Happy new year! 2021 just flew by, without too many memorable things happened in my life, but at least I can say that I finished Popsugar Reading Challenge, and almost reviewed all of the books I read for the challenge 🙂
So, just to continue the tradition, for the 5th time, I will join another Popsugar Reading Challenge, and hopefully, can review all of the books I read this year!
Wish me luck 🙂
Here’s the complete list of book that I will read:
- A book published in 2022: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Gabrielle Zevin)
- A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship: Confessions on the 7.45 (Lisa Unger)
- A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society: The End of Men (Christina Sweeney-Baird)
- A book with a tiger on the cover or “tiger” in the title: The Tiger’s Wife (Tea Obrecht)
- A sapphic book: Carmilla (J. Sheridan Le Fanu)
- A book by a Latinx author: Velvet was the Night (Silvia Moreno-Garcia)
- A book with an onomatopoeia in its title: Cloud Cuckoo Land (Anthony Doerr)
- A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid: Rockstar Detectives (Adam Hills)
- A book about a “found family”: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World (Elif Shafak)
- An Anisfield-Wold Book Award winner: Deacon King Kong (James McBride)
- A #BookTok recommendation: People We Meet on Vacation (Emily Henry)
- A book about the afterlife: The Library of the Unwritten (AJ Hackwith)
- A book set in the 1980s: The Great Believers (Rebecca Makkai)
- A book with a cutlery on the cover or in the title: Writers & Lovers (Lily King)
- A book by a Pacific Islander author: Sharks in the Time of Saviors (Kawai Strong Washburn)
- A book about witches: The Familiars (Stacey Halls)
- A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022: Exit West (Mohsin Hamid)
- A romance novel by a BIPOC author: Aristotle & Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (Benjamin Alire Saenz)
- A book that takes place during your favorite season: The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)- Summer!
- A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read: Great Circle (Maggie Shipstead)
- A book about a band or musical group: The Final Revival of Opal & Nev (Dawnie Walton)
- A book with a character on the ace spectrum: Every Heart a Doorway (Seanan McGuire)
- A book with a recipe in it: Lost Apothecary (Sarah Penner)
- A book you can read in one sitting: Kenang-kenangan Mengejutkan si Beruang Kutub (Claudio Orrego Vicuna)
- A book about a secret: Next Year in Havana (Chanel Cleeton)
- A book with a misleading title: Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line (Deepa Anappara)
- A Hugo Award winner: Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
- A book set during a holiday: The Christmas Murder Game (Alexandra Benedict)
- A different book by an author you read in 2021: Every Vow you Break (Peter Swanson)
- A book with the name of a board game in the title: Real Life (Brandon Taylor)
- A book featuring a man-made disaster: How Beautiful We Were (Imbolo Mbue)
- A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page: In My Dreams I Hold a Knife (Ashley Winstead)
- A social-horror book: The Trees (Percival Everett)
- A book set in Victorian times: The Hound of Baskerville (Arthur Conan Doyle)
- A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title: Songs in Ursa Major (Emma Brodie)
- A book you know nothing about: Harbart (Nabarun Bhattacharya)
- A book about gender identity: Detransition, Baby (Torrey Peters)
- A book featuring a party: Malibu Rising (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
- An #OwnVoices SFF (science fiction and fantasy) book: The City we Became (NK Jemisin)
- A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past Popsugar Reading Challenge: A book set in campus: If We were Villains (M.L. Rio)
Advanced
41. A book with a reflected image on the cover or “mirror” in the title: When the Stars Go Dark (Paula McLain)
42. A book that features two languages: The Paris Library (Janet Skeslien Charles) – English and French
43. A book with a palindromic title: Bob (Wendy Mass)
44. A duology (1): The House at the Edge of Magic (Amy Sparkes)
45. A duology (2): The Tower at the End of Time (Amy Sparkes)
46. A book about someone leading a double life: The Huntress (Kate Quinn)
47. A book featuring a parallel reality: Dark Matter (Blake Crouch)
48. A book with two POVs: Hell of a Book (Jason Mott)
49. Two books set in twin cities, aka “sister cities” (1): The Paris Hours (Alex George): Paris
50. Two books set in twin cities, aka “sister cities” (2): Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi): Tokyo