What to read next?

[Ruth]

I've finished the challenge and now I'm not sure how to select books to read next. Any ideas?

[The Chapter Conundrum (Stacey)]

You should check out the thread for everyone’s favourite book of the challenge this year ("Popsugar wants to know your favorite challenge book"). It seems like a promising place to get some ideas! 🙂

[Sara]

Stacey that's a great idea!

Ruthla8 - you could also check out old Popsugar challenges and pick a few prompts to work on. Links to the old challenges are in this thread:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Theresa]

Love the suggestions already posted - especially the suggestion to read some of those from the favorite book thread.

I too have finished challenge. I'm currently:
- catching up on books published the last couple years by favorite authors - these are mostly mystery, romance, or contemporary fiction by women authors
- reading books favorably reviewed by group members - such as Beautiful Exiles
- un-suspending library holds and reading those as they are released to me - just had The Fifth Season download from NYPL after un-suspending my hold. Have some really interesting books on interminable holds which I suspended when I was in the midst of challenge reading.

Once I'm through with those - in another week or so - I'll start
- working on filling the prompts for 2015 Pop Sugar Challenge as I had not done that challenge
- browsing 'coming soon" publication lists -- on Barnes & Noble, Amazon, emails -- and reading those that appeal to me.
- attacking my TBR piles
- do some holiday-themed reading (I adore books set at Christmas)

[Theresa]

Oh and another idea:

Read another book by authors you discovered during challenge.

[Teri]

I have a huge TBR list that is out of control. When I'm looking for something to read next, I sort my TBR list by average ratings, start at the highest rated book, and look down the list until I find the perfect book for my mood at the moment. I figure that I'm likely to then end up reading something good, because who has time for bad books.

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

If you're really stuck you could just start a new challenge: Modern Mrs Darcy has a reasonably short challenge of just 12 books, and somewhere on the group is a thread of all the other challenges people here are also doing. (Apparently I'm too tired at the moment to figure out where that thread was.)