Popsugar - 2021

[Kendra]

update to mgs. 79: 9/50 completed

[Allie]

Update Message #94 read One by One
Progress 9/50
Prompt 13 locked room mystery

[Heather]

Updated message 127
11/50 complete

6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title - The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

[Malola]

Hi, guys!! Nice meeting you!

Please, sign me up for the 40 core items...
Though, I maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay change it later for the whole shebang.

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just completed prompt for gem in title - Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise by Ruth Reichl. Incredibly entertaining! I was not quite sure what I was getting into and was pleasantly surprised from start to finish. I loved the recipes included! Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

15/50

[AJ]

Update to 195

4/50

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.

[Amy]

Updated message 41-- 4/50

[Ashleigh]

Update to #46

2/?

39. A book that everyone but you seems to have read - Station Eleven

[Laureen]

Update message # 71
5. A dark academia book. The Secret History by Donna Tartt (1/23/21)

6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Illustrated) by JK Rowling (1/16/21)

17. A book that has the same title as a song. Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore

20. A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (1/3/21)

21. A genre hybrid: The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James (1/3/21)

46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t: Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline (1/17/21)

6/50

[Cameron]

Update msg#44: 3/40

[Theresa, Readathons]

Updated message 50. Progress 1/7

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

[Heather]

Updated message 127
13/50 complete

34. A book about a social justice issue - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
49. A DNF book from your TBR list - 20000 Leagues Under the Sea

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just completed #1 (pub 2021) - The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins. I enjoyed this modern twist on Jane Eyre. There were a few things that surprised me. I found it fascinating how the author layered the original plot and characters onto the modern tale. There were a few parts that didn’t quite hit fir me, but it was an enjoyable read. Worth reading! 4 stars

16/50

[Laureen]

Update Message #71
29. A book set in multiple countries. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris


7/50

[Heather]

Updated message 127
14/50 complete

21. A genre hybrid - In the Dream House

[Megan BG]

5/20

message 37

37. A book you think your best friend would like: Home Before Dark

I actually texted her before I was done to recommend it to her!

[Amy]

Updated message 41-- 5/50

[Winter, Group Reads]

Hi all! So sorry it's so late in getting you all added and updated this year. I'm having some health issues so it's taking a while, but I'm working on it and I will add the spreadsheet to the participants list as soon as it's done!

[Tania]

Updating message 29, Progress 6/50

✓49. A DNF book from your TBR list: Monsoon Mansion: A Memoir by Cinelle Barnes (finished 1/26), I started this book last year but didn't get past the first chapter - which is a shame because after finishing it this year I gave it 5 stars.

[Heather]

Updated message 127
15/50 complete

36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads - Knitting for Anarchists: The What, Why and How of Knitting

[Allie]

Update Message #94 read The Story of a New Name
Progress 10/50
Prompt 15 a book with a black and white cover

[Marleen]

Update to message 19: progress 2/10

✅ 18. A book about a subject you are passionate about ➡️ Redshirts
I’m a big fan of Star Trek and this book is pretty much a Star Trek parody.

[oshizu]

Ariana wrote: "Update to 185

3/50 "

Ariana
Whenever you update, please include the msg # of your original (sign-up) post (as stated on page 1 in the challenge rules).
Your original msg # is 177.

Please do not post, instead, the message no. of your previous update. That is very confusing for the challenge leader. Thanks!
😊

[oshizu]

Ranmali wrote: "Ranmali wrote: "I will sign up for 15 books

1. A bestseller from the 1990s - As the Crow Flies
2. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover - [book:All The Single L..."

Please include the msg # of your original (sign-up) post whenever you update. Thanks!

[Heather]

Updated message 127
16/50 complete

42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list - Sea Prayer

[Stephanie]

Update to comment 109

4/50

48 - a book from TBR list picked at random: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson

[Heather]

Updated message 127
17/50

23. A book with something broken on the cover - The Broken Girls

[Stephanie]

Update to comment 109

5/50

4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign - Quiet by Susan Cain: Pisces

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated! :) Welcome everyone!

[Maria]

Update message 31

10/30

[esraa]

22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors:
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

2/30

[Megan BG]

message 37

6/20

27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts: When Silence Sings

[Heather]

Updated message 127
18/50 complete

39. A book everyone seems to have read but you - Outlander

I absolutely hated this and would like the hours spent on it back.

[Jaida]

update to message 10 - 5 / 50 books read.

[Megan BG]

7/20

message 37

35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels): Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft

[Tania]

Update to message 29, 7/50

✓36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads: If We Make It Home: A Novel of Faith and Survival in the Oregon Wilderness by Christina Suzann Nelson (finished 1/29), 251 ratings and 74 reviews

[Ashley]

update message #52
5/50

[Laureen]

Update Message # 71
13. A locked-room mystery: The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (1/30/21)
8/50

[Allie]

Update to Message #94
Progress 11/50
Prompt 28 Magical Realism The Midnight Library

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just completed prompt for fav previous prompt - I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel. This was one of my favorite gifts from the holidays. Not only did my mom bravely buy me a book (with how fast i read, most people don’t take the chance understandably), she got a signed copy from my favorite podcast host. Reading this book was a joy! Written by a reader for readers, I enjoyed taking the essays one at a time. I laughed, cried, and most importantly, wanted to read more! Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

17/50

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just completed #39 (everyone has read) - A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. This was not the best timing for me to read this book. I didn’t have the patience for slow plot and beautiful prose. But this book slowly grew on me. I began to love the characters and delight in this captured world the author created in within the chaos of history. And I ended up loving this book entirely! “By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory, that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration - our unwavering determination to withhold our opinion until we have engaged with them in every possible setting at every possible hour.” “[T]he tenure of friendships have never been governed by the passage of time.” Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

18/50

[Ashleigh]

Update to #46

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

3/?

[Rachael]

Updated message 193: 3/10

[Ranmali]

Ranmali wrote: "I will sign up for 15 books

1. 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
..."

Message #85

Completed 2/15
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 everyone seems to have read but you - American Gods

[Amy]

Updated message 41-- 6/50

[Allie]

Update Message #94
Progress 12/50
Prompt 14 A book set in a restaurant Yes, Chef

[Cameron]

Update message #44: 4/40

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just completed prompt for artist - Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency by Bea Koch. I really appreciate the scholarship that is evident in this book. I wish I had enjoyed reading it more. I found it rather dry at points, a little oddly put together, and had a difficult time keeping track of all the names mentioned. Perhaps a print version would have been better than the kindle for this one. Worth reading for the historical content. 3 stars

19/50

[Satin]

UPDATE TO MSG 93
3/20 Books completed :)

[Sally]

Update msg 43
3/50