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[] Recommended by a librarian
[] on your TBR too long
[] book of letters
[] audiobook
[] by a person of color
[] a season in the title
[] story within a story
[] multiple authors
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[] author with pseudonym
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read
[] by or about a person with disability
[] involves travel
[] has subtitle
[] published 1n 2017
[] about food
[] career advice
[] re-read that makes you smile
[] mythical creature
[] non-human perspective
[] steampunk novel
[] has red spine
[] set in wilderness
[] re-read you loved as a child
[] author from a country you’ve never visited
[] title has character name
[] set in wartime
[] unreliable narrator
[] has pictures
[] main character is different ethnicity then you
[] about interesting woman
[] set in 2 time periods
[] set in a hotel
[] title has month or day of week
[] written by someone your admire
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[] first book of a series new to you
[] bought on a trip
[] recommended by an author you love
[] bestseller from 2016
[] family member in title
[] takes place over life-span
[] about immigrant or refugee
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[] involves an eccentric character
[] more than 800 pages
[] bought from used bookstore
[] based on mythology
[] difficult topic
[] book mentioned in another book
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I'm in for all of them this year again:[x] Recommended by a librarian - A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
[x] on you TBR too long - One Good Friend Deserves Another
[x] book of letters - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
[x] audiobook - Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
[x] by a person of color - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
[x] a season in the title - Summer with My Sisters by Lucy Diamond
[x] story within a story - The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable about Fulfilling Your Dreams and Reaching Your Destiny by Robin S. Sharma
[x] multiple authors - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
[x] espionage thriller - Chaos in Kabul: A Malko Linge Novel by Gérard de Villiers
[x] cat on cover -
- The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike[x] author with pseudonym - Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
[x] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read - The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
[x] by or about a person with disability - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
[x] involves travel - Tamarind Mem by Anita Rau Badami
[x] has subtitle - Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
[x] published in 2017 - City of Friends by Joanna Trollope
[x] about food - A Place at the Table: A Novel by Susan Rebecca White
[x] career advice - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide by Sean Covey
[x] re-read that makes you smile - Emma by Jane Austen
[x] mythical creature - The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
[x] non-human perspective - Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
[] steampunk novel
[x] has red spine - At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
[x] set in wilderness - Walden by Henry David Thoreau
[] re-read you loved as a child
[x] author from a country you’ve never visited - The House of Blue Mangoes
[x] title has character name - Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
[x] set in wartime - Antony and Cleopatra
[] unreliable narrator
[x] has pictures - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson
[x] main character is different ethnicity then you - The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion
[x] about interesting woman - The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson
[] set in 2 time periods - Shine Shine Shine
[x] set in a hotel - Did You Ever Have A Family by Bill Clegg
[] title has month or day of week
[] written by someone your admire
[x] becoming a movie in 2017 - My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier
[x] set around a holiday other than Christmas - Thanksgiving - Mating for Life by Marissa Stapley
[x] first book of a series new to you - 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke
[x] bought on a trip - Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult
[x] recommended by an author you love - Alice Hoffman: - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
[x] bestseller from 2016 - All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation
[x] family member in title - The Manning Sisters: The Cowboy's Lady\The Sheriff Takes a Wife by Debbie Macomber
[x] takes place over life-span - A Soft Place to Land
[] about immigrant or refugee - Daniel by Henning Mankell
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of - Realistic Fiction - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
[x] involves an eccentric character - The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
[x] more than 800 pages - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
[x] bought from used bookstore - Light Years
[x] based on mythology - American Gods
[x] difficult topic - In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson
[] book mentioned in another book
I'm in:PopSugar List for 2017
[] Recommended by a librarian
[x] on your TBR too long - I Did (But I Wouldn't Now)
[] book of letters
[x] audiobook - If I Stay
[x] by a person of color - Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
[x] a season in the title - The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy
[x] story within a story - Indelible
[x] multiple authors - Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition, and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[x] author with pseudonym - Finding Master Right
[x] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read - Two Man Advantage
[x] by or about a person with disability - Never Seduce a Scot
[x] involves travel - Crimson Death
[x] has subtitle - I'm Proud of You: Life Lessons from My Friend Fred Rogers
[x] published in 2017 - Echoes in Death
[x] about food - Art of the Pie: A Practical Guide to Homemade Crusts, Fillings, and Life
[x] career advice - Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World
[x] re-read that makes you smile - Seven Stones to Stand or Fall (counting this since most of it is a re-read)
[x] mythical creature - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two
[x] non-human perspective - A Dog's Purpose
[] steampunk novel
[x] has red spine - Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
[x] set in wilderness - Cold Mountain
[x] re-read you loved as a child - To Kill a Mockingbird
[x] author from a country you’ve never visited - Lighten Up: Love What You Have, Have What You Need, Be Happier with Less
[x] title has character name - Falling for Jillian
[x] set in wartime - Morning Star
[x] unreliable narrator - His Bloody Project
[x] has pictures - The Great Ohio River Flood of 1937
[x] main character is different ethnicity than you - The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
[x] about interesting woman - Seven Women: And the Secret of Their Greatness
[x] set in 2 time periods - Come Sundown
[x] set in a hotel - The Mistletoe Secret
[] title has month or day of week
[x] written by someone you admire - The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[x] set around a holiday other than Christmas - A Long Way Down
[x] first book of a series new to you - Taking Shots
[] bought on a trip
[x] recommended by an author you love - The Perfect Play
[x] bestseller from 2016 - Today Will Be Different
[x] family member in title - BoneMan's Daughters
[x] takes place over life-span - Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life
[x] about immigrant or refugee - The One-in-a-Million Boy
[x] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of - If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty
[x] involves an eccentric character - Hexed
[] more than 800 pages
[x] bought from used bookstore - The Friday Night Knitting Club (well it was the FOL booksale but that's about the closest thing to a used book store that we have here)
[x] based on mythology -Red Rising
[x] difficult topic - Overtime
[] book mentioned in another book
I'm in, with a goal to complete half[] Recommended by a librarian
[] on your TBR too long
[] book of letters
[] audiobook
[] by a person of color
[] a season in the title
[] story within a story
[] multiple authors
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[] author with pseudonym
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read
[] by or about a person with disability
[] involves travel
[] has subtitle
[] published 1n 2017
[] about food
[] career advice
[] re-read that makes you smile
[] mythical creature
[] non-human perspective
[] steampunk novel
[] has red spine
[] set in wilderness
[] re-read you loved as a child
[] author from a country you’ve never visited
[] title has character name
[] set in wartime
[] unreliable narrator
[] has pictures
[] main character is different ethnicity then you
[] about interesting woman
[] set in 2 time periods
[] set in a hotel
[] title has month or day of week
[] written by someone your admire
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[] first book of a series new to you
[] bought on a trip
[] recommended by an author you love
[] bestseller from 2016
[] family member in title
[] takes place over life-span
[] about immigrant or refugee
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[] involves an eccentric character
[] more than 800 pages
[] bought from used bookstore
[] based on mythology
[] difficult topic
[] book mentioned in another book
I'm in and I'm aiming for anywhere between 50 - 100%. I'm really looking forward to getting some recommendations too, I need to get out of my rut and read something new alongside my old favourites.
[] Recommended by a librarian
[] on your TBR too long
[] book of letters
[X] audiobook - Dark Fire (Shardlake book 2) by C.J. Sansom 5*
[] by a person of color
[] a season in the title
[] story within a story
[] multiple authors
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[] author with pseudonym
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read
[] by or about a person with disability
[] involves travel
[] has subtitle
[] published in 2017
[] about food
[] career advice
[X] re-read that makes you smile The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett 5*
[] mythical creature
[] non-human perspective
[] steampunk novel
[] has red spine
[] set in wilderness
[] re-read you loved as a child
[] author from a country you’ve never visited - The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson 3*
[] title has character name
[] set in wartime
[] unreliable narrator
[] has pictures
[] main character is different ethnicity then you
[] about interesting woman
[] set in 2 time periods
[] set in a hotel
[] title has month or day of week
[] written by someone your admire
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[X] first book of a series new to you - Dissolution (Shardlake book 1) by C.J. Sansom 5*
[] bought on a trip
[] recommended by an author you love
[] bestseller from 2016
[] family member in title
[] takes place over life-span
[] about immigrant or refugee
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[] involves an eccentric character
[] more than 800 pages
[] bought from used bookstore
[] based on mythology
[] difficult topic
[] book mentioned in another book
[] Recommended by a librarian
[] on your TBR too long
[] book of letters
[X] audiobook - Dark Fire (Shardlake book 2) by C.J. Sansom 5*
[] by a person of color
[] a season in the title
[] story within a story
[] multiple authors
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[] author with pseudonym
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read
[] by or about a person with disability
[] involves travel
[] has subtitle
[] published in 2017
[] about food
[] career advice
[X] re-read that makes you smile The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett 5*
[] mythical creature
[] non-human perspective
[] steampunk novel
[] has red spine
[] set in wilderness
[] re-read you loved as a child
[] author from a country you’ve never visited - The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson 3*
[] title has character name
[] set in wartime
[] unreliable narrator
[] has pictures
[] main character is different ethnicity then you
[] about interesting woman
[] set in 2 time periods
[] set in a hotel
[] title has month or day of week
[] written by someone your admire
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[X] first book of a series new to you - Dissolution (Shardlake book 1) by C.J. Sansom 5*
[] bought on a trip
[] recommended by an author you love
[] bestseller from 2016
[] family member in title
[] takes place over life-span
[] about immigrant or refugee
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[] involves an eccentric character
[] more than 800 pages
[] bought from used bookstore
[] based on mythology
[] difficult topic
[] book mentioned in another book
[] Recommended by a librarian Crash & Burn[] on your TBR too long
[] book of letters Love Letters to the Dead
[] audiobook
[x] by a person of color No One in the World
[] a season in the title:Wicked Autumn
[] story within a story The Thirteenth Tale
[x] multiple authors Schemes
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[x] author with pseudonym By Book or By Crook
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read Wolf Hall
[] by or about a person with disability Handle with Care
[] involves travel
[] has subtitle
[] published in 2017
[] about food
[] career advice
[] re-read that makes you smile
[] mythical creature
[] non-human perspective The Art of Racing in the Rain
[] steampunk novel City of Bones
[] has red spine Fool Me Once
[] set in wilderness
[] re-read you loved as a child
[] author from a country you’ve never visited Out
[] title has character name The Miseducation of Cameron Post
[x] set in wartime The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
[] unreliable narrator The Girl on the Train
[] has pictures The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
[] main character is different ethnicity then you
[] about interesting woman I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
[] set in 2 time periods
[] set in a hotel Evil Under the Sun
[] title has month or day of week
[] written by someone you admire Around the Way Girl: A Memoir
[] becoming a movie in 2017 Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[x] first book of a series new to you The Escort Next Door
[] bought on a trip
[] recommended by an author you love
[] bestseller from 2016 What She Knew
[] family member in title
[] takes place over life-span Running with Scissors
[] about immigrant or refugee
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[x] involves an eccentric character The Mysterious Affair at Styles
[] more than 800 pages 11/22/63
[] bought from used bookstore
[] based on mythology
[] difficult topic Small Great Things
[] book mentioned in another book
Popsugar Reading Challenge 2017: [X] A book recommended by a librarian. Swing Time
[X] A book that’s been on your TBR list for way too long. The Girls from Corona del Mar
[X] A book of letters. 84, Charing Cross Road
[X] An audiobook. A Prayer for Owen Meany
[X] A book by a person of color. Grace: A Novel
[X] A book with one of the four seasons in the title. The Fall of Lisa Bellow
[X] A book that is a story within a story. Black Wave
[X] A book with multiple authors. The Cinderella Murder
[] An espionage thriller. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
[X] A book with a cat on the cover. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell
[] A book by an author who uses a pseudonym. Love: Ten Poems
[X] A bestseller from a genre you don’t normally read. (True Crime) Filthy Rich
[] A book by or about a person who has a disability. Time of the Locust
[X] A book involving travel. The Underground Railroad
[X] A book with a subtitle. Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
[X] A book that’s published in 2017Lincoln in the Bardo
[] A book involving a mythical creature. Rolling in the Deep
[] A book you’ve read before that never fails to make you smile. Where I'm Coming from
[] A book about food. Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books
[X] A book with career adviceCover Letters for Dummies
[] A book from a nonhuman perspective. The Sound and the Furry
[X] A steampunk novel. Clockwork Angel
[X] A book with a red spine. Mister Monkey
[X] A book set in the wilderness. The Bear and the Nightingale
[X] A book you loved as a childCaps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
[X] A book by an author from a country you’ve never visited Waking Lions
[X] A book with a title that’s a character’s name. The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
[X] A novel set during wartime. The True Story of Hansel and Gretel
[X] A book with and unreliable narrator. Sweet Lamb of Heaven
[X] A book with pictures. Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History
[X] A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you. Do Not Say We Have Nothing
[X] A book about an interesting woman. The Spy
[X] A book set in two different time periods. Mr. Splitfoot
[X] A book with a month or day of the week in the title. Blue Monday
[X] A book set in a hotel. A Gentleman in Moscow
[X] A book written by someone you admire. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
[X] A book that’s becoming a movie in 2017. Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space
[X] A book set around a holiday other than Christmas. Harlequin Valentine
[X] The first book in a series you haven’t read before Now You See Me
[X] A book you brought on a tripDying Breath
PopSugar List for 2017[] Recommended by a librarian
[x] on your TBR too long 1984
[x] book of letters The Perks of Being a Wallflower
[] audiobook
[] by a person of color
[] a season in the title
[] story within a story
[x] multiple authors Separated @ Birth: A True Love Story of Twin Sisters Reunited
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[] author with pseudonym
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read
[x] by or about a person with disability Cinder
[x] involves travel Caraval
[] has subtitle
[x] published 1n 2017 Traitor to the Throne
[] about food
[] career advice
[] re-read that makes you smile
[] mythical creature
[x] non-human perspective The Dark Prophecy
[x] steampunk novel Cress
[x] has red spine A Court of Thorns and Roses
[x] set in wilderness Flame in the Mist
[] re-read you loved as a child
[x] author from a country you’ve never visited Room
[x] title has character name Scarlet
[] set in wartime
[x] unreliable narrator Gone Girl
[] has pictures
[x] main character is different ethnicity then you Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
[] about interesting woman
[x] set in 2 time periods The Girls
[] set in a hotel
[] title has month or day of week
[] written by someone your admire
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[x] set around a holiday other than Christmas The Upside of Unrequited
[x] first book of a series new to you Throne of Glass
[] bought on a trip
[x] recommended by an author you love The Last Ever After
[x] bestseller from 2016 Rebel of the Sands
[x] family member in title Daughter of the Pirate King
[x] takes place over life-span A Dog's Purpose
[x] about immigrant or refugee So Far From Home: the Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[x] involves an eccentric character Things I Should Have Known
[] more than 800 pages
[x] bought from used bookstore The Night Circus
[x] based on mythology The Mark of Athena
[x] difficult topic Thirteen Reasons Why
[] book mentioned in another book
PopSugar List for 2017[] Recommended by a librarian
[] on your TBR too long
[] book of letters
[] audiobook
[] by a person of color
[] a season in the title
[] story within a story
[] multiple authors
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[] author with pseudonym
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read
[] by or about a person with disability
[] involves travel
[] has subtitle
[] published 1n 2017
[] about food
[] career advice
[] re-read that makes you smile
[] mythical creature
[] non-human perspective
[] steampunk novel
[] has red spine
[] set in wilderness
[] re-read you loved as a child
[] author from a country you’ve never visited
[] title has character name
[] set in wartime
[] unreliable narrator
[] has pictures
[] main character is different ethnicity then you
[] about interesting woman
[] set in 2 time periods
[] set in a hotel
[] title has month or day of week
[] written by someone your admire
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[] first book of a series new to you
[] bought on a trip
[] recommended by an author you love
[] bestseller from 2016
[] family member in title
[] takes place over life-span
[] about immigrant or refugee
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[] involves an eccentric character
[] more than 800 pages
[] bought from used bookstore
[] based on mythology
[] difficult topic
[] book mentioned in another book
I'm in! Already had joined on the popsugar page :)[] Recommended by a librarian
[] on your TBR too long
[] book of letters
[] audiobook
[] by a person of color
[] a season in the title
[] story within a story
[] multiple authors
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[] author with pseudonym
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read
[] by or about a person with disability
[] involves travel
[] has subtitle
[] published 1n 2017
[] about food
[] career advice
[] re-read that makes you smile
[] mythical creature
[] non-human perspective
[] steampunk novel
[] has red spine
[] set in wilderness
[] re-read you loved as a child
[] author from a country you’ve never visited
[] title has character name
[] set in wartime
[] unreliable narrator
[] has pictures
[] main character is different ethnicity then you
[] about interesting woman
[] set in 2 time periods
[] set in a hotel
[] title has month or day of week
[] written by someone your admire
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[] first book of a series new to you
[] bought on a trip
[] recommended by an author you love
[] bestseller from 2016
[] family member in title
[] takes place over life-span
[] about immigrant or refugee
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[] involves an eccentric character
[] more than 800 pages
[] bought from used bookstore
[] based on mythology
[] difficult topic
[] book mentioned in another book
[] Recommended by a librarian[] on your TBR too long The Martian
[] book of letters
[] audiobook American Gods
[] by a person of color
[] a season in the title
[] story within a story
[] multiple authors
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[] author with pseudonym
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read
[] by or about a person with disability
[] involves travel
[] has subtitle
[] published 1n 2017
[] about food
[] career advice
[] re-read that makes you smile
[] mythical creature
[] non-human perspective
[] steampunk novel
[] has red spine
[] set in wilderness
[] re-read you loved as a child
[] author from a country you’ve never visited
[] title has character name
[] set in wartime
[] unreliable narrator
[] has pictures
[] main character is different ethnicity then you
[] about interesting woman
[] set in 2 time periods
[] set in a hotel
[] title has month or day of week
[] written by someone your admire
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[] first book of a series new to you
[] bought on a trip
[] recommended by an author you love
[] bestseller from 2016
[] family member in title
[] takes place over life-span
[] about immigrant or refugee
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[] involves an eccentric character
[] more than 800 pages
[] bought from used bookstore
[] based on mythology
[] difficult topic
[] book mentioned in another book
Mod
1. Main character is different ethnicity than I am: In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner
2. Multiple authors: Deutsche Unsinnspoesie
3. Set in wartime: Turvey by Earle Birney
4. A book bought on a trip: Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García Márquez
5. Author with pseudonym: The Case of the Gilded Fly by Edmund Crispin (in reality, composer Bruce Montgomery)
6. A story within a story: At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
7. By a person of color: Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack by Austin Clarke
8. Involves travel: A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
9. Author from a country you never visited: Out of Bounds by Beverley Naidoo
10. Reread that makes you smile: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
11. Difficult topic: Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
12. Title has character name: Vathek by William Beckford
13. About an interesting woman: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
14. Name of family member in title: Daughter of the Mountains by Louise S. Rankin
15. Written by some one I admire: Poems and Sketches of E. B. White
PopSugar List for 2017[] Recommended by a librarian
[] on your TBR too long
[] book of letters
[] audiobook
[] by a person of color
[] a season in the title
[] story within a story
[X] multiple authors: Kidnapped by James Patterson and Robert Gold
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[] author with pseudonym
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read
[] by or about a person with disability
[] involves travel
[] has subtitle
[] published in 2017
[] about food
[] career advice
[] re-read that makes you smile
[] mythical creature
[] non-human perspective
[] steampunk novel
[] has red spine
[] set in wilderness
[X] re-read you loved as a child: Robin Finds Christmas by Molly Brett
[] author from a country you’ve never visited
[X] title has character name A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
[] set in wartime
[] unreliable narrator
[] has pictures
[] main character is different ethnicity then you
[] about interesting woman
[] set in 2 time periods
[] set in a hotel
[] title has month or day of week
[] written by someone your admire
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[] first book of a series new to you
[] bought on a trip
[] recommended by an author you love
[X] bestseller from 2016 After You by Jojo Moyes
[] family member in title
[] takes place over life-span
[] about immigrant or refugee
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[] involves an eccentric character
[] more than 800 pages
[] bought from used bookstore
[] based on mythology
[] difficult topic
[] book mentioned in another book
Goal 20 books
To date: 4/20
I love using the PopSugar lists to choose books. I am planning to include 15 from this list. [] by a person of color
[X] author with a pseudonym - The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
[] bestseller from 2016
[] on my TBR too long
[] set in two time periods
[] bestseller in a genre you don't normally read
[] a season in the title
[] book mentioned in another book
[] main character is a different ethnicity than you
[] first book of a series new to you
[] a story withing a story
[] unreliable narrator
[] set in a hotel
[] book mentioned in another book
[] published in 2017
[] involves travel
I will try for 15Tally 8/15
[] Recommended by a librarian
[] on your TBR too long
[x] book of letters The Sorcerer's House
[] audiobook
[x] by a person of color Parable of the Sower
[] a season in the title
[] story within a story
[] multiple authors
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[] author with pseudonym
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read
[] by or about a person with disability
[x] involves travel Silence Fallen
[] has subtitle
[] published in 2017
[] about food
[] career advice
[] re-read that makes you smile
[] mythical creature
[] non-human perspective
[] steampunk novel
[] has red spine
[] set in wilderness
[] re-read you loved as a child
[x] author from a country you’ve never visited The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
[] title has character name
[x] set in wartime From Sand and Ash
[] unreliable narrator
[] has pictures
[x] main character is different ethnicity than you The Obsession
[] about interesting woman
[x] set in 2 time periods Redshirts
[] set in a hotel
[] title has month or day of week
[] written by someone your admire
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[x] first book of a series new to you Skinwalker
[] bought on a trip
[] recommended by an author you love
[] bestseller from 2016
[] family member in title
[] takes place over life-span
[] about immigrant or refugee
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[] involves an eccentric character
[] more than 800 pages
[] bought from used bookstore
[] based on mythology
[] difficult topic
[] book mentioned in another book
Let's see how many I can fill in :)[] Recommended by a librarian
[] on your TBR too long
[] book of letters
[] audiobook
[x] by a person of color - The Color Purple
[] a season in the title
[] story within a story
[] multiple authors
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[x] author with pseudonym - The Bad Beginning
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read
[] by or about a person with disability
[] involves travel
[] has subtitle
[] published 1n 2017
[] about food
[] career advice
[] re-read that makes you smile
[] mythical creature
[x] non-human perspective - A Night at the Animal Shelter
[] steampunk novel
[x] has red spine - Geek Girl
[] set in wilderness
[] re-read you loved as a child
[] author from a country you’ve never visited
[] title has character name
[x] set in wartime - Slaughterhouse-Five
[] unreliable narrator
[] has pictures
[x] main character is different ethnicity then you - When Dimple Met Rishi
[] about interesting woman
[] set in 2 time periods
[] set in a hotel
[] title has month or day of week
[x] written by someone your admire - The World As I See It
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[x] first book of a series new to you - Uglies
[x] bought on a trip - Around the World in Eighty Days
[] recommended by an author you love
[] bestseller from 2016
[] family member in title
[x] takes place over life-span - Memoirs of a Geisha
[] about immigrant or refugee
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[] involves an eccentric character
[] more than 800 pages
[] bought from used bookstore
[] based on mythology
[x] difficult topic - Room
[] book mentioned in another book
I don't participate in group discussions enough, but I want to know how many I've completed so far:[] Recommended by a librarian
[x] on your TBR too long - 'The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway
[x] book of letters - 'Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters' by Mark Dunn
[] audiobook
[x] by a person of color - 'Outliers: The Story of Success' by Malcolm Gladwell
[] a season in the title
[] story within a story
[] multiple authors
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[] author with pseudonym
[x] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read - 'Never Let Me Go' by Kazuo Ishiguro
[] by or about a person with disability
[x] involves travel - 'The Alchemist' by Paulo Coelho
[x] has subtitle - 'Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeons Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table' by Stephen Westaby
[x] published in 2017 - 'Always and Forever, Lara Jean' by Jenny Han
[] about food
[x] career advice - 'Lean In: For Graduates' by Sheryl Sandberg
[] re-read that makes you smile
[] mythical creature
[] non-human perspective
[] steampunk novel
[] has red spine
[] set in wilderness
[] re-read you loved as a child
[x] author from a country you’ve never visited - 'The Stranger' by Albert Camus
[x] title has character name - 'Orlando' by Virginia Woolf
[x] set in wartime - 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
[x] unreliable narrator - 'Despair' by Vladimir Nabokov
[x] has pictures - 'Vogue On: Christian Dior' by Charlotte Sinclair
[x] main character is different ethnicity then you - 'Dance Dance Dance' by Haruki Murakami
[x] about interesting woman - 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' by Maya Angelou
[x] set in 2 time periods - 'The Storm' by Frederick Buechner
[] set in a hotel
[] title has month or day of week
[x] written by someone your admire - 'Lean In: For Graduates' by Sheryl Sandberg
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[] first book of a series new to you
[] bought on a trip
[] recommended by an author you love
[x] bestseller from 2016 - 'The Unseen World' by Liz Moore
[] family member in title
[x] takes place over life-span - 'Swing Time' by Zadie Smith
[x] about immigrant or refugee - 'The Namesake' by Jhumpa Lahiri
[] genre or subgenre you’ve never heard of
[x] involves an eccentric character - 'Post Office' by Charles Bukowski
[] more than 800 pages
[] bought from used bookstore
[] based on mythology
[x] difficult topic - 'Sold' by Patricia McCormick
[x] book mentioned in another book - 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald
PopSugar List for 2017[] Recommended by a librarian
[X] on your TBR too long In Bed with a Highlander
[] book of letters
[X] audio book Love Slave for Two
[] by a person of color
[] a season in the title
[] story within a story
[] multiple authors
[] espionage thriller
[] cat on cover
[] author with pseudonym
[] bestseller in genre you don’t normally read
[X] by or about a person with disability El Deafo
[] involves travel
[] has subtitle
[X] published in 2017 A Court of Wings and Ruin
[] about food
[] career advice
[X] re-read that makes you smile Blackmailed
[] mythical creature
[] non-human perspective
[] steampunk novel
[] has red spine
[X] set in wilderness Exclusively Yours
[] re-read you loved as a child
[] author from a country you’ve never visited
[X] title has character name Eleanor & Park
[] set in wartime
[] unreliable narrator
[X] has pictures Adulthood Is a Myth
[X] main character is different ethnicity then you When Dimple Met Rishi
[] about interesting woman
[] set in 2 time periods
[] set in a hotel
[X] title has month or day of week January
[] written by someone your admire
[] becoming a movie in 2017
[] set around a holiday other than Christmas
[X] first book of a series new to you Written in Red
[] bought on a trip
[] recommended by an author you love
[] bestseller from 2016
[] family member in title
[] takes place over life-span
[] about immigrant or refugee
[] genre or sub genre you’ve never heard of
[] involves an eccentric character
[X] more than 800 pages Winter
[X] bought from used bookstore Colters' Woman
[] based on mythology
[X] difficult topic If I Was Your Girl
[] book mentioned in another book
The Reading Challenge Group
Books mentioned in this topic
Love: Ten Poems (other topics)Indelible (other topics)
Blue Monday (other topics)
The Sound and the Furry (other topics)
Cover Letters For Dummies (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Joanna Trollope (other topics)Richard Bach (other topics)
Henry David Thoreau (other topics)
Sean Covey (other topics)
Lucy Diamond (other topics)
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How to play: set a Personal Goal of between 4-40 books from the list to read by the end of the year. You can cut & paste the entire list and check off categories as you read them. Or create a numbered list and fill in the categories as you go. You can even set levels for yourself if that's what motivates you.
Just remember to post your progress here so we can cheer each other on!