2021 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

 I always get excited for this one. It came out a little later this year than in previous years. 

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1. A book that's published in 2021: Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Murder--Joanne Fluke
2. An Afrofuturist book: Black Sun--Rebecca Roanhorse
3. A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover: The Roommate--Rosie Danan
4. A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign: If You Ask Me--Betty White
5. A dark academia book: My Dark Vanessa--Kate Elizabeth Russell
6. A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title: Chain of Gold--Cassandra Clare
7. A book where the main character works at your current or dream job: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo--Taylor Jenkins Reid
8. A book that has won the Women's Prize For Fiction: Bel Canto--Ann Patchett
9. A book with a family tree: Brown Girl Dreaming--Jacqueline Woodson (reread)
10. A bestseller from the 1990s: The Pelican Brief--John Grisham 
11. A book about forgetting: We Were Liars--E. Lockhart
12. A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.): Circe--Madeline Miller
13. A locked-room mystery: Anxious People--Frederik Backman
14. A book set in a restaurant: The Blue Bistro--Elin Hilderbrand
15. A book with a black-and-white cover: Crank--Ellen Hopkins
16. A book by an Indigenous author: Carpentaria--Alexis Wright
17. A book that has the same title as a song: Beautiful Boy--David Sheff 
18. A book about a subject you are passionate about: Furiously Happy--Jenny Lawson
19. A book that discusses body positivity: One to Watch--Kate Stayman-London
20. A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list: Me and White Supremacy--Layla F. Saad
21. A genre hybrid: Heartless--Gail Carriger
22. A book set mostly or entirely outdoors: The Secret Garden--Frances Hodgson Burnett
23. A book with something broken on the cover: Shades of Earl Grey--Laura Childs
24. A book by a Muslim American author: Other Words For Home--Jasmine Warga
25. A book that was published anonymously: Calling Maggie May--Anonymous
26. A book with an oxymoron in the title: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet--Jamie Ford
27. A book about do-overs or fresh starts: The Queen's Gambit--Walter Tevis
28. A magical realism book: Jane in Love--Rachel Givney
29. A book set in multiple countries: Same Beach, Next Year--Dorothea Benton Frank
30. A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021 one day: Invincible Louisa--Cornelia Meigs
31. A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality: Everybody Fights--Kim and Penn Holderness
32. A book whose title starts with "Q," "X," or "Z": Queen of Air and Darkness--Cassandra Clare
33. A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child): The Vanishing Half--Brit Bennett
34. A book about a social justice issue: Girls Like Us--Rachel Lloyd
35. A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels): From Scratch--Tembi Locke (cookbook)
36. A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads: Girl on a Train--A.J. Waines
37. A book you think your best friend would like: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit--Jeanette Winterson
38. A book about art or an artist: The Hare With Amber Eyes--Edmund De Waal
39. A book everyone seems to have read but you: Too Much and Never Enough--Mary L. Trump
40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge (Microhistory): Isaac's Storm--Erik Larson

Advanced

1. The  A longest book (by pages) on your TBR list: Credo--Melvyn Bragg
2. The A shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list: A Killer in the Rye--Delia Rosen
3. The  A book on your TBR list with the prettiest a pretty cover: Ties That Tether--Jane Igharo
4. The  A book on your TBR list with the ugliest an ugly cover: Incendiary--Chris Cleave
5. The  A book that's been on your TBR list for the  a longest amount of time: Twice Loved--LaVyrle Spencer
6. A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't: Black Ribbon--Susan Conant
7. A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing: The Valley of Horses--Jean M. Auel
8. A book from your TBR list chosen at random: Ravished--Amanda Quick
9. A DNF book from your TBR list: Praise of Folly--Erasmus
10. A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library): Abide With Me--Elizabeth Strout

Challenge completed on November 26