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Date you finished: February 10, 2019 Note: I'm a very fast reader, don't watch tv and have sleep issues. :)

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): No list but here is a link to my 2019 Popsugar Shelf - 2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge Shelf

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): 鈥淎 book recommended by a celebrity you admire鈥� BUT that鈥檚 my favourite book so I鈥檒l go with one of the more interesting prompts - 鈥淎 book with no chapters/unusual chapter headings/unconventionally numbered chapters鈥� which I read The Book of Essie

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Where the Crawdads Sing 鈥淎 book recommended by a celebrity you admire鈥�

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: The 7陆 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Least favorite prompt: Reread of a favourite book 鈥� I had never reread a book before and didn鈥檛 plan on it. I loved the book the first time, but it wasn鈥檛 as good the second time around. :(

Prompt you hope to see again: My favourite prompts were ones you had to choose from award winners or nominies. Great variety of genres to choose from.

Last prompt you finished: 鈥淭wo books that share the same title鈥�

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): Very pleased. I had a book chosen for each challenge before I started reading. I had to make a few changes to some choices but it worked out well in the end.

Finally, are you in for 2020? DEFINITELY!!! I actually have a list of books picked out for the 2018 Popsugar Challenge and for both of the 2018 and 2019 ATY Challenges

My favourite part of this challenge was reading books that I would not have normally read....and really enjoying them. It has made me get out of my 'normal' and that's a good thing! I read some classics that I had avoided (like Persuasion, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird) and genres I didn't even know existed (Cli-Fi and Lit PRG). Looking forward to the continuation of these types of books.

Wow! Well done! That is super quick!

I am in awe, Michelle! Seriously, that is reading more than a book a day! Good for you!

I agree about how the challenge pushes you to read books you would never have read and some you have perhaps 'missed' for one reason or another. It totally kicks me out of a reading rut!

Date you finished: 3/3/2019
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 367

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A re-read of a favorite book: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (other than this sort of prompt I don't re-read for the challenge).

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Sweet Bye and Bye by Todd Johnson (a book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER or SPICY in the title)

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (I do enjoy Gaiman and probably would have read it eventually, but I found it because of this prompt.)

Least favorite prompt: A "choose-your-own-adventure" book

Prompt you hope to see again: A book about a family (lots of scope for choosing here)

Last prompt you finished: A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vickerage or convent (Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie)

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I wish I could be less compulsive about this. Once I have most of my list picked, I just keep reading them, ignoring other things I might be interested in reading. Last year I said I would be more relaxed, and I wasn't! I always say I am not competitive, but I can be with myself. Last year I finished March 23rd, this year March 3rd.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Probably so. I enjoy the fact that I end up reading books I might not have read otherwise, even though I don't always like the ones I choose.

Congrats Judy! I'm currently reading Neverwhere. I'm enjoying it but I've already seen the TV show and read the comics, and I'm not entirely sure I'm gaining anything new by reading it in novel format. Still a good adventure though.

Liz wrote: "Congrats Judy! I'm currently reading Neverwhere. I'm enjoying it but I've already seen the TV show and read the comics, and I'm not entirely sure I'm gaining anything new by reading it in novel for..."

It was all new to me! I'm living in Spain so don't see much English language TV, and hadn't seen the graphic novels. He's certainly prolific and adaptable, isn't he?

The TV version was out in the 90's, and I think there was also a radio play at one point. He is definitely a man of many mediums!

Wow this is the first year I have attempted this challenge and never thought I would complete it so quickly. This is mainly due to me discovering the ebooks and audiobooks available online through my library which has opened up a whole new world for me! I've never listened to audiobooks before but a good percentage of this challenge was 'read' on audiobook driving and whilst completing dreary tasks at work and around the house.

Date you finished: 18th April
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 925

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America Exit West - I have so many other books lined up for this prompt as well which I will try to fit into the 2015 challenge I'm going back to.

Favourite book (and what prompt was it for?): Tricky as there were a few I thought were great but will go for An "own voices" book The Hate U Give was amazing.

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: A book about a hobby Running Like a Girl On reflection I'm surprised I've chosen this prompt but it introduced me to a great book about my other hobby - running and I will definitely read more books like this.


Least favorite prompt: A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie - urggh struggled with this and had to force myself to finish Little Women as seen on Friends.

Prompt you hope to see again: Read a book during the season it is set in - mistimed this prompt and I had winter and summer books lined up but ended up having to find a spring book to read.

Last prompt you finished: A book about someone with a superpower Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Has to be the worst audiobook for accents ever! 馃槀


Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc):
I started off having some ideas in mind for prompts but found these changed, especially as I was reliant on library books and their availability. Next time I would perhaps 'go with the flow more'. Also I would leave some of the easier prompts till last so I can look forward to them, rather than the trickier ones I was left with this time.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Definitely. It has pushed me to read genres I would never have considered and have consequently enjoyed and even loved! I've also discovered some amazing new authors and developed a love of Margaret Attwood. Can't wait to go back and complete the 2015 challenge next.

Date you finished: 4/21/19
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 311
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Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): A 3 way tie between Tell the Wolves I'm Home and Stargirl and Love, Stargirl. Read for prompts 31. A book about a family, 1. A book becoming a movie in 2019, and 46. A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters respectively.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: A Man Called Ove. I was having trouble with the Scandinavia prompt and after trying a few books nothing was clicking. So I figured I'd give this a shot since I'd heard a lot of praise for it and was surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
Least favorite prompt: 14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie. I haven't really watched TV or movies in 8 years, so it wasn't easy to find something I'd seen that would work.
Prompt you hope to see again: I'd prefer all new prompts every time to really stretch my reading
Last prompt you finished: 14. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie
Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc):

I need to start planning less because I never follow it anyway. Think I spent two days finding books for all the prompts at the start of the year, and looking back at it now, I read a whopping 3 books from the original list.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Yep

Whoo! Finished! Much faster than I'd anticipated too...

Date you finished: April 23

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 723, though I have a more detailed list and wrap-up of my personal reading challenge on my DA blog, which can be found here --

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): "A book written by a musician" -- it's amazing how many musicians are also writers, and vice versa! I ended up reading Master of Reality by John Darnielle, a member of the band Mountain Goats.

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Geez, it's hard to narrow it down to just one! Favorites this year included The Book Thief (book with over a million ratings), The Pros of Cons (book about a hobby), The Graveyard Book (ghost story), Snow Crash (book with multiple POVs), Fevre Dream (book recommended by a celebrity you admire), and Attachments (book including a wedding).

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: This is a hard one to answer, because the vast majority of the books I read this year were already on my to-read list. That said, I wasn't expecting to love Anonymous Rex (book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature) as much as I did, and it was one I was considering cutting from my to-read list before I gave it a shot for the challenge.

Least favorite prompt: "Book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie." This was a HARD prompt, especially since not many people are seen reading in the types of shows and movies I watch. (I watch a lot of cop dramas, sci-fi, and animated shows/movies...) At least I finally managed to read Frankenstein after seeing a character read it on "Da Vinci's Inquest."

Prompt you hope to see again: Any prompts that follow the mold of "book with (insert thing here) in the title and/or on the cover." Those are always fun and often multiple books on my to-read list can fit those prompts.

Last prompt you finished: "A book revolving around a puzzle or game," for which I read Click Here to Start. The FIRST prompt I finished was "read a book during the season it's set in," for which I read The Blue Fox.

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I'm pretty pleased with how I tackled the challenge this year. I need to learn that it's okay to DNF a book, though... I forced myself to finish more than one book simply because I didn't feel like hunting down another book to fit a certain prompt...

Finally, are you in for 2020? ABSOLUTELY

Date you finished: 4/28/19

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): I didn't pay attention to the number, but for me it is somewhere on page 18.

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge (a childhood classic you've never read) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): No Exit A book set in a day

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Beartown

Least favorite prompt: A LitRPG book, but I did end up liking the book I chose more than I expected too.

Prompt you hope to see again: Something nonfiction. The challenge helped me discover a deep appreciation for nonfiction, but I need a little prompting to do it.

Last prompt you finished: A book set in space.

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): This is my first year doing the challenge and I'm pretty pleased with how it went. I do wish that I had gotten some of the prompts I wasn't looking forward to out of the way at the beginning, because I got a little bogged down towards the end.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Absolutely. I'm going to try and start filling in previous challenges in the mean time. I have a lot of catching up to do.

Date finished: 12 May 2019

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 164

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America - Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The purpose of the challenge is to get us to read more widely and I think this prompt goes to the heart of the challenge.

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The 7陆 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle which I read for the book about a puzzle or game. This book was really great.

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Are You Dave Gorman? Which I read for the book with a question in the title. I thought it was really funny and was unexpectedly good.

Least favorite prompt: Lit RPG. I read You're in Game!. This was a collection of short stories for the genre hoping there would be one or two gems in there. I have discovered Lit RPG really isn鈥檛 for me.

The worst book though was The Pisces which I read for the astrology prompt. It was awful! Not a reflection on the prompt though.

Prompt you hope to see again: Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge. I think this gives us a bit more flexibility around books you want to read.

Last prompt you finished: A book set in space which I read 2001: A Space Odyssey. No reason why it was the last one, that was just how it worked out.

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): Yes. I plan at the start but move books around as required.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Absolutely. This is my third year I have done this challenge and I really enjoyed it.

Date you finished: 5/17/18

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 70

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): I enjoy being pushed out of my comfort zone but still be able to pick books I enjoy and I鈥檓 not forcing myself to get through it. . So I really like the Author from either Africa, Asia or South America prompt. To add more to the challenge, I did all three continents and all three books were good reads: The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After (Africa), Convenience Store Woman (Asia) and The Alchemist (South America)

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Loved Daisy Jones & The Six mostly for the different format (used for book that should be come a movie)

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?:Yes. Two books. The Bitter Side of Sweet (prompt w/sweet,bitter,salty) and Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer (prompt about hobby (swimming)

Least favorite prompt: any prompt that has to do with tv or movies.

Prompt you hope to see again: I always enjoy the past popsugar prompt because I choose a book from each year in categories to help diversify in a category that may not be represented the current year. I also would like to see again novel based on a true story and debut novel.

Last prompt you finished: Book contains a ghost story. Read The Clockmaker's Daughter. Didn鈥檛 purposely mean to read last. The book was already on my TBR but got pushed back depending on when other library holds became available.

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): yes. I have learned over the years to just read what I want and fill in the prompts that way (I have a very loose half filled in plan when I start). Probably ~80% of the books were on my TBR list so most were what I was already interested in. Of course my TBR list grows every November when I see what everybody else is planning. Also did ATY at same time (did not double dip) so had ~ 100 categories to plug books into. Only have 11 left for ATY so not bad.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Yes

Date you finished: 5/21/2019
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): NA
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A debut novel, for this prompt I read When All is Said by Anne Griffin
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck. Prompt #8 - reread of favorite book
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Anything that has to do with space, imaginary creatures, or a superpower
Least favorite prompt: It is a tie between #14 (set in space), #21 (imaginary creature), and #32 (a superpower). I really dislike these types of books
Prompt you hope to see again: A debut novel
Last prompt you finished: A LitRPG book (Wolf in White Van)
Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): No, I tried to find books that fit the categories and also fit into the mystrey, suspense genre. I found it was too limiting and also kind of defeats one of the purposes of the challenge. I also wished I had moved more slowly through the challenge.
Finally, are you in for 2020?聽 Yes, can't wait

Date you finished: 5/21/19
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 353
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Own Voice - "House of Broken Angels"
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): "My Sister the Serial Killer" for the author from Asia/Africa/South America prompt
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: "Good Morning, Midnight"
Least favorite prompt: Choose your own adventure - the book was awful for my taste.
Prompt you hope to see again: Author from... but more specific than three continents next time. ;)
Last prompt you finished: Two books with the same title ("Endurance")
Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I deviated a lot from my original plan... mainly because of book clubs and the Tournament of Books, but overall I'm happy with my challenge this year.
Finally, are you in for 2020? Yep!

Date you finished: 24MAY19

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): none

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Two books that share the same title - it was fun to search for these and it was the most unique prompt in my opinion. I read Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup and Bad Blood

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Hmmmm hard to pick. I really liked My Lovely Wife which I read for a book with "love" in the title. And The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, and The Stone Sky which I read for three prompts - a "cli-fi" book, a book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature, and a book with no chapters, unusual chapter headings, or unconventionally numbered chapters.

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Probably The Phantom Tollbooth which I read for a book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie. I saw it being read in an early episode of Parks and Rec. I LOVED it, it was so fun and funny, but somehow missed it growing up.

Least favorite prompt: A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom, and A book written by a musician. I didn't feel like there were enough books to choose from for these prompts.

Prompt you hope to see again: A book you think should be turned in to a movie or a book that's published in the current year - good prompts to fit in something you really want to read but don't fit other categories.

Last prompt you finished: A book with a zodia sign or astrology term in the title - The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc):
Yes, I didn't think I'd be able to get all the books in much less finish so early in the year. However, I felt like I got too obsessed with trying to finish the list and only reading something if it fit a category, and there are so many books I want to read that don't fit, or I had already used. I think instead of reading one book for each prompt, I might challenge myself to see how few books I can read and hit all the challenges by using them for as many prompts as possible.

Finally, are you in for 2020? probably, with the change above

Date you finished: 5/29/2019

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 920

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book set in space because Sci-fi is my bag. I read Wanderlust

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Vision in White for the "book that includes a wedding prompt" because the love interest was a handsome, klutzy, and utterly adorable English teacher.

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Useless Magic by Florence Welch (of Florence + the Machine). I'm not usually into poetry, but Florence is an amazing artist.

Least favorite prompt: A book with at least one million ratings on 老虎机稳赢方法. I despise pretty much every book on that list or I'd read them before and didn't want to read them again.

Prompt you hope to see again: A retelling of a classic.

Last prompt you finished: A book recommended by a celebrity you admire.

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): Pretty happy. I didn't create a set list this year and searched for prompts/books that fit the mood that I was in while reading. It was more fun and less stressful. And I found some pretty cool new authors to enjoy.

Finally, are you in for 2020?: Absolutely!

Date you finished: 5/30/19
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): n/a
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A reread of a favorite book, I got to read The Kiss Quotient again, which just cemented the fact that it's in my top 5 favorite books of all time.
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Other than The Kiss Quotient, Pachinko was my favorite book of the challenge, and is my favorite book of the year so far.
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Not necessarily. I read so many books that I've been putting off for years, but because they matched a prompt I finally read them.
Least favorite prompt: A book with at least one million ratings on 老虎机稳赢方法. Turns out I've read a lot of them, and the ones I hadn't read, I didn't want to! I ended up reading The Secret Life of Bees, which I did not enjoy.
Prompt you hope to see again: A reread of a favorite book (because I do that all the time) or a book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie.
Last prompt you finished: A book published posthumously, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): Fairly pleased. I've been doing this challenge on my own for years and never finished. This year however, some coworkers and I challenged each other, which made finishing the list a competition. I strategically planned what I read, and only read genres that I like so I could finish quickly.
Finally, are you in for 2020? Always.

Date you finished: 6/3/2019

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 595

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Two books that share the title. I had wanted to read Ink and Bone1 for awhile but kept finding Inka nd Bone2. This prompt really pushed me into finding it and I loved the one that I had been looking for. The second one was pretty good too.


Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): for Debut novel. I was driving through the Texas country side listening to this while either laughing my head off or crying hard.

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: For Salt in the title. It was extremely informative and slightly terrifying

Least favorite prompt:At least 1 million GR ratings. I only had about 4 to choose from. I ended up reading which was good, but if it ever comes up again I'm screwed. Would DNFing Fifty Shades of Gray count?

Prompt you hope to see again: Author from a different place but I hope that the prompt itself would be Africa, Asia, or South America and not a choice of them.

Last prompt you finished: for inspired a common phrase (first to use jaunt for teleport). It was ok. Not my favorite, but a classic.

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I was fine with it. I probably used more new books than I intended because I was trying to use up my TBR list, but some of them were amazing so I can't be too mad.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Of course. I still have a long TBR list to use.

Date you finished: 6-5-2019
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): Started at 248...I think I am 240 now.
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #40 Your favorite prompt from the
*2015 POPSUGAR Reading challenge A book a friend recommended: The Stand
*2016 A self improvement book: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
*2017 A book by an author from a country you've never visited: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
*2018 The next book in a series: Hidden Bodies
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): I'm not sure, I read some REALLY good books!
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood used for #26 A book by an Asian, African, or South American author prompt. I had never heard of Trevor Noah before, very enjoyable book!
Least favorite prompt: #7 A reread of a favorite book-I read my favorite book, The Pillars of the Earth, but I prefer to not re-read books for this challenge. Least favorite book was the choose your own adventure book, My Lady's Choosing: An Interactive Romance Novel
Prompt you hope to see again: favorite prompt from a past challenge. Anything to add books! <3
Last prompt you finished: #49 A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom (Catch-22)
Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I started off really fast and tapered off with less than ten books to go. I would have liked to finish sooner. I like to plan, I try to have as many books as possible chosen before January 1st so I can get going right out the gate.
Finally, are you in for 2020? Yep, cannot wait!

Date you finished: 6/6/19

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 389

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie. I picked Sense and Sensibility.

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Of the books that I hadn鈥檛 read before, my favorite was probably Circe by Madeline Miller, which fulfilled multiple prompts for me. It's a photo finish, though. I also very much enjoyed Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky and The 7陆 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Ten Women by Marcela Serrano (an 鈥渙wn voices鈥� book, also fulfilled several other prompts).

Least favorite prompt: Lit RPG. I鈥檓 not a gamer so I struggled with the selection of a book and didn鈥檛 really enjoy the one I picked out (Ready Player One).

Prompt you hope to see again: "Cli-fi" (climate fiction) I read A Friend of the Earth and loved it to pieces, but there were a bunch of others that piqued my interest.

Last prompt you finished: A book that takes place in a single day - The 7陆 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle.

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I should have gone a little more slowly. I shouldn鈥檛 have rushed through some of them the way I did.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Very likely.

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 962

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): 12. A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore, I love myth/fairytale retellings. I read Circe which I loved.

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): I read some good ones, probably top were Starless for book I meant to read last year, Circe for myth retelling, Station Eleven for a book I think should be made into a movie.

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Fingersmith, I was looking for something nontraditional for the wedding prompt. I didn't want to just read a generic romance. Someone mentioned it in the thread and it looked interesting. the wedding wasn't anything spectacular but it was there and the rest of the book was excellent.

Least favorite prompt: probably a tie between Lit RPG and book seen being read on TV/movie. Lit RPG is just too narrow of a genre, doesn't leave much room for interpretation and the vast majority of the authors are white men. I didn't like the read on movie/tv one because it just requires a degree of observation that I clearly lack. I watch plenty of stuff, I never notice what they're reading unless it's something I already read which is probably why I noticed it. I ended up just going through the discussion list until I saw a suggestion I was interesting in reading that was seen in something I have watched in the past.

Prompt you hope to see again: I like prompts that encourage diversity, so the books set in other countries is nice, especially non-white ones. Also book published that year is always a good encouragement to read what's current.

Last prompt you finished: 50. A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent (The Blight of Muirwood

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): Yes, I tried to focus on this one as much as I could, while double dipping across as many of the other challenges I'm doing as I could. Now I finished this one nice and early and can focus on the rest.

Finally, are you in for 2020? probably. I always say I'll take a break and then by the time the prompt lists are released I'm refreshed and ready to dive back in.

Date you finished: June 18, 2019

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): None

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book recommended by a celebrity you admire (An American Marriage)

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Hard to pick just one because I loved several of the books I chose for this challenge. I think today my favorite is Circe (book inspired by myth/legend/folklore)

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: I actually enjoyed the LitRPG book more than I expected, I was dreading that prompt. I read Warcross.

Least favorite prompt: "choose-your-own adventure" - the book I read was terrible.

Prompt you hope to see again: Book you think should be turned into a movie

Last prompt you finished: Book that inspired a common phrase or idiom (Catch-22)

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): Yes, I didn't have a plan for what books to read. Mostly depended on what was available from the library.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Yes, this was my second year participating in this challenge and I really enjoyed it.

Date you finished: 6/27/2019

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): # 786

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): 15. A retelling of a classic - Circe I like the idea of the prompt. Wasn't too enthused by the book I chose for it though.

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): This one is really hard for me I ended up loving a ton of books. But I guess I would have to go with Jane Eyre for prompt 5. A book with at least one million ratings on 老虎机稳赢方法. I cannot believe how good it was. I guess because I did not enjoy Wuthering Heights in High School I didn't think I would like anything else by the Bronte sisters. I am reexamining that.

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: 13. A book published posthumously -I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer I am not one for much true crime but this surprisingly gripped me.

Least favorite prompt:39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game. I found it hard to decided if a book would fit this prompt. I wasn't too enthused to find a book about a puzzle.

Prompt you hope to see again:31. A book about a family. I like the idea of it being good to find both fiction and non-fiction that can fit this prompt very well. Even though I think it leans more toward Non-fiction and challenges me to find out about a historic family I would like to know more about.

Last prompt you finished: 29. A book with LOVE in the title -Love and Other Words. This was the last book I read for the challenge mostly because I kept changing which book I was going to read. I kept starting others and they never captured my attention. Until this one it was sweet and sad and a good way to finish the challenge.

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc):
I think I did it really well. True I finished in half the year and it might have limited my 'freedom' of what to read next for a little bit I feel as though I read mostly what I wanted when I wanted. By the time I finished this challenge I have read 53 books total so it didn't completely restrict me. I am looking forward to the rest of my year reading whatever catches my fancy in the moment though. I planned out the list at the beginning of the year and mostly stuck to the original list but there were some changes when books were on hold forever at the library or the book was a DNF for me.

Finally, are you in for 2020? This is my first year doing this and I am definitely on board for next year.

Hannah wrote: "Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): This one is really hard for me I ended up loving a ton of books. But I guess I would have to go with Jane Eyre for prompt 5. A book with at least one million ratings on 老虎机稳赢方法. I cannot believe how good it was. I guess because I did not enjoy Wuthering Heights in High School I didn't think I would like anything else by the Bronte sisters. I am reexamining that...."

I'm kind of the opposite of you. I read Jane Eyre in high school and didn't particularly care for it. I read Wuthering Heights later and loved it, and actually reread it this year and still loved it. If you want to round it out and read one from each of the sisters, I would recommend Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte over The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Just my two cents worth.

Date you finished: 6/27/2019

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 930

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): Book becoming a movie in 2019: The Nightingale

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Nine Perfect Strangers: A book told from multiple POVs

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Warcross

Least favorite prompt: A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent Grave Mercy

Prompt you hope to see again: A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore

Last prompt you finished: A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I'm pleased with how I tackled the challenge. I tried to make books I was already interested in fit the challenges as I went along, sometimes moving them around into different categories. That's actually how I finished. I was struggling to find a book with "love" in the title (which is a lot harder than I thought it would be), but I noticed that one of the books I had placed in another prompt had it and I could fill that prompt (item of clothing or accessory on cover) with a different book that I had recently read.

Finally, are you in for 2020? For sure!!

Katy wrote: "Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte over The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Just my two cents worth.."

Thanks for the tip on which to read. I was going to try to fit in an Anne Bronte to read this year!

Date you finished: 6/28/2019
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 302

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book you think should be made into a movie....A Different Kind of Evil

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Besides the reread favorite, either Long Way Down or Lost Roses.

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Long Way Down (book that takes place in a single day)

Least favorite prompt: A book recommended by a celebrity you admire

Prompt you hope to see again: A book inspired by myth, legend or folklore

Last prompt you finished: A reread of a favorite (Fellowship of the Ring. It's tough to read with a toddler in the house!)

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I fit in books from book club then fill in the rest. Trying to only read books I already have on my kindle or TBR

Finally, are you in for 2020? YES!

Date you finished: June 25

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 136
My list

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?):
Hard to choose - enjoyed many prompts and the books! # 31. A book about a family The Winds of War by Herman Wouk

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?):
Slender Wish by Kerry Casey, for Prompt # 37. A book with a two-word title. This is the third book of the trilogy and very enjoyable.

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?:
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple for the Prompt #16. A book with a question in the title

Least favorite prompt:
A LitRPG book

Prompt you hope to see again:
Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge

Last prompt you finished:
A reread of a favorite book -- I rarely reread

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc):
I'm happy how it turned out. I pre-planned in December, but made changes along the way as others recommended books or other books caught my interest.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Yes!

Date you finished: June 30

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): None

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A novel based on a true story. Lifeboat 12

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Blind Your Ponies for the reread.

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Sweet Little Lies a book with sweet, bitter, salty, or spicy in the title.

Least favorite prompt: a book you see someone watching on TV or in a movie and a book becoming a movie this year. I simply don't watch TV and watch very few movies. I had to stretch both of these prompts.

Prompt you hope to see again: Book you meant to read (last year). It helps with my massive TBR pile.

Last prompt you finished: Book with a million ratings on Good Reads: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I wish I would have put less pressure on myself in the end. The challenge is for fun.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Yes

Date you finished: July 2, 2019

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 4

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): "A retelling of a classic" - The Little Selkie by K.M. Shea (Retelling of The Little Mermaid)

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - "A book with a plant in the title or on the cover" (Not counting the Harry Potter books I read for the nostalgia and reread prompts)

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: I probably wouldn't have read Sugar by Deirdre Riordan Hall and Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot if not for the challenge. I really liked these books.

Least favorite prompt: "A LitRPG book"

Prompt you hope to see again: "Your favourite prompt from a previous year"

Last prompt you finished: "A book that's published in 2019"

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I'm pleased.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Definitely!

Date you finished: June 28, 2019

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): Don't have one

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): "A book about a family" - This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Owning the Moon by Linda Sillitoe - "A book you meant to read in 2018"

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: The Dry by Jane Harper ("a cli-fi book")

Least favorite prompt: "A choose-your-own-adventure-book"

Prompt you hope to see again: "A book with a two-word title"

Last prompt you finished: "A book with "pop," "sugar," or "challenge" in the title"

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I enjoyed planning out all the books I was going to read but making note of additional books that would work and still being flexible if I changed my mind the last minute. I will probably do it the same way next year.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Definitely!

Date you finished: 6 July 2019

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鉁旓笍1. Becoming a movie in 2019: Piercing (Ry奴 Murakami)
鉁旓笍2. Inspires nostalgia: The Briefcase (Hiromi Kawakami)
鉁旓笍3. Written by a musician: The Rose That Grew from Concrete (Tupac)
鉁旓笍4. Should be turned into a movie: The Widows of Malabar Hill (Sujata Massey)
鉁旓笍5. At least one million 老虎机稳赢方法 ratings: The Time Traveler's Wife
鉁旓笍6. A plant on the cover: Heart Berries (Terese Marie Mailhot)
鉁旓笍7. A reread of a favorite book: Under the Midnight Sun (Keigo Higashino)
鉁旓笍8. About a hobby: Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
鉁旓笍9. Meant to read in 2018: The Sense of an Ending (Julian Barnes)
鉁旓笍10. "Pop," "sugar," or "challenge" in the title: Sugar (Bernice L. McFadden)
鉁旓笍11. Accessory on the cover: The Good Liar (Nicholas Searle)
鉁旓笍12. Inspired by legend, folklore, mythology: Grave Peril (Jim Butcher)
鉁旓笍13. Published posthumously: A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
鉁旓笍14. A book seen being read on TV (Gilmore Girls): The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
鉁旓笍15. Retelling of a classic: Hag-Seed (Margaret Atwood)
鉁旓笍16. A question in the title: Krik? Krak! (Edwidge Danticat)
鉁旓笍17. Set on a university campus: Flowers for Algernon (Daniel Keyes)
鉁旓笍18. About someone with a superpower: Shadow and Bone (Leigh Bardugo)
鉁旓笍19. Told from multiple character POVs: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Pratchett & Gaiman)
鉁旓笍20. A book set in space: Testing Pandora (Kaia S酶nderby)
鉁旓笍21. By two female authors: Feint of Art (Hailey Lind)
鉁旓笍22. A title that contains "bitter": This Bitter Earth (Bernice L. McFadden)
鉁旓笍23. Set in Scandinavia: The Keeper of Lost Causes (Jussi Adler-Olsen)
鉁旓笍24. Takes place in a single day: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
鉁旓笍25. A debut novel: An Unkindness of Ghosts (Rivers Solomon)
鉁旓笍26. Published in 2019: Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Marlon James)
鉁旓笍27. Features an imaginary creature: Elantris (Brandon Sanderson)
鉁旓笍28. Recommended by a celebrity you admire (B. Obama): The Quiet American (Graham Greene)
鉁旓笍29. "Love" in the title: Let's Talk About Love (Claire Kann)
鉁旓笍30. Features an amateur detective: State of the Onion
鉁旓笍31. A book about a family: The Plague of Doves (Louise Erdrich)
鉁旓笍32. By an author from Asia, Africa, or South America: My Sister, the Serial Killer
鉁旓笍33. An astrology term in the title: The Round House (Louise Erdrich)
鉁旓笍34. Includes a wedding: The Well of Ascension
鉁旓笍35. Author's first and last initials match: Go: A Coming of Age Novel (Kazuki Kaneshiro)
鉁旓笍36. A ghost story: The Astonishing Color of After (Emily X. Pan)
鉁旓笍37. A two-word title: The Gunslinger (Stephen King)
鉁旓笍38. Based on a true story: A Brief History of Seven Killings (Marlon James)
鉁旓笍39. Revolves around a game: Wildcard (Marie Lu)
鉁旓笍40. Fave 2018 PS prompt/The next book in a series started : Home (Nnedi Okorafor)

Advanced: 10/10
鉁旓笍41. A "cli-fi" book: Parable of the Talents (Octavia E. Butler)
鉁旓笍42. A "choose your own adventure" book: Dead Letter Office (Kira Snyder)
鉁旓笍43. An "own voices" book: Huntress (A. E. Radley)
鉁旓笍44. Read during its seasonal setting (winter): Doomsday Book (Connie Willis)
鉁旓笍45. A LitRPG book: Warcross (Marie Lu)
鉁旓笍46. Unusually numbered chapters: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
鉁旓笍47. Shares the same title (1): Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog (Jerome K. Jerome)
鉁旓笍48. Shares the same title (2): To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis)
鉁旓笍49. Inspired an idiom ("love is blind"): The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
鉁旓笍50. Set in a monastery: The Virgin in the Ice (Ellis Peters) (hide spoiler)]

Favorite prompt: 32. By an author from Asia, Africa, or South America/My Sister, the Serial Killer

Favorite book: The Briefcase (2. Inspires nostalgia)

A book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge: The Keeper of Lost Causes

Least favorite prompt: 14. A book you see someone reading on TV/movie

Prompt you hope to see again: 43. An "ownvoices" book

Last prompt you finished: 16. A book with a question in its title

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge? Yes.

Finally, are you in for 2020?: Most definitely!

Date you finished: July 6, 2019

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 155

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): I liked the own voices prompt and for it I read and loved Esperanza Rising.

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): It's a toss up between The Overstory (cli-fi prompt) and The Daughter of Time (novel based on a true story). They're very different books but I loved both.

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: I had the hardest time with the two books with the same title prompt because I initially could not find any same titled books where I was at all interested in both. But eventually I decided to do Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love and The Inheritance: A Family on the Front Lines of the Battle Against Alzheimer's Disease. I likely would have read the first but not the second, and they both ended up being phenomenal and I learned a ton from the second.

Least favorite prompt: For sure LitRPG and choose-your-own-adventure.

Prompt you hope to see again: I like the ones that encourage diversity like the own voices prompt and the written by an author from Asia, Africa or South America. I'd like to see these or other variations of them again.

Last prompt you finished: Book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title (A Constellation of Vital Phenomena)

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): Yes. I'm a planner, so I especially like the prompts I can plan in advance.

Finally, are you in for 2020? That's the plan!

Date you finished: 7/11/19
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 139
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book that makes you nostalgic Good in Bed
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Where the Crawdads Sing A book you think should be turned into a movie
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
Least favorite prompt: LitRPG book- I read Warcross but this is just not a genre for me and book that inspired a common phrase or idiom. I found it hard to find a book that I wanted to read. I went with 1984 but I did not enjoy it.
Prompt you hope to see again: A book with a million ratings on 老虎机稳赢方法. I feel like I avoid some of these books because they are too popular but these books were easy to find and I enjoyed Memoirs of a Geisha which I don't know I would have read if not for the challenge.
Last prompt you finished: a book with two female authors
Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): For the most part I am pleased with how I did this. I did multiple challenges so at times this challenge was pushed to the side. I just wish I finished a little sooner.
Finally, are you in for 2020? YES

Date you finished: July 15, 2019
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book about a family. I read The Great Alone. I loved it!
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Home Fire. I read it for the prompt, "A retelling of a classic." This book blew me away. A very close second was Speak No Evil for the prompt, "A 'own voices' book."
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: A lot of them, actually, which is why I love this challenge! Some were: Creative Quest, American Pop, Good Morning, Midnight, The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, and Oryx and Crake.
Least favorite prompt: A LitRPG book. I read Ready Player One, which was as I imagined, definitely not for me.
Prompt you hope to see again: A debut novel, I love trying out new authors. I read Behold the Dreamers, and it was absolutely brilliant.
Last prompt you finished: A book about someone with a super power. I read The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake. It was not the best finale!
Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I like the way I chose the books and prompts. I numbered the prompts and chose based on a random number generator. If I had a book in my TBR list that satisfied the prompt, I would read that, if not, I would search for something new.
Finally, are you in for 2020? Absolutely!

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Date you finished: July 24
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 95
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): a book about a family because it has lots of options: Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty (a book I think should be turned into a movie)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Love is the Cure: On Life, Loss, and the End of AIDS by Elton John (a book written by a musician)
Least favorite prompt: a Cli-Fi book (I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy)
Prompt you hope to see again: a book you meant to read last year
Last prompt you finished: a ghost story
Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I am. Last year I was too ambitious and tried to read two of every prompt. This year I simplified and felt good about completing it early and with less stress.
Other notable favorites: The Kiss Quotient and The Bride Test by Helen Hoang; Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi and The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Finally, are you in for 2020? Absolutely!

Date you finished: 7/31/19
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 98

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): I really enjoyed 'book spotting' for book you saw being read in a movie, and chose The Bell Jar, but there were a number of other prompts I really liked as well.

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Reamde (for book that should be turned into a move), The Help (for book with over a million ratings), Orthodoxy (for book recommended by a celebrity you admire--but I had to really stretch 'celebrity' there)--all in the running for best book I read this year

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?:Restart and A Morbid Taste for Bones were both enjoyable 4 star books I would have likely not gotten around to if not for the challenge.

Least favorite prompt: Book becoming a movie in 2019 and book recommended by a celebrity you admire--both very limiting (especially when you don't tend to admire celebrities)

Prompt you hope to see again: The 'own voices' prompt and the 'author from Asia, Africa or South America are ones I certainly wouldn't mind repeating--they nudge in interesting directions while being plenty broad enough to find something enjoyable to read.

Last prompt you finished: book set on a college/university campus (this one and the question in title were much harder than I thought they'd be!)

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I'm pretty happy with the way I did it, mostly just filling in prompts with spontaneous reads until I only had a few 'difficult' prompts left. I did almost end up with a string of harder/nonfiction at the end, but switched some planned books out for lighter reads.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Probably. I have a couple personal challenges I'd like to do as well, but as long as they overlap with enough of the Popsugar prompts, I'll likely just do both.

Date you finished: 8/9/19

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): Can't find it - sorry!

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): #18 - A book about someone with a superpower - Vengeful by V.E. Schwab - one of my favorite reads of the year so far!

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Same as above - Vengeful.

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler for retelling of a classic - got mixed reviews but I enjoyed it and probably wouldn't have picked it up with the prompt.

Least favorite prompt: #45 - LitRPG - I like scifi but this isn't my favorite sub-genre since I'm not much of a gamer - Ready Player One aside, that was awesome but more than a gamer book. I read Warcross for this and it was ok but kinda boring to me.

Prompt you hope to see again: #40 - Favorite prompt from past Popsugar Challenges

Last prompt you finished: Same as my least favorite - #45 LitRPG
Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I was kinda all over the place this year when I usually plan better but my plans included 5 options for each so I'd be more specific like I was last year.

Finally, are you in for 2020? ABSOLUTELY!

Date you finished: 15.08.2019

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 145

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A reread of a favorite book The Hunger Games I don't usually reread for challenges, so it was nice to have a prompt like this.

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): Circe for A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Ready Player One - I don't think I would have picked up a book of this genre anytime soon, and I enjoyed it a lot.

Least favorite prompt: A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title

Prompt you hope to see again: A debut novel, A book becoming a movie, more prompts that push me to discover new genres (like LitRPG or cli-fi)

Last prompt you finished: A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): Mostly I am pleased, I have planned everything beforehand and I liked my choices. But maybe I was trying to follow the challenge too much, and reading books that were not on the list felt like "cheating", so now as I'm done, I can finally allow myself to be more relaxed about what I'm reading.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Definitely! Can't wait to plan my next reading year!

Date you finished: August 16, 2019

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 953

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): 23. A book set in Scandinavia - The Red Address Book by Sofia Lundberg

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (1. A book made becoming a movie in 2019)
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

Least favorite prompt: 5. A book with at least one million ratings on 老虎机稳赢方法
Prompt you hope to see again: A novel based on a true story

Last prompt you finished: A book that takes place in one day

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I start the year by reading any book I want to and trying to see if it fits into a prompt, especially if it's a hard prompt. As the year progresses, I'll focus on reading to a prompt. The last two prompts I didn't really enjoy the books that much and would not have read them, if I had any other choices (1 million reviews - I had read everything on that list that sounded interesting already, and takes place in a day - I tried and discarded one book part way through and finally settled on the second).

Finally, are you in for 2020? - Probably, but right now I'm glad to have a break from doing challenges, as I did 3 (Pop Sugar, AtY, and the Summer Challenge), and I'm a little burned out at the moment.

Date Finished 8/17/19
Message Number if you posted your list. I didn鈥檛 post my list. I couldn鈥檛 figure out how to post my list. I need help on posting the list. When the prompts are posted I don鈥檛 have a complete list of books to fill in the prompts. I might have a few ideas for a few prompts but would never stick to a completed list of books for each prompt.
Favorite prompt & book it filled. Prompt 19 A debut novel. There were 3 books I read that filled the prompt. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan. There There by Tommy Orange. Educated by Tara Westover. Turned out to be my easiest prompt.
Favorite book & prompt it filled. Bear Town by Fredrik Backman. Prompt 17 A book set in Scandinavia. The book was an emotional rollercoaster for me. Sometimes it physically hurt to read it.
Was there a book you enjoyed that you would never have read if not for the challenge? Prompt 23 A book with 鈥淟ove鈥� in the title. I used Eat Live Love Die: Selected Essays by Betty Fussell. This is a collection of her essays she wrote over 50 years for The New York Times,The New Yorker, Vogue,etc. I had never read her but enjoyed the book.
Least favorite prompt. For the advanced prompts it was 2. A 鈥渃hoose-your-own-adventure鈥漛ook. I used Lost in Austen:Create your own Jane Austen Adventure by Emma Campbell Webster. For the regular challenge it was 28. A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie. This was very hard. I ended up using a suggestion from another reader because I don鈥檛 watch shows apparently where people read. I used A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway.
Prompt you hope to see again. 2 A book that makes you nostalgic. I didn鈥檛 do a good job filling this prompt. I couldn鈥檛 think of a book that made me nostalgic. This was one of the last prompts I met because nothing made me nostalgic. I finally used a book set in a time period I grew up in so I could relate to it. I would like to give this prompt another crack.
Last prompt finished. 10 A book with 鈥減op鈥�, 鈥渟ugar鈥�,or 鈥渃hallenge鈥� in the title. You would think between all the books on my TBR pile & all the books I want to read this would be easy. Nope. I had nothing. I had to put Tiny Beautiful Things:Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed on a 6 week hold. That was why this prompt was last.
Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the challenge... No I am not pleased with the way I tackled the challenge but I don鈥檛 know how to make it better for 2020. I felt my pace was fine. I also did the BR Read Harder Challenge 2019 & have 2 face to face book clubs. One strategy that works for me is double dipping. I choose books to read that will fit as many prompts in each challenge & also work for the book clubs especially early in the year. I really didn鈥檛 have a plan to filling the prompts. My goal was to use as many books from the library & my TBR read pile as I could. This was a loose goal because it seemed all my library holds lasted 6 months. I had some books already that worked for prompts but not the entire TBR pile. It was hit or miss. Sometimes I had a book I had been wanting to read but didn鈥檛 own it or it wasn鈥檛 on Overdrive or Libby. Then I bought it. Later in the year I would read a book that fit a prompt that I had filled ages ago & think why did I jump the gun on that prompt. I should of waited. I have time now to reorganize my game plan for 2020. I have already put 3 books on hold that have a 6 month wait list so I hope they can fill prompts for next year.
Are you in for 2020? Oh yeah! I鈥檓 in, can鈥檛 wait. So excited. I think I will add ATY to my challenges. I will miss checking in the rest of this year. See you in 2020.

Sherri wrote: "Date Finished 8/17/19
Message Number if you posted your list. I didn鈥檛 post my list. I couldn鈥檛 figure out how to post my list. I need help on posting the list. When the prompts are posted I don鈥檛 ..."

You can post a blank "plan" if you don't do much advance planning, and just fill it in as you read books.

Sherri wrote: "I will miss checking in the rest of this year. See you in 2020"

I finished the challenge a few months early last year, and I still checked in the rest of the year. I like writing about the books I read, even if they don't fill prompts. And I definitely like reading everyone else's stuff.

I usually don't fill in my posting list until I know for sure I'm going to read the book. And then I strike out the prompts when I actually finish the books.

I finished a couple months ago, I still check in every week just for fun :) no one minds!

Date you finished: July 2019 (Just getting around to posting it now)
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 259
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A Ghost Story - I didn't like the book that I picked
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): The Librarian of Auschwitz - A Novel based on a true story
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Assassins Creed - Black Flag - A LitRPG Book
Least favorite prompt: A B ook with LOVE in the title
Prompt you hope to see again: Anything with murder, mystery
Last prompt you finished: A reread of a favourite book
Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): Yes
Finally, are you in for 2020? More than likely

Date you finished: 31/8/19

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 195

Favourite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A retelling of a classic (I read plenty of these anyway!). I read Part of Your World

Favourite book (and what prompt was it for?): It's a three way tie to Daisy Jones & The Six, The Song of Achilles and The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Aquarius I literally stuck my own star sign in to the library database for the zodiac prompt and it was surprisingly good

Least favourite prompt: Over 1 million rating on 老虎机稳赢方法. I'd read the vast majority of them already and the remainder weren't of interest

Prompt you hope to see again: I prefer to see different prompts. I wouldn't mind the continents prompt again

Last prompt you finished: A book with "pop" "sugar" or "challenge" in the title. I found this one difficult to find a book for

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): *shrugs* I think it was okay

Finally, are you in for 2020? I feel a bit of challenge burn out now but I will probably be up for it by January

Date you finished: 9/2/2019

Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 146

Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): two books with the same title. The Silent Sister

Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): It is always hard to pick a favorite as there were so many good books but my unexpected favorite is also one I would not have read without the challenge. A Man Called Ove

Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: A Man Called Ove and Lilac Girls.

Least favorite prompt: 鈥渃hoose your own adventure鈥�

Prompt you hope to see again: Novel based on a true story

Last prompt you finished: A book that has inspired a common phase

Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I am, yes.

Finally, are you in for 2020? Yes!

Date you finished: September 2
Message number of your list post (if you've got one): 491
Favorite prompt (and what book did you read for it?): A book revolving around a puzzle or a game. The 7陆 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Favorite book (and what prompt was it for?): that鈥檚 hard! Probably Strange the Dreamer for a book chosen because of its cover (past years prompt).
Was there a book you especially enjoyed that you never would have read if not for the Challenge?: Run, Don't Walk: The Curious and Chaotic Life of a Physical Therapist Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Least favorite prompt: book you see being read on TV or in a movie. I don鈥檛 watch TV and see few movies so I had to find a book that was known to be read and then rent the episode of the TV show it showed up in to meet this one.
Prompt you hope to see again: a retelling if a classic. I was surprised how many of those are out there!
Last prompt you finished: a book set in the season it was set (autumn)
Are you pleased with the way you chose to tackle the Challenge, or do you wish you had changed a few things? (planned more or less, read more freely or more purposefully, faster or slower, etc): I am. I thoroughly enjoyed the excessive planning and the willingness to throw that out the window at the last minute if I was in the mood for a different book. It hit all the right notes for me.
Finally, are you in for 2020? Absolutely. I鈥檝e been perfecting my spreadsheet for next year now that I鈥檝e figured out what I want to be able to track.