Last year, I took PopSugar’s reading challenge. Didn’t finish. Didn’t care. It wasn’t really about trying to fill in each of the categories as much as it was about seeing how much what I was reading was or wasn’t particularly varied. PopSugar came back with a reading challenge vengeance in 2016, and I am, of course, along for the ride. We’re just over halfway through the year, and I know I promised you a summer reading post, and I really will get that to you, but first, here is how I’m doing. I’ll be back at the end of the year with a final update on this list.
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And as always, you can keep up with my reading as it happens on Instagram.
- A book based on a fairy tale
- A National Book Award winner
- A YA Bestseller
- A book you haven’t read since high school
- A book set in your home state
- A book translated to English
- A romance set in the future – Happily Ever After, by Kiera Cass
- A book set in Europe – Echo, by Pam Muñoz Ryan
- A book that’s under 150 pages
- A New York Times bestseller – The Gift of Failure, by Jessica Lahey
- A book that’s becoming a movie this year
- A book recommended by someone you just met – The Gift of Failure, by Jessica Lahey
- A self-improvement book –Year of Yes, by Shonda Rhimes
- A book you can finish in a day – Tales from the Back Row, by Amy Odell
- A book written by a celebrity – I Feel Bad About my Neck, by Nora Ephron
- A political memoir
- A book at least 100 years older than you
- A book that’s more than 600 pages
- A book from Oprah’s Book Club
- A science-fiction novel
- A book recommended by a family member – Accidental Saints, by Nadia Bolz Weber (recommended by my Pops)
- A graphic novel
- A book that is published in 2016 – When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalinithi
- A book with a protagonist who has your occupation – American Housewife, by Helen Ellis
- A book that takes place during summer – Summerlost, by Allie Condie
- A book and its prequel
- A murder mystery – Big Little Lies, by Liane Moriarty
- A book written by a comedian –
- A dystopian novel
- A book with a blue cover – After I Do, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
- A book of poetry – Booked, by Kwame Alexander
- The first book you see in a bookstore
- A classic from the 20th century
- A book from the library – My Year of Running Dangerously, by Tom Foreman
- An autobiography – Life in Motion, by Misty Copeland
- A book about a road trip
- A book about a culture you’re unfamiliar with – A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park
- A satirical book – A Window Opens, by Susan Egan (not true satire, but it pokes some fun at suburban life in all the right places)
- A book that takes place on an island – The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin
- A book that’s guaranteed to bring you joy
And the stuff I’ve read that doesn’t fit these categories:
Eight Hundred Grapes, by Laura Dave; Peace, Locomotion, by Jacqueline Woodson; Stella by Starlight, by Sharon Draper; Swimming Studies, by Leanne Shapton; Small Victories, by Anne Lamott; George, by Alex Gino; I Remember Nothing, by Nora Ephron; Sparkly Green Earrings, by Melanie Shankle; Little Victories, by Jason Gay; Maybe in Another Life, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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