ★★★ 2-17-18
√ 2. True Crime I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer ★★★★★ 11-10-18
√ 3. The next book in a series you started The Rosie Effect ★★★★ 5-1-18
√ 4. A book involving a heist Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts ★★★★ 12-30-18
√ 5. Nordic noir The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ★★★★ 2-25-18
√ 6. A novel based on a real person How the García Girls Lost Their Accents ★★★ 3-28-18
√ 7. A book set in a country that fascinates you The Bear and the Nightingale ★★★★ 5-11-18
√ 8. A book with a time of day in the title The Night Circus
√ 9. A book about a villain or antihero Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin ★★★ 12-1-18
√ 10. A book about death or grief If I Stay ★★★ 3-18-18
√ 11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym The Cuckoo's Calling ★★★★★ 11-28-18
√ 12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist Lily and the Octopus ★★ 6-28-18
√ 13. A book that is also a stage play or musical Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade ★★★★ 10-25-18
√ 14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Little Fires Everywhere ★★★★★ 11-2-18
√ 15. A book about feminism How to Be a Woman ★★★ 3-22-18
√ 16. A book about mental health It's Kind of a Funny Story ★★★ 4-12-18
√ 17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine ★★★★★ 10-18-18
√ 18. A book by two authors A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity ★★★ 1-5-18
√ 19. A book about or involving a sport The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics ★★★ 3-11-18
√ 20. A book by a local author Made You Up ★★★ 6-24-18
√ 21. A book with your favorite color in the title Farewell, My Orange ★★★★ 12-31-18
√ 22. A book with alliteration in the title The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue ★★★★★ 7-8-18
√ 23. A book about time travel All Our Wrong Todays ★★★★ 11-2-18
√ 24. A book with a weather element in the title A Wind in the Door ★ 12-29-18
√ 25. A book set at sea Salt to the Sea ★★★ 11-13-18
√ 26. A book with an animal in the title Salmon Fishing in the Yemen ★★★ 1-22-18
√ 27. A book set on a different planet All Systems Red ★★★★ 12-8-18
√ 28. A book with song lyrics in the title Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory ★★★★★ 3–31-18
√ 29. A book about or set on Halloween Slade House ★★★★ 11-4-18
√ 30. A book with characters who are twins This is How It Always Is ★★★★★ 8-1-18
√ 31. A book mentioned in another book The Uncommon Reader ★★ 12-17-18
√ 32. A book from a celebrity book club Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body ★★★★★ 2-5-18
√ 33. A childhood classic you've never read A Wrinkle in Time ★★ 5-27-18
√ 34. A book that's published in 2018 An Absolutely Remarkable Thing ★★★★★ 10-5-18
√ 35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner Where She Went ★★★ 3-18-18
√ 36. A book set in the decade you were born High Tide in Tucson ★★★★ 3-8-18
√ 37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to Sourdough ★★★★ 2-20-18
√ 38. A book with an ugly cover The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference ★★★ 6-19-18
√ 39. A book that involves a bookstore or library Running the Books: The Adventures of an Accidental Prison Librarian ★★★ 4-15-18
√ 40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
2017: a book that is a story within a story Commonwealth ★★★★ 1-12-18
2016: a book about a road trip Mosquitoland ★★★ 7-18-18
2015: a book set somewhere you’ve always wanted to visit The Little Paris Bookshop ★★★ 7-23-18

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

√ 1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high schoolA Visit from the Goon Squad ★★ 6-29-18
√ 2. A cyberpunk book Little Brother ★★★ 12-16-18
√ 3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions ★★★ 11-21-18
√ 4. A book tied to your ancestry The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration ★★★ 10-20-18
√ 5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title The Bite of the Mango ★★★ 12-10-18
√ 6. An allegory Stranger in a Strange Land ★★ 4-29-18
√ 7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you The Rules Do Not Apply ★★ 8-21-18
√ 8. A microhistory The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women ★★★★ 7-12-18
√ 9. A book about a problem facing society today The Hate U Give ★★★★ 3-13-18
√ 10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge Code Name Verity ★★★★★ 2-3-18



Others:
1. Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planet ★★★ 10-4-18
2. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas ★★ 10-23-18
3. The House with a Clock in Its Walls ★★ 12-2-18
4. This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today ★★★ 12-7-18

[Stephanie]

Completed: 50/50

√1. A book made into a movie you've already seen The Martian
√2. True Crime In Cold Blood
√3. The next book in a series you started Dune Messiah
√4. A book involving a heist Six of Crows
√5. Nordic noir Last Rituals
√6. A novel based on a real person Wenjack
√7. A book set in a country that fascinates you Away
√8. A book with a time of day in the title Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
√9. A book about a villain or antihero The Color of Magic
√10. A book about death or grief The Graveyard Book
√ 11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym The Silkworm
√12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist Middlesex
√13. A book that is also a stage play or musical Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2
√14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Uncomfortably Happily
√15. A book about feminism The Handmaid's Tale
√16. A book about mental health Turtles All the Way Down
√17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift Written in Red
√18. A book by two authors Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
√19. A book about or involving a sport Beartown
√20. A book by a local author Room (London, Ontario)
√21. A book with your favorite color in the title Riders of the Purple Sage
√22. A book with alliteration in the title Gone Girl
√23. A book about time travel Kindred
√24. A book with a weather element in the title The Snow Child
√25. A book set at sea Moby-Dick or, The Whale
√26. A book with an animal in the title The Essex Serpent
√ 27. A book set on a different planet Dune
√28. A book with song lyrics in the title Norwegian Wood
√29. A book about or set on Halloween Dark Harvest
√30. A book with characters who are twins The Marrow Thieves
√31. A book mentioned in another book Little Women, mentioned in This Side of Paradise
√32. A book from a celebrity book club March from the Richard and Judy Bookclub
√33. A childhood classic you've never read Mary Poppins
√34. A book that's published in 2018 Circe
√35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner The Ocean at the End of the Lane (2013 Fantasy Winner)
√ 36. A book set in the decade you were born Bear
√37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to The Bear and the Nightingale
√ 38. A book with an ugly cover Bridget Jones's Diary
√39. A book that involves a bookstore or library The Little Paris Bookshop
√40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges: Birth of the Firebringer (2017--A book You Loved as a Child)

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

√1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school High Fidelity (1995)
√2. A cyberpunk book A Scanner Darkly
√3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place Watership Down
√4. A book tied to your ancestry For a Lost Soldier
√5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title James and the Giant Peach
√6. An allegory Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights
√7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo
√8. A microhistory The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
√9. A book about a problem facing society today The Golden House
√10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge The Night Circus

[Tania]

COMPLETE
2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge
50/50

✓1. A book made into a movie you've already seen - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling (finished 1/2), I watched all the movies but this is my first time reading the books
✓2. True Crime - 1924: The Year That Made Hitler by Peter Ross Range (finished 1/5), this book details crimes that Hitler and his followers committed prior to him becoming dictator, including the trial and prison term,
✓3. The next book in a series you started - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling (finished 1/20)
✓4. A book involving a heist - Heist Society by Ally Carter (finished 3/5)
✓5. Nordic noir - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (finished 3/27)
✓6. A novel based on a real person - The Last Wife of Henry VIII by Carolly Erickson (finished 8/9), fictional account of King Henry VIII and his 6th wife Catherine Parr
✓7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli (finished 1/14), set in Poland during the Nazi occupation, my review is here
✓8. A book with a time of day in the title - The Night Bird by Brian Freeman (finished 3/21), my review is here
✓9. A book about a villain or antihero - Fairest of All by Serena Valentino (finished 1/9), the retelling of Snow White from the Evil Queen's perspective, my review is here
✓10. A book about death or grief - When I'm Gone by Emily Bleeker (finished 1/23), which reveals the story of a man mourning his wife's death even as she sends him letters from the beyond, my review is here
✓11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (finished 10/15), my review is here
✓12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist - Pathfinder Vol. 1: Dark Waters Rising by Jim Zub (finished 1/8), my review is here
✓13. A book that is also a stage play or musical - As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (finished 5/15), my review is here
✓14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones (finished 6/5), I am of German/English/Polish descent and the author is from Spain (the book was originally written in Spanish and translated to English), my review is here
✓15. A book about feminism - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (finished 1/16), my review is here
✓16. A book about mental health - Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol by Ann Dowsett Johnston (finished 3/8), a look at the effects of drinking on women, including alcoholism and its connection to other mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts, my review is here
✓17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - Operation Tropical Affair by Kimberli A. Bindschatel (finished 1/24), borrowed on Prime Reading, my review is here
✓18. A book by two authors - Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life by Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Bush (finished 2/14), my review is here
✓19. A book about or involving a sport - Speed Girl by Stephan Talty (finished 2/1), the story of the first woman to race in the Indy 500, my review is here
✓20. A book by a local author - Shattered Haven by Carol J Post (finished 5/20)
✓21. A book with your favorite color in the title - Blue Almond Eyes by Natalie Nixon (finished 12/1)
✓22. A book with alliteration in the title - Secret Sister by Emelle Gamble (finished 4/24)
✓23. A book about time travel - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (finished 11/26)
✓24. A book with a weather element in the title - Walking Between The Raindrops by Paul and Mary Roland (finished 12/17)
✓25. A book set at sea - Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson (finished 3/20), about the last sailing and sinking of the British passenger liner during WWI
✓26. A book with an animal in the title - Operation Cowboy: The Secret American Mission to Save the World's Most Beautiful Horses in the Last Days of World War II by Stephan Talty (finished 3/13)
✓27. A book set on a different planet - Star Wars Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice by Jude Watson (finished 8/13), set on the fictional planet of Radnor
✓28. A book with song lyrics in the title - Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger, there is a song Furious Love by Veridia (finished 2/21)
✓29. A book about or set on Halloween - Halloween Magic & Mayhem by Stella Wilkinson (finished 2/1)
✓30. A book with characters who are twins - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (finished 2/7), Fred and George Weasley are twins
✓31. A book mentioned in another book - Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling (finished 9/7), mentioned in Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life as a book he loved as a child
✓32. A book from a celebrity book club - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (finished 5/13), a pick by Florence Welch of Florence & the Machine
✓33. A childhood classic you've never read - The Railway Children by E. Nesbit (finished 9/27)
✓34. A book that's published in 2018 - Digging In by Loretta Nyhan (finished 4/8)
✓35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (finished 9/18), winner of Memoir & Autobiography 2012
✓36. A book set in the decade you were born - The Shining by Stephen King (finished 12/1)
✓37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to - The Daughter of Union County by Francine Thomas Howard (finished 1/11)
✓38. A book with an ugly cover - Attack on Titan, Vol. 1 by Hajime Isayama (finished 1/7), the creature on this cover takes up most of the space and is pretty ugly
✓39. A book that involves a bookstore or library - Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library by Chris Grabenstein (finished 6/14)
✓40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
- 2015: A nonfiction book (#14) - Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer (finished 1/30)
- 2016: A book about a culture you're unfamiliar with - Sold by Patricia McCormick (finished 2/12)
- 2017: A book based on mythology (#52) - Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (finished 1/22)

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

✓1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school - The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy (finished 10/31)
✓2. A cyberpunk book - Battle Angel Alita, Volume 01 (Gunnm #1) by Yukito Kishiro (finished 4/24)
✓3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place - The Pearl by John Steinbeck (finished 3/20)
✓4. A book tied to your ancestry - They Came in Ships: A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record by John P. Colletta, Ph.D. (finished 11/17), a useful guide for those of us who had immigrant acenstors who arrived in the United States by ships whether or not they came through Ellis Island
✓5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title - The Princess Companion: A Retelling of The Princess and the Pea by Melanie Cellier (finished 4/11)
✓6. An allegory - The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince by Serena Valentino (finished 2/22), the curse on the Prince turns him into the darkest version of himself
✓7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you - Two Badges: The Lives of Mona Ruiz by Mona Ruiz (finished 9/25)
✓8. A microhistory - Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife (finished 3/2)
✓9. A book about a problem facing society today - Silent No More: Bringing moral clarity to America…while freedom still rings by Rod Parsley (finished 1/19), discusses the overarching theme of the moral decline in America while exploring a number of social issues such as healthcare, poverty, and education
✓10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (finished 6/20), recommended by Marilyn