Post Your 2021 Reading List

[Jenn]

Didn't officially partake in this challenge, but compared my 2021 reading list up against the official prompts to see what I marked off.

40/50 is pretty fantastic for not knowing the prompts ahead of time, and I'm definitely in ~*officially*~ for 2022!

REGULAR
✔️1. A book that published in 2021: Malibu Rising
❌2. An Afrofuturist book:
❌3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover:
✔️4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign: Circe
✔️5. A dark academia book: Gaudy Night
❌6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title:
✔️7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job: The Moment of Lift
✔️8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction: Piranesi
✔️9. A book with a family tree: The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
❌10. A bestseller from the 1990s:
✔️11. A book about forgetting: Recursion
✔️12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.): Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
✔️13. A locked-room mystery: The Guest List
✔️14. A book set in a restaurant: Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune
✔️15. A book with a black-and-white cover: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
✔️16. A book by an indigenous author: The Only Good Indians
✔️17. A book that has the same title as a song: Anxious People
✔️18. A book about a subject you are passionate about: Crying in HMart
✔️19. A book that discusses body positivity: Big Summer
✔️20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list: Homegoing
✔️21. A genre hybrid: Later
✔️22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors: The Giver of Stars
❌23. A book with something broken on the cover:
❌24. A book by a Muslim American author:
✔️25. A book that was published anonymously: The Whisper Man
❌26. A book with an oxymoron in the title:
✔️27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts: Dark Matter
✔️28. A magical realism book: The Midnight Library
✔️29. A book set in multiple countries: Who Is Maud Dixon?
✔️30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021: Sharks in the Time of Saviors
✔️31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality: Wow, No Thank You
❌32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”:
✔️33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child): The Switch
✔️34. A book about a social justice issue: Transcendent Kingdom
✔️35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels): White Chrysanthemum. I hardly read physical books these days, believe it or not.
✔️36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads: Happy Brain
✔️37. A book you think your best friend would like: The House in the Cerulean Sea
✔️38. A book about art or an artist: Little Fires Everywhere
✔️39. A book everyone seems to have read but you: Where the Crawdads Sing
✔️40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - 2019 A book That Passes the Bechnel Test: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

ADVANCED
❌41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list:
✔️42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Winter in Sokcho
✔️43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover: Bitter Orange
✔️44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover: Lethal White
❌45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time:
✔️46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t: Musicophilia
✔️47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing: Dear Girls
✔️48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random: Klara and the Sun
✔️49. A DNF book from your TBR list: Why We Sleep
✔️50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library): Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

[Charlene]

Challenge Complete! 50/50. Post #114 updated.

[Laina]

1. A book published in 2022
2. A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship
3. A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society
4. A book with a tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the title
5. A sapphic book
6. A book by a Latinx author
7. A book with an onomatopoeia in its title
8. A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid
9. A book about a "found family"
10. An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
11. A #BookTok recommendation
12. A book about the afterlife
13. A book set in the 1980s
14. A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title
15. A book by a Pacific Islander author
16. A book about witches
17. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022
18. A romance novel by a BIPOC author
19. A book that takes place during your favorite season
20. A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read
21. A book about a band or musical group
22. A book with a character on the ace spectrum
23. A book with a recipe in it
24. A book you can read in one sitting
25. A book about a secret
26. A book with a misleading title
27. A Hugo Award winner
28. A book set during a holiday
29. A different book by an author you read in 2021
30. A book with the name of a board game in the title
31. A book featuring a man-made disaster
32. A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page
33. A social-horror book
34. A book set in Victorian times
35. A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title
36. A book you know nothing about
37. A book about gender identity
38. A book featuring a party
39. An #OwnVoices SFF (science fiction and fantasy) book
40. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge


Advanced

41. A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title
42. A book that features two languages
43. A book with a palindromic title
44. A duology (1)
45. A duology (2)
46. A book about someone leading a double life √
47. A book featuring a parallel reality
48. A book with two POVs
49. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (1)
50. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (2)

[Melody]

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