Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion

I'll be reading "Sugar Queen" by Sarah Addison Allen. I love "Garden Spells" and "First Frost" by her so hoping I'll enjoy this one too

I’m reading Sugar Run which is on a few lists of 2019 anticipated books. It’s out tomorrow.

I'm reading The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen. This was the only book that should up on my TBR list that had any of the words in it. I also got this off of Anne Bogel's podcast.

A new Southern Noir novel Sugar Run was just released. One of Amazon’s most anticipated books of January 2019.

https://www.amazon.com/Sugar-Run-Nove...

Sara wrote: "This is a fun one, and very specific to the Popsugar challenge :)

I think I will read The Sugar Queen, but I'm curious to see what you all will suggest!"

I just finished that one for this prompt. I liked it a lot!

Doug wrote: "How do we feel about Pop. 1280? Does this count (since it's technically an abbreviation...and, yes, it IS possible that I am overthinking this...)?"

I OVERTHINK everything for this challenge.. I'm one of the technical people.. but it is the three letters "pop" so I'd go with it.

I am reading Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson

I think I'll be reading Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces for this one.

I met the author of Sugar Run today and got the book signed. So I’m probably reading that but I’ll wait to see what the group pick is for November.

I Thought of going with Anatomy of a Song: The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop
Its in the subtitle but it looks like a fun read for Musiclovers like me

I am planning on one of these: Sugar or Up to the Challenge or NPR The Best of Pop Culture Happy Hour

I had nothing on my TBR, but The Poppy War, and that already has a placement.

I‘ll probably read the graphic novel Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story, based on the true story of Betty Ross, an elder from Manitoba’s Cross Lake First Nation. Either that or Beneath the Sugar Sky.

I wholeheartedly recommend the book American POP by
Snowden Wright it was amazing!!

Sugar by Deirdre Riordan Hall

Nullifidian wrote: "For anyone taking Alisia's suggestions, please be aware that Naguib Mahfouz's Sugar Street is the third book of the Cairo Trilogy. Palace Walk and Palace of Desire come before, in that order. Howev..."

Thanks for the information! Think I might actually try this series!

I have a copy of Step Aside, Pops by Kate Beaton. Maybe I'll try that.

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Looking through the audiobook choices at my library I picked this one out because of the "pop" in the title and I recall the Jim Carey movie of the same name. I didn't realize it was a children's book at the time!

For those who like historical fiction: The Cost of Sugar

I teach English as a Second Language, so yesterday I read Hop On Pop by the wonderful Dr. Seuss with a group of six year olds: they're starting to learn how to read and write simple words, and they were awesome at spelling out all the new English words. Their favourite part was where Pat wanted to sit on the cactus (I preferred the fish in the tree, personally).

Jennifer wrote: "I’m thinking I might go easy on this category and read Hop on Pop by Dr Seuss. Also found Pop!: the invention of bubble gum by Meghan McCarthy."

GENIUS.

Thank you whoever it was that mentioned , I wasn't sure what to expect but I really enjoyed it.

Checking in to say I made a listopia for this challenge, feel free to add any books you've found that fit the bill.

I'm currently reading The Sugar Queen and I'm liking it so far! But I also recommend Pop Goes the Weasel which I've read already. It's the second book in a crime/detective/thriller series and is quite graphic, but I liked it for a holiday read.

Did the same thing as the bitter prompt and searched the word sugar. Ended up choosing this one. Sugar

Since I'm a communications major, I think I'll go with Pop Culture Freaks: Identity, Mass Media, and Society for this prompt.

Decided to go for Poppet by Mo Hayder. Been a while since I read a book in this series.

I'll read Pão de Açúcar. Açúcar= sugar

This was a cute YA book I read if anyone likes that genre
Cake Pop Crush

Black Sugar and Sugar Money (both recommended elsewhere on this thread) both look interesting for this one.

There's also PopCo (which I read some years ago, and therefore don't want to read again for this prompt!).

I read The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen for this prompt. I'm fairly ambivalent about this novel.

I haven't seen it mentioned, but I'm reading American Pop for this one! It just came out earlier this month. I started reading it yesterday and I'm enjoying it so far!

I went with the Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us that was mentioned earlier. It was horrifying but extremely educational. I've already cleaned up most of my eating habits, but damn this made it easier to bring the carrots on my camping trip.

Steph wrote: "I plan to read Sugar

Other books I have on my kindle that qualify for this prompt are:
Challenge..."

I just read Challenge and was pleasantly surprised about this author and the story.
I started out thinking 'what a Wanker' but the author managed to completely change my mind. I like that... I even started reading the next in the series.

I'm honestly not trying to get political but Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future by Pete Buttgieg works for this challenge. :)

Deborah wrote: "I'm honestly not trying to get political but Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future by Pete Buttgieg works for this challenge. :)"

And I've got this one! And I like Mayor Pete.

My initial pick for this category was a reread of The Wild Man from Sugar Creek: The Political Career of Eugene Talmadge (last read in college in the 70s). Talmadge was a Trump personality in a cheap seersucker suit. Georgia's legislature rewrote the state's constitution a couple of times to get the budget money away from Talmadge.

I'll probably read both books.

I've narrowed it down to:

The Wedding Challenge
Challenge
Challenge the Darkness
The Challenge

I'll probably read them all, but I'm leaning towards Challenge the Darkness. I'm on a paranormal romance binge.

Beauty Pop, Vol. 1 by Kiyoko Arai was my choice here. I enjoyed it more than I expected to.

I work in a library and stumbled on this one ... A Spoonful of Sugar: A Nanny's Story. The back cover says "... this delightful memoir from Britain's oldest living nanny is practically perfect in every way."

I'm going with Rapture Ready!: Adventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture. I'm not sure how deep it's going to be, but it'll be a peek into a world I don't see a lot, and I think it'll be fun.

Many thanks to the folks who mentioned pop-up books! I noodled around and found This Book Is a Planetarium: And Other Extraordinary Pop-Up Contraptions, which seems like it'll be really fun to "read" with the kids!

Just read A Call to Nursing: Nurses' Stories about Challenge and Commitment for this! :)

I’ll be reading ‘Challenge Accepted’ by Celeste Barber. I’ve been wanting to read it and now I have an excuse.

I'll read Pão de Açúcar.

I read Sugar Falls: A Residential School Story for this one. I honestly didn't realize how short it was, but that's okay! It still counts, right?

Kelli wrote: "I loved Wild by Cheryl Strayed so I’m reading Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar for this prompt."

I read it too for this prompt!

Someone here recommended Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces. Our library had it...306.874 Chabon.
On the same Non-Fiction shelf, the spine of another book caught my attention because I saw the word "sugar" and I thought "Aha! Another choice to complete the prompt".
This other book is Sugar in My Bowl: Real Women Write About Real Sex ...306.708.
They are both short, so I'm going to read them both.

I have just read Bird & Sugar Boy by Sofie Laguna - it's an excellent short YA book - Australian.

The only one I have on my TBR is Challenge Accepted! by Celeste Barber.

I read Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed. I really liked the book. I had never heard of Dear Sugar. Having read Wild I knew a little about Cheryl Strayed. I would read some of those letters & think I can’t wait to see what she says to this. The best part about the book was it filled my last prompt. I have finished the 2019 challenge.

Dana wrote: "The only one I have on my TBR is Challenge Accepted! by Celeste Barber."

I love Celeste. I got to see her standup tour last year, and she was even better in person. Definitely go see her if you have the chance!

Laura wrote: "Dana wrote: "The only one I have on my TBR is Challenge Accepted! by Celeste Barber."

I love Celeste. I got to see her standup tour last year, and she was even better in person. De..."

I will! Thank you so much :*