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message 1: by Michelle (last edited Mar 03, 2022 02:15PM) (new)

Michelle (girlvsbook) | 1173 comments I am attempting to do the ATY Challenge, POPSUGAR Challenge, and Read Harder Challenge this year by cross-coordinating as many books as possible to count towards a prompt from each challenge. Here are my lists for each of the non-ATY challenges.


message 2: by Michelle (last edited May 04, 2022 01:49AM) (new)

Michelle (girlvsbook) | 1173 comments 2022 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge [2022]

01. Read a book published in 2022.
  ✱ A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin

02. Read a book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship.
  ✱ Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke

03. Read a book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society.
  ✱ The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley

04. Read a book with tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the title.
  ✱ When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo

05. Read a sapphic book.
  ✱ Great or Nothing by Joy McCullough, Caroline Tung Richmond, Tess Sharpe, and Jessica Spotswood

06. Read a book by Latinx author
  ✱ Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

07. Read a book with an onomatopoeia in its title.
  ✱ Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

08. Read a book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid.
  ✱ Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

09. Read a book about a "found family."
  ✱ The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder

10. Read an Anisfield-Wolf Book award winner.
  ✱ On Beauty by Zadie Smith

11. Read a #BookTok recommendation.
  ✱ Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

12. Read a book about the afterlife.
  ✱ Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

13. Read a book set in the 1980's.
  ✘ Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me by Adrienne Brodeur ()

14. Read a book with cutlery on the cover or in the book title.
  ✱ A Pho Love Story by Loan Le

15. Read a romance novel by a BIPOC author.
  ✱ Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert

16. Read a book that takes place during your favorite season.
  ✱ Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

17. Read a book whose title beings with the last letter of your previous read.
  ✘ Slay by Brittney Morris ()

18. Read a book about a band or musical group.
  ✱ Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

19. Read a book with a character on the ace spectrum
  ✱ Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

20. Read a book with a recipe in it.
  ✱ With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo

21. Read a book you can read in one sitting.
  ✘ Sidney Crosby: The Rookie Year by Neely Lohmann ()

22. Read a book about a secret.
  ✘ Romeo And Juliet by David Hewson ()

23. Read a book with a misleading title.
  ✱ A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

24. Read a Hugo Award winning book.
  ✱ The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo

25. Read a book set during a holiday.
  ✱ The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale

26. Read a different book by an author you read in 2021.
  ✘ Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady by L.A. Meyer ()

27. Read a book with the name of a board game in the title.
  ✱ Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

28. Read a book featuring a man-made disater.
  ✱ The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed

29. Read a book with a quote from your favorite author ont he cover or Amazon page.
  ✱ Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

30. Read a social-horror book.
  ✱ The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

31. Read a book set in Victorian times.
  ✘ A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas ()

32. Read a book with a constellation on the cover or in the title.
  ✱ The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

33. Read a book you know nothing about.
  ✱ Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

34. Read a book about gender identity.
  ✱ Sexual Metamorphosis: An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs by Various (Edited by Jonathan Ames)

35. Read a book featuring a party.
  ✱ Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

36. Read an #OwnVoices science fiction or fantasy book.
  ✱ Jade City by Fonda Lee

37. Read a book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge. [2015 PS Challenge; Female Author]
  ✱ The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta


message 3: by Michelle (last edited Mar 25, 2022 06:41PM) (new)

Michelle (girlvsbook) | 1173 comments Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge [2022]

01. Read a biography of an author you admire.
  ✱ The Reason for the Darkness of the Night: Edgar Allan Poe and the Forging of American Science by John Tresch

02. Read a book set in a bookstore.
  ✱ The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

03. Read any book from the Women's Prize shortlist/longlist/winner list.
  ✱ On Beauty by Zadie Smith

04. Read a book in any genre by a POC that's about joy and not trauma.
  ✱ Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert

05. Read an anthology featuring diverse voices.
  ✱ Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love by Various [Edited by Elsie Chapman]

06. Read a non-fiction YA comic.
  ✱ I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir by Malaka Gharib

07. Read a romance where at least one of the protagonists is over 40.
  ✱ The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

08. Read a classic written by a POC.
  ✱ Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata

09. Read the book that's been on your TBR the longest.
  ✱ Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

10. Read a political thriller by a marginalized author.
  ✱ Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

11. Read a book with an asexual and/or aromantic character.
  ✱ Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

12. Read an entire poetry collection.
  ✱ The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe

13. Read an adventure story by a BIPOC author.
  ✘ A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas ()

14. Read a book whose movie or TV adaptation you've seen (but haven't read the book).
  ✘ Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding ()

15. Read a new-to-you literary magazine (print or digital).
  ✱ 3cents Magazine by Various (https://www.3centersmagazine.com/issu...)

16. Read a book recommended by a friend with different reading tastes.
  ✱ Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz

17. Read a memoir written by someone who is trans or non-binary.
  ✱ Sexual Metamorphosis: An Anthology of Transsexual Memoirs by Various (Edited by Jonathan Ames)

18. Read a "Best _ of the Year" book for the topic and year of your choice. This book won the 2018 Audie for Best Original Work.
  ✘ Romeo And Juliet by David Hewson ()

19. Read a horror novel BIPOC author.
  ✱ The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

20. Read an award winning book from the year you were born.
  ✱ The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

21. Read a queer retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale, folklore, or myth.
  ✱ The Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder

22. Read a history about a period you know little about.
  ✱ Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am by Julia Cooke

23. Read a book by a disabled author.
  ✱ Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

24. Pick a challenge from any of the previous years' challenges to repeat. [2016 RH Challenge; Historical Fiction Set Before 1900]
  ✘ Curse of the Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady by L.A. Meyer ()


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