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2021 Challenge - General
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2021 Challenge - I Finished!
Date you finished: 11/22/2021 Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 276
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A dark academia book (The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson)
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (A book by a YouTuber)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : The Lost World by Michael Crichton (A 90s bestseller. I didn't like the first Jurassic Park book, so I probably wouldn't have read Lost World, but it was fun!)
Least favorite prompt: A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
Prompt you hope to see again: A book you've seen on someone's bookshelf
Last prompt you finished: A book with a Family Tree (Curses by Lish McBride)
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: It was mixed like it was last year, but sure. It was maybe a little better than the ones from last year.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes, I thought that was a really helpful set of Advanced prompts.
Finally, are you in for 2022? Of course!
Date you finished: 23-Nov-2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): #406
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): 28. A magical realism book The Scent Keeper
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): With the Fire on High 14. A book set in a restaurant
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory 31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
Least favorite prompt: 2. An Afrofuturist book Binti
Prompt you hope to see again: 28. A magical realism book
Last prompt you finished: 35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes
Finally, are you in for 2022? Yes
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): I don't think I have oneFavorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book published in 2021 But You're Still so Young by Kayleen Shaefer
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue I meets, like 14 prompts, so I haven't decided which one I'll officially use it for yet.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Tweet Cute for a Book set in a restaurant. Super Adorable, though out of my usual reading genre
Least favorite prompt: A book set in a place I want to visit in 2021. Thanks, Covid.
Prompt you hope to see again: Afrofuturist Book
Last prompt you finished: Bestseller from the 90s
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Very
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: They were okay. I didn't decide I was going to do them until I was nearly done with the challenge.
Finally, are you in for 2022? Totally!
Date you finished: 11/24/21Message number of your list post (if you've got one): Don't have one
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): The "magical realism" prompt. I'd never heard one before and I ended up LOVING Gingerbread, so I read like, three more magical realism books for different prompts.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): My favorite book with year was For the Wolf, but I didn't actually read that one for a prompt. I really loved The Once and Future Witches, for the "A book with an oxymoron in the title."
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : If We Were Villains, for the "dark academia" prompt. Loved all the drama and the Shakespeare.
Least favorite prompt: "A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality." I don't really follow online personalities, so this one was hard for me.
Prompt you hope to see again: I like that they get changed up, so I don't know if I want any to repeat. But when "your favorite prompt" comes up, I always do "a graphic novel" from the 2016 challenge
Last prompt you finished: "A locked room mystery"
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: I always am.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: I did. I have the habit (I'm sure many of us do) of just continually adding things to my TBR and then forgetting about them for new things.
Finally, are you in for 2022? I'm ready!
Date you finished: 11/18/21Message number of your list post (if you've got one): dont have
Not going into the favorite prompts of the least liked. I like the prompts the have to do with genres or have fun finding books that fit prompts. I don't like prompts that involve labeling people (race, orientation) that kind of thing.
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes
Finally, are you in for 2022? Definitely
Date you finished: 11/27/2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): N/A
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Favorite Prompt was "A book you think your best friend would like" and I read "A Steep Price" (Tracy Crosswhite Book 6) by Robert Dugoni. I liked this prompt because my bestie and I have very similar tastes, so I knew I would be reading something I really liked for this.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): 11/22/63 by Stephen King and it was for the prompt: The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): "Plum Island" by Nelson DeMille for the prompt: A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign. I am on the cusp of Leo/Virgo, like directly on it. First I thought I might read a book by an author of each, but then I just googled authors with my birthday and this came up. I never would have read it otherwise and I actually quite enjoyed it.
Least favorite prompt: The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover
Prompt you hope to see again: A book with three generations.
Last prompt you finished: A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes! Very much.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Most of them - that ugly cover one, I mean..... hard for me to pick something like that.
Finally, are you in for 2022? Heck yeah!
Date you finished: 28th November 2021.Message number of your list post (if you've got one): link: message 6
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book you think your best friend would like. I read Humankind: A Hopeful History
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo for a book everyone seems to have read but you.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :The Toymakers
Least favorite prompt: A DNF form your TBR.
Prompt you hope to see again: Only a book published in 2022 and favourite prompt from a previous challenge, I hope all the other prompts are new.
Last prompt you finished: A book set in multiple countries, I read The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes, I think I read a good variety.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Not so much, it was a bit too limiting at times.
Finally, are you in for 2022? Yep!
Date you finished: 11/27/2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 0
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): 18. A book about a subject you are passionate about: Political Religion: How Christianity and Islam Shape the World
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): 21. A genre hybrid : An Odyssey: A Father, a Son, and an Epic
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : 19. A book that discusses body positivity: Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Least favorite prompt: 14. A book set in a restaurant
Prompt you hope to see again: 16. A book by an indigenous author
Last prompt you finished: 24. A book by a Muslim American author
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Very satisfied, although it was sometimes challenging.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes, i did like it.
Finally, are you in for 2022? I hope so, although I will have more work-related reading to do and I do not know if I will have the time.
Date you finished: 12/2/21Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 195
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A genre hybrid -
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): A book by an indigenous author -
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : An Afrofuturist book -
Least favorite prompt: A book in a different format. I'm not into audiobooks nor graphic novels so this was a hard pick.
Prompt you hope to see again: An Afrofuturist book or a book that has the same title as a song
Last prompt you finished: I'm almost done with a book mostly set outdoors -
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Mostly. I just can't bring myself to read the longest book on my shelf (
) so it will continue to sit there.Finally, are you in for 2022? Yep
Date you finished: 12/1/2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 743
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A dark academia book (The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik)
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (A magical realism book)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction)
Least favorite prompt: A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
Prompt you hope to see again: A locked-room mystery
Last prompt you finished: A book set in multiple countries
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: I think I tend to shoehorn books that I already want to read into the prompts, so I’m not really sure that I stretched myself the way the challenge designed to do.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: I liked it, and it inspired me to spend 2022 on my own TBR pile. I’m a typical millennial reader, meaning that I tend to read what’s new and trending, not the books I know I will enjoy that I keep ignoring for the shiny things. Which brings me to my next point…
Finally, are you in for 2022? If I can fill the prompts with the books already on my TBR, I will, but if not, I may skip to focus more on my own reading!
Date you finished: Nov 30, 2021 (regular, still working on Advanced)Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 231 (though it changes, this is close enough)
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): An Afrofuturist Book - read Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (new author for me as well).
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds - Prompt 35 book in a different format (prose)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, Prompt#9 a book with a family tree
Least favorite prompt: #19 A book on body positivity
Prompt you hope to see again: #36 A book with fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
Last prompt you finished: #8 Book that won the Women's Prize for Fiction
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes however I think last year I read more nonfiction and books that made me think a bit more. Just how it worked out.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Loved it!
Finally, are you in for 2022? Absolutely!
Date you finished: 11/25/21Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book everyone seems to have read but you (The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah)
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): Spark by John Twelve Hawks (A book that was published anonymously)
Least favorite prompt: A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
Prompt you hope to see again: A magical realism book
Last prompt you finished: A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes, it always leads me to reading some books that I would not have chosen otherwise.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes, it helped inspire me to read some books that had been on my TBR list for a long time
Finally, are you in for 2022? Yes!
Date you finished: 12/2/2021Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
A book by an author with your zodiac sign- All American Boys by Jason Reynolds
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
Do Overs- Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :
Radium Girls for gem, mineral or rock
Least favorite prompt:
3 Generations
Prompt you hope to see again:
Genre Hybrid
Last prompt you finished:
Do-Overs and Forgetting
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?:
Yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes
Finally, are you in for 2022? Yes!
Date you finished: December 3, 2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 559
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A magical realism book - The Water Dancer
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): A book that has won a Women’s Prize for Fiction - The Help
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : A best seller from the 1990’s - The Bridges of Madison County
Least favorite prompt: NONE
Prompt you hope to see again: A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
Last prompt you finished: A book that discusses body postive
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: YES
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: EH! some not all
Finally, are you in for 2022? YES
Date you finished: 11/22/2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 128
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t - The Space Between Worlds. I always mean to read far more each year than I actually get to so this was a great prompt for me. Also, The Space Between Worlds was a candidate for my favorite book of the year.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): A locked-room mystery - Piranesi
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Well I don't know about "never," but the Longest Book on my Shelves was A Suitable Boy, by Vikram Seth. It's almost 1500 pages long and was an unsolicited gift a few years ago, so who knows how long it would have stayed sitting on the shelf without this prompt? Another candidate for my favorite book of the year.
Least favorite prompt: A book set in a restaurant. Food-oriented books are not my thing.
Prompt you hope to see again: A book set somewhere you would like to visit
Last prompt you finished: A DNF book from your TBR list. That was really hard! Out of 1200+ books on my TBR list there were only two I started and didn't finish. One was very long and very academic and I meant to read that one but just couldn't - so I finally finished a book I read half of in college and enjoyed but never finished (stories).
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes, I always try to fill as many prompts as possible from my TBR list anyway.
Finally, are you in for 2022? But of course! :D
Date you finished: Decemeber 4Message number of your list post (if you've got one): #22 (so close to 21 in 2021)
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Published in 2021, I am always assured a stress free prompt that I will read something I enjoy for. Blood Heir
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Song of Achilles women's prize Blood Heir published 2021 or The Echo Wife genre hybrid
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : The Song of Achilles For women's prize for fiction. I didn't really like Circe so I was putting this off and this prompt made me read it. I also lead the BOTM discussion to insure I read this, which was a first and it was fun.
Least favorite prompt: Magical Realism 100% I love SFF but not this label.
Prompt you hope to see again: Dark Academia
Last prompt you finished: Been on the TBR the longest Shifting Shadows
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: No. I gave myself extra rules that left me stressed out about finishing this. I couldn't count ya and no rereads. I'm going to keep the no rereads rule though.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes. This helped me read physical books in my house that have been looking at me for years. :)
Finally, are you in for 2022? Of course. I'm already planning but have yet to post a list.
Date you finished: 4December 2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 105
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): About art or artist The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Beartown for a Book everyone has seemed to read
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :How Long 'til Black Future Month? for Afrofuturist Book
Least favorite prompt:Book with same title as song
Prompt you hope to see again: anything that pushes me to read more diverse (BLM, social justice, women's prize, etc)
Last prompt you finished: Seen on someone else's shelf
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: my TBR is over 1000 books strong so they felt too easy. I limited mostly to books I physically owned or had on kindle to make it more challenging
Finally, are you in for 2022? yes, but I'm not very enthusiastic about many of next year's topics.
Joy's 2021 Challenge:Date you finished: still working but mostly done (42/50 by 12/8/21)
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 755
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): An Afrofuturist book (The Broken Kingdoms)
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Fiction - Detransition, Baby (Published in 2021) or The Death of Vivek Oji (Best Friend Would Like) / Nonfiction - In the Dream House (magical realism)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): The Aosawa Murders (locked-room mystery)
Least favorite prompt: Ugliest Cover
Prompt you hope to see again: anything that encourages people to read BIPOC writers / editors
Last prompt you finished: Chosen at Random from TBR (Are Prisons Obsolete?
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: It was okay and encouraged me to clear my backlist
Finally, are you in for 2022? YES!
Date you finished: Dec. 8th, 2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 199
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): The book on your TBR with the prettiest cover: Howl’s Moving Castle
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Crime and Punishment for Book on TBR that you meant to read last year but didn't.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present for Book by an Indigenous author
Least favorite prompt: A book in a different format from what you usually read (paper or nothing!!)
Prompt you hope to see again: More TBR list prompts!! They're so helpful and fun!
Last prompt you finished: A book from your TBR that you associate with a favourite person, place, or thing.
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes! Very much! Lots of variety and I got a chance to read books I'd always wanted to read as well as enjoy some new ones!
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Very much!!
Finally, are you in for 2022?: 100% Just finished making my list today too!
Date you finished: 12/10/21Message number of your list post: 185
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #43 Prettiest Cover; I love pretty covers and am such a sucker for a beautiful cover. I picked The Scent Keeper for this prompt.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): I read 3 5-star books for the challenge. The Four Winds social justice issue, We Begin at the End for oxymoron and We Were the Lucky Ones for family tree.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Binti for Afrofuturist prompt. I do not enjoy technology or scifi books, but I did enjoy this one, maybe because it was so short!
Least favorite prompt: #49 DNF book- ughhh I hate these prompts the most. I don't ever DNF a book, so have to cheat by setting one aside and then picking it back up again.
Prompt you hope to see again: Love the dream job one, the book published in current year
Last prompt you finished: #45 TBR the longest - read The Sun Also Rises
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: I did (minus the DNF one) - I usually try to be very selective when I add books to my TBR and love getting ones already on there off and cross them off my list.
Finally, are you in for 2022? Yes, cannot WAIT!
Date you finished: December 11, 2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 542
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book by an Indigenous author - The Removed
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): It's really hard to choose just one since I read several great books during this challenge. On a different day I might pick a different book - today I'll go with Hamnet (favorite prompt from a previous Popsugar challenge - Novel based on a real person in 2018)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : The Glorious Heresies read for A book that has won the Women's Prize for Fiction
Least favorite prompt: A magical realism book (not my favorite genre)
Prompt you hope to see again: A book about a social justice issue
Last prompt you finished: Longest book on TBR
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes, I tried to use books from my TBR for most of the prompts (still have way too many books on it and constantly adding more)
Finally, are you in for 2022? Yes
Date you finished: 12/05/21Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 494
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): My favorite prompt was "A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)", and I read the graphic novel "They Called Us Enemy" by George Takei.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): This is tough...I had several that would qualify here...and several that weren't part of the challenge. I'll go with "Bel Canto", and I read it for the prompt "a book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction".
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): "Parkland Speaks", and I read it for the social justice issue prompt.
Least favorite prompt: A book with the ugliest cover.
Prompt you hope to see again: A book everyone seems to have read but you.
Last prompt you finished: A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign.
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes, I read several fantastic books this year.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes I did.
Finally, are you in for 2022? Yes.
Date you finished: December 12, 2021Message number of your list post (if you’ve got one): I did not have a list post.
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): My favorite prompt was “a book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021.” I decided to read Clanlands: Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other, by Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): My favorite book was North and South, by Elizabeth Gaskell, which I read for “favorite prompt from a past reading challenge - a book that is more than 100 years old.”
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (And what prompt was it for?): There were a few books that I selected specifically for the Challenge that I might not have read otherwise. One title I really ended up enjoying was Dumplin', by Julie Murphy, which I read for the “body positivity” prompt.
Least favorite prompt: My least favorite prompt was “a book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction.” It felt very limiting.
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Overall, yes. I had the opportunity to read a lot of great books this year, many of which have been sitting on my bookshelves for a long time. That being said, there were times when my reading for the challenge felt like a homework assignment.
Did you like the TBR theme for the “advanced” prompts?: I did like this year’s theme for the “advanced” prompts. That was actually what made me decide to participate in the Challenge this year, and I would love to see more TBR-focused prompts in the future.
Finally, are you in for 2022?: While next year’s prompts look interesting, I have decided to take a break from reading challenges in 2022.
Date you finished: December 12, 2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): #49
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Published 2021 - Goodbye's a Witch
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History, a book about art or an artist.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : A Woman Is No Man, book by a Muslim American author.
Least favorite prompt: n/a
Prompt you hope to see again: genre hybrid
Last prompt you finished: TBR with prettiest cover
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: yes
Finally, are you in for 2022: yes, absolutely.
Date you finished: 12/13/21Message number of your list post (if you've got one):
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book set in a restaurant: Arsenic and Adobo
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Harleen, A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : I would never have gotten around to Ducks, Newburyport if not for the Longest Book on Your TBR Prompt. It's over a thousand pages and mostly stream of consciousness, but I loved it!
Least favorite prompt: A DNF Book from your TBR list: I read Piranesi for this and it went as I expected.
Prompt you hope to see again: The Book on Your TBR List with the Ugliest Cover, because it got me to read something that wouldn't have risen to the top of my list otherwise (The Mermaid of Black Conch)!
Last prompt you finished: A Locked Room Mystery (Snow by John Banville)
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes, it stretched my reading choices.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes, I liked digging into my TBR list.
Finally, are you in for 2022? No. I just don't like the prompts this year ( I made a theoretical list of books to read) and I didn't end up reading as much science fiction (my favorite genre) this year and think that that will hold true next year if I do the challenge. I have picked several other challenges to do that line up better with my natural reading preferences. This was fun, but it did feel like "homework" a bit more than I ultimately enjoyed and made me feel too constrained in my reading choices. I liked pushing myself but this was also a hard year. I was sometimes pleasantly surprised by books but I also sometimes felt less joy in my reading.
1 A book that's published in 2021 Project Hail Mary2 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
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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
Jacqie wrote: "Date you finished: 12/13/21Message number of your list post (if you've got one):
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book set in a restaurant: Arsenic and Adobo
Favorite book (..."
I'm iffy about 2022 as well. I don't like many of the prompts either.
Date you finished: 12/14Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 348
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
✔21. A genre hybrid - The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley 12/14 ❇❇❇❇❇
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
✔36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
I Can Make This Promise by Christine Day 3/21 ❇❇❇❇❇
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : no
Least favorite prompt:
41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Prompt you hope to see again:
✔40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge :2020 Challenge, #12. A book that passes the Bechdel test
Last prompt you finished:
✔21. A genre hybrid
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley 12/14 ❇❇❇❇❇
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: not so much - they were very challenging, but I can see where they would be fun for others
Finally, are you in for 2022? sure!
Date you finished: 12/14/21Message number of your list post (if you've got one): N/A but my shelf for this is here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book from your TBR chosen at random. I definitely second-guessed myself for the challenges I thought were cooler but for this one I used an Excel function to select the book and I liked getting to be like “welp I have to read this one because Excel has spoken.” And I read All You Can Ever Know for this one.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Still mulling on this one but it might end up being The Forest of Stolen Girls which I read for the prompt “a book about forgetting.”
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Hamnet for “a book that’s won the women’s prize for fiction.” I’m picky about books about where artists get their inspiration from their real life and like quadruply so when it comes to Shakespeare due to ridiculous conspiracy theories about this topic. This one felt raw and real though.
Least favorite prompt: “A book by a Muslim American author.” I love the idea behind this prompt but in practice it ended up being a bit limiting. I think I would have preferred this challenge if it had been “a book by a Muslim author who lives in a country where Islam is not the majority religion.” I say this because I swear I came across so many cool and/or challenging books by Muslim British or Muslim Canadian authors. When I limited my search to American authors only I feel like I got a lot of YA books which I wasn’t feeling like reading at the time I got around to this prompt.
Prompt you hope to see again: “A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title.” I like this one in general. I also read a very silly book for this one in general so it would be fun to take this one more seriously next time.
Last prompt you finished: “ A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t.” The Mirror & the Light
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yeah! This is one of those years I needed to read a ton and the challenge helped me focus on that.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes! It helped me out a dent in my TBR and that felt great.
Finally, are you in for 2022? Hopefully!
Date you finished: 12/14/21Message number of your list post (if you've got one): NA
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Prompt 21. A Genre Hybrid and I read The Sun Down Motel
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Prompt 7. Main character has your dream job Talk Bookish to Me
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : 11. A book about forgetting The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Least favorite prompt: 25. A book published anonymously The Shadows
Prompt you hope to see again: 13. A locked room mystery
Last prompt you finished: 7. Main character has your dream job
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes!
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes!
Finally, are you in for 2022? Absolutely!
Date you finished: 12/16/21Message number of your list post (if you've got one):
IDK
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list Dear Martin
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
A book that's published in 2021 Project Hail Mary
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : An Afrofuturist book Lilith’s Brood
Least favorite prompt: A book by an Indigenous author Betty
Prompt you hope to see again: A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't
Last prompt you finished: A book set mostly or entirely outdoors The Dog Stars
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?:YES
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: They we’re OK
Finally, are you in for 2022? Already picked my books.
Woohoo!.
Date you finished: Dec 17
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 11
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover and I chose my Chiltern edition of The Little Prince
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): I guess I'll say The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear which I read for longest book on my TBR
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : I might have eventually read Piranesi but I did prioritize it because of the challenge.
Least favorite prompt: Bestseller from the 90's and all the TBR nonsense
Prompt you hope to see again: *shrug*
Last prompt you finished: Women's Prize winner
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Sure
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: NO
Finally, are you in for 2022? Of course
Link to books readDate you finished: 15/12/21
Favourite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A magical realism book -- The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Favourite book (and what prompt was it for?): Heated Rivalry -- A book you've seen on someone's bookshelf
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): Homegoing -- A book with a family tree
Least favourite prompt: A book set in a restaurant
Prompt you hope to see again: A book in a different format than what you normally read
Last prompt you finished: A dark academia book
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yep
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes
Finally, are you in for 2022? Yep !!
Date you finished: 12/19Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 108
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book from my TBR chosen randomly. I read First Person Singular: Stories.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): It was probably a tie between Poison for Breakfast (published in 2021) and Pride and Prejudice (published anonymously). I always like to have an excuse to read me some Jane Austen.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Before the Coffee Gets Cold and Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the Café for magical realism and set in a restaurant.
Least favorite prompt: The one about my current or dream job. Nobody writes books about insurance claims processors (with good reason), and my dream job of professional cat-petter/peanut-butter-cup-eater doesn't exist.
Prompt you hope to see again: A randomly chosen book.
Last prompt you finished: Book by a Muslim author Laughing All the Way to the Mosque
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Indeedy.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes, although my TBR is longer now than it was this time last year.
Finally, are you in for 2022? You betcha.
Date you finished: Dec 20Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo for "A book everyone seems to have read but you"
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 for "A book about a social justice issue"
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): The Song of Achilles for "A book that has won the women's prize for fiction". I'm not a big fan of historical fiction, and I usually prefer women-centric stories, so I was surprised I enjoyed this book as much as I did.
Least favorite prompt: "A magical realism book", because I found really difficult to find a book I was interested to read for this challenge.
Prompt you hope to see again: "A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021", just because is an easy challenge to complete since I haven't had the opportunity to travel internationally yet.
Last prompt you finished: A book about forgetting
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: No. To be honest my TBR is just a list of books I lost interest in, so I didn't do the advanced part of the challenge.
Finally, are you in for 2022? Yes, I already picked the books and all.
Date you finished: 11/16/2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 217
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.)
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
A book set in a restaurant
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :
A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
How Y'all Doing? by Leslie Jordan
Least favorite prompt:
A magical realism book
Hell of a Book by Jason Mott
Prompt you hope to see again:
A book about a social justice issue
We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride
Last prompt you finished:
A bestseller from the 1990s
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes
Finally, are you in for 2022? YES!
Date you finished: 12/20/21Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 589
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): "Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge (Popsugar 2020 - Book with a made up Language"; For this prompt I read Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):Court of Swans by Melanie Dickerson; Used to fill "A book with a family tree"
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Yes, Piecing Me Together by Renée Watson. I used this book as "A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list"
Least favorite prompt: " A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction"; honestly the selection was too limited. I found it hard to find a book that interested me. (I did find one, but it took me all year). Maybe include nominees next time?
Prompt you hope to see again:
"A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads" (Let's support indie writers as much as possible!)
Last prompt you finished: "A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover"
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Mostly, there are a lot of political prompts on this challenge. Not really my thing. That being said, it did open up my reading habits to books I would have never considered before.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes
Finally, are you in for 2022? Yes
Date you finished: 12/17/2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 433
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #4 a book by an author who shares your zodiac sign: Fire Lover: A True Story by Joseph Wambaugh
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): False Witness by Karin Slaughter (A book with something broken on the cover)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman (shortest book on tbr, sometimes I forget about the little guys)
Least favorite prompt: A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)
Prompt you hope to see again: A book everyone seems to have read but you
Last prompt you finished: A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: not particularly
Finally, are you in for 2022? yep!
Date you finished: 22 Dec 2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 763
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book everyone seems to have read but you - To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Evening and the Morning - A book whose author shares your zodiac sign
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): Invisible Women - A book about a social justice issue
Least favorite prompt: Tie - A book with an oxymoron in the title & A book set in a restaurant
Prompt you hope to see again: A book set in multiple countries
Last prompt you finished: A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title - The Golden Cage
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes, knocked off a ton of books that I had on my TBR list that may have kept getting put off otherwise
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes! Didn't get to it, but would have loved to.
Finally, are you in for 2022?: Of course!
Date you finished: December 20, 2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 616
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Dream Job prompt & I read The Jigsaw Man
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood and that was for the prompt a book with an oxymoron as its title
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Yes, The Poet X and I read it for the prompt that is a genre I don't normally read (poetry).
Least favorite prompt: Book with the ugliest cover
Prompt you hope to see again: Black Lives Matter reading list
Last prompt you finished: A book associated with a favorite person, place, or thing
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: YES!
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes.
Finally, are you in for 2022? Absolutely, I'm already picking out my reads for 2022.
Date you finished: December 23, 2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): #40
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell for “a book by an author who shares your zodiac sign”
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El Mohtar & Max Gladstone for “a free book from your TBR list”. It was a Christmas gift from my mom.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : For some reason, I decided to skip The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab for “a book about forgetting” but I wasn’t able to find anything else interesting so I read this. I absolutely loved it!
Least favorite prompt: I found “a book that discusses body positivity” uncomfortable for personal, triggery reasons. I did not enjoy the book I read because of those reasons.
Prompt you hope to see again: I suggested a variation of “a book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on amazon or goodreads” and was thrilled to see it on the list. I’d love to see it again.
Last prompt you finished: “a book featuring three generations”
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes, overall I read a lot of good books. I struggled to finish in time because my schedule got a lot busier the second half of this year, and reading for a deadline wasn’t my favorite way to finish the challenge.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes! I’m so close to having read all of the books that I’ve purchased, and these prompts helped a lot with that.
Finally, are you in for 2022? I’m still deciding. There are so many books I want to read that I’m not sure will fit into the very specific 2022 prompts. I’ve been putting some of these books off for years to read challenge books instead. It might be time to take a year to read for myself only.
Date you finished: 12/23/21Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 292
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #40: Your favorite prompt from a past Popsugar challenge. I read one for each year, but of those, my favorite was A steampunk novel, from 2017. I read A Dawn Most Wicked.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): When Stars Are Scattered, for #34: A book about social justice. Not what I planned to read, but SO GOOD! And fits the prompt better than my original choice.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): Hold Me Closer, Necromancer for #19, A book about body positivity. I’m not sure it fits exactly, but I found it on the Listopia, so I’m counting it. I’d never heard of this one before, and I loved it.
Least favorite prompt: It’s a toss up between the DNF prompt, the ugly cover prompt and the set in a restaurant prompt.
Prompt you hope to see again: I always love the favorite past prompt and the book published in the current year.
Last prompt you finished: The last book I finished was for the past Popsugar prompt from 2019: A book inspired by myth/legend/ folklore, and I read The Son of Neptune.
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes! I read a lot of excellent books.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Mostly.
Finally, are you in for 2022? Yes! I’ve already got my books picked out, and the first one is ready and waiting for me to start!
Date you finished: 12/24/21Message number of your list post (if you've got one):247
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #8 A book that won the Women's Prize for Fiction - The Power
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Project Hail Mary #1 A book that was published in 2021
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Kindred #2 An Afrofuturist book
Least favorite prompt: #6 A book with a gem, mineral, or jewel in the title
Prompt you hope to see again: #26 A book with an oxymoron in the title
Last prompt you finished: #6
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: it was okay
Finally, are you in for 2022? Definitely
Books read: 45/50(DNFed: 2; didn't get to: 3)
Date you finished: 24.12.21
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 387
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): I can't choose a favourite
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): This House Is Haunted (A book about a subject you are passionate about)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : The Color Purple (A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list)
Least favorite prompt: A DNF book from your TBR list
Prompt you hope to see again: A locked-room mystery
Last prompt you finished: A book that published in 2021
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: it was my first time participating and I really enloyed it, even though I haven't completed all the prompts
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: yes, mostly
Finally, are you in for 2022? Nah, I don't really like most of the prompts for the next challenge, it's hard to fit my tbr in those
Date you finished: December 25, 2021Message number of your list post (if you've got one): N/A
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): As usual, my favorite prompt was "Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge" because my favorite prompt is always a book about time travel, at least as long as there is a book by Jodi Taylor to read for it. This year it was Plan for the Worst.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): It would be either Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir or The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny, both of which were for A book published in 2021 (I read multiple for some prompts, sometimes intentionally and other times it just happens that way).
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : I read two excellent books by Fredrik Backman that I probably would not have read if not for the Challenge (because the previous book I had read by him I had not enjoyed all that much), And every morning the way home gets longer and longer for A book about forgetting and Anxious People for A locked room mystery.
Least favorite prompt: There are several I did not like, but I think the "winner" would be The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover, because the only books I really think have ugly covers are usually those where the cover reflects the subject matter (such as horror) that I would not want to read.
Prompt you hope to see again: I usually come up with multiple possible titles for a lot of these prompts, and I don't end up reading all of them, so the prompt A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't would give me and additional incentive to read more of them.
Last prompt you finished: A book that was published anonymously
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Pretty much so - there are always books that I don't enjoy much, but there are a lot that I do enjoy, and I like the fact that I read books I would not have otherwise.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: No - I usually do try to use books from my TBR list to meet Challenge prompts, but I don't like having prompts limited to them (and I don't pay any attention to which are "regular" vs "advanced" prompts)
Finally, are you in for 2022? Already starting to work on my list (it looks like it will take a lot more searching to find books for a lot of these prompts).
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Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 8
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): I really liked "book by an indigenous author" (I read The Last Final Girl) & "genre hybrid" (I read American Elsewhere)
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): I chose a favorite read each month, and six (!) of them were Challenge reads:
American Elsewhere (genre hybrid)
Catherine House (dark academia)
Nothing to See Here (magical realism - a real surprise for me, because I usually don't like magical realism!)
The Last Days of Night (oxymoron - a bit of a stretch for this category, but a great book)
We Could Be Heroes (same title as a song - close enough)
The Good Son (a free book from my TBR - like most of my books, I borrowed this from the library)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Elizabeth and Her German Garden for "published anonymously" - I'd never heard of this book, and it was a delight! (which was a relief, because I had been dreading this category)
Least favorite prompt: LONGEST BOOK
Prompt you hope to see again: I always like to see "published this year"
Last prompt you finished: LONGEST BOOK
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes! I read a lot of good books!
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Yes.
Finally, are you in for 2022? Of course :-)
Date you finished: 26/12Message number of your list post (if you've got one): N/A but here’s a list of them- https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): An Afrofuturist Book, The Fifth Season, or A Favourite Prompt From a Past Challenge, for which I went with A Book Recommended by Someone You Just Met, My Brilliant Friend
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): My favourites were The Fifth Season, Circe (Both a Book about Do-Overs or Fresh Starts and A Book Everyone Seems to have Read but You), and On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (A Book With A Black and White Cover)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance was on my radar thanks to Philosophy Tube, but I might never have read it without the A Book by an Indigenous Author prompt
Least favorite prompt: A Book Set in a Restaurant
Prompt you hope to see again: I hope to see TBR related prompts again, it was great to have the push to make a bit of a dent in them.
Last prompt you finished: The Longest Book on your TBR List, Infinite Jest
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Loved it
Finally, are you in for 2022? Absolutely
Date you finished: December 27th - later than last year, but I still made it!Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 355
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): "A book on a subject you are passionate about" This Tender Land
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue for "A book about forgetting"
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :
Queenie for "a book whose title starts with Q, X or Z"
Least favorite prompt: "A book with an oxymoron in the title" but I liked the book I chose. It was on my bookshelf and I completely forgot about it The Little Giant of Aberdeen County
Prompt you hope to see again: "A book that discusses body positivity"
Last prompt you finished: "A book with an oxymoron in the title"
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes! Only wished I finished a little sooner.
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: I didn't at first but it helped me push through my TBR list and got some heavy hitters knocked off.
Finally, are you in for 2022? Absolutely!
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Date you finished: 23Nov2021
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): The Hospital by Brian Alexander
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign: A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): A book that discusses body positivity: The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
Least favorite prompt: #25. A book that was published anonymously
Prompt you hope to see again: #28. A magical realism book
Last prompt you finished: #24. A book by a Muslim American author: Ms Marvel: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson
Were you overall satisfied with your Challenge reading?: Yes
Did you like the TBR theme for the "advanced" prompts?: Meh
Finally, are you in for 2022? Yes