POPSUGAR Reading Challenge 2023

Although it’s been running for 9 years but this will be my first time attempting the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge – wish me luck!!

Book Prompts:

  • A book you meant to read in 2022: Beard with Me by Penny Reid
  • A book you bought from an independent bookstore: West Side Honey by Claire Christian
  • A book about a vacation: The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler
  • A book by a first time author: Super Bloom by Megan Tady
  • A book with mythical creatures: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas
  • A book about a forbidden romance: The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
  • A book with ‘girl’ in the title:
  • A celebrity memoir: I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
  • A book with a colour in the title: Who do you think you are Maggie Pink? by Janet Hoggarth
  • A romance with a fuller figured lead: Nobody Puts Romcoms in the Corner by Kathryn Freeman
  • A book about or set in Hollywood: Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? by Crystal Smith Paul
  • A book published in Spring 2023: The Wake Up Call by Beth O’Leary
  • A book published the year you were born:
  • A modern retelling of a classic: The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
  • A book with a song lyric as its title: Never Ever Getting Back Together by Sophie Gonzales
  • A book where the main characters name is in the title: The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh
  • A book with a love triangle: The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed by Noreen Mughees
  • A book that’s been banned or challenged in any state in 2022: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
  • A book that fulfils your favourite prompt from a past challenge: The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams (A book that involves a bookstore or library)
  • A book becoming a TV series or a movie in 2023: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
  • A book set in the decade you were born:
  • A book with a queer lead: Wild Things by Laura Kay
  • A book with a map:
  • A book with a rabbit on the cover: The Magician’s Assistant by Ann Patchett
  • A book with just text on the cover: Why has nobody told me this before? by Julie Smith
  • The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Creative Visualisation by Shakti Gawain
  • A #BookTok recommendation: Happy Place by Emily Henry
  • A book you bought secondhand:
  • A book your friend recommended: Different, not less by Chloe Hayden
  • A book that’s on a celebrity book club list: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
  • A book about a family: Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson
  • A book that comes out in the second half of 2023: Mother-daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon
  • A book about an athlete/sport: Carrie Soto is back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • A historical fiction book: The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
  • A book about divorce: Really good, actually by Monica Heisey
  • A book you think your best friend would like: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
  • A book you should have read in high school: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • A book you read more than 10 years ago: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • A book you wish you could read for the first time again: Beard Necessities by Penny Reid
  • A book by an author with the same initials as you: It’s Not Your Fault by Laura K. Connell

Advanced prompts:

  • A book written during NaNoWriMo
  • A book based on a popular movie
  • A book that takes place entirely in one day: The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
  • A book that was self-published
  • A book that started out as fan fiction
  • A book with a pet as a character: Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
  • A book about a holiday that’s not Christmas
  • A book that features two languages: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
  • The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
  • A book with alliteration in the title