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Popsugar Reading Challenge - 2018
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you: A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. GainesProgress: 40/50
Update msg. 350: 8/2037. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to - Before She Ignites
Got it in an OwlCrate subscription in 2017 but just now finished it
8) A book with a time of day in the title--The Daylight Gate 3/9/18
I love this challenge. I'm in for all 50 and am currently at 24/50. 22/40
1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
Fight Club
Mildred Pierce
Shutter Island
Psycho
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
2. True Crime
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
Killing Pablo
3. The next book in a series you started
4. A book involving a heist
Six of Crows
The Prison Book Club?
Thieves of Manhattan
5. Nordic noir
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
√ 6. A novel based on a real person - The Secret Life of Mrs. London
√ 7. A book set in a country that fascinates you Three Floors Up
√ 8. A book with a time of day in the title - Night
√ 9. A book about a villain or antihero - The Picture of Dorian Gray
√ 10. A book about death or grief - Unaccustomed Earth
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
George
The End of Eddy
If I was Your Girl
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 - Homegoing
√ 15. A book about feminism - We Should All Be Feminists
16. A book about mental health
My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
The Bell Jar
When Breath Becomes Air
√ 17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - Never Let Me Go
18. A book by two authors
My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton
√ 19.A book about or involving a sport The Sun Also Rises
√ 20. A book by a local author The Alienist
21. A book with your favorite color in the title
Beneath a Scarlet Sky
Green Phoenix
Purple Hibiscus
√ 22. A book with alliteration in the title Fahrenheit 451
23. A book about time travel
11/22/63
Bellewhether
Slaughterhouse Five
24. A book with a weather element in the title
In the Midst of Winter
Moonglow
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
√ 25. A book set at sea The Woman in Cabin 10
26. A book with an animal in the title
The Werewolf of Paris
Chasing the Monkey King
The Green Phoenix
The Bear & The Nightingale
√ 27. A book set on a different planet A Wrinkle in Time
√ 28. A book with song lyrics in the title The Power
29. A book about or set on Halloween
Hallowe'en Party
The Haunting of Hill House
The Night Circus
Little Fires Everywhere
30. A book with characters who are twins
The Thirteenth Tale
The God of Small Things
The Identicals
I'll Give you the Sun
√ 31. A book mentioned in another book The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
32. A book from a celebrity book club
The Alice Network
Little Fires Everywhere
The Woman in Cabin 10
√33. A childhood classic you've never read The Giver
√ 34 A book that's published in 2018 - The Immortalists
√ 35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
√ 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 The Museum of Innocence
√ 38. A book with an ugly cover Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House
√ 39. A book that involves a bookstore or library - Paris by the Book
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge
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1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
Message from Nam
The Witching Hour
The Black Book
Circle of Friends
Skinny Legs and All
2. A cyberpunk book
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Ready Player One
3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
Pachinko
4. A book tied to your ancestry
5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
Grapes of Wrath
Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
A Raisin in the Sun
Olive Kitteridge
The House on Mango Street
√ 6. An allegory - Animal Farm
√ 7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
The Music Shop
8. A microhistory
Spook:Science Tackles the Afterlife
The Devil in the White City
Columbine
Empty Mansions
The Night Battles
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
A Man Called Ove
The Little Paris Bookshop
The Power
Americanah
Before We Were Yours
Updated Message 5161. A book made into a movie you’ve already seen. The Five People You Meet In Heaven by Mitch Albom
Update m. 14318/30
A book about death or grief - The Winter People
So frightening and also so incredibly sad.
update to message 454 4/20✅ A book that involves a bookstore or a library: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore
Just completed #14 (author different ethnicity) - Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari. Loved so much about this audiobook! I highly recommend listening as Aziz is the narrator and throws in lovely little asides and rude comments about listening to his book - it was hilarious! It was well thought out and supported by research. I especially appreciated the contrasts between romance in the previous decades and now. Good conclusions. My only slight criticism was a touch of repetitive commentary towards the end. Good length and highly entertaining! Definitely worth listening and reading! 4.5 stars19/40
Update to Post 18 :-)11/30 completed
Alison
Update message 88, 23/50✓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), my review is here
47) A book by an author with the same first or last name as you--Dodgers by Bill Beverly 3/13/18
18. A book by two authors: The Streets of Paris: A Guide to the City of Light Following in the Footsteps of Famous Parisians Throughout History22. A book with alliteration in the title: Thick as Thieves
34. A book that's published in 2018: Educated
Progress: 43/50
Update msg 6: 26/40✅ 39. A book that involves a bookstore or library - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - 4⭐️
22. A book with alliteration in the title: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between1 done!
updated post 585now 7/36
Update progress: 8/30
No. 17 - A book borrowed - The Widow by Fiona Barton
A gripping thriller!
I'm going to go for 20 books. Hope my schoolwork wouldn't hinder me too much :D1. A book made into a movie you’ve already seen
2. True crime
3. The next book in a series you started - The Dark Prophecy (Trials of Apollo #2)
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 - Notes from Underground
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 - They Both Die at the End
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist - Fingersmith
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 - The Upside of Unrequited
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 titles
29. A book about or set in 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 - Gods of Howl Mountain
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 - Those who walk away from Omelas
38. A book with an ugly cover - Perfume
39. A book that involves a bookstore or a library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenges
6/10Read a book involving a sport - Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
Bike tricks and racing is a sport, right? Haha
Message 9 updated 12/40 Completed22. A book with alliteration in the title A Perilous Path: Talking Race, Inequality, and the Law
25. A book set at sea The Wicked Deep
Update - Sherri5/10
1. A book made into a movie you’ve already seen
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
3. The next book in a series you started
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
23. A book about time travel
September Sky
33. A childhood classic you’ve never read - Anne of Green Gables
39. A book that involves a bookstore or a library
How to Find Love in a Bookshop
Updated Message 51612. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus
Update msg 350: 10/209. A book about a villain or antihero The Girl in 6E
22. A book with alliteration in the title The Room on Rue Amélie
PopSugar 2018 Reading ChallengeProgress: 13/50
16. A book about mental health - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - 5 stars
4) A book involving a heist-- The Gardner Heist (3/16/18)
21/5013. A book that is also a stage play or musical: Rebecca
16. A book about mental health: The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily
19. A book about or involving a sport: Bear Town
38. A book with an ugly cover: Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library: 84, Charing Cross Road
48. A microhistory: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
looking to hit the popsugar big 50 by the end of the year 😀So far I'm on 11/50 which are..
1. A book given as a gift - Nod (#17)
2. A book inspired by a previous popsugar prompt - Cabal (#40)
3. A book with a time of day in the title - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (#8)
4. A book from a celebrity book club - Room (#32)
5. A novel based on a real person- Jack the Ripper: Case Closed (#6)
6. A book with alliteration in the title -East of Eden (#22)
7. An allegory - The Alchemist (#46)
8. A book about or involving a sport - Quidditch Through the Ages (#19)
9. Book with a song lyric in the title - Norwegian Wood (#28)
10. A book with an animal in the title -Lion: A Long Way Home(#26)
11. A book that involves a bookstore or library -The Prisoner of Heaven (#39)
Just completed #49 (problem facing society today) - Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper. I really appreciated Cooper's insights into Black Feminism. She added her life experiences to explain her positions, along with research and statistics to support her arguments. While I didn't agree with all of her conclusions, I did appreciate her approach. There seemed to be a little lack of recognition there is a big difference between white feminists and white women as a whole. The vast majority of white women in America do not identify themselves with the feminist movement, so it's difficult to take responsibility for failing the country by not getting all white women to vote for the feminist choice, when most white women revel or at least accept their role in the white male patriarchy. However, I do agree that white feminists should acknowledge and support our black sisters much more than we do. I especially identified with Cooper's struggles in romance, as I find it impossible to locate a man worth dating that is not afraid of my intellect and my job without dumbing myself down, which I refuse to do. While some of the romantic struggles she identified are particular to black women, the romantic struggles for smart feminists are broader applied. Definitely worth reading! 4 stars20/40
PopSugar 2018 Reading ChallengeProgress 14/50
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - Not Just Lucky by Jamila Rizvi 4-stars
PopSugar 2018 Reading ChallengeProgress: 15/50
40. You favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenges - Come, Tell Me How You Live by Agatha Christie Mallowan (2015 - A Memoir) 4-stars
5. Nordic noir: Jar City27. A book set on a different planet: The Lady Astronaut of Mars
progress: 45/50
8/52: a book by more than one author - Crucial Conversations: Tool for talking when stakes are high
Updated message 66Completed 6/50
1. A book made into a movie you’ve already seen - Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - The Silkworm
33. A childhood classic you’ve never read - Anne of Green Gables
Updated message #191Total 12/12 !!!!
And the reading continues...
Completed 5/101. A book about death or grief (#10) - When Breath Becomes Air
2. A book about a problem facing society today (#49) - The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
3. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you (#14) - Grit
4. A book from a celebrity book club (#32) - Love in the Time of Cholera (from Oprah's book club)
5. A book made into a movie you’ve already seen (#1) - City of Bones
Updated Message 51626. A book with an animal in the title. The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson
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19. A book about or involving a sport - Beartown by Fredrik Backman - 3/9/2018 5 Stars
A book about hockey and more.