READING CHALLENGE | POPSUGAR 2019 READING CHALLENGE

 

I really enjoy the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge because it has so many prompts and they vary so widely. Of course this also makes it one of the hardest to complete, and if I ever do manage to do so, I’m fairly sure there will be some sort of prize ceremony involved.

 

1. A book becoming a movie in 2019 – Daisy Jones and the Six – Taylor Jenkins Reid (13-part Amazon series, not film, but close. Also no release date confirmed yet that I could find, but it has been announced.); Five Feet Apart – Rachel Lippincott; Brain On Fire – Susannah Cahalan
2. A book that makes you nostalgic – Five Feet Apart – Rachel Lippincott (reminded me of my time spent in the hospital as a young teen, not necessarily a good nostalgia, but nostalgia just the same)
3. A book written by a musician – Naked at the Albert Hall – Tracey Thorn; Patient – Ben Watt
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie – My Sister the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite; My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward – Mark Lukach
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads
6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover – Greenwood – Michael Christie
7. A reread of a favourite book
8. A book about a hobby – On the Come Up – Angie Thomas
9. A book you meant to read in 2018 – Locking Up Our Own – James Forman Jr., Small Animals – Kim Brooks
10. A book with “pop,” “sugar,” or “challenge” in the title – Bedsit Disco Queen: How I grew up and tried to be a pop star – Tracey Thorn
11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
12. A book inspired by mythology, legend or folklore – Circe – Madeline Miller; The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker
13. A book published posthumously
14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
15. A retelling of a classic – The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker (The Illiad)
16. A book with a question in the title
17. A book set on a college or university campus – Mrs. Fletcher – Tom Perrotta
18. A book about someone with a superpower
19. A book told from multiple character POVs – Ordinary People – Diana Evans; An American Marriage – Tayari Jones; Five Feet Apart – Rachel Lippincott; The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker; Daisy Jones and the Six – Taylor Jenkins Reid; The Kiss Quotient – Helen Hoang
20. A book set in space
21. A book by two female authors – The Wife Between Us – Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
22. A book with a title that contains “salty,” “sweet,” “bitter,” or “spicy”
23. A book set in Scandinavia
24. A book that takes place in a single day
25. A debut novel – My Sister, the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite
26. A book that’s published in 2019 – On the Come Up – Angie Thomas; Kid Gloves – Lucy Knisley
27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature
28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire – An American Marriage – Tayari Jones (Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama)
29. A book with “love” in the title
30. A book featuring an amateur detective
31. A book about a family – Birds, Beasts and Relatives – Gerald Durrell
32. A book written by an author from Asia, Africa or South America – My Sister, the Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaite
33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title
34. A book that includes a wedding – The Silence of the Girls – Pat Barker technically includes a wedding, though without any ceremony or celebration
35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter – Bedsit Disco Queen – Tracey Thorn
36. A ghost story – Ordinary People – Diana Evans, sort of
37. A book with a two-word title – Small Animals – Kim Brooks
38. A novel based on a true story
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game
40. Your favourite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
41. A cli-fi (climate fiction) book
42. A “choose your own adventure” book
43. An “own voices” book – The Kiss Quotient – Helen Hoang is about an autistic main character and written by an autistic author
44. Read a book during the season it is set in
45. A LitRPG book
46. A book with no chapters, unusual chapter headings, or unconventionally numbered chapters – Girl, Woman, Other – Bernardine Evaristo
47. Two books that share the same title (1)
48. Two books that share the same title (2)
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom (e.g. Big Brother from 1984)
50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent

This challenge is a lot of fun – there are so many options to choose from! I’d love to hear which you are most excited to tackle, and if you have any books to recommend for some of the tougher prompts! You can also join the Goodreads group here and find printable versions of the list above here. Check out the original post on POPSUGAR here for all the info and links.