2018 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

2018 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

I wasn't sure if anyone was planning on doing this Reading Challenge anyway, so I thought I would post it in here and let you all get extra points for participating! :) This challenge is from POPSUGAR...I did not make this one up, so no credit for me! :D The pretty picture of the Reading Challenge is here.

I bolded the prompts that cross over with the 2018 Bingo! boards. So you know what that means...DOUBLE THE CREDIT! :D If you finish these guys, you get points for both activities. Please be sure to comment in both boards when you finish them!

Challenge Points:
Finish a book: 10 POINTS
Submit a little blurb about whether or not you recommend the book: 5 POINTS
Complete the whole challenge: 45 POINTS

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
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
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 title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with character 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
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 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

ADVANCED
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 a 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

[Little Bee]

I am doing this :) I already identified which books I am doing for each. I think there are only 3 or 4 I haven't decided on yet.

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

YAY!!!! Oh oh! If you have your list typed, wanna put it in here? I am so curious to see what books you choose!

[Little Bee]

I have it at home, I am happy to do it later...I can kind of keep myself a running tally on here. My goal this year is to actually complete a book list I start

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

That is a great goal! I always get ambitious and hope to finish fifty thousand challenges. XD It never happens!

[Little Bee]

I will make a list...TBR that I want to get through (I do a Mount TBR challenge and every book has to be in my possession prior to the new year)...I did a retelling challenge the last two years, but this year I will not meet it because I didn't get my reviews in on time...or didn't do a review for it. And, I alter my lists as I go. Soooo my Popsugar list is set in stone

[Little Bee]

One year I did a challenge where I read a book that started with a letter in the Alphabet...so ABC all the way to Z...that was hard. I managed to get it though

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

Those challenges sound awesome. Do you come up with these challenges on your own? They are great ideas!

[Little Bee]

Nope lol...someone runs the first two. The ABC challenge I did in a penpal reading group

[Elizabeth]

Oh yay! Thanks for adding this Sam. I was planning on doing it anyway! I seriously need to get my crap together for next year so I’m prepared for January. There are so many challenges and readathons I want to do.

[Wendy]

I have always wanted to do this challenge and every year it passes me by. Definitely going to try it this year

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
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
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 title
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with character 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
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 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

ADVANCED
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 a vegetable in the title
46. An allegory
47. A book by an author with the same firt 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

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[Little Bee]

Here are the books I have listed for the Popsugar challenge...there are still a couple of slots I have not found a book yet

1. Coraline
2. True crime
3. The Dark Prophecy
4. Heist Society Finished 1/16/18
5. The Bat
6. Maplecroft
7. Earl of Sunderland Finished 4/11/18
8. Lady Midnight
9. The Rose Society
10. Tortured
11. Naked in Death
12. The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and VirtueFinished Reading 03/13/18
13. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2
14. WarcrossFinished 1/9/18
15. Woman of Honor
16. Rage
17. Wicked Business
18. Sleeping Beauties
19. All Lined Up Finished 1/24/18
20. Gil's All Fright Diner Finished 03/20/18
21. Blue is for Nightmares
22. Fighting Fate Finished 04/04/18
23. Blackout
24. Winter of the Elves
25. Bloody Jack
26. Tiger's Curse
27. Kiss My Asteroid: Galaxa Warriors Finished reading 03/0/18
28. Santa Baby
29. Pumpkintown Perils Volume 1: Terrible Trolls, Naughty Gnomes, & Homicidal Humans
30. Empire of Night
31. A book mentioned in another book
32. The Lying Game
33. Peter Pan
34. The Cruel Prince Finished 2/27/18
35. Golden SonCurrently Reading
36. Howl's Moving Castle
37. Legend Has It
38. Lover Unbound
39. Lost Library
40. The Scarlet Letter- 2015: book supposed to have read in school but didn't

ADVANCED
41. The Five People You Meet in Heaven
42. Leviathan
43. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
44. How I Became a Ghost or Choctaw Tales
45. James and the Giant Peach
46. Watership Down (for the 4th or 5th time I am going to try to read this)
47. First Love Second Chance
48. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
49. The Hate U Give Finished 02/09/18
50. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

OOPS! I fixed a typo in #47...fyi!

I am so glad we have some good feedback about this challenge so far! Super exciting. :) I went through and picked some books per category. I might end up changing a few of these, but we will see!

1. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
3. Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon
4. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
6. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
7. Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
8. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
9. The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince by Serena Valentino
10. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
11. Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb
12. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
13. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
14. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
15. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
16. Purge: Rehab Diaries by Nicole J. Johns
17. Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
18. Belles on Their Toes by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
19. Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger
20. Double Luck: Memoirs of a Chinese Orphan by Chi Fa Lu
21. Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim
22. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
23. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
24. The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
25. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
26. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
27. The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
28. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
29. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
30. Angela and Diabola by Lynne Reid Banks
31. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - Referenced in New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
32. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
33. The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh A.A. Milne
34. Save the Date by Morgan Matson
35. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
36. Whatever Happened to Janie? by Caroline B. Cooney
37. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
38. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
39. The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
40. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - 2015: book supposed to have read in school but didn't

ADVANCED
41. Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark
42. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
43. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
44. The King of Ireland's Son by Padraic Colum
45. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
46. Animal Farm by George Orwell
47. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by Sam Keith
48. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time by Dava Sobel
49. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
50. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes

[Sainabou]

Ahhh I love the Popsugar Challenge!

I am very much in!

Progress: 3/50

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen
2. True crime-Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
3. The next book in a series you started- The Son of Neptune
4. A book involving a heist- Six of Crows 05/02/18 ****
5. Nordic noir- The Bat
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- Lethal White
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist- Autoboyography 24/01/18 *****
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- We Should All Be Feminists
16. A book about mental health
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift- Hidden
18. A book by two authors- Dr. NEURO 03/02/18 ***
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 Time Machine
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 title- One for the Money
29. A book about or set on Halloween
30. A book with character 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- Time Between Us
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
38. A book with an ugly cover- Anna Dressed in Blood
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges

ADVANCED
41. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school (2010)- Clockwork Angel 31/01/18
42. A cyberpunk book (advanced technology in a dystopian society)
43. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place- Paper Towns
44. A book tied to your ancestry
45. A book with a fruit or a vegetable in the title- The Peach Keeper
46. An allegory- Watership Down
47. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
48. A microhistory- The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
49. A book about a problem facing society today- The Hate U Give
50. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

YAY!!! I love seeing all this enthusiasm!

[Sainabou]

:D

[Allison]

Question: I see where you get double points for this and the bingo challenge but I'm wondering if we should post here AND in the "random books" thread cuz technically they may not be books we are reading as a group/together and are still "random". So do we get points there too? I hope this question makes sense lol.

[Allison]

Since most books you're going to read would most likely fit somewhere into here anyways, why not?!

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen: 4/8/18

2. True crime

3. The next book in a series you started: 1/16/18

4. A book involving a heist: 2/3/18

5. Nordic noir

6. A novel based on a real person: 2/16/18

7. A book set in a country that fascinates you: (Scotland) 2/25/18

8. A book with a time of day in the title

9. A book about a villain or antihero:
2/21/18

10. A book about death or grief: 5/12/18

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: 3/30/18

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: 4/29/18

23. A book about time travel: 5/20/18

24. A book with a weather element in the title

25. A book set at sea: 2/22/18

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 title

29. A book about or set on Halloween

30. A book with character who are twins: 5/16/18

31. A book mentioned in another book

32. A book from a celebrity book club

33. A childhood classic you've never read: 2/11/18

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

39. A book that involves a bookstore or library

40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017
Pop Sugar Reading Challenges

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 a 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

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

@Allie YAY! Glad to see you participating in this one! :) Your question makes sense! No -- you can get double the points if the POPSUGAR book applies to another Individual Challenge book, the BOTM, AOTM or the Classic, but no extra points for the Random Books.

[Allison]

Ok good lol.

So you only get points for random books when they are completely random - meaning, they don’t fit into any of our challenges or group reads?

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

Yes! That is correct :)

[Allison]

Ok good! I didn’t want to be the newbie that messed everything up!!! :P

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

HAHA! Don't worry! You are not messing anything up!

[Little Bee]

For the challenge: book recommended by someone completing the popsugar challenge...here are some of my recommendations :) If anyone is interested. I will post a variety of books :)

Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (murder mystery, original whodunit type)

Fablehaven by Brandon Mull (Middle grade, but awesome! fantasy).

The Child Thief, Krampus: The Yule Lord, and Lost Gods by Brom (gothic, the books have Brom's works of art in them as well for the characters in the book)

Witch Is When It All Began by Adelle Abbott (paranormal cozy series, audiobook is amazing and I recommend that version)

Zaria Fierce and the Secret of Gloomwood Forest by Kiera Gillett (audio book is amazing, though the physical books have gorgeous photos)(nordic folklore)

Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy (I suggest the audio book!! Taiva Gilbert I believe is the narrator name) (WWII, historical fiction)

Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller (YA, fantasy...pirates!)

A List of Cages by Robin Roe (YA, sad, contemporary)

The Naughty Angel and Her Three Very Wise Men (paranormal, very erotic)

Adam Exitus by Nicholas Abdilla (fantasy/sci fi)

My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland....(fantasy/zombie audiobook is the best ever).

Wicked Appetite by Janet Evanovich (mystery/paranormal/romance...very LIGHT romance, more like a hint of romance)

[Little Bee]

Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes (YA version of Game of Thrones)

Postmortem by Patricia Cornwell (murder mystery, early forensics)

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegleman (graphic novel of his father's story in WWII)

Monster on the Mountain by Aurora Russell (paranormal, erotic)

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven (YA, contemporary, book about suicide)

The Ghost and the Graveyard by Genevieve Jack (paranormal romance)

Ready Player One by Ernest Clive (sci-fi) Wil Wheaton is a great narrator, but the book is good either way

Of Ocean and Ash by AR Drager (indie book, sirens, does have rape and slavery involved but is phenomenal)

Horns by Joe hill (son of Stephen King, fantasy/mystery)

I'm Still Here by Kathryn R Biel (contemporary, romance-ish)

Beauty Dates the Beast by Jessica Sims (paranormal romance, audio is fantastic)

The F- It List by Julie Halpern (YA, contemporary, about a high school girl who gets cancer and her friend completes her F-It List)

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

@Bridgett I totally took one of the books that you recommended from the other board :D Thank you so much for the recommendations here!! This looks awesome. I might need to pick up a few more of these.

I can also provide recommendations if anyone wants some!

[Little Bee]

Ooo which one did you take? I am happy to answer any questions about some of the books I listed here. I loved them They are some of my favorites that are usually my go to recs for people LOL

[Gabby]

I worked on the list last night--so far I've got:

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen – The Zookeeper's Wife or Stardust

6. A novel based on a real person – Saving Children: Diary Of A Buchenwald Survivor And Rescuer

10. A book about death or grief – Marlena

13. A book that is also a stage play or musical – The Phantom of the Opera

14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you – The Hate U Give

17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift – The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation

26. A book with an animal in the title – The Raven Boys or Six of Crows

32. A book from a celebrity book club – Night

33. A childhood classic you've never read – Anne of Green Gables or Holes

37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to – My Lady Jane

Advanced:
45. A book with a fruit or a vegetable in the title – A Mango-Shaped Space

49. A book about a problem facing society today – The Art of Being Normal

Bridgett, fun fact: The author of the F-It List used to be my librarian in middle school :D

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

@Bridgett I took Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes...it was one of the books you recommended on one of the other boards XD

@Gabby Excited to see you doing this challenge too! :)

[Little Bee]

Its such a great series Sam!!

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

YAYYYY!!! I can't wait to read it. So many books, so little time.

[Little Bee]

Yesterday I finished :

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

Warcross by Marie Lu

I am a big fan of Lu's. I loved the Legend Trilogy. I started the Young Elites series a while ago, just need to finish it. Warcross kept reminding me of Ready Player One, but it is totally different. The main similarity is that Warcross is virtual reality. I totally called who the bad guy was. Totally. It was still good though. Lu can really keep you intrigued in her stories. I suggest it. Now I have to wait for book 2...this one kinda ended with a doozy that is making it difficult.

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

Ohhh I have not read any of her books, but they have been on my TBR shelf for eons. This definitely makes me want to pick one of her books up!

[Elizabeth]

Did you like Ready Player One? I’m planning on reading it before March because I want to see the movie. I can definitely see how the two books would be similar!

[Little Bee]

I loved the audio for Ready Player One. My hubby and i listened together. It’s narrated by Wil Wheaton. And anytime he talks I think about Sheldon cooper. Lmao. But no. It’s good and i would recommend it.

[Elizabeth]

I had to look up who Will Wheaton is. At first I thought he was the guy who played Sheldon and I couldn’t picture him narrating a book haha.

[Allison]

I had to look him up too. And then when I saw his picture, I was like yes! Him!

[Little Bee]

Lol! He’s such a good narrator (wil Wheaton). I’d listen to Jim Parsons too if he started narrating lol

[Gabby]

Love Marie Lu's Legend series! I've been meaning to read more of her books. Young Elites has been on my TBR for a while.

I saw the movie trailer for Ready Player One last week, and that reeeeeally made me want to read the book! It looks exciting!

[Little Bee]

I finished Heist Society. I will attach the book to this when i can get to the internet :)


Heist Society was okay. I listened to the book. The narrator was good. I would listen to more of her books. The story kind of left me needing more though. There were a lot of holes in the story and i felt it could have been filled in. I thought the ending was forced and could have been better. There was not a lot of character development. I didn’t feel like i could root for any one character and ended up wishing the book would just end.

This story satisfies the story about a heist.

[Little Bee]

Gabby— Young Elites is good! I need to finish the series. Marie Lu is a great author.

I can’t wait to see the movie for Ready Player One. The book was really good!

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

I get so bummed when books leave more questions than answered, and plot holes...don't get me started on plot holes. LOL! I am glad you were able to push through that book, even though that was not the greatest.

[Little Bee]

I am now starting Golden Son and The Hate U Give

[The Dust Bunny Reader, Headmistress]

I have requested The Hate U Give at the library. Let me know what you think!

[Little Bee]

I sure will! I am going to listen to it. I listened to a sample and it was pretty good. So we shall see. I keep hearing really good things about this book.

[Kyler]

I think I'll definitely do this
It should be cool!
Plus, a lot of the books I plan on reading this year already fit into the challenge.

[Anne]

Kyler wrote: "I think I'll definitely do this
It should be cool!
Plus, a lot of the books I plan on reading this year already fit into the challenge."

Yes, me too! I just started reading Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons. I have seen the movie a year or so ago and I have never seen a film that looks so much like the book!

[Little Bee]

I finished by Cora Carmack

This is the first book by Carmack that I have read. She is very similar to one of my favorite NA Romance Authors Jay Crownover which makes sense because these two authors are BFF's.

All Lined Up is about a college freshman named Dallas. She is the daughter of a football coach who was offered a job to coach at the same college. There is a lot of brokenness between them because Dallas' mom left when she was really little. She always felt that she played second fiddle to football.

At a party she drops in on (literally) Carson, a walkon for the football team. It starts out rough because the chemistry is on fire from the first moment, but when she finds out he is on the football team she pulls away. He does n't stop trying and then they become friends, which leads to them dating.

There are a lot of dramatic problems going on, which makes sense. I don't want to give it all away because it makes up a good chunk of the story. Normally I would not be a fan of female characters like Dallas, but I know where she is coming from and could actually relate to her in many ways. Not on the parental aspect, but how she pulls away and closes in because of how hurt she has been throughout her life.

The chemistry between her and Carson is electric. You can feel it through the book. I like when you can actually feel the sizzle as a reader. I feel the book was too short and I needed more. It was the easiest 300 page read. i started it really late last night and got over 60 pages in. Due to my first visit at work canceling, I literally just finished it LOL.

I would recommend this book. I look forward to reading the other books in the series and I am glad I have the second one! I got both books signed by Carmack in 2015 when I went to a book convention in Dallas. I will probably give her other books a read as well :)

This book satisfies number 19 on the popsugar challenge. Many scenes are in the locker room of the sports annex and there are several scenes at football games. And Carson is a QB waiting to take the main QB spot should the time arises, which it did.

[Anne]

I finished The Shawshank Redemption a couple of days before but I have been so busy with reading other books that barely had time to update Goodreads...

I am very satisfied with this book. It is shorter than the books I usually read, but that did not make the story a lot less detailed.

I did expect more character development on Red's side, but what you get in the movie is similar to what you get in the book. There have been a couple of scenes added to the movie, but I don't think that they caused the story to stray off the path of the book. The scenes that were added to the movie seemed slightly cliche to me, so that makes the book better.

Furhermore, I really like the writing style of Stephen King. It is easy without being childish and simple without skimming over morals.

The book itself made me feel happy, but not that much that I squealed or hugged the book (which I have done several times, occasionally receiving weird looks).

I do recommend it, but I wouldn't call it a must-read-right-now. I think the story itself is one you have to hear/read/see sometime, but it did not make me rush to my friends to push the book in their face and yell: Read this precious baby now!!!!!

[Evianrei]

I just finished Prince Caspian for the prompt '33. A childhood classic you've never read'. A lot of family members on both my husband's side of the family, and my own, say they read Prince Caspian when they were young, and my husband said it was read to him as a child. I must have missed out or something, but now I have read it!

Here is my review on the book! My Review