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Great question Martha! Gives us all more options!
Kingdom of the Wicked could fit under afterlife, witches or parallel reality.
Sea of Tranquility- pub 2022
- #BookTok recommendation
- board game-Tranquility
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2...
- misleading title (?)
Does anyone else find this years insanely specific? I wish they were just a little bit more broad it’s not as fun when they get this detailed cause there is less options and I feel like I’m settling
Laura wrote: "Does anyone else find this years insanely specific? I wish they were just a little bit more broad it’s not as fun when they get this detailed cause there is less options and I feel like I’m settling"I think people feel this way about a couple categories every year. I know many in this group broadened the “woman’s prize” prompt last year to include nominees, not just winners, so they would have more options, and for “Muslim American Author” struck out the adjective “American.” Also, people read last year’s “banned book” any time they wanted, not in September as the prompt dictated. The year prior there was only one category I did not do as it was very specific and I could not find an option I liked for it. The broader the topic, the easier it is to fill (especially for participants outside the US).
I have read quite a few book that don't fit...Does anyone have any prompts fitting these?
"Matilda" by Roald Dahl
"Upright Women Wanted" by Sarah Gailey
"The Sittaford Mystery" by Agatha Christie
"Foreigner" by C. J. Cherryh
"The Crossing Places" by Elly Griffiths
"Blood of Elves" by Andrzej Sapkowski (I already fit in two other witcher books, though)
Heather, I think you’re referring to the Goodreads ATY challenge not Popsugar. But I agree Laura, this year for Popsugar is wayyyy too specific for me. I’m just doing my other challenges and hoping I can slot a Popsugar prompt here and there. Hopefully next year there will be more options
Jenny, I’ve only read Matilda but I think you can fit it in with found family (Miss Honey at the end), set in the 80s (stretch but it was published I’m the 80s so I’d say it happened then too), and a book about a secret (her power or Mrs. trunchbulls cruelty or her Dad’s cons)
Sorry also have read Upright Women Wanted. You can fit that in sapphic novel, gender identity and a parallel reality
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Does anyone have any prompts fitting these?
"Matilda" by Roald Dahl
"Upright Women Wanted" by Sarah Gailey
"The Sittaford Mystery" by Agatha Christie..."
I haven't read any of those. I've see Upright Women suggested for sapphic and non-patriarchal - I have no idea how well it fits.
You have two titles on that list that end in an S, so you could use Sittaford Mystery as a book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read.
Alicia — No, I am not talking about ATY. I’ve never even seen prompts for that. I referenced PopSugar prompts from
last year
that people broadened/changed to include more titles or authors, and therefore fit books they actually had.
@alicia: thanks, but the problem is I’ve already filled all of these prompts :p as usual, my problem is that some of the books I read fit no prompts, some fit many, some fit the same prompts and no other… but I will see if I can move any of the books I’ve already put in those prompts somewhere else to make room. 😊
Jenny Dahl Bakken wrote: "I have read quite a few book that don't fit...Does anyone have any prompts fitting these?
"Matilda" by Roald Dahl
"Upright Women Wanted" by Sarah Gailey
"The Sittaford Mystery" by Agatha Christie..."
Jenny, I’ve read Matilda and The Sittaford Mystery, but stumped as to where they might fit, other than prompts already suggested for Matilda. I suppose you could consider Miss Trunchbull as asexual and use that for the “ACE spectrum” book. It would also fit a past prompt of “a book with books on the cover.” Did you read it in one sitting?
Did you read any of the authors last year? Can any be paired with another for the “sister city” prompt? Did you go in to any of the books without knowing what they were about (#36)? Set during a favorite season?
I'm bored right now so went OTT :)"The Sittaford Mystery" by Agatha Christie
25 A book about a secret
31 A book featuring a man-made disaster - def: an event or fact that has unfortunate consequences - Murder
38. A book featuring a party
Covers- used different editions
40 Past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - pink on cover
41. Reflected image on the cover - El misterio de Sittaford (Spanish edition)
More LOL"The Crossing Places" by Elly Griffiths
- 25 A book about a secret
- 30 A book with the name of a board game in the title. Crossing is a board game. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1...
- 31 A book featuring a man-made disaster - def: an event or fact that has unfortunate consequences - is there a murder?
Medini wrote: "Can I read The Toll by Neal Shusterman for a social horror book?"I would say no, if only because the horror part is pretty key for social horror, and I wouldn't classify the Scythe series as horror in any way.
Alrighty, taking a chance and seeing if these books fit any prompts:Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
If so, that's awesome, if not then oh wellz heh, thanks!
~Nat
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
If so, that's aweso..."
Androids is probably recommended on BookTok somewhere, you might be able to read it in one sitting, it's about a secret, it's a misleading title (it's PERFECT for misleading title!), maybe you read another book by Dick in 2021, you could say it's about someone living a double life, and it's set in San Francisco, so it could be one of your "sister cities" books.
I don't know much about the other book. Perhaps you could say the Knights are a "found family," and there was a board game released called "King Arthur" (https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6...)
Wow, thanks for all the recommendations!! Much appreciated!! :)
Which prompt would hymn of the republic by sc gwynne fit in this year’s challenge? TIA
How about this?34. A book set in Victorian times
Civil War: April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865
Victorian Era: 1837 – 1901
30. Board Game: "The Republic"
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
i am reading The Weight of Our Sky by Hanna Alkaf, does anyone have any suggestions on what prompt this would fit into? I was thinking social-horror but i wasn't sure. any help would be great, thank you!
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My daughter is reading that book right now and LOVING it! She doesn't seem to want to set this one down - so it must be good! I haven't read it yet myself so I can only guess at categories. It doesn't sound like it would fit social horror, but if you want to decide it fits, no one will judge!! That's one of those poorly defined categories that is a bit in the eye of the beholder. Man made disaster looks like it might be a good fit for this one
Other possibilities (keeping in mind that I have not read this!): Maybe it's on BookTok? It's set in May, maybe that's your favorite season? Maybe you finished another book whose title ends in W?? Is it set during a holiday? is there a secret? did you know nothing about it when you picked it up? are there two languages (my daughter said there were some words she didn't know - maybe they were in another language?)? Could you read another book set in a sister city of Kuala Lumpur? (Google says KL's sister cities are: Ankara, Beijing, Berlin, Casablanca, Chennai, Delhi, Dubai, Isfahan, Jakarta, Karachi, Lille, London, Malacca City, Mashhad, New Delhi, & New York City.)
And, finally, there is ALWAYS a past Popsugar category that fits, that's basically a wild card category!
Hello again! I have a new (old) book Im checking to see if it fits on the 2022 challenge. The Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais. TIA
Erin wrote: "Hello again! I have a new (old) book Im checking to see if it fits on the 2022 challenge. The Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais. TIA"Try this Erin...
32 Quote from a favorite author on the cover
41 A book with a reflected image on the cover
46 A book about someone leading a double life
25 A book about a secret
Thank you!Mony wrote: "Erin wrote: "Hello again! I have a new (old) book Im checking to see if it fits on the 2022 challenge. The Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais. TIA"
Try this Erin...
32 Quote from a favorite autho..."
Erin wrote: "Thank you!Mony wrote: "Erin wrote: "Hello again! I have a new (old) book Im checking to see if it fits on the 2022 challenge. The Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais. TIA"
Try this Erin...
32 Qu..."
welcome!
The Reckless Oath We Made - Possible mobility aid? It's used in the past, not the present part of the storyline though. She walks with a limp and has trouble with it - should probably use a cane, but I don't recall her using one in the present.
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by the end of the year, I have an "anything goes!" attitude towards reading challenges. I really loved that book but I don't remember any mobility aids used. (I'd completely forgotten that they had a hip injury.) What I remember is her housebound mother. Does her mother ever get up? Does SHE use a walker?
Do what feels right to you. If you think this book fits, even if you kind of have to squeeze it to make it fit, then it fits.
Thanks for the feedback. It was after her wreck when she met Gentry(cruches and a brace). I don't remember her mom using one either. My pick for the afterlife ended up being a great fit for moblity aid(Sixteen Souls), so now I am looking for a book that will work for the afterlife.
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I just finished a GREAT murder mystery that would work well for afterlife! Shutter, features a forensic photographer who can see the ghosts of the murder victims. One of the ghosts becomes QUITE insistent that her murder be solved NOW. It's got some graphic descriptions of the scenes she is photographing, and it's a murder mystery so there is some violence.
Nadine in NY wrote: "Pixie/PageTurners Blog(Amber) wrote: "Thanks for the feedback. It was after her wreck when she met Gentry(cruches and a brace). I don't remember her mom using one either. My pick for the afterlife ..."Thanks Nadine...it looks like a really good story!
White a horse can go under afterlife or own voices
Alicia wrote: "White a horse can go under afterlife or own voices"Perfect, thank you!
Can we use the same book in another category? Thanks!
I know some people do. I personally, dont do it, within the same challege. I am doing multiple and a book fits for both, then I will use it.
Mony wrote: "Can we use the same book in another category? Thanks!"Depends on how many books you read in a year, really. Lots of people double up because they don't read 50 books annually. Whatever works for you.
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. Any ideas?
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