As I read the books on these lists, I'll edit this post to reflect which book fits in which category. I'll also be writing a post for the books.
My first challenge is to read one chapter of Harry Potter each day. This is going to be difficult because I never want to stop at just one chapter, but it will be fun to slow down and take the time to really read each chapter.
My second challenge is to read at least five books that I own and haven't read yet. My TBR shelf is huge and getting bigger, so I need to knock some of those books off. Five isn't a whole lot, but with the other challenges, I thought five would be a good starting point, and if I read more, great.
- The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott
- Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
- The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
- Home by Julie Andrews
- Do Penguins Have Knees? by David Feldman
***I double-dipped for this because I ran out of time, but these five books were on my TBR shelf and I read them for the Pop Sugar challenge, so I count them.***
The last, and biggest, challenge, I took from Pop Sugar. I have to read a book for each of these categories:
- A book becoming a movie in 2019: The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
- A book that makes you nostalgic: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction): Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
- A book you think should be turned into a movie
- A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads: Animal Farm by George Orwell
- A book with a plant in the title or on the cover: The Accomplished Guest by Ann Beattie
- A reread of a favorite book: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
- A book about a hobby: The Gifted School by Bruce Holsinger
- A book you meant to read in 2018: We Can't Be Broken by H. K. Christie
- A book with "pop," "sugar," or "challenge" in the title
- A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover: The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott
- A book inspired by mythology, legend, or folklore: The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
- A book published posthumously
- A book set in space: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
- A book by two female authors: An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
- A book with a title that contains "salty," "sweet," "bitter," or "spicy"
- A book set in Scandinavia
- A book that takes place in a single day: The 6:41 to Paris by Jean-Philippe Blondel
- A debut novel: The Widow by Fiona Barton
- A book that's published in 2019: Seven Letters by J.P. Monninger
- A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- A book recommended by a celebrity you admire: Wunderland by Jennifer Cody Epstein
- A book with "love" in the title: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
- A book featuring an amateur detective: 11/22/63 by Stephen King
- A book about a family: Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
- A book written by an author from Asia, Africa, or South America
- A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title
- A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
- A retelling of a classic: Eligible: by Curtis Sittenfeld
- A book with a question in the title: Do Penguins Have Knees? by David Feldman
- A book set on a college or university campus: The Rainmaker by John Grisham
- A book about someone with a superpower: Dance Upon the Air by Nora Roberts
- A book told from multiple character POVs: The Silent Wife by A. S. A. Harrison
- A book that includes a wedding: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
- A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter: The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
- A ghost story: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- A book with a two-word title: Watership Down by Richard Adams
- A novel based on a true story: The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict
- A book revolving around a puzzle or game
- Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: A book made into a movie you've already seen: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
- A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book
- A "choose-your-own-adventure" book: My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel by Kitty Curran
- An "own voices" book: Little Heathens by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
- Read a book during the season it is set in: The Christmas Letters by Lee Smith
- A LitRPG book: Assassin's Creed by Oliver Bowden
- A book with no chapters, unusual chapter headings, or unconventionally numbered chapters: 4 3 2 1 by Paul Auster
- Two books that share the same title (1): Home by Toni Morrison
- Two books that share the same title (2): Home by Julie Andrews
- A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
- A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent: And Then There Were Nun by Jane Christmas
This is 50 different books, which is quite a leap from last year's 26 book challenge, so I'll have to work hard.
I'm going to try and make each book one that I haven't read before, but some of them I'll have to reread, which is fine and probably a bit helpful.
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