Popsugar - 2021

[Neha]

Update to message 672
Progress : 26/30

Read 2 more books :

10. A bestseller from the 1990s - Jurassic Park
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors - The Four Winds

[Flora]

Finished the last prompt!!

#50/50 Steal Away Home by Jane Kristof for a book that has been on my TBR the longest

[Dawn]

Popsugar 2021 #86 27/50

✅1.A book that published in 2021: The Rib King by Ladee Hubbard finished 5/7/21
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: Illuminae by Amie Kaufman finished 10/12/21
✅5. A dark academia book: My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell 06/25/21
✅6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title: White Teeth by Zadie Smith finished 06/26/21
✅7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job: Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness finished 05/13/21
8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction:
✅9. A book with a family tree: The Girl With A Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larrson finished 08/28/21
10. A bestseller from the 1990s
✅11. A book about forgetting: Still Alice by Lisa Genova 1/23/21
✅12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.) Grant by Ron Chernow
13. A locked-room mystery
14. A book set in a restaurant: Geekerella by Ashley Poston finished
✅15. A book with a black-and-white cover:Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern finished 4/14/21
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: Migration by Charlotte McConaghy 2/16/21
✅23. A book with something broken on the cover Broken Glass by V. C. Andrews finished 9/1/22
24. A book by a Muslim American author: Salt Houses by Hala Alyan finished
25. A book that was published anonymously:
✅26. A book with an oxymoron in the title: Beautiful Disaster by Jaime McGuire finished 07/04/21
✅27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts: Things You Save In A Fire by Katherine Center finished 3/5/21
✅28. A magical realism book The Midnight Library 09/04/21
✅29. A book set in multiple countries: Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan finished 6/13/21
✅30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021: The Oregon Trail by Buck Rinker 05/07/21
✅31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality The Royal We by Heather Cocks finished 10/10/21
32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”:
✅33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child) Night of Many Dreams by Gail Tsukiyama finished 5/21/21
✅34. A book about a social justice issue: Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas 2/15/21
✅35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels): A Starless Sea by Erin Morganstern finished 5/11/21
✅36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads: America’s Hidden History Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation by Kenneth Davis (328 Reviews as of 2/13/21)
✅37. A book you think your best friend would like: A Time For Mercy finished 08/04/21
✅38. A book about art or an artist: Paul Neumann: A Life From Beginning to End 2/14/21
✅39. A book everyone seems to have read but you The House On The Celean Sea by T.J. Klune finished 8/19/21
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

Advanced Prompts
✅41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Pillars of The Earth by Ken Follet finished 2/16/21
✅42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list : A Murder, A Mystery and A Marriage by Mark Twain finished 1/11/21
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)The Dark Half by Stephen King finished 09/29/21

I believe I was prompt #86 the last time I looked. People kept deleting and I can only guess. This is my final list.

[Amy]

Updated message 40-- 41/50

[AJ]

Update to 901

44/50

26. A book with an oxymoron in the title The Worst Best Man The Worst Best Man, or the Best Worst Man? Either way, it was a cute read.

[Alaina]

Updated Message 96 : (50/50)

[Flora]

1 A book that's published in 2021 Project Hail Mary
2 An Afrofuturist bookLilith's Brood
3 Has a heart, diamond, club or spade on the coverThe Diamond of Darkhold
4 By an author who shares your zodiac signA is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie
5 Dark Acadamia Truly Devious
6 Gem, mineral, or rock in the title Of Goblins and Gold
7 Main character works at your current or dream job Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men
8 won the Women's Prize for Fiction The Tiger's Wife
9 With a family tree The Silmarillion
10 Bestseller from the 90's Lasher
11 book about forgetting Repeat
12 Seen on someone else's bookshelf The Final Warning
13 locked-room mystery And Then There Were None
14 a genre hybrid The Alchemist's Illusion
15 Outdoors Lumberjack Werebear
16 Something broken on the cover The Library of the Unwritten
17 By a Muslim American author Furthermore
18 Published Anonymously The Bad Beginning
19 Oxymoron in the title After the End
20 Do-overs or fresh starts Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs
21 magical realism The Elusive Elixir
22 Set in multiple countries People We Meet on Vacation
23 Set in somewhere you'd like to visit Queen Takes King
24 By a vlogger, blogger, or YouTube creator, online personality From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
25 Starts with Q, X, or Z Queen Takes Knights
26 Featuring three generations Death Wind
27 About a social justice issue What's Left of Me
28 Set in a restaurant Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake
29 Black and White Cover The Two Towers
30 Indigenous author Black Sun
31 Same title as a song Blue Moon
32 About a subject you are passionate about Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them
33 Discusses body positivity Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
34 BLM The Underground Railroad
35 Different format than you normally read The Riddle of Emmon Bodfish
36 Fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or GR The Three Kolumns
37 That your best friend would like Queen Takes Queen
38 About art or an artist The Masquerading Magician
39 Everyone has read but you Circe
40 Favorite prompt from a past challenge: amateur detective The Vanishing Stair

Advanced
41 Longest book The Institute
42 Shortest Book Taken by the Horny Platypus
43 Prettiest cover Angel
44 ugliest cover Troll Queen
45 On your TBR the longet time Steal Away Home
46 Meant to read last year Famine
47 Associated with favorite person, place, or thing Old Haunts
48 Chosen at random The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane
49 DNF Icons
50 Free book Ashfall

[Heather]

Updated message 126

50/50 complete! This last prompt took forever to complete and I wasn't sure I'd make it - mission accomplished.

41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list - Grant read 12/11/2021

[Raluca]

Update message #35 Finished! ᕦ(◔ ⌣ ◔)ᕤ

[Amy]

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A book by an Indigenous author: Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings: Poems

[Winter, Group Reads]

Flora wrote: "Finished the last prompt!!

#50/50 Steal Away Home by Jane Kristof for a book that has been on my TBR the longest"

Congratulations!! :D

[Winter, Group Reads]

Heather wrote: "Updated message 126

50/50 complete! This last prompt took forever to complete and I wasn't sure I'd make it - mission accomplished.

41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list - [book:Grant|..."

Congratulations!! :D

[Winter, Group Reads]

Raluca wrote: "Update message #35 Finished! ᕦ(◔ ⌣ ◔)ᕤ"

Congratulations! ^^

[Jackie]

Update message #29...14/25

7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job (Dream: Librarian) - The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict

14. A book set in a restaurant - Breakfast in Bed by Rochelle Alers

46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t - I Regret The Day I Lost My Virginity: You Are Not Your Past by LeAnne "LeLee" Lyons

[Jennifer]

Updating message #23

41/50 completed

6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title-The Map of Salt and Stars DONE

[Ashley]

update message #51
COMPLETED - 50/50

[Winter, Group Reads]

Ashley wrote: "update message #51
COMPLETED - 50/50"

Congrats Ashley!

[Amy]

Updated message 40-- 43/50
A dark academia book-- Catherine House

[Sally]

Update msg 42
50/50
And it’s a finish.

[AJ]

Update to 907

45/50
47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing: The Plot Books are some of my favorite things, and this one talks about a bestselling plot. :)

[AJ]

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47/50

25. A book that was published anonymously Go Ask Alice What a ride this was.

32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”: Quicksand Got this book for the challenge and it ended up being one of my favorites!

[Sheila]

Update msg 32
19/20

[Bernadette]

Update message #16

50/50

COMPLETE!

[Winter, Group Reads]

Sally wrote: "Update msg 42
50/50
And it’s a finish."

Congrats Sally!! :D

[Winter, Group Reads]

Bernadette🎄 wrote: "Update message #16

50/50

COMPLETE!"

Congratulations! ^^

[Sheila]

Update msg 32

Completed 20/20

[Allie]

Update to message #95
Progress 50/50 Completed!
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you A Man Called Ove

49. A DNF book from your TBR list A Promised Land

[Tania]

Complete on message 28, 50/50

✓45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time: Merlin by Norma Lorre Goodrich (finished 12/21)

[Winter, Group Reads]

Congrats all three! That's amazing, well done! :D

[Jennifer]

Updating message #23

43/50 completed

I finished this one in August, but realized just now I never checked it off.

45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time- Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong DONE

Also changing the book I'm using for this prompt:
4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign- Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness DONE

[Kendra]

Update to no. 78 - finished both sets of prompts-- this was my first time to do popsugar and I enjoyed it!

Progress: 50/50 completed

[Jennifer]

Updating message #23

44/50 completes

13. A locked-room mystery- Anxious People DONE

[AJ]

Update to 923

48/50

10. A bestseller from the 1990s: Paradise I'm glad I reread this as an older person. It was published in 97.

Finished the standard 40! Here's my list:

Standard Prompts (40/40):

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!
2. An Afrofuturist book: Akata Witch A strong opener for the series, even if the ending came a little fast.
3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle This book has diamonds on the cover and I don't think that even begins to capture what the book is about.
4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign: The Vanishing Half To keep it astrological, it makes a sense a Cancer's books are so grounded in home, family, and the nuances of intimacy.
5. A dark academia book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein's book details the ways individuals, corporations, and governments (sometimes all together) seek to use shock therapy as a principle worldwide in search of an unattainable "fresh start" and ultimately profit from destruction and disaster.
6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title: Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me It's got marbles, folks! I am curious about why this was the title.
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!!!
8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction: We Need to Talk About Kevin This book won the prize in 2005 and I can see why. It was a journey .
9. A book with a family tree: The Roanoke Girls A fucked up family tree, indeed.
10. A bestseller from the 1990s: Paradise I'm glad I reread this as an older person. It was published in 97.
11. A book about forgetting: Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil This book is about actively forgetting and actively remembering the horrors of the Holocaust and slavery and those in between.
12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.): Transcendent Kingdom I saw this book on my friend's bookshelf in Dec 2020 and she kindly let me borrow it over the holidays. How lucky of me!
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 so, so quickly. Who'd have thought it'd be who it was? (see: me)
14. A book set in a restaurant: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly This classic by Anthony Bourdain is set in many restaurants. Took me a minute to read it, but I'm so glad I did.
15. A book with a black-and-white cover: One of the books that stuck with me from childhood that I got to re-read some years later (with a cool cover).
16. A book by an indigenous author - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Highly recommend this book. Well worth being overdue at the library.
17. A book that has the same title as a song - Somebody's Daughter The song I found matching it is by Tenille Townes and while about a different phenomena, does align with this memoir at some points.
18. A book about a subject you are passionate about:
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close The importance of friendship has been a constant throughout my life, but I just started yapping about it in the last 5 years. It was nice to a read a book confirming its importance/talking about rifts in friendships.
19. 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.
20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list: Grieving While Black: An Antiracist Take on Oppression and Sorrow Found it on this list https://www.joneslibrary.org/CivicAle..., and would be shocked if it wasn't on many others.
21. A genre hybrid:
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals This is labeled as "biography" but it is much more than that. It's a historical analysis, an examination of queerness, and a way to show a pattern of the resistance to state violence.
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors: Five Total Strangers A thriller set in a car driving through a SNOWSTORM. The drama!
23. A book with something broken on the cover: Little Cruelties The cover features a broken plate and the story talks about a "broken" family.
24. A book by a Muslim American author: Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal G. Willow Wilson, the co-creator of Ms. Marvel along with Sana Amanat, is a Muslim American. This was a comic book!
25. A book that was published anonymously Go Ask Alice What a ride this was.
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title - The Worst Best Man He really was the WORST best man, but the BEST worst man. Kidding, a cute read.
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts: Monstress: Stories The do-overs and fresh starts in this story collection weren't as fresh or new as folks may think, but that's where the heart of it really lied. Glad I read this book!
28. A magical realism book: The Other Black Girl There was a little drizzle of beyond-the-norm in this book.
29. A book set in multiple countries: American Gods Gods are all over the world, and that's where Neil Gaiman takes us in this book!
30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021: Tokyo Ever After I would have loved, loved, loved to go to Japan in 2020-2021 but that's for the future.
31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality: The Prophets Robert Jones has the Son of Baldwin community that I follow most closely on the Twitter!
32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”: Quicksand Got this book for the challenge and it ended up being one of my favorites!
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child): Red at the Bone Sabe, Iris, and Melody are at the heart of this short novel and intergenerational connections are one of the main themes.
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.
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels): Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide This was my first audiobook, which was fitting since I listen to the authors' podcast!
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads: You Were Born for This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance and Living Your Purpose At the time of posting, this book had 323 reviews which feels low given Nicholas' profile as an astrologer.
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.
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!
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you: Red, White & Royal Blue I've heard about this book via Goodreads and other platforms for a while - I'm glad I finally took the plunge.
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: A book that's guaranteed to bring joy: The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History The Office is one of my go-to comfort shows and I was smiling reading about the background to some of my favorite episodes.

[CrazyAsACupcake]

Updated message 71!

20/20 complete!

[Ashleigh]

Update to #46

I have completed this challenge to the best that I can this year. I finished on 31/? which I'm fairly impressed with!

The last book was for #23 A book with something broken on the cover, in which I read The Goldfinch

[Alta]

Updated Message # 67

Progress: 50/40 complete

Challenge completed!

[Joey]

Update Message 53

10/10

A book with a gem, mineral or rock in its title: Jade Legacy

[Amy]

Updated message 40-- 44/50

Close but no cigar! Ah well, Happy New Year!

[KSMary]

Edited post #12 although I had already completed by original goal of 30 and I didn't have a chance to update it yesterday.

Good Luck to everyone with 2022 Popsugar!

[Nicole]

Update to Msg. 89:

27/25

[Bücherhörnchen]

Updated Message 77
22/21 DONE

[Angie]

Updated Message 34. 10/10 complete 31/12/2021.

[Satin]

hey!! count me in for 25 please :)

[Winter, Group Reads]

Satin wrote: "hey!! count me in for 25 please :)"

Hi Satin :) This is the challenge for 2021 and closing now. This will be the last update I do.

[Winter, Group Reads]

Last update for this challenge! Congrats for everyone who finished :D

[Rina]

Update to message 88:

POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2021
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Progress: 40/40 (Completed)