Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion

Carly wrote: "Hi! I am having trouble coming up with a book for CB, I know the obvious answer is Charlotte Bronte but I would really like some romance or litfic recommendations if anyone has some!"

these aren't all romance but some are

Carolyn Brown
Candace Bushnell
Christopher Brookmyre
Chloe Benjamin
Carissa Broadbent
Chris Bohjalian
Charles Bukowski
Chandler Baker
Cece Bell
Charles Burns
Clive Barker

Carly wrote: "Hi! I am having trouble coming up with a book for CB, I know the obvious answer is Charlotte Bronte but I would really like some romance or litfic recommendations if anyone has some!"
I haven't read any of these, but I found these authors:
Christy Barritt
Christi Barth
Chloe Blake
Chelle Bliss
Claire Boston
Celeste Bradley
Carolyn Brown
Carla Buchanan

I'm having a hard time finding a book with author initials DJ. Anyone have recommendations?

Danielle wrote: "I'm having a hard time finding a book with author initials DJ. Anyone have recommendations?"

Here's some I have on my list:
Diana Wynne Jones (middle grade and young adult fantasy)
Darynda Jones (paranormal romance)
Danielle L. Jensen (fantasy romance)

If you're willing to reverse the initials, there's a few more options:
J.R. Dawson (fantasy/historical)
Jen DeLuca (romance)
Jennifer Donnelly (historical, YA fantasy)

Danielle wrote: "I'm having a hard time finding a book with author initials DJ. Anyone have recommendations?"

Thank you so much! Danielle Jensen looks perfect for me.

Danielle wrote: "Danielle wrote: "I'm having a hard time finding a book with author initials DJ. Anyone have recommendations?"

Thank you so much! Danielle Jensen looks perfect for me."

Glad I could help! :)

I am having trouble finding an author with the initials CF. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!

Chalon wrote: "I am having trouble finding an author with the initials CF. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!"

Hi, I would recommend Carley Fortune! There’s also Carrie Firestone but I believe her books are YA just as a heads up :)

Chalon wrote: "I am having trouble finding an author with the initials CF. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!"


Carrie Fisher
Christine Feehan
Cordelia Fine
Caz Frear
Carolyn Ferrell
Claire Fuller
Claire Fullerton
Candice Fox

Nadine in NY wrote: "Chalon wrote: "I am having trouble finding an author with the initials CF. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!"


Carrie Fisher
Christine Feehan..."


If you like mysteries there’s also Charles Finch.

Nadine in NY wrote: "Chalon wrote: "I am having trouble finding an author with the initials CF. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!"


Carrie Fisher
Christine Feehan..."


A few more options for CF:

Cayla Fay (YA fantasy)
Cristina Fernandez (romance)
Catherine Fisher (YA fantasy)
Crystal Frasier (comics)
C.S. Friedman (SFF)
Cornelia Funke (YA fantasy)

Chalon wrote: "I am having trouble finding an author with the initials CF. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!"

Thank you so much for the recs!

Heather L wrote: "Nadine in NY wrote: "Chalon wrote: "I am having trouble finding an author with the initials CF. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!"


Carrie Fisher
[author:Christine Feeha..."


Thank you so much for the recs!

Carly wrote: "Chalon wrote: "I am having trouble finding an author with the initials CF. Does anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!"

Hi, I would recommend Carley Fortune! There’s also Carrie Firestone but I ..."


Thank you so much for the recs!

Does anyone have any good authors you recommend with initials BP or BAP?

Bridget wrote: "Does anyone have any good authors you recommend with initials BP or BAP?"

Brad Paisley wrote a short book called Diary of a Player that was pleasant enough.

Bridget wrote: "Does anyone have any good authors you recommend with initials BP or BAP?"

B.A. Paris seems tailor made for you!!


Other BPs:
Benjamin Percy
Blake Pierce
Brian Panowich
Beth Prentice
Benedict Patrick
Beatrix Potter


The "add book/author" widget seems to not be working, sorry!

Jayasoorya wrote: "Any recommendations for JK? or JR?"

I had a hard time with this as well. JR is a surprisingly hard one.

I ended up going with the new one by Jeneva Rose, whom I had never heard of before but, found at the store on one of my searches through the book section.

I ended up liking the book and read it rather quickly.

I just finished One of Us is Dead by Jeneva Rose this week. It earned a solid three out of five stars from me, being enjoyable enough for a single read but probably not two.

I used my Mi'kmaq name and my unmarried last name, so i got to read Emma In the Night by Wendy Walker.
"Enjoy" is a weird word to use for essentially heavy subject matter, so maybe I appreciated the novel, the characters, the story. All pretty much dead on. Wendy Walker knows her stuff!

Still having a hard time with this for two reasons. 1.) I mainly read nonfiction and 2.) there are so many ways I can interpret it.

RAM

- RA
- RM
- AM

*****

Or I can go by my formal name:

VAM

- VA
- VM
- AM

Ron wrote: "Still having a hard time with this for two reasons. 1.) I mainly read nonfiction and 2.) there are so many ways I can interpret it.

RAM
- RA
- RM
- AM
*****
Or I can go by my formal name:
..."

Hmm.. I found:
Roman Mars
Aaron Mahnke
Antonio J Mendez
Antonio J. Méndez
Ralph Macchio (I forgot he wrote a bio recently)
Andrew McCarthy
Vicki Myron

Diana, thanks for the assist!

Oh that's right, how could I forget about Ralph Macchio?! I might end up going that route then. I'll look into those others too though.

Still struggling to find an author with “SS” initials.

Sinead wrote: "Still struggling to find an author with “SS” initials."

Sidney Sheldon
Shel Silverstein
Sharon Stone
SS Sahoo
S.S. Segran

I read Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

Finally someone with my initials that I might actually enjoy.

A friend of mine has a book coming out soon that I thought would be perfect.

Anyone have any recommendations for TF? I love mystery/ thriller/horror! :)

Taelor wrote: "Anyone have any recommendations for TF? I love mystery/ thriller/horror! :)"

Loook no further than Tana French!!!


But if you want to look further anyway, other authors with TF initials:
Tina Fey
Tarryn Fisher
Tom Felton
Tatsuki Fujimoto
Therese Anne Fowler
Tom Franklin
Tan France
Terry Fallis
Tee Franklin
Trinity Faegen
Tammy Falkner
Terry Fan

Having a hard time with this one…
Initials KN

Kristen wrote: "Having a hard time with this one…
Initials KN"

Katherine Neville
Kim Newman
Kliph Nesteroff
Karla Nikole
Kim Neville
Kayte Nunn

My initials are TKC so I might get away with The Bodyguard by Katherine Center as I can't find anyone with TC initals!

Tom Clancy? Or have you rejected him already?

For TC, here's a few more options

Trudi Canavan (fantasy)
Truman Capote (literary, most famous for Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories)
Toni McGee Causey (action/romance)
Tony Cliff (graphic novels)
Ta-Nehisi Coates (nonfiction/historical)

Jen wrote: "For TC, here's a few more options

Trudi Canavan (fantasy)
Truman Capote (literary, most famous for Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories)
[author:To..."

Thank you so much!!

If anyone has any ideas for the initials NY, I'm all ears. I read a little bit of everything.

All I've come up with is Nicola Yoon, but would love some other options. (I'll read YA and I'll read Romance but I'm not really in the mood for a YA Romance at the moment).

[I COULD switch to NM, but even then I can only think of Nicholas Meyer or Naomi Mitchison and I wouldn't know where to start with either one of them.]

I have a few by Neon Yang on my Want to Read list, but haven't read anything by them yet, so can't recommend anything in particular.

Natalie wrote: "If anyone has any ideas for the initials NY, I'm all ears. I read a little bit of everything.

All I've come up with is Nicola Yoon, but would love some other options. (I'll read YA and I'll read R..."


there's not really much to choose from for NY, a lot of these authors look fairly obscure, except Neon Yang.

Neon Yang
Neil Young (I had no idea he'd written a memoir!!!)
Noson S. Yanofsky
Norihiro Yagi
Ninit Yunita
Nancy Yi Fan (I guess this one doesn't really count)
Noa Yedlin
Nicole Young
Nicole York / Nicole York
Nel Yomtov
Ng Yi-Sheng
Natasha Yim (picture books)


NM - there are a lot more NMs! I got tired of pasting in names, there are a lot more than this ...
Nikki May
Nick Medina
Norman Mailer
Ngaio Marsh
Nelson Mandela
Nora McInerny
N. Scott Momaday
Niccolò Machiavelli
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Norman Maclean
Nadia Murad
Natalie Mae
Naguib Mahfouz
Nancy Mitford
Nora Murphy
Nadine Matheson
Neil MacGregor
Nicola May
Nancy Milford

Joanna wrote: "I have a few by Neon Yang on my Want to Read list, but haven't read anything by them yet, so can't recommend anything in particular."

ooooh but what of theirs has made it to your TBR?

Nadine in NY wrote: "Natalie wrote: "If anyone has any ideas for the initials NY, I'm all ears. I read a little bit of everything.

All I've come up with is Nicola Yoon, but would love some other options. (I'll read YA..."

Thanks for the help - yeah NY has proved challenging compared to NM, but I really wanted to try to stick to my actual initials lol. I was excited to remember Nicola Yoon, but Neon Yang is a lil more my vibe from the looks of their work. Also thank you for reminding me about that Neil Young autobio/memoir!

I reading The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne. Although I don't have a middle name, the AM initials match my name.

Natalie wrote: "Joanna wrote: "I have a few by Neon Yang on my Want to Read list, but haven't read anything by them yet, so can't recommend anything in particular."

ooooh but what of theirs has ..."
The Black Tides of Heaven and The Genesis of Misery.

Which, looked at together make me expect grim things!

I need ideas for TS, please :)

I really am at a loss with this one. I can't really find anything written by an author with the initials ZD. Does anyone have any recs on where I can find an author list I can reference or have any recommendations?

Terris wrote: "I need ideas for TS, please :)"



Tamara Ireland Stone
Tui T. Sutherland
Trenton Lee Stewart
Tom Stoppard
Tabitha Suzuma
Tasha Suri
Tara M. Stringfellow
Tom Rob Smith
T.L. Swan
Tess Sharpe
Tom Standage
Tom Sweterlitsch
Tara Sim

Zen wrote: "I really am at a loss with this one. I can't really find anything written by an author with the initials ZD. Does anyone have any recs on where I can find an author list I can reference or have any..."


ZD is tough!!!


Zoey Draven
Zoey Dean
Zoe Dawson
Zoe Disigny
Zoey Derrick
Zoran Drvenkar
Zarah Detand



If you make use of middle names:
Mark Z. Danielewski
Zakiya Dalila Harris

Thank you so much, Nadine!

Zen wrote: "Thank you so much, Nadine!"


Good luck!! I wouldn't say you have great options hahaha!! bend this category as much as you need to ;-)

Terris wrote: "I need ideas for TS, please :)"

Someone already recommended Tom Sweterlitsch, I'll second that recommendation and give you the specific book of The Gone World. One of my favorite reads last year, though it is dark. It's a SciFi-crime-thriller. MC is like...time traveling FBI.

Nadine in NY wrote: "Zen wrote: "I really am at a loss with this one. I can't really find anything written by an author with the initials ZD. Does anyone have any recs on where I can find an author list I can reference..."

Oh my goodness, you get to read House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski! I'm jealous.