Where Does This Book Fit?

[Cendaquenta]

Chelsea wrote: "Currently reading Riley Sager's Lock Every Door (my pink book) and I love! I'd like to read more of him, any idea where this one would fit?

The Last Time I Lied"

Average rating of 4+ stars, by a journalist (former, according to the author's GR bio), or maybe it includes one of the 7 deadly sins?

[Solenn]

Can you please help me find a prompt for The Beekeeper of Aleppo?

I've already covered off visual impairment...

[poshpenny]

Solenn Canny wrote: "Can you please help me find a prompt for The Beekeeper of Aleppo?

I've already covered off visual impairment..."

It has at least 4 stars
Published in May (UK) and August (US)

[Solenn]

Thanks so much @Poshpenny - I'll go with the 4 star rating :) I have something else in mind for that prompt but I can move them around...

[Brenda]

I am currently reading Ashlords and was wondering where to put it? I know it can go into the published in 2020 but I want to save that for a book that wont fit any other prompt or if its near the end of the year and I am looking for one last book to squeeze in.

[Katy]

Brenda wrote: "I am currently reading Ashlords and was wondering where to put it? I know it can go into the published in 2020 but I want to save that for a book that wont fit any other prompt or i..."

A favorite from a prior year-a book featuring a mythical creature.

[Jessica]

I'm trying to fit Regretting You by Colleen Hoover somewhere. I've filled a lot of the prompts so I'm stumped.

[Solenn]

I'm currently reading Me Before You by JoJo Moyes and wondering which prompt I can use it for... I don't really have many left and not sure I'm going to do the summer challenge....

Prompts left:
A book about a book club
A bildungsroman
The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed
A book with an upside-down image on the cover
A book recommended by your favourite blog, vlog, podcast or online book club
A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name
A book published the month of your birthday
A book on a subject you know nothing about
A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins
A book with a bird on the cover
A Western
A book by or about a journalist
Read a banned book during Banned Books Week (Sept 20-26, 2020)
Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge
A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics
A book published in the 20th century

[Sarah]

Solenn Canny wrote: "I'm currently reading Me Before You by JoJo Moyes and wondering which prompt I can use it for... I don't really have many left and not sure I'm going to do the summer challenge....

Prompts left:
A..."

There's a bird on the cover of some of the editions.

JoJo Moyes used to be a journalist

It's been recommended by online book clubs (Richard & Judy's or BBC plus probably a whole lot more)

Hope that helps!

[Solenn]

Thanks so much Sarah - I'll put it against the journalist prompt. My copy does actually have a bird on the cover but I've The Nightingale lined up for it

[Jessica]

I just finished Bringing Down the Duke by Evie Dunmore and am not sure where I can make it fit.

Any suggestions?

I have the following prompts left but may be able to shift something around if you have other ideas on where it could go.

Book by trans or nonbinary author
Book with great first line
Book with a map
Book set in a country starts with "C"
Book picked because title caught attention
Book published in month of Birthday (Birthday is October)
Book by or about a woman in STEM
Book on subject know nothing about
Book featuring 7 deadly sins
Book with bird on cover
Fiction or nonfiction book about world leader
Book by WOC
Book with pink cover
Western
Banned book during Banned Book week
Favorite prompt from past challenge

[Rebecka]

Does anyone know where I can fit The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S. Laskar?

[Erin]

Rebecka wrote: "Does anyone know where I can fit The Atlas of Reds and Blues by Devi S. Laskar?"

Written by a WOC, a (sort of?) pink cover, (hopefully) passing the Bechdel test, set in a city that has hosted the olympics (1996), a bird on the cover.

[Rebecka]

Erin wrote:
Written by a WOC, a (sort of?) pink cover, (hopefully) passing the Bechdel test, se..."

Cheers Erin! I'll be able to use "set in a city that hosted the olympics" :) My cover was dark blue and a bit of red, so that category doesn't work for me. It would definitely also work for the other two categories you mention, however I read so many books by WOCs that and that pass the Bechdel test that those categories were among the first ones I filled ;)

[Gemma Louise]

Where would Karin Slaughter’s Blindsighted fit in? I picked a prompt when I started and can’t remember what it was!

[Nadine in NY]

Gemmy-Lou wrote: "Where would Karin Slaughter’s Blindsighted fit in? I picked a prompt when I started and can’t remember what it was!
"


Maybe you were thinking about the "vision impairment" prompt, because of the title? (I haven't read it, so I don't know if it fits.)

[Ellie]

Gemmy-Lou wrote: "Where would Karin Slaughter’s Blindsighted fit in? I picked a prompt when I started and can’t remember what it was!
"

Are you doing the advanced prompts because I think this series gets to 20 books this year and she's definitely written more than 20 anyway.

[Jenny Dahl Bakken]

I am having problems filling in these books:

- The Starless Sea
- The bookish life of Nina Hill
- Girls Burn Brighter

At least two of them work for f ex three-word title, and all of them for character in their 20s, but I already have these filled / so many other options for them :P so would like to find other prompts for these

[Cendaquenta]

Jenny Dahl Bakken wrote: "I am having problems filling in these books:

- The Starless Sea
- The bookish life of Nina Hill
- Girls Burn Brighter"

Girls Burn Brighter - book by a WOC?
Nina Hill - maybe there's a book club, or a plot point involving social media?

[Irene]

Jenny Dahl Bakken wrote: "I am having problems filling in these books:

- The Starless Sea
- The bookish life of Nina Hill
- Girls Burn Brighter

At least two of them work for f ex three-word title, and all of them for char..."

What prompts do you still need?

[Sarah]

So, I forgot my book today (hangs head in shame) so I started reading Artificial Condition on my phone. Any recs for where I can fit it in to the challenge?

[Nadine in NY]

Sarah wrote: "So, I forgot my book today (hangs head in shame) so I started reading Artificial Condition on my phone. Any recs for where I can fit it in to the challenge?"


The AI/robot category is obvious, so I'm assuming you've already filled that one.

Maybe you like the first line.
Maybe you opened it with your eyes closed.
Several of the clients are women so they probably talk to each other and pass the Bechdel test.
(And those women are scientists/engineers trying to recover their data, so it's a reach but you could use it for women in STEM.)
It's got a greater than 4.0 rating on GR.
MurderBot describes its clients as "young - not children, but maybe not that far from adolescence" so they are probably in their 20s.

[Sarah]

Nadine wrote: "Sarah wrote: "So, I forgot my book today (hangs head in shame) so I started reading Artificial Condition on my phone. Any recs for where I can fit it in to the challenge?"


The AI/..."

Yeah, I've already done the AI/robot prompt and I used the first Murderbot book for first line prompt.

I wish I'd thought to close my eyes and point at it before I started reading. I might have got some weird looks on the train haha!

I think I've done all of the others except for STEM but I have so many books I want to read for that one, I'd rather keep it for something that absolutely fits

I might try to rearrange my current robot/AI book so I can put this in there. Thanks for all your suggestions!

[Erica]

Jenny Dahl Bakken wrote: "I am having problems filling in these books:

- The Starless Sea
- The bookish life of Nina Hill
- Girls Burn Brighter

At least two of them work for f ex three-word title, and all of them for char..."

Bookish life has a book on the cover

[Jenny Dahl Bakken]

I already have book on the cover filled, and WOC ("Beloved" by Toni Morrison). But I normally every year end up moving around my books a lot, several fit several prompts, which is why I am looking for tips as to which these books fit :)

[Irene]

Jenny Dahl Bakken wrote: "I already have book on the cover filled, and WOC ("Beloved" by Toni Morrison). But I normally every year end up moving around my books a lot, several fit several prompts, which is why I am looking ..."

The Starless Sea
- upside-down image on the cover (keys)
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fantasy (2019) - it didn't win, but it's listed under Literary Awards for the book!

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
- set in Los Angeles, which hosted the Olympics in 1932 and 1974
- also has Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2019) listed under literary awards, if you want to count that

Girls Burn Brighter
- Bechdel test
- bildungsroman
- could be a subject you know nothing about, if you don't know much about village life in India for the impoverished (sari looms, bolts of fabric, the food they eat) or the immigration experience of indian-americans. human-trafficking.

Beloved by Toni Morrison fits a ton of hard prompts, if you wanted to move things around instead of sticking to the WOC prompt.
- Pun in the title (a bit of a spoiler, but I think "Beloved" counts as wordplay used in multiple ways, per the definition of a pun)
- No images on the cover, only words
- Seven deadly sins
- Is a banned book (I know a lot of people aren't doing it during Banned Books week)

(And don't forget to double-check all the prompts that are personal to you! Is your birthday in March, November, July, or September? Perhaps you think one of them has a great first line, or the title drew you to the book. And since they were all published in or before 2019, maybe you meant to read them then? Do you remember if the books had a map? Or has a made-up language?)

Hope this helped!!

[Brenda]

Could Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close fill the bechdel test or bildungsroman prompts?

[Kristin]

Do you think Where The Crawdads Sing has a pink cover? Or is it more orange??

[LeahS]

I've certainly used it for 'Read a book with a pink cover'

[Cendaquenta]

Kristin wrote: "Do you think Where The Crawdads Sing has a pink cover? Or is it more orange??"

Very much depends on the edition - most look more orange but there are distinctly pink ones too.

[monica gaither]

Does anybody have any ideas to where The 19th Wife would fit? TIA!

[Carmel]

I'd like to read When We Were Vikings, but not sure where I can fit it into my list. I'm doing basic, advanced, and summer. Any ideas?

[Ellie]

Carmel wrote: "I'd like to read When We Were Vikings, but not sure where I can fit it into my list. I'm doing basic, advanced, and summer. Any ideas?"

A book with a character in their twenties or 2020 release.

[Shannon]

I used When We Were Vikings for the advanced list under book with a main character in their 20's.

[Erica]

weird I thought when we were Vikings was ya

[Heather]

where could I put Final Girls by Riley Sager when I finish it? could it be used for flaura or fauna since he has the word sage in his last name? just trying to find the best category! thanks in advance!

[Erica]

Sage works for the flaura or fauna prompt

[Heather]

Erica wrote: "Sage works for the flaura or fauna prompt"

thank you!

[Carmel]

Ellie wrote: "Carmel wrote: "I'd like to read When We Were Vikings, but not sure where I can fit it into my list. I'm doing basic, advanced, and summer. Any ideas?"

A book with a character in th..."

Thanks

[Kathleen]

where would Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the end of the lane fit? I'm doing regular and summer challenges.
I was thinking a book by a journalist...

[Erica]

Kathleen wrote: "where would Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the end of the lane fit? I'm doing regular and summer challenges.
I was thinking a book by a journalist..."

20 letter title
author more than 20 books
a body of water on the cover
a scary book around a campfire

[Kathleen]

Erica wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "where would Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the end of the lane fit? I'm doing regular and summer challenges.
I was thinking a book by a journalist..."

20 letter title
author more tha..."

Thanks for your suggestions! I ended up using it for the body of water.

[Kathleen]

Hello! I have gone about this challenge completely wrong - I only decided to do it a few weeks ago. As a result I now need to figure out where the books that I read earlier in the week belong.
The books I have to figure out are:
Once Upon A River by Diane Setterfield
The Forgotten Room by White, Willig and Williams
Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs
and then all of the Harry Potter Series
Any help would be much appreciated! I am doing both the regular and the summer reading challenges.

[Erica]

I've only read the harry potters so I can't be much help but
Once upon a river - summer challenge about a body of water

All the hps should work for bildungsroman
j.k. rowling + robert galbraith is over 20 books
the first few books were published in the 20th century
London hosted the olympics
the titles have more than 20 letters
if you read the fantastic beasts books they are set in the 1920s
harry's glasses are always getting repaired by hermione and book 5 onward harry can see thestrals so you could use it for the vision prompt
you can count parseltongue as a made up language
harry potter sadly was banned
anyway hope this helps

[monica gaither]

Any suggestions on where Evvie Drake Starts Over would fit?Thank you in advance!!!

[Diane]

monica gaither wrote: "Any suggestions on where Evvie Drake Starts Over would fit?Thank you in advance!!!"
#38 Journalist

[Heather]

I am currently reading The Book Thief. What prompts would that one work for?

[Irene]

Heather wrote: "I am currently reading The Book Thief. What prompts would that one work for?"

Off the top of my head:
- 3-word title
- one of the seven deadly sins
- at least a 4 star rating

And there's always the personal ones:
- If you think it has a good first line
- If the title caught your attention
- If your bday is in September
- If you meant to read it in 2019

[Sarah]

Three word title
It has over 4*s on Goodreads
I'm pretty sure Leisel talks to a few different women in the book so it would pass the Bechdel test
Some of the covers have a book on them

[Alex]

Does anyone have any ideas about where The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro and Daniel Kraus could fit, please?