Popsugar - 2021

[Heather]

Updated message 126
40/50 complete

7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job - The Shop on Blossom Street

[Ashleigh]

Update to #46

13/?

21. A genre hybrid

The Bone Season

It's really a cross between dystopian, fantasy and sci fi

[Marleen]

Update to message 19. I’d like to increase my goal to 20. Progress 10/20.

✅40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge ➡️ I’m picking a prompt from 2020: A book with a great first line. The Bone Shard Daughter: ‘Father told me I’m broken.’

[Mirel]

Update to message 327

31/50

Prompt 2: An Afrofuturist book Kindred
Prompt 3 and 6: A book with a diamond/spade//heart etc on the cover/A book with a gem in the title (it will eventually be used for only one of them, but which one depends on Bread Giverswhich prompt I find an alternate for first): The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds
Prompt 12: seen on a friend's bookshelf: A Fine Balance (Difficult story, amazing writing!)
Prompt 15: black and white cover: Mendelevski's Box: A heartwarming and heartbreaking Jewish survivor's journey (disappointing, a bit amateurish).
Prompt 18: a subject I'm passionate about (Jewish themes): (was also distributed free)
Prompt 37: a book a friend would like: The Coffee Trader Really grabbed me//1

Not all last week, but these are what I've added today...

[Alyana]

Update to message #13
Progress: 14/16

✔4. A locked-room mystery ---> The Guest List - read on 04/03/21
✔9. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors ---> The Hunting Party - read on 04/12/21

[Rona]

Update to message 47

Progress: 10/30 read

7.) A favourite prompt from a past Popsugar challenge (Graphic Novel 2015 popsugar challenge) Wild West - Tome 1 - Calamity Jane 28/03/2021

8.) A book about do-overs or fresh starts. Somebody Out There by Kevin Lynch 15/04/21

9.)A book featuring three generations The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell 23/04/21

10.)A book with a black and white cover The Guest List by Lucy Foley 26/04/21

[Ella]

I’m here to sign up for the challenge! I think I’m up for 40 but I’ll see how I go.
Pop Sugar Challenge - 1/40

Standard Prompts:
1. A book that published in 2021
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
5. A dark academia book
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
8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction
9. A book with a family tree
10. A bestseller from the 1990s
11. A book about forgetting
✔️12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.) - The Raven Boys
13. A locked-room mystery
14. A book set in a restaurant
15. A book with a black-and-white cover
16. A book by an indigenous author
17. A book that has the same title as a song
18. A book about a subject you are passionate about
19. A book that discusses body positivity
20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list
21. A genre hybrid
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors
23. A book with something broken on the cover
24. A book by a Muslim American author
25. A book that was published anonymously
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts
28. A magical realism book
29. A book set in multiple countries
30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021
31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)
34. A book about a social justice issue
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
37. A book you think your best friend would like
38. A book about art or an artist
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

[Heather]

Updated message 126
42/50 complete

30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021 - Tokyo Ueno Station

43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover - The Library of Legends

[Laureen]

Update to Message # 71:
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title.
Dead Wake by Erik Larson (4/26/21)

Progress: 24/50

[Amy]

Updated message 40-- 20/50
An author that shares your zodiac sign-- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret-- Judy Blume is an Aquarius-- her birthday is Feb 12, mine is Feb 18

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Update to Message 17: 37/50

Since last update..
Works at dream job: Leaving Time
By blogger: Broken
Everyone has read but me: The Maze Runner

[Ashleigh]

Update to #46

14/?

22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors

A Green and Ancient Light

[Rachael]

Updated message 193: 4/10

[Allie]

Update Message #94
Progress 26/50
Prompt 11 A book about forgetting A Dangerous Place

[Tania]

Update message 28, 20/50

✓23. A book with something broken on the cover: This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp (finished 4/29)

[AJ]

Update to 498

15/40

13. A locked-room mystery: One of Us Is Lying
This had some twists and turns, but more importantly it had a romance (bad boy, good girl) and strangers-to-friends tropes that sucked me in

[Veena]

Update Message #109
Completed: 25/50

[Sally]

Update msg 42
16/50

[Megan BG]

message 36

14/20

14. A book set in a restaurant: Arsenic and Adobo

[Ella]

Update message 511:
2/40

35. A book in a different format than what you normally read. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
While I love Harry Potter and Stephen Fry, I really struggled to get through a whole audiobook... I think I'll stick to written formats.

[Ashleigh]

Update to #46

15/?

#42. The shortest book on my tbr - The Tales of Beedle the Bard

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated! Welcome Ella!

Hope you are all having a good week!

[Meredith]

Hi Winter

Can the books I've read prior to joining be considered in my total or do they need to be from this point on?

If I can include prior reads I'd like to do 12 books if it is from this point forward, can it be 7?

Thanks

[Sally]

Update msg 42
17/50

[Amanda]

I'm new! Please add me!

I'm late to the game, but I'm a PopSugar addict! At some point I might branch out, but it's working so well for me that I hate to change what works! That said, I'm almost done!

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1. A book that published in 2021 - Klara and the Sun

TO READ 2. An Afrofuturist book - The Fifth Season

3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover - Pretty Girls
4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign - Small Great Things
5. A dark academia book - The Swallows
6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title - The Nickel Boys
7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job - Give Me Your Hand
8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction - An American Marriage
9. A book with a family tree - The Red Tent

TO READ 10. A bestseller from the 1990s - Gone, Baby, Gone

11. A book about forgetting - Home Before Dark
12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.) - My Dark Vanessa
13. A locked-room mystery - The Last
14. A book set in a restaurant - Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook
15. A book with a black-and-white cover - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
16. A book by an indigenous author - Winter Counts
17. A book that has the same title as a song - Little Secrets
18. A book about a subject you are passionate about - Unpregnant
19. A book that discusses body positivity - Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman
20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list - So You Want to Talk About Race
21. A genre hybrid - We Have Always Lived in the Castle
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors - The Alchemist
23. A book with something broken on the cover - Little Cruelties
24. A book by a Muslim American author - A Woman Is No Man
25. A book that was published anonymously - Becoming Duchess Goldblatt: A Memoir
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title - Sweetbitter
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts - The Lost Apothecary
28. A magical realism book - Lanny

TO READ 29. A book set in multiple countries - The Midnight Library

30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021 - Every Vow You Break
31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality - Broken
32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z” - Q
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child) - Darling Rose Gold
34. A book about a social justice issue - In the Dream House
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels) - Check, Please!, Book 2: Sticks & Scones
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads - The Boat
37. A book you think your best friend would like - Days of Distraction
38. A book about art or an artist - Girl with a Pearl Earring
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you - Olive Kitteridge
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge (animal in title) - The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

Advanced Prompts
41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list - The Count of Monte Cristo
42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list - The Test
43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover - Euphoria
44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover - Temporary
45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time - The Hangman's Daughter
46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t - Rodham
47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing - The Book of Delights

TO READ/ TBD 48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random

49. A DNF book from your TBR list - One Hundred Years of Solitude
50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library) - The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

46/50 complete!

[Amy]

Updated message 40-- 21/40
Prettiest cover--

[Allie]

Update Message #94
Progress 27/50
Prompt 42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
New Hampshire

[Allie]

Update Message #94
Progress 28/50
Prompt 48 A book from your TBR list chosen at random Meditations

[Heather]

Updated message 126
43/50 complete

12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.) - A Prayer for Owen Meany

[Carol]

update #128:

20/50 completed

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just completed #43 (prettiest cover) - A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow. Much in this novel was well-done: interesting world, good characters, and real-life truths displayed in a cunning way to drive home the point. However, it felt jumbled up, particularly at the beginning. I had a hard time grasping the story through the teen angst that distracted from the interesting things contained within the novel. Interesting and I’ll definitely get the next book. Worth reading! 3.5 stars

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[Winter, Group Reads]

Meredith wrote: "Hi Winter

Can the books I've read prior to joining be considered in my total or do they need to be from this point on?

If I can include prior reads I'd like to do 12 books if it is from this poi..."

Prior books can be added :)

[Ashleigh]

Update to #46

33. A book featuring 3 generations

The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees

[Christina L.]

Update Message 59
16/40

[Jackie]

Update message #29....8/30

28. A magical realism book: Gathering of Waters by Bernice L. McFadden

[Amy]

Updated message 40-- 22/50

[Ashleigh]

Update to #46

17/?

15. A book with a black and white cover

The Road

[Ashley]

Update message #52
18/50

[Marleen]

Update to message 19: progress 11/20

✅29. A book set in multiple countries ➡️ Haar naam was Sarah

[Gretchen]

Edit Msg 9
Read 6/10

[Allie]

Update Message #94
Progress 29/50
Prompt 2. An Afrofuturist book
The Fifth Season

[Allie]

Update Message #94
Progress 30/50
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title
The Shadow of the Wind

[Allie]

Update Message #94
Progress 31/50
Prompt 47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing
If We Were Villains

[Amanda]

message 529 updated!

47/50 books read!

I'm SO close, but other books keep getting in the way!

A book set in multiple countries:
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig
3 stars (but I may drop to 2)
What could have been a nice beach read was tortured into A Book With A Message (that hits you over your head with a sledgehammer). It tried too hard. I’m giving it 3 stars based mostly on potential. It gets 2 stars for the ham-handed message.

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just completed prompt for locked room mystery - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Wow, what a ride! For science and math nerds out there, this book is chock full of everything your heart could desire. For us space needs, it’s a thrilling adventure! There are some lovely asides about being human and being good too. Definitely recommend! 5 stars. Possibly not what PopSugar intended for this prompt but figuring out how to save humanity locked in a spaceship qualifies for me.

35/50

[JennyGirlReads]

Update to msg 170

Progress: 36/50

✔️7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job The Historian

✔️12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.) Circe

✔️19. A book that discusses body positivity One to Watch

✔️22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

✔️24. A book by a Muslim American author A Woman Is No Man

✔️26. A book with an oxymoron in the title The Once and Future Witches

✔️28. A magical realism book The Midnight Library

[Tania]

Update message 28, 21/50

✓48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random: Snatched by Stephen Edger (finished 5/18)

[Alaina]

Updated Message 96 : (46/50)

[Alaina]

Updated Message 96 : (47/50)

[Tania]

Updated message 28, 22/50

✓1. A book that published in 2021: Star Wars: The Mandalorian: Guide to Season One by Titan Comics (finished 5/20)