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Popsugar Reading Challenge - 2018
Updated my original msg. #24 for 33/50
Update:Total - 8/26
Updated message 151 3/30 (this is harder than it looks!!)Can a book be used twice??
Carrie wrote: "Updated message 151 3/30 (this is harder than it looks!!)Can a book be used twice??"
Carrie, we use a book only once, for one task. It is a pretty hard challenge indeed :)
updated message 12Total: 28/50
Update msg 25020/40
42/52 since last update:
Message #13 update!
16. A book about mental health: Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse 28.06.2018 ★★★★★
28/50
16. A book about mental health: Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse 28.06.2018 ★★★★★
28/50
Updated message #425.Progress: 8/15
Updated message 66Completed 23/50
26. A book with an animal in the title - The Hound of the Baskervilles
30. A book with characters who are twins - The Neighbor
44. A book tied to your ancestry - The Loch
Since starting half way through I think I would try for 5
Update progress: 18/30No.22 - Alliteration in the title: Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo
No.32 - From a celebrity book club: Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham (Richard and Judy UK book club)
23/52: 5. A Nordic noir - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
edited post #45310/20
✅ A novel based on a real person The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Update: Message 11016/30
9. A book about a villain or antihero: Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
Finished 2 today!19/20
34. A book that’s published in 2018: The Thinnest Air
42. A cyberpunk book: Ready Player One
Update to message 10511. A book made into a movie you've already seen - The Devil Wears Prada (6/29/18)
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - Two Steps Forward (6/10/18)
39. A book that involves a bookstore or a library - By the Book (6/3/18)
49. A book about a problem facing society today - Columbine (6/15/18)
Progress: 14/50
Update msg. 137 - 38/20 :)
Just completed #23 (time travel) - The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen. I was so confused with this book. I really enjoyed the first book in the series, and the author just took this book in a really odd direction. I liked that we finally figured out the crossing - I had my suspicions. But I definitely left the book feeling more confused and not incredibly excited to read the final installment. Worth reading but only if you can't stop reading a series like me. 3 stars36/40
*Update to msg. 10328/30 complete!
Message #13 update!
34. A book that’s published in 2018: The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn 04.07.2018 ★★☆☆☆
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34. A book that’s published in 2018: The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn 04.07.2018 ★★☆☆☆
29/50
31. A book mentioned in another book -- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, mentioned in A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay22/50
Updated post 585Now 21/36
Update m. 143 29/30
A microhistory
The Professor and the Madman, by Simon Winchester
Message #13 update!
41. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school: 11/22/63 by Stephen King 06.07.2018 ★★★★☆
30/50
41. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school: 11/22/63 by Stephen King 06.07.2018 ★★★★☆
30/50
Updated message 72512/22 books completed
Update on my challenges Popsugar Additional challenge: all by female Authors so far.
10/10 done Update on message #1130
As I am going to meet 13 with what I have on my list I'd like to up my goal to 15
1. **A book made into a movie you’ve already seen**
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
Book is better.
2. **True crime**
Radum Girls. crimes committed are of labour laws and occupational safety and those too are crimes. They got enough victims and the court cases are harrowing
4. **The next book in a series you started**
Farewell to the East End: The Last Days of the East End Midwives The trilogy by Jennifer Worth - So I did start the trilogy this year but it still counts
6. **Nordic noir**
Ijsprinces (Iceprincess) Camila Lackberg
7. .**A novel based on a real person**
My sister Rosalind. A book about Scientist Rosalind Franklin.
9. **A book with a time of day in the title**
Nachtblauw (nacht is night)
16. **A book about feminism**
Margaret At took A Handmaids Tale
25. **A book set at sea**
The Bone People By Keri Hulme
33. **A childhood classic you’ve never read**
Nienke van Hichtum Afke’s Tiental.
44. **A book tied to your ancestry**
Call the Midwife
Just completed #12 (LGBTQIA protagonist) - The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley. I am not this author's target audience. For the first half of the book, the only thing that kept me reading was that it was a selection for my book club. It bothered me that the author focused so much on creating the atmosphere of the book at the beginning that she lost substance in the plot and characters. It got slightly better in the last half of the book, and at the end, I could almost admire what she created. It raised the rating from 2 to 3 stars. I did not enjoy this book and don't recommend it, but there were some interesting moments, so for die-hard sci fi fans, this might be your book.37/40
7/187. 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 ✔️
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist - Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle✔️
27. A book set on a different planet - Artemis by Andy Weir ✔️
28. A book with song lyrics in the titles - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas✔️
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to - Anthem by Ayn Rand ✔️
49. A book about a problem facing society today - Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand ✔️
Finished reading Spellbook of the Lost and Found by Moïra Fowley-Doyle.
20/20!12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist: The Book of Essie
I'm going to keep going, but I don't think I will read all of them.
Only just joining in now so think I'll set my goal at 25.
39) A book that involves a library or bookstore--The Invisible Library (7/7/18)Update 28/50
Update to message #72 - 23/50 completed.
24/52: 17. A book borrowed or given - Audacity
I'm in for all 50!
1. A book made into a movie you’ve already seen (Thirteen Reasons Why)
2. True crime
3. The next book in a series you started (Wayward)
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person (Crank)
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 (Scarlet, Book 1)
10. A book about death or grief (The Good Samaritan)
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 (The Sun and Her Flowers)
15. A book about feminism
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
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 (Captain Marvel (2014-2015) #1)
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
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 (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
38. A book with an ugly cover
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
Total: 9/50 (as of 2018-07-09)
1. A book made into a movie you’ve already seen (Thirteen Reasons Why)
2. True crime
3. The next book in a series you started (Wayward)
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person (Crank)
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 (Scarlet, Book 1)
10. A book about death or grief (The Good Samaritan)
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 (The Sun and Her Flowers)
15. A book about feminism
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
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 (Captain Marvel (2014-2015) #1)
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
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 (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
38. A book with an ugly cover
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
Total: 9/50 (as of 2018-07-09)
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