Where does this book fit?

[Ashley]

Hey guys, does anyone know where Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind might fit?

[Johanne]

Ashley wrote: "Hey guys, does anyone know where Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind might fit?"

Someone suggested it for the "A book tied to your ancestry" if you´re doing the advanced prompts.

[Nadine in NY]

The Alchemist was not Coelho's first novel, it won't work for "debut" - I also can't remember if that's a category in Popsugar LOL! I don't think it is - I'm rushing off to work and don't have time to check right now!!

[Jacqueline]

Sorry my bad...reading the blurb in the front of the 25th anniversary edition it read like it was. And the 2015 Popsugar challenge does have "first book of a popular author" and we can use our fav prompt from 2015, 2016 and/or 2017. The ATY challenge has debut author. Not that it matters since it's obviously not his debut book.

[Crumb]

Does anyone know where this book could fit?
Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV by Brian Stelter

[Devon]

Ashley wrote: "Hey guys, does anyone know where Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind might fit?"

If you're doing the advanced challenge, it sounds like it could be a microhistory.

[Nicole]

Crumb wrote: "Does anyone know where this book could fit?
Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV by Brian Stelter"

You can use that for the time of day in the title prompt.

[willaful]

I started Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows for a different challenge, but I don't think it will actually fit. Can I squeeze it in here?

[Malaraa]

willaful wrote: "I started Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows for a different challenge, but I don't think it will actually fit. Can I squeeze it in here?"

14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you (depending on the individual reader, of course)

#17 if you got it from the library or friend, or #40 past prompts (I'm sure it fits one somewhere)

I'm a stranger, and I read it in a public place at least partly, I'm sure, so there's your permission to use it for advanced #3 if you wish! :)

I'd also recommend it. (#10 advanced)

[Wendy]

I got Two Girls Down as part of Book of the Month club. Do you know which prompt it would fit?

Thanks!

[Tonya]

Wendy wrote: "I got Two Girls Down as part of Book of the Month club. Do you know which prompt it would fit?

Thanks!"

You can use it for the published in 2018 prompt. Possibly the ugly cover prompt if you don't like it.

[Wendy]

Tonya wrote: "Wendy wrote: "I got Two Girls Down as part of Book of the Month club. Do you know which prompt it would fit?

Thanks!"

You can use it for the published in 2018 prompt. Possibly th..."

Oh yes! Did not see it was just published! Thank you!

[Tonya]

You're welcome :)

[Tania]

Does anyone have an idea of where to place Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman?

[Gabi]

Tania wrote: "Does anyone have an idea of where to place Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman?"
I think you could use it for a book about a villain or antihero, since there are quite a few stories about Loki's mischievous deeds. And I certainly recommend it :)

[willaful]

Sanasai wrote: "willaful wrote: "I started Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows for a different challenge, but I don't think it will actually fit. Can I squeeze it in here?"

14. A book by an author o..."

If I never manage to see a stranger reading, I'll keep that in mind!

[Johanne]

Tania wrote: "Does anyone have an idea of where to place Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman?"

I thought about reading this one as a book from "your favourite prompt from 2017" - 2017 had a prompt called "A book based on mythology". Otherwise as a book I "meant to read in 2017, but didn´t get to". Maybe some celebrity book club reads it? And I might also read it as a "book about my ancestry" (I´m from Denmark), but maybe that´s stretching it a bit. Definitely going to fit it in.

[Tania]

Gabi wrote: "Tania wrote: "Does anyone have an idea of where to place Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman?"
I think you could use it for a book about a villain or antihero, since there are quite a fe..."

I think I'll go for this one, thanks! There are a lot of stories involving Loki and his children, so I'll count it.

[Emily]

I just finished the graphic novel Spell on Wheels. (My first book Conversations with Friends is filling the LGBTQ+ prompt.)

[Crumb]

Nicole wrote: "Crumb wrote: "Does anyone know where this book could fit?
Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV by Brian Stelter"

You can use that for the t..."

Thanks, Nicole!

[Erin]

Any ideas on where When She Woke by Hillary Jordan fits prompt-wise?

[Devon]

Erin wrote: "Any ideas on where When She Woke by Hillary Jordan fits prompt-wise?"

I would put it under alliteration, a book about feminism, or a book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist. If you're doing the advanced challenge, it could possibly work as an allegory (maybe? I'm not completely sure about what that means), and would definitely fit under a recommendation from another person doing the challenge, because I thought it was great. And you could use it for "a problem facing society today" since it deals with the destruction of reproductive rights.

You could also bend the rules a bit and say it has a time of day in the title. "When she woke" could be referring to a particular time, if you want to be literal.

[Erin]

Awesome!! Thank you so much for the suggestions! I already have an alliteration one but I think I have those others open.

[Linda]

Crumb wrote: "Linda wrote: "Crumb wrote: "I'm doing a buddy read starting on the 1st of January.. and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on where Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah..."

Crumb - yes, that was it!

[Allie]

Does anyone have any suggestions which prompts these could fill, without using #40 prompt from the past years...

The Gender Game by Bella Forest
Year One by Nora Roberts
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

[Tonya]

Allie wrote: "Does anyone have any suggestions which prompts these could fill, without using #40 prompt from the past years...

The Gender Game by Bella Forest
Year One by Nora Roberts
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho"

The Gender Game fits the alliteration prompt. Year One fits the author who uses a pseudonym since she also writes under J.D. Robb. That one really depends on how you interpret the prompt. It doesn't necessarily say you have to read a book under the pseudonym, but I know some people are sticking to the ones written under the other name.

[Tara]

I haven’t read it but maybe the gender game could fit feminism, problem facing society or lgbtqia?
I’m pretty sure the alchemist is an allegory too.

[Jacqueline]

I have the Alchemist down for "set in a country that fascinates you" (Spain and North Africa) and also "author of a different ethnicity than you" since he's from Brazil. I'll narrow it down later which one it ends up in. It also could be an allegory.

[Johanne]

Emily: the Spell on wheels has several authors. and you can also use the wild cards (favourite prompt from another year - graphic novel) but you might want to save those. I haven't read but it might very well fit the antihero/ villain prompt as well.

[Tina]

The Outsiders? Trying to make it fit. I could use it for my "meant to read in 2017", but I'd like to put something else there.

[Anabell]

willaful wrote: "I started Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows for a different challenge, but I don't think it will actually fit. Can I squeeze it in here?"

I can recommend it ;-) I loved that book.

No. 49 (or 9 advanced) A book about a problem facing society today
no. 40 favorite prompt 2017 (I read it last year. Can't remember the propmt)
Nr. 37 A book you meant to read in 2017
nr. 14 different ethnicity than you (maybe?)

[Anabell]

Tania wrote: "Does anyone have an idea of where to place Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman?"

I read it last year as mentioned for the mythology prompt.
I can definitely recommend it if you want that as an option. I heard it on audiobook read by the man himself. It was really good.

Johanna wrote: "read it as a "book about my ancestry" (I´m from Denmark), but maybe that´s stretching it a bit. Definitely going to fit it in."
I would say you could. These are stories that were told through generation on to (our) ancestors before they were written down.

If I hadn't read it last year I would consider doing it for that prompt this year.

[Johanne]

Thanks Tania and Anabell

[Henna]

Tina wrote: "The Outsiders? Trying to make it fit. I could use it for my "meant to read in 2017", but I'd like to put something else there."

The Outsiders fits #31 A book mentioned in another book. It is mentioned in Fangirl.

[Tania]

Hi! Does anyone know where "How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez could fit?

[Nadine in NY]

I really enjoyed "Garcia Girls"! But there are t a lot of categories it fits in ... There are a few that vary depending on reader: are you fascinated by the DR? Is the author a different ethnicity? What decade were you born? (This book spans quite a bit of time from 1956 through 1989). Is it tied to your ancestry? Is your name really Julia? :-) Other than that, there is the bit of alliteration in "Garcia Girls" or a previous prompt (set on an island, for example), or just say I recommended it.

[Johanne]

@Tina: The Outsiders could also fit the 'book set in the decade you were born' if you're born in the 80's

[Nadine in NY]

I think The Outsiders is set in the 60s. It was published in 1967.

[Johanne]

Thanks Nadine, I must be tired. The Outsiders is set in 1965 according to Wikipedia. Well if you're born in the 60's then...

[Johanne]

yeah I think it was the movie that made me rhink 80's. I have read the book though (in the late 80's so quite a while back...)

[Ariel]

Any ideas for where Commonwealth or The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference can go? I have way too many “meant to read in 2017’s”

[Crumb]

Does anyone have an idea where The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor would fit?

[Tanya]

hey everyone..
It's my first time attempting Popsugar reading challenge and I am really excited about it.
Where does the book @The sixes by Kate White fit? Can it come under 'A book about death or grief'?

[Tania]

Nadine wrote: "I really enjoyed "Garcia Girls"! But there are t a lot of categories it fits in ... There are a few that vary depending on reader: are you fascinated by the DR? Is the author a different ethnicity?..."

Thank you Nadine!!

[Beth]

I read somewhere that Lilac Girls by Martha Kelly would fit under a novel based on a real person. Does anyone know if this is true? I probably read it in this group somewhere but don't know where or if I am remembering correctly! Thank you.

[Stephanie]

Hi, where would The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood, 1984 by George Orwell, Wuthering heights by Emily Bronte, The princess diarist by Carrie Fisher, and the Diary of Anne Frank fit?

[Crumb]

The only category I can think of that The Chalk Man would fit under is a book published in 2018.. does anyone else have any other ideas for where it could fit?

[Tara]

Wuthering heights has weather in the title, the handmaids tale could be feminist, 1984 or handmaids tale could be about a problem facing society, the princess diarist could be feminist. Depending on when you were born 1984 could be decade you were born.

[Johanne]

Wuthering Heights was published in 1847 under the pseudonym "Ellis Bell", so the pseudonym prompt. It´s also a song by Kate Bush - so it fits that prompt too.
1984 is often read as an allegory (of society/politics/power).
I don´t know about Anne Frank - is it fictional enough to be "a novel based on a real person"??

[Rachael]

Crumb wrote: "The only category I can think of that The Chalk Man would fit under is a book published in 2018.. does anyone else have any other ideas for where it could fit?"

If you were born in the 80s it fits. I hadn't heard of this book but I've added it to my tbr and might read it for that prompt myself, so thanks!