Popsugar - 2021

[Veena]

#update 109

7/50

[Daisie]

Msg 22: 3/10

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated :)

[Emejota]

Updated message 131. Progress 7/50.

[Maria]

Can people stop deleting their posts. I was msg 31 and now I'm 30.

[Heather]

Updated message 126 (formerly 127)
19/50 complete

44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover - A Hundred Thousand Worlds

[Maria]

Update message 30

11/30

3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover - 2-1

[Bernadette]

Update message #16 - 14/50

[Gabriella]

Update message #60: 32 out of 30 read.
Raising the goal to 35.

[Joey]

Update message 53

Progress 6/10 Books
Just finished 36 (A book with fewer than 1000 reviews).
This book has 47 ratings and 27 reviews on GoodReads, couldn't find it on Amazon and actually finally tracked down a copy on the author's Etsy store.

It's Getting Harder and Harder to Tell the Two of You Apart by Casey Renee Kiser and Johnny Scarlotti

[Christina L.]

Update message #59 - 5/40

[Allie]

Update Message #94 read Snow & Rose
Progress 13/50
Prompt 36 A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads

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[Katie]

Update message 121
Progress 6/40

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated :) You have read so much already!!

[Raluca]

Update msg #35
Progress: 5/35

[Heather]

Updated message 126
20/50 complete

5. A dark academia book - We Ride Upon Sticks

[Heather]

Updated message 126
21/50 complete

25. A book that was published anonymously - The Lying Life of Adults read 2/3/2021

[Sheila]

Sheila from eastern North Carolina here. I can’t find where I’ve posted to join this one, but I’m going for all 50. I think I’ve done 20 so far.
* A book that has a heart, diamond, 3.club, or spade on the cover The First Yeats has a diamond pattern on the front.
* A dark academia book -a Deadly Education
* A book with a gem, mineral, or 6.rock in the title-spinning silver
* 15.A book with a black-and-white cover - Train Dreams
* 16.A book by an Indigenous author -Terra Nullius
* 19.A book that discusses body positivity - Get a Life Chloe Brown
* 20.A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list-A Good Kind of Trouble, Lisa Moore Ramee
* 23.A book with something broken on the cover The mirror cracked from side to side , Agatha Christie
* 24.A book by a Muslim American author - The Proudest Blue
* 28.A magical realism book - a song below water-Bethany Morrow
* 29.A book set in multiple countries- The Girl Who Fell to Earth
* 30.A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021- Carrie’s War, Wales
* 33.A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child) Moloka’i
* 34.A book about a social justice issue Sister Outsider, Audre Lorde
* 35.A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels) Redwall the Graphic Novel
* 36.A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads - Against the Paw, Diane Kelley
* 38.A book about art or an artist - The Van Gogh Deception
* 40.Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - a book from a past prompt- 2016- a book based on a fairy tale-Snow Child

52.The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list -The Proudest Blue- 36
* 44.The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover- Turtles all the Way Down, John Green

[Winter, Group Reads]

Sheila wrote: "Sheila from eastern North Carolina here. I can’t find where I’ve posted to join this one, but I’m going for all 50. I think I’ve done 20 so far.
* A book that has a heart, diamond, 3.club, or spade..."

There is a Sheila that has joined, but it's not the same profile. Do you have more than one account? Otherwise you haven't joined in yet, but you are welcome! :)

[Tania]

Update message 28, 8/50

✓22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors: aside from mentions of where he's staying/sleeping, the majority of the narrative in this book revolve around the outdoor observation of wolves, Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves by Farley Mowat (finished 2/3)

[Joey]

Update Message 53
Progress 7/10

#14 A book set in a restaurant
Completed Food Wars, Shokugeki no Soma Vol 1 - A manga about a high-school student that gets accepted to an elite cooking school.


Previously read
A book in a different format:
Fog Over Mandaree - read free ebook from the authors on my phone, which is terrible

A DNF:
The Blumhouse Book of Nightmares - Finished this one after first cracking it in November of 2018

Afrofuturism:
The Deep - though I am not sure it fit my idea of afrofuturism so may try get another book in for this challenge

Genre Hybrid:
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 - A steampunky alternative history buddy cop fantasy novella, bordering on paranormal

Dark Academia:
A Deadly Education - Angsty YA "Harry Potter" with an evil school

A book with less than 1,000 reviews:
It's Getting Harder and Harder to Tell the Two of You Apart by Casey Renee Kiser and Johnny Scarlotti - Poems from the edge. It had 47 ratings and 27 reviews, had to track the book down on Kiser's etsy page.

[Allie]

Update Message #94 read
Progress 14/50
Prompt 44 The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover
This is a purely personal choice--maybe i will find an uglier one over the year but this is pretty ugly

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just completed prompt for place I’d like to visit (Scotland) - A Duke by Default by Alyssa Cole. Truly loved this book! I loved the consent in the relationship, the respect, the mutual consideration - everything was wonderful! “Sometimes it was a simple text sent from a friend thousands of miles away, a thing lots of people would call insubstantial, that felt like the most solid thing in her world.” Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

20/50

[Sally]

Update msg 42
5/50

[Amy]

Update to message 25 - 11/25 books read so far.

[Laureen]

Update Message # 71:
#10: A bestseller from the 90's: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
9/50

[AJ]

Update to 209
5/50
45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time: The Shining This book has been on my to-read list since I started my Goodreads account on May 14, 2013. I KNOW why I waited this long, but I'm also a little sorry I did.

[Megan BG]

used to be message 37, but now it's 36

8/20

6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title: Tiger Eyes

[Mary]

post 18 updated 5/25

[Kendra]

Update to msg #78:

Progress: 11/50 completed

[Laureen]

Update to Message #71:
#4. A book by an author who shares your Zodiac sign The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (2/7/21)
10/50

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just completed prompt for do-overs - Memories in the Drift by Melissa Payne. An interesting premise and a good portrayal of a main character with no short term memory. However, the book could have been edited better. While the same memory might play through the main character’s mind repeatedly, I didn’t need to read them repeatedly. I received this book as a giveaway in exchange for my honest review. Worth reading with the above caveat. 3 stars

21/50

[Jackie]

Update message #29...4/25

34. A book about a social justice issue - Native Son by Richard Wright

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated :)

[Gabriella]

Update message #60: 35/35 read.
Raising the goal to 40.

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Update to Message 17: 16/50


4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign -
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris (Capricorn)
5. A dark academia book
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
11. A book about forgetting
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.)
The Virgin in the Ice by Ellis Peters (dad's bookshelf)
13. A locked-room mystery
One by One by Ruth Ware
19. A book that discusses body positivity
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors
Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
25. A book that was published anonymously
The Shadows by Alex North
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)
Faithful Place by Tana French
34. A book about a social justice issue
Night by Elie Wiesel
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read - Manga: Pet Shop of Horrors, Vol. 1 by Matsuri Akino
38. A book about art or an artist
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (actors, graphic novelist, musicians...)
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - Author's name is the same as mine: Get Your Sh*t Together: How to Stop Worrying About What You Should Do So You Can Finish What You Need to Do and Start Doing What You Want to Do by Sarah Knight
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library)
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

[Maria]

Update message 30

13/30

[Heather]

Updated message 126
22/50 complete

47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing - Long Bright River

[AJ]

Update to 279

6/50

40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: A book that's guaranteed to bring joy: [book:The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History|51700301} The Office is one of my go-to comfort shows and I was smiling reading about the background to some of my favorite episodes.

[letidn]

6/25

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 The Royal We
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.) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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 The Night Circus
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) A Princess for Christmas
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads Prima regola: non innamorarsi
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

Advanced Prompts:
41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list Fahrenheit 451
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)

[Maria]

Update message 30

14/30

18. A book about a subject you are passionate about -The Book of Candlelight (A Secret, Book, and Scone Society #3) (I'm passionate about books, friends, mysteries and food!)2-10

[Tania]

Update message 28, 9/50

✓4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign: Yes Please by Amy Poehler (finished 2/10)

Updating because I put this in the wrong category:
✓35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels): audiobook, Yes Please by Amy Poehler (finished 2/10)

[Winter, Group Reads]

L wrote: "3/25

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..."

Have you changed your name? If so what was your earlier name or original message? If not I will add you to the challenge :)

[AJ]

Update to 291

7/50

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.

[Heather]

Updated message 126
23/50

38. A book about art or an artist - Piecing Me Together

[Stephanie]

Update to comment 109

6/50

30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021 - Disney After Dark by Ridley Pearson

[Erika]

I will like to read 35 books for this challenge.
Progress 6/35
15. A book with a black-and-white coverThe Savage and the Swan
23. A book with something broken on the cover- Difficult Women
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts
Madam Temptress
28. A magical realism book Wings of Ebony
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)The Soulmate Equation
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads Piper Prince

[Sally]

Update msg 42
6/50

[Allie]

Update Message #94
Progress 15/50
Prompt 27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts Dear Edward

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just completed prompt for magical realism - The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. This is a beautifully written book. The setting comes to life. The characters are well-crafted and perfect in their imperfections. “We are allowed to do that, are we not Mabel? To invent our own endings and choose joy over sorrow?” I just felt a bit disconnected towards the end. Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

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