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2018 Reading Challenge

Demeter · 2017-12-30T08:28:21Z

As has been tradition, we have a thread here on YWS dedicated to the POPSUGAR reading challenge! https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/Veleknqa2sbiNZRgB2X9zxbX9mw/fit-in/728xorig/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2017/11/01/096/n/1922283/tmp_RAfcFP_08fcdf300d296fed_PS17_11_1_ReadingList.jpg Claim your own spot below and let's get reading! The list in spoilers: [b]1. A book made into a movie you've already seen:[/b] [b]2. True crime:[/b] [b]3. The next book in a series you started:[/b] [b]4. A book involving a heist:[/b] [b]5. Nordic noir:[/b] [b]6. A novel based on a real person:[/b] [b]7. A book set in a country that fascinates you:[/b] [b]8. A book with a time of day in the title:[/b] [b]9. A book about a villain or antihero:[/b] [b]10. A book about death or grief:[/b] [b]11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym:[/b] [b]12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist:[/b] [b]13. A book that is also a stage play or a musical:[/b] [b]14. A book by an author of different ethnicity than you:[/b] [b]15. A book about feminism:[/b] [b]16. A book about mental health:[/b] [b]17. A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift:[/b] [b]18. A book by two authors:[/b] [b]19. A book about or involving a sport:[/b] [b]20. A book by a local author:[/b] [b]21. A book with your favourite colour in the title:[/b] [b]22. A book with alliteration in the title:[/b] [b]23. A book about time travel:[/b] [b]24. A book with a weather element in the title:[/b] [b]25. A book set at sea:[/b] [b]26. A book with an animal in the title:[/b] [b]27. A book set on a different planet:[/b] [b]28. A book with song lyrics in the title:[/b] [b]29. A book about or set on Halloween:[/b] [b]30. A book with characters who are twins:[/b] [b]31. A book mentioned in another book:[/b] [b]32. A book from a celebrity book club:[/b] [b]33. A childhood classic you’ve never read:[/b] [b]34. A book that’s published in 2018:[/b] [b]35. A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner:[/b] [b]36. A book set in the decade you were born:[/b] [b]37. A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn’t get to:[/b] [b]38. A book with an ugly cover:[/b] [b]39. A book that involves a bookstore or library:[/b] [b]40. Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges:[/b] [i]Advanced[/i] [b]41. A bestseller from the year you graduated high school:[/b] [b]42. A cyberpunk book:[/b] [b]43. A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place:[/b] [b]44. A book tied to your ancestry:[/b] [b]45. A book with a fruit or a vegetable in the title:[/b] [b]46. An allegory:[/b] [b]47. A book by an author with the same first or last name as you:[/b] [b]48. A microhistory:[/b] [b]49. A book about a problem facing society today:[/b] [b]50. A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge:[/b] Below are the YWS threads for the previous years' challenges. You may want to take a look at them anyway, as one of the prompts in the 2018 challenge is "favourite prompt from past challenges" :wink: 2017: https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=106231 2016: https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=104373 2015: https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=102394

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Wed Dec 26, 2018 10:37 pm

Cadi says... · Wed Dec 26, 2018 10:37 pm

I managed 20 - so, two fifths, which isn't bad! Most of those were in January, though...

I'm going to try again in 2019 - I've been looking up the prompts to get excited!

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