Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion

This thread is to mark your completion of the October challenge for the prompt: a book featuring one of the seven deadly sins (Pride, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth, Wrath). You can join the group read of Daisy Jones & the Six, or read a book of your choice.

Title:
Author:
Would you recommend this book?
Which of the 7 sins did this book include?

Title: Black Heart

Author: Holly Black

Would you recommend this book?
Yes. Holly Black is a favourite author of mine and I enjoyed this series even though it's not her best.

Which of the 7 sins did this book include?
So I read this pre-covid and now I kinda forget the book. :)
Anyway I think I went with lust. (view spoiler)[ Ultimately, Cassel chooses a girl over everything else. (hide spoiler)]

Title: Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
Author: Seth Graham-Smith and Jane Austen
Would you recommend this book? No. I thought it would be funny. It really wasn't. Jus read P&P
Which of the 7 sins did this book include? Pride

Title: Angel in a Devil's Arms
Author: Julie Anne Long
Would you recommend this book? sure! It wasn't Long's best, but even her median books are good and worth reading.
Which of the 7 sins did this book include? LUST hahaha this category was a gimme for me, because I read quite a few romances each year, and, well, they all involve lust!

Title: If We Were Villains
Author: M.L. Rio
Would you recommend this book? Yes. It was my first "dark academia" book. I liked it.
Which of the 7 sins did this book include? All of them, except for maybe sloth. They're a messed up group of theater majors, but all hard-working!

Title: Passing
Author: Nella Larsen
Would you recommend this book? Yes, absolutely. Larsen is such a powerful writer. I'm really glad she is becoming better known.
Which of the 7 sins did this book include? Envy and Lust.

Title: Daisy Jones & The Six
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Would you recommend this book? Yes. It was recommended to me by a book club friend and I ended up recommending it to my Mom when I finished it. It got me out of my early COVID reading slump and was just what I needed to escape.
Which of the 7 sins did this book include? I read this one back in March (seems like an eternity ago), but I'm pretty sure it had all of them except for maybe sloth. I'll duck into the group chat to confirm :)

Title: The House We Grew Up In
Author: Lisa Jewell

Would you recommend this book? Yes, gave it 3 stars. It wasn't terrible, but also wasn't amazing.

Which of the 7 sins did this book include?
Sloth, Envy, Greed

Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Author: Oscar Wilde

Would you recommend this book? Yes, even though it was different than I expected.

Which of the 7 sins did this book include? Since this is a classic, there are plenty of sources that discuss the existence of the 7 deadly sins in the book. Specifically, I decided to go with "Greed", but if you dig deep enough, all of the sins are included.

Completed this one early in the year.


Title: Death on the Nile
Author: Agatha Christie
Would you recommend this book? Definitely!
Which of the 7 sins did this book include? Greed, Envy and Wrath

Title: The Girl in the Mirror
Author: Rose Carlyle

Would you recommend this book? It wasn't bad for a quick thriller, but it wasn't something I would go out of my way to recommend to anyone.
Which of the 7 sins did this book include? Envy, Greed, Lust.