Popsugar - 2021

[Darinda]

updated message 80

completed 43/50

[Winter, Group Reads]

Alyana wrote: "Update to message #13
Progress: 16/16

✔1. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign
---> The Midnight Library - read on 02/04/21

✔2. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock i..."

Congrats Alyana! :)

[Winter, Group Reads]

Christie wrote: "I am in for 50.

Currently 16 of 50
1. A book that published in 2021 - The Lost Apothecury
2. An Afrofuturist book
3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover
4. A book by an ..."

Welcome Christie! ^^

[Bernadette]

Update message #16

42/50

[Sally]

Update msg 42
33/50

[Tania]

Update message 28, 23/50

✓37. A book you think your best friend would like: Your Story, My Story by Connie Palmen (finished 7/26)

[AJ]

Update to 694

25/50

38. A book about art or an artist:
The Secret Lives of Color It's a book talking about the origins of many colors which features how they were used in art/by artists. Interesting read!

[Laureen]

Update to Message #71:
#2: An Afrofuturist Book: Kindred by Octavia Butler (8/5/21)
Advanced #9:
A DNF from your TBR list: The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish (8/5/21)

41/50

[Shelly]

Please update message #582

Progress: 19/20

[AJ]

Update to 709

27/50

1. A book that published in 2021: Ace of Spades Grateful that my library had this book only about a month after it was published!

37. A book you think your best friend would like: Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good I read this with one of my dearest friends so it's a little bit cheating, but since it was over a year of book club, I think it earns the title.

[Flora]

33/50 Queen Takes Queen a book that my best friend would like

[Maria]

Update message 30

26/30

[Alaina]

Updated Message 96 : (48/50)

[Amy]

Updated message 40-- 30/50
A prompt from a past Popsugar Challenge-- A book with a great first line:

Fahrenheit 451-- It was a pleasure to burn.

[Sheila]

Update msg 32 16/20

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Update to Message 17: 47/50

Since last update I've finished 10 (I don't update enough)

47/50

8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

10. A bestseller from the 1990s
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

15. A book with a black-and-white cover
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

18. A book about a subject you are passionate about
The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis

23. A book with something broken on the cover
The Scorch Trials by James Dashner

26. A book with an oxymoron in the title
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards

47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing
The Hobbit: Illustrated Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien- favorite person (my dad)

49. A DNF book from your TBR list
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

[Flora]

34/50 A book that I meant to read last year

[Ashleigh]

Update to #46

25/?

31. By a blogger, vlogger or YouTuber - The Hazel Wood

[Heather]

Updated message 126
47/50

26. A book with an oxymoron in the title - Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man

I took a break from this one to work on a summer reading challenge. Now that it's finished, I'll wrap this one up.

[AJ]

Update to 712

28/50

34. A book about a social justice issue: Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning I feel like "social justice issue" reduces the complexity in the book somehow, but it's true that Cathy Park Hong touches on the specific experiences of Asian-Americans reckoning with the flaws of the United States.

[Matt]

Updated message 79

03/50

[Flora]

35/50 Queen Takes King for a book set somewhere I'd like to visit. Eureka Springs AR is my favorite place to visit.

[AJ]

Update to 722

30/50

22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors: Five Total Strangers A thriller set in a car driving through a SNOWSTORM. The drama!

28. A magical realism book: The Other Black Girl There was a little drizzle of beyond-the-norm in this book.

[Meredith]

Update Message #527

29/30 complete

46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t


17. A book that has the same title as a song

[Carol]

update #128:

40/50 completed

[Maria]

Update message 30

27/30

23. A book with something broken on the cover- Broken Throne 8-19

[Jennifer]

Updating message #23

29/50

7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed DONE


28. A magical realism book-The Ocean at the End of the Lane DONE

40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge- A Column of Fire DONE

[Matt]

Updated message 79

05/50

[Christie]

I am in for 50.

Currently 20 of 50
1. A book that published in 2021 - The Lost Apothecury
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 - My Own Word - Ruth Bade Ginsburg
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 - The Saving Graces
11. A book about forgetting - Reset by Sarlna Dahlan
12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.)
13. A locked-room mystery - The Guest List
14. A book set in a restaurant
15. A book with a black-and-white cover - Shiver
16. A book by an indigenous author
17. A book that has the same title as a song - Tangerine
18. A book about a subject you are passionate about (reading) - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
19. A book that discusses body positivity
20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list - The Vanishing Half
21. A genre hybrid - Mexican Gothic
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors - The Grace Year
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 - The Dictionary of Lost Words
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts - Meet me in Paradise
28. A magical realism book - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
29. A book set in multiple countries
30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021 - The Sanatorium
31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child) - Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells
34. A book about a social justice issue
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels) (hardback plus podcast plus bookclub) The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads - Castle Shade
37. A book you think your best friend would like - The Pull of the Stars
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

Advanced Prompts
41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover
44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover
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
47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing
48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random
49. A DNF book from your TBR list
50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library)

[Matt]

Updated message 79

06/50

[Laureen]

Update Message #71:
3. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover. The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
42/50

[Kendra]

Post no. 77:

Progress: 39/50 completed

[Matt]

Updated message 79

07/50 Completed

[Marleen]

Update to message 19: progress 16/20

✅ 22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors ➡️ Abhorsen

[Neha]

Update to message 672
Progress : 22/30

Read 2 more books :
✔ 9. A book with a family tree - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

✔ 34. A book about a social justice issue - The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing

[Maria]

Update message 30

28/30

37. A book you think your best friend would like - 8-25

[Amy]

Updated message 40-- 31/50

A DNF book from my TBR: A Daily Dose of Mindful Moments: Applying the Science of Mindfulness and Happiness-- this poor book lingered on my currently reading list for over a year at 50%. I found out today how close I was to finishing it-- 56% and it was done-- the rest was footnotes.

[Flora]

36/50 The Tiger's Wife winner of the Orange Prize. Not my cup of tea but its done.

[Matt]

Updated message 79 Progress: 08/50

[Allie]

Update to message #94
Progress 37/50
Prompt 24. A book by a Muslim American author
And the Mountains Echoed

[Marleen]

Update to message 19: progress 17/21

✅ 1. A book that published in 2021 ➡️ Rabbits

[Matt]

Updated message 79 Progress: 09/50

[Marleen]

Update to message 19: progress 18/20

✅13. A locked-room mystery ➡️ Arsène Lupin. Gentleman-inbreker
There was a definite locked room mystery in one of the stories.

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just finished prompt for Muslim American author - The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed M. Masood. There was so much to love in this novel - the complex characters, the writing, and the different perspectives. There was also a lot of truth, about how each person can experience the divine differently, how conformity backfires, and how to be brave. A difficult subject matter at times, but it’s an important difficulty, especially now. I received this book as a free giveaway in exchange for my honest review. Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

42/50

[Angie]

Updated message 33. 7/10.

[Veena]

Update message #109

37/50

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated :)

[Carol]

update to #128:

50/50 books completed! Challenge complete

[Ashleigh]

Updated to #46

26/?

I read Magic Unmasked for a book with less than 1000 reviews

[Joey]

Update Message 53

9/10
45: Completed Fractal Space which was in my TBR for at least three years.