2020 PopSugar Reading Challenge

Hello Readers!

Are you participating in the PopSugar reading challenge this year?
You can find the original post HERE!

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 This will be the second year I've participated in this and I haven't been strict with following any of the prompts but maybe I'll do better this year!
See my 2019 challenge + progress!

I'm going to continue with my trend from last year of adding books that I own/have on my tbr that might fit the prompts and then crossing them out once I read that book.
Feel free to leave me recs for the ones I haven't filled in yet!

 Title  = finished reading
* = currently reading

13/50

1. A book published in 2020
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins
Come Tumbling Down
The Conference of the Birds
The Deep by Alma Katsu
Glass Town by Isabel Greenberg
Mexican Gothic
Home Before Dark
Kiki's Delivery Service
+++

2. A book by a trans or non-binary author
All the Birds in the Sky
or
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

3. A book with a great first line
A Tale of Two Cities

4. A book about a book club
Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore

5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics
[Tokyo, Beijing, Los Angeles, Rome, Montreal, Barcelona, Sochi, Turin, Paris, Seoul, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Atlanta, Athens, Berlin, Sydney, Moscow, Salt Lake City, Sapporo, Helsinki, Stockholm, Munich, Innsbruck, Vancouver, Lake Placid]
Dear Martin (Atlanta)
A Gentleman In Moscow

6. A bildungsroman
Swamplandia
Born A Crime

7. The first book you touch on your shelf with your eyes closed

8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover
The Outsider by Stephen King

9. A book with a map
Ninth House or The Priory of the Orange Tree

10. A book recommended by your fave blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

11. An anthology
Full Dark, No Stars
Dreadful Young Ladies
20th Century Ghosts

12. A book that passes the Bechdel test
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Fingersmith
Little Women

13. A book with the same title as a movie or tv show but unrelated

14. A book by an author whose name has flora or fauna in it
D-Day Girls by Sarah Rose

15. A book about or involving social media

16. A book that has a book on the cover
The Library of Auschwitz
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

17. A medical thriller
Brain On Fire
The Silent Patient
Miracle Creek

18. A book with a made-up language in it
Watership Down

19. A book set in a country beginning with "C"
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (set in the 'Congo')

20. A book you picked because the title caught your attention
The Golem and the Jinni

21. A book published the month of your birthday
Gideon the Ninth
Squirm

22. A book about or by a woman in STEM
Hidden Figures

23. A book that won an award in 2019
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
New Kid by Jerry Craft

24. A book on a subject you know nothing about
For Small Creatures Such As We by Sasha Sagan

25. A book with only words on the cover. No images or graphics.
The Princess Saves Herself in This One

26. A book with a pun in the title

27. A book that features one of the seven deadly sins
The Scarlet Letter (reread)

28. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character

29. A book with a bird on the cover
The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs
or
Guest by Mary Downing Hahn

30. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader
11/22/63 by Stephen King

31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze in the title
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

32. A book written by a WOC
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

33. A book with at least a 4-star rating on Goodreads
Born A Crime by Trevor Noah

34. A book you meant to read in 2019

35.  A book with a three-word title
Brave New World
Come Tumbling Down
Gideon the Ninth
Gwendy's Button Box

36. A book with a pink cover


37. A western
Brokeback Mountain or True Grit

38. A book by or about a journalist
Scat by Carl Hiassen (writes for the Miami Herald)
Squirm by Carl Hiassen

39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week
Brave New World
Watership Down

40. Your favorite prompt from a past PopSugar reading challenge


ADVANCED PROMPTS

41. A book written by an author in their 20's

42. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title
20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill

43. A book with a character with vision impairment

44. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics
Pachinko

45. A book set in the 1920s
A Gentleman in Moscow

46. A book by an author who has written 20+ books
Murder on the Orient Express

47. A book with more than 20 letters in the title
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
I Know What You Did Last Summer

48. A book published in the 20th century

49. A book from a series with more than 20 books in it
Murder On The Orient Express

50. A book with the main character in their 20's
The Night Circus

Good luck if you're participating!
Happy reading!

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