POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2022

 REGULAR 

1. A book published in 2022

2. A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship

3. A book about or set in a non-patriarchal society

4. A book with a tiger on the over 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 - City on Fire by Don Winslow

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 - Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper

17. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022

18. A romance novel by a BIPOC author

19. A book that take place during your favorite season

✔ 20. A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read - Nightwork by Nora Roberts (previous book was Flowers for Algernon)

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 - Skipping Christmas by John Grisham

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 in 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 - Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey

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) - Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber

✔ 45. A duology (2) - The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber

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)

Reading Challenge Updates

 Halfway through January already! Time flies. Reading challenge updates:

Goodreads: 1/52

POPSUGAR: 1/50

I am already behind. I am not starting this year on the correct page. Long way to go, though!

POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2021

It has been a while since I have focused on a reading challenge beyond making my goal each year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, I completely lost focus on reading throughout 2020. In fact, I struggled with reading so much that I had 2.5 days to read 19 books/stories to make my goal for 2020. With that being said, to bring my focus back to reading, I am going to work the POPSUGAR 2021 Reading Challenge. Here are the prompts for this year:

REGULAR
✔1. A book that published in 2021 - What Beauty There Is by Cory Anderson
2. An Afrofuturist book
3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover
4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign
5. A dark academia book
6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title
7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
8. A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction
9. A book with a family tree
10. A bestseller from the 1990s
11. A book about forgetting
12. A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.)
13. A locked-room mystery
14. A book set in a restaurant
15. A book with a black-and-white cover
16. A book by an indigenous author
✔17. A book that has the same title as a song - Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens
18. A book about a subject you are passionate about
19. A book that discusses body positivity
20. A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list
21. A genre hybrid
✔22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors - Aoife and Scathach, Shadow Twins by Michael Scott
23. A book with something broken on the cover
24. A book by a Muslim American / Muslim British author
25. A book that was published anonymously
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts
28. A magical realism book
29. A book set in multiple countries
30. A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021
31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)
34. A book about a social justice issue
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)
✔36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads - Machiavelli: Guardian of Paris by Michael Scott
37. A book you think your best friend would like
38. A book about art or an artist
✔39. A book everyone seems to have read but you - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
✔40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - Nicholas Flamel and the Codex by Michael Scott (2015 prompt - A book with nonhuman characters)

ADVANCED
41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover
44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover
45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time
46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t
47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing
48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random
49. A DNF book from your TBR list
50. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library)

As time permits, I will go back and update last year's reading challenge with the books I read that did in fact fall under 2020's prompts.

Popsugar Reading Challenge 2020

Unfortunately, in 2019 life happened, so I was unable to really keep up on the Popsugar Challenge. I struggled to reach my goal of 55 books for the year (I reached 61 in 2018). I am sure of those 55, a while bunch fit into the prompts, but like I said life happened. I have also been exploring a website called BookSirens. It allows you to read and review ARCs.

This year I will put a little more effort into this reading challenge, but I am also going to approach it the same way as I did this year.

2020 Challenge - Regular prompts

1. A book that's published in 2020
2. A book by a trans or nonbinary author
3. A book with a great first line
4. A book about a book club
5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics
6. A bildungsroman
7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed
8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover
9. A book with a map
10. A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club
11. An anthology
12. A book that passes the Bechdel test
13. A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it
14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name
15. A book about or involving social media
16. A book that has a book on the cover
17. A medical thriller
18. A book with a made-up language
19. A book set in a country beginning with "C"
20. A book you picked because the title caught your attention
21. A book published the month of your birthday
22. A book about or by a woman in STEM
23. A book that won an award in 2019
24. A book on a subject you know nothing about
25. A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics
26. A book with a pun in the title
27. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins
√ 28. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character - All Systems Red by Martha Wells
29. A book with a bird on the cover
30. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader
31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title
32. A book by a WOC
33. A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads
34. A book you meant to read in 2019
35. A book with a three-word title
36. A book with a pink cover
37. A Western
√ 38. A book by or about a journalist - Interest (Final State #1) by Kevin Gaughen
39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

2020 Challenge - Advanced prompts

1. A book written by an author in their 20s
2. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title
3. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision)
4. A book set in the 1920s
5. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics
6. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books
√ 7. A book with more than 20 letters in its title - The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: A True Story of Family and Survival by Jeremy Dronfield
8. A book published in the 20th century
9. A book from a series with more than 20 books
√ 10. A book with a main character in their 20s - Ascending (The Vardeshi Saga #1) by Meg Pechenick

Popsugar Reading Challenge 2019

As I was nearing the end of 2018's challenge, I was challenged out. It was a struggle to finish because there were so many things I wanted to read, but they did not fit into any prompts that were remaining. I felt that I needed to put those book aside to finish the challenge. There are a few prompts I might put some effort into during 2019, but for the most part, I am just going to read what I want to read. If it fits into a prompt, awesome. If it does not, well, oh well. I consider this new approach an experiment.

I do have to give credit to the 2018 challenge because I stumbled on a series that I had in my TBR list for a while (Brother Cadfael by Ellis Peters). Turns out, the first book in the series was really good, so I will be reading the rest of the series as the year progresses.

I guess we will see what 2019 brings and whether I can get the challenge finished without beating my brains out doing it.


2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge

1. A book becoming a movie in 2019
2. A book that makes you nostalgic
3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)
√ 4. A book you think should be turned into a movie - In the Mouth of the Dragon by Myriam Millán
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads
6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover
7. A reread of a favorite book
8. A book about a hobby
√ 9. A book you meant to read in 2018 - I'll Be Damned by Eric Braeden
10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title
11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore
13. A book published posthumously
14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
15. A retelling of a classic
16. A book with a question in the title
17. A book set on college or university campus
18. A book about someone with a superpower
√ 19. A book told from multiple POVs - The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
20. A book set in space
21. A book by two female authors
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title
23. A book set in Scandinavia
24. A book that takes place in a single day
√ 25. A debut novel - Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah
√ 26. A book that's published in 2019 - Smoke and Summons by Charlie N Holmberg
√ 27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature - Charmcaster by Sebastien de Castell
28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire
29. A book with LOVE in the title
30. A book featuring an amateur detective
31. A book about a family
32. A book written by an author from Asia, Africa, or South America
33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title
34. A book that includes a wedding
35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter
√ 36. A ghost story - City of Ghosts by J.H. Moncrieff
√ 37. A book with a two-word title - Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
38. A novel based on a true story
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge


2019 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge
 
1. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book
2. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book
3. An "own voices" book
√ 4. Read a book during the season it is set in - Drakon Book 1: The Sieve by C.A. Caskabel
5. A LitRPG book
6. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters
7. Two books that share the same title
8. Two books that share the same title
9. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
√ 10. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent - Soulbinder by Sebastien de Castell

Popsugar Reading Challenge 2018

I am doing two reading challenges this year. The first is the Goodreads reading challenge. This year, my goal is 52 books, so I average one book per week. The second challenge I am doing is the PopSugar Reading Challenge. I gave myself many options for all of the prompts so I would not be stuck reading particular books I was not in the mood to read. With that being said, I am only going to post the books I read for each prompt as I finish them.

2018 Popsugar Reading Challenge

√ 1. A book made into a movie you've already seen - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
√ 2. True Crime - Killers of the Flower Moon
√ 3. The next book in a series you started - A Girl in the Tower
√ 4. A book involving a heist - The Last Good Heist: The Inside Story of the Biggest Single Payday in the Criminal History of the Northeast
√ 5. Nordic Noir - The Snowman
√ 6. A novel based on a real person - Goodbye Christopher Robin
√ 7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (Israel)
√ 8. A book with a time of day in the title - Night of the Dragon
√ 9. A book about a villain or antihero - Forget Her Name
√ 10. A book about death or grief - The Escape Artist
√ 11. A book with your favorite color in the title - Jade City
√ 12. A book with alliteration in the title - Provider Prime: Alien Legacy
√ 13. A book about time travel - The Prodigal Hour
√ 14. A book with a weather element in the title - Storm Rose
√ 15. A book set at sea - Endurance
√ 16. A book with an animal in the title - Killing the Unicorn
√ 17. A book set on a different planet - Darkened Demigod: Weapon of War
√ 18. A book with song lyrics in the title - Before the Storm
√ 19. A book about or set on Halloween - Dark Harvest
√ 20. A book with characters who are twins - Mary Poppins
√ 21. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - A Morbid Taste for Bones
√ 22. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist - Perfectly Clear
√ 23. A book that is also a stage play or musical - Peter Pan
√ 24. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you - Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
√ 25. A book about feminism - Song of a Captive Bird
√ 26. A book about mental health - Girl, Interrupted
√ 27. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift - The Woman Who Smashed Codes
√ 28. A book by two authors - Silent Fear
√ 29. A book about or involving a sport - The Maze at Windermere (The 2011 story line has a character that is a tennis instructor. Tennis metaphors are use throughout that particular timeline. Croquet, archery, and other sports are mentioned in passing throughout the book.)
√ 30. A book by a local author - Jumanji
√ 31. A book mentioned in another book - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Mentioned in If Books Could Kill)
√ 32. A book from a celebrity book club - Children of Blood and Bone (Jimmy Fallon, Tonight Show)
√ 33. A childhood classic you've never read - The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh
√ 34. A book that's published in 2018 - The Last Thing She Ever Did
√ 35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner - The Girl on the Train (2015)
√ 36. A book set in the decade you were born - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1980's)
√ 37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to - Alien
√ 38. A book with an ugly cover - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
√ 39. A book that involves a bookstore or library - The Library at Mount Char
√ 40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges - If Books Could Kill (2017 - Cat on the cover)

2018 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge

√ 1. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school - To the Nines
√ 2. A cyberpunk book - The Settlers
√ 3. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place - Feet of Clay
√ 4. A book tied to your ancestry - The Tin Flute (My father's family is from St. Louis, P.Q.)
√ 5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title - Watermelon Snow
√ 6. An allegory - Aesop's Fables
√ 7. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you - Crook's Hollow
√ 8. A microhistory - Triangle: The Fire that Changed America
√ 9. A book about a problem facing society today - The Slave Players
√ 10. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - The Dry

UPDATE:
 
I completed the reading challenge on November 17,  2018. Just in time for 2019's!