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Popsugar 2020 Challenge - Regular prompts36/40
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8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover The Boat People
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18. A book with a made-up language The Sparrow
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31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title The Whole Golden World
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39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week Go Ask Alice
✔40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge.
A book that makes you feel nostalgic
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story
2020 Challenge - Advanced prompts
6/10
✔1. A book written by an author in their 20s My Sister, the Serial Killer
2. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
3. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision) The Starless Sea
✔4. A book set in the 1920s Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
✔5. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics Kafka on the Shore
✔6. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books Beneath a Scarlet Sky
✔7. A book with more than 20 letters in its title The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
✔8. A book published in the 20th century Sarah Canary
9. A book from a series with more than 20 books Hide and Seek
✔10. A book with a main character in their 20s The Family Upstairs
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2020 Annual Aussie Author ChallengeDuration: 1/1/20 - 31/12/20
Level:
17/?
Male Authors
✔1.LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff
✔2. The Secret Runners of New York by Matthew Reilly
3.Bliss by Peter Carey
✔4.Flight Risk by Michael McGuire
5.Life Without Limits by Nick Vujicic
✔6.Alice To Nowhere by Evan Green
7.
8.
9.
Female Authors
✔1.Write About Me by Melissa-Jane Pouliot
✔2.Maralinga by Judy Nunn
3. Matryoshkaby Katherine Johnson
✔4.Eggshell Skull: A Memoir About Standing Up, Speaking Out and Fighting Back by Bri Lee
✔5. The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant by Kayte Nunn
✔6. The Last Dance by Fiona McIntosh I have no idea how this came to be in my bookshelf...
7.Autumn Manor by Helen Goltz
✔8.An Uncommon Woman by Nicole Alexander
9.
2020 New Releases
1. All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton
✔2.The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan
✔3.When She Was Good by Michael Robotham
4.The River Home by Hannah Richell
✔5. Fauna by Donna Mazza
✔6. The Mothers by Genevieve Gannon
✔7. The Octopus and I
✔8. Below Deck
9.
Favourite Genre- Crime/mystery/suspense
✔1.The Housekeeper by Natalie Barelli
✔2.Wimmera by Mark Brandi
✔3.The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty
✔4.The Ones You Trust by Caroline Overington
✔5. Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham
✔6.Poison Orchids by Sarah A. Denzil & Anni Taylor
✔7.The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean
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9.
Annual A-Z Characters 2020Duration: 1/1/20 - 31/12/20
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✔Ashley Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz
✔Ben Dear Thing by Julie Cohen
✔Cyril The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
✔Daniel Maralinga by Judy NunnAA
✔Evelyn The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
✔Francine Empire Falls by Richard Russo
✔Grace The Last Resort by Marissa Stapley
✔Helga You Are My Sunshine by Roberta Kagan
✔Iris A Ship Made Of Paper by Scott Spencer
✔Josephine Sisters of Shiloh by Kathy Hepinstall
✔Kowalski The Girl From the Train by Irma Joubert
✔Luke The Secret Life of Luke Livingstone
Mireille An Untamed State by Roxane Gay
Nina Matryoshka by Katherine JohnsonAA
Olivia Where the Memories Lie by Sibel Hodge
✔Parlabane Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre
✔Queenie The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
✔Rachel The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant by Kayte NunnAA
✔Skye The Secret Runners of New York by Matthew ReillyAA
✔Ted Flight Risk by Michael McGuireAA
✔TamUra Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
✔Viviane The Secret by the Lake by Louise Douglas
✔Webster How I Lost You by Jenny Blackhurst
✔WilcoX Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
✔Yun-ji The Korean Word For Butterfly by Jamie Zerndt
✔EZekiel LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff AA
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Crime Club Annual Challenge. A-Z with a Difference 2020Duration: 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020
Progress 25/26
✔A - Read a book set in Australia Wimmera by Mark Brandi
✔B - Read a book with a blue cover The Last Resort by Marissa Stapley
✔C - Read a Crime book of your choice Ragdoll by Daniel Cole
✔D - Read a Debut novel The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
✔E - Read a book set in England Nobody Walks by Mick Herron
✔F - Read a book with a four word title (a,an and the DO count) The Ones You Trust by Caroline Overington
✔G - Read a book where you can find the letters GUN in the title (any order) The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty
✔H - Read a book where the title starts with H How I Lost You byJenny Blackhurst
✔I - Read a book where both of the author's initials can be found in MYSTERY Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham
✔J - Read a book published in January of any year. Flight Risk by Michael McGuire
✔K - Read a book where the author's first or last initial is K The Secrets of Lake Road by Karen Katchur
✔L - Read a book you borrowed from the Library Broken Promise Linwood Barclay
M - Read a Mystery of your choice. Where the Memories Lie by Sibel Hodge
✔N - Read a new book (Published in 2020) The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan
✔O - Read an old book (Published before 1999) The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham
✔P - Read a book with more than 400 pages Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz
✔Q - Read a book where the title (including a series title) has a q in it. Quite Ugly One Morning by Christopher Brookmyre
✔R - Read a book with a red cover Silent Child by Sarah A. Denzil
✔S - Read a book which is part of a seriesWhen She Was Good
✔T - Read a Thriller of your own choice The Experiment of Dreams by Brandon Zenner
✔U - Read a book set in the USA The Housekeeper by Natalie Barelli
✔V - Read a book with a variety of colours on the cover (at least four)Poison Orchids by Sarah A. Denzil
✔W - Read a book with a weapon on the cover My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing
✔X - Read a book which is EXTRA good (lots of five star reviews)The Sixth Wicked Child by J.D. Barker
✔Y - Read a book with a yellow cover The Whisper Man
✔Z - Read a book where the title (including a series title) has a Z in it.Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic
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Senior Booklovers Annual ChallengeJanuary
✔Travel - Read a book set in France The Perfect Nanny
✔Read a book with a Blue Cover Ducks, Newburyport
✔Read a book written by a male author Good Girl, Bad Girl
February
✔Travel - Read a book set in Canada Annabel
Read a book with food on the cover 100 Days of Real Food: How We Did It, What We Learned, and 100 Easy, Wholesome Recipes Your Family Will Love
Read a book that has romance in it - does not have to be tagged ✔romance Hausfrau
March
✔Travel - Read a book set in an African country My Sister, the Serial Killer
✔Read a book tagged Historical An Uncommon Woman
✔Read a book written by a female author Big Lies in a Small Town
April
Travel - read a book set in Scotland
✔Read a book set on, or near, water Silent Child
✔Read a book that has a child playing an pivotal role The Ones You Trust
May
Travel - read a book set in the Middle East
Read a book tagged Adventure The Mountain Story
✔Read a book with a two people only on the cover You Are Not Alone
June
Travel - read a book set in Germany You Are My Sunshine
Read a book with a building on the cover
Read a book that has snow on the cover
July
✔Travel - read a book set in Australia Wimmera
Read a book is tagged “Classic”
Read a book where the initials of the author can be found in the word COOPERATION
August
Travel - read a book set in the USA
✔Read a book with plants on the cover Home Fires
✔Read a book where a character catches a train The Girl From the Train
September
Travel - read a book set in one of the Scandinavian countries
Read a book with a form of transportation on the cover
✔Read a book that has a single person only on the cover Liar
October
Travel - read a book set in China
✔Read a non-Fiction book Becoming
Read a book with a item that is linked to Halloween on the cover
November
✔Travel - read a book set in SE Asia She Weeps Each Time You're Born
Read a book set in either WWI or WWII
✔Read a book with a red cover Hangman
December
✔Travel - read a book set in England The Secret by the Lake
✔Read a book that has a beautiful cover (your interpretation) Landfalls
Read a book with a Christmas theme
Try some of these:2020 TOB Shortlist
All This Could Be Yours by Jami Attenberg
✔Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen by Dexter Palmer
✔Normal People by Sally Rooney
✔Nothing to See Here by Kevin WilsonKevin Wilson
✔On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Optic Nerve by María GainzaMaria Gainza
Overthrow by Caleb Crain
Saudade by Suneeta Peres Da Costa
✔The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
and the play-in 'Future is Here Too Soon' round:
Golden State by Ben H. Winters
Oval by Elvia Wilk
We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Women's Prize 2019 Longlist
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
Remembered by Yvonne Battle-Felton
✔My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Pisces by Melissa Broder
Milkman by Anna Burns
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Ordinary People by Diana Evans
Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Praise Song for the Butterflies by Bernice L. McFadden
Circe by Madeline Miller
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
✔Normal People by Sally Rooney
Recommended/Interested in✔Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann
✔The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
✔The Dutch Houseby Ann Patchett
✔The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
✔Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane
Hope Farm by Peggy Frew
✔This Tender Landby William Kent Krueger
✔Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic
Series AuthorsAussie
Katherine Howell
Adrian McKinty
>>The Cold Cold Ground
Michael Robotham
>>Good Girl, Bad Girl
Jay Kristoff
>>LIFEL1K3
?Malla Nunn
Non AA
Lee Child
Mick Herron
Nicci French
?Louise Penny
Authors to read more of✔Lisa Jewell
✔Clare Mackintosh
✔Jay Kristoff AA
✔Christian White AA
✔Teresa Driscoll
✔Charity Norman
Authors to try
✔Sarah A. Denzil
Jess Kidd
Jaclyn Moriarty AA
Candice Fox AA
Out of my comfort zoneThe Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Children of Blood and Bone
The Dream Peddler
Once Upon a River
Bless Her Dead Heart
Sip
The Familiars
The Roots of Buddhist Psychology
The Gone World
Every Heart a Doorway
Cold Storage
Way, way out
Nevernight
LinksJanuary
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Autumn
Winter
Spring
Summer
JanuaryTBR 2015
1. The Good Sister ★★★
2. Broken Promise ★★★
3. Dismantled ★★★
4. The Insect Farm ★★★
5.Kafka on the Shore ★★
6.The Things They Carried ★★★★
Owned
7. The Last Resort ★★★★
8. The Secret Runners of New York ★★
Non Fiction
9.The Beautiful Ones★★
Buddy/Book of the month
10. Good Girl, Bad Girl ★★★★
Out of my zone
11. The Handmaid's Tale★★★☆
Series
12. The Cold Cold Ground ★★★
TOB
13. The Testaments★★★★
Recommended/Interesting
14. Ducks, Newburyport
FebruaryTBR 2015
1. The Secret Life of Luke Livingstone ★★★★
2. Black Swan Green ★★☆
3. Sarah Canary★★
4. Black Roses ★★
5. The Remains of the Day ★★
6. Quite Ugly One Morning ★★★★
Owned
7. The Forgotten Letters of Esther Durrant★★☆
8. The Mothers ★★★☆
Non Fiction
9. I Spy: My Life in MI5★★★
Buddy/Book of the month
10. An Uncommon Woman ★★☆
Out of my zone
11. The Remains of the Day★★
Series
12. Hangman ★★★
TOB/Women's Prize
13. My Sister, the Serial Killer ★★★★
Recommended/Interesting
14. The Dutch House ★★★★
Autumn ChallengeLevel: Easy
4/6
TASKS: Each title must contain the following:
1. A colour
The Whole Golden World by Kristina Riggle
2. A number
✔The Ones You Trust by Caroline OveringtonAA
3. A first name
✔Annabel by Kathleen Winter
✔4. A place
The Secrets of Lake Road by Karen Katchur
5. A form of water
✔The Ice Queen by Alice Hoffman
6. A day, month or season
Autumn Manor by Helen Goltz AA
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Aussie Crime
Part one: Find the Missing Books.
✔1. Read a book with a blue cover by a male author. The Bright Forever
✔2. Read a book set in the U.K. and written by a female author. The Crossing Places
✔3. Read a book with 300- 350 pages. The Ones You Trust
✔4. Read a book written by an Australian author. The Good Turn
✔5. Read a book published in 2020. When You See Me
Part two: Now Find the Thief.
✔1. Check for fingerprints. Read a book where both of someone's hands show clearly on the cover. How I Lost You
✔2. Screen your suspects for alibis - where were they at the time of the theft? Read a book with a place name in the title. (this can be a name or a location e.g. river, street, house etc) The Secrets of Lake Road
✔3. Follow your suspect. Read the next book in a series you are reading. The Janus Stone
✔4. Catch your suspect in the act of stealing another book! Read a book from the library. The Killings at Badger's Drift
✔5. The thief turns out to be a famous author of mysteries and thrillers. Hand him - or her - over to the police. Read a book of your choice. Alice To Nowhere
MarchTBR
1. Annabel★★★★
2. The Ice Queen★★
3. The Fourth Monkey (2017)
4. Alice to Nowhere (2018)
5. My Lovely Wife (2019)
6. Three Days Missing (2018)
Owned
7. Pieces of Her★★★
8. The Last Dance
Non Fiction
9. Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story★★★
Buddy/Book of the month
10. Every Note Played★★★★
Out of my zone
11. The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle★★
Series
12.The Sixth Wicked Child★★★★
TOB/Women's prize
13. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous★★
Recommended/Interesting
14. Ask Again, Yes ★★★★
AprilTBR 2015
1. Annie Dunne
2. The Secrets of Lake Road
3. The Curse of Allie Mae
4. Hausfrau
5. Lost Lake (2016)
6. Liar (2017)
Owned
7.
8.
Non Fiction
9. Becoming
Buddy/Book of the month
10. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Out of my zone
11. Legendary
Series
12. When You See Me
TOB
13. Normal People
Recommended/Interesting
14. Home Fires
MayTBR
1. She Weeps Each Time You're Born(2015)
2. Different Class (2016)
3. The Story of Arthur Truluv (2019)
4. The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko (2016)
5. The Last Thing I Remember (2016)
6. Saving April (2017)
7. The Things We Keep (2016)
8. Sisters of Shiloh (2015)
Owned
7. Does My Head Look Big in This?
8.
Non Fiction
9. Lost in the Reflecting Pool
Buddy/Book of the month
10. The Crossing Places
Out of my zone
11. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Series
12. The Janus Stone
TOB
13. There There 2019
Recommended/Interesting
14. In An Instant
WinterBound Together Bingo - Autumn & Winter
✔B1 A form of money Every Note Played
✔B2 An emotion The Tsar of Love and Techno
✔B3 A direction The Good Turn
✔B4 A landmark Maralinga
✔B5 A holiday Three Days Missing
I1 An insect The Light of the Fireflies
✔I2 A country The Korean Word For Butterfly
✔I3 A month The Ten Thousand Doors of January
I4 A food 100 Days of Real Food: How We Did It, What We Learned, and 100 Easy, Wholesome Recipes Your Family Will Love
I5 A state An Untamed State
✔N1 Someone famous Robin
✔N2 A place The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend
✔N3 A flower Poison Orchids
N4 A nationality American Boy
✔N5 A lady's first name Annabel
✔G1 A time Two O'Clock Boy
✔G2 A movie name The Killings at Badger's Drift
✔G3 A city name Alice To Nowhere
✔G4 The word 'book' Facebook Stalker, Book 1
G5 A season Autumn Manor
✔O1 A colour When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
✔O2 A number The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
O3 A day Sold on a Monday
✔O4 A facial feature Eggshell Skull
O5 An animal Good Dogs Don't Make it to the South Pole
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Winter Challenge - Hide & Seek
Duration: 1st June to 31st August 2020
Level: All of them
3/15
✔1. Michael Author name When She Was Good by Michael Robotham
✔2. Katie Character The Bright Forever by Lee Martin
✔3. Amy Character The Secret by the Lake by Louise Douglas
✔4. Jack The Last Place You Look
✔5. Will Title How I Lost You by Jenny Blackhurst
✔6. Daniel Title The Killings at Badger's Drift by Caroline Graham
✔7. David Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
✔8. Jane Write About Me by Melissa-Jane Pouliot
✔9. Harry The Two O'Clock Boy by Mark Hill
10. Joe Joe Country
11. Helen Love Me Not
✔12. Eve Title The House on Seventh Street by Karen Vorbeck Williams
✔13. Peter Title The Experiment of Dreams by Brandon Zenner
✔14. James Under the Dome by Stephen King
✔15. Ruth The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
JuneTBR 2015
1. The Korean Word For Butterfly★★
2. The Girl From the Train★★
3. How I Lost You★★★
4. The Secret by the Lake★★★☆
5. The Experiment of Dreams★★★
6. You Deserve Nothing★
Owned
7.
8.
Non Fiction
9. Robin★★☆
Buddy/Book of the month
10. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes★
Out of my zone
11. LIFEL1K3★
Series
12. The House at Sea's End
TOB
13. Fleishman Is in Trouble
Recommended/Interesting
14. Whiskey When We're Dry★★★
JulyTBR 2015
1. The Woman Who Walked Into Doors ★★★
2. The Bright Forever★★★★
3. Tinkers★★
4. The Killings at Badger's Drift★★
5. Little Bird of Heaven★★
6. A Ship Made Of Paper ★★
Owned
7.
8.
Non Fiction
9. Made In Scotland: My Grand Adventures in a Wee Country
Buddy/Book of the month
10.
Out of my zone
11.
Series
12. The Good Turn
TOB
13.
Recommended/Interesting
14. The Sun Down Motel
AugustTBR 2015
1. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
2.The Mountain Story
3.The House on Seventh Street
4. Let the Great World Spin
5. Wild-born
6. Write About Me
Owned
7. The Octopus and I
8. Below Deck
Non Fiction
9. Inside Their Minds: Australian Criminals
Buddy/Book of the month
10.
Out of my zone
11. The Golem and the Jinni
Series
12.Evil Games
TOB
13. Nothing to See Here
Recommended/Interesting
14. A Burning
SeptemberTBR 2015
1.Boo
2.The Grief of Others
3.Dear Thing
4.The Bean Trees
5. The Call
6. American Boy
Owned
7.Fauna
8.
Non Fiction
9. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Buddy/Book of the month
10.
Out of my zone
11.
Series
12. When She Was Good
TOB
13.Shuggie Bain
Recommended/Interesting
14.The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
OctoberTBR 2015
1.The Condition
2. American Rust
3. A Free Life
4. An Invisible Sign of My Own
5. Go Ask Alice
6. Where the Memories Lie
7. Bliss
8. Remembering the Bones
Owned
7.Send Me No Flowers
8.
Non Fiction
9. I: The Creation of a Serial Killer
Buddy/Book of the month
10.
Out of my zone
11. The Doll Factory
Series
12.
TOB
13.
Recommended/Interesting
14.
DecemberTBR 2015
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Owned
7.
8.
Non Fiction
9.
Buddy/Book of the month
10.
Out of my zone
11.
Series
12.
TOB
13.
Recommended/Interesting
14.
Very structured, I am impressed! I tried one year to reduce the number of books I read, just to improve the quality of reading time and maybe read some of my longer and more 'difficult' books. I can't say it worked for me that year, hope you do better.
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Go Ask Alice (other topics)
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I will be focusing on reading all books added to my TBR in 2015 (the last year I added willy nilly to that shelf) and books I own.
I plan to read fewer books, yes you read that right, I want to slow down my reading and really immerse myself in the stories rather than racing through them to complete all I've committed to.
I will still participate in challenges but perhaps fewer. Instead I plan to read more book of the month/buddy reads that appeal and also add books from genres I don't usually read.
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Annual Challenges
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AR A-Z
AC A-Z
Bound Together
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