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2018 Challenge - I finished!
Date you finished: 9/28/2018Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 871
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book about a problem facing society today. An American Marriage Even though I disliked most of the characters, I found the writing so beautiful and the characters so real that this book has stayed with me.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): This is a tough one but I'll go with The Night Circus which I read for the book with twins. The imagery was so incredible that I really began to feel that the circus was a real place and that it would show up in my city!
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Probably The Bell Jar. It had been on my list for years and I am so glad I finally read it.
Least favorite prompt: A book involving a heist. It took me forever to find something I thought I'd like and in the end, I did not like it at all. Artemis
Prompt you hope to see again: A book set in a country that fascinates you.
Last prompt you finished: A bestseller from the year you graduated high school.
Finally, are you in for 2019? More than likely. I may do an abbreviated version since I have some other challenges planned and I don't want to set myself up for failure.
Rachelnyc wrote: "Date you finished: 9/28/2018Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 871
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book about a problem facing society today. [book:An ..."
Congrats Rach!!!! 🙌🏼🎉
Thanks Tracy! I'm excited that my two main challenges are complete so I have the next few months to get a leg up on some ongoing and multi-year lists.
Date you finished: 10/1/2018Message number of your list post (if you've got one):
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book made into a movie you've already seen: Argo by Antionio Mendez
Normally I do the opposite so that was fun for me.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Lake House by Kate Morton (A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't)
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Yes! too many to list. This is my favorite part of the reading challenge
Least favorite prompt: A book set around a holiday or a book mentioned in another book. The second prompt is because I challenge myself that it has to be mentioned in a book I read for another prompt.
Prompt you hope to see again: a book tied to you ancestry
Last prompt you finished: a book mentioned in another book
Finally, are you in for 2019? HECK YES!
My List
A Book Made Into A Movie You've Already Seen Argo: How the CIA & Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History
True Crime Lost Girls: An Unsolved American Mystery
The Next Book In A Series You've Started The Chase
A Book Involving A Heist The Heist
Nordic NoirThe Girl Who Played with Fire
A Novel Based On A Real PersonCaptive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
A Book Set In A Country That Fascinates YouVictoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
A Book With A Time Of Day In The TitleTo Fly By Night: An Anthology of Hedgewitchery
A Book About Death Or Grief After You
A Book About A Villian Or AntiheroIntensity
A Book With A Female Author Who Uses A Male PseudonymCareer of Evil
A Book With An LGBTQ+ Protagonist Lord John and the Private Matter
A Book That Is Also A Stage Play or MusicalThe Woman in Black
A Book By An Author Of A Different Ethnicity Than You The Unbreakable Miss Lovely: How the Church of Scientology tried to destroy Paulette Cooper
A Book About FeminismThe Handmaid's Tale
A Book About Mental HealthWishful Drinking
A Book You Borrowed Or That Was Given To You As A GiftAn Echo in the Bone
A Book By Two AuthorsMy Story
A Book About Or Involving A SportSecretariat: The Making of a Champion
A Book By a Local AuthorA New Fear
A Book With You Favorite Color In The TitleThe Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman
A Book With Alliteration In The TitleThe Cuckoo's Calling
A Book About Time TravelWritten in My Own Heart's Blood
A Book With A Weather Element In The TitleA Breath of Snow and Ashes
A Book Set At SeaVoyager
A Book With An Animal In The TitleThe Silkworm
A Book Set On A Different PlanetArtemis
A Book With Song Lyrics In The TitleHelter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
A Book About Or Set On HalloweenThe Rules of Magic
A Book With Characters Who Are Twins The Fiery Cross
A Book Mentioned In Another BookThe Silence of the Lambs
A Book From A Celebrity Book ClubStill Me
A Childhood Classic You've Never ReadAlice's Adventures in Wonderland
A Book That Is Published In 2018The Taster
A Past Goodreads Choice Award WinnerThe Ocean at the End of the Lane
A Book Set In The Decade You Were BornEleanor & Park
A Book You Meant To Read In 2017, But Didn't Get ToThe Lake House
A Book With An Ugly CoverOrigin
A Book That Involves A Bookstore or LibraryThe Little Paris Bookshop
Your Favorite Prompt From Past PopSugar Reading Challenge
A Bestseller From The Year You Graduated High SchoolLiving Dead in Dallas
A Cyberpunk BookThe Minority Report
A Book That Was Being Read By A Stranger In a Public PlaceSugar Rush
A Book Tied To Your AncestryDrums of Autumn
A Book With Fruit Or Vegetable In The TitleThe Five Orange Pips
An AllegoryThe Alchemist
A Book by An Author With The Same First Or Last Name As YouThe Bakersville Dozen
A MicrohistoryThe Romanovs: 1613-1918
A Book About A Problem Facing Society TodayGoing Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
A Book Recommended By Someone Else Taking The ChallengeThe Paris Wife
WHOOO HOOO!Alright, I'm so happy I'm finished. I feel rather accomplished for having finished the 50/50 in between jobs and moving countries this year. I never get above 30ish books in a year, and this year I've managed up to 70 with the help of PopSugar and having access to a big English-language library again! This has been the thing to keep my reading life going - and challenged me to find and read so many books I otherwise might have missed. The weekly check-ins and discussions have been fantastic to keep me charging ahead. Congrats to everyone finished (and to everyone who will finish it)!
Date you finished: Oct. 1st
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 910 (as of 10/1)
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): prompt: A toss-up between "A book made into a movie you've already seen" (Crazy Rich Asians) and "A book set in a country that fascinates you" (Tangerine).
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): A Night Divided (a book with a time of day in the title)
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Least favorite prompt: a cyberpunk book
Prompt you hope to see again: A microhistory
Last prompt you finished: A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
Finally, are you in for 2019? YES, absolutely.
Date you finished: October 1, 2018Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 431
Favourite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book tied to your ancestry - The Golem and the Jinni.
Favourite book (and what prompt was it for?): Circe for a book that's published in 2018. The Golem and the Jinni for a book tied to your ancestry. Into the Drowning Deep for a book set at sea (my guilty pleasure choice).
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Least favourite prompt: A cyberpunk book (Neuromancer) or a book from a celebrity book club (In a Dark, Dark Wood).
Prompt you hope to see again: A book published in the current year.
Last prompt you finished: A book about feminism.
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes, definitely!
Date you finished: Oct. 2, 2018Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 897
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title...The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Death's Acre, A Microhistory. I'm fascinated by forensics and the story of the Body Farm was a sure thing for me.
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Remnant Population. I loved the concept of an elderly woman choosing to end her life totally alone and then finding a new family unexpectedly.
Least favorite prompt: A book set in the decade you were born. Looking back, the 1970s are such a letdown sandwiched between the fabulousness of the 60s and the 80s.
Prompt you hope to see again: A Book with Alliteration in the Title or A Book by Two Authors. Both of these fit my favorite author and I still have several of these titles to go.
Last prompt you finished: A Best Seller from the Year you graduated High School
Finally, are you in for 2019? Absolutely.
Finally!Date you finished: Today 04/10/18 (Aus/UK way round)
Message number of your list post (if you've got one):949 but will keep adding if I read something which would fit a prompt better than what I have.
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):Cyberpunk, didn't even know it was a separate category but ended up with 2 for it 1) The Feed by Nick Clark Windo https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2) LIFEL1K3 (Lifelike #1) by Jay Kristoff https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
or animal in the title which I have 3 for.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): I had 3 5* reads during the challenge: The Big Bang by Simon Singh (meant to read in 2017, and 16 and 15), 13 reasons why by Jay Asher (death or Grief) and The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin(book into movie)
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Probably would still have Big Bang sitting on my TBR as it took a while to get into and I had tried several times but was finally motivated to give it a proper chance by the challenge. Also Darlingest Milverton in The War I would not have read but for the challenge and I did love reading about my aunts and uncles as little kids causing mischief (they are all 80+ now) even if I didn't like the whole book.
Least favorite prompt: Feminism. Not saying I agree with the way women are treated by some but I'm over people getting aggro over it. Catch more flies with honey and all that.
Prompt you hope to see again: Favourite from a previous year....yes it is a cop out but they won't give me cyberpunk again will they (since most seemed to hate it)?
Last prompt you finished: male pseudonym. Why bother if everyone knows who you are anyway?
Finally, are you in for 2019? probably but if there is too much focus on feminism or romance I'm out or will only do part.
Date you finished: 10/3/2018Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 1137
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book about a problem facing society today- The Hate U Give
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): So many favorites! One that I haven't heard much about elsewhere is The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon for a Microhistory
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali
Least favorite prompt: Nordic noir
Prompt you hope to see again: A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
Last prompt you finished: Book published in 2018
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes!
Date you finished: 6/10/18Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 996 - although it's moved about a bit
Favourite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Set in a company that fascinates you - I read A Company of Swans (set in Brazil)
Favourite book (and what prompt was it for?): Temeraire for ugly cover
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Record of a Spaceborn Few (and the sequels too)
Least favourite prompt: Bestseller from the year I graduated. I had zero appealing options. I read The Kite Runner and hated it
Prompt you hope to see again: I'd prefer not to repeat any but set in a country that fascinates you is good because there are so many options
Last prompt you finished: A book you've seen someone reading in public. This should have been easy because I have been in and out of doctor's appointments, two holidays and I take public transport every day but I just never saw anything I had any interest in reading. I ended up looking at pictures on Instagram for a book I wanted to read just to get the challenge over and done with. Luckily I loved the book I picked - The Girl in the Tower
Finally, are you in for 2019? Should be
Date you finished: October 7, 2018Message number of your list post 172
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book that's published in 2018 (Circe)
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Heart's Invisible Furies (A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist),
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: The Door (A book tied to your ancestry, translated from Hungarian)
Least favorite prompt: A bestseller from the year you graduated high school --All the books I investigated were 800+ pages and seemed so dated and wordy and unexciting. So I settled on this novella which I had enjoyed reading when I was 17. I wanted to see how it felt reading it again at 64. (Jonathan Livingston Seagull)
Prompt you hope to see again: A book about a problem facing society today.
Last prompt you finished: A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
Finally, are you in for 2019? Absolutely! It will be my 3rd year, and hopefully the second when I actually complete it (first year I did not finish, but this year I was determined!).
Date you finished: October 7, 2018Message number of your list post 126
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?) A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place-
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life I liked it best because I met a nice old man at Barnes and Noble. Eleanor was a relative of his, and we had a nice talk.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for? Ready Player OneA cyberpunk book
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? I tried to pick books I wanted to read, so probably Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life because I had no control over it and I did like it.
Least favorite prompt: A bestseller from the year you graduated high school - I picked a book that was emotionally exhausting
The Hillside Stranglers
Prompt you hope to see again: A book published in the year of the challenge
Last prompt you finished: A book involving a heist Artemis
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes, I'm in.
Date you finished: 10/8/18Message number of your list post (if you've got one): #133
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book set in a country that fascinates you--How the Irish Saved Civilization
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):Artemis--a book involving a heist
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: I think all the books I *really* loved were ones I would have gotten to eventually, but enjoy the book I found for 'stranger reading in public' and I never would have known it existed if not for this prompt--Sir Knight of the Splendid Way
Least favorite prompt: I'm not a fan of the prompts that are so specific it can be hard to find something in it to fit your taste (I'm looking at you Nordic Noir) and I wasnt' really looking forward to the feminism prompt either, but I did manage to find something for every prompt that I didn't hate, so I can't complain too much.
Prompt you hope to see again: Microhistory and anything that makes us read more about different countries and cultures
Last prompt you finished: book about feminism
Finally, are you in for 2019? Probably. I really enjoy the challenge, I just need to figure out a good way to balance it so it doesn't distract me from other reading goals and aspirations I have. Even when I was reading off-challenge this year I felt some pressure on my reading life because of it.
I finished! This was so fun.Date you finished: 10/11/2018
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): None
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book set in a country that fascinates you: Pachinko
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The God of Small Things: A book with characters who are twins
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: The Book Thief, which I read for the prompt "A book that involves a bookstore or library"
Least favorite prompt: A cyberpunk book. I read Snow Crash. I am just not at all into this genre and hated this book.
Prompt you hope to see again: A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you (I read Americanah and loved it)
Last prompt you finished: The next book in a series you started. I hadn't started any series, so I used the first book in a series, Rabbit, Run
Finally, are you in for 2019? Heck yes!
Date you finished: September 30th but I just found this thread today! LOLFavorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): I think my favorite prompt was the book by a local author. I might feel differently if this hadn't led me to discover such a delightful book, lol, but I really enjoyed finding authors from my home state. It was a fun process. I ended up reading Dear Fahrenheit 451: Love and Heartbreak in the Stacks: A Librarian's Love Letters and Breakup Notes to the Books in Her Life
and it is truly a delight. I actually bought a copy for my sister as her birthday gift because I loved the book so much and wanted to share it with her.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Hmmmm, it's really hard to choose a favorite...I am going to go with All the Ugly and Wonderful Things. This was a very difficult story to digest but it is extremely important and beautifully written. I felt such a wide range of emotions while reading this. I chose it for the book about a problem facing society today, as it deals with drug use and poverty.
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: YES! I was not excited about the book about sports prompt. I had no desire to read Beartown and in general this prompt just inspired boredom...but a friend recommended The Art of Fielding and I decided to give it a try. It's about baseball, which I have ZERO interest in, but it's also a coming of age/college story and the characters were interesting. I was quickly sucked in and I didn't even mind the parts about sports, LOL. It's a great book and I'm sure I never would have read it if not for this challenge.
Least favorite prompt: A bestseller from the year you graduated high school. This prompt felt limiting and I had a really hard time finding anything other than Harry Potter or Dan Brown books. I ended up choosing The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. I haven't read a lot of Stephen King but I figured that he's so prolific, it would have to be good. Nope nope nope. It was pretty annoying and dumb but at least it was short. Also, I thought the main character was going to be a fan of race car driving but it turns out, that was Jeff Gordon. LOL...Tom Gordon was a baseball player...so it seems I read two books related to baseball, which is hilarious since I really don't care about baseball! This category was a good reminder that plenty of mediocre books end up on the best seller list.
Prompt you hope to see again: I'll be happy to see the return of the cyberpunk category or the micohistory category because those genres do interest me but I don't necessarily gravitate towards them on my own. This year I used Warcross as my cyberpunk book (loved it) and The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women (interesting topic but the book dragged a bit) as my microhistory.
Last prompt you finished: I had a difficult time deciding on a book written by a female author under a male pseudonym, so it ended up being the last book of my challenge. I went with In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen. It was a cozy mystery and I enjoyed it. I sometimes forget that I like this genre, so the prompt ended up being a delightful surprise. My library has quite a few other Bowen mysteries so I will probably be reading more by this author.
Finally, are you in for 2019? I'm definitely going to participate again. I was uncertain about committing for 2018 and it ended up being such a great endeavor. I can't wait to see the prompts for next year and I'm really excited to plan some of reading!
Date you finished: 14th OctoberMessage number of your list post (if you've got one): I don't have one but my list is on my blog.
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book set at sea - Into the Drowning Deep
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): I Still Dream by James Smythe (book with song lyrics in the title) and The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (allegory).
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: I wouldn't say loved but I liked Dark Pines by Will Dean (Nordic noir) enough that I'll probably read the next book in the series.
Least favorite prompt: Bestseller from the year I graduated high school, it was just an uninspiring selection especially as I didn't want to re-read anything. The personal style prompts are my least favourite in general.
Prompt you hope to see again: Book I meant to read the year before because I always have loads of these!
Last prompt you finished: A book set on Halloween (The Halloween Tree).
Finally, are you in for 2019? I loved the group motivation so yes, although I won't fully commit until I see the prompts.
Date you finished: 10/13/18Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 115 until a day or so ago when it became 114
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book you meant to read in 2017 and didn't get to Life After Life
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Least favorite prompt: ugly cover, year i graduated high school - 1981
Prompt you hope to see again: book published that year
Last prompt you finished: ancestry one
Finally, are you in for 2019? probably unless I hate the prompts
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Date you finished: 8/30/18 (but I didn't realize I'd read a book that qualified for my last open category until last night, 10/17/18)
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 68
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): either "a novel based on a real person" (I read An Extraordinary Union) or "a book with song lyrics in the title" (I read It Happened on Love Street). Even though I really enjoyed looking for books with song lyrics in the titles, I don't really want to see that category again, because it was fun to search, but it doesn't really lead to great books.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Hahaha I can't pick just one, so here are my top four, in no order:
Provenance (heist)
The Shining Girls (time travel)
Gemina (two authors)
Moxyland (cyberpunk)
LOL all four books are SciFi, and two of them are by the same author (Lauren Beukes), so I guess you can tell what kind of book I like best.
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: not really, which is a surprise, because there usually is that ONE standout that I never would have read otherwise. Out of the books that I probably would not have read if not for the Challenge, the one I liked best was Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters (It was already on my TBR, but honestly I probably never would have gotten around to reading it.) Runner up would be Mortality (again, on my TBR, but ... I probably never would have read it).
Least favorite prompt:
book by a local author - I LOATHED this book, and as a result I think this is the prompt I hated most. If this category shows up again, I'm just reading a book by an author from my state, which includes NYC, and thus is rich in authors.
And because I could not pick just one, here are three more categories I hated:
a book turned into a stage play (trying to find one I wanted to read was absolutely painful)
a book given to me as a gift (ugh. just ugh)
Goodreads Choice Award (this ended up being one of my worst reads)
allegory (I still don't understand what an allegory is)
Prompt you hope to see again: a book published in the current year, and microhistory (I added A LOT of books to my TBR while researching microhistories!!)
Last prompt you finished: a book given to you as a gift - please never again with this prompt.
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes! of course!!
Date you finished: 22nd OctoberMessage number of your list post (if you've got one): 1112
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book involving a sport
I read a bunch of football memoirs this year actually (the global kind; not American football). Initially I had slotted Red: My Autobiography for this, but then moved it to color and used Forward: A Memoir for the prompt. I also ended up adding a bunch of football books to my TBR too - and not just memoirs.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Great Indian Novel
I read this for the A book tied to your ancestry prompt. I had heard about this book for a long time, but for some reason always avoided it - I had definitely been missing out.
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? Wonder Woman: Warbringer
I really don't do super heroes/heroines, but it fit the alliteration prompt so perfectly that I decided to give it a try :) Ultimately used it for the Celebrity Book Club prompt though.
Least favorite prompt: A book from a celebrity book club
Thank goodness for Emma Watson, but I really don't care what celebrities are reading. The gift one was bad too - I'm with Nadine on this one, please never again. And of course, there's the "namesake author" prompt - PopSugar insists on having a varation each year for some reason *eye roll*.
Prompt you hope to see again: Your favorite prompt from the previous years' challenges
I like wildcard prompts - 'read a book you like' would be ideal, but the meta prompt works well too.
Last prompt you finished: Author with same first/last name.
Took me forever to find a book that interested me for this one. I almost gave up and re-read a book I dislike (গল্পমালা - it is a very famous book, but I hated it when I read it years ago). But then serendipity led me to a book I ended up enjoying a lot, so it all worked out ;)
Amazon Prime introduced Prime Reading in my country, so was browsing the catalog. Stumbled upon The Past As Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History, so came to GoodReads to look at the reviews. Found a review that mentioned other famous Indian historians - and one of them shared my last name. So went and googled his writings, and found The World in Our Time: A Memoir, and then found he had originally written this memoir in Bengali too as বাঙালনামা - read and LOVED it! Universe has a strange way of leading me to books!
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes. I enjoy the discoveries reading challenges lead me on :-) Though based on work load, might have to slow down and do only a partial challenge - we'll see.
Date you finished: October 24, 2018Message number of your list post (if you've got one): No message number, full list here:
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Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book published in 2018. I read Legendary by Stephanie Garber
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Big Little Lies for celebrity book club
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Big Little Lies. I thought it was chick-lit which I don't seek out.
Least favorite prompt: Book by a local author. I live in Wyoming. I dislike "cowboy culture" sooo....
Prompt you hope to see again: Book you meant to read in (2018)
Last prompt you finished: Book set on Halloween
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes. I've been obsessively checking to see if it's out yet daily even though logically I know it will be a few weeks.
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Same!!! I read that for the Challenge a few years ago, when the category was "title with antonyms" - I was SO surprised at how much I loved that book! I've since read several more by the author. This is the sort of happy surprise that keeps me coming back to the challenge year after year!
Date you finished: October 24, 2018Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 1144
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book about time travel. I read The Jane Austen Project I love Jane Austen so I was probably destined to love this book but I found it so fun to imagine what she must have been like. Plus, I love time travel books (Dr. Who is one of my favorite shows) so that was such a fun element too. There was a lot of kind of dark prompts this year so I loved having a fun book to read.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet for a book that takes place on another planet. I loved this one so much I read the second one for a book in a series! Another fun, charming sci-fi read. I can't wait to read the third! I haven't been much of a sci-fi reader but the prompts on this year's challenge helped me discover how much I love sci-fi books!
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Beartown I don't enjoy sports or reading about sports so this one was a fun surprise. I loved it! I'm planning on reading some of his other books now that I have completed the challenge.
Least favorite prompt: Book by with song lyrics in the title. I liked the book I read (All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation) but it was pain to find something I was interested in.
Prompt you hope to see again: I liked a novel about a real person. I love historical fiction but this more specific prompt encouraged to find sometime more informative. (Rebel Queen)
Last prompt you finished: Book that is mentioned in another book (Gone with the Wind) They talked about it A LOT in Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood which was another book I read this year.
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes! I absolutely loved it because it forced me to read several things I wouldn't normally read. This means that I have discovered some new books and genres that I now love. Hurray!
Date you finished: 10/27/18Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 707
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book mentioned in another book, it made the whole year like a scavenger hunt although I did not necessarily love the book I ended up reading which was The Moon and Sixpence
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): A Storm of Swords I used it for a book with a weather element in the title
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Yes there were a few including the whole Song of Ice and Fire series and Beartown
Least favorite prompt: Nordic noir. Since I already read the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series I felt I was left with no good options.
Prompt you hope to see again: A book with an author of a different ethnicity, I had many good options that I didn't get to yet
Last prompt you finished: Book with song lyrics in the title
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes!
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Date you finished: 28 October 2018
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): #1052
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Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book set in a country that fascinates you (The Hour of the Star)
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Fifth Season (a book set on a different planet)
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Least favorite prompt: A book by an author of the same first or last name as you (I had to fudge and use initials)
Prompt you hope to see again: A book that involves a bookstore or a library
Last prompt you finished: A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes, most definitely!
Date you finished: 10/27/2018Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 858
My goal was to read two books for each prompt and I did make it although I kicked myself a few times for being so ambitious.
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it ?): a book mentioned in another book since it made each book a bit of a treasure hunt. I read King Lear mentioned in Station Eleven and Persuasion mentioned in The Wedding Planner's Daughter.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Almost Sisters which I read for a published in 2017/ which was my favorite prompt from 2017 . Close runners up were The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Station Eleven, The Secret Life of Bees, and The Hate U Give.
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: The Godfather (villain/antihero prompt)
Least favorite prompt: Nordic Noir
Prompt you hope to see again: A novel based on a true person
Last prompt you finished: A title with a fruit or vegetable in the title
Finally, are you in for 2019? yes, but no more doubling for me
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Date you finished: 10/20/18Message number of your list post (if you've got one): none
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book about a problem facing society today for which I read We need to talk about kevin.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Circe for a book about feminism
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: I loved the book The particular sadness of lemon cake (for the fruit or vegetable prompt!
Least favorite prompt: Book set on or about Halloween
Prompt you hope to see again: Favorite prompts from last years.
Last prompt you finished: A book written by 2 authors (The Wife between us)
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes!!!!
Date you finished: 10/31/18Message number of your list post (if you've got one): Msg. 58 for both regular and advanced
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
Regular: A book with characters who are twins Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life
Advanced: A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place Bel Canto
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
Regular: The Count of Monte Cristo for a book with an alliteration in the title.
Advanced: Bel Canto for A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place.
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?:
Regular: Midnight's Children
Advanced: none - I probably would have read all of these books eventually.
Least favorite prompt:
Regular: Nordic Noir
Advanced: Cyberpunk
Prompt you hope to see again:
Regular: A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
Advanced: A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
Last prompt you finished:
Regular: A past Goodreads Choice Winner
Advanced: A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes, as long as I find the prompts to be of interest.
Date you finished: August 17, 2018Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 74
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge (Magpie Murders)
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Night Circus (A book with a time of day in the title)
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Alice in Quantumland: An Allegory of Quantum Physics
Least favorite prompt: True Crime
Prompt you hope to see again: A book you meant to read in 2017 (2018) but didn't get to
Last prompt you finished: A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place (Reasons to Stay Alive)
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes!
Date you finished: 10/28 (I still have Microhistory in the challenge prompts but am finished with the regular)Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 228
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book set in a country that fascinates you, I read Three Wishes because I couldn't find the books I really wanted for this prompt
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Outlander (for the time travel prompt)
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: The Map of Salt and Stars and I just picked it up off of the new arrivals shelf at the library
Least favorite prompt: A book with your favorite color in the title
Prompt you hope to see again: It is always easy to find a book mentioned in another book but a Past Goodreads Winner is a good one too
Last prompt you finished: A book by a local author, Alburquerque
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes!
Date you finished: 11/1/18Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 916
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book set in a country that fascinates you - A Fine Balance
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Ready Player One - a cyberpunk book
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: The Name of the Wind - a book with a weather element in the title
Least favorite prompt: a book about or set on Halloween
Prompt you hope to see again: a book set on a different planet
Last prompt you finished: a book that was borrowed or given to you as a gift
Finally, are you in for 2019? YES
Other favorites from this year:
The Taliban Cricket Club - book about a sport
This is How It Always Is - book with LGBTQ+ protagonist
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - book recommended by someone else taking the PSRC
War Horse - book that is also a stage play or musical
The Vampire Lestat - book about antihero or villian
All the Light We Cannot See - book from a celebrity book club
Ireland - a book tied to your ancestry
Date You Finished: 11/3/18Message Number of Your List Post: 292
Favorite Prompt: A childhood classic you never read: Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
Favorite book (and what prompt was it used for: Frenchman's Creek- a book you borrowed or was given to you as a gift.
Was there a book you loved that you never would have read if not for the challenge- The Rose Garden- a book about time travel
Least favorite prompt: Nordic Noir
Prompt you hope to see again: A book with your favorite color in the title.
Last prompt you finished: A book that was borrowed or given to you as a gift.
Are you in for 2019? Probably not. 40 books was too much for me, It left no time for impulse reading.
I can’t believe I finished!, I have read so many more books this year. One thing that really helped is downloading Libby and Listening to audiobooks from the LibraryDate you finished: 10/30/18
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 988
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book set in a country that fascinates you Maya's Notebook
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Hamilton: The Revolution A book that is also a stage play or a musical
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Hamilton
Least favorite prompt: Book about Halloween
Prompt you hope to see again: A book that you meant to read but didn’t get to
Last prompt you finished: A book set in the decade I was born I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Finally, are you in for 2019? Definitely!!
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Date you finished: November 4. I completed 49 prompts by mid-August. But #50 was a book for IRL book club this month. So I waited to read it.Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 143
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): I had several, but #7 "A book set in a country that fascinates you" was educational -- even though it wasn't one of my favorite books I learned about a period of time that I knew little about. I read Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 by Adam Hochschild
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Of the many 5 star reads: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins read for #22 "A book with alliteration in the title"
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: #23 A book about time travel -- Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Least favorite prompt: #6 An allegory
Prompt you hope to see again: #14 A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
Last prompt you finished: #9 A book about a problem facing society today - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas -- It was my IRL book club choice for November.
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes!
Date you finished: 11/4/2018Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book set in the decade you were born, I read "The Carrie Diaries" which is fun.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): "Circe", Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges (a book involving a mithical creature)
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: "Catch me if you can: the true story of a real fake", for the True Crime prompt. This book is so much fun!
Least favorite prompt: Snowblind, Nordic noir, because I really didn't like this book at all.
Prompt you hope to see again: True Crime
Last prompt you finished: "Fantastic beasts and where to find them" -A book mentioned in another book
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes, of course!
Date you finished: November 5Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): the Hate U Give (author of a different ethnicity)
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a classic I never would have picked up. But I loved it!
Least favorite prompt: a book mentioned in another book- I started multiple books for this one before switching to a nonfiction reference.
Last prompt you finished: book with a female author using a male pseudonym (Harper Lee Go Set a Watchman)
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes!
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Date finished: 10/6/18Favorite prompt: I liked several but a book with characters who are twins is probably my favorite prompt. I read Force of Nature by Jane Harper for it.
Favorite book: The Outsider by Stephen King is my favorite book and I read it for the prompt a book recommended by someone else taking the challenge. Also I really loved my true crime book I’ll be Gone on the Dark by Michelle mcNamara.
A book I loved but wouldn’t have read: I read the graphic novel My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris for a book with an LBGTQ protagonist.
Least favorite prompt: An allegory. Which was also my least favorite book, A Wrinkle in Time. I know lots of people love it but not me.
Prompt I hope to see again: I thought the prompt of an author with the same first or last name as me was a lot of fun.
Last prompt I finished: A book about a problem facing society today which I read The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas.
YES I’m in for 2019 and I’m eagerly awaiting the new list to be published.
Date finished- July 2018Favorite prompt was -A book set at Sea- The Midnight Watch
Favorite Book was - A Hillbilly Elergy - A Book by a Local Author
A book I loved but might not have read if not for the challenge-
The Hate U Give
Least favorite prompt and also the last prompt I finished-
A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
A prompt I hope to see again- A childhood classic you never read
I am in for 2019!!
Date you finished: November 2Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book with your favorite color in the title- The Name of the Rose
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Lonsesome Dove (book with an animal in the title)
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Something Wicked this way comes (a book about Halloween)
Least favorite prompt: A book mentioned in another book
Prompt you hope to see again: True Crime
Last prompt you finished: 11/22/63 (a book about time travel)
Finally, are you in for 2019? yes
Date you finished: 08.11.2018 (8th of November 2018)Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 3
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book with a weather element in the title - The Lightning Thief
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Ready Player One - A Cyberpunk book
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Ready Player One
Least favorite prompt: A book tied to your ancestry/A book by a local author
Prompt you hope to see again: A book about a villain or antihero
Last prompt you finished: A book from a celebrity book club
Finally, are you in for 2019?: Yes! I love this group and the weekly updates. (if only they would release the list like right NOW...)
Date you finished: November 8, 2018Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 318
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge / I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Astonishing Color of After / A book about mental health
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Least favorite prompt: A book tied to your ancestry
Prompt you hope to see again: A book made into a movie you've already seen
Last prompt you finished: A book about mental health
Finally, are you in for 2019? Definitely!
Date you finished:November 9th
Message number of your list post (if you've got one):
211
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
A cyberpunk book - Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
The Reader on the 6.27 by Jean-Paul Didierlaurent - A book with a time of day in the title
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?:
The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young - A book with an animal in the title
Least favorite prompt:
A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place - only because I had moved out in the middle of nowhere with no cafes, no public transportation and no strangers.
Prompt you hope to see again:
A book set in a country that fascinates you
Last prompt you finished:
A book about feminism - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Finally, are you in for 2019?
Yes!
Date you finished: 10/7/18Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 336
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A Microhistory - I didn't know what that was but turns out it's a genre I really love. lol! I read The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World and loved it!
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore (prompt - time of day in title)
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Lily and the Octopus
Least favorite prompt: A book set in the decade you were born - boring choices for this one.
Prompt you hope to see again: The next book in a series you've started - because I read lots of series and and big TBR list!
Last prompt you finished: A book you borrowed or was a gift - Firebrand
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes - and as I come to post this, I see the list is out! I know what I'll be spending all my spare time doing this week!
Date you finished: November 12, 2018Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 165
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): The next book in a series you started: Officially I used
Undeath and Taxes but quite a few of the books I read could have been used in this categoryFavorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
Into the Drowning Deep for the prompt "a book set at sea"Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?:
Dark Harvest also
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBILeast favorite prompt: Nordic Noir - I"m really tired of Nordic prompts
Prompt you hope to see again: Next book in a series you've started
Last prompt you finished: Book that takes place on another planet
Finally, are you in for 2019? Oh heck yes! Have about 95% plotted out already
I finished!!Wow, I didn't think I'd achieve this at all, and we're only in mid-November and I've managed both the regular (42 version) and advanced list...plus a few extra books as well. My mind is pretty blown right now. I tried the challenge in 2017 and only managed 30 books, so I was dubious about even getting the regular prompts completed.
My passion for reading has been reignited by this experience. I'm currently on book 57 of the year, and before that my record was 50 (and I didn't have a baby or full time job back then!). I realised that I had been filling my time with useless crap like scrolling social media - once I let go of things like that, I had so much more time to read!
Date you finished: Today! 13 November 2018
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 308. Though I'll post my list under a spoiler tag below.
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): I thought that the feminism and mental health prompts were good, but the ancestry one was probably my favourite. And I read an incredible book for it - The Door
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Besides the above, I have to highlight The Thirteenth Tale (for set in a bookshop or library), Black Swan Green (decade I was born), The Goldfinch (heist), The Essex Serpent (author with same name), Atonement (year I graduated)
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Definitely Something Wicked This Way Comes (halloween) because the author had never appealed to me, and probably Lullaby (stranger reading in public) because I'm not keen on reading about dead babies...
Least favorite prompt: Set on another planet. I'm just not crazy about space... But I did enjoy The Book of Strange New Things
Prompt you hope to see again: Most of them! But worthy ones like a problem facing society are always good.
Last prompt you finished: Advanced prompt #7, an author with the same first/last name as you
Finally, are you in for 2019? Already compiling my list! I'm trying to savour the process though, so restricting myself to a couple of prompts a day!
My full list - (view spoiler)
Date you finished: 11/14/18Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 646
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book with a song lyric in the title Heart-Shaped Box
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to And Then There Were None
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America
Least favorite prompt: Book set at sea or a book about a heist
Prompt you hope to see again: A book that is also a stage play or musical
Last prompt you finished: A book set at sea
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes :)
Date you finished: Nov 15th!Message number of your list post (if you've got one): N/A
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A childhood classic you've never read - Bad Beginnings: A Series of Unfortunate Events. How did I never read this series? Good to go back to childhood and read something fun/light/easy.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): A book about a problem facing society today - Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail. Yes I stretched the prompt some. Getting exercise/being healthy and protecting the environment being the problem facing society. But - wow - the story of this woman and what she did!
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Sex on the Moon: The Amazing Story Behind the Most Audacious Heist in History for the Book involving a heist prompt
Least favorite prompt: Cyberpunk
Prompt you hope to see again: Microhistory
Last prompt you finished: A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - Jane Eyre
Finally, are you in for 2019? YES YES YES
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OMG I did it!Date you finished: 11/17/18
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book being read by a stranger in a public place. This gave me the perfect excuse to read a book I saw being read at the airport in 2017, The Tsar of Love and Techno. The gentleman reading it ended up sitting a row ahead of me on the plane and I was so intrigued with the title I had to ask him about it. He gave it a glowing recommendation.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): I read a lot of great books this year but I keep gushing about Station Eleven (and got quoted on the popsugar article about it) so I'll stick with it. I read it for a book recommended by someone else doing the challenge.
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: never say never, but I doubt I would've picked up Space Opera this year if I didn't need a book set on another planet and it was so funny and oddly profound!
Least favorite prompt: A bestseller from the year you graduated high school. I'd read a lot of the ones that interested me already.
Prompt you hope to see again: I like the bookspotting style of stranger in a public place, so I'm looking forward to the seen on tv/in a movie one. Hoping to actually spot something instead of going off a list.
Last prompt you finished: An author with the same first or last name as you I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff by Abbi Jacobson. I actually read something at the end of 2017 that would've been perfect if I'd just waited a week (I did not plan at all last year) so then that one turned into a bit of a nail biter.
Finally, are you in for 2019? Absolutely!
Date you finished: Nov. 17Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 1073
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): The next book in a series you already started- I always need an excuse to actually carry on in started series'! (One Good Dragon Deserves Another )
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Guards (A book about a villain or antihero).
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: We Were Liars -I'd sworn off YA after suffering through one too many whiny Mary Sue heroines involved in love triangles, but I decided to pick this one up for the A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner. I listened to it on audio and LOVED it! I did not see the twist coming, and the teens acted like real teens, which I appreciated.
Least favorite prompt: A book with a female author that uses a male pseudonym. I couldn't really find any recent authors besides JK Rowling's Robert Galbraith. I don't count initials because while it could be to obscure ones gender (J.K. Rowling), I've seen men use initials for their children's books to differentiate between those and their gritty noir mysteries (P.B. Kerr and Philip Kerr). Plus today with the internet, it seems pretty pointless for one to try to hide gender behind a pseudonym, and I'm not really seeing anyone doing it- most authors with pseudonyms use them for writing in different genres and are very open as to their pseudonyms. (Of course, some might be successfully doing it which is why I'm not aware of it!)
Prompt you hope to see again: A book set in a country that fascinates you.
Last prompt you finished: A novel based on a real person
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes!
Date you finished: November 17, 2018Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 576
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you — The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Stand, for a book with an ugly cover
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: I loved Into the Drowning Deep, and most likely would not have found it if I hadn't been searching for a book set at sea.
Least favorite prompt: A book by a local author
Prompt you hope to see again: A book set in a country that fascinates you
Last prompt you finished: A book by a female author who uses a male pseudonym, because I had to wait for it to be published and then for my turn at the library (Lethal White).
Finally, are you in for 2019? Yes, working on my list now!
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Message number of your list post (if you've got one): #140
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): 31. A book mentioned in another book (Anne of Green Gables)
I loved this prompt last year too for the advanced challenge, and I'm glad it made an appearance in the regular challenge this year! It got a little tricky since I had planned on reading Anne of Green Gables for 33. A childhood classic you've never read, but it was mentioned in the book I read for 14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you (The Wedding Date). It all worked out though, and I'm glad I finally read Anne of Green Gables!
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Hating Game (37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to)
I actually added this to my TBR list when I saw it was a finalist in the Romance category of the Goodreads Choice awards in 2016, and I kept meaning to read it but I never got around to it. I saw it pop up again during Goodreads Romance week this year, so I finally read it and loved it! It's been one of my favorite books this year and I cannot wait for the author's new one in Jan!
Was there a book you LOVED that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Before We Were Yours (35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner)
The Goodreads Choice Awards season is one of my favorite times of the year, and while this was actually a more difficult prompt for me since I had read so many of the winners from previous years already, I loved that it forced me to read books I hadn't really considered reading. The book I read, Before We Were Yours, was something I passed over when it came out last year but I am so glad I read it, it was a 5 star read for me and I totally see why it was voted as the winner!
Least favorite prompt: 29. A book about or set on Halloween
They keep doing holidays, and while I LOVE Halloween, I've read a bunch already for it so I'm running out of books I actually want to read! I also feel like the prompt is really specific, I wish it was something more open ended like "spooky read" or "something with witches."
Prompt you hope to see again: 6. A novel based on a real person
I love historical fiction so this was an easy pick for me! There are so many good novels based on real people, so I would love to read more!
Last prompt you finished: 29. A book about or set on Halloween- The Halloween Tree
I just can't read Halloween books if it's not at least fall, it’s a pet peeve of mine.
Finally, are you in for 2019? Of course! This was Year #3 for me so I'm all in!