Popsugar Challenge - 2024

[Amy]

Updated message 64-- 2/50

[Rachel]

Update: MSG #11

2/20

[Julie]

I'm in for 20 books

13/20

1. A book about a writer The Taking
2. A second chance romance Oh My Stars
3. A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list There Are No Grown-ups: A Midlife Coming-of-Age Story
4. A book with a title that is a complete sentence Call the Canaries Home
5. A book where someone dies in the first chapter The Road to Enchantment
6. A book with at least 3 POV's The Lonely Hearts Book Club
7. A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
8. A book with magical realism The Graveyard Book
9. A book with an unreliable narrator Gone Without a Trace
10. A book about pirates Dead as a Doornail
11. A book that features dragons The Girl Who Drank the Moon
12. A book from a genre you typically avoid 16 Lighthouse Road
13. A book about women's sports. Britt-Marie Was Here

[Laura]

Update to message 14: 1/50 read

[Laureen]

Update to Message #17:

13. A book originally published under a pen name: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

4/50

[Jennifer]

Updating message #34

2/50 completed

22. A book that centers on video games Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow DONE

[Kalyn]

Update to msg #37 please! Progress: 2/15

[Heather]

Updated message 68
6/50 complete

10. A book by a self-published author - Ma in All Caps read 1/19/2024

42. A non-fiction book about indigenous people - Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land read 1/10/2024

[Amy]

Updated message 64-- 3/50

[Julie]

updated message 103
2/20

[Rachel]

Update: MSG #11

3/20

[Heather]

Updated message 68
7/50 complete

31. A book with a title that is a complete sentence - My Name is Barbra read 1/22/2024

[Laura]

Update to message 14:

Progress: 2/50

[Emily]

Update to message #43

1/4

Completed prompt 4

[Regina]

✅ Completed
📌 In Progress
Strike through=probably will not attempt.

Progress: 13/25

1. A book with the word "leap" in the title
✅ 2. A bildungsroman The Gustav Sonata
3. A book about a 24-year-old Trespasses
✅ 4. A book about a writer High Rising
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 Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
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
12. A book from an animal's POV Shady Hollow
13. A book originally published under a pen name
14. A book recommended by a bookseller
15. A book recommended by a librarian A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
16. A book set 24 years before you were born
✅17. A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list England, England
18. A book set in space
19. A book set in the future
✅ 20. A book set in the snow The Shining
✅ 21. A book that came out in a year that ends with "24" The Dark Wives
22. A book that centers on video games
23. A book that features dragons
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 Les Misérables
✅ 27. A book where someone dies in the first chapter The Moving Finger
✅28. A book with a main character who's 42 years old Ice Cold
29. A book with a neurodivergent main character Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
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 I Am Half-Sick of Shadows
32. A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot
33. A book with an unreliable narrator
✅34. A book with at least three POVs Winter Solstice
✅ 35. A book with magical realism Lolly Willowes
36. A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
37. A book written during NaNoWriMo
38. A cozy fantasy book Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons
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 Persuasion
44. An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
45. An LGBTQ+ romance novel

Advanced
✅ 46. A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
47. A book with 24 letters in the title A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep
48. A collection of at least 24 poems
49. The 24th book of an author
50. A book that starts with the letter "X"

[Maria]

Updated msg 31
6/25

Almost missed one

34. A book with at least three POVs -Maybe Now 1-12 (Maggie, Sydney and Ridge and Jake)

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

I've read 6/50

6/50

20. A book set in the snow
The Winter Over by Matthew Iden

22. A book that centers on video games
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

23. A book that features dragons
The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

28. A book with a main character who's 42 years old
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney (also about a writer)

32. A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

34. A book with at least three POVs
Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

[Laureen]

Update to message #17:

3. A book about a 24 year old: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

5/50

[Heather]

Updated message 68
8/50 complete

16. A book set 24 years before you were born - The Adventures of Augie March read 1/26/2024

(I read this as book published 24 years before you were born, but part of it does take place at that same time so I'll keep it here).

[Amy]

Updated message 64-- 4/50
A book about a writer: The Story Keeper

[Cordelia]

Update to 13, 2/10 read

[Asheena]

Update to Message no. 45
Progress:4/15

20. A book set in the snowA Man Called Ove
34. A book with at least three POVs Six of Crows
43. A second-chance romanceForget Me Not
46. A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hoursLegendary

[Patty]

Update message 10

2/30

[Darinda]

Updated message #47

completed 29/50

[Martha☀]

January Update for message #38
6/20

✅️ 4. A book about a writer
~ Monkeys with Typewriters: How to Write Fiction and Unlock the Secret Power of Stories
✅️ 7. A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete
~ Coffee First, Then the World: One Woman's Record-Breaking Pedal Around the Planet
✅️11. A book from a genre you typically avoid (graphic novel)
~ Alone
✅️16. A book set 24 years before you were born
~ All the Broken Places
✅️34. A book with at least three POVs
~ A Yellow Raft in Blue Water
✅️43. A second-chance romance
~ The Nix

4.✅️writer 7.✅️FemaleAthlete 11.✅️Genre 16.✅️Setting1942 .✅️POV ✅️2ndChance 45.LGBTQ+

[Heather]

Updated message 68
9/50 complete

7. A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete - Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World read 1/29/2024

[Barb]

Update to 42- 2/15 complete

[Regina]

For any mystery/thriller readers:

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

Ice Cold, Rizzoli and Isles #8. Isles’s age is mentioned as being 42. I am reading it for Winter Words and Winter Tourist season and that popped up!

[Jennifer]

Updating message #34

3/50 completed

18. A book set in space Binti DONE

[Heather]

Updated message 68
10/50 complete

6. A book about pirates - The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World read 1/29/2024

[Kalyn]

Update to msg #37 please! Progress: 3/15

[Laureen]

Update Message # 17:

33. A book with an unreliable narrator: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

6/50

[Rachel]

Update:

MSG #11

4/20

[Maria]

Updated msg 31

7/25

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Regina wrote: "For any mystery/thriller readers:

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

Ice Cold, Rizzoli and Isles #8. Isles’s age is mentioned as being 42. I am reading it for Win..."

Thanks Regina! Rock Paper Scissors also has a 42-year-old

[Sarah]

Message 27 Updated
3/10

[Heather]

Updated message 68
11/50 complete

47. A book with 24 letters in the title - Whistling Past the Graveyard read 1/31/2024

[Barb]

Update to #42- 3/15 read

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

❄⛄❄ JANUARY WRAP-UP ❄⛄❄

We have 74 participants, 24 of whom have posted at least 1 update!
Those 24 have read 109 books out of a total goal of 2,252

Questions (just for fun!)
What was your favorite book you read for this challenge and what prompt was it for?
My favorite book this month was Fourth Wing. I used it for enemies-to-lovers but it also could be used for dragons, obviously.

How's the weather where you are?
Other than the week where we were -45 Fahrenheit, we're having a strangely mild and warm winter. It's good for walking and listening to audio books!

[Laura]

Update to message 14: Progress 3/50

[Laura]

SarahKat wrote: "❄⛄❄
JANUARY WRAP-UP
❄⛄❄

We have 74 participants, 24 of whom have posted at least 1 update!
Those 24 have read 109 books out of a total goal of 2,252

Questions (just for fun!)
What was your ..."


My favorite book in January was definitely "The Fellowship of the Ring." It's been on my TBR for decades. I don't know what took me so long to read it! I counted it as my cozy fantasy read. I know a lot of people wouldn't consider it cozy, but... hobbits! :0)

We had a really cold snap here in Denver, but this week, it popped up into the 60's for most of the week. We have rain in the forecast for tomorrow, turning into snow for the entire weekend, though, so I'm enjoying the momentary burst of sun and heat.

[Sheila]

Sheila from NC with first update. 6/50.

1. Leap- Father Christmas, #3- Ten Lords A-Leaping, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
2. Bildungsroman - Bless Me, Ultima, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
3. 24 yr old- The Covenant of Water- Digby is 10 when his story begins, but is 24 when he goes to Madras. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...
4. Writer- Bar Harbour Retirement Home for Writers, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
5. K-pop-XOXO, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
6. Pirates- The Runaway Princess, https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

[Heather]

12/50 complete

39. A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author - Patricia Wants to Cuddle read 1/31/2024

[Elaine]

Update to msg #25: 22 of 25 books read in January

[Carri Carey, TBR Twins]

Update to message #4 - 12/50 books read!

[Suzanne]

2024 Reading Challenge
Popsugar Challenge - 2024
Duration: January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024

Progress: 8 out of 50

❄⛄❄JANUARY WRAP-UP❄⛄❄

Back by popular demand! The Popsugar Challenge has returned with 50 prompts to read through! Complete all 50 or choose a handful. Just let us know in the comments how many you would like to shoot for.

Here is a link to the Popsugar Reading Challenge: https://www.popsugar.com/entertainmen...

This group is also a great resource to find books for certain prompts.

1. A book with the word "leap" in the title
2. A bildungsroman
3. A book about a 24-year-old
4. A book about a writer
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:
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix - ***** - 1/7/2024 - 419 Pages


12. A book from an animal's POV
13. A book originally published under a pen name
14. A book recommended by a bookseller
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:
Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan Henry - **** - 1/22/2024 - 432 Pages


18. A book set in space
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"
22. A book that centers on video games
23. A book that features dragons
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
27. A book where someone dies in the first chapter
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

32. A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot:
The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer - ***** - 1/1/2024 - 416 Pages


33. A book with an unreliable narrator
34. A book with at least three POVs

35. A book with magical realism:
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill - **** - 1/29/2024 - 367 Pages


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
The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore - ***** - 1/11/2024 - 267 Pages


44. An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
45. An LGBTQ+ romance novel

Advanced

46. A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours:
Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr - ***** - 1/31/2024 - 368 Pages - In the hospital


47. A book with 24 letters in the title:
When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal - **** - 1/13/2024 - 348 Pages


48. A collection of at least 24 poems

49. The 24th book of an author

50. A book that starts with the letter "X":
XOXO, Cody: An Opinionated Homosexual's Guide to Self-Love, Relationships, and Tactful Pettiness by Cody Rigsby - *** - 1/9/2024 - 240 Pages

[Patty]

Update message 10

3/30

[SarahKat, Buddy Reads]

Laura wrote: "My favorite book in January was definitely "The Fellowship of the Ring." It's been on my TBR for decades. I don't know what took me so long to read it! I counted it as my cozy fantasy read. I know a lot of people wouldn't consider it cozy, but... hobbits! :0)..."

Lord of the Rings is my favorite thing ever (books, movies, soundtrack. All of it). Glad you enjoyed it!

Also I'm in Wyoming! Denver is one of our quick family vacation spots.

[Regina]

Message 115 update: 6/25.

[Laura]

Update to message 14: Progress 4/50