Pop Sugar Reading Challenge 2017
1. A book recommended by a librarian~Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng 5 stars
2. A book that has been on your TBR list for way too long~The Secret Garden by Frances Hogdson Burnett 3 stars I should have read it when I was younger.
3. A book of letters~Gilead by Marilynne Robinson 5 stars An aged father's letter to his young son.
4. An audio book~This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper 3 stars
5. A book by a person of color~A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J Gaines 5 stars
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title~Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell 4 stars It's a hard scrabble life.
7. A book that is a story within a story~The Princess Bride by William Goldman 2 stars I do not get this type of humor!
8. A book with multiple authors~The Tilted World by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly 4 stars
9. An espionage thriller~Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E Wein 4 stars Julie and Maddie are heartbreakers.
10. A book with a cat on the cover~The Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen 5 stars Beautiful illustrations
11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym~Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare aka Judith Lewis 3 stars A dessert of a book!
12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read~My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh 4 stars (Crime)
13. A book about a person who has a disability~600 Hours of Edward by Craig Lancaster 4 stars Asbergers and OCD
14. A book involving travel~State of Wonder by Ann Patchett 4 stars The jungles of the Amazon
15. A book with a subtitle~The Hearts of Men by Nickolas Butler 4 stars "Rock on, Wisconsin"
16. A book published in 2017~Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan 4 stars May 23, 2017 (pub date)
17. A book involving a mythical creature~Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor 3 stars Seraphim and Chimera
18. A book you have read before that never fails to make you smile~Shotgun Love Songs by Nickolas Butler 5 stars So much fun!
19. A book about food~Sourdough by Robin Sloan 3 stars Fun, quirky
20. A book with career advice~Why Not Me by Mindy Kahling 3 stars
21. A book from a non-human perspective~The Chosen by JR Ward 3 stars (Vampire)
22. A steampunk novel~Leviathan by Scott Westerfield 3 stars More punk than steam
23. A book with a red spine~Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 4 stars extraordinary
24. A book set in the wilderness~A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson 3 stars Hiking the Appalachian Trail
25. A book you loved as a child~Robin Hood #
26. A book by an author from a country you have never visited~Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 4 stars Kwan was born in Singapore
27. A book with a title that's a character's name~LaRose by Louise Erdrich 5 stars All the feels
28. A novel set during wartime~Code Name Verity by Elizabeth E Wein 4 stars Friendship, Sacrifice, WWII
29. A book with an unreliable narrator~Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple 4 stars Eleanor lacks self awareness
30. A book with pictures~The Mermaid by Jan Bret 5 stars (signed copy)
31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you~Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon 3 stars Jamaican
32. A book about an interesting woman~Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman 5 stars So Good!
33. A book set in two different time periods~Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward 5 stars Oh, God...
34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title~Saturday's Child by Cal Innes 1 star Bloody, violent
35. A book set in a hotel~These Foolish Things by Maddie Maggoch aka The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 3 stars "Out, out, brief candle"
36. A book written by someone you admire~My Very Best Friend by Cathy Lamb 3 stars
37. A book that's becoming a movie in 2017~The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls 4 stars
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas~A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby 3 stars New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day
39. The first book in a series you haven't read before~Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor 3 stars
40. A book you bought on a trip~Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler 4 stars Vero Beach, FLA
Every year I am so pleased to find amazing books to read to complete these challenges. I read 74 books this year. 36 books by men, 38 books by women, 15 books by POC.
I have not added up my pages yet...but I will.
