Popsugar Reading Challenge 2019

5) A book becoming a movie in 2019: "Where'd you go, Bernadette?" by Maria Semple / 3.5
❏ A book that makes you nostalgic
17 A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction): "Joyner's Dream" by Sylvia Tyson / 4.5

"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."

12) A book you think should be turned into a movie: "Rich People Problems" by Kevin Kwan / 3.5

4) A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads: "The Curious Case of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon / 3.5
❏ 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
6) A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore: "Two Old Women" by Velma Wallis / 4
❏ A book published posthumously
16 A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie (or newspaper): "After the Flood" by Kassandra Montag / 4

"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
15) A book about someone with a superpower: "The Vine Witch" by Luanne G. Smith / 3.5
14) A book told from multiple POVs: "The Dollhouse" by Fiona Davis / 3.5
❏ 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
13) A debut novel: "Eleanor Oliphant is complete fine" by Gail Honeyman / 3.5

"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."

7) A book that's published in 2019: "The Last Romantics" by Tara Conkin / 4

"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."

10) A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature: "Never Let Me go" by Kazuo Ishiguro / 4
2) A book recommended by a celebrity you admire: "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng / 3.5
❏ A book with LOVE in the title
❏ A book featuring an amateur detective
3) A book about a family: "The House at the Edge of Night" by Catherine Banner / 4
❏ 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
1) A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter: "Delicious!" by Ruth Reichl / 3
❏ A ghost story
11) A book with a two-word title: Forgiveness Road" by Mandy Mikulencak / 3.5

"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."

9) A novel based on a true story: "Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity and Love" by Dani Shapiro / 1.5

❏ A book revolving around a puzzle or game
8) Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge (A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of: Domestic Fiction): "A Curve in the Road" by Julieanne Maclean / 2.5

"What is it about growing older that makes the clock hands start to spin like a whirligig?