Popsugar - 2021

[Kendra]

Update to msg #78 :

Progress: 17/50 completed

[Theresa, Readathons]

Updating message 49 Progress: 3/7

(originally message 50)

[Jennifer]

Updating message #23

7/50 completed

22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors- The Great Alone DONE

[Rona]

Update message 37

4/30 read. :)

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just completed #3 (diamond on cover) - China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan. I liked this book much better than the first, probably because I didn’t have a movie with which to compare it. I recommend reading the book in print, as the footnotes in the ebook version pulled me out of the story too much. It made more sense in physical book form, at least for me. Enjoyable romp that helped me escape. Worth reading! 4 stars

26/50

[Laureen]

Update to Message #71:
1. A book that is published in 2021: The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
14/50

[Clare]

Updated message 140
6/20

[Rachael]

Updated message 193: 4/10

[Marleen]

Update to message 19: progress 5/10

✅ 2. An Afrofuturist book ➡️ The Obelisk Gate

[AJ]

Update to 349

10/50

50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library): Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals I asked for this book for Christmas 2020 and got it. It was joyful getting the gift and even more joyful reading it.

[Mirel]

update to message #327

yearly 15/72, Popsugar 11/45

finished; locked room
social justice:
Longest length book on TBR list:
Random book from TBR list:

[Amy]

Updated message 40-- 9/50

[Sally]

Update msg 42
9/50

[Sheila]

2/28Sheila from eastern NC ( to differentiate from other Sheila), realizing I haven't been posting updates for you, and I have really worked on your great challenge during all this rain! I'm definitely going for all 50.
I Think I'm at 31/50.
Prompt 1.
1.Prompt 2. Afrofuturistic. 47, Walter Mosly
2. Prompt 3. Diamond pattern on cover- The First Yeats
3. Prompt 4. Author shares my zodiac sign. Shel Silverstein. Where the sidewalk ends
4. Prompt 5. Dark academia, A Deadly Education
5. Prompt 6. Mineral in the title, Spinning Silver
6. Prompt 7. Dream job, The Christmas Boutique
7. Prompt 9. A family tree, One of the Good Ones
8. Prompt 10. Bestseller from 1990's.Like Water from Chocolate
9. Prompt 11. A Place of Hope
10. Prompt 13. Locked room, Then There Were None
11-12.Prompt 14.restaurant setting. The Dinner List & The Coincidence of Coconut Cake
13. Prompt 15. Black & white cover. Train Dreams
14. Prompt 16. Indigenous author, Terra Nullius
15. Prompt 18. Subject I'm passionate about, Wheels of Change (cycling)
16. Prompt 19. Body positivity Get a Life Chloe Brown
17 . Prompt20. BLM reading list, A good Kind of Trouble
18. Prompt 21. Genre hybrid, Rapunzel's Revenge
19. Prompt 22. Outside setting, The Flying Flamingo Sisters
20. Prompt 23. Something broken, The Mirror cracked From Side to Side
21. Prompt 24. Muslim American author, The Proudest Blue
22. Prompt 25. Published anonymously, Frankenstein
23. Prompt 26. Oxymoron, The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season
24. Prompt 27. Fresh start, The Blue Castle
25. Prompt 28. Magical realism, A Song Below Water
26. Prompt 29. Multiple countries The Girl Who Fell to Earth
27. & 28. 29. Prompt 30. Like to visit Carrie's War (wales) & Austenland, There You'll find Me (Ireland)

[Veena]

update message #109
14/50

[Allie]

Update Message #94
Progress 19/50
Prompt 17 A book that has the same title as a song
Cocaine Blues

[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
..."

Completed 4/15

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 everyone seems to have read but you - American Gods
4. A book with a black-and-white cover - For Whom the Bell Tolls

[Darinda]

updated message 80

completed 10/50

[Winter, Group Reads]

Alaina wrote: "Updated Message 96 : (35/50)

Super sorry! I had no idea that my message changed from 97 to 96 :( I hope I haven't caused any confusion!!"

No :) I only use your message number if there is more than one of the same name really. The important thing is to give me the number of books completed since it saves me a lot of time not having to go back to every original message :)

[Winter, Group Reads]

Sheila wrote: "2/28Sheila from eastern NC ( to differentiate from other Sheila), realizing I haven't been posting updates for you, and I have really worked on your great challenge during all this rain! I'm defini..."

As long as you don't have where you're from it doesn't differentiate from the other Sheila. But if you would say original post 270 in your posts along with number of completed that will let me know which Sheila you are :)

[Winter, Group Reads]

Updated :)

[Ashleigh]

Update to #46

6/?

37. A book you think your best friend would like

The Martian

My hubby is my best friend and I know he's LOVE this book

[Maria]

Update message 30

17/30

31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality - Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers3-2 (entrepreneur, investor, author, podcaster, vlogger, also has You Tube videos).

[Allie]

Update Message #94
Progress 20/50
Prompt 20 A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list
The Underground Railroad

[Bernadette]

Update message #16

21/50

[AJ]

Update to 362

11/50

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.

[Suzanne]

2021 Reading Challenge
Popsugar - 2021
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Progress: 23 out of 50

Back for another year, it’s the 7th annual PopSugar Reading Challenge!

Similar to previous years, this year’s challenge consists of a 40-prompt standard challenge plus a 10-prompte advanced challenge.

We invite you to choose as many as you would like to complete.

Standard Prompts:

1. A book that published in 2021:
Broken by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 5/1/2021 - 288 Pages

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:
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey - **** - 3/22/2021 - 337 Pages - Park Ranger
8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett - ***** - 1/12/2021 - 318 Pages

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.)
13. A locked-room mystery
14. A book set in a restaurant

15. A book with a black-and-white cover:
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab - ***** - 2/2/2021 - 285 Pages

16. A book by an indigenous author

17. A book that has the same title as a song:
Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis - ***** - 2/16/2021 - 336 Pages
18. A book about a subject you are passionate about
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel - ***** - 5/4/2021 - 156 Pages
19. A book that discusses body positivity
The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes - ***** - 4/13/2021 - 320 Pages
20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list:
New Kid by Jerry Craft - ***** - 1/31/2021 - 256 Pages (Popsugar 2021 #20 - A Book on a Black Lives Matter Reading List)

21. A genre hybrid

22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors:
James Herriot's Animal Stories by James Herriot - ***** - 3/7/2021 - 145 Pages
23. A book with something broken on the cover:
Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk - ** - 3/8/2021 - 255 Pages

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:
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty - ***** - 1/22/2021 - 294 Pages
28. A magical realism book:
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey - ***** - 3/13/2021 - 386 Pages

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
Unlearn: 101 Simple Truths for a Better Life by Humble the Poet - *** - 5/5/2021 - 320 Pages

32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”

33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child):
All Adults Here by Emma Straub - **** - 3/18/2021 - 356 Pages

34. A book about a social justice issue
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)

36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
Never After by Rebecca Lickiss - ***** - 1/6/2021 - 261 Pages
37. A book you think your best friend would like:
Changeless by Gail Carriger - ***** - 3/6/2021 - 389 Pages
38. A book about art or an artist:
Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life by Rachel Renée Russell - **** - 4/1/2021 - 282 Pages
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you:
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl - **** - 1/4/2021 - 165 Pages

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:
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson - **** - 1/26/2021 - 196 Pages
45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time:
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - *** - 2/10/2021 - 438 Pages
46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t:
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins - **** - 3/2/2021 - 439 Pages

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:
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill - ***** - 3/10/2021 - 272 Pages
49. A DNF book from your TBR list
Isabellae Volume 2 by Raule - ***** - 5/8/2021 - 152 Pages
50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library)
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty - ***** - 4/15/2021 - 458 Pages

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just completed #9 (family tree) - Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan. Loved this ending to the trilogy! The character development was really good. My one problem was trying to reform the grandmother character - it just seemed a bit unrealistic. Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

27/50

[Maria]

Update message 30

18/30

[Heather]

Updated message 26
31/50 complete

2. An Afrofuturist book - The Fifth Season

[Kelly]

update #58
4/25
A dark academia book: Ninth House

[Laureen]

Update to Message #71:
#7 A book where the main character works at your current or dream job. The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley (3/4/21).
15/50

[Sally]

Update msg 42
11/50

[Winter, Group Reads]

Suzanne wrote: "2021 Reading Challenge
Popsugar - 2021
Duration: January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021

Progress: 10 out of 50

Back for another year, it’s the 7th annual PopSugar Reading Challenge!

Similar to prev..."

Is this your sign up or did you sign up earlier, but changed name? :)

[Kelly]

update #58: 5/25
a book featuring three generations: In the Crypt with a Candlestick

[Amy]

Updated message 40-- 10/50

[Laureen]

Update Message #71
#15: A book with a black and white cover. The Shadows by Alex North (3/5/21)
16/50

[Ashleigh]

Update to #46

7/?

50. A free book (I borrowed it from someone off my local Facebook buy nothing group)

The Snow Child

[Mirel]

updated message 327
14/45

17. A book that has the same title as a song: The Last Dance
This could also qualify as a genre I don't usually read, since this is a space novel. It was actually better than I'd expected...

35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels): Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
This could work for a few other prompts for me (subject I'm passionate about, book my best friend would enjoy, makes me think of someone (my mother is also an Auschwitz survivor, and it takes place in several countries), etc. I also used this for prompt 49. A DNF book from your TBR list: The Complete Maus, (I read the first book in 2017, but couldn't finish it. I found the relationship between the author and his father very difficult to read, even in comics). I only counted it once, though, since I'll probably replace one of them with something else...

The book won the Pulitzer Prize, and is pretty unique. Definitely recommend.

50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library)Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder I must have put it on my TBR list when this new edition came out in 2019, but I was notified that it was now available free of charge, so I downloaded it. Would not recommend. Pretty poorly done, and was not at all tempted to continue with the series.

While babysitting my grandson, he asked me to read him a book, and he chose A Treasury of Curious George. He had me read all the stories, so I finished that book, too. I used to love Curious George as a child, so it was really fun to share it with him!

[Tania]

Update message 28, 10/50

✓18. A book about a subject you are passionate about: The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates (finished 3/5)

[Megan]

Updated msg 15

Just completed #12 (seen on someone’s shelf) - Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. Brilliant writing that makes every visual realized and every emotion personal. I didn’t think this could be as good as the graphic novel, but it is, just in verse. “[I]f the blood inside you is on the inside of someone else, you never want to see it on the outside of them.” Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

28/50

[Christina L.]

Update Message #59
12/40

[Carol]

update to #128:

8/50 complete

[Tania]

Update message 28, 11/50

[Jennifer]

Updating message #23

8/50 completed

18. A book about a subject you are passionate about- Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot DONE

[Laureen]

Update to Message #71
Prompt #28 A magical realism book: Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson (3/9/21)
17/50

[Erika]

Update for msg#299
Progress 3/35

23. A book with something broken on the cover-
28. A magical realism book Wings of Ebony
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads Piper Prince

[Maria]

Update message 30

20/30

17. A book that has the same title as a song- You're The One 3-9,(song by Shania Twain)
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge ( 2016 A book set in your home state) - Everything Changes (Creek Canyon #3) 3-10, not far from where I live

[Amy]

Updated message 40-- 11/50

Same title as a song: Tell Me Lies (Fleetwood Mac)

[Alyson]

Updated message 119 - 1/50