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Popsugar Reading Challenge - 2018
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25. * "The Woman in Cabin 10" by Ruth Ware A book set at sea
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5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title: Orange Is the New Black
Challenge completed: 16/26
I completed challenge, but had set a pretty low goal so decided to continue.28. A book with song lyrics in the title. Never Let Me Go. Not sure if this is a real song, but it was a song in the book.
I will try to complete 16 since I join late and this is what I have so far:Completed: 23/16
1. A book made into a movie you’ve already seen - The Notebook
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
4. A book involving a heist
5. Nordic noir
6. A novel based on a real person - Educated: A Memoir
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - Next Year in Havana
8. A book with a time of day in the title
9. A book about a villain or antihero - I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
10. A book about death or grief - Rebecca
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
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical - To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel - Aaron Sorkin has adapted it into a broadway play - http://www.playbill.com/production/to...
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat - I am Chinese/Asian :)
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 - The President Is Missing
19. A book about or involving a sport
20. A book by a local author - Pieces of Her
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 titles
29. A book about or set in Halloween
30. A book with characters who are twins - Lying in Wait
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. A book from a celebrity book club - Still Lives - Reese Witherspoon
33. A childhood classic you’ve never read - Charlotte's Web/Stuart Little Slipcase Gift Set
34. A book that’s published in 2018 - An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
36. A book set in the decade you were born - All the President's Men - first published - 1974
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to - The Lost City of the Monkey God
38. A book with an ugly cover
39. A book that involves a bookstore or a library - Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, 2017 PopSugar Reading Challenges - Felix the Railway Cat - a book w a cat on the cover - 2017 prompt
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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 - Family Trust
45. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
46. An allegory - The Giver
47. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
48. A microhistory - Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World - brief history of 50 pioneer female scentists who have changed the world.
49. A book about a problem facing society today - Americanah
50. A book recommended by someone else taking the PopSugar Reading Challenge
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29. A book about or set in Halloween - Tales of Horror on Halloween Night 9-6-18
Update:Challenge Completed - 17/26
A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym--Out of Africa (9/6/18)Update: 43/50
Update to message 88, progress 39/50✓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, my review is here
Just completed #41 (year graduated high school - 2000) - Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah. One of the reasons I enjoy reading an author's entire book history is to see the progression in their writing and ideas. While this book is an okay read, I can definitely tell that the author has matured in her writing style. The plot was alright but predictable, the characters were a bit flat (except for Liam, he was written well), and the writing not her usual standard. But this was one of her earlier works. Still worth reading. 3.5 stars43/40
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38/52: 28. A book with lyrics in the title- Fall On Your Knees
Update msg 252: 8/503. The next book in a series you started - March: Book Three
10. A book about death or grief - Long Way Down
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist - George
32. A book from a celebrity book club - Year of Yes
50. A book recommended by someone else taking the PopSugar Reading Challenge - Sing, Unburied, Sing
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11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym- The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith(j.k. rowling) 9-11
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you The Boys Who Challenged Hitler: Knud Pedersen and the Churchill Club Takes place in Denmark during the earlier 1940's. My ancestors come from Denmark and I enjoyed learning about that time in history.
Please sign me up for 52 books!My message # is 1420. I've currently completed 45/52 books.
Thank you!
(Current as of 3 October)
39/52: a book published in 2018 - The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
40/52: a book being read by a stranger in a public place - Milk and Honey by Rupi Karr
47. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you: The Madman’s Daughter by Megan Shepherd26/30
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35. ***** "Dead Until Dark" by Charlene Harris A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner 2009 Fantasy.
Update message 88, 40/50✓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, my review is here
Update to message 36: Now completed 16/30.
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13. A book that is also a stage play or musical: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
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36. A book set in the decade you were born Carrie By Stephen King (set in 1979)
Just completed #24 (weather element) - Wicked Like a Wildfire by Lana Popovic. Really interesting concept. Loved the characters and the blending of magic into reality. Nice cliffhanger ending too. Definitely worth reading! 4 stars44/40
Update to post #43: 28/505. Nordic Noir The Half-Drowned King (stretching slightly I think ~)
25. A book set at sea The Sea Queen
37. A book that you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to Gone Girl
40. Your favorite prompt from 2015/2016/2017 Popsugar Reading Challenge The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
32) A book from a celebrity book club--Their Eyes Were Watching God (9/24)Update: 41/50
Update message 88, progress 41/50✓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), my review is here
Just finished #21 (fav color) - Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty. This book had an interesting concept. However, the word choice was repetitive and for such a compelling story, it was rather boring in the middle. Not interesting enough for me to continue the series. 3 stars45/40
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Sorry this was updated wrong)Update: 44/50
Update message 88, progress 42/50✓33. A childhood classic you've never read - The Railway Children by E. Nesbit (finished 9/27), my review is here
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