2019 Reading Challenge

Edit: I made it! Scroll to the bottom of this page to see a list of all the books I read to finish this challenge

When looking at posts I’d previously written, I found my 2015 reading challenge. I’m actually doing the same challenge this year so I figured it might be fun to track it here!

Why I’m doing this challenge

The amount of books I read greatly differs per year

2014: 16 books
2015: 53 books
2016: 22 books
2017: 30 books
2018: 10 books

Here you can see the difference between 2015 and 2018

So 2015 was an amazing book year for me. The only thing I did differently in 2015 than the rest of the years? I did a book challenge. A book challenge can be anything, but I did the Pop Sugar book challenge, where you have 50 categories and try to read 1 book for every category. I’m tweaking the challenge so that I can put 1 book into multiple categories, but I’m also doing some extra challenges within this challenge this year.

I’m gonna read 50 books total and also:
– Read books that fit all 50 promps of the Popsugar Reading Challenge
– Read 25 books that were on my “to read” list before 2019
– Read 10 non-fiction books
– Read 10 books by Dutch authors
– Read 10 “own voices” books: books that have a main character who is part of marginalized group, where the writer is part of the same marginalized group

Progress

You can track my progress on my Goodreads page – be sure to befriend me if you’re also using Goodreads!

Feli has read 4 books toward their goal of 50 books.

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2 of 50 (4%)

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Last update date: 31 June 2019

2019 Popsugar Reading Challenge (50/50)

A book becoming a movie in 2019 – The Hate U Give
A book that makes you nostalgic – Matilda
A book written by a musician (fiction or nonfiction) – Just Kids
A book you think should be turned into a movie – The Graveyard book
A book with at least one million ratings on Goodreads – The book thief
A book with a plant in the title or on the cover – Flowers for algernon or The husband’s secret
A reread of a favorite book – Matilda
A book about a hobby – The book thief (reading)
A book you meant to read in 2018 – Gedichten van de broer van Roos (borrowed from the library but didn’t read until January 1st)
A book with POP, SUGAR, or CHALLENGE in the title – Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
A book with an item of clothing or accessory on the cover – Cinder (has a shoe on the cover)
A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore – Circe
A book published posthumously – Het Achterhuis/Anne Frank’s Diary
A book you see someone reading on TV or in a movie – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Poussey’s favourite book in OITNB)
A retelling of a classic – Cinder (retelling of Cinderella)
A book with a question in the title – Where’d You Go Bernadette
A book set on college or university campus – Norwegian Wood
A book about someone with a superpower – Scarlet (spoiler: Cinder has Lunar powers)
A book told from multiple POVs – Scarlet (Cinder&Thorne, Scarlet&Wolf)
A book set in space – Scarlet (they’re on a spaceship)
A book by two female authors – Lethal Affairs
A book with SALTY, SWEET, BITTER, or SPICY in the title – Salt to the Sea
A book set in Scandinavia – Björnstad/Beartown
A book that takes place in a single day – The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
A debut novel – Cinder (first book by Marissa Meyer)
A book that’s published in 2019 – On the Come Up
A book featuring an extinct or imaginary creature – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (lots of them!)
A book recommended by a celebrity you admire – Dracula
A book with LOVE in the title – Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar
A book featuring an amateur detective – Murder at the Vicarage
A book about a family – Het huis van de moskee
A book author from Asia, Africa, or South America – Battle Royale (author is from Japan)
A book with a zodiac sign or astrology term in title – Cinder (Lunar Chronicles)
A book that includes a wedding – Het huis van de moskee
A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter – Cinder (Marissa Meyer)
A ghost story – The Graveyard book
A book with a two-word title – Battle Royale
A novel based on a true story – The Tattooist of Auschwitz
A book revolving around a puzzle or game – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading challenge – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (for the prompt “unread childhood classic”)
A “cli-fi” (climate fiction) book – American War
A “choose-your-own-adventure” book – My Lady’s Choosing
An “own voices” book – see seperate list below
Read a book during the season it is set in – Murder on the orient express
A LitRPG book – Ready Player One
A book with no chapters / unusual chapter headings / unconventionally numbered chapters – Where’d You Go Bernadette
Two books that share the same title – Het Achterhuis/Anne Frank’s Diary
Two books that share the same title – Het Achterhuis/Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
A book that has inspired a common phrase or idiom –
1984
A book set in an abbey, cloister, monastery, vicarage, or convent –
Murder at the Vicarage