Bernadette's first year of challenge(s)

[Bernadette]

First time trying to keep up with some challenges. I will be tracking ATY here and popsugar, so I will have it all together in one place.

2019 reads in covers:

[Bernadette]

ATY PROMPTS AND PROGRESS:
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1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy
2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why)
3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y
4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc)

5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare
6. A book with a dual timeline
7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1
8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2

9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror)
10. A book featuring an historical figure
11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject)
12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer

13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list
14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term
15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country
✓16. A book told from multiple perspectives
Eeny Meeny
17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)

18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR
20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country
21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes

22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover
23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old
24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New
25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed

26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue
✓27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list
The Handmaid's Tale
28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.)
29. A book published before 1950
30. A book featuring an elderly character

31. A children’s classic you’ve never read
32. A book with more than 500 pages
33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet
34. A book with a person's name in the title

35. A psychological thriller
36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
37. A book set in a school or university
38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc)

39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life
40. A book you stumbled upon
41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards
42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character
43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction]

44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.)
45. A multi-generational saga
46. A book with a (mostly) black cover
47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.)

48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year
49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country
50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual)
51. A book published in 2019
✓52. A book with a weird or intriguing title
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

[Bernadette]

Suggestions ATY prompts 1-17

1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy
- Gone Girl
- All the Light We Cannot See

2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why)
-Where'd You Go, Bernadette
-I Know Who Did It
-Where They Found Her
-What Have You Done

3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y
-Victoria Aveyard
-Robert Bryndza
-Liane Moriarty
-Patricia Gibney
-Kathryn Croft

4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc)
-The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
-The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
-Glass Sword
-The Serial Killer's Daughter

5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare
-Station Eleven
-The Tragedy Paper
-Just One Day
-We Were Liars

6. A book with a dual timeline
-The Seven Sisters
-The Nightingale
-Friend Request
-The Wife Between Us
-Then She Was Gone

7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1
8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2
-The Calling of the Grave
-The Restless Dead

9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror)
-Red Rising
-Cress
-Winter

10. A book featuring an historical figure
-The Ragged Edge of Night

11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject)
-The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer
-Library kiss
-Words in Deep Blue

13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list
-You
-The Great Alone
-The Tattooist of Auschwitz

14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term
-The Sun Is Also a Star

15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country
-Shadows on the Nile

16. A book told from multiple perspectives
- Eeny Meeny
-The Thousandth Floor
-The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
-Her Every Fear
-Allegiant
-Truly Madly Guilty

17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)
-Insurgent
-King's Cage
-Vox

[Bernadette]

Suggestions ATY prompts 18-34

18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
- Lab Girl
-The Burning Air
-Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
The Girl in the Ice
The Girls In The Water

19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR
-Victoria Aveyard
-Marissa Meyer
-Robert Bryndza
-David Baldacci
etc.

20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country
-Heart Berries: A Memoir

21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes

22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover
-Numbers
-One of Us Is Lying
-A Thousand Pieces of You
-The Woman in Cabin 10
-November 9

23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old
-The Widow
-The Last Town

24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New
-Little Boy Blue

25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed
Something from the library.

26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue
-The Blue
-Swimming at Night
-This Is Our Story

27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list
- The Handmaid's Tale
-The Blind Assassin

28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.)
- The Ice Twins
-In Cold Blood
-De jongen in de sneeuw
-De onderkant van sneeuw

29. A book published before 1950
-And Then There Were None

30. A book featuring an elderly character
-The Notebook

31. A children’s classic you’ve never read
- Pippi Longstocking
-Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
-Matilda

32. A book with more than 500 pages
-Citadel
-The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
-All the Light We Cannot See
-The Girl Who Played with Fire
-Insurgent

33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet
-A Voice in the Wind
-Bestemming bekend
-Gedane zaken

34. A book with a person's name in the title
-Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
-The Last Mrs. Parrish
-Post voor mevrouw Bromley

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Suggestions ATY 35-52:

35. A psychological thriller
-Sharp Objects
- Dark Places
-The Woman in the Window

36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
-Ill Will
-The Dry

37. A book set in a school or university
-Percy Jackson and the Olympians

38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc)
-The Poet X
-Long Way Down

39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life
- The Great Alone
-The Martian
-The Dry
-Into the Wild

40. A book you stumbled upon

41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards
-Still Me
-The Hate U Give
-The Great Alone
-Elevation
-Vengeful
-I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
-Educated

42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character
Monster

43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction]
-Lab Girl
-Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
-Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales
-The Martian

44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.)
-Sharp Objects
-Gone Girl
-Insurgent
-Allegiant

45. A multi-generational saga
The Hate U Give
The Lake House

46. A book with a (mostly) black cover
-My Secret YouTube Life
-Now You See Me
-The Perfect Girl
-I'm Thinking of Ending Things
-In Cold Blood

47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.)
-Eat, Pray, Love
-Baby Teeth

48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year
-The Poet X
-Station Eleven
-Fates and Furies

49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country
-The Blue
-Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
-Eat, Pray, Love
-Everything I Never Told You

50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual)
- Me Before You
- The Wife Between Us
-Counting by 7s

51. A book published in 2019
Lock Every Door

52. A book with a weird or intriguing title
- The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

[Bernadette]

POPSUGAR PROMPTS AND PROGRESS:

1. A book becoming a movie in 2019
2. A book that makes you nostalgic
3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads
6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover
7. A reread of a favorite book
8. A book about a hobby
9. A book you meant to read in 2018
10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title
11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore
13. A book published posthumously
14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
15. A retelling of a classic
16. A book with a question in the title
17. A book set on college or university campus
18. A book about someone with a superpower
19. A book told from multiple POVs
20. A book set in space
21. A book by two female authors
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title
23. A book set in Scandinavia
24. A book that takes place in a single day
25. A debut novel
26. A book that's published in 2019
27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature
28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire
29. A book with LOVE in the title
30. A book featuring an amateur detective
31. A book about a family
32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America
33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title
34. A book that includes a wedding
35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter
36. A ghost story
37. A book with a two-word title
38. A novel based on a true story
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge
41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book
42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book
43. An "own voices" book
44. Read a book during the season it is set in
45. A LitRPG book
46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters
47. Two books that share the same title
48. Two books that share the same title
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent

[Bernadette]

Popsugar suggestions 1-20:

1. A book becoming a movie in 2019
Ready Player One
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
The Woman in the Window

2. A book that makes you nostalgic
Pluk van de Petteflet
En de groeten van groep acht

3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)
Dear Evan Hansen
Elevation

4. A book you think should be turned into a movie

5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads
Fahrenheit 451
Eat, Pray, Love
The Lightning Thief

6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover
The Husband's Secret
The Keeper of Lost Things
Little White Lies

7. A reread of a favorite book
The Hunger Games

8. A book about a hobby
You
To All the Boys I've Loved Before

9. A book you meant to read in 2018
Eeny Meeny

10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title
Pop Goes the Weasel
Pop Goes the Weasel

11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover

12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
The Bear and the Nightingale

13. A book published posthumously

14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
Nine Perfect Strangers

15. A retelling of a classic
Cress
Winter

16. A book with a question in the title
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

17. A book set on college or university campus
Percy Jackson and the Olympians

18. A book about someone with a superpower
Victoria aveyard red queen series 4 books collection set

19. A book told from multiple POVs
The Dazzling Heights

20. A book set in space
The Martian
Illuminae

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Popsugar suggestions 21-40:

21. A book by two female authors

22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title
Sweet Little Lies

23. A book set in Scandinavia
Jo Nesbø
The Woman in Cabin 10
The Ice Princess

24. A book that takes place in a single day
They Both Die at the End

25. A debut novel
The Thousandth Floor

26. A book that's published in 2019

27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature

28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire

29. A book with LOVE in the title
Where Love Lies
P.S. I Still Love You

30. A book featuring an amateur detective
IQ
Turtles All the Way Down
Truly Devious

31. A book about a family

32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America
Norwegian Wood
An American Marriage
Always and Forever, Lara Jean

33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title
When Breath Becomes Air
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
The Burning Air
The Moon Sister

34. A book that includes a wedding
The Towering Sky

35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter
Rick Riordan
Marissa Meyer

36. A ghost story
The Book Thief

37. A book with a two-word title
After You
Still Me

38. A novel based on a true story
Into the Wild

39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game
The Testing

40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge

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Popsugar suggestions advanced (41-50):

41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book
42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book
43. An "own voices" book
44. Read a book during the season it is set in
45. A LitRPG book
46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters
47. Two books that share the same title
48. Two books that share the same title
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent

[Bernadette]

OTHER CHALLENGES

Quarterly challenges
January - March
Read the Holger Munch and Mia Kruger series by Samuel Bjork
Ik reis alleen
De doodsvogel
De jongen in de sneeuw

Monthly challenges

[Bernadette]

19 series to be read in 2019:

1. David Hunter by Simon Beckett (4/5)
2. Helen Grace by M.J. Arlidge (2/10)
3. Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (5/6)
4. Divergent by Veronica Roth (1/3)
5. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard (1/4)
6. The thousandth floor by Katharine McGee (0/3)
7. The testing by Joelle charbonneau (1/3)
8. The program by Suzanne Young (0/8)
9. Holger Munch & Mia Kruger by Samuel Bjork (1/3)
10. Amos Decker by David Baldacci (0/4)
11. Erika Foster by Robert Bryndza (0/6)
12. To all the boys I've loved before by Jenny Han (0/3)
13. Me before you by Jojo Moyes (0/3)
14. Firebird by Claudia Gray (0/3)
15. Red rising saga by Pierce Brown (0/6)
16. Numbers by Rachel Ward (0/3)
17. The selection by Kiera Cass (0/5)
18. Millenium van Stieg Larsson (0/3)
19. Quincy and Rainie by Lisa Gardner (0/7)

[Bernadette]

JANUARY

Books read AtY:
Eeny Meeny - #16
The Handmaid's Tale - #27
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - #52

Books read Popsugar:
Quarterly and monthly challenges:
Books for my 19 series TBR in 2019:
Sidereads:

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FEBRUARY

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MARCH

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APRIL

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MAY

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JUNE

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JULY

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AUGUST

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SEPTEMBER

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OCTOBER

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NOVEMBER

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DECEMBER

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reserved

[Stephanie]

Good luck! I am doing both and a couple others too.

[Bernadette]

I wish you all a beautiful and blessed 2019 and a good reading year. I'll start reading now and hope to finish this 100 books.

[Bernadette]

Finished my first two books for the ATY challenge.

Prompt 16: A book told from multiple perspectives
Book read: Eeny Meeny
Rating: ★★★☆☆
This is the first book in the Helen Grace series written by M.J. Arlidge. I already read book 3 of the series, because I thought they could be read separately. I think reading this series in order does make some more sense in understanding Helen Grace's life. Yet, in my opinion, part 3 was better than this first one. There are too many POVs I think, which makes it a little hard to understand at some points. Still worth 3 stars.

Prompt 27: A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list
The Handmaid's Tale
Rating: ★★☆☆☆
I heard so much about this book and read so many good reviews, but this book didn't work that well for me. At some points I totally missed the main plot. For me, this was a book in which I really missed a clue, especially at the end. There were some good points, but I expected so much more of it.

[Bernadette]

I just added a new challenge. 19 series to be read in 2019.
I could've made it 25 series, because I really need to start and/or finish a lot of series I've been wanting to read forever. Not sure though if I will double up on them, for some of them will fit aty and/or popsugar prompts. I'm not really a fan of doubling, but I'm not sure if I will finish all the challenges if I don't. Any good advice on this?