Telling Tales | 2019 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

Since starting this blog, there’s been multiple occasions where I’ve considered participating in a Reading Challenge, yet never had the time or thought to research more into it until now. After a few Google searches, I came across the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge, which seems to be a fairly popular choice amongst bloggers. Although, a few of the prompts seem a little daunting to me, I’m looking forward to discovering a few hopefully future favourite reads.

As this is my first time participating, I think I’m only going to attempt the initial forty prompts; the advanced seems a little too much so for me at the moment. However, you never know, I might give an update in the future where I decide to give it a go.

Anyways, for now I’m going to assign a few titles from my shelves that I’m hoping to read for each of the main forty prompts. I’ll do a mid-year update on this challenge in June to track my progress before the final tally at the end of the year. Each title listed will have a link to its Goodreads page.

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1. A book becoming a movie in 2019

• The Knife of Never Letting Go – Patrick Ness (Chaos Walking)
• It – Stephen King (It: Chapter Two)

2. A book that makes you nostalgic

• The Perks of Being a Wallflower – Stephen Chbosky
• Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare – Darren Shan

3. A book written by a musician

• Ruple and Evelyn – Laurence Beveridge
• McFly: Unsaid Things… Our Story – McFly

4. A book you think should be turned into a movie

• Skulduggery Pleasant – Derek Landy
• Crooked Kingdom – Leigh Bardugo

5. A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads

• The Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan

6. A book with a plant in the title or on the cover

• Tyler Johnson Was Here – Jay Coles
• Dear Evan Hansen – Val Emmich

7. A reread of a favourite book

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – J.K. Rowling
• Zom-B – Darren Shan

8. A book about a hobby

• All That She Can See – Carrie Hope Fletcher (Baking)

9. A book you meant to read in 2018

• Bookshop Girl: Life’s a Beach – Chloe Coles
• Killer T – Robert Muchamore
• Ace of Shades – Amanda Foody

10. A book with “Pop”, “Sugar” or “Challenge” in the title

• Mary Poppins – P.L. Travers (“Pop”)

11. A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover

• Cinder – Marissa Meyer

12. A book inspired by mythology, legend or folklore

• Norse Mythology – Neil Gaiman
• American Gods – Neil Gaiman

13. A book published posthumously

• I’d Die for You and Other Lost Stories – F. Scott Fitzgerald

14. A book you see someone reading in a movie or on TV

•  A Brief History of Time – Stephen Hawking (As seen in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
• The Shining – Stephen King (As seen in Friends)

15. A retelling of a classic

• Wicked: The Life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West – Gregory Maguire (The Wizard of Oz)

16. A book with a question in the title

• What If It’s Us – Adam Silvera and Becky Albertalli

17. A book set on a college or university campus

• A Discovery of Witches – Deborah Harkness
• Fangirl – Rainbow Rowell

18. A book about someone with a superpower

• Renegades – Marissa Meyer
• Charmcaster – Sebastien de Castell

19. A book told from multiple povs

• Broken – Nikola Haken
• Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Makers, Mysteries and Magic: A Behind the Scenes Documentary – Pottermore Publishing

20. A book set in space

• Illuminae – Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
• The Colour of Magic – Terry Pratchett

21. A book by two female authors

• The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

22. A book with a title that contains “Salty”, “Sweet”, “Bitter” or “Spicy”

• Sweetfreak – Sophie McKenzie (“Sweet”)

23. A book set in Scandinavia

•  Almost Autumn – Marianne Kaurin  (Norway)

24. A book that takes places in a single day

• This Is Where It Ends – Marieke Nijkamp
• Unboxed – Non Pratt
• The Sun Is Also a Star – Nicola Yoon

25. A debut novel

• The Foxhole Court – Nora Sakavic

26. A book that’s published in 2019

• The Mermaid’s Voice Returns In This One – Amanda Lovelace
• Wayward Son – Rainbow Rowell
• The Binding – Bridget Collins

27. A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature

• A Game of Thrones – George R.R. Martin
• A Court of Thorns and Roses – Sarah J. Maas

28. A book recommended by a celebrity you admire

• The Witch’s Book of Self-Care: Magical Ways to Pamper, Soothe, and Care for Your Body and Spirit – Arin Murphy-Hiscock (Amanda Lovelace)

29. A book with “Love” in the title

• To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before – Jenny Han

30. A book featuring an amateur detective

• Truly Devious – Maureen Johnson
• Hunting Prince Dracula – Kerri Maniscalco

31. A book about a family

• The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas

32. A book written by an author from Asia, Africa or South America

• Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 – Naoko Takeuchi (Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan)
• Vampire Knight, Vol. 1 – Matsuri Hino (Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan)

33. A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in the title

• The Scorpio Races – Maggie Stiefvater  (“Scorpio”)

34. A book that includes a wedding

• Once and for All – Sarah Dessen

35. A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter

• Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs (“R”)

36. A ghost story

• The Haunting of Hill House – Shirley Jackson
• City of Ghosts – Victoria Schwab

37. A book with a two-word title

• The Diviners – Libba Bray
• School Lies – Kimberly G. Giarrantano

38. A novel based on a true story

• My Week With Marilyn – Colin Clark

39. A book revolving around a puzzle or game

• Warcross – Marie Lu

40. Your favourite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

• Practical Magic – Alice Hoffman (2018, No. 29: A book about or set on Halloween)

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Note: These are just ideas, so they are subject to change. However, with my Mid-Year review on them, I will update on what I’ve changed my choices too.

Is anyone else taking part in this challenge? What are some of your choices? Let me know in the comments!