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2023 Reading Challenge: Popsugar (msg #17, last # 771)

📖 Popsugar Challenge 📖

Goal: 50/50 🎉

✔1. A book you meant to read in 2022 The Passengers
✔2. A book you bought from an independent bookstore Love in the Time of Serial Killers
✔3. A book about a vacation The Ruins
✔4. A book by a first-time author Church of Marvels
✔5. A book with mythical creatures Fairy Tale
✔6. A book about a forbidden romance The Night Circus
✔7. A book with "Girl" in the title The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
✔8. A celebrity memoir Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
✔9. A book with a color in the title All Systems Red
✔10. A romance with a fat lead The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy
✔11. A book about or set in Hollywood The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
✔12. A book published in spring 2023 The London Séance Society
✔13. A book published the year you were born The Alchemist
✔14. A modern retelling of a classic Incense and Sensibility
✔15. A book with a song lyric as its title The Housemaid
✔16. A book where the main character's name is in the title Looking for Alaska
✔17. A book with a love triangle House of Hunger
✔18. A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022 Beartown
✔19. A book that fulfills a prompt (first time doing one) from a past challenge (A book featuring a man made disaster) The Light Pirate
✔20. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023 The Last Thing He Told Me
✔21. A book set in the decade you were born The Witching Hour
✔22. A book with a queer lead Us Against You
✔23. A book with a map All the Missing Girls
✔24. A book with a rabbit on the cover Hell Bent
✔25. A book with just text on the cover Who Is Maud Dixon?
✔26. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list Champagne for One: A Celebration of Solitude
✔27. A #BookTok recommendation Flamer
✔28. A book you bought secondhand. His & Hers
✔29. A book your friend recommended The Pagan Origins of Christian Holidays
✔30. A book that's on a celebrity book-club list Little Fires Everywhere
✔31. A book about a family Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six
✔ 32. A book that comes out in the second half of 2023 Assistant to the Villain
✔33. A book about an athlete/sport The Winners
✔34. A historical-fiction book To The Bright Edge of the World
✔35. A book about divorce After I Do
✔36. A book you think your best friend would like Midnight Is the Darkest Hour
✔37. A book you should have read in high school 1984
✔38. A book you read more than 10 years ago Inheritance
✔39. A book you wish you could read for the first time again Fourth Wing
✔40. A book by an author with the same initials as you The New Husband
BONUS
✔41. A book written during NaNoWriMo Evvie Drake Starts Over
✔42. A book based on a popular movie Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
✔43. A book that takes place entirely in one day Falling
✔44. A book that was self-published Eragon]
✔45. A book that started out as fan fiction Throne of Glass
✔46. A book with a pet character Lessons in Chemistry
✔47. A book about a holiday that's not Christmas All Hallows
✔48. A book that features two languages Remarkably Bright Creatures
✔49. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list It
✔50. A book with alliteration in the title Déjà Dead

2023 Reading Challenge: Serial Reader (msg #10, last #694)

📖 Serial Reader Challenge 📖

Goal: 48/10 Books, 10/3 Series

🎉Alex Stern:
✔1. Ninth House
✔2. Hell Bent

🎉Beartown:
✔1. Beartown
✔2. Us Against You
✔3. The Winners

Black Harbor:
✔1. Hello, Transcriber
✔2. The Widowmaker

🎉A Court of Thorns and Roses:
✔1. A Court of Thorns and Roses
✔2. A Court of Mist and Fury
✔3. A Court of Wings and Ruin
✔3.5. A Court of Frost and Starlight
✔4. A ​Court of Silver Flames

Coven of Bones:
✔1. The Coven

DUNE:
✔2. Dune Messiah

🎉The Empyrean Series:
✔1. Fourth Wing
✔2. Iron Flame

🎉The Inheritance Cycle:
✔1. Eragon (Re-Read)
✔2. Eldest (Re-Read)
✔3. Brisingr (Re-Read)
✔4. Inheritance (Re-Read)
✔4.5. The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon
✔5. Murtagh

🎉Letters of Enchantment:
✔1. Divine Rivals
✔2. Ruthless Vows

🎉Mayfair Witches:
✔1. The Witching Hour
✔2. Lasher
✔3. Taltos

🎉Monk and Robot:
✔1. A Psalm for the Wild-Built
✔2. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy

🎉The Murderbot Diaries:
✔1. All Systems Red
✔2. Artificial Condition
✔3. Rogue Protocol
✔4. Exit Strategy
✔5. Network Effect
✔6. Fugitive Telemetry
✔7. System Collapse

The Rajes:
✔2. Recipe for Persuasion
✔3. Incense and Sensibility

The Shepherd King Series:
✔1. One Dark Window
2.Two Twisted Crowns

🎉Throne of Glass:
✔0. The Assassin's Blade
✔1. Throne of Glass
✔2. Crown of Midnight
✔3. Heir of Fire
✔4. Queen of Shadows
✔5. Empire of Storms
✔6. Tower of Dawn
✔7. Kingdom of Ash

Temperance Brennan:
✔1. Déjà Dead

2023 Reading Challenge: Bibliopoly (msg #244, last #832)

📖 Bibliopoly Challenge 📖

Goal: 40/40 🎉

✔1. Go: Read a book set on two or more continents. The Witching Hour
✔2. Purple: Read a book with a wheelbarrow, garden tool or plant on the cover or in the title. Bad Cree
✔3. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Group Reads. (Which month and book?) May - Lessons in Chemistry
✔4. Purple: Read a translated book originally written in a language other than your native tongue. Us Against You
✔5. Tax: Read a book with money on the cover or in the title. A ​Court of Silver Flames
✔6. Reading Railroad: Read a book from a celebrity book club list, such as Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, etc. The Maid
✔7. Blue: Read a book with any type of hat or headwear on the cover or in the title. The Cuban Heiress
✔8. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest number of ratings. Empire of Storms
✔9. Blue: Read a book with an author or character whose sexual orientation is different from your own. House of Hunger
✔10. Blue: Read a book with any shade of blue on the cover or in the title. The Push
✔11. In Jail: Read a banned or challenged book. Beartown
✔12. Pink: Read a book with any type of dog on the cover or in the title. The Call of the Wild
✔13. Electric Company: Read a book with a light source on the cover. The London Séance Society
✔14. Pink: Read a book with an author or character whose nationality or birth country is different from your own. A Thousand Splendid Suns
✔15. Pink: Read a book with any shade of pink on the cover or in the title. The Blonde Identity
✔16. Pennsylvania Railroad: Read a book published under an author’s pen name. 1984
✔17. Orange: Read a book with a ship or boat on the cover, or involving water travel. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
✔18. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Readathons. (Which readathon? List one book you read for it.) Reading Rainbow (Team Yellow) Recursion
✔19. Orange: Read a book with an author or character whose religious or spiritual beliefs are different from your own. Lasher
✔20. Orange: Read a book with any shade of orange on the cover or in the title. Church of Marvels
✔21. Free Parking: Read a book of your choice. Anything goes! To The Bright Edge of the World
✔22. Red: Read a book with a car, truck or bus on the cover, or involving a road trip. The Passengers
✔23. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf among the ten oldest or newest additions. The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
✔24. Red: Read a book with an author or character whose race or ethnicity is different from your own. Incense and Sensibility
✔25. Red: Read a book with any shade of red on the cover or in the title. The Bandit Queens
✔26. B&O Railroad: Read a book with an author or title beginning with B or O. (Author’s first or last name; title’s first main word. Omit the, and, of, etc.) Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
✔27. Yellow: Read a book with a boot or shoe on the cover, or involving foot travel. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
✔28. Yellow: Read a book with an author or character who has a physical disability or impairment, an emotional or mental disorder, or a neurodivergent condition. Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body
✔29. Water Works: Read a book with any form of water on the cover. The Last Thing He Told Me
✔30. Yellow: Read a book with any shade of yellow on the cover or in the title. The Chicken Sisters
✔31. Go to Jail: Read a crime fiction or true crime book. Dead Girl Running
✔32. Green: Read a book with a thimble, sewing or craft implement on the cover or in the title. In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
✔33. Green: Read a book with an author or character whose gender is different from your own. Eragon
✔34. Community Chest: Participate in one of our Buddy Reads or TBR Twins. (Which activity? What book did you and your twin/buddies read?) Buddy Read (June)- Artificial Condition
✔35. Green: Read a book with any shade of green on the cover or in the title. News of the World
✔36. Shortline Railroad: Read a book under 200 pages long. The Pagan Origins of Christian Holidays
✔37. Chance: Read a book from your TBR shelf within the ten highest or lowest average star rating. The Winners
✔38. Dark Blue: Read a book with any type of cat on the cover or in the title. City of Ghosts
✔39. Luxury Tax: Read a book with a gemstone or precious metal on the cover or in the title. The House of Eve
✔40. Dark Blue: Read a book that won an award. (Which one?) A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Hugo Award)

📖 Buddy Reads 📖

✔March: 1984
✔April: Fairy Tale
✔May: All Systems Red
✔June: Artificial Condition
✔July: Rogue Protocol
✔Aug: Exit Strategy
✔Sept: Network Effect

📖 Group Reads 📖

✔May: Lessons in Chemistry

Tentative Schedule for 2023 Readathons:

February: Love What You Read (Individual) ❌ Super Bowl Weekend
June: Reading Rainbow (Team Yellow) June 9-18
Finished: 8 prompts
Yellow Cover
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Yellow Title
1. 2. 3.


September 15-24: We Are Family (Team)

THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (msg #8, last #84)
Duration: July 1 - July 31, 2023

Goal: 10/10 Books ✔

For the July theme of Circus, this challenge explores the traditional circus and some of its amazing acts. To join, post a comment to let the challenge leader know how many books you plan to read. It's time to stop clowning around, and figure out how many titles you can juggle!

✔🤸🏽‍♂️ 1. Acrobats/Aerialists: These athletes and gymnasts run, spin and tumble across the ring, or hang, swing and fly in the air.
Read a book involving a sport or athletic activity, or an adventure book. Evvie Drake Starts Over
✔🐘 2. Animals: Traditionally, trained animals were used to draw in the crowds.
Read a book with a typical circus animal (dog, horse, elephant, lion, tiger, sea lion, snake, etc.) as a character, on the cover, or in the title. The Call of the Wild
✔🎪 3. Big Top: This is the name for the tent used by a travelling circus.
Read a book featuring a major attraction, set in a circus, or with a red and white cover. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
✔🤡 4. Clowns: Circus clowns perform comedy skits in distinct makeup and costumes.
Read a book involving a clown, someone in disguise, or someone who acts silly. It
✔🔥 5. Fire Eating: This spectacular act involves putting a flaming object into the mouth and extinguishing it.
Read a book with fire, food, or a drink on the cover or in the title. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
✔🤹 6. Juggling: Jugglers often manipulate multiple objects at once.
Read a book involving juggling or multitasking, or with a juggler's prop in the title or on the cover (ball, club, ring, plate, orange, apple, etc.) A Court of Mist and Fury
✔🔪 7. Knife Throwing: This act involves one person throwing knives at, or very close to, another person.
Read a thriller, or a book with a cutting instrument on the cover or in the title. A Court of Wings and Ruin
✔🦁 8. Lion Tamer: The spectacle of the tamer and the lions is a part of circus tradition.
Read a book involving any kind of training, or someone in a dangerous situation or activity. You Were Always Mine
✔🃏 9. Magician: Magic acts and illusions can be part of a large circus performance.
Read a book involving any kind of magic or illusion, or a tricky character. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
✔🎩 10. Ringmaster: The master or mistress of ceremonies traditionally wears a top hat and tail coat, greets the guests, and introduces the acts.
Read a book with formal attire on the cover, or with one of these words in the title: welcome, greetings, introducing, biggest, amazing, spectacular, dangerous, greatest, show, earth. Variations are also acceptable, i.e., big, danger, greatness, etc. Incense and Sensibility

Q3 Challenge: TERRA INCOGNITA (msg # 42)
Duration: July 1 - September 30, 2023

Goal: 13/13 Books - Complete

✔1. The Darién Gap:
• Read a book set in an inhospitable or dangerous place Rogue Protocol

✔2. Gangkhar Puensum:
• Read a book with a mountain on the cover The Call of the Wild

✔3. Sakha:
• Read the longest book in your TBR shelf It

✔4. Vale do Javari:
• Read a book involving indigenous people Network Effect

✔5. Fiordland National Park:
• Read a book with a body of water on the cover. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

✔6. Son Doong Cave:
• Read a book involving a cave or river The River

✔7. The Deep Sea:
• Read a book with an aquatic animal on the cover Evvie Drake Starts Over

✔8. Cape Melville National Park:
• Read a book with an aircraft or wall on the cover Falling

✔9. Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park:
• Read a book with “island” in the title The Island

✔10. Rub’ al Khali:
• Read a book set in an extremely hot place Dune Messiah

✔11. Namib Desert:
• Read a book that is part of a series. A Court of Wings and Ruin

✔12. Patagonia:
• Read a book set in a mountainous region. A ​Court of Silver Flames

✔13. Kamchatka:
• Read a book with a one-word title. Brisingr