2023 PopSugar Reading Challenge

In this challenge, the goal is to read through the PopSugar reading list. Join the challenge and read the rules here!

My goal is the basic level, but I’m tracking all of them.

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basic

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1. A book you meant to read in 2022: 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard
2. A book you bought from an independent bookstore
3. A book about a vacation
4. A book by a first-time author: The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh
5. A book with mythical creatures: Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
6. A book about a forbidden romance: Uncharted Waters by Sally Hepworth
7. A book with “Girl” in the title: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
8. A celebrity memoir
9. A book with a color in the title: Witch is the New Black by Dakota Cassidy
10. A romance with a fat lead
11. A book about or set in Hollywood
12. A book published in spring 2023: Under the Blazing Stars by Becca Seymour
13. A book published the year you were born
14. A modern retelling of a classic: Once Upon a Legend by Mary Ting
15. A book with a song lyric as its title
16. A book where the main character’s name is in the title: Washed-Up Former Child Star Ryan Lee by Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock
17. A book with a love triangle: The Summer of Christmas by Juliet & Keith Giglio
18. A book that’s been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
19. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge
20. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
21. A book set in the decade you were born
22. A book with a queer lead: Stubbed Toes and Dating Woes by Dahlia Donovan
23. A book with a map
24. A book with a rabbit on the cover
25. A book with just text on the cover
26. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
27. A #BookTok recommendation
28. A book you bought secondhand
29. A book your friend recommended
30. A book that’s on a celebrity book-club list
31. A book about a family: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
32. A book that comes out in the second half of 2023: Dead Keen by Anise Eden
33. A book about an athlete/sport
34. A historical-fiction book
35. A book about divorce
36. A book you think your best friend would like
37. A book you should have read in high school
38. A book you read more than 10 years ago: Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
39. A book you wish you could read for the first time again
40. A book by an author with the same initials as you

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advanced

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1. A book written during NaNoWriMo
2. A book based on a popular movie
3. A book that takes place entirely in one day
4. A book that was self-published: Carnage in a Pear Tree by Dakota Cassidy
5. A book that started out as fan fiction
6. A book with a pet character: What Not to Were by Dakota Cassidy
7. A book about a holiday that’s not Christmas
8. A book that features two languages: Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
9. The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
10. A book with alliteration in the title: White Witchmas by Dakota Cassidy

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1. Carnage in a Pear Tree by Dakota Cassidy - ★★★★
2. The Summer of Christmas by Juliet Giglio, Keith Giglio - ★★★½
3. What Not to Were by Dakota Cassidy - ★★★★
4. Witch Is The New Black by Dakota Cassidy - ★★★★
5. White Witchmas by Dakota Cassidy - ★★★★
6. 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard - ★★★★★
7. Once Upon A Legend by Mary Ting - ★★★★★
8. Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris - ★★★★
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson - ★★★★½
10. Stubbed Toes and Dating Woes by Dahlia Donovan - ★★★★★
11. Under the Blazing Stars by Becca Seymour - ★★★★½
12. Washed Up Former Child Star Ryan Lee by Lisa Henry, J.A. Rock - ★★★★½
13. Club Dead by Charlaine Harris - ★★★★★
14. Bound by Love by Brenda K. Davies - ★★★★
15. Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson - ★★★★½
16. Dead Keen by Anise Eden - ★★★★★
17. Uncharted Waters by Sally Hepworth - ★★★★½
18. The Fortunes of Jaded Women by Carolyn Huynh - ★★★★★
19. Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo - ★★★★★
20. The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec - ★★★★★
21. Eragon by Christopher Paolini - ★★★★★
22. Pumpkin Spice and Not So Nice by Becky Monson - ★★★
23. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty - ★★★★★