2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge

 

Popsugar Reading Challenge
Hosted By: Tara Block
Official Challenge Page
My GoodReads Page

Summary of Details/Rules: 
This is to encourage you to learn something about yourself, others, and the world around you. Have fun and you make the rules, so feel free to break them!

MY GOAL: 25 books  COMPLETED

My List:

1. Published 2021 - The Desolations of Devil's Acre ~ Ransom Riggs ~ 5/17
2. Afrofuturist book - *** 
3. Has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on cover - The Mother's Promise ~ Sally Hepworth ~ 6/11
4. Author who shares your zodiac sign - Aries ~ Dear Mr. Henshaw ~ Beverly Cleary ~ 
5. Dark academia book - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ J.K. Rowling ~ 7/21
6. Gem, mineral, or rock in title - Goldheart ~ Kenley Davidson ~ 4/28
7. Main character works at your current or dream job - If the Shoe Kills ~ Lynn Cahoon ~ 3/11
8. Won the Women's Prize for Fiction - ***
9. A family tree - The Ghost of Marlow House ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 3/15
10. Bestseller from the 1990's - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone ~ J.K. Rowlings ~ 5/13
11. Book about forgetting - I Found You ~ Lisa Jewel ~ 1/14
12. Book you have seen on someone's bookshelf (real, Zoom, TV show, etc.) - Chill Factor ~ Sandra Brown ~ 1/15
13. Locked-room mystery - The Secret Garden (Father Brown) ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 6/5
14. Set in restaurant - ***
15. Black-and-white cover - I Know What You Did Last Summer ~ Lois Duncan ~ 7/27
16. Indigenous author - ***
17. Same title as a song - Watching You ~ Lisa Jewel ~ 1/19
18. Subject you are passionate about - By Book or By Crook ~ Eva Gates ~ 5/23
19. Discusses body positivity - Then Again, Maybe I Won't ~ Judy Blume ~ 1/21
20. BLM reading list - ***
21. Genre hybrid - Pirouette ~ Kenley Davidson ~ 5/30
22. Set mostly or entirely outdoors - Where the Crawdads Sing ~ Delia Owens ~ 2/26
23. Something broken on the cover - Speaking From Among the Bones (Flavia de Luce #5) ~ Alan Bradley ~ 4/11
24. Muslim American author - ***
25. Published anonymously - ***
26. An oxymoron in the title - ***
27. About do-orders or fresh starts - The Searcher ~ Tana French ~ 1/24
28. Magical realism book - Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book ~ Jennifer Donnelly ~ 3/13 
29. Set in multiple countries -  A Wee Murder in My Shop ~ Fran Stewart ~ 6/5
30. Set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021 - Long Road to Mercy ~ David Baldacci ~ 1/13 
31. By blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality - ***
32. Title starts with Q, X or Z - Queen of Nothing ~ Holly Black ~ 2/19
33. Features 3 generations (grandparent, parent, child) - The Mother-in-Law ~ Sally Hepworth ~ 2/9
34. Social justice issue - The Invisible Girl ~ Lisa Jewel ~ 1/17
35. Different format than what is normal - A Cue to a Kill ~ Lilian Watts ~ 5/5 
36. Fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or GR - The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 3/19
37. Your best friend would like - The Wives ~ Tarryn Fisher ~ 2/18
38. About art or an artist - A Colourful Death ~ Carola Dunn ~ 5/22
39. Everyone seems to have read but you - The Book Thief ~ Markus Zusak ~ 3/3
40. Favorite prompt from past PS challenge - Ghost of Notchey Creek ~ Liz S. Andrew ~ 5/31

Advanced

1. Longest book (pages) on TBR list - Imaginary Friends ~ Stephen Chbosky ~ 2/6
2. Shortest book (pages) on TBR list - The Shell Game ~ Janet Evanovich ~ 1/18
3. Prettiest cover on TBR list - Blue Dahlia ~ Nora Roberts ~ 12/18
4. Ugliest cover on TBR list - All the G.K. Chesterton books I've read
5. Been on TBR the longest - 
6. TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't - Minute to Midnight ~ David Baldacci ~ 2/15
7. Favorite person, place or thing on TBR - Death of a Mad Hatter (Hat Shop Mystery #2) ~ Jenn McKinlay
8. Randomly picked book on TBR - Final Cut ~ S.J. Watson ~ 1/26
9. A DNF book from TBR list - Guidebook to Murder ~ Lynn Cahoon ~ 7/22
10. Free book on TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library) - Love in a Nutshell ~ Janet Evanovich ~ 2/27