Popsugar Challenge - 2024

[Stephanie]

Update to #74. I read 30 books.

[Anna]

Update to message 58

14/20 - I won't be able to complete my ambitious goal. I ended up, as usual, reading what I wanted to read rather than followed prompts, so out of 72-73 books I will have finished this year, only one in five would match this challenge...

1. A book with the word "leap" in the title
2. A bildungsroman
To Kill a Mockingbird
3. A book about a 24-year-old
4. A book about a writer
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18
5. A book about K-pop
6. A book about pirates
7. A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete
8. A book by a blind or visually impaired author
9. A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author
10. A book by a self-published author
11. A book from a genre you typically avoid
Poe - Collected Stories & Poems - MP3
12. A book from an animal's POV
James Herriot's Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small
13. A book originally published under a pen name
14. A book recommended by a bookseller
25,000 Years of Jewelry
15. A book recommended by a librarian
16. A book set 24 years before you were born
17. A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list
Death on the Nile - Egypt is definitely on my list!
18. A book set in space
My Favorite Universe
19. A book set in the future
20. A book set in the snow
21. A book that came out in a year that ends with "24"
The Dollmakers
22. A book that centers on video games
23. A book that features dragons
The Ice Dragon
24. A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours
25. A book that was published 24 years ago
26. A book that was turned into a musical
The Color Purple - I actually saw the musical last year and then read the book in February!
27. A book where someone dies in the first chapter
The Unexpected Guest
28. A book with a main character who's 42 years old
29. A book with a neurodivergent main character
30. A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary
31. A book with a title that is a complete sentence
Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are?
32. A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot
33. A book with an unreliable narrator
34. A book with at least three POVs
35. A book with magical realism
36. A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
37. A book written during NaNoWriMo
38. A cozy fantasy book
39. A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
40. A horror book by a BIPOC author
41. A memoir that explores queerness
42. A nonfiction book about Indigenous people
43. A second-chance romance
44. An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
45. An LGBTQ+ romance novel
46. A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours
47. A book with 24 letters in the title
We Have Always Been Who We Are
48. A collection of at least 24 poems
49. The 24th book of an author
Five Little Pigs
50. A book that starts with the letter "X"

[Rachel]

Update: MSG #11

19/20

[Ariail]

I finished this earlier in the month and seriously love it every single year. Here is my image versus logging in every single book!

50/50 completed

[Rachel]

Update: MSG #11

20/20 challenge completed!

[Rina]

Update to msg 72:

POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2024
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Progress: 50/50 (Completed)


(Yay, this might be my first time completing popsugar challenge!)

[Sarah]

Message 27 Updated

10/10

CHALLENGE COMPLETED

[Laurie]

Update #52

50/50 Completed!

✅ 1 A book with the word "leap" in the title
Sydney and Taylor Take a Flying Leap

✅ 2 A bildungsroman book
The Girl with the Louding Voice

✅ 3 A book about a 24-year-old
Tom Lake

✅ 4 A book about a writer
The Winter Sea

✅ 5 A book about K-pop
Somewhere Only We Know

✅ 6 A book about pirates
The Pirate's Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd

✅ 7 A book about women's sports
Fast Girls: A Novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic Team

✅ 8 A book by a blind or visually impaired author
Jane Eyre

✅ 9 A book by a Deaf author
Show Me a Sign

✅ 10 A book by a self-published author
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

✅ 11 A book from a genre you typically avoid - horror
Mr. Mercedes

✅ 12 A book from an animal's POV
Word of Mouse

✅ 13 A book originally published under a pen name
The Running Grave

✅ 14 A book recommended by a bookseller
Summer of '69

✅ 15 A book recommended by a librarian
28 Summers

✅ 16 A book set 24 years before you were born - 1946
The Lost Girls of Paris

✅ 17 A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list - Australia
Boy Swallows Universe

✅ 18 A book set in space
The Martian

✅ 19 A book set in the future
Chain-Gang All-Stars

✅ 20 A book set in the snow
Winter Garden

✅ 21 A book that came out in a year that ends with "24" - 2024
James

✅ 22 A book that centers on video games
A Boy Made of Blocks

✅ 23 A book that features dragons
Fourth Wing

✅ 24 A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours
Dawn

✅ 25 A book that was published 24 years ago (2000)
Parable of the Sower

✅ 26 A book that was turned into a musical
Hamlet

✅ 27 A book where someone dies in the first chapter
Yellowface

✅ 28 A book with a main character who's 42 years old
Rebecca

✅ 29 A book with a neurodivergent main character - synesthesia
Only the Beautiful

✅ 30 A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary - bellwether: leader of a flock of sheep
Bellwether

✅ 31 A book with a title that is a complete sentence
Now Is Not the Time to Panic

✅ 32 A book with an enemies to lovers plot
The Final Gambit

✅ 33 A book with an unreliable narrator
The Housemaid's Secret

✅ 34 A book with at least 3 POVs
Banyan Moon

✅ 35 A book with magical realism
The Firebird

✅ 36 A book written by a formerly incarcerated person
Dawn

✅ 37 A book written during NaNoWriMo
The Conductors

✅ 38 A cozy fantasy book
Secrets and Snowflakes

✅ 39 A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
The Death of Vivek Oji

✅ 40 A horror book by a BIPOC author
Blacktop Wasteland

✅ 41 A memoir that explores queerness
One Life

✅ 42 A nonfiction book about Indigenous people
Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation

✅ 43 A second-chance romance
Beyond That, the Sea

✅ 44 An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
My Love Story

✅ 45 An LGBTQ+ romance novel
Razorblade Tears

✅ 46 A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes

✅ 47 A book with 24 letters in the title
Conversations with Friends

✅ 48 A collection of at least 24 poems
Call Us What We Carry: Poems

✅ 49 The 24th book of an author
Her Last Flight

✅ 50 A book that starts with the letter "X"
X Marks the Spot: The Story of Archaeology in Eight Extraordinary Discoveries

[Beth]

Update to post 16: 50/50

Challenge complete! 🥳

[KSMary]

Edited Post #15
Completed 32/25 books

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Great job on Popsugar this year everyone!

See you in the 2025 Popsugar Challenge!

[Lina]

Final Update for message #20:
🍭 Progress: 35/20 🍭
Thanks!

[AmbWitch]

Final update to message 79: 31/50