The 52 Book Club's 2025 Reading Challenge

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2025, I plan to read a total of 52 books by completing the 52 Book Club's 2025 reading challenge.

If you'd like to participate in this 2025 reading challenge, visit www.the52bookclub.com/2025-reading-challenge.

Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2025 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2025. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

The 52 Book Club's 2025 Reading Challenge:

1. A pun in the title: Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros
2. A character with red hair: Teen Titans: Starfire by Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo
3. Title starts with the letter "M:" Meanwhile by Jason Shiga
4. Title starts with the letter "N:" Never Give Up: A Prairie Family's Story by Tom Brokaw
5. Plot includes a heist: The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel
6. Genre one: set in Spring: Haru: Spring by Joe Latham
7. Genre two: set in Summer: Bad Call: A Summer Job on a New York Ambulance by Mike Scardino
8. Genre three: set in Autumn:
9. Genre four: set in Winter:
10. Author's last name is also a first name: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
11. A prequel: The Riddler: Year One by Paul Dano 
12. Has a moon of the cover: Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: A Native American Year of Moons by Joseph Bruchac and Jonathan London
13. Title is ten letters or less: You Are Here by David Nicholls
14. Climate fiction: Lark Ascending by Silas House
15. Include Latin America history: Narcas: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America's Cartels by Deborah Bonello
16. Author has won an Edgar Award: The Internal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of The Modern Detective by Steven Johnson 
17. Told in verse: I Am Water by Meg Specksgoor
18. A character who can fly: What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing-- What Birds Are Doing, And Why by David Allen Sibley
19. Has short chapters: Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson 
20. A fairy tale retelling: Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries by Mark Teague 
21. Character's name in the title: Growing Up Urkel by Jaleel White
22. Found family trope: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
23. A sprayed edge:
24. Title is a spoiler: Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger by Beth Harbison
25. Breaks the fourth wall: The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee
26. More than a million copies sold: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
27.Features a magician: The Magicians: New Class by Lev Grossman with Lilah Sturges and Pius Bak
28. A crossover (set in a shared universe:) That Time I Got Drunk and Yeeted a Love Potion at a Werewolf by Kimberly Lemming
29. Shared universe with prompt 28: That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Human by Kimberly Lemming
30. In the public domain: Daisy Miller by Henry James (first published in 1878) 
31. Audiobooks has multiple narrators:
32. Includes a diary entry: Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson
33. A standalone novel: Crow Mary by Kathleen Grissom
34. Direction in the title: The New Black West: Photographs From America's Only Touring Black Rodeo by Gabriela Hasbun
35. Written in the third person: Mr. Katō Plays Family by Milena Michiko Flašar
36. Final sentence is less than 6 words long: Pickleball for All by Rachel Simon
37. Genre chosen for you be someone else: Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett (bitpunk)
38. An adventure story: A Trip of One's Own: Hope, Heartbreak, and Why Traveling Solo Could Change Your Life by Kate Wills
39. Has an epigraph: You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World edited by Ada Limón
40. Stream of consciousness narrative: The Hearing Test by Eliza Barry Callahan
41. Cover font is in a primary color: In a League of Her Own: Celebrating Female Firsts in Sports by Bonnie-Jill Laflin
42. Non-human antagonist: Hey, Zoey by Sarah Crossan
43. Explores social class: Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See
44. A celebrity on the cover: Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television form Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond by Bethonie Butler
45. Author releases more than one book a year: Love: Poems by Danielle Steel
46. Read in a "-Ber" month:
47. "I think it was blue:" The Only Woman by Immy Humes
48. Related to the word "puzzle:" The Playful Brain: The Surprising Science of How Puzzles Improve Your Mind by Richard Restak, M.D. with puzzles by Scott Kim
49. Set in a country with an active volcano: The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir (Set in Iceland)
50. Set in the 1940s: Osamu Dazai's The Setting Sun: The Manga Edition by Coco Kashiwaya
51. 300-400 pages long: Get a Hobby: 365 Things to Do for Fun (Not Work!) by Jasmine Cho
52. Published in 2025: Losing Sight by Tati Richardson

The 52 Book Club's 2024 Reading Challenge

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2024, I plan to read a total of 104 books by completing the 52 Book Club's 2024 reading challenge (consisting of 52 books) and the Booklist Queen's 2024 Reading Challenge (also consisting of 52 books.) 

If you'd like to participate in this 2024 reading challenge, visit www.the52bookclub.com/2024-reading-challenge.

Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2024 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2024. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

The 52 Book Club's 2024 Reading Challenge:

1. Locked-room mystery: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
2. Bibliosmia: A smelly book: Scent of the Missing: Love & Partnership with a Search-and-Rescue Dog by Susannah Charleson 
3. More than 40 chapters: Dark Visions by Jonas Saul
4. Lowercase letters on the spine: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time by Kylie Scott
5. Magical Realism: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
6. Women in STEM:Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History by Sam Maggs
7. At least four different POV: The Candymakers by Wendy Mass
8. Features the ocean: Ocean Anatomy: The Curious Parts & Pieces of the World Under the Sea by Julia Rothman
9. A character-driven novel: Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurty
10. Told in non-chronological order: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider by Ishmael Beah
11. Title starting with the letter "K:" Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
12. Title starting with the letter "L:" Last Dance by Hanna Schroy
13. An acdemic thriller: River Road by Carol Goodman
14. A grieving character: Forget Prayers, Bring Cake: A Sinlge Woman's Guide to Grieving by Merissa Nathan Gerson
15. Part of a duology: Ravaged by Naima Simone
16. An omniscient narrator: Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
17.Nominated for The Booker Prize: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (2022)
18. An apostrophe in the title: Your Heart's Desire by Melody Carlson
19. A buddy read: Last Christmasin Paris by Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb
20. A revenge story: The Lost Girls: A Vampire Revenge Story by Sonia Hartl
21. Written by a ghostwriter: The Answer Is... by Alex Trebek
22.A plot similar to another book: Vanessa Jared's Got a Man by LaQuette
23. The other book with the similar plot: The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
24. A cover without people on it: Recitatif by Toni Morrison
25. An author "everyone" had read except you: What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey
26. Hybrid genre: The Book of Denial by Ricardo Chavez Castaneda
27. By a neurodivergent author: Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew
28. A yellow spine: Rizzio by Denise Mina
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan (published in 2012)
30. Picked without reading the blurb: Black People Breathe: A Mindfulness Guide to Racial Healing by Zee Clarke
31. Includes a personal phobia: The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
32. Timeframe spans a week or less: This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith
33. An abrupt ending: Stuart Little by E.B. White
34. Set in a landlocked country:The Eagle Huntress: The True Story of the Girl Who Soared Beyond Expectations by Aisholpan Nurgaiv with Liz Welch
35. Title matches lyrics from a song: A Girl Like Her by Talia Hibbert
36. Has futuristic technology: Break Out by Zack Kaplan, Wilton Santos, Jason Wordie, and Jim Campbell
37. Palindrome on the cover: I Don't Want to Be a Mom by Irene Olmo
38. Published by Hachette: Freaks, Gleeks, & Dawson's Creek: How Seven Teen Shows Transformed Televison by Thea Glassman
39. Non-fiction recommended by a friend: Sign My Name to Freedom: A Memoir of a Pioneering Life by Betty Reid Soskin
40. Set during a holiday you don't celebrate: Archie Celebrates Diwali by Mitali Banerjee Ruths 
41. A sticker on the cover: Come & Get It by Kiley Reid
42. Author debut in second half of 2024: Comfort Sequels: The Psychology of Movie Sequels by Emily Marinelli
43. About finding identity: That Kind of Guy by Talia Hibbert
44.Includes a wedding: My Wandering Warrior Existence by Nagata Kabi
45. Chapter headings have dates: My Picture Diary by Fujiwara Maki
46. Featuring indigenous culture: Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur
47. Self-insert by an author: The Fate of the Artist & The Second Fake Death of Eddie Campbell by Eddie Campbell
48. The word "secret" in the title: The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel 
49. Set in a city starting with "M:" The Boy with a Snake in His Schoolbag: A Memoir from Manila (or Something Like That) by Bob Ong
50. Musical instrument of the cover: Ada's Vilin: the story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay by Susan Hood, Illustrated Sally Wern Comport 
51. Related to the word "Wild:" A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back by Kevin Hazzard
52. Published in 2024: All You Need is Rhythm & Grit: How to Run Now - For Health, Joy, and a Body That Loves You Back by Cory Wharton-Malcolm

The 52 Book Club's 2023 Reading Challenge

 

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2023, I plan to read a total of 104 books by completing the 52 Book Club's 2023 reading challenge (consisting of 52 books) and the Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge (also consisting of 52 books.) 

If you'd like to participate in this 2023 reading challenge, visit www.the52bookclub.com/2023-reading-challenge.

Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2023 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2023. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

The 52 Book Club's 2023 Reading Challenge:

1. Book with a subtitle: What The Amish Teach Us:Plain Living In A Busy World by Donald B. Kraybill
2. Featuring an inheritance: Inheritance: A Memoir of Generalogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
3. Title starting with the letter “G:” Gray Hair Don't Care by Karen Booth
4. Title starting with the letter “H:” Happily Ever Older: Revolutionary Approaches to Long-Term Care by Moira Welsh
5. Title starting with the letter “I:” Invisible Wounds by Jess Ruliffson
6. Under 200 pages: From a Cat House to the White House by Jesse Pender
7. A city or country name in the title: Paris: The Memoir by Paris Hilton 
8. Dystopian Fiction: Permafrost by Alastair Reynolds
9. A book with a dedication: You Got Anything Strong by Gabrielle Union
10. Takes place during the roaring twenties: Emipre of Deception by Dean Jobb
11. A book about secrets: The Stranger She Loved: A Mormon Doctor, His Beautiful Wife, and an Almost Perfect Murder by Shanna Hogan
12. High Fantasy: An Embarrassment of Witches by Sophie Goldstein and Jenn Jordan
13. Published posthumously: It Is Well With My Soul: The Extraordinary Life of a 106- Year-Old Woman by Ella Mae Cheeks Johnson
14. A survival story: The Birthday Party by Stanley N. Alpert
15. Set in Australia:In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
16. Featuring one of the “seven deadly sins:” Greed in the Gilded Age: The Brillant Con of Cassie Chadwick by William Elliott Hazelgrove
17. By a Caribbean author: Kiss Me Catalina by Priscilla Oliveras (Puerto Rico)
18. Set during a war other than WWI or WWII: Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates By Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger (The Barbary Wars)
19. Typographic cover: I'm Not Yelling: A Black Woman's Guide to Navigating the Workplace by Elizabeth Leiba
20. A book about siblings: The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue by John Glatt 
21. A second-hand book: The Runner's Guide To The Meaning Of Life by Amby Burfoot
22. A body-positive message: Body Positive: A Guide To Loving Your Body by Emily Lauren Dick
23. An alliterative title: Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally by Emily Ladau
24. Nordic Noir: The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis
25. A fashionable character: Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir by Daniel R. Day
26. Has an epilogue: Black Girl In Love (with herself) by Trey Anthony
27. Newbery Medal Winner: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant (1993)
28. Includes a funeral: It's Your Funeral: Plan the Celebration of a Lifetime Before It's Too Late by Kathy Benjamin
29. Sends you down a rabbit hole: Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn't Built For Us by Alison Mariella Désir
30. An author with a same name as you: Tallulah The Tooth Fairy CEO by Dr. Tamara Pizzoli
31. Set in a workplace: Please Be Advised by Christine Sneed
32. Published by Macmillan: The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
33. A banned book: A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Sruvive by Dave Pelzer
34. Featuring mythology: Medusa by Rosie Hewlett
35. A book you meant to read last year: Marriage Be Hard by Kevin and Melissa Fredericks
36. Chapters have cliffhangers: Hello, Sunshine by Laura Dave
37. Written in present tense: Blush by Helen Hardt
38. An enemies-to-lovers plot: West Side Love Story by Priscilla Oliveras
39. The final book in a series: Master of Pleasure by Tara Sue Me
40. Written by a comedian: Number One Is Walking by Steve Martin and Harry Bliss
41. A character who is a refugee: The Night Diary by Veera Hiranaandani
42. Time in the title: Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes
43. A book “everyone” has read:The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
44. A contemporary setting: Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
45. First word in the book is “The:” The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker
46. Script font on spine: Old School Love and Why It Works by Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons and Justine Simmons
47. Set in the city of Dublin: Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy
48. A book by Octavia E. Butler: Unexpected Stories by Octavia E. Bulter
49. Books on the cover: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald
50. Related to the word “murder:” The Coworker by Freida McFadden
51. A book that doesn’t fit any of the other 51 prompts: The Way of the Househusband by Kousuke Oono (graphic novel)
52. Published in 2023: Bad Ass Vegan by John Lewis 

Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2023, I plan to read a total of 104 books by completing the 52 Book Club's 2023 reading challenge (consisting of 52 books) and the Booklist Queen's 2023 Reading Challenge (also consisting of 52 books.) 

If you'd like to participate in this 2023 reading challenge, visit www.booklistqueen.com/reading-challenge-2023.

Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2023 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2023. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

The Booklist Queen 2023 Reading Challenge:

1. Winter Read: Winter Stars: An Elderly Mother, An Aging Son, and Life''s Final Journey by Dave Iverson
2. Goodreads Winner in 2022: The Maid by Nita Prose
3. By a Black Author: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 
4. With More Than 500 Pages: Butterfly by Kathryn Harvey
5. Published in Your Birth Year: Ramona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary (1979)
6. Famous Author You’ve Avoided: The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingslover
7. Character with a Disability: Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling
8. Fiction & Nonfiction Pairing:Hindsight by Iris & Roy Johansen
9. Fiction & Nonfiction Pairing: Hindsight by Justin Timberlake
10. By a Local Author: Purgatory Has An Adress by Romaine Washington
11. A Western: Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins
12. You Own But Haven’t Read:Will Travel For Vegan Food by Kristin M. Lajeunesse
13. Animal on the Cover: Sad Animal Babies by Brooke Barker
14. Recommended by a Librarian: Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley
15. Newberry Award Winner:The Summer of the Swans (1971) by Betsy Byars
16. About Royalty: The Remarried Empress, Vol. 1 by Alphatart 
17. Written Before 1850: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820) by Washington Irving and Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
18. With Dual Timelines: Forget Me Not by Julie Soto
19. Dewey Decimal System: 300s: The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty by Ellen Warner
20. Mother-Daughter Story: A Thousand Miles to Graceland by Kristen Mei Chase 
21. Empowering Read: Fat Girls Hiking: An Inclusive Guide To Getting Outdoors At Any Size or Ability by Summer Michaud-Skog 
22. World War I Book: Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce by Stanley Weintraub
23. Domestic Thriller: Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent
24. 2023 New Release: Slow AF Run Club:The Ultimate Guide For Anyone Who Wants To Run by Martinus Evans 
25. Read with Jenna Book Club Pick: The Measure by Nikki Erlick (July 2022)
26. A Book Everyone is Talking About: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
27. Book Becoming Movie in 2023: Are You There God,It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume
28. About Complicated Relationships: Assassinistas by Tini Howard
29. Recommended on TikTok: Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
30. An Audiobook: Spare by Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
31. Set in the 1930s: Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson
32. Contemporary Fiction Bestseller: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
33. About Adoption: Then She Found Me by Elinor Lipman
34. Genre You Don’t Usually Read: A Perfect Amish Romance by Shelley Shepard Gray (Christian Fiction)
35. Title Starts with “A”: Animal Farm by George Orwell
36. Set in South America: The Jolly Roger Social Club: A True Story of a Killer in Paradise by Nick Foster (Panama)
37. Detective Story: Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man by Emily J. Edwards
38. About Power: The Power To Get Things Done: (Whether You Feel Like It Or Not) by Steve Levinson, PHD  and Chris Cooper
39. 2022 Bestseller: Recitatif by Toni Morrison
40. By an Author You Love: Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert 
41. With a Long Title: The Art of War for Women: Sun Tzu's Ultimate Guide to Winning Without Confrontation by Chin-Ning Chu
42. Five-Star Read: Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou 
43. YA Historical Fiction: Buffalo Flats by Martine Leavitt
44. About Magic: The Memory Thieves by Dhonielle Clayton 
45. A Book That Makes You Happy: Things To Look Forward to: 52 Large and Small Joys For Today and Everyday by Sophie Blackall
46. Award Winning Nonfiction: Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh (Kansas Notable Book Award 2019.)
47. Modern Classic: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
48. Borrowed from a Friend: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
49. Red Cover: They Shouldn't Have Killed His Dog by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman  
50. Reread a Favorite: Gypsyworld by Julian Thompson
51. Bottom of Your To-Read List: Thicker than Water: A Memoir by Kerry Washington
52. Holiday Romance: Build Your Own christmas Movie Romance by Riane Konc 

Booklist Queen's 2022 Reading Challenge

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2022, I plan to read a total of 104 books in 2022 by completing the 52 Book Club's 2022 reading challenge and the Booklist Queen 2022 Reading Challenge. If you'd like to participate in this 2022 reading challenge, visit www.booklistqueen.com/reading-challenge-2022.

Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2022 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2022. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

The Booklist Queen 2022 Reading Challenge:

1. By a author you love: Head Bangers by Zane
2. Goodreads winner in 2021: The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
3. Book becoming a movie in 2022: Bullet Train by Kotaro Isaka
   
4. Book with a twist: A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
5. Speculative fiction: Dwellers by Eliza Victoria
6. With a bird on the cover: Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton
   
7. About a difficult choice: Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat by Patricia Williams 
8. Published in 2012: Wild by Cheryl Strayed 
9. With a name in the title: Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
10. By a local author: Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
11. Discussion-worthy book club book: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
12. 2021 bestseller: The Storyteller by Dave Grohl
13. Genre you don't usually read: Sackett's Land (western) by Louis L' Amour
    
14. Shakespearean play: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
    
15. With a two word title: Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades
16. About a Muslim protagonist: How It All Blew Up by Arvin Ahmadi
17. Set in the 1980's: The Impossible Fortress by Jason Rekulak
18. Asian American & Pacific Islander Author: The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
    
19. Bottom of your to-read list: Heated by Naima Simone
20. Literary fiction: I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi
21. Recommended on Instagram: The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
22. LBGTQ+ book: Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
23. Book everyone is talking about: Finding Me by Viola Davis
24. Pulitzer prize winner: The Tradition by Jericho Brown (2020 winner in poetry)
25. With a blue cover: My Lady's Choosing by Kitty Curran & Larissa Zageris
26. Author who shares your initials: Spy x Family, vol. 1 by Tatsuya Endo
27. Epic adventure: Kill the Farm Boy by Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne
28. A guilty pleasure read: Larger Than Life by Maria Sherman
29. An audiobook: Run the Mile You're In by Ryan Hall
30. Catchy title: Eat Cake for Breakfast and 99 Other Small Acts of Happiness by Viola Sutanto
31. About nature: Friluftsliv by Oliver Luke Delorie
32. Two books by the same author (1): Every Heart A Doorway by Seanan McGuire 
33. Two books by the same author (2): Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
34. YA fantasy: The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
35. Purchased at a bookstore: An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
36. Family drama: Revenge of the Scapegoat by Caren Beilin
    
37. Classic you've avoided: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
38. Set in Africa: The Memory of an Elephant by Alex Lasker
39. Recommended by a librarian: Wash  Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith
40. By a British author: Assembly by Natasha Brown
41. Reread a favorite: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
42. Under 300 pages: Treasure Island!!! by Sara Levine
43. Spooky read: Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
44. Nonfiction bestseller:  Atlas of the Heart by Brene' Brown
    
45. A book about life: You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar
46. Reese Witherspoon book club pick: Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman
    
47. Makes you laugh: Everything I Need to Know I learned From a Golden Book by Diane Muldrow
48. Historical novel: The Forty Elephants by Erin Bledsoe
49. A 2022 new release: Tanqueray by Stephanie Johnson & Brandon Stanton
50. Inspiring memoir:  Lady Death:  The Memoirs of Stalin's Sniper by Lyudmila Pavlichenko
51. Cozy mystery: Murder in Cherry Hill by Paige Sleuth
52. You own but haven't read: Book Nerd by Holly Maguire

The 52 Book Club's 2022 Reading Challenge

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2022, I plan to read 52 books in 2022 by completing the 52 Book Club's 2022 reading challenge. If you'd like to participate in this 2022 challenge, visit www.the52book,club.

Below is the list of reading prompts for the 2022 reading challenge which I'll start on January 1, 2022. After I finish each reading prompt, I'll update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year and previous years, check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

The 52 Book Club's 2022 Reading Challenge:

1. A second-person narrative: Million Little Mistakes by Heather McElhatton
2. Featuring a library or bookstore: The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson
3. Title starting with the letter "E:" Every Body Yoga by Jessamyn Stanley
   
4. Title starting with the letter "F:" Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
5. Chapters have titles: Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like "Journey" in the Title by Leslie Gray Streeter
6. Household object on the cover: Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing by Olga Mecking
   
7. A non-fiction bestseller: The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey (New York Times 2020)
8. Involving the art world:  The Art of the Con by Anthony M. Amore
9. A book that sparks joy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
10. A book based on a real person: White Houses by Amy Bloom
11. A book with less that 2022 Goodreads ratings: What's Your Enneatype by Liz Carver & Josh Green
12. Set on at least two continents: The Catch Me If You Can by Jessica Nabongo
13. Includes a club: Mean Girls Club: Pink Dawn by Ryan Heshka
    
14. A character with superhuman ability: Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney & Robyn Smith
    
15. A five-syllable title:  Running For My Life by Lopez Lomong 
16. A book you've seen someone reading in a public place: Portraits of Childfree Wealth by Jay Zigmont
17. A book picked based on its spine: My Seven Black Fathers by Will Jawando
18. Jane Austen-inspired: The Code For Love and Heartbreak by Jillian Cantor
    
19. A book that has an alternate title: Where's Waldo: Deluxe Edition by Martin Handford
20. Related to the word "gold:" Gold Rush Women by Claire Rudolf Murphy & Jane G. Haigh
21. Published by Simon & Schuster: Self-Care For Black Women by Oludara Adeeyo
22. An unlikely detective: An Equal Opportunity Death by Susan Dunalp
23. Author with an X, Y, or Z in their name: Saving Myself One Step at a Time: A Running Memoir by T.J. Bryan
24. Addresses a specific topic: Never Too Late by Kate Champion
25. A wealthy character: January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky
26. Has an "Author's Note:" Get A Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
27. Include a map: Goldilocks: Wanted Dead or Alive by Chris Colfer
28. Award winning book from your country: Life is So Good by George Dawson and Richard Glaubman 
29. Over 500 pages long: Roots by Alex Haley (729 pages)
30. Audiobook is narrated by the author: Will by Will Smith
31. Technology-themed: Awesome Achievers in Technology by Alan Katz
32. A book that intimidates you: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
33. A bilingual character: You Had Me At Hola by Alexis Daria
34. An author's photo on the back: Secret Inland Empire: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Larry Burns
35. From the villain's perspective: Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
36. Recommended by a favorite author: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Recommended by Atul  Gawande)
    
37. Set in a rural area: We We're Rich and We Didn't Know It by Tom Phelan
38. Don't judge a book by its cover!: The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig
39. A middle-grade novel: Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
40. A book with photographs inside: National Geographic Rarely Seen: Photographs of the Extraordinary by Susan Tyler Hitchcock
41. Involves a second chance: You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
42. An indie read: Love & Saffron by Kim Fay
43. Author's who published in more than one genre: The Running Shaped Hole By Robert Earl Stewart (also published poetry)
    
44. An anthology: The (Other) F Word: A Celebration of the Fat & Fierce edited by Angie Manfredi
    
45. A book with illustrated people on the cover: Caught Up in the Rapture by Sheneska Jackson
46. A job title in the title: Maids by Katie Skelly
    
47. Read during the month of November: Second Coming: Volume 1 by Mark Russell, Richard Pace, Leonard Kirk, & Andy Troy
48. Redo one of the year's prompts, but with a different genre (title starting with the letter "F"): Fairest of All by Serena Valentino
49. Book title starts with the same letter as your first name: Thirsty Mermaids by Kat Leyh
50. A person of color as the main character: Happy Endings by Thien- Kim Lam 
51. The word "game" in the title: Good Game, Well Played by Rachael Smith, Katherine Lobo, & Justin Birch
52. Published in 2022: Clean Air by Sarah Blake

2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2021, I plan to complete the 2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge which contains a total of 50 books as well as the 52 Book Club Reading Challenge.

Below is a list of reading prompts for the 2021 reading challenge. After I finish each reading prompt, I will update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year, you can check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge:

1. A book published in 2021: Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert
2. An Afrofuturist book: My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due
3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover: Fattily Ever After by Stephanie Yeboah
   
4. A book by an author who shares you zodiac sign: Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
5. A dark academia book: What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo
   
6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title: The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
   
7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job: Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha
8. A book that has won the Women's Prize For Fiction (2017:) The Power by Naomi Alderman
9. A book with a family tree: The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
   
10. A bestseller from the 1990s: The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller (1993 & 1994)
    
11. A book about forgetting: Still Alice by Lisa Genova
12. A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.:) The Passive Programming Playbook by Paula Willey and Andria L. Amaral
    
13. A locked-room mystery: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
14. A genre hybrid: Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley
15. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors: 100 Hikers 100 Hikes by Andrew Camani
16. A book with something broken on the cover: Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology and How You Can Heal by Donna Jackson Nakazawa
17. A book by a Muslim American author: Proud: Living My American Dream by Ibtihaj Muhammad (Young Readers Edition)
18. A book that was published anonymously: Letting Ana Go by Anonymous
19. A book with an oxymoron in the title: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
20. A book about do-overs or fresh starts: Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
21. A magical realism book: The Charmed Wife by Olga Grushin
22. A book set in multiple countries: Contents May Have Shifted by Pam Houston
23. A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021:The Museum of Rain by Dave Eggers (California Central Coast)
24. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality: Feeding My Soul (Because It's My Business) by Tabitha Brown
25. A book whose title starts with "Q," "X," or "Z:" Quirky by Melissa A. Schilling
26. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child:)
27. A book about a social justice issue: Spirit Run by Noe Alvarez
28. A book set in a restaurant: Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
29. A book with a black-and-white cover: The White City by Karolina Ramquvist
30. A book by an Indigenous author: Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's by Tiffany Midge
31. A book that has the same title as a song: Between You and Me by Mary Norris
32. A book about a subject you are passionate about: I Love it When You Talk Retro by Ralph  Keyes
33. A book that discusses body positivity: The Self-Love Revolution by Virgie Tovar, MA 
34. A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list: The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobook, ebooks, graphic novels:) Hidden America by Jeanne Marie Laskas (large print)
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads: The Silence by Don Delillo
37. A book you think your best friend would like: Pop Sonnets by Erik Didriksen
    
38. An book about art or an artist: Leonardo's Knots by Caroline Cocciardi
    
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you: Sula by Toni Morrison
    
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: book based entirely on its cover - Reading the OED: One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages by Ammon Shea 
41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list: From My People: 400 Years of African American Folklore edited by: Daryl Cumber Dance (736 pages)
42. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list: I'd Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel (149 pages)
43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover: Make Your Own Sunshine by Janice Dean
44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover: All Systems Red by Martha Wells
45. The book that's been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time: Dirty South by Ben Westhoff
    
46. A book from you TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't: My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
47. A book from you TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing: A Pictorial Guide to Biltmore by Rachel Carley
48. A book from your TBR list chosen at random: Rediscover Jesus by Matthew Kelly
49. A DNF book from your TBR list: Afraid of Everything by Adam Tierney
50. A free book from you TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library:) Secrets of a Former Fat 
    Girl by Lisa Delaney

The 52 Book Club's 2021 Reading Challenge

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For 2021, I plan to complete the 2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge as well as the 52 Book Club reading challenge which contains a total of 52 books. 

Below is a list of reading prompts for the 2021 reading challenge. After I finish each reading prompt, I will update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year, you can check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

The 52 Book Club's 2021 Reading Challenge:

1. Set in a school: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
2. Featuring the legal profession: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
3. A dual timeline: The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
   
4. An author who is deceased: Naughtier Than Nice by Eric Jerome Dickey (July 7, 1961 - January 3, 2021)
5. Published by Penguin: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
6. An character with the same name as a male family member: Lawrence: The Bunny Who Wanted to Be Naked by Vern Kousky
   
7. An author with only 1 published book: #Veryfat #Verybrave by Nicole Byer
   
8. A book in the 900's of the Dewey Decimal System: American Like Me (920.073) by America Ferrera 
9. Set in a Mediterranean country: My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith
10. Related to the word "fire:" Fighting Fire by Caroline Paul
11. Book with discussion questions inside: The Deep by Rivers Solomon
12. Title starting with the letter "D:" Deception by Selena Montgomery
13. Includes an exotic animal: Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor
    
14. Written by an author over 65 (when published:) Pandora's Lab by Paul A. Offit, M.D.
    
15. A book mentioned in another book: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen (mentioned in "I'd Rather Be Reading" By Anne Bogel) 
16. Set before the 17th Century: Empress of the East by Leslie Peirce
17. A character "on the run:" Dead Girl Running by Christina Dodd
18. Author with a 9-letter last name: Poor Unfortunate Soul by Serena Valentino
    
19. Book with a deckled edge: Evicted by Matthew Desmond
20. Made into a TV series: High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey From Africa to America by Jessica B. Harris
    
21. Book by Kristin Hannah: Between Sisters by Kristen Hannah
22. A family saga: The Cousins by Karen M. McManus
23. An ending that surprises you: Mosquitoland by David Arnold
24. A book you think they should read in schools: Adulthood *for Beginners by Andy Boyle
25. A book with multiple character POV: Slade House by David Mitchell
26. An author of color: Reckless by Selena Montgomery
27. First chapter ends on an odd page number: My One and Only by Kristan Higgins
28. Includes a historical event you know little about: They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
29. Featuring the environment: Fragile Earth From the Editors of Collins
30. Watch out for dragons!:Fire in His Blood by Ruby Dixon
31. Shares a similar title to another book: Legacy by Helen Hardt
32. A selfish character: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
33. Featuring adoption: Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society by Judy Christie & Lisa Wingate
34. A book you'd rate 5 stars: Make Something Good Today by Erin & Ben Napier
35. Set in a country that starts with the letter "S:" The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning by Margareta Magnusson
36. A nameless narrator: The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
    
37. An educational read: A Loving Approach to Dementia Care by Laura Wayman
38. Recommended on BookBub: Introvert Power by Laurie A. Helgoe
39. An alternate history novel: River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
40. Found via #bookstagram: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
41. An endorsement by a famous author on the cover: Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
42. An epistolary: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
43. An character with a pet cat: A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
    
44. Includes a garden: The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck
    
45. A coming of age novel: How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
46. Winner of the National Book Award - any year: Challenger Deep by Neal Shusterman (Young People's Literature 2015)
    
47. A character with a disability: Sunnyside Plaza by Scott Simon
48. A cover with a woman who is facing away: When Winter Comes by V.A. Shannon
49. A flavour in the title: Chocolate Friday by Edwina Martin-Arnold
50. A shoe on the cover: Danger, Sweetheart by MaryJanice Davidson 
51. Published in 2021:Eartha & Kitt by Kitt Shaprio
52. Re-do one of the previous 51 categories from this 2021 challenge: (character with a disability) Always Only You by Chloe Liese

2020 Mommy Mannegren 52 Books in 52 Weeks Reading Challenge

Each year, I take on different reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. This year in addition to doing the 2020 Popsugar Reading Challenge, I also added the Mommy  Mannegren 2020 52 Books in 52 Weeks which contains a total of 52 books. 

Below is a list of all the books I have read for the 2020 52 Books in 52 Weeks Reading Challenge along with their reading prompt. After I finish each reading prompt, I will update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year, you can check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

Completed 12/4/20

2020 52 Books in 52 Weeks Reading Challenge:

1. A book with the letter "W" in the title: Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows by Melanie Joy
2. A hardcover: Where the Light Enters by Jill Biden 
3. By an indigenous writer: An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo
4. Set in winter: Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand
5. A character who is a senior: Out of Warranty by Haywood Smith
6. Written in the 1970's: Cruel Shoes (1979) by Steve Martin
7. An author local to you: Hands of Fire by Richard Thomas Banegas
8. Orange on the cover: The Reason Why by Vickie M. Stringer
9. Set in Space: Redshirts by John Scalzi
10. A bestseller: Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
11. A book that leaves you thinking: The Memo by Minda Harts
12. A "guilty pleasure": Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer
13. Written by a female author: More Myself by Alicia Keys
14. Boo in a series: Miles to Go by Richard Paul Evans
15. Book with romance: The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory
16. Borrowed from a friend: Beauty and the Beast by May Sage
17. Written by more than one author: What We Keep by Bill Shapiro and Naomi Wax
18. Published in 2020: Fate by Helen Hardt 
19. A Stephen King novel: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
20. An author whose last name starts with the same initial as yours: Jim the Boy by Tony Earley 
21. Written by a blogger or journalist: I'm So Proud of You by Tim Madigan
22. A character that frustrates you: Love Dungeon by Criss Carr
23. Title beginning with A: All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai
24. Title beginning with B: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
25. Title beginning with C: Church Boy by Kirk Franklin
26. A strong "friendship" theme: Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
27. A comic book: Sleepless Volume 1 by Sarah Vaughn
28. Literary Fiction: Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi 
29. An award-winning novel: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (winner of Edgar Award 2014)
30. A book with recipes inside: Flavor of the Week by Tucker Shaw
31. A book featuring royalty: Truly Madly Royally by Debbie Rigaud
32. A spy novel: The Quiet American by Graham Greene
33. A book containing poetry: Green Grapes Black Hands by Jackie Joice
34. A book with illustrations: Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm
35. An author's debut book: H20 by Virginia Bergin
36. Written in first person: Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
37. A book featuring the medical profession: This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries from a Medical Resident by Adam Kay
38. Set in the future: Unwind by Neal Shusterman
39. A book used in a celebrity book club: Chop Wood Carry Water (Andrew Luck Book Club)
40. A book on the Mensa reading list for grades 9-12: The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
41. Published when you were 20: The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events) by Lemony Snicket
42. Reuse a prompt from a past year: (2018 - first book in a trilogy) Though I Stumble by Kim Cash Tate
43. Set in a country you've never visited before: The Golden Son by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
44. "Recommended" to you by Amazon: Humans of New York by Brandon Stanton
45. A book that cost you less than $5: His To Claim by Brenda Jackson
46. By an author used in an earlier category: The Storm by Virginia Bergin (used in author's debut book category)  
47. Story takes place on a form of transportation: The 6:41 to Paris by Jean-Philippe Blondel
48. Character who wears glasses: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
49. About a world leader: This Child Will Be Great by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 
50. An author you previously disliked: Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
51. A genre you don't normally care for: Shadow Touch by Majorie Liu (paranormal romance)
52. A book with a Foreword: Push the button by Feminista Jones

2020 Popsugar Reading Challegne

Each year, I take one reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For the past couple of years, I've been sticking with the Popsugar Reading Challenge which contains a total 50 books.

Below is a list of all the books I read for the 2020 Popsugar Reading Challenge along with their reading prompt. After I finish each reading prompt, I will update this list. If you want to see more of the books I've read this year, you can check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

Challenged completed 12/3/20!

2020 Popsugar Reading Challenge:

1. A book that's published in 2020: Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey 
2. A book by a trans or nonbinary author: Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
3. A book with a great first line: If a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
4. A book about a book club: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics: The Awakening by Shakir Rashaan (Atlanta)
6. A bildungsroman: Space Invaders by Nona Fernandez
7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed: How To Say No Without Feeling Guilty by Patti Breitman
8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
9. A book with a map: The Walk by Richard Paul Evans
10. A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club: I Don't Want to Die Poor: Essays by Michael Arceneaux (recommended on Gettin' Grown podcast)
11. An anthology: Running, Eating, Thinking: A Vegan Anthology by Martin Rowe
12. A book that passes the Bechdel test: Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
13.  A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it: Humans by Brandon Stanton
14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
15. A book published the month of your birthday: Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead (April)
16. A book about or by a woman in STEM: Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole
17. A book that won an award in 2019: Bring Out the Dog by Will Mackin (winner of PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize) 
18. A book on a subject you know nothing about: Left Out in America: The State of Homelessness in the United States by Pat LaMarche
19. A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics: The Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda Lovelace
20. A book with a pun in the title: Ruff Around the Edges by Roxanne St. Claire
21. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins: The Wrath & The Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
22. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character: Cog by Greg Van Eekhout
23. A book with a bird on the cover: Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
24. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader: A Full Life by Jimmy Carter
25. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title: Thousand Pieces of Gold by Ruthanne Lum McCunn
26. A book by a WOC (woman of color): Citizen by Claudia Rankine
27. A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads: T is for Transformation by Shaun T
28. A book you meant to read in 2019: Ravenous by Helen Hardt
29. A book about or involving social media: Dot Complicated by Randi Zuckerberg
30. A book that has a book on the cover: Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim
31. A medical thriller: The Second Opinion by Michael Palmer
32. A book with a made-up language: The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine
33. A book set in a country beginning with "C": I've Been Meaning To Tell You by David Chariandy (set in Canada) 
34. A book you picked because the title caught your attention: When Food is Your Drug by Kristin Jones
35. A book with a three-word title: Desired or Dominated by Criss Carr
36. A book with a pink cover: Food Junkies by Vera Tarman
37. A western: Red Dirt Riders by Kristen Swann Porter
38. A book by or about a journalist: Never in my Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism by Belva Davis
39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week: 
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge (2018- next book in a series you started:) The Road to Grace by Richard Paul Evans 
41. A book written by an author in their 20s: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
42. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title: Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber
43. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision): Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang
44. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics: American Fuji by Sara Backer
45. A book set in the 1920s: Black Orchid Blues by Persia Walker
46. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books: The Pearl by John Steinbeck
47. A book with more than 20 letters in its the title: By The River Piedra I Sat Down And Wept by Paulo Coelho
48. A book published in the 20th century: Tambourines to Glory by Langston Hughes (1958) 
49. A book from a series with more that 20 books: Flirt by Laurell K. Hamilton (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter)
50. A book with a main character in their 20s: The Two Lives of Lydia Bird by Josie Silver

2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge is Done!

Each year, I take one reading challenges as a way to get outside of my reading comfort zone. For the past couple of years, I've been sticking with the Popsugar Reading Challenge which contains a total 50 books.

Below is a list of all the books I read for the 2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge along with their reading prompt. If you wanted to see more of the books I've read this year, you can check out my Goodreads profile at: https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/15431036.

2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge:

1. A book becoming a movie in 2019: The Kitchen by Ollie Masters
2. A book that makes you nostalgic: Courting Miss Hattie by Pamela Morsi
3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction): My Love Story by Tina Turner
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie: Black by Kwanza Osajyefo
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads: The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
6. A book with a plant in the title or one the cover: Empty Bottle Full of Stories by R.H. Sin
7. A reread of a favorite book: Love Poems for Married People by John Kenney
8. A book about a hobby: Women in Gaming by Meagan Marie
9. A book you meant to read in 2018: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff at Work by Richard Carlson
10. A book with "pop," "sugar," or "challenge" in the title: Sugar & Spice by Keith Lee Johnson
11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover: Thong on Fire by Noire
12. A book inspired by mythology, legend, or folklore: Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips
13.  A book published posthumously: My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King
14. A book set in space: Sanity & Tallulah by Molly Brooks
15. A book by two female authors: Shifting by Charisse Jones & Kumea Shorter-Gooden
16. A book with a title that contains "salty," "sweet," bitter,"or "spicy": Hotel at the Corner of Bitter & Sweet by Jamie Ford
17. A book set in Scandinavia: The 100 -Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
18. A book that takes place in a single day: The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker
19. A debt novel: How High the Moon by Karyn Parsons
20. A book that's published in 2019: Death Wins a Goldfish by Brian Rea
21. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature: The Magic of the Unicorn by Deborah Lerme Goodman
22. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire: Braving the Wilderness (recommended by Reese Witherspoon) by Brene Brown
23. A book with "love" in the title: Gun Love by Jennifer Clement
24. A book featuring an amateur detective: Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer
25. A book about a family: We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
26. A book written by an author from Asia, Africa, or South America: Eye Level by Jenny Xie
27. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title: Aries by Joanna Martine Woolfolk
28. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie: Between the Sheets (Read by Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad) by Molly O'Keefe
29. A retelling of a classic: The Pied Piper of Hamlin by Russell Brand
30. A book with a question in the title: Can I Taste It? by David Weaver
31. A book set on a college or university campus: Check, Please by Ngozi Ukazu
32. A book about someone with a superpower: Ellie Ultra by Gina Bellisario
33. A book told from multiple character POV: My Century by Gunter Grass
34. A book that includes a wedding: Something New by Lucy Kinsley
35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally
36. A ghost story: Infidel by Pornsak Pichetshote
37. A book with a two-word title: The Mister by E.L. James
38. A novel based on a true story: Josephine Baker's Last Dance by Sherry Jones
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game: Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: Walking with Peety (2018 Challenge: Book with an animal of the cover) by Eric O'Grey
41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book: Thirst by Benjamin Warner
42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book: Lost in Austen by Emma Campbell Webster
43. An "own voices" book: Black & Brown Faces in America's Wild Places Dudley Edmondson
44. Read a book during the season it is set in: Early Autumn by Richard B. Parker
45. A LitRPG book: Accidental Thief by C.J. Davis
46. A book with no chapters, unusual chapter heading, or unconventionally number chapters: The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
47. Two books that share the same title (1): All Through the Night by Connie Brockway
48. Two books that share the same title (2): All Through the Night by Mary Higgins Clark
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom (e.g., Big Brother from 1984): Taming of the Shrew (break the ice) by William Shakespeare
50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent: Finding Grace by Daphne Greer

Participating in POPSUGAR 2018 Reading Challenge

I've been participating in online reading challenges for the last couple of years as a way to broaden my reading horizons and expose myself to books I wouldn't normally read. To this end, I am taking part in the Popsugar 2018 reading challenge.I'm happy to report that I completed this reading challenge on August 3, 2018!

Although there is a total of 50 books to read for this challenge, I am pushing myself to read a total of 100 books for 2018 which I'm keeping track of through the goodreads website. Check back to this page as I plan to update this list often. I'm listing the books below with the connected reading prompt and signify completing by highlighting it. Happy reading!

2018 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

1. A book made into a movie you've already seen: The Color Purple by Alice Walker
2. True Crime: Killer Twins by Michael Benson
3. The next book in a series you started: Intimate Geography by Tasmen Parker
4. A book involving a heist:The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
5. Nordic noir:I'm Traveling Alone by Samuel Bjork
6. A novel/book based on a real person: Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
7. A book set in a country that fascinates you: The Corpse Walker by Liao Yiwu
8. A book with the time of day in the title: Night Shift by Stephen King
9. A book about a villian or antihero:Darly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
10. A book about death or grief: From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty
11. A book with your favorite color in the title: Roses are Red by James Patterson
12. A book with alliteration in the title: Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
13. A book about time travel: The Dechronization of Sam Magruder by George Gaylord Simpson
14. A book with a weather element in the title:Heaven Sent Rain by Lauraine Snelling
15. A book set at sea:Pirates by Celia Rees
16. A book with an animal in the title: The Parrot's Lament by Eugene Linden
17. A book set on a different planet: Saga, Volume 8 by Brian K. Vaughn
18. A book with song lyrics in the title:I'll Take You There by Wally Lamb
19. A book about or set on Halloween: Deadly Treats edited by Anne Frasier
20. A book with characters who are twins: Sam & Ilsa's Last Hurrah by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
21. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym: That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E. Hinton
22. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist: A Very, Very Bad Thing by Jeffery Self
23. A book that is also a stage play or a musical:The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
24. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you:The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
25. A book about feminism:This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jerkins
26. A book about mental health:Black Pain by Terrie N. Williams
27. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift: Darker by E.L. James
28. A book by two authors:If Only For One Night by Victoria Christopher Murray & Reshonda Tate Billingsley
29. A book about or involving a sport:Nowhere Near First by Cory Reese
30. A book by a local author:Bunny Blues by Amy O'Hare
31. A book mentioned in another book:The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil by Stephen Collins
32. A book from a celebrity book club: Y: The Last Man, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughn
33. A childhood classic you've never read: The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
34. A book that's published in 2018: Happiness is a Choice You Make by John Leland
35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner: Room by Emma Donoghue
36. A book set in the decade you were born: Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to: Natural Disaster by Ginger Zee
38. A book with an ugly cover: The Skin Spinners by Joan Aiken
39. A book that involves a bookstore or library: Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates
40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges: Book with a one word title Census by Jesse Ball
41. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school (1997): Don't Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson
42. A cyberpunk book: Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Shiro
43. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place: All Rights Reserved
44. A book tied to your ancestry:Far More Terrible For Women edited by Patrick Minges
45. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title: The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy Reichert
46. An allegory: Maus by Art Spiegelman
47. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you: The Sisters Are Alright by Tamara Winfrey Harris
48. A microhistory:Eight Flavors by Sarah Lohman
49. A book about a problem facing the world today: Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
50. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon