Reading Challenge

Reading Challenges

• Reading Challenge 2020

I have books that have been recommended by friends, given as gifts, and books that have been on my never-ending "to read" list that just never seem to fit into my PopSugar Reading Challenges. So I've decided I'm going to take the 2020 year to read anything and everything I want without having to fit it into a category. Thank you for following along on my journey. I encourage you to read what you want this year while still attempting to challenge yourself with genres you wouldn't normally pick up.


• Reading Challenge 2019
1. A book becoming a movie in 2019 -
2. A book that makees you nostalgic - A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs
3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction) -
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie - A Memory of Light
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads - Eat, Pray, Love
6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover -
7. A reread of a favorite book - Genesis Code
8. A book about a hobby -
9. A book you meant to read in 2018 - Crossroads of Twilight
10. A book with "pop," "sugar," or "challenge" in the title -
11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover - The End of the Affair
12. A book inspired by mythology, legend, or folklore - The Darkwater Bride
13. A book published posthumously - The Gathering Storm
14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie -
15. A retelling of a classic - Treasure Island
16. A book with a question in the title - What Have You Done
17. A book set on a college or university campus - "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman!" : Adventures of a Curious Character
18. A book about someone with a superpower - Towers of Midnight
19. A book told from multiple character POVs - Skin
20. A book set in space - Will Save the Galaxy for Food
21. A book by two female authors -
22. A book with a title that contains "salty," "sweet," "bitter," or "spicy" - Sweet Masterpiece
23. A book set in Scandinavia - The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson's Lost Files and the Hunt for an Assassin
24. A book that takes place in a single day -
25. A debut novel - Where the Forest Meets the Stars
26. A book that's published in 2019 - The Killer Collective
27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature - Dracula
28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire -
29. A book with "love" in the title -
30. A book featuring an amateur detective - The Girl at the Border
31. A book about a family - The Forgotten Hours
32. A book written by an author from Asia, Africa, or South America - Born a Crime
33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title - The Evil Eye
34. A book that includes a wedding - Knife of Dreams
35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter - Remo Went Rouge
36. A ghost story - The Graveyard Book
37. A book with a two-word title - Evelyn After
38. A novel based on a true story - Without a Country
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game - Wally Roux
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR reading challenge - A book written by two authors - 4th of July

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41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book - Seveneves
42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book - Escape from the Carnival of Horrors
43. An "own voices" book - The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven
44. Read a book during the season it is set in - Winter's Heart
45. A LitRPG book - It's All Fun and Games
46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters -
47. Two books that share the same title (1) - Seed
48. Two books that share the same title (2) - Seed
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase of idiom (i.e., Big Brother from 1984) -
50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent -
• Reading Challenge 2018
1. A book made into a movie you've already seen -
2. True Crime - A Death in the Islands
3. the next book in a series you started - The Great Hunt
4. A book involving a heist -
5. Nordic Noir - The Keeper of Lost Causes
6. A novel based on a real person - Pimp
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you - Hotel Sacher
8. A book with a time of day in the title -
9. A book about a villan or antihero - The Stand
10. A book about death or grief - Digging In
11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym - Career of Evil
12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist -
13. A book that is also a stage play or musical -
14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you -
15. A book about feminism -
16. A book about mental health - One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift -
18. A book by two authors - Reliquary
19. A book about or involving a sport -
20. A book by a local author -
21. A book with your favorite color in the title - Lethal White
22. A book with alliteration in the title -
23. A book about time travel - Dark Matter
24. A book with a weather element in the title - War Storm
25. A book set at sea -
26. A book with an animal in the title - The Dragon Reborn
27. A book set on a different planet -
28. A book with song lyrics in the title - Eye of the World
29. A book about or set on Halloween -
30. A book with characters who are twins - Creatures of Will and Temper
31. A book mentioned in another book - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
32. A book from a celebrity book club -
33. A childhood classic you've never read - A Wrinkle in Time
34. A book that's published in 2018 - Monsoon Mansion
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner - Into the Water
36. A book set in the decade you were born - Love in Rewind
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to - All the Missing Girls
38. A book with an ugly cover - A Crown of Swords
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library - Carter & Lovecraft
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015,2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges - (A book written by someone you admire) - Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

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41. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school - The Lovely Bones
42. A cyberpunk book - Neuromancer
43. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place - The Things We Wish Were True
44. A book tied to your ancestry - The Tenth Island
45. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title -
46. An allegory - The Little Prince
47. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you -
48. A micro-history - The Devil in the White City
49. A book about a problem facing society today - Brave New World
50. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - All the Light We Cannot See

* I wasn't able to finish the PopSugar challenge this year. I still read a lot, but some years are harder than others. Here's to trying again in 2019*

• Reading Challenge 2017
1. A book recommended by a librarian - Red Queen
2. A book that’s been on your TBR (to-be-read) list for way too long - The Golden Compass
3. A book of letters - Grimrack: An Infernal Epistolary
4. An Audiobook - The Hot Zone
5. A book by a person of color - Monster
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title - The Winter Over
7. A book that is a story within a story - The Princess Bride
8. A book with multiple authors - Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex
9. An espionage thriller - The Senator
10. A book with a cat on the cover - Tailchaser's Song
11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym - The Cuckoo's Calling
12. A bestseller from a genre you don’t normally read - The Color of Heaven
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability - Furiously Happy
14. A book involving travel - The Reckoning
15. A book with a subtitle - The Good Book: A Humanist Bible
16. A book that’s published in 2017 - In Farleigh Field
17. A book involving a mythical creature - The Legend of Devil's Creek
18. A book you’ve read before that never fails to make you smile - The Blue Day Book & The Meaning of Life
19. A book about food - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
20. A book with career advice - The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective - The City of Mirrors
22. A steampunk novel - The Subtle Knife
23. A book with a red spine - Maids of Misfortune
24. A book set in the wilderness - White Hell
25. A book you loved as a child - The Magician's Nephew
26. A book by an author from a country you’ve never visited - Not Alone
27. A book with a title that’s a character’s name - A Man Called Ove
28. A novel set during wartime - The Things They Carried
29. A book with an unreliable narrator - This Book is Full of Spiders
30. A book with pictures - Unbroken
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you - The Help
32. A book about an interesting woman - The First City
33. A book set in two different time periods - Gone The Next
34. A book with a month or day in the title - The Hunt for Red October
35. A book set in a hotel - Uneasy Spirits
36. A book written by someone you admire - The Art of Happiness
37. A book that’s becoming a movie in 2017 - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas - Something Wicked This Way Comes
39. The first book in a series you haven’t read before - Foundation
40. A book you bought on a trip - Bazaar of Bad Dreams

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41. A book recommended by an author you love - The Lost City of Z
42. A bestseller from 2016 - My Sunshine Away
43. A book with a family-member term in the title - Sisters One, Two, Three
44. A book that takes place over a character’s life span - Hillbilly Elegy
45. A book about an immigrant or refugee - Kings Of Broken Things
46. A book from a genre/subgenre that you’ve never heard of - Dark Desires
47. A book with an eccentric character - Just Try to Stop Me
48. A book that’s more than 800 pages - Under the Dome
49. A book you got from a used book sale - Timeline
50. A book that’s been mentioned in another book - The Stepford Wives
51. A book about a difficult topic - The New Jim Crow
52. A book based on mythology - American Gods