have resolutions and thoughts about this reading year. I’ve decided that I want to do to read 120 books this year (about 10 books a month), and I want to structure my reading by making some of my selections with the goal of completing the 2019 PopSugar Reading Challenge. Gayle, was so inspired by my attempt at the PopSugar Challenge that she created her own EDIWTB 2019 Reading Challenge. Neither of us is planning to do this with such zeal that it isn’t fun or is overlays stressful, but I think we both have a good of adding the satisfaction of some structure this reading year.
Half the fun of a reading challenge is figuring out the books that are options for each category, and making adjustments during the year. Here are my developing plans for half the books I plan to read this year.
*Finished books are in bold.
| Book becoming a movie in 2019: The Nightingale, The Aftermath |
| Book that makes you nostalgic: |
| Book written by a musician: Just Kids, Decoded |
| Book you think should be turned into a movie: |
| Book with at least a million ratings on GR: Harry Potter, Farenheit 451 |
| Book with a plant in the title or on the cover: The Need by Helen Philips |
| A reread of a favorite book: Kindred by Octavia Butler |
| Book about a hobby: Adele by Leila Slimani |
| Book you meant to read in 2018: Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs |
| Book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title: Pop Goes The Weasel by M.J. Arlidge |
| Book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover: |
| Book inspired by myth/legend/folklore: |
| Book published posthumously: Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston |
| Book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie: |
| Retelling of a classic: Unmarriageable by Sonia Kamal |
| Book with a question in the title: |
| Book set on college or university campus: Going Dutch by James Gregor |
| Book about someone with a superpower: The Power by Naomi Alderman |
| Book told from multiple POVs: |
| Book set in space: |
| Book by two female authors: |
| Book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title: Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller |
| Book set in Scandinavia: |
| Book that takes place in a single day: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwen |
| Debut novel: |
| Book that’s published in 2019: |
| Book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature: |
| Book recommended by a celebrity you admire: |
| Book with LOVE in the title: |
| Book featuring an amateur detective: The Lonely Witness by William Boyle |
| Book about a family: The Perfect Liar by Thomas Christopher Greene |
| Book author from Asia, Africa, or South America: |
| Book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title: |
| Book that includes a wedding: |
| Book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter: The Runaways |
| Ghost story: |
| Book with a two-word title: The Suspect by Fiona Barton |
| Novel based on a true story: Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead |
| Book revolving around a puzzle or game: |
| Favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge (Novel Based On A Real Person): |
| 2019 Popsugar Advanced Reading Challenge: |
| “Cli-fi” (climate fiction) book: |
| “Choose-your-own-adventure” book: My Lady’s Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel by Kitty Curran & Larissa Zageris |
| An “own voices” book: Children of Blood and Bone by Toni Adeyemi |
| Read a book during the season it is set in: |
| A LitRPG book: Armada by Ernest Kline |
| A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters: |
| Two books that share the same title: Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito |
| Two books that share the same title: Quicksand by Nella Larsen |
| A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom: |
| A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent: |
