Challenge: 50 Books discussion
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1. A book becoming a movie in 2019
* Marie Semple - Where'd You Go Bernadette? (K)
* Philip Pullman - Northern Lights Trilogy (*)
* Louisa May Alcott - Little Women (*)
* Agatha Christie - Death Comes As the End
* James Baldwin - If Beale Street Could Talk
{X} 2. A book that makes you nostalgic
* {X} Alison Uttley - A Traveller in Time (*)
3. A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction)
* Lev Parikian - Waving, Not Drowning (K)
{X} 4. A book you think should be turned into a movie
* Corina Bomann - The Moonlit Garden {X}
{X} 5. A book with at least one million ratings on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
* Paula Hawkins - Girl on the Train {X}
OR
Christopher Paolini - Eragon
{X} 6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover
* Milly Johnson - Afternoon Tea at the Sunflower Cafe (K)
OR
[X] Erica James - The Real Katie Lavender
7. A reread of a favorite book
* Daphne Du Maurier - Rebecca (*/K)
{X} 8. A book about a hobby
* [x]Sally Vickers - The Librarian (K)
9. A book you meant to read in 2018
* Eleanor Catton - The Luminaries
10. A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title
*Deirdre Riordan Hall - Sugar (K)
{X} 11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
* Sue Perkins - Spectacles (K)
* {X} Ruth Hogan - The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes (*)
12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore
* {X} Madeleine Miller - Circe
13. A book published posthumously
*Agatha Christie - A sleeping Murder (*)
{X} 14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
{X} Mitch Albom - 5 people you meet in Heaven (Gilmore Girls)
15. A retelling of a classic
*Joanna Trollope - Sense and Sensibility (K)
{X} 16. A book with a question in the title
* [X] Agatha Christie - Why Don't They Ask Evans? (*)
* Judy Blume - Are You There God? It's Me Margaret (K)
{X} 17. A book set on college or university campus
* [X] Rainbow Rowell - Fan Girl (*)
18. A book about someone with a superpower
{X} 19. A book told from multiple POVs
[X] Liane Moriarty - Nine Perfect Strangers (*)
{X} 20. A book set in space
{X} Madeleine L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
{X} 21. A book by two female authors
*Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
{X} Corina Bomann and Alison Layland - The Moonlit Garden
22. A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title
23. A book set in Scandinavia
{X} 24. A book that takes place in a single day
{X} Stuart Turton - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
25. A debut novel
* Ruth Hogan - The Keeper of Lost things (K)
{X} 26. A book that's published in 2019
{X} Erica James - Swallowtail Summer
{X} 27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature
*Christopher Paolini - Eragon
{X} Madeleine L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
{X} 28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire
* [X] Gail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (*) - Reese Witherspoon
29. A book with LOVE in the title
* Victoria Connelly - Love in an English Garden (K)
30. A book featuring an amateur detective
* Agatha Christie - 13 Problems (Miss Marple) (K)
{X} 31. A book about a family
* [X] Julia Quinn - The Other Miss Bridgerton (K)
32. A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America
*Laksmi Pamuntjak - The Birdwoman's Palate (K)
33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title
*Eleanor Catton - The Luminaries
34. A book that includes a wedding
* Katie Fforde - A Vintage Wedding (K)
{X} 35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter
* {X} Philippa Pearce - Minnow on the Say (K)
{X} 36. A ghost story
{X} A.J. Finn - Woman in the Window
37. A book with a two-word title
*A.L. Bird - The Classroom (K)
{X} 38. A novel based on a true story
{X} C.J. Sansom - Dissolution
{X} 39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game
[X] Tracy Rees - Amy Snow
{X} 40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge
(2018= #47 A book by an author with the same first or last name as you)
{X} *A.J. Finn - Woman in the Window (*)
41. A "cli-fi" (climate fiction) book
John Lanchester - The Wall
42. A "choose-your-own-adventure" book
Kitty Curran and Larissa Zageris - My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel
{X} 43. An "own voices" book
{X} Ruth Hogan - The Wisdom of Sally Red-Shoes
{X} 44. Read a book during the season it is set in
[X] Kate Hewitt - A Yorkshire Christmas
45. A LitRPG book
{X} 46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters
{X} Kate Beaton - Hark! A Vagrant
{X} 47. Two books that share the same title
{X} Kathryn Hughes - The Secret
{X} 48. Two books that share the same title
{X} Julie Garwood - The Secret
49. A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
*Joseph Heller - Catch 22
{X} 50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent
{X}*C.J. Sansom - Dissolution
Finn wrote: "I've decided to combine 2 different challenges - the 2019 Pop Sugar Challenge and the 50 book challenge....
Here goes!"
Good luck!
Here goes!"
Good luck!


Kate Hewitt - A Yorkshire Christmas
2)

Sally Vickers - The Librarian
3)

Erica James - The Real Katie Lavender


Agatha Christie - Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (PSC #30 - 'a book featuring an amateur detective' AND PSC#16 - 'a book with a question in the title')


Gail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
(PSC#28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire: Reese Witherspoon)


(PSC#11 - A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover)


Mitch Albom - The Five People You Meet in Heaven
(PSC#14 - A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie: Gilmore Girls)


The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
(PSC#5 - a book with at least a million ratings on goodreads)


Hark! A Vagrant - Kate Beaton
(PSC#46 - a book with no chapters/unusual chapter headings/unconventially numbered chapters)


Minnow on the Say - Philippa Pearce
(PSC#35 - a book whose author's first and last name begin with the same letter)


Stuart Turton - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
(PSC#24 - a book that takes place on a single day/PSC#25 - a debut novel)


The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn
PSC#40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge:
2018= #47 A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
&
PSC#36: A Ghost Story
& PSC#1: A book becoming a movie in 2019


A Country Escape - Katie Fforde
PSC#11 - A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover


A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
PSC#20. A book set in space
&
PSC#27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature


Dissolution - C.J. Sansom
PSC#38. A novel based on a true story
&
PSC#50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent


Circe - Madeline Miller
PSC#12: A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore
28)

Sleeping Murder - Agatha Christie
PSC#13: A book published posthumously


Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener - M.C. Beaton
30)

Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley - M.C. Beaton


The Diary of a Bookseller - Shaun Bythell
38)

The Seven Sisters - Lucinda Riley
PSC#33: A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title


The Story of a New Name - Elena Ferrante
48)

The Radleys- Matt Haig
PSC#37: A Book with a two-word title


Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
PSC#49: a book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom
53)

Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
PSC#34: A book that includes a wedding
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Here goes!