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Popsugar Reading Challenge - 2018

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2. True crime: One of Us: The Story of Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway

24/40

2. True crime The Most Dangerous Animal of All: Searching for My Father . . . and Finding the Zodiac Killer
23. A book about time travel Ruby Red
34. A book that’s published in 2018 The Great Alone
42. A cyberpunk book Ready Player One
Progress 9/50

✅ 40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges - The Ninth Grave - 2,5⭐️

6/20
15.✅A book about feminismSisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World

11 of 40 completed *Revised 4/2/18*
See tracking @ Chetara’s Try Something Different 2018

21. A book with your favorite color in the title. NYPD Red 5 by James Patterson and Marshall Karp

25/40

22. A book with alliteration in the title - We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories
25. A book set at sea - Salt to the Sea
34. A book that's published in 2018 - Educated: A Memoir
48. A microhistory - Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Progress: 16/50
6. A novel based on a real person - In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunant (based on the Borgia family) 3-stars

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 Where the Wild Things Are
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 Treasure Island
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 History of Africa
39. A book that involves a bookstore or a library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenges
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41. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
42. A cyberpunk book
43. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
44. A book tied to your ancestry
45. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
46. An allegory
47. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
48. A microhistory
49. A book about a problem facing society today
50. A book recommended by someone else taking the PopSugar Reading Challenge

9/30
22. A book with alliteration in the title: The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

✅ 9. A book about a villain or antihero - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - 2,5⭐️

21/30 - favorite prompt from 2015 challenge - a graphic novel
Watchmen
Amazing. 5 stars. Intriguing, exhilarating, depressing. Moved me to tears in a way that a novel hasn't in such a long time. This was my first foray into graphic novels, on the suggestion of someone whose opinion I value greatly, and boy was he right. I want to write a review but I'll have to sleep on it.

Challenge Completed : 4/26
1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
2. True Crime
3.
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 time of day in the title
10.
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
13.
14.
15. A book about feminism
18. A book by two authors
19. A book about or involving a sport
25. A book set at sea
26. A book with an animal in the title
27. A book set on a different planet
29. A book about or set in Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins
31. A book mentioned in another book
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
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or a library

Hi,
I'd like to join this challenge for 18 books (my reading goal for the year is 20 books, so I'm going to have to put in some effort to get to 18 here).
Patricia
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Completed 13/18
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: Fruit of the Drunken Tree completed 27 November
8. A book with a time of day in the title: Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women completed 23 June
9. A book about a villain or antihero
10. A book about death or grief: And Then There Were None completed 11 April
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: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body completed 14 June
15. A book about feminism: Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions completed 16 February
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: The 1,000-year-old Boy completed 9 March
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: Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism: The Belief System That Enables Us to Eat Some Animals and Not Others completed 28 May
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: Children of Eden completed 26 February
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club: (Reese's book club) Little Fires Everywhere completed 8 October
33. A childhood classic you’ve never read: Le Petit Prince
34. A book that’s published in 2018: Becoming completed 20 December
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner: It Ends with Us completed 21 April
36. A book set in the decade you were born
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to: Teemestarin kirja completed 12 February
38. A book with an ugly cover: And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready completed 14 April
39. A book that involves a bookstore or a library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenges

40. You favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenges A book involving travel The Summer of Broken Things

No.3 - The next book in a series started: "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"
No. 38 - A book with an ugly cover: "Murder is Easy" by Agatha Christie

10. A book about death or grief - The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride (3/13/18)
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenges - 2017: A book involving travel - In Honor (3/18/18)
Progress: 6/50

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 The Marriage of Opposites
7 A book set in a country that fascinates you Memoirs of a Geisha
8 A book with a time of day in the title Almost Midnight
9 A book about a villain or antihero
10 A book about death or grief
11 A book with your favorite color in the title Cobalt Blue: A Novel
12 A book with alliteration in the title
13 A book about time travel
14 A book with a weather element in the title
15 A book set at sea
16 A book with an animal in the title
17 A book set on a different planet
18 A book with song lyrics in the title Never Let Me Go
19 A book about or set on Halloween
20 A book with characters who are twins
21 A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
22 A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
23 A book that is also a stage play or musical
24 A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you Go
25 A book about feminism We Should All Be Feminists
26 A book about mental health
27 A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
28 A book by two authors
29 A book about or involving a sport
30 A book by a local author
31 A book mentioned in another book
32 A book from a celebrity book club White Oleander
33 A childhood classic you've never read
34 A book that's published in 2018
35 A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner Adulthood Is a Myth
36 A book set in the decade you were born (1980s) White Fur
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 challenge (2015: a book of short stories) Uncommon Type: Some Stories
41 A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
42 A cyberpunk book
43 A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
44 A book tied to your ancestry Kindred
45 A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
46 An allegory
47 A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
48 A micro history
49 A book about a problem facing society today Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
50 Recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

26/40

A book about feminism: Twenty-One Days
Several characters in this book are feminists.

24. A book with a weather element in the title. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

✓34. A book that's published in 2018 - Digging In by Loretta Nyhan (finished 4/8), my review is here

Congratulations on your progress everyone, you are doing great!

50/50 Challenge completed!"
Wow, it is only April and you've already read 50 books. Congratulations!

I'd like to join this challenge for 18 books (my reading goal for the year is 20 books, so I'm going to have to put in some effort to get to 18 here).
Patricia"
Welcome! Don't forget to count the books you've already read this year. :)
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