Popsugar Reading Challenge 2021 Wrap Up

Every year since 2015, I have had the Popsugar Reading Challenge to diversify my reading. Over the course of the last year, I would like to think that I have done this and looking at did a good job considering I have been so busy over the last year. Even though I did actually have a plan of a book to read for almost all of the prompts, I did just wing it for the latter half of the year. This was because I was just reading what I wanted to and because I was not really reading at all.  So let's see what I read this year...

A book that’s published in 2021  Book I Want To Read: Gut Feelings by C. G. Moore
Book I Actually Read: Gut Feelings by C.G. Moore
An Afrofuturist book
Book I Want To Read: The City We Became by N. K. Jemisin 
Book I Actually Read: The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover Book I Want To Read: Heartbreak Boys by Simon James Green
Book I Actually Read: Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign (Aquarius)Book I Want To Read: Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman 
Book I Actually Read:
A dark academia bookBook I Want To Read: The Secret History by Donna Tartt 
Book I Actually Read: T.I.G.E.R.S. by M.A, Bennett

A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the titleBook I Want To Read: Salt To The Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Book I Actually Read: The Empress Of Salt & Fortune by Nghi Vo

A book where the main character works at your current or dream job Book I Want To Read: The Pieces Of Ourselves by Maggie Harcourt
Book I Actually Read: Silk by Maurene Goo

A book that has won the Women’s Prize For Fiction Book I Want To Read: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Book I Actually Read:
A book with a family treeBook I Want To Read: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Book I Actually Read: 

A bestseller from the 1990s Book I Want To Read: Holes by Louis Sachar
Book I Actually Read: Holes by Louis Sachar

A book about forgetting Book I Want To Read: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab 
Book I Actually Read: Lost Cat by Mary Gaitskill
A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.) Book I Want To Read: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Book I Actually Read: Punching The Air by Ibi Zoboi 

A locked-room mystery Book I Want To Read: The Guest List by Lucy Foley 
Book I Actually Read:

A book set in a restaurant Book I Want To Read: Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Book I Actually Read: Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
A book with a black-and-white coverBook I Want To Read: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
Book I Actually Read: Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel 

A book by an Indigenous authorBook I Want To Read: There, There by Tommy Orange
Book I Actually Read:

A book that has the same title as a song Book I Want To Read: The Sky Is Mine by Amy Beashel 
Book I Actually Read: Counting Stars by Keris Stainton
A book about a subject you are passionate about
Book I Want To Read: Good As You by Paul Flynn
Book I Actually Read: The Queer Bible by Jack Guinness 

A book that discusses body positivityBook I Want To Read: Body Positive Power by Megan Crabbe
Book I Actually Read:

A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading listBook I Want To Read: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin 
Book I Actually Read: Taking Up Space by Chelsea Kwakye, Ore Ogunbiyi

A genre hybrid Book I Want To Read: The Last of August by Britanny Cavallaro
Book I Actually Read: The Upper World by Femi Fadugba

A book set mostly or entirely outdoors Book I Want To Read: I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall
Book I Actually Read: Monsters by Emerald Fennell

A book with something broken on the cover Book I Want To Read: Eight Pieces of Silva by Patrice Lawrence
Book I Actually Read: The Test by Sylvain Neuvel 
A book by a Muslim American author 
Book I Want To Read: Internment by Samira Ahmed
Book I Actually Read: Split by Muhammed Khan

A book that was published anonymously Book I Want To Read: The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue (It's short)
Book I Actually Read: 
The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue
A book with an oxymoron in the title Book I Want To Read: Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
Book I Actually Read: A Map To The Sun by Sloane Leong

A book about do-overs or fresh starts Book I Want To Read: Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys
Book I Actually Read: Everyone Dies Famous In A Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock 
A magical realism book Book I Want To Read: Ask The Passengers by A.S. King
Book I Actually Read: All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman

A book set in multiple countries Book I Want To Read: Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney
Book I Actually Read: The Crossing by Manjeet Mann

A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021 Book I Want To Read: Last Bus To Everland by Sophie Cameron 
Book I Actually Read: 
Last Bus To Everland by Sophie Cameron 
A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube creator, or other online personality Book I Want To Read: A Beautiful Foolish Endeavour by Hank Green
Book I Actually Read: A Beautiful Foolish Endeavour by Hank Green
A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”
Book I Want To Read: Quiet by Susan Cain
Book I Actually Read: Quiet by Susan Cain

A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)Book I Want To Read: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong 
Book I Actually Read: Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong 

A book about a social justice issue Book I Want To Read: Natives by Akala
Book I Actually Read: The Power of Women by June Sarpong
A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels) Book I Want To Read: Dear Haiti With Love by Maika & Maritza Moulite 
Book I Actually Read: Claudine by Riyoko Ikeda, Jocelyne Allen
A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads Book I Want To Read: My Heart Goes Bang by Keris Stainton 
Book I Actually Read: Neva's Story by Austin McConnell

A book you think your best friend would like Book I Want To Read: Percy Jackon & the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 
Book I Actually Read: The Paper & Hearts Society Bookish Ever After by Lucy Powrie

A book about art or an artist Book I Want To Read: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Book I Actually Read:

A book everyone seems to have read but you Book I Want To Read: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book I Actually Read: A Kind Of Spark by Elle McNicoll

Your favourite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: Book With the Same Title As A Film  Book I Want To Read: Summerland by Lucy Adlington 
Book I Actually Read: City Of Ghosts by V.E. Schwab 

Advanced:
The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list Book I Want To Read: Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Book I Actually Read: Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list Book I Want To Read: A Chaos Walking Novella by Patrick Ness
Book I Actually Read: 
A Chaos Walking Novella by Patrick Ness
The book on your TBR list with the prettiest coverBook I Want To Read: Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Book I Actually Read: Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover 
Book I Want To Read: Would You Rather by Katie Heaney 
Book I Actually Read: Would You Rather by Katie Heaney

The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time Book I Want To Read: Daughter Of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Book I Actually Read: Flawed by Cecelia Ahern 

A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t Book I Want To Read: The Diviners by Libba Bray
Book I Actually Read: The Sky Weaver by Kristen Ciccarelli

A book from your TBR list you associate with a favourite person, place, or thing Book I Want To Read: Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger 
Book I Actually Read: Franny & Zooey by J.D. Salinger

A book from your TBR list chosen at random Book I Want To Read: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe 
Book I Actually Read: Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe

A DNF book from your TBR list 
Book I Want To Read: Dune by Frank Herbert
Book I Actually Read: Dune by Frank Herbert
A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library)
Book I Want To Read: After The Fire by Will Hill
Book I Actually Read: Flying Tips For Flightless Birds by Kelly McCaughrain

What were your reading challenges like this year? Let me know in the comments.
See you soon, 
Amy
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