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[Hayley]

Hello everyone! I'm new here and have never done this sort of thing so I hope this will work out. Hopefully even reach my 50 books this year. I've also started to notice how many books I normally read and have ran out of books to read, so this is a great opportunity to find more!

[Natalie]

Hello Everybody - my name is Natalie and I am from Ontario, Canada. This is my first year officially doing the Popsugar Challenge. I am excited to try some new books that are out of my "niche."

[Veronica]

Hi everyone! I'm Veronica from Argentina. I love reading, but due to work, family and the different things that keep us busy, I haven't been reading as much as I'd have liked. So, I hope this challenge helps me get back on track!

[Katie]

Hi y'all, I'm Katie. I live in Colorado and attend CU Denver. I find it hard to read for fun while in school. I'm hoping joining a reading challenge will help to motivate me. I also read a lot of suspense/murder mystery type books and hope this helps get out of my comfort zone. Time to update my "want to read" bookshelf! :)

[Jessi]

Hello all! I am Jessi from Utah. I love reading and have recently discovered how much I love audio books. I love being able to read and get something else done;). I am super excited about this challenge. I have done challenges that specify number of books before but not prompt type changes. I can't wait to jump out of my comfort zone.

[Megan]

Hi...
I'm Megan and live at the beach in NJ. I am all in for this challenge, especially to reach out of my normal reading zones.
Looking forward to see what books gets other people excited.

[Cassandra]

Hello I’m Cassandra from a very small town in central New York. I’m 29 years old and work in an intermediary bank for foreign money transfers. I enjoy reading all genres and decided to try this reading challenge this year in order to get me out of my reading slump from last year. Happy reading :)

[Vera]

Hi. I'm Vera and I'm from Portugal. My first time in this chanllenge!! Wish me luck!!

[Heather]

Hello, While I'm originally from Kentucky, I've lived in Alaska since 2008. This is my first time doing the challenge and my mother, sister, husband, and I have turned it into our own little competition with extra rules and a yet to be determined prize for the winner.

[Denise]

Hi! I'm Denise and I live in nw PA. I'm married, have 3 grown sons and 2 grandchildren. I have always loved reading but always have trouble trying to branch out into different types of books than those I normally read. I'm hoping this challenge helps with that, This is my first year doing the challenge and I'm looking forward to it.

[Amber]

Hello, I'm Amber. I am 35, married, and have 3 boys. I work as a prep cook at a local casino. I have always loved reading but really want to branch out more on what I read. I mostly read on my kindle fire, but have a whole book shelf full of books I can read as well. But that doesn't stop me from buying more! Lol This will be my first reading challenge.

[Amanda]

Hey I'm Amanda from Cincinnati, Ohio. I work full time at a community mental health agency as a clinician. I graduated from grad school last May so I am ready to start reading books for fun again! I'm excited to hear what books everyone is reading. I'm gonna need recommendations for some of these categories lol. Have fun on the challenge everyone!

[Kelly]

Hi, I'm Kelly from the UK. I'm 39 years old, married with two children and two daft Labradors, and I'm a primary school teacher. This is the first time that I have taken part in the Popsugar challenge and I am looking forward to reading books and genres that take me out of my comfort zone.

[Carla]

I don’t know if anyone else will read this but hi, I’m Carla and I’m 14. It seems to be mostly adults here but if anyone has a recommendation for a young adult book let me know!

[Jennifer]

Carla wrote: "I don’t know if anyone else will read this but hi, I’m Carla and I’m 14. It seems to be mostly adults here but if anyone has a recommendation for a young adult book let me know!"

Hi Carla! I just read Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett and I loved it.

[Mary]

Ann wrote: "Hello all and welcome!! I thought I'd make a thread for introductions so we could all get to know each other a bit. I'm Ann the moderator of this group. I'm a 30 year old stay at home of one little..."

Hi everyone, I'm Mary. I'm from New York. I just heard about this challenge this year & I decided to give it a whirl. I'm always up for a reading challenge.

[Kelly]

Hello! I'm Kelly from Colorado. I love to read and have participated in several other reading challenges/groups over the last couple of years; all with a more serious and social justice focus. I'm looking forward to some lighter reading this year.

[Eeva]

Hey everyone. I’m Eeva from Canada (west coast). I’m a slow reader and think this may help me plug away and get through more books. And of course broaden my range of books. I’m happy to say I have some books in the prompt list here at home.

[Sarah. B]

Hi everyone. Happy New Year. I`m Sarah from Wales. I joined this challenge because I think I need to read a wider variety of books and I`m always looking for book reccomendations. ( Think I`m going to need help with some of the categories! ) Good Luck with the challenge :-)

[Gwen]

Hello everyone, I'm Gwen. I'm in Maryland and have wanted to join a book club but none i could find fit my a schedule (or my hatred of DC area traffic). I read a lot of scifi, speculative fiction, YA of all types, and feminist and gender theory. I too have way too many unread books on my physical and electronic shelves that I hope this will help me read. I'm also planning on focusing on books by authors from marginalized groups.

[Kathryn]

Hi everyone. I’m Kathryn and I’m 35 and from North Carolina. I work full time and am going back to school to get my masters in public health part time and started this challenge to help me remember to take some time to read some books for fun. I will probably be more active during the summer break, but am going to try and read throughout the year.

[Belma]

Hi! I'm Belma, I'm from Puerto Rico. I'm in my second year of college studying Chemical Engineering. I love reading and I realized that I keep reading the same type of books, so I decided to do this challenge to broaden my perspective. I'm open to books in either Spanish or English!

[Linda]

Hi! My name is Kat. I live in Pa now, having spent the last 6 years in Va. My friend Debi who lives near me got me to join, because I'm a fellow bibliophile. Glad to meet you all.

[Hillary]

Hi! I'm Hillary and I'm a youth services librarian in a public library. As you can imagine, I typically read youth and children's books. So for the past few years I've been doing this challenge to broaden the genres that I read. Looking forward to joining the group!

[Lauren]

Hi! I'm Lauren. I'm 26 and from Pennsylvania. I'm a mom who works from home and goes to school online so I have a ton of time to kill and decided to pick up reading again.

This is my first time doing this challenge and I'm stoked! I love graphic novels, thrillers/horror, supernatural and fantasy novels.

[Milena]

Hi everyone. I am Milena and I from Belgium. I am 21 years old. I am a science student, which has given me little time to read for fun the last couple of years. This is why I want to try this challenge. To read more diverse books and to read more in general. I can't wait to start!

[Abbhirami]

Hello! I am Abbhi and this is my first time doing this challenge. Hoping it would push me beyond the genres that I typically read.

[Penni]

I am Penni. I am from Georgia. I am enjoy reading and slacked last year so I want to try to challenge myself by reading more this year.

I have seen this challenge for the past few years and it's been intimating to me.

[Sue]

Hi I'm Sue. I live in the Phoenix area and have been an avid reader all my life. Looking forward to participating in this challenge!

[Diane]

Hello everyone! Happy New Year! I am Diane from Florida. ( I have noticed people from outside the USA state their country but those of us from inside the USA give their home state. Weird.) Anyway, this will be my second time trying this challenge. I will not complete it but I will do as many as I can. (I am jealous of those of you that read so many books.) Last year I read a lot of the discussions but didn't participate as much as I could have so this year I'm going to try to put my two cents worth out there more often. Happy Reading!

[Cassie]

Carla wrote: "I don’t know if anyone else will read this but hi, I’m Carla and I’m 14. It seems to be mostly adults here but if anyone has a recommendation for a young adult book let me know!"

I'm so glad you're here Carla! I wish I had known about challenges like this when I was a teen, although im not sure they actually existed back then....
It's overwhelming to think of recommendations to offer you without knowing what you like or have already read...

I'm Cassie from Texas. I've wanted to do this challenge for the last two years and haven't managed to even start. I'm hoping that finding this group helps keep me focused

[Joel]

Hey everyone, I'm Joel and I'm from Guatemala. Also, I'm currently a computer science engineer student. I want to complete this challenge because I want to make reading a new habit for the rest of my life.

[Hillary]

Carla wrote: "I don’t know if anyone else will read this but hi, I’m Carla and I’m 14. It seems to be mostly adults here but if anyone has a recommendation for a young adult book let me know!"

Hi Carla!! Glad you've joined! Over the years, I've been able to fit young adult books in all of the categories. What do you enjoy reading? I'll do my best to give you a good suggestion. My favorite books this past year have been "The Girl Who Drank the Moon", "Study in Charlotte", and the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series. Hope that jump starts your reading this year!

[Michelle]

Hi! I'm Michelle. I'm 28 and I live in Toronto. I'm a performer who also works in marketing/communications. I did the challenge last year, but never introduced myself here. I love reading all sorts of books, but I'm a particular fan of fantasy, YA, graphic novels, and the classics. My favourite authors are Michael Chabon and Neil Gaiman. If anyone is looking for new friends on here, I'd love the company!

[Kaitlyn]

Hi everyone, I'm Kaitlyn, I'm from California, and turning 25 soon! I am new to Goodreads--but I did my own book challenge for 2017; I managed to read 200 books! I will be doing this book challenge (hopefully all 50) while also studying for the GRE and applying to grad school. Any book recommendations are welcome and ask me if you would like any as well :)

I like pretty much all genres and I visit book stores way too often.

[Jeanna]

Hi! I'm Jeanna and I found this challenge last week. I was debating about doing it but there were a lot of prompts that I was interested in so here I am. I'm also glad that you're allowed to count books you've already read because that makes it a little bit easier to catch up. I'm from Tennessee, I'm a nurse, am currently looking for a job, I love getting book recommendations so feel free to suggest some! I'm a huge fan of Star Wars, I also love Star Trek. My book tastes run the gamut from YA to historical fiction to thrillers. I'll try anything once. I'm excited to be here and hope to make some new friends!

[Shannon]

Hi, my name is Shannon. I am in Tucson, Az. I just found this challenge and am excited to start

[Bibli-ophelia]

Hello all! Patrizia from Delaware County, outside of Philadelphia. I’m a part time librarian and full time knitter of children’s wear. I missed my goal of 75 books read last year by 10 books, so I’m looking for some new motivation this year!

[Mariel]

Hi, I'm Mariel. I'm from San Jose, CA. in 2017 I read 40 books in 2017 and I am aiming for 45 in 2018. I'm an executive manager with a local government agency. I have pretty diverse reading habits including organizational and career related books, rom-com fiction, magical fiction, young adult novels, biographies, non-fiction, etc. I've done the goodreads challenges for a few years now and I collect best books of.... lists like crazy, I've also been a huge fan of Popsugar for a long time so I thought I'd give this challenge a try!

[Meg]

Hi! I am Meg from Fairview Park, Ohio. I started the book challenge to broaden my genres. I am a retired elementary school teacher. I heard about this challenge through the library where I work and decided to join in the fun.

[Bridget]

Hi, I'm Bridget from the US, and I'm going to seriously try to finish the challenges this year! I'm excited to read in the new year!

[Vernon]

Hi guys and girls I'm Vernon from Australia Canberra, love reading books and excited for the challenge

[Billi-Jean]

Hi, I'm Billi-Jean and I'm from Australia. My first time in this challenge! I'm excited to get out of my comfort zone and try new genres.

[Tracy]

Hillary wrote: "Carla wrote: "I don’t know if anyone else will read this but hi, I’m Carla and I’m 14. It seems to be mostly adults here but if anyone has a recommendation for a young adult book let me know!"

Hi ..."
Hi Carla, I love the historical fiction book, Al Capone Does My Shirts, and think you will, too. There are 2 sequels, and a new one coming this year I heard.

[Tracy]

Hi, I'm Tracy, I'm excited to creatively expand my reading horizons, and by committing to this challenge, I think I will allow myself to read more and bring less work home (I teach 4th grade and have a part time psychotherapy practice)! I live in Los Angeles.

[Johanne]

Hi, I´m Johanne from Copenhagen, Denmark. I´m a children´s librarian with all there is to that, including running two bookclubs for kids and teens. I also review children´s and YA books for the danish libraries (to help out with choosing which books to buy, and the reviews are used on the libraries´ websites). This is my first time in a reading challenge, and I hope to be able to use some of the books I would otherwise read, because I don´t think I´ll make it if I don´t, and I look forward to expanding my horizon and maybe get to read some books on my neverending TBR lists and piles...

[Johanne]

Carla wrote: "I don’t know if anyone else will read this but hi, I’m Carla and I’m 14. It seems to be mostly adults here but if anyone has a recommendation for a young adult book let me know!"
Hi Carla, I´m very much an adult but also a children´s/ youth librarian and I read/ know of a lot of books you might like. I don´t know if you are doing the challenge in order, if not I´d like to recommend Fangirl and I'll Give You the Sun for the "characters who are twins"
and if you like fantasy more Troubletwisters

[Valerie]

Hi, everyone. I'm Valerie, I live in Virginia. I would like to read more diversely and decided to do this challenge to help me find new authors and genres I might enjoy. I also need to read some of the unread books that have been sitting on my bookshelves for far too long.

[Tina]

Hey. I'm Tina. I just found this challenge. I'm excited about going outside my comfort zone (primarily sci-fi/fantasy) and reading some new books. I've read in a few places that people don't think you should use one book in more than one category, but I had planned to do that... I don't have time to read 40+books (I know that's less than a book a week, but sometimes it takes me about 2 weeks to finish a book).

I love reading, and can devour a book given the time to just sit and read uninterrupted, but I rarely have that time. I know most of you face the same issue. What I'm getting at is, how do you find the time, lol? I can't do audio books, because I don't process information as well aurally. I'm a visual learner. I tend to zone out with music, as well. I don't want to miss out on a really good book just because I can't follow along. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to finish the challenge, but I don't want to "cheat" by using a book in multiple categories.

[Anna]

Hey :D
I am Anna, a 21 year old student from Berlin.
While I always do the Goodreads reading challenge (111 books in 2017) I have never participated in a "real" one.
Since I read in order to relax from Uni and work, I predominantly read YA novels but this year I am planning to branch out a bit, read even more diversely and discover some new authors.
Not sure whether I'll be able to find something for each category but I'm going to give it a try :)