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POPSUGAR 2020 CHALLENGE Completed!



2020 is over and I am very happy to say that I have completed all 2020 POPSUGAR reading challenge prompts. This is the first time I have actually completed a POPSUGAR challenge and I must say it was very fun. I will be sharing all the books that I read for this challenge.


Here's the 2020 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge prompts if you want to see them.

Challenge Prompts and the books I read:

  1. A book that's published in 2020 - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

  2. A book by a trans or nonbinary author - Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith

  3. A book with a great first line - The Hole by Hye-Young Pyun

  4. A book about a book club - La sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics - A Darker Shade of Magic by Victoria Schwab

  6. A bildungsroman - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed - The Diviners by Libba Bray

  8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover - This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

  9. A book with a map - A Darker Shade of Magic by Victoria Schwab

  10. A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  11. An anthology - The Hideous Heart by Dahlia Adler

  12. A book that passes the Bechdel test - The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

  13. A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it - The Good House by Tananarive Due

  14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name - The Proposal by Jasmine Guillory

  15. A book about or involving social media - Followers by Megan Angelo

  16. A book that has a book on the cover - The Library of the Unwritten by A.J.Hackwith

  17. A medical thriller - A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay

  18. A book with a made-up language - A Darker Shade of Magic by Victoria Schwab

  19. A book set in a country beginning with "C" - The Troop by Nick Cutter

  20. A book you picked because the title caught your attention - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  21. A book published the month of your birthday - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

  22. A book about or by a woman in STEM - The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin

  23. A book that won an award in 2019 - His Hideous Heart by Dahlia Adler

  24. A book on a subject you know nothing about - The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani

  25. A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics - Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl

  26. A book with a pun in the title - Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

  27. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  28. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character - His Hideous Heart by Dahlia Adler

  29. A book with a bird on the cover - This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

  30. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader - Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

  31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title - Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith

  32. A book by a Woman Of Color - -The Good House by Tananarive Due

  33. A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  34. A book you meant to read in 2019 - A Darker Shade of Magic by Victoria Schwab

  35. A book with a three-word title - His Hideous Heart by Dahlia Adler

  36. A book with a pink cover - Followers by Megan Angelo

  37. A Western - Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

  38. A book by or about a journalist - Followers by Megan Angelo

  39. Read a banned book during Banned Books Week - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

  40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - The Troop by Nick Cutter

BONUS

  1. A book written by an author in their 20s - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

  2. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title - Crime Stories by J.A.Konrath

  3. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision) - The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

  4. A book set in the 1920s - The Diviners by Libba Bray

  5. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics - Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

  6. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books - A Gathering of Shadows by Victoria Schwab

  7. A book with more than 20 letters in its title - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

  8. A book published in the 20th century - Raymond's Run by Toni Cade Bambara

  9. A book from a series with more than 20 books - Absolute Boyfriend by Yuu Watase

  10. A book with a main character in their 20s - A Gathering of Shadows by Victoria Schwab


2021 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge is already up on their website! Here's the link if you are interested in checking out the prompts: https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/reading-challenge-2021-47892177


Let me know in the comments if you are planning to participate in a challenge.



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