PopSugar Reading Challenge 2021 discussion

For the week of Mar. 28- Apr. 3.

I finally finished a few books this week, and have almost caught up on both challenges!

1. ‘Queen of Nothing’ by Holly Black. This is the 3rd and final book in the ‘Folk of the Air’ trilogy. Such a great ending to the story - even if I didn’t want to read it at first because of the ending of book 2 lol.

2. ‘Lost in the Neverwoods’ by Aiden Thomas. This was an ARC I received from NetGalley, and I really enjoyed it! Reimagined Peter Pan, we follow Wendy as children start going missing in the town, and according to Peter Pan - who she thought wasn’t real - she is the only one who can stop it. Can she also find her brothers?
I really enjoyed it - and it also was a book that wasn’t all magical endings, but rather like a Pixar movie and what happened was what needed to.

3. ‘Go the Distance’ by Jen Catolina. This is a reimagined Disney story, one of the twisted tales. It follows Megara as she tries to become a God. Why? Well at the end of Hercules, Zeus doesn’t let Hercules go back to Earth. So they only way for them to be together is for Meg to complete Hera’s quest. But being with Hercules forever is a long time - is she up for that? She’s learned not to trust men, the last time she was burned. But she’ll try to figure it out along the way of her quest - which ends in 10 days. Can she complete it? Can she face her past along the way? Will she become a god?

4. ‘Talking as Fast as I can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls and Everything Inbetween’ by Lauren Graham. I read this for the category of a TBR you associate with your favorite person, place or thing, and I love the show Gilmore Girls so it’s a win win! Such a great read, I listened to the audio book which Lauren narrates and she does a brilliant job.

1. Pretty Guilty Women by Gina LaManna. I chose this for the book that has been on your TBR for the longest time prompt. I have hundreds books that have been on my Goodreads "Want to Read" shelf since forever that I might never get to, but this one has been in my actual pile of books I want to read since December, so there you go. It was enjoyable enough while I was reading it, but nothing too memorable after the fact.

2. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. I used this for the "book everyone seems to have read but you" prompt. I liked the plot lines of the book, but I wish it had been executed better. I had a really hard time getting into it.

3. Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley. I used this for the "book by an indigenous author" prompt. I really enjoyed this one and would recommend it.

4. The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn. I used this for the dark academia prompt. This one fell flat for me. The premise was okay, but a lot of the twists were predictable.

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Walton, Dawnie. I used this for A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title. It could also fit the category - A book about art or an artist.
This week was a busy week for me and I was only working on one book for the challenge and this was a doozy that I really did not enjoy. I was determined to finish it just to fulfill the box.