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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Popsugar Reading Challenge 2017


This is the spot where I will be keeping track of my progress in the Popsugar 2017 Reading challenge. I'm not planning out these reads ahead of time, but I will come back to this post to link up my reviews as I go along.

Popsugar 2017 Reading Challenge List

1. A book recommended by a librarian The Summer I Saved the World...in 65 Days by Michele Weber Hurwitz
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
3. A book of letters Letters From The Looney Bin by Thatcher C. Nalley
4. An audio book Lock In by John Scalzi
5. A book by a person of color Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
7. A book that is a story within a story Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman
8. A book with multiple authors Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
9. An espionage thriller The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
10. A book with a cat on the cover Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman
11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
13. A book by or about a person who has a disability Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
14. A book involving travel Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
15. A book with a subtitle Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History by Bill Schutt
16. A book published in 2017 History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund
17. A book involving a mythical creature Mermaids in Paradise by Lydia Millet
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling; Illustrated by Jim Kay
19. A book about food The Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Reader's Edition by Michael Pollan
20. A book with career advice Rigorous Reading by Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective  Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
22. A steampunk novel The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
23. A book with a red spine Trouble by Non Pratt
24. A book set in the wilderness The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
25. A book you loved as a child Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling; Illustrated by Jim Kay
26. A book by an author from a country you never visited Germinal by Émile Zola
27. A book with a title that's a character's name King Lear by William Shakespeare
28. A novel set during wartime Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
29. A book with an unreliable narrator Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
30. A book with pictures Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
32. A book about an interesting woman The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
33. A book set in two different time periods Redshirts by John Scalzi
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
35. A book set in a hotel A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
36. A book written by someone you admire Dear White America by Tim Wise
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017 The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas Labor Day by Joyce Maynard
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
40. A book you bought on a trip The Girls by Emma Cline

*Bonus Categories* - To be completed if the original 40 are completed before the year is out!

41. A book recommended by an author you love Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
42. A bestseller from 2016 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
43. A book with a family-member term in the title The Good Sister by Jamie Kain
44. A book that takes place over a character's lifespan The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
45. A book about an immigrant or a refugee Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
46. A book from a genre/subgenre that you've never heard of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
47. A book with an eccentric character Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
48. A book that's more than 800 pages Dune by Frank Herbert
49. A book you got from a used book sale Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
50. A book that's been mentioned in another book Dracula by Bram Stoker
51. A book about a difficult topic Colorblind by Tim Wise
52. A book based on mythology American Gods by Neil Gaiman

1 comment:

  1. So many challenges! I shouldn't do this one, but it's so fun to plan. lol. Good luck with your challenge!

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