Every year I do a Reading Challenge and in the last few years, it has been the PopSugar one. They have fun lists that tend to challenge me to get out of my reading box. I encourage you to Google "reading challenges" and see all the variety of lists out there. There are some that are based on certain tastes, some to get out of your rut and even some off the wall lists. PopSugar (to me) seems to be the perfect list. They have a variety of book genres on their list....and more that suit what I can handle. I am never going to read that horror book but I will read a book based on the illustration on the cover!
Here is my challenge list as of today. I will update this by adding more books until December 31, 2018, when the list is closed. Please share any books you know of that fit a category that I am missing as I am always looking for my next read.
https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Reading-Challenge-2018-44138581
A book made into a movie you've already seen
True Crime-Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly (if you haven't given this a chance, this reads like a Grisham book, but it really happened)
The next book in a series you started-Prisoner in the Castle by Susan Ella MacNeal
A book involving a heist-The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson
Nordic Noir
A novel based on a real person-Shadow Queen by Rebecca Dean
A book set in a country that fascinates you-Between Here and Gone by Barbara Ferrer (Cuba)
A book with time of day in the title-Alaskan Dawn by Edie Claire (I am reaching a bit, but dawn is a time, kind of)
A book about a villain or anti-hero-
A book about death or grief-The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
A book with female author who uses a males pseudonym-Women and Children First by Gil Paul
A book with an LGBTQ protagonist-City of Myths by Martin Turnbull (this series is soooo good)
A book that is also a stage play or musical-The day the world came to town by Jim DeFede (play is based on the book)
A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you-Falling Up by Leslie Odom, Jr
A book about feminism-Room on the Rue Amelie by Kristen Harmel (she can do the same thing her husband did, just watch)
A book about mental health--This is Me by Chrissy Metz
A book your borrowed or what was given to you as a gift-Magnolia Table by Joanna Gaines (this was soooo good)
A book by two authors- You can't spell America without me by Alec Baldwin and Kurt Anderson
A book about or involving a sport
A book by a local author
A book with your favorite color in the title
A book with alliteration in the title-Espressos, Egg Nogs and Evil Ex's by Harper Lin
A book about time travel
A book with a weather element in the title- The Cloud Atlas by Liam Callanan
A book set at sea-Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
A book with an animal in the title-The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
A book set on a different planet- William Shakespeare's The Force Doth Awakens by Ian Doescher
A book with song lyrics in the title
A book about or set on Halloween
A book with characters who are twins Sister's First (nonfiction) by Jenna and Barbara Bush
A book mentioned in another book
A book from a celebrity book club Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
A childhood classic you never read
A book that was published in 2018-As Bright As Heaven by Susan Meissner
A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner-Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin Manual Miranda (2016)
A book set in the decade you were born-The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis (some of it is set in 75)
A book you meant to read in 2017 but did not get to-Margot by Julian Cantor
A book with an ugly cover-The Lost Letter by Jullian Cantor (I have since seen a different cover that is much nicer)
A book that involves a bookstore or library-Alaska Skies by Debbie Macomber)
Your favorite prompt from 2015, 2016, 2017 PopSugar Challenges-A novel set during war time...The War Bride's Scrapbook by Caroline Preston (beautiful book)
Nevertheless: A Memoir by Alec Baldwin
