2025 Reading Challenge discussion

I'm In for 40!

1. A book becoming a movie in 2019 P.S. I Still Love You
2. A book that makes you nostalgic As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie Little Fires Everywhere
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads
6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover Death In Disguise
7. A reread of a favorite book Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
8. A book about a hobby Lemon Meringue Pie Murder
9. A book you meant to read in 2018 Every Heart a Doorway
10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title Beneath the Sugar Sky
11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover Alice Through the Looking Glass
12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore
13. A book published posthumously
14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie Murder on the Orient Express
15. A retelling of a classic
16. A book with a question in the title
17. A book set on college or university campus Educated
18. A book about someone with a superpower
19. A book told from multiple POVs
20. A book set in space
21. A book by two female authorsToil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title
23. A book set in Scandinavia
24. A book that takes place in a single day
25. A debut novel The Killings at Badger's Drift
26. A book that's published in 2019 Own Your Everyday: Overcome the Pressure to Prove and Show Up for What You're Made to Do
27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature A Wind in the Door
28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire Where the Crawdads Sing
29. A book with LOVE in the title To All the Boys I've Loved Before
30. A book featuring an amateur detective Blueberry Muffin Murder
31. A book about a family The Penultimate Peril
32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America
33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title
34. A book that includes a wedding Always and Forever, Lara Jean
35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter All the Missing Girls
36. A ghost story Lincoln in the Bardo
37. A book with a two-word title Cordially Invited
38. A novel based on a true story
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge(2016 guaranteed to bring you joy) I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends

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41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book
A "choose-your-own-adventure" book My Side of the Mountain
43. An "own voices" bookThe Hate U Give
4. Read a book during the season it is set inThe Slippery Slope
45. A LitRPG book
A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters With the Fire on High
47. Two books that share the same title
48. Two books that share the same title
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent Faithful Unto Death

30/40

Melissa wrote: "Please sign me up for 40!

POPSUGAR 2019 challenge
Currently: 36/40
XX1. A book becoming a movie in 2019 Five Feet Apart
XX2. A book that makes you nostalgic As You Wish
3. A book written by a musi..."

Welcome Melissa! :D

Kelsey wrote: "I'm In for 40! Sorry for the late start.

Will update later."

Welcome! No worries, you can join any time you want to ^^

Updated! Great job everyone :D

Update msg 4: 50/50 - COMPLETE ✔️🤸‍♂️🥳

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Update message 153

35/40

22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler 8/23/19

30/50

38. A novel based on a true story - The Nightingale

This is my favorite book of the year so far!

Completed 6/15

1. A book becoming a movie in 2019 (#1) - The Sun Is Also a Star
2. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads (#5) - Life of Pi
3. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover (#6) - Leave It to Psmith
4. A book about a hobby (#8) - Confessions of a Shopaholic (because shopping is a hobby!)
5. A book you meant to read in 2018 (#9) - Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist
6. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire (#28) - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (recommended by Bill Gates)

13. A book published posthumously: I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

27 done

Update to message #44

TOTAL (English + Spanish): 66/100

Please update Post #228

#12 What the Wind knows

Thank-you

Please update post #228

#8 a book about a hobby: Tartine Classic Recipes

Thank-you

20/40
My Goal is complete but will still keep going!

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✅ 1. A book becoming a movie in 2019 Where'd You Go, Bernadette
✅2. A book that makes you nostalgic Mariana
✅ 3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction) Useless Magic
✅4. A book you think should be turned into a movie Next Year in Havana
✅5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
✅6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover The Rose Garden
✅7. A reread of a favorite book Pride and Prejudice
✅ 8. A book about a hobby Like Water for Chocolate (cooking)
✅9. A book you meant to read in 2018 The Fifth Season
10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title The Poppy War
11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover Size 12 Is Not Fat
✅ 12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore The Buried Giant
13. A book published posthumously Lady Susan
✅ 14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie Rebecca (Gilmore Girls)
✅ 15. A retelling of a classic Pride
✅ 16. A book with a question in the title Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
✅17. A book set on college or university campus Secret Society Girl
✅ 18. A book about someone with a superpower Calamity
✅ 19. A book told from multiple POVs Big Little Lies
✅ 20. A book set in space Skyward
✅21. A book by two female authors Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title There's Something About Sweetie
✅23. A book set in Scandinavia A Man Called Ove
✅ 24. A book that takes place in a single day The Test
✅ 25. A debut novel The Astonishing Color of After
✅ 26. A book that's published in 2019 The Winter of the Witch
✅27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature The Wicked King
✅28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire Little
✅29. A book with LOVE in the title Love From A to Z
30. A book featuring an amateur detective Murder at the Vicarage
✅ 31. A book about a family The Library of Lost and Found
✅ 32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America Pachinko
✅33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title The Priory of the Orange Tree
✅34. A book that includes a wedding Diamond Fire
✅ 35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter When We Left Cuba
✅ 36. A ghost story The Screaming Staircase
✅ 37. A book with a two-word title Troubled Waters
✅ 38. A novel based on a true story Alias Grace
✅39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
✅40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge Sadie (a character's name)

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✅41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book War Girls
✅42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book Maybe in Another Life
✅43. An "own voices" book Release
✅44. Read a book during the season it is set in The Rest of the Story
45. A LitRPG book
✅ 46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters The Color of Magic
47. Two books that share the same title
48. Two books that share the same title
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up
✅ 50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent Red Sister

Update message 78, 36/50

✓21. A book by two female authors - The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen (8/28)

update msg 14: 33/50

Updated message #1132 to 41/50

Edited post #48.

Goal raised to 35.

So far 31/35.

Mie wrote: "Update msg 4: 50/50 - COMPLETE ✔️🤸‍♂️🥳"

Congrats Mie, awesome work :D

Update to message 780:

24. A book that takes place in a single day- The Sun is Also a Star DONE

47. Two books that share the same title- The Double (Dostoyevsky) DONE
(Counting this though the actual copy I found was part of a larger collection and I only read this novella- still working on getting a hold of my other matching book, The Double by Jose Saramago)

37/30 completed

Updated post 164
28/45

Update to message #44

TOTAL (English + Spanish): 67/100

Updated message 8-- 40/50-- a book set on a college or university campus-- The Godwulf Manuscript

Message 219 updated:
30/30 read

**UPDATED GOAL: 40

Update post #178

22/30

11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover - In the Company of My Sistahs by Angie Daniels
15. A retelling of a classic - Pumpkin: a Cindermama Story by Ines Johnson

Update: Message 161
16/20
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie: The Night Circus

message update 571
7/15

Updated message 13.

23/25

Update to msg 221: 20/30 read.

Update to message 780:

16. A book with a question in the title- Dear Mr. Rogers: Does It Ever Rain in Your Neighborhood?... DONE

38/30

Update to msg 1464: 40/40
CHALLENGE COMPLETED 8/29/19

43/50

3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction): Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

updated message 99: 21/20

update to message 210 30/40 finished

Update: Message 161
17/20
2. A book that makes you nostalgic: Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

Just completed #47 (1st title with same name) - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou. This is an utterly fascinating and terrifying work of investigative journalism! To think that this woman put patients' lives at risk speaks to the very worst about corporate greed. Well-written and supported. My only criticism was it was a bit dry in the first quarter of the book. Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

41/50

Edited post #48.
So far 32/35.

Please update #228

#38 That Churchill Woman

21/40 books read.

Update to message #44

TOTAL (English + Spanish): 78/100

Update to #1480

#29 Love From A to Z

34/36 read

update message 80: 16/50

update to message 37

Completed 42/52

4. A book you think should be turned into a movie - Scythe
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads - The Lovely Bones
19. A book told from multiple POVs - The Bear and the Nightingale
21. A book by two female authors - My Lady Jane
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title - Bitter Greens
29. A book with LOVE in the title - Love Letters to the Dead
30. A book featuring an amateur detective - The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter
33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title - Ginny Moon
36. A ghost story - The Screaming Staircase
37. A book with a two-word title- Amy Snow
41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book - Trail of Lightning
42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book - My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel
44. Read a book during the season it is set in - The Rapture

Message 128 updated

27/40 books read

Update to message #44

TOTAL (English + Spanish): 80/100

32/50

7. A reread of a favorite book - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover - Pretty Girls (necklace)

Just completed #12 (inspired by folklore) - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. What an incredible, fantastical tale! I loved Vasya, her courage and grit. I love how the author wove in the earth magic and contrasted that with the patriarchal church. I cannot wait to read the 2nd book! Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

42/50

Updating message 780:

32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America- Left to Tell DONE

Post 183 updated!

21/50

6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues

Updated ^^

Update to message #44

TOTAL (English + Spanish): 81/100