So, despite miserably failing last year’s Goodreads challenge, I am taking on 2018 with a vengeance and am hoping to smash my target of 16. I’ve done it before and I can definitely do it again! I’m tying a separate reading challenge into it, which was brought to my attention by my lovely friend and colleague Roxy – I think she is going to be ticking items off of the list as well. The original image for the reading challenge is huge, so I am just going to list each item for you!
I am going to semi-cheat, as I know I am not going to achieve 50 books over the course of the year, so if I manage to kill two birds with one stone so to speak, and read a book that covers a couple of topics, I am going to tick them both haha! I simply just don’t have time to get through 50 books in a year (or even 18 as it would seem) with working full time and all of my other hobbies, so I don’t think that’s unreasonable. So here is each item on the POPSUGAR reading challenge for 2018:
- A book made into a movie that you’ve already seen
- True crime
- The next book in a series you’ve already started
- A book involving a heist
- Nordic Noir
- A novel based on a real person
- A book set in a country that fascinates you
- A book with a time of day in the title
- A book about a villain or antihero
- A book about death or grief
- A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
- A book with an LGBTQ+ protagnist
- A book that is also a stage play or musical
- A book by an author of a different ethnicity to you
- A book about feminism
- A book about mental health
- A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
- A book by two authors
- A book about or involving sport
- A book by a local author
- A book with your favourite colour in the title
- A book with alliteration in the title
- A book about time travel
- A book with a weather element in the title
- A book set at sea
- A book with an animal in the title
- A book set on a different planet
- A book with song lyrics in the title
- A book about or set on Halloween
- A book with characters who are twins
- A book mentioned in another book
- A book from a celebrity book club
- A childhood classic that you’ve never read
- A book published in 2018
- A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
- A book set in the decade you were born
- A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to
- A book with an ugly cover
- A book that involves a bookstore or library
- Your favourite prompt from the 2015, 2016 or 2017 POPSUGAR reading challenges
- A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
- A cyberpunk book
- A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
- A book tied to your ancestry
- A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
- An allegory
- A book by an author with the same last name as you
- A microhistory
- A book about a problem facing society today
- A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR reading challenge