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2023 Challenge - General
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2023 Challenge - I Finished!
Date you finished: 10/27/2023, which was the latest I have completed the annual challenge.Message number of your list post (if you've got one): N/A
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a previous challenge - a book next in a series: Two Graves by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (A book that comes out in the last half of 2023)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb (romance with a fat lead)
Prompt you hope to see again: Romance with a fat lead
Last prompt you finished: A book about an athlete (sport)
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: Nostalgia? - I'm not sure what prompts these were.
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes, tenatively. I guess it depends on the prompts.
Date you finished: October 27, 2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 30
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book you wish you could read for the first time again (Beach Read by Emily Henry)
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Happy Place by Emily Henry (A book about a vacation)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : No, for the first time ever, I was able to use all books from my shelves and tbr.
Least favorite prompt: A book with a pet character - advanced prompt (Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton)
Prompt you hope to see again: A book you bought secondhand (Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood)
Last prompt you finished: A book with a map (Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann)
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: I actually did. It was fun to revisit some old favorites.
Finally, are you in for 2024? Of course!
Date you finished: October 28, 2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 55
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #12 - Published in Spring 23 - For You and Only You
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): listing two - Romantic Comedy and The Celebrants for #22 & 30
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Not really, no. A few that I did not really enjoy, LOL
Least favorite prompt: #41 - NaNoRiMo
Prompt you hope to see again: #14 -retelling
Last prompt you finished: #41
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: NO, I did not! It was very, very unoriginal & if they do it again I am out!
Finally, are you in for 2024? Most probably, as long as they do something better than recycled prompts!
Date you finished: 10/29/2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 205
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book with a queer lead (Edie In Between)
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Legends & Lattes (book written during Nanowrimo)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Everything I Never Told You (a book set in the decade you were born)
Least favorite prompt: A book by an author with the same initials as you
Prompt you hope to see again: A book with a queer lead
Last prompt you finished: A book you bought secondhand
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: No
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes, definitely!
Date you finished: 10/29/2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 10
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #39 A book you wish you could read for the first time again (Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls)
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Wool by Hugh Howey (#41 A book written during NaNoWriMe)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Ron and Clint Howard (#11 A book about or set in Hollywood)
Least favorite prompt: A book that started out as fan fiction and/or A #booktok recommendation
Prompt you hope to see again: Historical fiction; any re-reading; anything with color or words or items on cover/title
Last prompt you finished: #39 A book you should have read in high school (The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: I liked the idea, but wish they wouldn't have had prompts that were similar.
Finally, are you in for 2024? Definitely
Date you finished: October 30 2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): #35
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Rabbit on the cover because it's connected to 2023 and doesn't make sense for next year. Bunnicula
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Crossover for becoming a movie/tv show in 2023
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : What Moves the Dead I used for modern retelling of a classic but I found this book because of the rabbit on the cover prompt
Least favorite prompt: The author with your initials, I changed it to character with my name
Prompt you hope to see again: banned book
Last prompt you finished: fan-fiction
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: No, because I had been doing previous challenges simultaneously with he current year lists to catch up so all the prompts were too familiar
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes, even if the list is bad
Date you finished: 10/28/23Message number of your list post (if you've got one): ?
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book published in the spring 2023; The New Guy by Sarina Bowen
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Midnight Library by Matt Haig; A #BOOKTOK recommendation
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Have I Told You This Already? by Lauren Graham; A book about or set in Hollywood
Least favorite prompt: A book you read more than 10 years ago
Prompt you hope to see again: Female Author
Last prompt you finished: "A book you bought from an independent bookstore" Read: Forget Me Not by Julie Soto
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: I didn't realize it was a theme (lol)
Finally, are you in for 2024?: Yes! So excited to see the prompts
Date you finished: October 29Message number of your list post (if you've got one): Didn't get one.
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #24 A book with a rabbit on the cover. I read The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): I read quite a few books for this challenge that I really liked. I liked To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose. The prompt was for a book that came out during the second half of 2023 #32.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) Not really. I probably would've read these books at some point.
Least favorite prompt: #25 A book with just text on the cover. It was kind of hard finding a book like this. Luckily, I work at a library.
Prompt you hope to see again: #5 A book with mythical creatures.
Last prompt you finished: The last prompt I finished was a book about an athlete/sport #33. I read Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey.
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year? Yes, I liked it.
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes. I'll do my best!
Date you finished: 11/14/2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 188
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book about a holiday that's not Christmas: The No-Show
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): A Man Called Ove: A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :The (sort of) Dark Mage: A book with a rabbit on the cover
Least favorite prompt: A book with a love triangle
Prompt you hope to see again: A #BookTok recommendation
Last prompt you finished: A book that was self-published
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: it was OK
Finally, are you in for 2024? can't wait!
Date you finished: 11/18/23Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 229
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022 - Gender Queer: A Memoir
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Deacon King Kong - A book on a celebrity book-club list
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Here the Whole Time - A romance with a fat lead
Least favorite prompt: A book based on a movie. Very limited options and not a lot of variety
Prompt you hope to see again: Prompts that are open to a wide selection of books rather than incredibly specific
Last prompt you finished: Longest book on TBR list
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: Not my favorite
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes!
Date you finished:22/11/23Message number of your list post (if you've got one):127
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
Prompt 4:A book by a first-time author
GenevabyRichard Armitage
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
Agnes GreybyAnne Brontë
Prompt 9: A book with a color in the title
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :
Prompt 49: The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
The CollectionbyJack London
Least favorite prompt:
Prompt 18 A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
Prompt you hope to see again:
Prompt 19: A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge
Last prompt you finished:
Prompt 49 (as above)
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?:
A little "lacklustre."Too many prompts from recent years.
Finally, are you in for 2024?
Not sure,yet.
Date you finished: 11/11/2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): I didn't do one.
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #47 A book about a holiday that's not Christmas. I read The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Rules at the School by the Sea by Jenny Colgan, for prompt #1 A book you meant to read in 2022
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): I read The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton for Prompt #13 A book published the year you were born. I really enjoyed the book and then I watched the old movie. The book was definitely better than the movie.
Least favorite prompt: #45 A book that started out as fan fiction. I wasn't sure how to interpret that, and I wasn't interested in reading most of the books that were suggested.
Prompt you hope to see again: #34 A historical fiction book. That's a genre I really enjoy so it's an easy one for me.
Last prompt you finished: #2 Book from an independent bookstore. I get all my books from the library, so I put this one off until last. I ended up buying a book from our Friends of the Library Bookstore, so I didn't mind spending money since it was helping out the library.
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year? Not really. I don't like to read books I've already read.
Finally, are you in for 2024? Probably. The challenge always spurs me on to read books I would never consider otherwise.
Date you finished: 11/26/2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): #162
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022 (The Complete Maus)
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (A book with a rabbit on the cover)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?):Fangirl (A book written during NaNoWriMo)
Least favorite prompt: A book that's on a celebrity book-club list
Prompt you hope to see again: A book that's been banned or challenged in any state
Last prompt you finished: A book published the year you were born (Flowers for Algernon)
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: yes
Finally, are you in for 2024?
Date you finished: 11/30/2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 458
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book you wish you could read for the first time again - Akata Witch
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Holly - A book that comes out in the second half of 2023
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : The Library Book - a book with just text on the cover
Least favorite prompt: A romance with a fat lead
Prompt you hope to see again: A book you wish you could read for the first time again
Last prompt you finished: A book that was self-published
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: I didn't notice
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes
Date you finished: November 30, 2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 237
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #15. A book with a song lyric as its title: You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng: prompt #21. A book set in the decade you were born
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Sense & Second-Degree Murder by Tirzah Price: prompt #45, A book that started out as fan fiction
Least favorite prompt: #42. A book based on a popular movie
Prompt you hope to see again: #4. A book by a first-time author
Last prompt you finished: #13. A book published the year you were born (I read Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie)
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: sure
Finally, are you in for 2024? Probably; I am selling my house and moving and getting married in the next few months, so things will be a bit crazy
- Date you finished: December 2nd- Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 397
- Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A historical fiction book. I read A Most Efficient Murder
- Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Carpe Jugulum, which I wish I could read again for the first time.
- Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : The Sentence, for an author with my initials.
- Least favorite prompt: A book that takes place in one day (unfortunately for next year...)
- Prompt you hope to see again: A book with a map.
- Last prompt you finished: Longest book on TBR (which was 1300 pages...)
- Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: It's my first go, so I didn't notice.
- Finally, are you in for 2024? Yup:)
Date you finished: 12/5/2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 460
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book you bought from an independent bookstore: A Fever in the Heartland
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Demon Copperhead: A book your friend recommended
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Papillon: A book published in the year you were born
Least favorite prompt: A book by an author with the same initials as you
Prompt you hope to see again: A book that's been banned or challenged
Last prompt you finished: A book you bought secondhand
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: Yes
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes
Date you finished: December 7thMessage number of your list post (if you've got one): n/a
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A Book About an Athlete/Sport (Spinning by Tillie Walden)
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult (The Longest Book in your TBR)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (A book written during NaNoWriMo)
Least favorite prompt: A book that Started Out as Fan-Fiction
Prompt you hope to see again: Banned book
Last prompt you finished: A book from an Independent Bookstore
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: Not that much
Finally, are you in for 2024? YES
Date you finished: December 9Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 169
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Its a tie between A book you wish you could read again for the first time. ( When He Was Wicked. ) AND A book published in spring 2023 (Happy Place ). Although to be fair I wanted to read Happy Place for this prompt, as soon as the list came out.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Daisy Jones & The Six A book on celebrity list
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Pride and Prejudice I started P&P several times but I never actually finished it. It was just the ye old english, But I did it this year and it was all because of the 'high school prompt'.
Least favorite prompt: Author with same initials as you
Prompt you hope to see again: The list is out already.. so.. :/
Last prompt you finished: A book you bought secondhand
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: I didn't actually pick up on it.
Finally, are you in for 2024? yes.. but I don't know if I'll do all of them.
Date you finished: December 9Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 331
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book that features two languages Peach Blossom Spring
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Apology (A book you think your best friend would like)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : 'Salem's Lot (A book published the year you were born)
Least favorite prompt: A book about an athlete/sport & A book you wish you could read for the first time again (I don't usually reread books)
Prompt you hope to see again: A book by a first-time author
Last prompt you finished: A book you bought secondhand (bought at my library sale!)
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: not especially. I'm glad to see some new prompts for 2024
Finally, are you in for 2024? Definitely
Date you finished: 12/9/23Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 462
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book you meant to read in 2022. What a great idea, though I didn't particularly like the one I read for it, The Secret History
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Demon Copperhead A modern retelling of a classic
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : no. I mainly read what I want and make it fit a prompt. The few that I read that I only read because of the challenge, I didn't particularly like.
Least favorite prompt: A celebrity memoir
Prompt you hope to see again: A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge - it's just easy
Last prompt you finished: A book you bought from an independent bookstore
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: yes and no. I had to re-read several books and I don't really like that. On the other hand, they were books I did like.
Finally, are you in for 2024? Sure
Date you finished: 12/12/23 Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 201
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): "A book that's been banned in 2022." Searching through my tbr, I found a lot of books that could be used for this prompt, much more than I originally thought. I enjoyed reading the book I chose, The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase Series) by Rick Riordan. It was a fun and adventurous ride!
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Count of Monte Cristo. I've been looking forward to reading this book for years now (I enjoyed the movie version) and promptly added it for this prompt. The prompt was the longest book on your tbr.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): Yes, Bunny by Mona Awad. It was for the "booktok recommendation. Such an intense, keeping-you-on-the-edge-of-your-seat read that I would've never picked up, and glad I did.
Least favorite prompt: A Book about an athlete/sport
Prompt you hope to see again: Book that features two languages
Last prompt you finished: Book you bought secondhand
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: Yes!
Finally, are you in for 2024? Absolutely!
Date you finished: 12/2Message number of your list post (if you've got one): I don’t think I have one this year
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A historical-fiction book as that is my jam and I read A Trace of Poison by Colleen Cambridge
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): White Trash Warlock by David R. Slayton (for the prompt A book by a first-time author)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Making it So by Sir Patrick Stewart (for the prompt A celebrity memoir which I greatly dislike in general, though to be honest I think I would have read it because it’s Sir Pat)
Least favorite prompt: A book about an athlete/sport & A celebrity memoir
Prompt you hope to see again: A book that was self-published because I like helping self published authors
Last prompt you finished: The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: Didn’t even realize it was the theme so…
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes
Jazzy's Ultimate Popsugar Challenge 2023 **SORTED**1/1/23 - 31/12/23
50/50
✅ 1 A book you meant to read in 2022
Sycamore Gap (2015) - L.J. Ross 4/2/23 518/5/23 5★
✅ 2 A book you bought from an independent bookstore
Niki: The Story of a Dog (1956) - Tibor Déry 4/6/23 518/5/23 5★
✅ 3 A book about a vacation
Zazie in the Metro (1959) - Raymond Queneau 24/6/23 5★
✅ 4 A book by a first-time author
To Sir, With Love (1959) - E.R. Braithwaite 4/6/23 5★
✅ 5 A book with mythical creatures
At the Mountains of Madness (1931) - H.P. Lovecraft Cthulhu 10/1/23 5★
✅ 6 A book about a forbidden romance
The Bigamist (2011 - Posthumously) - F.E. Mills Young (1875–1945) 18/2/23 4★
✅ 7 A book with "Girl" in the title
Cassidy's Girl (1951) - David Goodis 1/7/23 4★
✅ 8 A celebrity memoir
The Worst Journey in the World (1922) - Apsley Cherry-Garrard 9/2/23 5★
✅ 9 A book with a colour in the title
Pink - Lili Wilkinson 4/6/23 3★
✅ 10 A romance with a fat lead
The Bitch's Tale (2023) - Kelly Alleyn 13/5/23 4★
✅ 11 A book about or set in Hollywood
Marilyn: Lost Images from the Hollywood Photo Archive ( 2019) - Boze Hadleigh 5/7/23 5★
✅ 12 A book published in the first half of 2023
Spare - Prince Harry UK release date 10 January 2023 20/6/23 5★
✅ 13 A book published the year you were born
Tristessa (1960) - Jack Kerouac 5/2/23 5★
✅ 14 A modern retelling of a classic
Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) - Jean Rhys Jane Eyre "prequel" 5/1/23 5★
✅ 15 A book with a song lyric as its title
Where is My Mind? - Shirley BentonWhere Is My Mind? by Pixies 17/5/23 4★
✅ 16 A book where the main character's name is in the title
The Fox and the Star (2015) - Coralie Bickford-Smith The Fox 2/1/23 5★
✅ 17 A book with a love triangle
Fire in the Blood (1942) - Irène Némirovsky 2/5/23 5★
✅ 18 A book that's been banned or challenged in 2022
Catch-22 (1961) - Joseph Heller 3/2/23 5★
✅ 19 A book that fulfils your favourite prompt from a past challenge
Australian Poetry Since 1788 (2013) - Robert Gray Poetry 17/9/23 5★
✅ 20 A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955) - Crockett Johnson 3/1/23 5★
✅ 21 A book set in the decade you were born
Just Murdered: Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries (2021) - Katherine Kovacic Set in the 1960s 22/1/23 5★
✅ 22 A book with a queer lead
Death in Venice (1912) - Thomas Mann 16/1/23 5★
✅ 23 A book with a map
Death on Gokumon Island - Seishi Yokomizo 30/5/23 4★
✅ 24 A book with a rabbit on the cover
The Velveteen Rabbit (1922) - Margery Williams Bianco 21/1/23 5★
✅ 25 A book with just text on the cover
A King and No King (1619) - Francis Beaumont & John Fletcher 13/1/23 4★
✅ 26 The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Millions Of Cats (1928) - Wanda Gág 43pp 3/1/23 5★
✅ 27 A #BookTok recommendation
Time Is a Mother (2022) - Ocean Vuong 6/1/23 5★
✅ 28 A book you bought secondhand
The Devotion of Suspect X (2005) - Keigo Higashino 24/6/23 5★
✅ 29 A book your friend recommended
Chess Story (1941) - Stefan Zweig 1/4/23 5★
✅ 30 A book that's on a celebrity book-club list
Daisy Jones & The Six (2019) - Taylor Jenkins Reid 28/6/23 5★
✅ 31 A book about a family
Death of My Aunt - C.H.B. Kitchin13/6/23 4★
✅ 32 A book that comes out in the second half of 2023
Hotel Laguna (2023) - Nicola Harrison UK release date 17 July 2023 5/12/23 5★
✅ 33. A book about an athlete/sport
Murder at the Foul Line: Original Tales of Hoop Dreams and Deaths from Today's Great Writers (2003) - Otto Penzler Basketball 10/4/23 5★
✅ 34 A historical-fiction book
A Little Princess (1905) - Frances Hodgson Burnett 15/1/23 5★
✅ 35 A book about divorce
The Long Divorce (1951) - Edmund Crispin 10/7/23 5★
✅ 36 A book you think your best friend would like
A Passage To India (1924) - E.M. Forster 28/1/23 5★
✅ 37 A book you should have read in high school
The Changeling (1622) - Thomas Middleton 10/1/23 5★
✅ 38 A book you read more than 10 years ago
Catch-22 (1961) - Joseph Heller 3/2/23 5★
✅ 39 A book you wish you could read for the first time again
Up the Down Staircase - Bel Kaufman 3/6/23 5★
✅ 40 A book by an author with the same initials as you
Poems of Jules Laforgue (16 August 1860 – 20 August 1887) - Jules Laforgue 6/1/23 5★
✅ 41 A book written during NaNoWriMo
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (2018) - Hank Green 17/7/23 1★
✅ 42 A book based on a popular movie
Titanic: James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay (1996) - James Cameron 23/4/23 5★
✅ 43 A book that takes place entirely in one day
A Night to Remember (1955) - Walter Lord 26/6/23 5★
✅ 44 A book that was self-published
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901) - Beatrix Potter 7/1/23 5★
✅ 45 A book that started out as fan fiction
Go the Fuck to Sleep (2011) - Adam Mansbach 5/7/23 5★
✅ 46 A book with a pet character
My Dog Tulip - J.R. Ackerley 27/3/23 5★
✅ 47 A book about a holiday that's not Christmas
The Halloween Tree (1972) - Ray Bradbury 5/7/23 5★
✅ 48 A book that features two languages
Selections from Paroles (1979) - Jacques Prévert French & English 6/1/23 5★
✅ 49 The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
History of My Life (1879) - Giacomo Casanova 1512 pp 19/1/23 5★
✅ 50 A book with alliteration in the title
The Naked Nuns (1975) - Colin Watson 18/5/23 4★
Date you finished: 12/13/23Message number of your list post (if you've got one): #150
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Song Lyric in Title - Kafka on the Shore - it was a lyric of a song in the book.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):The Casual Vacancy - purchased in an indie bookstore
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :
No - because I read from my TBR Towers - books I owned.
Least favorite prompt: Easy - NaNoWriMo
Prompt you hope to see again: Book with a map
Last prompt you finished: Girl in the title
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: yes - because actually I had one of the best reading years ever in doing the challenge - lots of 4 and 5 star reads, only 1 or 2 below 3 stars. Some fabulous books finally were read.
Finally, are you in for 2024? for sure!
Date you finished:5/12/23
Message number of your list post (if you've got one):
308
Favourite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
Favourite? Not sure, Maybe this...
42 A book based on a popular movie
Titanic: James Cameron's Illustrated Screenplay (1996) - James Cameron 23/4/23 5★
Favourite book (and what prompt was it for?):
Ah, I really wanted to read this book, and ever so glad I did. Due to his antarctic explorations, Cherry became a celebrity. Had a hard time finding a post to fit this in, and finally put it here:
8 A celebrity memoir
The Worst Journey in the World (1922) - Apsley Cherry-Garrard 9/2/23 5★
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :
33. A book about an athlete/sport
Murder at the Foul Line: Original Tales of Hoop Dreams and Deaths from Today's Great Writers (2003) - Otto Penzler Basketball 10/4/23 5★
Least favourite prompt:
(So many! haha - sorry) Um, I'll go with this one, hated the book.
41 A book written during NaNoWriMo
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (2018) - Hank Green 17/7/23 1★
Prompt you hope to see again:
Poetry! Poetry! Poetry!
Last prompt you finished:
Really hated this prompt. New books are expensive and hard to come by and having to wait til it comes out in July? Ughhhh!
32 A book that comes out in the second half of 2023
Hotel Laguna (2023) - Nicola Harrison UK release date 17 July 2023 5/12/23 5★
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?:
What 'theme'? I didn't notice any theme. Please explain.
Finally, are you in for 2024?
Yes, but not on the front page. By post only.
Date you finished: December 14, 2023Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
Friend recommended: Parable of the Sower
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
Craving Them for first time author
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :
Bound Together for about an athlete or sport
Least favorite prompt:
Set in or about Hollywood
Prompt you hope to see again:
Banned or challenged book
Last prompt you finished:
Longest book on tbr
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?:
Oh, so that's what that was. LOL
Finally, are you in for 2024? ABSOLUTELY!!!
Date you finished: 12/13/23Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 463
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #21: a book published the year you were born; The Spy Who Came In From the Cold by John le Carré
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): All Systems Red by Martha Wells, for #39: a book you wish you could read for the first time again
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :
Least favorite prompt: # 49: The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Prompt you hope to see again: # 47: a book about a holiday that's not Christmas
Last prompt you finished: #45: a book that started out as fan fiction
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: Yes, I did!
Finally, are you in for 2024? So ready!!!
Ann wrote: "Date you finished: 12/13/23Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 463
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #21: a book published the year you were born; The Spy Who..."
ah you're the same age as my little sister! Happy 60th!
Great book too, I loved it.
Date you finished: 12/14/23Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 360
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): 5 A book with mythical creatures- The Shadow of the Gods
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): 16 A book where the main character's name is in the title- The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : 33 A book about an athlete/sport- Firekeeper's Daughter
Least favorite prompt: 27 A #BookTok recommendation and 10 A Romance with a Fat Lead. I don't like romance and I don't know anything about TikTok outside a general definition of it and the fact that I never want to be a part of it. I had to google lists to figure out what #booktok was, and I'm not sure I understand even now. That, and I don't think Social Media "Influencers" are who I want to consult to find my next book.
Prompt you hope to see again: I like the more general prompts, that don't pigeon-hole me into things I won't enjoy or have too limited possibilities. Prompts that spark a treasure hunt, like "a rabbit on the cover" are what is most fun for me.
Last prompt you finished: A book you think your best friend would like.
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: The list didn't get me as excited as previous years.
Finally, are you in for 2024? No, this next list is even worse, with forcing me to choose from books I don't want to read. I'm pretty sure they chose some of the prompts specifically to push a particular book they want to promote. I find that the years I do PopSugar, my average book rating drops a lot, and life is too short to read books I'm not enjoying. I'm heading over to ATY instead.. I can find books I prefer in any of those more-open prompts rather than struggling through genres or subjects I don't care about.
Date you finished: 12/15/2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): don't think I have one I do I can no longer find it
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book you think your bestfriend would like Ten Trends to Seduce Your Bestfriend
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): A Merry Little Meet Cute a romance with a fat lead
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :
Least favorite prompt: a book with a rabbit on the cover
Prompt you hope to see again: a book where the main characters name is the title
Last prompt you finished: A romance with a fat lead
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: not my favorite
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes please
Date you finished: Dec 18Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 60
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book with a pet character The Masterful Cat Is Depressed Again Today, Vol. 5
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): A book you wish you could read again for the first time Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : The Conductors (A book written during NaNoWriMo)
Least favorite prompt: A book by an author with the same initials (Popsugar CLEARLY doesn't have staff with Ws, Ps, Qs, Zs, Xs, etc. I have WW. It was hell)
Prompt you hope to see again: A banned book
Last prompt you finished: A book with song lyrics in the title
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: not particularly
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes, but not as excited. Some of the prompts are WILD again
Date you finished: 12/13/23Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 85
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book you wish you could read for the first time again - Fourth Wing
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): A book you think your best friend would like - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Not really... pretty much all of the books that I used for prompts were ones I was interested in reading anyway
Least favorite prompt: A book published the year you were born. I always have trouble finding books from the early 80s that I really want to read.
Prompt you hope to see again: A book with mythical creatures
Last prompt you finished: A book published the year you were born
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: It was fine.
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes
Date you finished: 12/20/23Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 21
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #24. A book with a rabbit on the cover. I read Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho. I read it for #1. A book you meant to read in 2022.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): Maria, Maria and Other Stories by Marytza K. Rubio, which I read for #15. A book with a song lyric as its title.
Least favorite prompt: #37. A book you should have read in high school because it was both a repeat of a previous prompt and because I had to cheat to fulfill it. I did the one book I hadn't read in school (college) in 2015 and had to use a book for a class I didn't take in high school to complete it (The Autobiography of Malcolm X).
Prompt you hope to see again: I like the year specific prompts like the Chinese zodiac prompts or book becoming a movie or tv show, etc.
Last prompt you finished: #23. A book with a map. I ended up reading The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford.
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: I was really cranky about it at first, it grew on me a little as the year went on, but I wouldn't want to do a challenge with so many repeat prompts and reread prompts again.
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yup!
Date you finished: 20/12/2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 318
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): 'A book with mythical creatures - Seraphina
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Great Circle, for 'A book that's on a celebrity book-club list'
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): March, for 'A book by an author with the same initials as you'
Least favorite prompt: 'A book you bought from an independent bookstore' and 'A book you bought secondhand' - don't really cater to us e-book readers!
Prompt you hope to see again: 'A book you wish you could read for the first time again'
Last prompt you finished: 'A romance with a fat lead'
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: Not sure I really noticed it!
Finally, are you in for 2024?: Thinking I might take a year off, actually - not liking the look of some of the prompts in the 2024 list!
Date you finished: 23/12/23Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 375
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): 31. A book about a family; I'm Glad My Mom Died
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 46. A book with a pet character
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Our Wives Under the Sea 4. A book by a first-time author
Least favorite prompt: 33. A book about an athlete/sport
Prompt you hope to see again: 7. A book with "Girl" in the title
Last prompt you finished: 11. A book about or set in Hollywood
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: Yes, very much :)
Finally, are you in for 2024?: Yes, I already have my list(minus one book;)!
Date you finished: 12/22/23Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 456
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book with alliteration in the title - Magpie Murders
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Clytemnestra - A book published in spring 2023 and My Brilliant Friend - A book your friend recommended (I can't choose!)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : This Party's Dead: Grief, Joy and Spilled Rum at the World’s Death Festivals - A book about a holiday that's not Christmas
Least favorite prompt: A book based on a popular movie (I cheated and changed movie to myth - Stone Blind)
Prompt you hope to see again: A book your friend recommended (My Brilliant Friend)
Last prompt you finished: A book you wish you could read for the first time again (Milk Blood Heat)
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: It was okay... some of the prompts were way too limiting.
Finally, are you in for 2024? Always
Date you finished: Dec 22, 2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): #84
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #29 A book your friend recommended- It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover- I love getting book recs from friends and family!
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): #20 A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023- Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ****swooooonnn****
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : #40 A book by an author with the same initials as you- Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Least favorite prompt: A book you should have read in high school- I read all required reading
Prompt you hope to see again: A book by a first-time author
Last prompt you finished: A book that comes out in the second half of 2023
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: I didn't mind most of the prompts. It always has me reading new things, which I like.
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes!!!!!!!!!!
Date finished: 22.12.2023Favorite prompt :
A book with a map
Mark Voltenauer, l'Aigle dusang
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
Frederick Bakman, Wir gegen Euch
A book about an athlete/sport
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?)
Yaa Gyasi, Homegong
A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
Least favorite prompt:
A celebrity memoir
Prompt you hope to see again:
A book you boughj secondhand
Last prompt you finished:
A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
Hugh Howey, Wool
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?:
Yes I did.
Finally, are you in for 2024?
Definitely.
🎉🎉🎉I finished with a few days to spare!🎉🎉🎉Date you finished:
12/25/23
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
A book with a rabbit on the cover - Lavender House
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
What Moves the Dead - modern retelling of a classic
Least favorite prompt: A book written during NaNoWriMo is just an objectively bad prompt and I am prepared to die on this molehill.
Prompt you hope to see again:
I prefer to not see repeat prompts, but if they want to do 'this year's zodiac animal on the cover' each year that's fine by me :)
Last prompt you finished:
A book published the year you were born - I had to wait ages for Devil in a Blue Dress to become available from the library!
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?:
Neutral
Finally, are you in for 2024?
Yes!
Date you finished: 12/26/23Message number of your list post (if you've got one): nope
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book you meant to read in 2022, Carrie Soto is Back
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): House of Gold (a book with a Color in the title)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Last Night at the Telegraph Club (a book thats been banned or challenged)
Least favorite prompt:A book about Divorce
Prompt you hope to see again: A book by a first time author
Last prompt you finished: A book you should have read in high school
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: ehh sure
Finally, are you in for 2024?: probably, I like the challenge
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yeah I don't think many here in this group will fight you on that molehill LOL!! I was shocked that they repeated this prompt - why?? why do they think it's so great?
I suspect publishers whisper in their ear and request certain things as a way to encourage readership of certain books. Or maybe even the NaNoWriMo org itself paid for advertising of a sort.
Date you finished: back in October, but I modified the Challenge to do a chosen 40 out of the 50 prompts.Message number of your list post (if you've got one): I don't have one.
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
A book with a color in the title: The Scarlet Pimpernel
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
hard to choose just one, but I really liked Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia for A book with alliteration in the title
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :
Cheshire Crossing for A book that started out as fan fiction
Least favorite prompt: love triangle
Prompt you hope to see again: A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge
Last prompt you finished: A book that comes out in the second half of 2023
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: Not really
Finally, are you in for 2024? Nope, the list of prompts didn't appeal to me this time. There's always hope for 2025, though!
Date you finished: December 26, 2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 37
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Book becoming a TV series or a movie in 2023 All the Light You Cannot See
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): All the Light You Cannot See for a book becoming a TV series or a movie in 2023
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : Bailey's Story A book you bought secondhand
Least favorite prompt: A book bought from an independent bookstore
Prompt you hope to see again: A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge
Last prompt you finished: A book written during NaNoWriMo
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: Didn't recognize that as the theme.
Finally, are you in for 2024? No. I'm tired of repeat prompts. I'm in two book clubs and have lots of books I want to read and have problems finding prompts to fit so I am out for the foreseeable future.
Date you finished: December 25Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 243
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): book you meant to read in 2022 - The Winners
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Demon Copperhead - main character's name in title
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : The Count of Monte Cristo - longest book on TBR list
Least favorite prompt: book you wish you could read for the first time again and fan fiction book
Prompt you hope to see again: first-time author
Last prompt you finished: longest book TBR list :)
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: yes, except for the 2 prompts that required me to reread a book
Finally, are you in for 2024? Definitely!
Date Finished: 12/28/2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 467!
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
Modern retelling Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
About a holiday that's not Christmas: All Hallows by Christopher Golden
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): I had a few favorites but if I have to pick only one, it's going to be: Herc by Phoenicia Rogerson. This was for the fan fiction prompt. I don’t know if it specifically “started” as fan fiction, the way 50 shades did, but the author mentioned in her bio that she got her start writing fan fiction and that she’s always been a fan of Hercules (the historical/mythological figure) and that was close enough for me.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :
Tales from the Gas Station: Volume One by Jack Townsend - I read this for the self-published prompt! .
Least favorite prompt:
Celebrity Memoir
Book BASED on a movie (books with adaptations would be okay, not the other way around)
Written during NaNoWriMo (because seriously, this information is way too hard to find and the list of those known to be written during NaNoWriMo is far too short)
Any of the re-reads prompts
The fan fiction prompt (even though what I counted I loved, I think I definitely stretched the prompt)
Prompt you hope to see again:
Mythical Creatures would be a fun prompt to see again.
Last prompt you finished:
About a divorce. I would have finished this challenge back in August except the book I originally read for this didn't remotely qualify. (I read Commonwealth to finish it off!)
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?:
It was kind of disappointing at first since so many prompts were recycled, but looking back it wasn't too bad. It was easy to fit books in from my existing TBR. (Outside of a couple)
Finally, are you in for 2024?
I don't think so! I actually do really like the prompts, but finally having fully and officially completed it, I don't feel as compelled to do it again. Will enjoy just reading what I want.
Date you finished: December 28, 2023Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 201
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book you bought at an independent bookstore - How to Sell a Haunted House
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): This is hard because I used two of my favorites for this year for prompts so I'm posting both!
Beyond That, the Sea - a book by a first time author
The Wishing Game - a book you wish you could read for the first time again
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): The Hacienda - a book written during NaNoWriMo
Least favorite prompt: A book published the year you were born - A Stitch in Time
Prompt you hope to see again: - A book written during NaNoWriMo (after what happened with the person running it, I'm shocked it's a prompt for 2024)
Last prompt you finished: A book set in the decade you were born - Bright Young Women
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: I kind of struggled with this theme mostly because I read more newer releases and I was born in the 70's!
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes!!!
Date you finished: December 27, 2023Message number of your list post: 101
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A Favorite past prompt - I always slate in a book published in the year prior- 2022 in this case: I read The Paris Apartment for it.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
Fourth Wing #5 - Mythical Creatures
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?): Longest Book- The Count of Monte Cristo #49
Least favorite prompt: NanoWrimo probably - just such a small group of books to choose from.
Prompt you hope to see again: Published in previous years
Last prompt you finished: #28 - A book you bought secondhand
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year? Not particularly.
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes!!!
Date you finished: 12/28Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 31
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A Book with a Map #23. I read many books that counted, but ultimately used Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Magic Tides / Magic Claims by Ilona Andrews. The Kate Daniels Wilmington Years books were probably my favorite of the year. I didn't use them for PS, but they would both fit #5, With Mythical Creatures.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) :The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood. I used it for #45, Started as Fan Fiction.
Least favorite prompt: #26 and #49, Shortest and Longest on your TBR. I dislike absolutes where there's only one option for a prompt. A short book and a Long Book would be better.
Prompt you hope to see again: Book with a Map! It works for so many things that I'm already reading, like non-fiction or fantasy.
Last prompt you finished: #8, Celebrity Memoir.
Did you like the "nostalgia" theme for this year?: No. It seemed like a cop-out.
Finally, are you in for 2024? Yes. Not sure how active I'll be on the forums, but I should be doing the challenge.
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2023 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
40// 40
- [x] A book you meant to read in 2022: The Ghostway by Tony Hillerman
- [x] A book you bought from an independent bookstore: Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson; *The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
- [x] A book about a vacation: Poirot’s Finest Cases by Agatha Christie
- [x] A book by a first-time author: *Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered by Karen Kilgarov and
- [x] A book with mythical creatures: Wicked; Dracula; *Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson; The Shape of Water by Guillermo
- [x] A book about a forbidden romance: *The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley; Behind the Candelabra by Scott Thorson; The Thirty Names of Night; The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro
- [x] A book with "Girl" in the title: The Lost Girls: *The Maine Murders by Jon Mills
- [x] A celebrity memoir: *Behind the Candelabra by Scott Thorson
- [x] A book with a color in the title: *Vermilion Drift by William Kent Krueger; My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk
- [x] A romance with a fat lead: *Neanderthal seeks Human
- [x] A book about or set in Hollywood: *The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara
- [x] A book published in spring 2023: *Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by; Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See
- [x] A book published the year you were born: Land of Black Gold (TinTin); If I Ran the Zoo; Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie; Secret of the Wooden Lady by Nancy Drew; *The Drowning Pool by Ross MacDonald ; To Love and Be Wise by Josephine Tey; In the Best Families by Rex Stout
- [x] A modern retelling of a classic: *The Maidens by Alex Michaelides ; Macbeth by Jo Nesbo
- [x] A book with a song lyric as its title: *Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee Burke; Never Let me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro; Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill; One of us is Lying by
- [x] A book where the main character's name is in the title: The Vision of Emma Blau by Ursula Hegi
- [x] A book with a love triangle: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy ; *Rhett Butler’s People by Donald McCaig
- [x] A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022: *Things Fall Apart ; *The Edge of the Water by Elizabeth George
- [x] A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge: Friend Request by Laura Marshall
- [x] A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023: *Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo; All the Light we Cannot See by
- [x] A book set in the decade you were born: Mexican Gothic by Silvia
- [x] A book with a queer lead: *The Little Dog Laughed by Joseph Hansen; Behind the Candelabra by Scott Thorson
- [x] A book with a map: *American Nations by Colin Woodard
- [x] A book with a rabbit on the cover: The Hare with Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal; The Confession by Jessie Burton ; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by ; The Rabbit Hunter by Lars Kepler ; *The Magician’s Daughter by H. G. Parry;
- [x] A book with just text on the cover: Dealing with the Devil by Tony Schwartz
- [x] The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Heads will Roll by
- [x] A #BookTok recommendation: *The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager
- [x] A book you bought secondhand: *The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken by Tarquin Hall
- [x] A book your friend recommended: Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo; Babel Tower by A S Byatt; *Shooting Butterflies by marika Cobold
- [x] A book that's on a celebrity book-club list: *Still Lives by Maria Hummel
- [x] A book about a family: *The Romanov Sisters by Helen Rappaport
- [x] A book that comes out in the second half of 2023: *Silver Nitrate
- [x] A book about an athlete/sport: This Much Country by Kristen Knight Pace ; *Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben
- [x] A historical-fiction book: *Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir
- [x] A book about divorce: The Awakening by Kate Chopin ; The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood; *This Much Country by Kristen Knight Pace
- [x] A book you think your best friend would like: *No Place for a Lady by Barbara Hodgson
- [x] A book you should have read in high school: *The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
- [x] A book you read more than 10 years ago: The Once and Future King by T. H. White; A Pattern Language; *In the Best Families by Rex Stout
- [x] A book you wish you could read for the first time again: *Revolution from Within by Gloria Steinem
- [x] A book by an author with the same initials as you: *An Unauthorized Guide to William Kent Krueger by Malcolm Stone
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10 / 10
- [x] A book written during NaNoWriMo: Side Effects may Vary by Julie Murphy; *The Night Circus by
- [x] A book based on a popular movie: *The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro; The Wicker Man by Robin hardy
- [x] A book that takes place entirely in one day: *The Present by Jay Martel
- [x] A book that was self-published: *Bury me when I’m Dead by Cheryl A. Head (originally Trouble in Birmingham)
- [x] A book that started out as fan fiction: *Wicked by Gregory Maguire
- [x] A book with a pet character: *Path of the Dead by Mark Edward Langley ; *Striking Range by Margaret Mizushima
- [x] A book about a holiday that's not Christmas: *The Wicker Man by Robin Hardy
- [x] A book that features two languages: *Path of the Dead by Mark Edward Langley
- [x] The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list: The Count of Monte Christo
- [x] A book with alliteration in the title: A Single Swallow by Zhang Liu; *The Deep Dark Descending by Allen Eskens
Finished on October 18.