Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion
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Welcome members! Introductions...
My name is Erin and I'm addicted to buying books and not reading them. I live in the suburbs of New York City. With a TBR list of over 500 books (I know, I know). I didn't know where to start so I decided to do the challenge. feel free to friend me.
Hello! I'm Quinn and Im fairly new to goodreads but I've been doing this challenge and thought I would join you all! Feel free to add my as a friend. :D
Hi! I'm Sandra and I'm a cat person!
Hello! I'm sheltering in California and working from home...and doing LOTS of reading. I have so many books on my TBR list and I like challenges to help me choose what to read next! I'm joining a little late though...
Hi everyone,I am currently living in France and I just discovered this challenge so I thought I'll give it a try.
Can't wait to share it with you all. :)
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Hey! Just found this reading challenge and super excited to join and going to try and read books that Popsugar has recommended. My own personal book challenge I set this year I've had to change four times now because I keep achieving it too fast so very excited to be involved in a group challenge. If you have any good Rom-com books you recommend I'm in the mood to laugh and read something light!
Hello!I'm Odette, 30yo, Dutch. I was a bookseller until the covid crisis hit, now I'm looking for a new job. I married last year, on ur 10th anniversary, and we moved into our house half a year ago. Currently we're looking to get a pup in the house :)
I read a lot. I read a lot when I was a kid, and then college hit.. Thankfully, one of my friends from college got me into reading and onto goodreads again and now, for me, reading is a way of life.
I was always a bit hassitant for this challenge because I'm quite notorious of not finishing TBR's for challenges.. But I decided to see how far I've got already because I've read so much already this year (yay for quarantaine..)! I've got 21 of the first 40 already, and 3 of the last 10, the advanced. All 4 of my currently reads can be placed as well, 2 at the advanced! I got many books still unplaced, but some are hard to match. I really love puzzling further and reading more for certain challenges!
Hello everyone! I'm Melissa, from the Twin Cities in Minnesota. I'm in my late 30s and am getting married in a week (ee!). I work an office job while my fiance is a physical therapist. We have a cat, and once we're married we'll be starting a family. I've always been an avid reader, but never had a community around it. I only just found the groups on Goodreads this year, even though I've been using it for a while. Some of my college friends formed a book club a few years back that I've been in, but I'm one of the more active readers in the group.
My genre of choice these days seems to be urban fantasy and science fiction, but more on the magic side of things than the vampire/werewolf. I also read a lot of non-fiction, mostly history. I usually focus on World War 2 or the American Revolution, but I'm reading a lot of Asian and Middle Eastern history right now. I still love reading romantic suspense, but I don't read it as often.
When the pandemic hit and I realized I couldn't have the wedding I'd been planning, I took refuge in my books. I found the Read Harder challenge, then the Reading Women challenge, which led me to this challenge . Between the three, I've branched out to a lot of books I never would have considered before. I'm also reading all those books I bought during a Kindle sale but then forgot about. I'm also taking advantage of my local library way more than I ever have in the past, which my finance appreciates since I'm buying fewer books.
Glad to be here, can't wait to start connecting with everyone!
HiYa! I'm Sana, from Middle Tennessee in the USA. I'm a disabled butch lucky enough to be married to the best woman in the world for well over 20 years now. We both work for the University (MTSU) - she is faculty support for Sociology/Anthropology, and I am administrator for the Dance program. We have 3 adult sons and 2 grandchildren (so far).I read. A lot. For as long as I can remember. Well, unless my medical crap gets in the way. (One of my flare medications makes it difficult to read, and my auditory processing is bad enough that audiobooks don't work unless it's something I've already read.)
About a year or so ago I discovered a whole lot of nifty reading challenges, and now I'm kinda addicted to them. This year I'm doing PopSugar, Reading Women, Read Harder, the Unread Shelf Project, #20ReadsIn2020, and the Modern Mrs. Darcy. With everything that's going on at the University to help keep our dancers safe I'm not reading as much as I planned by this point, but I still think I can finish (at least most of) the challenges before the end of the year.
Happy reading!
Hi Everyone!My name is Wanda and I currently live in Jacksonville, FL. I joined this challenge because I hoped it would push me to reading more hard copy books. I was an avid reader growing up, but slacked off a lot in my 20’s and 30’s. I’ve been reading a lot more since I discovered audiobooks. I love the convenience of them, as I can read while doing other things, like cleaning and cooking, but I miss good old fashioned paperbacks. Anyway, I join this group to push myself to read more, in terms of quantity, variety and quality! See you in the threads!
Hi, I'm Stacey and I'm late to the game! I haven't read a lot this year, and thought a challenge might help me break out of my rut. My plan is to see how many categories I can fill using each book only once, but given it's Sept 1, I'm also going to see how many more categories I can fill by "double dipping", so to speak. 2 books already fit at least 4 categories each!
Good luck, Stacey, and welcome to this group!
Hello!My name is Meredith and I live in Florida. I read a lot, and even more during the pandemic. I found this link when looking for online book clubs and have been slotting my reading into the categories for this year and enjoying the suggestions in this group site so far.
Hi, I'm Tamara! I'm originally from Huntsville, AL but now live in California with my husband. Professionally, I'm a digital services librarian at a rural library system in Hanford, California. In the past, I love doing reading challenges to see how many books I can read in a year as well as have a goal to push outside my reading comfort zone and read books in genres and topics I wouldn't normally read.
Hi, I'm Ashley. I live in North Carolina. I've always been an avid reader, and you can usually find me reading multiple books at a time. Professionally, I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker which is a fancy way of saying that I'm an Outpatient Therapist. I specialize in trauma across the lifespan. This has been my first year doing the Popsugar Reading Challenge, but I'm really enjoying it. I'm also a member of the Facebook group. I've been actively working on the challenge all year, but this is my first time posting here about it. I have 14 total prompts left, which includes the advanced section. This reading challenge has done a great job of encouraging me to expand my genres and writing styles.
Hey everyone, I'm Ashley. I'm from Virginia and was scrolling through the groups and found this one. Are yall looking for mod? I would like to be one and I know this might be overstepping my boundaries but I think I'm perfect for the job! I love reading yes, I don't have a lot of time to read I still trying to get in a good hour or so of reading time. I love dogs, and love to help! (That is why I wanted to be a mod) If you don't mind please get back to me as soon as possible. Thanks for your time!
Hello Everyone! I'm Ashley! I'm from Virginia and I was scrolling through the groups and found this! I haven't done anything like this before so sorry if I not as fast as everyone else. Also here is a link to my group https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...and I would love it if everyone who can joins. Every new member is completely appreciated! Thank you for your time!
Hi everyone! I'm Vivi. I'm from Houston and joined this group a while back. I have a 3yo and a 3mo so we'll see how much reading I can get done. Any tips on reading with little ones is appreciated!
Hi guys ! My name is Nicole and I'm a book lover ! I'm in my final year of college and I have decided to do my thesis on the relationship between reading literary fiction and empathy. I'm currently looking for participants to fill out a quick survey. I would really appreciate if anyone would give it a go. The link ishttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...
Thanks !
Nicole wrote: "Hi guys ! My name is Nicole and I'm a book lover ! I'm in my final year of college and I have decided to do my thesis on the relationship between reading literary fiction and empathy. I'm currently..."Since your survey doesn't ask about non literary fiction reading, you can't really assume that the lit fiction is what's making people have greater empathy. I just put a few hours down for lit fic, thinking you'd ask about other reading later, but you don't. I read a LOT more genre fiction so I feel my answers are misleading, but no way to remove them now. Would love a study that showed that reading well written fiction from any genre improves empathy!
Hello Readers,I am Linda, a retired nurse living in Southern Arizona. I am here because I love to set reading challenges for myself. I have won quite a few books from Goodreads Giveaways. I have quite a stash from book sales and volunteering in our friend’s bookshop. I am just finishing a book alphabet goal with 3 more to read before the end of the year. Next year I plan to do the author alphabet. I’ve looked at the PopSugar reading challenges and they are intriguing. I want to give it a shot for 2021. I hope books from my stash will fit the challenge. Thanks for letting me join!
Hi everyone, I'm Gaby from India. I'm new to goodreads help lol xD
Hello, my name is Purbasa from India. I am currently pursuing my masters in dental surgery.
Hi, I'm Amanda. I'm working on my resolutions for 2021, and this time, I'm serious about upping my reading. I used to love reading, but sadly, I've let that completely drop off the wayside as I grew up and collected responsibilities instead. The pandemic definitely helped me realize how much I miss reading, and I did manage to catch up on a few books on my to-read list, but I mean to get serious about this. Confession: I love reading love stories, specifically those about unrequited love, as strange as that may seem. I hope to find more books in that genre, apart from more pulp fiction and murder mysteries, particularly serial killer novels. I'm glad to have joined this group, and I hope to find great reading buddies as well as book suggestions here. :)
Hi all! I’m Irene from the Netherlands. I mainly read English and Dutch language books (sometimes Latin, German and French too)The Dutch library system isn’t compatible with kindle so I have bought a different ereader. Yes, just ordered it. Until now I read paper books. But with libraries closing due to Covid I needed a back up plan. Win win my library also let me borrow ebooks and audiobooks.
I read everything and nothing from ‘high end’ literature to trashy chick to original classics and cook books and always several books at the same time which can lead to procrastination.
Hi I`m Mona from Trondheim, Norway. My town is in the middel of Norway.I ` m new in Goodreads and found this group browsing around the website.
I love to read and with Covid-19 I got to read a lot since we are mostly in our homes. Looking forward to give the popsugar 2021 a go. I mostly read crime stories and fantasy so this challenge will give me a extended variety.
Take care everyone🌸🌸
Hi, I'm Elisabeth in SE Missouri. Excited to do the 2021 challenge. My favorite genre is Mystery/Thriller but I love a good story no matter the genre.
Hi everyone! Been loving reading everyone's introduction. I'm Paula and I just found out about this challenge and I am so excited to try next year! I think it will be an excellent way to expand my readings and learn more from you guys. Happy Holidays everyone!
Hello Everyone, I'm Crystal and I am from The Bronx, NY! I am an avid book reader and have a profound love and passion for literature. I've known about Goodreads for quite some time, but never really interacted with members of any group. I really only used Goodreads to see what books people were reading and to get book recommendations from reading comments. However, I am looking forward to being more of an active member in discussing books, learning from everyone's discourse and also challenging ideas.
Hello Everyone! I currently live in the middle of the USA and have collected a huge number of books over the years. Too many of them are unread or unfinished! I feel my reading abilities have slipped a bit the last few years so I am trying to make a resolution to do more reading, regularly, for pleasure. I found the 2021 challenge yesterday, and had a huge amount of fun selecting what I would like to read for each prompt. I am a very slow reader, so it would be an absolute miracle if I made a respectable dent in the challenge goal! So, Let's Do This!
Nancy from NJ wrote: "Sorry but I can't keep up. How do I leave this group?"There is an "edit membership link" at the bottom of the group description, if you click that it will give you an option to leave.
Hello! My name is Sarah, born, raised, and still live in the South Chicago Suburbs. I am 46yo, married, mother of 4 young adults, and babysitter. I just found out about this group on the Pop Sugar Reading Challenge site. I have participated in the Pop Sugar challenge for a couple years now. I am in a book club that meets once a month, with 4 of my closest friends, and my favorite sister-in-law. I read just about anything. I never sick to one genre, life is to short! Lol! My taste in books is just as eclectic as my taste in music which I listen to while I read. My favorite authors are: Lacey London, J.K. Rowling/Robert Galbraith, James Patterson, Deborah Harkness, Ransom Riggs, Clive Cussler, Edgar Allen Poe, Judy Blume, Harper Lee, and Pat Nevin. When I am not reading I am crocheting, knitting, or doing house work.
Nancy from NJ wrote: "Sorry but I can't keep up. How do I leave this group?"Is it the whole group you want to leave or maybe you're getting waaay too many email notifications from new members on this thread...?
Ellie has explained how to leave the challenge group but if it's the emails thing - at the bottom of this page just above the comment box it might say "You are following this discussion"
If you hit the 'Edit' button there, you can change this to 'None' and the emails will stop!!
hii i'm cigdem from istanbul, turkey. i'm already thinking of participating in other challenges but i wanted to try popsugar's challenge too! maybe i can merge them all together with one massive challenge lol. i loved that this group is so active and loved that there are listopias for every material, i always struggle what to choose. i'm studying computer engineering. i used to read so much then stopped while social media took it's place and now i'm trying to change it back. c:
Hej hej, I'm Jade I'm 28yo (university student since september) currently living in the north of France. I've only found out about groups and challenges on goodreads XD.
Being a really active group, it seems like a fun way to discover new books, authors, share our thoughts with various people.
Can't wait to scroll through your own lists for 2021!
Hey, I'm Stephanie from Germany and will try the Popsugar Challenge for next year. I read German books mostly but with pleasure I found out others also do so. So I look forward to a reading year full of fun and companionship (and expansion of my knowledge of the English language ;) )
Hey everyone! My name is Caitlin and I am new to the group! 2021 will be my first time participating in the challenge! I am very excited to begin the challenge and to speak to people who, like me, love reading!!
Hi everyone! I'm Eric, a nurse and a doctoral student from Texas. I am finishing up one last task from the 2020 Read Harder Challenge, but this coming year I'm going to try out this challenge from Popsugar. Since these prompts seem pretty flexible, I hope to get my TBR stack down to a more manageable size in 2021. I read a lot of non-fiction, especially books about sports, food, history, and human behavior. I'm going to make more of an effort to review books on GR this year. Feel free to connect with me.
Hi all, I'm Meg and I'm new to the group and this challenge. Hoping to diversify the types of books I pick and this list will be a great way to do that!
Hi everyone, I'm Gabi from Germany and I tried to do the Popsugar challenge 2020 on my own - and miserably failed ^^'.So for next year I hope being part of this group will keep my spirits high and my enthusiasm in full speed.
I read a lot SFF, but want to expand to at least 1 classic and 1 non-fiction/ month.
Hi everyone! I'm excited to join this group and looking forward to attempting the 2021 challenge. I have a book blog here, if you're interested.
Hi everyone, I'm Sarah from the UK. I was going to attempt the 2020 challenge but never got around to planning out the books. So I'm going to attempt the 2021 one.
Hello everyone! I am new to this particular challenge. I will be starting January 2021. Some of my other reading buddies from other challenges are members of this one. I am excited to join.
Hi! I'm Rebekah from Arizona. I'm new to the group and look forward to attempting the challenge. I enjoy reading in variety and possibly reading something new!
Hiiiiii! I'm Annie and I've been doing the challenge for 2 years already, but I don't post about it much because I don't usually finish all the books.... This will be my 3rd year of doing the challenge (and hoping to finish everything)! <3
Hi, I’m Kayla, 38 from Spofford, NH. I am the Director of Nursing at a detox and residential treatment program in MA that is just opening. I love fantasy with the occasional thriller thrown in. I’m excited to start the challenge.
Hi, I'm Claire from Glasgow, Scotland living in Munich. I don't usually plan my reading much, it depends what books I find in secondhand shops when I'm home visiting and how much I can get in my suitcase, although I can get a decent numer in Munich too... I feel like a change though, so i'm curious how I'll get on with the challenge :)
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