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[Abhi]

Update!!

4/18

7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen ✔️
10. A book about death or grief - Crooked House by Agatha Christie ✔️
27. A book set on a different planet - Artemis by Andy Weir ✔️
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to - Anthem by Ayn Rand ✔️


Finished reading Crooked House by Agatha Christie.

What an unexpected twist in the end! Superb writing and kudos to Agatha Christie for maintaining the suspense till the last chapter.

Heard somewhere that Christie loved writing this book the most. Well, to confess even I did enjoy reading this gem the most out of her novels.

Only if there was a series on the lead character Charles just like on Poirot or Marple.

[Ilona]

The list has been updated. You are all doing great! :)

[Cendaquenta]

I'm at 14/50 complete since finishing The Glass Town Game a few days ago - counted it for prompt 6, "based on a real person". (Though that might be a bit of a stretch as it is very much a ridiculous middle-grade fantasy novel which happens to star fictionalized versions of real people.)

[Kym]

PopSugar 2018 Reading Challenge

Progress: 9/50

30. A book with characters who are twins - This Bright Beauty by Emily Cavanagh 3-stars

[Cendaquenta]

Now at 15/50, finished Anne of Green Gables and am counting it for 21, "favourite colour". :)

[Tania]

Updating message 88, 17/50

✓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

[Lauren]

I checked two more of my challenge. I now completed 11/50. I just finished March: Book Three for Challenge #3: the next book in a series you started and Wolf in the Snow for Challenge #24: A book with a weather element in the title (which also just won the Caldecott medal :) )

[Amanda]

updated message 14

4/50

✔1. A book made into a movie you’ve already seen The Hobbit

[Overbooked ✎]

one more:
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

Progress: 28/50

[Rachel]

*Update!
So I am going for all 50.
Here is what I have read so far.
I will add my books as the year progresses.
3. Spell Bound --> The next book in a series you are reading.
12. Gentlemen's Guide to Vice and Virtue --> a book with an LGBTQ+ Protagonist
15. Wonder Woman Warbringer --> A book about feminism
16. Turtles All the Way Down --> A book about mental health
18. Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead --> a book by 2 authors
39. Lost in a Book --> a book that involves a bookstore or a library

[Sally]

Updated msg 250.
6/40
22 Aliteration in title. Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brookes

[Maaike]

Update to message 82: 3/30 done.

3. The next book in a series you started Bring Up the Bodies

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

14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Sag Harbor

[Mie]

Update msg 6: 14/40
✅ 10. A book about death or grief - Victim Without a Face - 3,5⭐️

[Kym]

Pop Sugar 2018 Reading Challenge

Progress: 10/50

26. A book with an animal in the title - Wolf of the Plains (Conquerer #1) by Conn Iggulden 5-stars

[Megan]

Just completed #48 (microhistory) - A Crown for Cold Silver by Alex Marshall. While there were parts of this book I enjoyed, the book would have benefited from some serious editing. There were certain sections that were just too odd, and then for all the verbosity of the author, other sections were too vague. For the ambition and the parts I enjoyed, I'm rating this 3 stars. I received this book as a free giveaway in exchange for my honest review. Unless you love grimdark literature, this is not one I would recommend. I will not be continuing the series.

12/40

[Lindsay]

Update m. 143 - 10/20
A book mentioned in another book - Robinson Crusoe (mentioned in Kindred)

[Kim]

Updated message 170 with these:

- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. (review to come later)
- Closet Full of Bones by A.J. Aalto. (review to come later)

for an official count of 4 (and unofficial 8 ;) )

[Reenah]

Update message 61: 13/52

[Mie]

Update msg 6: 16/40

✅ 1. A book made into a movie you've already seen - Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - 3,5⭐️

Advanced:
✅ 4. A book tied to your ancestry - Hvilken befrielse: Fortælling fra en barndom i nazismens og retsopgørets skygge - Ny revideret udgave - 2,5⭐️

[Cendaquenta]

Completed Advanced prompt #5, "fruit or vegetable in title", with The Grapes of Wrath. Now 16/50 complete.

[Overbooked ✎]

13. A book that is also a stage play or musical: Miss Lonelyhearts

15. A book about feminism: Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It

Progress: 30/50

[Nikki]

*Update to msg. 103

7/30 complete

[Lindey]

6/52: 3. The next book in a series: Just One Year

[Michelle]

I'm working on this one. Planning on doing 52. #40 I want to do one book for each year mentioned.

[[deleted user]]

Message #13 update!

14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 19.02.2018 ★★★★☆

6/50

[Michelle]

Here is my list and what I have completed so far.

Strikethrough - Completed
38/52

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen:
Stardust ~ Completed 11-118
2. True Crime: American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White, the Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century ~ Completed 2-3-18
3. The next book in a series you started: Pale Demon ~ Completed 1-10-18
4. A book involving a heist : The Last Magician ~ Completed 3-10-18
5. Nordic noir: The Boy in the Suitcase ~ Completed 1-2-18
6. A novel based on a real person: Fever ~Completed 3-11-18
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you: The Shadowy Horses ~ Completed 9-15-18
8. A book with a time of day in the title: The Night Watch ~ Completed 12-23-18
9. A book about a villain or antihero: Unholy Ghosts ~ Completed 1-5-18
10. A book about death or grief: The Graveyard Book ~ Completed 1-4-18
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym: City of Dark Magic ~ Completed 8-26-18
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist: Every Heart a Doorway ~ Completed 1-25-18
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical: Anna and the King of Siam
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you : The Star-Touched Queen ~ Completed 7-29-18
15. A book about feminism: The Handmaid's Tale ~ Completed 2-20-18
16. A book about mental health : Agorafabulous!: Dispatches from My Bedroom ~ Completed 11-17-18
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift:Eat, Pray, Love ~ Completed 1-7-18
18. A book by two authors : Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch ~ Completed 11-25-18
19. A book about or involving a sport: In a Heartbeat ~ Completed 3-17-18
20. A book by a local author: Shiver
21. A book with your favorite color in the title:Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading ~ Completed 7-18-18
22. A book with alliteration in the title: Ella Enchanted ~ Completed 1-22-18
23. A book about time travel : The Jane Austen Project ~ Completed 3-29-18
24. A book with a weather element in the title: The Haunting of Sunshine Girl ~ Completed 7-24-18
26. A book with an animal in the title:Call of the Cats: What I Learned about Life and Love from a Feral Colony ~ Completed 1-28-18
27. A book set on a different planet: The Martian ~ Completed 1-12-18
28. A book with song lyrics in the title: Breakfast at Tiffany's ~ Completed 2-6-18
29. ,A book about or set on Halloween: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane ~ Completed 11-8-18
30. A book with characters who are twins: Wicked Like a Wildfire ~ Completed 3-24-18
31. A book mentioned in another book: Where the Heart Is ~ Completed 2-27-18
32. A book from a celebrity book club: The Rules of Magic
33. A childhood classic you've never read : The Enchanted Castle ~ Completed 2-16-18
34. A book that's published in 2018:
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner: Red Queen ~ Completed 2-5-18
36. A book set in the decade you were born: The Wild Girls or The Life History of a Star
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to: A Fine and Private Place
38. A book with an ugly cover : Daughter of Smoke & Bone ~Completed 11-24-18
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library: The Invisible Library ~ Completed 4-22-18
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
2015 - A book with magic - Hex Hall ~ Completed 1-20-18
2016 - Dystopian Novel) - The End We Start From
2017 - A book with one of the four seasons in the title: Wintersong ~ Completed 9-18-18

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school: Acceptable Risk
2. A cyberpunk book: Thieves Emporium or Song of Scarabaeus
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4. A book tied to your ancestry: The Bookshop on the Corner ~ Completed 4-3-18
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title: The Strawberry Girl or A Mango-Shaped Space
6. An allegory: Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum Physics
7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you: Don't Fear the Reaper or The Book of Lost Souls
8. A microhistory:The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women ~ Completed 11-3-18
9. A book about a problem facing society today : Memory of Water ~ Completed 11-13-18
10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: The Magicians or Poison Study

[Lindsay]

Update m. 143
11/20 - a book with alliteration in the title
Women of Will: The remarkable evolution of Shakespeare’s female characters, by Tina Packer

[Lauren]

Now done with 13/50. I read Ready Player One for #42 a cyberpunk book.

[Megan]

Just completed #3 (next book in series) - Still Me by Jojo Moyes. Thoroughly enjoyed this next chapter in Louisa Clark's saga. And Moyes' writing, as ever, contains beautifully poignant moments punctuated by really funny scenes. My only tiny critique is that at time Moyes can be a touch obtuse in conveying a meaning. Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

13/40

[Lindsay]

Update m. 143

12/20 - a book with an ugly cover
Nine Dragons, by Michael Connelly
It was a disappointing read.

I’d like to increase my challenge goal, though, to 30 please

[ReGina]

11/40

2. True crime - Killers of the Flower Moon
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - Into the Water
16. A book about mental health - The Problem with Forever
45. - A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title - The Vegetable Butcher

[[deleted user]]

Message #13 update!

24. A book with a weather element in the title: The Tempest by William Shakespeare 20.02.2018 ★★★☆☆

7/50

[Chelsea]

Update: Message 110
5/30
7: A book set in a country that fascinates you: Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
17: A book that you borrowed our was given to you as a gift: One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories

[Serami]

Hello!

Update to original message 73.

8/50

[Overbooked ✎]

45. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title: The Land of the Silver Apples

Progress: 31/50

[[deleted user]]

Message #13 update!

21. A book with your favorite color in the title: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 21.02.2018 ★☆☆☆☆

8/50

[[deleted user]]

message #41 updated - female author using a male pseudonym

[Beverly]

2) True Crime: Till Death Do Us Part--2/20/18

[Overbooked ✎]

23. A book about time travel: Replay

49. A book about a problem facing society today: I Am Not Your Negro

Progress: 33/50

[Gretchen]

Edit Msg 37
Read 5/10

[[deleted user]]

Message #13 update!

10. A book about death or grief: Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 22.02.2018 ★★★★☆

9/50

[Lauren]

Now done with 15/50.

[Nikki]

Update progress: 7/30

No.6 - A novel based on a real person: The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin
The Testament of Mary
No.14 - A book by an author of a different ethnicity to you - Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed

[Maxine]

Update msg 4

8/20

[[deleted user]]

Message #13 update!

13. A book that is also a stage play or musical: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 22.02.2018 ★★★★★

10/50

[Kacey]

I've turned # 40 into 3 themes one for 2015, 2016, and 2017. So my new goal is 42

12/42 so far

2. True Crime Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka: The Ken and Barbie Killers
3. The next book in a series you started The Werewolf Meets His Match

26. A book with an animal in the title Candy Bear
40b 2016: A book based on a fairy tale As Old As Time

[Tania]

Update message 88, 18/50

✓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), my review is here

[Mie]

Update msg 6: 17/40
✅ 8. A book with a time of day in the title - 4:50 from Paddington - 4,5⭐️

[Sally]

Update msg 250
7/40
16 The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

[Kirsty]

Update to message #72 - 10/50 completed (War and Peace)