Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion

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1. A book recommended by a librarian- perhaps Kokoro by Sōseki Natsume-248p.- 1001 list (from this list https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/08/31/...
2. A book that's been on your TBR list for way too long- perhaps The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark- 128p.-1001 list or The Body Artist by Don DeLillo-128p.-1001 list
3. A book of letters- perhaps 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff- some editions are under 100p.
✔4. An audiobook- The Woman Who Wouldn't by Gene Wilder
✔5. A book by a person of color- A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah- have this under #26 as well...need to switch one out.
6. A book with one of the four seasons in the title- perhaps The Summer Book by Tove Jansson Summer in Baden-Baden by Leonid Tsypkin(Belarus)-1001 list-246p. or The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez-256p.- 1001 list or Saturday by Ian McEwan-289p.- 1001 list
✔7. A book that is a story within a story- If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
✔8. A book with multiple authors- Lionboy by Zizou Corder
9. An espionage thriller- probably Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
✔10. A book with a cat on the cover- perhaps The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis Sepúlveda
✔11. A book by an author who uses a pseudonym- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
✔12. A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read- The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks-horror
✔13. A book by or about a person who has a disability- Nemesis by Philip Roth
14. A book involving travel- same as 52 weeks# 13
15. A book with a subtitle- same as 52 wks #28- perhaps Silver Screen Fiend: Learning About Life from an Addiction to Film by Patton Oswalt
✔16. A book that's published in 2017- Big Book of Who: Baseball: The 101 Stars Every Fan Needs to Know by The Editors of Sports Illustrated Kids
✔17. A book involving a mythical creature- perhaps The Snow Spider by Jenny Nimmo
18. A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile- probably The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
19. A book about food-perhaps The Invention of Curried Sausage by Uwe Timm - 218p-1001 list (German) or Eating Mud Crabs in Kandahar: Stories of Food during Wartime by the World's Leading Correspondents by Matt Mcallester
20. A book with career advice- Free for All: Oddballs, Geeks, and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert 240p.
21. A book from a nonhuman perspective- perhaps The Call of the Wild by Jack London if not used for #24 orHoly Cow by David Duchovny
✔22. A steampunk novel- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
✔23. A book with a red spine- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
24. A book set in the wilderness- perhaps The Call of the Wild by Jack London if not used for #21 or The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells- 1001 list
25. A book you loved as a child- perhaps The Call of the Wild by Jack London if not used in # 21 or #24 above orPudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
✔26. A book by an author from a country you've never visited- perhaps A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah- have this under #5 as well...need to switch one out
.✔27. A book with a title that's a character's name- Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee
✔28. A novel set during wartime- When the Tree Sings by Stratis Haviaras
✔29. A book with an unreliable narrator- Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky perhaps also The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie- 288p-1001 list
✔30. A book with pictures- Unlikely Friendships : 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland
✔31. A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you- Respected Sir by Naguib Mahfouz
✔32. A book about an interesting woman- The Woman on the Orient Express by Lindsay Jayne Ashford- about Agatha Christie same as 52 weeks #25.
33. A book set in two different time periods- same as 52 weeks #10- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (CD) - same as 52 weeks #10.
✔34. A book with a month or day of the week in the title- August Is A Wicked Month by Edna O'Brien
35.A book set in a hotel- Seize the Day by Saul Bellow
✔36. A book written by someone you admire- Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
37.A book that's becoming a movie on 2017- perhaps= Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
38. A book set around a holiday other than Christmas- perhaps Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay (Valentines Day) or Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie
✔39. The first book in a series you haven't read before- Roman Blood by Steven Saylor
40.. A book you bought on a trip…. Memento Mori by Muriel Spark
and then the Advanced list:
41. A book recommended by an author you love- perhaps Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh-300p-1001 list- recommended by Simon Rich
42. A bestseller from 2016- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie-230p.- on NYT soft cover Y.A. list- maybe same as 52 weeks #30
✔43. A book with a family member term in the tit]e- Bunner Sisters by Bunner Sisters
✔ 44. A book that takes place over a character's life span- Roxana by Daniel Defoe
✔45. A book about an immigrant or refugee- The Arrival by Shaun Tan
✔46. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of- The Passion by Jeanette Winterson- historeographic metafiction
✔47. A book with an eccentric character- perhaps The Book of Evidence by John Banville
✔48. A book that's more than 800 pages- Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
49. A book you got from a used book sale- perhaps On The Black Hill by Bruce Chatwin or The Floating Opera by John Barth
✔50. A book that's been mentioned in another book.- Ulysses by James Joyce mentioned in The History of the Siege of Lisbon by José Saramago
51. A book about a difficult topic- probably Jealousy by Alain Robbe-Grillet
52. A book based on mythology- perhaps Cherokee Myth & Legend byVernon Schmid