Popsugar Challenge - 2022

[Heather]

Updated message 74
29/50 complete

35. A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title - A Constellation of Vital Phenomena read 4/21/2022

[Amy]

Updated message 90-- 22/50

[Flora]

Update #58

27/50 The Strangers for a book about a parallel reality

[Jennifer]

Updating message #10

18/50 completed

9. A book about a "found family" The House in the Cerulean Sea DONE

23. A book with a recipe in it The Lost Apothecary DONE

26. A book with a misleading title The Boy Who Steals Houses DONE

[Tania]

Update message 27, progress 19/50

✓3. A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society: The Visit by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (finished 4/21)

[Laureen]

Update to Message #30:

#36: A book you know nothing about: Crying in H Mart

23/50

[Megan]

Updated msg 6

Just completed #41 (reflected image) - Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li. This was such an incredible debut! I loved the writing, the interchanging perspectives was done very well, and the plot was great! “For so long, the past had been a wound still open. Now he could run his finger along the mark those years had left. Scars were nothing but tissue, keratin, a reminder of what the body could endure.” It was just a touch repetitive, but it was a really enjoyable read. Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

36/50

[AJ]

Update to #390

6/50

25. A book about a secret: Rock Paper Scissors Lots and lots of secrets in here, as well as a twist I didn't see coming.

32. A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page: All About Love: New Visions A quote from Maya Angelou that says "Each offering from bell hooks is a major event, as she has so much to give us." Hear, hear!

[Laureen]

Update to Message # 30

#46: A book about someone leading a double life: When the Apricots Bloom by Gina Wilkinson

24/50

[Allie]

Update to message #16
Progress 28/50
34. Book set in Victorian Times. The Once and Future Witches
35. Book with constellation on cover or in title.

[Tania]

Update message 27, progress 20/50

✓47. A book featuring a parallel reality: Priela by Jocelyn Bly Karney (finished 4/28)

[Molly]

Update to message 111!

7/50

24. A book you can read in one sitting: Swan and the Bear
29. A different book by an author you read in 2021. Men Who Wish to Drown

[Kristina]

Update to message 88 - 22/50

[[deleted user]]

DURATION: 4/29-12/31/22 📚 COMPLETED: 40/40

✅Published in 2022. The Recovery Agent. 9/12.
✅Set on a cruise ship. Danger on the Atlantic. 9/13.
✅About a nonpatriarchal society. Four Aunties and a Wedding. 5/27.
✅Tiger in the title. Love and Other Wild Things. 5/14.
✅Sapphic book. Double Booked. 9/18.
✅Latinx author. You Had Me at Hola. 9/27.
✅Onomatopoeia in its title. Licence To Howl. 9/20.
✅Protagonist who uses a mobility aid. One Woman's Junk. 11/25.
✅About a found family. The Family Upstairs. 9/26.
✅Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner. The Fortunes. 11/20.
✅#BookTok recommendation. My Killer Vacation. 9/4.
✅About the afterlife. Beyond Dead. 9/29.
✅Set in the 1980s. 1989. 12/9.
✅Cutlery on the cover. The Path of the Crooked.
✅Pacific Islander author. Scarlet Lies. 12/12.
✅About witches. What the Hex. 5/7.
✅Becoming a movie in 2022. Death on the Nile. 8/19.
✅Romance novel by a BIPOC author. A Lot Like Adiós. 11/5.
✅Takes place during your favorite season. Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder. 11/29.
✅Title begins with the last letter of your previous read. Seatmate. 5/22.
✅About a band. Kill the Boy Band. 11/30.
✅Character on the ace spectrum. A Wild Ghost Chase. 5/4.
✅Recipe in it. The Way of the Wicked. 7/2.
✅Read in one sitting. An Open Spook. 5/5.
✅About a secret. Miss Frost Braves the Blizzard. 4/29.
✅Misleading title. Good Girls Don't Die. 12/8.
✅Hugo Award winner. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. 10/1.
✅Set during a holiday. The Alchemist and an Amaretto. 9/17.
✅Different book by an author you read in 2021. Night of the Living Deed. 5/1.
✅Name of a board game in the title. My Life in France. 11/10.
✅Man-made disaster. Encrypted. 5/28.
✅Quote from your favorite author on the Amazon page. Cloche and Dagger. 12/15.
✅Social-horror. Gods & Monsters. 11/29.
✅Set in Victorian times. The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter. 11/19.
✅Constellation in the title. The Scorpio Races. 11/27.
✅You know nothing about. Better Witch Next Time. 6/24.
✅About gender identity. George. 11/23.
✅Featuring a party. Dial A for Aunties. 6/12.
✅#OwnVoices SFF book. Gideon the Ninth. 10/8.
✅Favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge. The A.I. Who Loved Me. Book you can read in one sitting. 5/10.

[Heather]

Updated message 74
30/50 complete

19. A book that takes place during your favorite season - Five Tuesdays in Winter read 4/29/2022

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #9: 32/50

Thanks, Winter!

[Veena]

update #56
Read: 23/50

[Megan]

Updated msg 6

Just completed #3 (nonpatriarchal society) - Just Like Mother by Anne Heltzel. There were truly interesting moments in this book. But there was a lack of cohesion in the plot and some of the scenes did not seem in line with the main character. While it’s an interesting concept, it was not enough to overlook some of the other issues. I look forward to her next book to see if the issues have been adjusted. I received this book as a free giveaway in exchange for my honest review. 2.5 stars

37/50

[Patty]

Update Message 35. 7/20

[Amy]

Updated message 90-- 23/50

[Laureen]

Update to Message #30:

A book about a “found family” : The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

25/50

[Tania]

Update message 27, progress 22/50

✓44. A duology (1): War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (finished 4/11)
✓45. A duology (2): Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo (finished 5/2)

[Megan BG]

message 49

9/20

12. A book about the afterlife: The Book of Cold Cases

[Jennifer]

Updating message #10

21/50 completed

22. A book with a character on the ace spectrum Dreamland Burning DONE

29. A different book by an author you read in 2021 Erosion: Essays of Undoing DONE

32. A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page The Dictionary of Lost Words DONE

[Amy]

Updated message 90-- 24/50

[Allie]

Update to Message #16
Progress 29/50
31. A book featuring a man-made disaster Hold Your Breath, China

[Heather]

Updated message 74
31/50 complete

23. A book with a recipe in it - Black Bottom Saints read 5/3/2022

[Bernadette]

Update message #20

23/50

[Amy]

Updated message 90-- 26/50
Sister Cities-- New York and London

[Heather]

Updated message 74
32/50 complete

21. A book about a band or musical group - The Beautiful Ones read 5/4/2022

[Kelly]

Update mess 51
16/50
17. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022
Death on the Nile

[Heather]

Updated message 74
33/50 complete

40. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times read 5/4/2022

prompt from 2020 (book by or about a woman in STEM)

[AJ]

Update to #408

7/50

33. A social-horror book: All's Well An incredibly well-written and creepy commentary on society as it is.

[Jill]

Message 25 updated.
2/50 Books read.
Prompt 2-The Woman in Cabin 10
Prompt 44-Six of Crows

[Satin]

UPDATE TO MESSAGE 118:
14/25 BOOKS COMPLETED :0

[Laureen]

Update to Message #30:
#15: A book by a Pacific Island author: Homicide and Halo Halo by Mia P Manasala

27/50

[Patty]

Update Message 35. 8/20

Holiday - Winter Solstice (sounded a lot like Christmas lol)

[Erika]

Update Msg #62

4/15

1. A book published in 2022 Reminders of Him
9. A book about a "found family" Tattered

[river ♥]

update to message 63 (prompts 45, 16, 18, 5, 23, 24, 29):

11/20

[Brianna]

I will try to read 20 books!

1/20

Standard Prompts:

1. A book published in 2022- Shadows Reel
2. A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship
3. A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society
4. A book with a tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the title
5. A sapphic book
6. A book by a Latinx author
7. A book with an onomatopoeia in its title
8. A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid
9. A book about a "found family"
10. An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
11. A #BookTok recommendation
12. A book about the afterlife
13. A book set in the 1980s
14. A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title
15. A book by a Pacific Islander author
16. A book about witches
17. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022
18. A romance novel by a BIPOC author
19. A book that takes place during your favorite season
20. A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read
21. A book about a band or musical group
22. A book with a character on the ace spectrum
23. A book with a recipe in it
24. A book you can read in one sitting
25. A book about a secret
26. A book with a misleading title
27. A Hugo Award winner
28. A book set during a holiday
29. A different book by an author you read in 2021
30. A book with the name of a board game in the title
31. A book featuring a man-made disaster
32. A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page
33. A social-horror book
34. A book set in Victorian times
35. A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title
36. A book you know nothing about
37. A book about gender identity
38. A book featuring a party - The Year I Stopped Trying
39. An #OwnVoices SFF (science fiction and fantasy) book
40. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge


Advanced:

41. A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title
42. A book that features two languages
43. A book with a palindromic title
44. A duology (1)
45. A duology (2)
46. A book about someone leading a double life
47. A book featuring a parallel reality
48. A book with two POVs
49. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (1)
50. Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (2)

[AJ]

Update to #433

8/50

5. A sapphic book: Honey Girl : One of the sappiest sapphic books I've read and I can't pretend I didn't gush a little.

[Allie]

Update to Message #16
Progress 30/50
21. A book about a band or musical group
Daisy Jones & The Six

[Allie]

Update to Message #16

Progress 31/50

43. A book with a palindromic title The Diamond Eye

[Heather]

Updated message 74

34/50 complete

48. A book with two POVs - This Is How You Lose the Time War read 5/10/2022

[Heather]

Updated message 74
35/50 complete

34. A book set in Victorian times - A Study in Scarlet Women read 5/13/2022

[Patty]

Update Message 35. 9/20

BIPOC Romance

[Laureen]

Update to Message #30

#31 31. A book featuring a man-made disaster: News of the World by Paulette Giles

28/50

[Megan]

Updated msg 6

Just completed #11 (booktok) - House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas. Wow, that ending! I anxiously await the next installment. That being said, this book could have been a lot shorter. I felt that most of the book was the main character being fawned over by a group of guys. There were more interesting stories that could have been highlighted. It was still enjoyable escapism. Worth reading. 4 stars

38/50

[Ranmali]

Ranmali wrote: "I'm signing up for 7 books

01. An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
02. A #BookTok recommendation
03. A book about a band or musical group
04. A different book by an author you read in 2021
05. A b..."

Completed 1/7

01. A different book by an author you read in 2021 - Neverwhere

[TerryJane, Challenges]

Update to Message #9: 34/50