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Karen’s comments from the Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge group.

Found The Pilates Class by Stevie Turner on Amazon.

The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill.

Karen's 2026 Challenge
Started:
Finished:
Books read:

Prompts
1 A book where gardening or a garden is central to the plot
2 A book that features a platonic friendship between a man and woman
3 A book you meant to read in 2025
4 A book that starts with the letter "Z"
5 A book about women astronauts
6 A book with an overweight main character whose story isn't about losing weight
7 A book about a granny hobby
8 A book about a sexless marriage
9 A book with a "type C" character
10 A book about a horse or with a horse on the cover
11 A book with a dad as the primary caregiver
12 A book with "pop" or "sugar" in the title
13 A book featuring a character with a hidden past
14 A book set in Michigan or written by an author from Michigan
15 A book about new beginnings
16 A book less than 260 pages
17 A book about your favorite event in the Winter Olympics
18 A love story that defies social boundaries
19 A book about teen angst
20 A book with a character who does Pilates or Lagree
21 A book about a bachelorette trip
22 A book about a book club
23 A book you were hoping would fit into a prompt but doesn't
24 A book about postpartum
25 A book that explores influencer culture
26 A book with a character who navigates infertility
27 A book with a character who has curly hair
28 A book about debt
29 A book that takes place during harvesting season
30 A travel ghost story
31 A book that makes you feel FOMO
32 A book with an underwater civilization
33 A book about college
34 A book with a trans or nonbinary protagonist
35 A book that makes you want to travel to Italy
36 A book about a mob (fiction or nonfiction)
37 A book about a pop star
38 A book with any type of fruit on the cover or in the title
39 A book with a character who runs a marathon
40 A book outside your comfort zone
41 A book in a different format than your usual: physical, audio, eBook
42 A book inspired by a real song, album, band, or artist
43 Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (1)
44 Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (2)
45 A book that features birding
46 A sapphic comic
47 A book told entirely through letters
48 A book with a shadow daddy
49 A book with a mention of your zodiac sign
50 A book about Afrofuturism

Date finished: 8th September
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 15
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book you want to read based on the last sentence -
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): all very different, but thoroughly enjoyed - prompt of overlooked woman in history
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge? (and what prompt was it for?) : hard to say enjoyed given the subject but I would have continued to avoid if not for the challenge.
Least favorite prompt: book by the oldest author in my TBR
Last prompt you finished: a book I've always avoided reading
Prompt you hope to see next year: something linked to the cover or which prompts me to look beyond the obvious/challenges my reading.
Did you like the three different sections of "Advanced" categories this year? Yes
Did you think this year's list was more difficult than usual? Not particularly, but some of the prompts were quite specific.
Finally, are you in for 2026? Absolutely!

Karen's PopSugar 2025 Challenge - prompts completed - 50/50
Started: 01/01/2025
Completed: 08/09/2025

Read and reviewed: ✔

Regular
✔ A book about a POC experiencing joy and not trauma - You Should See Me in a Crown
✔ A book you want to read based on the last sentence - Black Woods, Blue Sky
✔A book about space tourism - Floating Hotel
✔ A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title - What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
✔ A book with a snake on the cover or in the title - The Vipers
✔A book that fills your favorite prompt from the 2015 PS Reading Challenge - Anything For You
✔ A book about a cult - Those Who Prey
✔ A book under 250 pages - Antarctica
✔ A book that features a character going through menopause - The Change
✔ A book you got for free - The Seven O'Clock Club
✔ A book mentioned in another book - The Shining
✔ A book about a road trip - The Road Trip
✔ A book rated less than three stars on Goodreads - Nothing But Blackened Teeth
✔ A book about a nontraditional education - The Golden Enclaves
✔ A book that an AI chatbot recommends based on your favorite book - The Frozen People
✔ A book set in or around a body of water - Beautiful Ugly
✔ A book about a run club - The Running Club
✔ A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons - The Spellshop
✔ A highly anticipated read of 2025 - Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
✔ A book that fills a 2024 prompt you'd like to do over (or try out) - Great Big Beautiful Life
✔A book where the main character is a politician - The Senator's Wife
✔ A book about soccer - Champions AGAIN Olé, Olé!: Celebrating Stockport County's 2023/24 League Two Title-winning campaign
✔ A book that is considered healing fiction - DallerGut Dream Department Store
✔ A book with a happily single woman protagonist - Circe
✔ A book where the main character is an immigrant or refugee - Dream Count
✔ A book where an adult character changes careers - Gold
✔ A book set at a luxury resort - Beach Bodies
✔ A book that features an unlikely friendship - Frank and Red
✔A book about a food truck - Geekerella
✔A book that reminds you of your childhood - The Tent, the Bucket and Me
✔ A book where music plays an integral part of the storyline - The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits
✔ A book about an overlooked woman in history - The Frozen River
✔ A book featuring an activity on your bucket list - Table for One
✔ A book written by an author who is neurodivergent - Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear
✔ A book centering LGBTQ+ characters that isn't about coming out - Jay's Gay Agenda
✔ A book with silver on the cover or in the title - Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow
✔ Two books with the same title (1) - Lovely, Dark and Deep
✔ Two books with the same title (2) - Lovely, Dark & Deep
✔ A classic you've never read - Great Expectations
✔ A book about chosen family - A Sorceress Comes to Call


Advanced Prompts
Easy
✔ A book by the oldest author in your TBR pile - Possession
✔ A book with a title that starts with the letter Y - You Are Here
✔ A book that includes a nonverbal character - Happiness Falls
✔ A book you have always avoided reading - A Little Life

Medium
✔ A book with a left-handed character - The Next Girl
✔ A book where nature is the antagonist - The Vaster Wilds
✔ A book of interconnected short stories - Norse Mythology

Hard
✔ A book that features a married couple who don't live together - An American Marriage
✔A dystopian book with a happy ending - The Light Pirate
✔ A book that features a character with chronic pain - Finding Gene Kelly

Books read

Progress: And that's the 2024 PopSugar Challenge completed for 2024. Completed 26th August 2024.
✔️ read

✔️ A book with the word "leap" in the title - Death at Lovers' Leap
✔️ A bildungsroman book - The Invention of Wings
✔️ A book about a 24-year-old - Trespasses
✔️ A book about a writer - Who Is Maud Dixon?
✔️ A book about K-pop - ASAP
✔️A book about pirates - All the Colours of the Dark
✔️A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete Western Lane
✔️ A book by a blind or visually impaired author - Cursed
✔️ A book by a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing author - The Whispering Dark
✔️ A book by a self-published author - Legends & Lattes
✔️ A book from a genre you typically avoid - Dead Girls Walking
✔️ A book from an animal's POV - The Travelling Cat Chronicles
✔️ A book originally published under a pen name - The Atlas Six
✔️ A book recommended by a bookseller Clear
✔️ A book recommended by a librarian - The Little Liar
✔️ A book set 24 years before you were born - They Do It With Mirrors
✔️ A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list Burial Rites
✔️ A book set in space - The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
✔️ A book set in the future The Last Murder at the End of the World
✔️ A book set in the snow - The Hunger
✔️ A book that came out in a year that ends with "24" - The Actor
✔️ A book that centers on video games - Game Over Girl
✔️ A book that features dragons - When the Moon Hatched
✔️ A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours - A Death at the Party
✔️ A book that was published 24 years ago (2000) - Open House
✔️ A book that was turned into a musical - Legally Blonde
✔️ A book where someone dies in the first chapter - Profile K
✔️ A book with a main character who's 42 years old - The Ferryman
✔️A book with a neurodivergent main character - The Maid
✔️A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary - Pachinko
✔️ A book with a title that is a complete sentence - When Will There Be Good News?
✔️ A book with an enemies to lovers plot - Enemies to Lovers
✔️ A book with an unreliable narrator - None of This Is True
✔️ A book with at least 3 POVs - Suicide Med
✔️ A book with magical realism - The Seven Year Slip
✔️ A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person - Punching the Air
✔️ A book written during NaNoWriMo - Water for Elephants
✔️ A cozy fantasy book - Under the Whispering Door
✔️ A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author - The Girl from the Well
✔️ A horror book by a BIPOC author - The Forest Demands Its Due
✔️ A memoir that explores queerness - In the Dream House
✔️ A nonfiction book about Indigenous people - Touching My Father's Soul: A Sherpa's Journey to the Top of Everest
✔️ A second-chance romance - Seven Days in June
✔️ An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll - The Woman in Me
✔️ An LGBTQ+ romance novel - 10 Things That Never Happened
✔️ A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours - Thornhedge
✔️A book with 24 letters in the title - The Perfect Guy Doesn't Exist
✔️ A collection of at least 24 poems - Paper Aeroplane: Selected Poems 1989-2014
✔️ The 24th book of an author - Breaking the Dark
✔️ A book that starts with the letter "X" - X

My Pop Sugar 2023 List - list completed at least one title per prompt

My aim is to complete this twice - once with adult titles, and once with YA titles. I'll mark the prompt as completed once it has been achieved with two titles.

Date started: 01/01/2023
Date completed: 07/12/2023
Regular: 40/40
Advanced: 10/10

Regular list

1 - A book you meant to read in 2022

2 - A book you bought from an independent bookstore

3 - A book about a vacation

4 - A book by a first-time author

5 - A book with mythical creatures


6 A book about a forbidden romance

7 - A book with "Girl" in the title

8 - A celebrity memoir

9 - A book with a color in the title

10 - A romance with a fat lead

11 - A book about or set in Hollywood

12 - A book published in spring 2023

13 - A book published the year you were born

14 - A modern retelling of a classic

15 - A book with a song lyric as its title

16 - A book where the main character's name is in the title

17 - A book with a love triangle

18 A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022

19 - A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge

20 - A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023

21 A book set in the decade you were born

22 - A book with a queer lead

23 - A book with a map

24 - A book with a rabbit on the cover

25 - A book with just text on the cover

26 - The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list

27 - A #BookTok recommendation

28 - A book you bought secondhand

29 - A book your friend recommended

30 - A book that's on a celebrity book-club list

31 - A book about a family

32 - A book that comes out in the second half of 2023

33 A book about an athlete/sport

34 - A historical-fiction book

35 - A book about divorce

36 - A book you think your best friend would like

37 - A book you should have read in high school

38 - A book you read more than 10 years ago

39 - A book you wish you could read for the first time again

40 - A book by an author with the same initials as you



Advanced list

41 A book written during NaNoWriMo

[42] A book based on a popular movie

43 A book that takes place entirely in one day

44 A book that was self-published

45 - A book that started out as fan fiction

46 - A book with a pet character

47 - A book about a holiday that's not Christmas

48 - A book that features two languages

49 - The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list

50 - A book with alliteration in the title

COMPLETED- √

Read (regular): 40/40
Read (advanced): 10/10

Updated: -16/12/2022

REGULAR
1. completed 13/01/2022 - √ - A book published in 2022.
2. completed 04/01/2022 - √ - A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship.
3. completed 24/09/2022 - √ - A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society
4. completed 29/06/2022 - √ - A book with a tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the title
5. completed 04/04/2022 - √ - A sapphic book
6. completed 25/09/2022 - √ - A book by a Latinx author
7. completed 20/09/2022 - √ - A book with an onomatopoeia in its title
8. completed 15/05/2022 - √ - A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid
9. completed 17/01/2022 - √ - A book about a "found family"
10. completed - √ - An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
11. completed 14/01/2022 - √ - A #BookTok recommendation
12. completed 31/01/2022 - √ - A book about the afterlife
13. completed 28/01/2022 - √ - A book set in the 1980s.
14. completed 12/03/2022 - √ - A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title
15. completed 12/12/2022 - √ - A book by a Pacific Islander author
16. completed 20/02/2022 - √ - A book about witches
17. completed - √ - A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022
18. completed 14/02/2022 - √ - A romance novel by a BIPOC author
19. completed 06/01/2022 (Autumn/Winter) - √ - A book that takes place during your favourite season.
20. completed 02/01/2022 - √ - A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read
21.- completed 01/01/2022 - √ - A book about a band or musical group
22. completed 11/01/2021 - √ - A book with a character on the ace spectrum
23. completed 23/05/2022 - √ - A book with a recipe in it (on Goodreads list for challenge 23)
24. completed 12/02/2022 - √ - A book you can read in one sitting
25. completed 09/01/2022 - √ - A book about a secret
26. completed 17/08/2022 - √ - A book with a misleading title
27. completed 13/12/2022 - √ - A Hugo Award winner
28. completed 03/02/2022 - √ - A book set during a holiday
29. completed 19/01/2022 - √- A different book by an author you read in 2021
30. completed 04/01/2022 - √ - A book with the name of a board game in the title
31. completed 11/12/2022 - √ - A book featuring a man-made disaster
32. completed 24/01/2022 - √- A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page
33. completed 07/05/2022 - √ - A social-horror book
34. completed - √ - A book set in Victorian times
35. completed 09/12/2022 - √ - A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title
36. completed 05/01/2022 -√ - A book you know nothing about.
37. completed 22/01/2022 - √ - A book about gender identity
38. completed 02/02/2022 - √ - A book featuring a party
39. completed - 25/04/2022 - √ - An #OwnVoices SFF (science fiction and fantasy) book
40. completed 15/01/2022 - √ - A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge (2017:unreliable narrator)


Advanced

41. completed 27/03/2022 - √ - A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title
42. completed 24/01/2002 - √ - A book that features two languages
43. completed -√ - A book with a palindromic title
44. completed 04/06/2022 - √ - A duology (1)
45. completed 07/06/2022 - √ - A duology (2)
46. completed 07/02/2022 - √ - A book about someone leading a double life
47. completed - √- A book featuring a parallel reality
48. completed 03/01/2022 - √ - A book with two POVs.
49. completed 26/02/2022 - √ - Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (1)
50. completed - √- Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (2)

√ - read
Regular - 34/40
Advanced - 3/10

I would like to attempt the full challenge.

REGULAR
√ 1. COMPLETED - published 2021 - THE WIFE UPSTAIRS by Rachel Hawkins
√ 2. COMPLETED - An Afrofuturist book - THE CITY WE BECAME - N.K. JEMISIN
√ 3. COMPLETED - book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover - THE HONEY-DON'T LIST by Christina Lauren
√ 4. COMPLETED - A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign - BEARTOWN - FREDRICK BACKMAN
√ 5. COMPLETED - A dark academia book - MADAM by Phoebe Wynne
√ 6. COMPLETED - book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title - CONCRETE ROSE by Angie Thomas
√ 7. COMPLETED - A book where the main character works at your current or dream job - DREAM GIRL by Laura Lippmann
√ 8. COMPLETED - A book that has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction - PIRANESI by Susanna Clarke
9. A book with a family tree
10. A bestseller from the 1990s
√ 11. COMPLETED - A book about forgetting - LOST IN THE NEVER WOODS by Aiden Thomas
√ 12. COMPLETED - A book you have seen on someone’s bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.) - THE APPEAL by Janice Hallett
√ 13. COMPLETED - A locked-room mystery - THE LAMPLIGHTERS by Emma Stonex
√ 14. COMPLETED - A book set in a restaurant - THE DINNER LIST by Rebecca Serle
√ 15. COMPLETED - A book with a black-and-white cover - THE LOST VILLAGE by Camilla Sten
√ 16. COMPLETED - A book by an indigenous author - ELATSOE - DARCIE LITTLE BADGER
√ 17. COMPLETED - A book that has the same title as a song - HOW TO SAVE A LIFE by Eva Carter
√ 18. COMPLETED - A book about a subject you are passionate about - THE KISS QUOTIENT by Helen Hoang
√ 19. COMPLETED - A book that discusses body positivity - MELT MY HEART by Bethany Rutter
√ 20. COMPLETED - A book on a Black Lives Matter reading list - THE OTHER BLACK GIRL by Zakiya Dalila Harris
√ 21. COMPLETED - A genre hybrid - ONE LAST STOP - CASEY MCQUISTON
√ 22. COMPLETED - A book set mostly or entirely outdoors - THE GIRL IN RED by Christina Henry
√ 23. A book with something broken on the cover - COMPLETED - THE CHATEAU - Catherine Cooper
√ 24. A book by a Muslim American / Muslim British author - COMPLETED - ACEOF SPADES - Faridah Abike-Iyimide
√ 25. COMPLETED - A book that was published anonymously - THE LYING LIFE OF ADULTS - ELENA FERRANTE
√ 26. A book with an oxymoron in the title - COMPLETED - PLAIN BAD HEROINES - Emily Danforth
√ 27. COMPLETED - A book about do-overs or fresh starts - THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by Matt Haig
√ 28. COMPLETED - A magical realism book - THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES by Alix Harrow
29. A book set in multiple countries
√ 30. COMPLETED - A book set somewhere you’d like to visit in 2021 - TREMENDOUS THINGS by Susan Nielsen
√ 31. COMPLETED - A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality - BOOKISHLY EVER AFTER by Lucy Powrie
32. A book whose title starts with “Q,” “X,” or “Z”
√ 33. COMPLETED - A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child) - THE CROW GIRL by Erik Axl Sund
√ 34. COMPLETED - A book about a social justice issue - ACE OF SPADES by Faridah Abike-Iyimide
√ 35. COMPLETED - different format to usually read - MY BEST FRIEND'S MURDER by Polly Phillips (audiobook)
√ 36. COMPLETED - A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads - THE BOY I AM by K.L. Kettle
√ 37. COMPLETED - A book you think your best friend would like - THE FELL - Sarah Moss
38. A book about art or an artist
√ 39. COMPLETED - A book everyone seems to have read but you - THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB - Richard Osman
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - 2020 UPSIDE DOWN COVER - Flipped - Wendelin Van Drannen

ADVANCED
41. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list -
√ 42. COMPLETED - The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list - THE YELLOW WALLPAPER by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
43. The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover
44. The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover
45. The book that’s been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time
46. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn’t
47. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing
√ 48. COMPLETED - A book from your TBR list chosen at random - THE GIRLS I'VE BEEN - TESS SHARPE
49. A DNF book from your TBR list
√ 50. COMPLETED - A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library) - FIVE MINDS - GUY MORPUSS