2025 Reading Challenge discussion

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36. A book you think your best friend would like: Still Life by Louise Penny
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Just completed #20 (adaptation coming out this year) - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. This book lived up to the hype! Loved the writing, the quirky characters, and the history unflinchingly portrayed. If we’re not careful, we could so easily slide back there. Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

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5. A book with mythical creatures: Fairy Tale by Stephen King

Also, change prompts; 45. A book that started out as fan fiction The Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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Book on a celebrity book club list: The Hate U Give

This was an awesome read, and it is also one of the most banned/challenged books.

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#17. A book with a love triangle: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

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Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez

A book that features two languages.

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12. A book published in spring 2023 - Where Waters Meet read 5/23/2023
26. Shortest book on your TBR list (by pages) - Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear read 5/24/2023

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11. A book about or set in Hollywood Hollywood Hills

18, A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022 A Court of Thorns and Roses

42. A book based on a popular movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

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46. A book with a pet character - Lily and the Octopus read 5/25/2023

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Song lyric in title: Then Came You
Song is Then Came You by The Spinners featuring Dionne Warwick

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21. Book set the Decade you were Born - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
36. Book you think your Friend would Like - Royal Blood
38. Book you Read Over 10 Years Ago - Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

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Just completed #16 (MC’s name in title) - Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia. I loved this book! Loved the representation, the complexity of the characters, the inclusion of Latinx stories, everything! “Maybe home was something you carried with you. Something you could call on, even if you couldn’t go back to it.“. Really good writing too! Definitely worth reading! 4.5 stars

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2. A book you bought from an independent bookstore: Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

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🍹 1. A book you meant to read in 2022: A Voice for the Spirit Bears: How One Boy Inspired Millions to Save a Rare Animal
🍹 2. A book you bought from an independent bookstore Les Reveries du Promeneur Solitaire
🍹 3. A book about a vacation Les lettres de mon moulin
🍹 4. A book by a first-time author: The Whale, the Sea and the Stars
🍹 5. A book with mythical creatures I Want to Build a Seahouse
🍹 6. A book about a forbidden romance: Ice Planet Barbarians
🍹 7. A book with "Girl" in the title Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools
🍹 8. A celebrity memoir: My Life Among the Underdogs: A Memoir
🍹 9. A book with a color in the title The Ballad of Black Tom
10. A romance with a fat lead
11. A book about or set in Hollywood
🍹 12. A book published in spring 2023 Multiverses: An anthology of alternate realities
13. A book published the year you were born
14. A modern retelling of a classic
🍹 15. A book with a song lyric as its title The Second Time Around
🍹 16. A book where the main character's name is in the title Ender’s Game
17. A book with a love triangle
🍹 18. A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022 Kindred
🍹 19. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge: Popsugar 2022 "A book that features a party" for With This Collar
20. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
21. A book set in the decade you were born
22. A book with a queer lead
🍹 23. A book with a map: Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America's Edge
24. A book with a rabbit on the cover
25. A book with just text on the cover
🍹 26. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Evil Flowers: Stories
27. A #BookTok recommendation
28. A book you bought secondhand
🍹 29. A book your friend recommended: Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
30. A book that's on a celebrity book-club list
🍹 31. A book about a family I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp
🍹 32. A book that comes out in the second half of 2023: Milk & Mocha: Our Little Happiness
33. A book about an athlete/sport
34. A historical-fiction book
35. A book about divorce
🍹 36. A book you think your best friend would like: The Prophet
🍹 37. A book you should have read in high school: A Room of One's Own
38. A book you read more than 10 years ago
39. A book you wish you could read for the first time again
40. A book by an author with the same initials as you

41. A book written during NaNoWriMo
42. A book based on a popular movie
43. A book that takes place entirely in one day
44. A book that was self-published
45. A book that started out as fan fiction
46. A book with a pet character
🍹 47. A book about a holiday that's not Christmas The Thorn Puller
🍹 48. A book that features two languages The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border
49. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
🍹 50. A book with alliteration in the title A Christmas Carol

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Just completed #12 (pub spring 2023) - The Lonely Hearts Book Club by Lucy Gilmore. This exceeded my expectations! I was expecting a fairly ordinary book about a shy girl struggling with her life. And that was true for the first segment. But then the POV shifted, and the story became so much more layered and interesting! The author did a good job at representing the voices of her characters. And she created something truly heartfelt! Definitely worth reading! 5 stars

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35. A book about divorce - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall read 5/28/23

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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 ✅
27. A #BookTok recommendation Flamer ✅
48. A book that features two languages Remarkably Bright Creatures ✅

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42. A book based on a popular movie: Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing up a Wizard by Tom Felton

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Ranmali wrote: "I'm signing up for 15 books

A book with mythical creatures - Siege and Storm
A book with "Girl" in the title - The Slave Girl
A book with a color in the title - [book..."

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01. A book with mythical creatures - [book:Siege and Storm|14061955]
02. A book with "Girl" in the title - The Slave Girl
03. A book with just text on the cover - Measure What Matters
04. A book about a family - Educated
05. A book you should have read in high school - Hidden Figures
06. A book by an author with the same initials as you - Puck of Pook's Hill
07. A book based on a popular movie - Love Story
08. A book with a color in the title - Green Island

MAY WRAP-UP!

117 participants read
132 books this month!

Year-to-date
989 books
out of a goal of 4,012

Happy June!

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20. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023 - The Three-Body Problem read 6/1/2023

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✓16. A book where the main character's name is in the title: Zootopia: Judy Hopps and the Missing Jumbo-Pop (Disney Picture Book by Walt Disney Company (finished 6/1)

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1. A book you meant to read in 2022- The Girl and the Silent Night #17 5-31

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Torn Apart by K. Webster

A song lyric in the title

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I've been working on this at the PopSugar group since the beginning of the year and just saw you have it here, too! :)

50/50 completed as of July 29

✔️ 1 A book you meant to read in 2022 - Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War
✔️ 2 A book you bought from an independent bookstore - The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)
✔️ 3 A book about a vacation - Outback (DS Walker #1)
✔️ 4 A book by a first-time author - Still Life
✔️ 5 A book with mythical creatures - His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
✔️ 6 A book about a forbidden romance - Obeying Evil
✔️ 7 A book with "Girl" in the title - The Girl on the Train
✔️ 8 A celebrity memoir - Finding Me
✔️ 9 A book with a color in the title - The ABCs of Black History
✔️ 10 A romance with a fat lead - Key Lime Kitten
✔️ 11 A book about or set in Hollywood - Wishful Drinking
✔️ 12 A book published in spring 2023 - Paradise (DS Walker #2)
✔️ 13 A book published the year you were born - Little Bear
✔️ 14 A modern retelling of a classic - Jane & Edward: A Modern Reimagining of Jane Eyre
✔️ 15 A book with a song lyric as its title You Can Go Your Own Way
✔️ 16 A book where the main character's name is in the title - Inspector Chen and the Private Kitchen Murder
✔️ 17 A book with a love triangle - Looking for Alaska
✔️ 18 A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022 - The Handmaid’s Tale
✔️ 19 A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge - Whose Body?
✔️ 20 A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023 - Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
✔️ 21 A book set in the decade you were born - The Henna Artist
✔️ 22 A book with a queer lead - The Song of Achilles
✔️ 23 A book with a map - The Magician's Nephew
✔️ 24 A book with a rabbit on the cover - The Velveteen Rabbit
✔️ 25 A book with just text on the cover - Meet Clay Brown
✔️ 26 The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list - Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
✔️ 27 A #BookTok recommendation - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
✔️ 28 A book you bought secondhand - The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and the Evolution of Cooperation
✔️ 29 A book your friend recommended - A Town Called Solace
✔️ 30 A book that's on a celebrity book-club list - The Vanishing Half
✔️ 31 A book about a family - Spare
✔️ 32 A book that comes out in the second half of 2023 - The Man Trapped By Shadows (Rooker Lindström, #2)
✔️ 33 A book about an athlete/sport - Carrie Soto Is Back
✔️ 34 A historical-fiction book - The War That Saved My Life
✔️ 35 A book about divorce - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
✔️ 36 A book you think your best friend would like - Exercises in Style
✔️ 37 A book you should have read in high school - Their Eyes Were Watching God
✔️ 38 A book you read more than 10 years ago - Charlotte's Web
✔️ 39 A book you wish you could read for the first time again - Hello Beautiful
✔️ 40 A book by an author with the same initials as you - Bonhoeffer
✔️ 41 A book written during NaNoWriMo - The Night Circus
✔️ 42 A book based on a popular movie - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
✔️ 43 A book that takes place entirely in one day - A Single Man
✔️ 44 A book that was self-published - Fred and Rose West
✔️ 45 A book that started out as fan fiction - Austenland
✔️ 46 A book with a pet character - Dog on It
✔️ 47 A book about a holiday that's not Christmas - A Demon in My View
✔️ 48 A book that features two languages - Kapaemahu
✔️ 49 The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list - Skeleton Crew
✔️ 50 A book with alliteration in the title - Demystifying Disability

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35. A book about divorce: Rock, Paper, Scissors by Alice Feeney

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23. A book with a map-A Court of Silver Flames (A Court of Thorns and Roses #4) 6-6

34. A historical-fiction book- The Echo of Old Books 6-2

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Just completed #2 (purchased at Indie) - Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis. A powerful collection of interviews and speeches from the great Angels Y. Davis during the start of President Obama’s second term. “It’s very interesting that during the commentary on Ferguson, someone pointed out that the purpose of the police is supposed to be to protect and serve. At least, that’s their slogan. Soldiers are trying to shoot to kill. We saw the way in which that manifested itself in Ferguson.“. I love her explanation of global intersectionality - freedom movements standing up for all the oppressed! “In many ways you can say that the prison serves as an institution that consolidates the state’s inability and refusal to address the most pressing social problems of this era.“ This is a great collection to read after reading some of the seminal works on anti-racism, feminism, and intersectionality. Slightly repetitive, mostly because these were speeches given in a short time period. 4 stars

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