2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Update to message #6: 37/40

update to message #78:

50/50!

Thank you for hosting this challenge for 2023!

Update #57

36/50

✔1 A book you meant to read in 2022
The Winners
✔2 A book you bought from an independent bookstore
The Tender Bar: A Memoir
✔3 A book about a vacation (January)
One Italian Summer
✔4 A book by a first-time author
Remarkably Bright Creatures
5 A book with mythical creatures
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
✔6 A book about a forbidden romance
Woman on Fire
✔7 A book with "Girl" in the title (March)
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
✔8 A celebrity memoir
I'm Glad My Mom Died
✔9 A book with a color in the title
The Ink Black Heart
10 A romance with a fat lead
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
✔11 A book about or set in Hollywood
Blonde
12 A book published in spring 2023
A Shadow in Moscow or The Soulmate
✔13 A book published the year you were born
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
✔14 A modern retelling of a classic
Gingerbread
15 A book with a song lyric as its title
All the Lonely People
✔16 A book where the main character's name is in the title
Demon Copperhead
✔17 A book with a love triangle
Out of the Easy
18 A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
Lolita
✔19 A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge (Woman in STEM)
The Half-Life of Marie Curie
20 A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
The Plot
21 A book set in the decade you were born
Killers of a Certain Age
✔22 A book with a queer lead (June)
The Tradition
✔23 A book with a map
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
✔24 A book with a rabbit on the cover
Watership Down
25 A book with just text on the cover
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
✔26 The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Half Light
27 A #BookTok recommendation (April)
Transcendent Kingdom
28 A book you bought secondhand
The Bone People
✔29 A book your friend recommended
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
✔30 A book that's on a celebrity book-club list (August)
Sula
✔31 A book about a family
North and South
✔32 A book that comes out in the second half of 2023 (December)
None of This Is True
✔33 A book about an athlete/sport
Hank Aaron: A Tribute To The Hammer 1934-2021
✔34 A historical-fiction book
The Fountains of Silence
✔35 A book about divorce
Mad Honey
✔36 A book you think your best friend would like
The Women of Chateau Lafayette
37 A book you should have read in high school
Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass
✔38 A book you read more than 10 years ago
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
39 A book you wish you could read for the first time again
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
✔40 A book by an author with the same initials as you
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
✔41 A book written during NaNoWriMo (November)
Evvie Drake Starts Over
✔42 A book based on a popular movie
The Color Purple
✔43 A book that takes place entirely in one day (February)
The Sun Is Also a Star
✔44 A book that was self-published
Murder at the Mayfair Hotel
✔45 A book that started out as fan fiction
Austenland
✔46 A book with a pet character
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
47 A book about a holiday that's not Christmas (July)
The Guncle
✔48 A book that features two languages
Next Year in Havana
49 The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
The Count of Monte Cristo
✔50 A book with alliteration in the title
Silver Sparrow

Please update Msg 64

30/30 COMPLETED

14. A modern retelling of a classic - Prom & Prejudice



Thanks! This was fun and challenging.

Update to message 28 - 46/50 books read.

26/50

5. A book with mythical creatures: Legendborn Demons and mythical creatures galore.

Update to message #625

18/20

24. A book with a rabbit on the cover - Watership Down

Update to 26, 25/25 read

updated message 41
13/15

Update to message #52

12/14

I read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson for prompt #26, the shortest book by pages on my TBR

Updated message 88-- 36/50
A book based on a popular movie: It's a Wonderful Wife (It's a Wonderful Life)

Congratulations everyone who has completed their goal! Just a few weeks left and I hope to see you in the 2024 challenge!

Update to message #38

50/50 - Completed!🥳

Message 79 updated!

LORD, SO CLOSE SKJFKSJ

Completed: 49 / 50

╰☆☆ Normal: 40 / 40
╰☆☆ Advanced: 9 / 10

Updated message 88-- 37/50

Update to Message #11:

A book about a vacation: The Villa by Rachel Hawkins

49/50 - one more to go!

Update to message #625

19/20

14. A modern retelling of a classic
Troy - a retelling of the Iliad by Stephen Fry

Update to message #6: 40/40
Challenge completed.

Updated message 88-- 39/50

Update to Message # 11

32. A book that comes out in the second half of 2023: The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger

50/50!!!! Finished!!!

Update message #17

Popsugar Challenge Complete!

Goal: 50/50 🎉

✔38. A book you read more than 10 years ago Inheritance

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..."

Completed 15/15!

A book with mythical creatures - [book:Siege and Storm|14061955]
A book with "Girl" in the title - The Slave Girl
A book with a color in the title - Green Island
A book with a song lyric as its title - Tender Is the Night
A book where the main character's name is in the title - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
A book with just text on the cover - Measure What Matters
A #BookTok recommendation - Ready Player One
A book you bought secondhand - Do Not Say We Have Nothing
A book about a family - Educated
A book that's on a celebrity book-club list - The Invention of Wings
A historical-fiction book - Alias Grace
A book you should have read in high school - Hidden Figures
A book by an author with the same initials as you - Puck of Pook's Hill
A book based on a popular movie - Love Story
A book with alliteration in the title - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Message #111 updated:

Progress: 44/40

Challenge met!

Update to message #625

20/20 - DONE!

22. A book with a queer lead
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain

Update: #13

50/50

COMPLETE!

Updating message #9

46/50 completed


2. A book you bought from an independent bookstore Woodland Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland DONE

41. A book written during NaNoWriMo The Astonishing Color of After DONE

Message 81 updated with 38/35 books finished :)

Update #57 - COMPLETED 50/50

COMPLETED - 2023 PopSugar Reading Challenge
Last Update: December 25
Completed = ✔
50/50

✔1 A book you meant to read in 2022
The Winners
✔2 A book you bought from an independent bookstore
The Tender Bar: A Memoir
✔3 A book about a vacation (January)
One Italian Summer
✔4 A book by a first-time author
Remarkably Bright Creatures
✔5 A book with mythical creatures
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
✔6 A book about a forbidden romance
Woman on Fire
✔7 A book with "Girl" in the title (March)
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
✔8 A celebrity memoir
I'm Glad My Mom Died
✔9 A book with a color in the title
The Ink Black Heart
✔10 A romance with a fat lead
Get a Life, Chloe Brown
✔11 A book about or set in Hollywood
Blonde
✔12 A book published in spring 2023
I'd Really Prefer Not to Be Here with You, and Other Stories
✔13 A book published the year you were born
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
✔14 A modern retelling of a classic
Gingerbread
✔15 A book with a song lyric as its title
All the Lonely People
✔16 A book where the main character's name is in the title
Demon Copperhead
✔17 A book with a love triangle
Out of the Easy
✔18 A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
Beloved
✔19 A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge (Woman in STEM)
The Half-Life of Marie Curie
✔20 A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
The Plot
✔21 A book set in the decade you were born
Killers of a Certain Age
✔22 A book with a queer lead (June)
The Tradition
✔23 A book with a map
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
✔24 A book with a rabbit on the cover
Watership Down
✔25 A book with just text on the cover
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
✔26 The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Half Light
✔27 A #BookTok recommendation (April)
Transcendent Kingdom
✔28 A book you bought secondhand
The Dragon in the Sock Drawer
✔29 A book your friend recommended
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
✔30 A book that's on a celebrity book-club list (August)
Sula
✔31 A book about a family
North and South
✔32 A book that comes out in the second half of 2023 (December)
None of This Is True
✔33 A book about an athlete/sport
Hank Aaron: A Tribute To The Hammer 1934-2021
✔34 A historical-fiction book
The Fountains of Silence
✔35 A book about divorce
Mad Honey
✔36 A book you think your best friend would like
The Women of Chateau Lafayette
✔37 A book you should have read in high school
Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass
✔38 A book you read more than 10 years ago
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
✔39 A book you wish you could read for the first time again
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
✔40 A book by an author with the same initials as you
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
✔41 A book written during NaNoWriMo (November)
Evvie Drake Starts Over
✔42 A book based on a popular movie
The Color Purple
✔43 A book that takes place entirely in one day (February)
The Sun Is Also a Star
✔44 A book that was self-published
Murder at the Mayfair Hotel
✔45 A book that started out as fan fiction
Austenland
✔46 A book with a pet character
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
✔47 A book about a holiday that's not Christmas (July)
Pumpkins in Paradise
✔48 A book that features two languages
Next Year in Havana
✔49 The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
The Count of Monte Cristo
✔50 A book with alliteration in the title
Silver Sparrow

updated message #45

Completed 50/50

Message 24 Updated

14/14

CHALLENGE COMPLETED

Updating message #9

47/50 completed

21. A book set in the decade you were born The First Woman DONE

I don't think I'm gonna make it, but I'm still trying...

updated message 41
14/15

Update, 50/50 completed for the year! See the image below :)

Message 79 updated!

I DID IT! Third time WAS the charm!

Completed: 50 / 50

╰☆☆ Normal: 40 / 40
╰☆☆ Advanced: 10 / 10

I updated post #5. I completed 3 more books for a total of 43/30.

Thanks!

Update to Message #29
Progress 49/50

Updating message #9

49/50 completed

9. A book with a color in the title Between Shades of Gray DONE

28. A book you bought secondhand The Indigo Girl: A Novel (replacing Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers) DONE

I replaced the book I was planning to read with one I already read.

I read Winterwood, but I thought it would be more centered on a Wiccan or Pagan holiday in winter and it really wasn't, so I am adding one more book- trying to finish it today. :)

Update to Message #101
Completed: 15/50

Update to post 25- finished book 21 of 21!

Updated message 88-- 40/50

message 62 update, 20/20!

My final count for the year: 35/30

1. A book you meant to read in 2022 - Our Missing Hearts
2. A book you bought from an independent bookstore - Memphis, Martin and the Mountaintop
3. A book about a vacation - Less is Lost
4. A book by a first-time author - Nia’s Vibrant Colors
5. A book with mythical creatures - Circe
6. A book about a forbidden romance - You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty
7. A book with “Girl” in the title - Girl in Pieces
8. A celebrity memoir - Still Foolin’ ‘Em
9. A book with a color in the title - The Color of My Words
10. A romance with a fat lead - Act Your Age, Eve Brown
11. A book about or set in Hollywood - Friends, Lovers, and the Big, Terrible Thing
12. A book published in spring 2023 - Poverty, by America
14. A modern retelling of a classic - Hello, Beautiful (Little Women)
15. A book with a song lyric as its title - Maybe Someday
16. A book where the main character's name is in the title - Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War
17. A book with a love triangle - Every Summer After
18. A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022 - It Began with a Page
19. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge (2022 - A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title) - Thicker Than Water: A Memoir
21. A book set in the decade you were born - Take My Hand
22. A book with a queer lead - Delilah Green Doesn’t Care
23. A book with a map - Atlas of South America
24. A book with a rabbit on the cover - Wow, No Thank You
25. A book with just text on the cover - How the Word is Passed
26. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list - Dim Sum for Everyone
27. A #BookTok recommendation - The Inheritance Games
29. A book your friend recommended -Caste
30. A book that's on a celebrity book-club list - The House of Eve
31. A book about a family - The Last Thing He Told Me
32. A book that comes out in the second half of 2023 - The Home Edit: Stay Organized
33. A book about an athlete/sport - Henry Aaron’s Dream
35. A book about divorce - It Starts With Us
36. A book you think your best friend would like - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

Advanced:

44. A book that was self-published - Bria the Community Builder
48. A book that features two languages - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
50. A book with alliteration in the title - By the Book

Update to message 28 - 50/50 books read, challenge complete!

Message 62 update - 20/20

Update to message 222:

POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE 2023
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Progress: 45/50

Final update for message #9

50/50 completed

47. A book about a holiday that's not Christmas Once Upon an Eid DONE

I technically finished 1/1/24 but I was over 80% on this last minute replacement book and I feel good about it. :)

Thank you for running the challenge!

Update msg #16:

Progress: 35 / 35 - COMPLETED

All updated through here!

Congratulations everyone!! Those who reached their goal and those who made a dent; we made it!

Hope to see you in 2024's challenge!

I'll check back one more time on Friday for any late updates.

Update message 15, finished the year with 34/50.