I’m doing two reading challenges this year…
Goodreads Reading Challenge:
55/60 books read!
2018 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
I successfully completed the 2016 & 2017 POPSUGAR Reading challenges. It got difficult towards the end, so I promised myself I would stick to a plan this year! This page and the lack of check marks should keep me motivated.
For those of you who haven’t heard of this challenge before: there are prompts that you must fill. It’s pretty simple, although some categories can be tricky! Here’s a link to the 2018 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge.
45/50 books read!
A book made into a movie you’ve already seen: Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
True crime: Lady Killers by Tori Telfer
The next book in a series you already started: Ghost Town by Rachel Caine
A book involving a heist: Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Nordic noir: The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbøl, Agnete Friis
A novel based on a real person: Madame Victoria by Catherine Leroux
A book set in a country that fascinates you: Whisper by Lynette Noni
A book with a time of day in the title: In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey
A book about a villain or antihero: The Scribbled Victims by Robert Tomoguchi
A book about death or grief: Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman
A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym: Naked Death by J.D. Robb
A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist: Past Tense by Star Spider
A book that is also a stage play or musical: Dracula by Bram Stoker
A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you: I’m Judging You by Luvvie Ajayi
A book about feminism: The Little Book of Feminist Saints by Julia Pierpont
A book about mental health: Depression: The Comedy by Jessica Holmes
A book you borrowed or was given to you as a gift: Tess of the Road by Rachel Hartman
A book by two authors: Girls’ Night Out by Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke
A book about or involving a sport: There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
A book by a local author: The Dark Beneath the Ice by Amelinda Bérubé
A book with your favorite color in the title: Green Zone Jack by I. James Bertolina
A book with alliteration in the title: Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
A book about time travel: Under My Skin by Lisa Unger
A book with a weather element in the title: Storm Front by Jim Butcher
A book set at sea: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis
A book with an animal in the title: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
A book set on a different planet: Ashes of Retribution by L. J. Andrews*
A book with song lyrics in the title: The French Girl by Lexie Elliott
A book about or set on Halloween: Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
A book with characters who are twins: The Lying Game by Sara Shepard
A book mentioned in another book: Carrie by Stephen King
A book from a celebrity book club: The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
A childhood classic you’ve never read: The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
A book that’s published in 2018: Rebel with a Cupcake by Anna Mainwaring
A past Goodreads Choice winner: The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
A book set in the decade you were born: Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to: The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco
A book with an ugly cover: Sleight by Jennifer Sommersby**
A book that involves a bookstore or library: The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges: Dead Girl Running by Christina Dodd
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A bestseller from the year you graduated high school: Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark
A cyberpunk book: Tomorrow’s World by Guy Portman
A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
A book tied to your ancestry: Irish Folk Tales by Henry Glassie
A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title: Orange is the New Black by Piper Kerman
An allegory: Delivering Virtue by Brian Kindall
A book by an author with the same first or last name as you: Air & Light & Time & Space by Helen Sword
A microhistory: The Devil in the White City
A book about a problem facing society today: #Murdertrending by Gretchen McNeil
A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: The Hand of the Devil by Dean Vincent Carter
*This is a stretch, but the planet’s lunar cycle is different from ours, so I’m counting it!
**Please note that I’m criticizing the Canadian cover, not the American version!
