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7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job: Take a Hint, Dani Brown Like me, Dani Brown is a graduate student. Unlike me, she found the love of her life at WORK!!!
Update message 28, 24/50✓3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover: Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: The Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters by Joan Ryan (finished 9/8)
Update to Message 17: 50/50 Complete!Last ones:
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
The Dinner by Herman Koch
Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell
Update to message 19: progress 19/20✅39. A book everyone seems to have read but you ➡️ The Final Empire
Update to message 672Progress : 24/30
Read 2 more books :
✔ 12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf - The Empire of Gold
✔ 15. A book with a black-and-white cover -
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39. A book everyone seems to have read but you: The Vanishing Half I've heard about this book via Goodreads and other platforms for a while - I'm glad I finally took the plunge.
Updated message 28, 25/50✓12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.): I Am Enough by Grace Byers (finished 9/13)
Updated message 40-- 32/50The shortest book on my TBR list: Emma in the Land of Trees-- only 20 pages.
I don't put picture books on my TBR, or count them for the challenge, unless I have won them in a giveaway (since the contest rules stipulate that you add them to your TBR), So at 20 pages, this is by far the shortest book I have listed.
Carol wrote: "update to #128:50/50 books completed! Challenge complete"
Congratulations!! ^^
SarahKat wrote: "Update to Message 17: 50/50 Complete!Last ones:
3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
14. A book set in..."
Congrats!!! :D
Updating message #23:30/50 completed
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you- Where the Crawdads Sing DONE
Update message 28, 27/50✓38. A book about art or an artist: Star Wars Galaxy: The Original Topps Trading Card Series by Gary Gerani (finished 9/16)
Update #718. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
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34. A book about a social justice issue - The Mask Falling which has a lot of discrimination against a group of people for being different
Update message 28, 28/50✓29. A book set in multiple countries: set in the USA and Costa Rica, The Year of Fog by Michelle Richmond (finished 9/17)
Updated message 126 48/50 complete
48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random - The Witches Are Coming
Update message #626: 1/47 completed
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9. A book that discusses body positivity: Every Body Shines: Sixteen Stories About Living Fabulously Fat This collection of short stories discusses body positivity, and is focused on fat protagonists.
#41/50 Just finished Lasher for a best seller from the 90s. I don't read a lot of Anne Rice, nor do I recommend it.
Update to message #674: COMPLETED! 38/38REGULAR
XX1. A book that is published in 2021 The Infinite Country
XX2. An Afrofuturist book Binti
XX3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover Cards on the Table
XX4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign Maya Angelou Making Magic in the World,
XX5. A dark academia book Legendborn
XX6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title Salt to the Sea
XX7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job Dust Tracks on the Road
XX8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction Hamnet
XX9. A book with a family tree Climbing the Mango Trees
XX10. A bestseller from the 1990s The Golden Compass
XX11. A book about forgetting The Survivors,
XX12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.) Ida B. the Queen
XX13. A locked-room mystery Sherlock Holmes’ The Sign of Four
XX14. A book set in a restaurant Eat a Peach
XX15. A book with a black-and-white cover Memorial Drive
XX16. A book by an indigenous author The Removed
XX17. A book that has the same title as a song Uprooted
XX18. A book about a subject you are passionate about The Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot
XX19. A book that discusses body positivity It Was Me All Along
XX20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list Caste
XX21. A genre hybrid Outlawed
XX22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors Walking the Nile
XX23. A book with something broken on the cover The Last Town (broken sign on cover)
XX24. A book by a Muslim American author The Bad Muslim Discount
XX25. A book that was published anonymously Absent in the Spring
XX26. A book with an oxymoron in the title Too Much Is Not Enough
XX27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts Oona Out of Order
XX28. A magical realism book Sourdough
XX29. A book set in multiple countries Aftershocks
XX30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021 My Friend Anna (partially set in Marrakesh)
XX31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded
XX32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z” The Queen’s Gambit
XX33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child) Chemistry
XX34. A book about a social justice issue The Best They Ever Had
XX35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels) They Called Us Enemy (graphic novel)
XX36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads This Is Big: How the Founder of Weight Watchers Changed the World—And Me
XX37. A book you think your best friend would like A Libertarian Walks into a Bear
XX38. A book about art or an artist The Lady in Gold
Update message 28, 29/50✓31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality: How to Be a Man (Whatever That Means): Lessons in Modern Masculinity from a Questionable Source by James Breakwell (finished 9/22)
Melissa wrote: "Update to message #674: COMPLETED! 38/38REGULAR
XX1. A book that is published in 2021 The Infinite Country
XX2. An Afrofuturist book Binti
XX3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on..."
Congratulations Melissa!! By the way have you changed name this year on goodreads? I can't find you in the list.
#42/50 just finished Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi for the prompt by a Muslim author. Really enjoyed this read!
updated message 12649/50 complete
31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality - Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
Ranmali wrote: "I will sign up for 15 books1. A bestseller from the 1990s - As the Crow Flies
2. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover - All The Single Ladies
..."
Completed 9/15
1. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z” - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
2. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels) - The Art of War
3. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads - Colpetty People
4. A book everyone seems to have read but you - American Gods
5. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - An anthology - Write to Reconcile: An Anthology
6. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list - Atlas Shrugged
7. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign - Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!
8. A book with a black-and-white cover - For Whom the Bell Tolls
9. A book about a subject you are passionate about - Photography Visionaries
43/50 just finished Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake for a book set in a restaurant. Loved it! And hearing about all those chocolate cherry cheesecakes will make you hungry.
Ranmali wrote: "I will sign up for 15 books1. A bestseller from the 1990s - As the Crow Flies
2. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover - All The Single Ladies
..."
Completed 10/15
1. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover - All The Single Ladies
2. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z” - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
3. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels) - The Art of War
4. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads - Colpetty People
5. A book everyone seems to have read but you - American Gods
6. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - An anthology - Write to Reconcile: An Anthology
7. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list - Atlas Shrugged
8. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign - Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny!
9. A book with a black-and-white cover - For Whom the Bell Tolls
10. A book about a subject you are passionate about - Photography Visionaries
Update to Message #71:9/29/21: 15. A book with a black and white cover. Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
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Update message #95Progress 40/50
Prompt 43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover
Update to #116COMPLETED 50/50 - yippee!
Thanks for the fun challenge
2025 Reading Challenge
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