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Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
Popsugar 2019 Reading Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Progress: 33 out of 50

The 2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge contains 40 tasks to broaden your horizons and 10 additional book prompts for the “hardcore” readers out here!

1. A book becoming a movie in 2019
- Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

2. A book that makes you nostalgic:
I Myself Have Seen It by Susanna Moore - **** - 5/23/2019 - 192 Pages
3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction):
Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You by Lin-Manuel Miranda - ***** - 3/12/2019 - 207 Pages
4. A book you think should be turned into a movie
The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer - ***** - 1/5/2019 - 416 Pages
5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - ***** - 7/11/2019 - 213 Pages
6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover
Texas Rain by Jodi Thomas - **** - 1/3/2018 - 374 Pages
7. A reread of a favorite book
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 5/29/2019 - 318 Pages

8. A book about a hobby
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines by Thomas C. Foster

9. A book you meant to read in 2018
Ghost by Jason Reynolds - **** - 1/17/2019 - 192 Pages

10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title
- Gimmie Som Sugar by Molly Harper

11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
Under the Table by Stephanie Evanovich - **** - 10/9/2019 - 336 Pages
12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore
The Last Mermaid by Shana Abe - *** - 2/21/2019 - 592 Pages

13. A book published posthumously
- I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie: "Gilmore Girls"
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens - **** - 3/25/2019 - 489 Pages
15. A retelling of a classic
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas - **** - 6/7/2019 - 419 Pages
16. A book with a question in the title
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast - **** - 4/8/2019 - 228 Pages
17. A book set on college or university campus:
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World by William H. McRaven - ***** - 3/28/2019 - 130 Pages

18. A book about someone with a superpower
- Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds

19. A book told from multiple POVs
Redemption by Susannah Sandlin - **** - 3/19/2019 - 357 Pages
20. A book set in space:
Dune by Frank Herbert - **** - 5/28/2019 - 604 Pages
21. A book by two female authors
Perfect Is Boring: 10 Things My Crazy, Fierce Mama Taught Me about Beauty, Booty, and Being a Boss by Tyra Banks - ***** - 1/31/2019 - 320 Pages - Tyra and Her Mama
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title:
Ain't She Sweet? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips - ***** - 5/3/2019 - 464 Pages

23. A book set in Scandinavia
- A Man called Ove by Fredrick Backman

24. A book that takes place in a single day
- Today Will be Different by Maria Semple

25. A debut novel:
Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar - ***** - 4/22/2019 - 224 Pages
26. A book that's published in 2019
Supermarket by Bobby Hall - *** - 5/7/2019 - 288 Pages
27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature
Another Kind of Dead by Kelly Meding - **** - 3/20/2019 - 355 Pages
28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire:
Supermarket by Bobby Hall - *** - 5/7/2019 - 288 Pages
29. A book with LOVE in the title:
Little Moments of Love by Catana Chetwynd - ***** - 6/6/2019 - 160 Pages

30. A book featuring an amateur detective
- Body Movers by Stephanie Bond

31. A book about a family
Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas - ***** - 3/1/2019 - 419 Pages
32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America
Kiss of Snow by Nalini Singh - **** - 10/21/2019 - 432 Pages

33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title
- The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

34. A book that includes a wedding
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover - ***** - 4/9/2019 - 376 Pages
35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter
Circe by Madeline Miller - ***** - 6/25/2019 - 393 Pages
36. A ghost story
Better Homes and Hauntings by Molly Harper - ***** - 9/28/2019 - 318 Pages
37. A book with a two-word title
The Force by Don Winslow - ***** - 2/11/2019 - 496 Pages
38. A novel based on a true story:
Zodiac by Robert Graysmith - ***** - 3/29/2019 - 337 Pages
39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game
The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs - ***** - 3/12/2019 - 179 Pages
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge (2018: 6. A novel based on a real person)
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh - ** - 3/31/2019 - 385 Pages

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41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book
- Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book
- To Be or Not To Be: A Chooseable-Path Adventure by Ryan North

43. An "own voices" book
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas - ***** - 6/21/2019 - 512 Pages
44. Read a book during the season it is set in
Fools Rush In by Kristan Higgins - ***** - 4/14/2019 - 386 Pages

45. A LitRPG book
- Dungeon Born (The Divine Dungeon #1) by Dakota Krout

46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters
- The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

47. Two books that share the same title
- Changeling (Changeling #1) by Delia Sherman

48. Two books that share the same title
- Changeling (Sorcery and Society #1) by Molly Harper

49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent
- The Art of Raising a Puppy by Monks of New Skete

Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
A-Z Challenge 2019
Duration: 1/1/2019 - 12/31/2019

Books completed: 0/26

This is a challenge that requires you to read a book that has a connection to every letter of the alphabet. You can use titles, author's first name, author's last name, or a combination of these. Also, you can read the alphabet in order or just try to use every letter. In this manner, you can make the challenge as difficult or as easy as you like.

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Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
New Releases Challenge 2019
Duration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Progress: 0 out of 1+

This challenge was created for the many members that have stated that they want to read more new releases and be more informed for the Choice Awards. It is set up as a challenge for you to set your own goal and see if you can reach it.

How many new releases can you read in 2019? You can try to read as few or as many as you choose, just make sure the book is published in 2019. Need inspiration? Check out our new release threads here. Please copy and paste the challenge below into your own thread to participate.
New Release Challenge 2019
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Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
New Author Challenge 2019
Duration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Progress: 0 out of 10

The object of this challenge is to introduce yourself to new-to-you authors. For this challenge, you set your own goal and see if you can reach it.

How many new authors can you read in 2019? You can try to read as few or as many as you choose, just as long as you haven't read other work by the same author before. Please copy and paste the challenge below into your own thread to participate.

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Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club
Colorful Covers Challenge 2019
Duration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019

Progress: 0 out of 36
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Easy: read 1 book for each color
Medium: read 2 books for each color
Hard: read 3 books for each color

Read books that have covers with the following colors. The cover should be mostly the color you are trying to complete. Choose your own level to make the challenge easy or difficult. Post the cover of the book, so we can all see it.

Please copy the information below and post into your own thread to participate.

Colorful Covers 2019

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Yellow Cover

Pink Cover

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