Popsugar Reading Challenge 2019
❏ A book that makes you nostalgic
"I hope that I will be remembered as neither a good nor a bad man, but as one who loved his family and worked toward their betterment."
❏ A book with a plant in the title or on the cover
❏ A reread of a favorite book
❏ A book about a hobby
❏ A book you meant to read in 2018
❏ A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title
❏ A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover
❏ A book published posthumously
"If you blame yourself for the bad, credit yourself for the good, too ..."
❏ A retelling of a classic ❏ A book with a question in the title
❏ A book set on college or university campus
❏ A book set in space
❏ A book by two female authors
❏ A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title
❏ A book set in Scandinavia
❏ A book that takes place in a single day
"Some people, weak people, fear solitude."
"There was no window, and a framed print on the wall (a vase of roses, made using a computer by someone who was dead inside) was more offensive to the eye than a bare wall."
"... libraries are life-enhancing palaces of wonder."
"I recognized in Joe the kind of man about whom I wrote most viciously on the blog, the kind who carried himself with an entitlement that masqueraded as confidence."
"Everyone's life is complex."
"This then is the true lesson: there is nothing romantic about love. only the most naive believe it will save them. Only the hardiest of us will survive it."
❏ A book with LOVE in the title
❏ A book featuring an amateur detective
❏ A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America
❏ A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title
❏ A book that includes a wedding
❏ A ghost story
"Only our minds keep those dark moments alive and breathing, and only our minds can put them to rest.”
"At some point, you have to start envisioning what you want and make it happen."
"What is it about growing older that makes the clock hands start to spin like a whirligig?