2024 Reading Challenge--PopSugar

I continued to track any book that met challenge prompts, so I have multiple books per prompt.  Some only have two because they were difficult or I didn't like them.  I did complete the challenge twice!

2024 POPSUGAR READING CHALLENGE
Finished first time: 6/25/24
Finished second time: 8/25/24

A book with the word "leap" in the title

• Lucky Leap Day by Ann Marie Walker
• Once Upon a Leap Year by Anna Bell

A bildungsroman

• Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth
• If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth
• Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
• Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
• Sail Me Away Home by Ann Clare LeZotte

A book about a 24-year-old

• Scott Pilgrim Vs. the Universe by Bryan Lee O'Malley
• Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour by Bryan Lee O'Malley

A book about a writer/author

• Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
• Lucky Leap Day by Ann Marie Walker
• Glitterland by Alexis Hall

A book about K-pop

• Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo
• Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho
• XOXO by Axie Oh
• ASAP by Axie Oh

A book about pirates

• Vengeance of the Pirate Queen by Tricia Levenseller
• Seafire by Natalie C. Parker
• Steel Tide by Natalie C. Parker
• Stormbreak by Natalie C. Parker
• The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella
• Pie-Rats! by Lisa Frenkel Riddiough & David Mottram

A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete

• Grand Slam Romance Book 1 by Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous
• Evonne Goolagong by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Lisa Koesterke
• Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner
• Hoops by Matt Tavares
• Mary Kom by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara & Jen Khatun

A book by a blind or visually impaired author

• Redsight by Meredith Mooring
• The Secret Ingredient by Paul Castle
• A Dead & Stormy Night by Steffanie Holmes

A book by a deaf or hard-of-hearing author

• Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte
• The Silence Between Us by Alison Gervais
• Can Bears Ski? by Raymond Antrobus & Polly Dunbar
• Animals Albums from A to Z by Cece Bell
• Sail Me Away Home by Ann Clare LeZotte

A book by a self-published author

• Femme in Public by ALOK
• Letter from the Queen by Tara Lipsyncki & Cherry Mock
• your wound/my garden by ALOK
• The Secret Ingredient by Paul Castle

A book from a genre you typically avoid

• If I Ever Get Out of Here (historical fiction) by Eric Gansworth
• Show Me a Sign (historical fiction) by Ann Clare LeZotte

A book from an animal's POV

• The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
• Burt the Beetle Doesn't Bite! by Ashley Spires
• Burt the Beetle Lives Here! by Ashley Spires
• Don't Label Me by Irshad Manji
• Cold Clay by Juneau Black
• Mirror Black by Juneau Black
• Junia: The Book Mule of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson & David C. Gardner
• The Fox & Little Tanuki #1 & #2 by Mi Tagawa
• All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil
• Loaf the Cat Goes to the Powwow by Nicholas DeShaw & Tara Audibert

A book originally published under a pen name

• A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
• Behind the Scenes!! #3 by Bisco Hatori
• The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
• The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
• A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
• The Sizzle Paradox by Lily Menon

A book recommended by a bookseller

• Cheeky Brat #1 by Mitsubachi Miyuki
• Bitsy Bat, School Star by Kaz Windness
• Blue Period #1 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
• Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner

A book recommended by a librarian

• Black Archives by Renata Cherlise
• Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era by Jason Bauman (Ed.), Ky Tobin Lahusen, & Diana Davies
• Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder edited by Saundra Mitchell
• Messy Roots by Laura Gao
• The Strange Library by Maruki Murakami
• The Accidental Human by Dakota Cassidy

A book set 24 years before you were born

• Indignation by Philip Roth
• To Catch a Thief by David Dodge

A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list

• The Unhoneymooners (Maui) by Christina Lauren
• The Cat Who Saved Books (Japan) by Sosuke Natsukawa
• I Hope This Doesn't Find You (Australia) by Ann Liang

A book set in space

• The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
• Across the Universe by Beth Revis
• Redsight by Meredith Mooring
• Dear Galaxy by Paige Lavoie
• Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
• Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes
• Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes

A book set in the future

• The Passengers by John Marrs
• The Marriage Act by John Marrs
• The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
• Across the Universe by Beth Revis

A book set in the snow

• Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong
• The Wolf-Birds by Willow Dawson
• Flubby Does NOT Like Snow by J.E. Morris

A book that came out in a year that ends in "24"

• Bride by Ali Hazelwood
• Three Kinds of Lucky by Kim Harrison
• Cirque Du Slay by Rob Osler
• Bros by Carole Boston Weatherford & Reggie Brown

A book that centers on video games

• Cat + Gamer #1-4 by Wataru Nadatani
• Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth
• Game On by Seressia Glass
• Role Playing by Cathy Yardley
• Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood

A book that features dragons

• The Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
• 100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelle & Lian Cho
• It's Your Year, Baby Dragon by Ariel Hsu
• Luma and the Grumpy Dragon by Leah Mohammed & Loretta Schauer
• A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan
• The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung & Hanna Cha
• The Tropic of Serpents by Marie Brennan
• In the Labyrinth of Drakes by Marie Brennan
• Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan
• Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours

• This Is All Your Fault by Aminah Mae Safi
• Somewhere Only We Know by Maureen Goo
• The Passengers by John Marrs
• Luma and the Grumpy Dragon by Leah Mohammed & Loretta Schauer
• House Party: A Novel edited by Justin A. Reynolds

A book that was published 24 years ago

• History: A Very Short Introduction by John H. Arnold
• Everything Is Mine by Andrea D'Aquino

A book that was turned into a musical

• Pygmalion (My Fair Lady) by Bernard Shaw
• Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (Cats) by T.S. Eliot & Edward Gorey

A book where someone dies in the first chapter

• Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
• A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
• My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
• Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
• Harriet's Reflections (first page) by Marion Kadi
• Gone with the Witch by Angela M. Sanders
• Starter Villain by John Scalzi
• Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver

A book with a main character who's 42-years-old

• The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes & Jo Piazza
• Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
• Since I Could Die Tomorrow #1 by Sumako Kari

A book with a neurodivergent main character

• The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
• I Am Odd, I Am New by Benjamin Giroux & Roz MacLean
• Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner
• Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid
• Lost Inside My Head by Vigg
• Henry and the Something New by Jenn Bailey & Mika Song
• Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
• Late Bloomer by Mazey Eddings
• Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary

• Combinatorics by Robin Wilson
• Crystallography by A.M. Glazer

A book with a title that is a complete sentence

• Don't Label Me by Irshad Manji
• You Are Not So Smart by David McRaney
• I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
• Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School! by Carrie Finison & Erin Kraan
• I Want to Be a Wall #1 by Honami Shirono

A book with an enemies-to-lovers plot

• I Hope This Doesn't Find You by Ann Liang
• The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
• Here We Go Again by ALison Cochrun
• 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
• Last Chance Books by Kelsey Rodkey
• Instant Karma by Marissa Mayer

A book with an unreliable narrator

• My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
• More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera
• When I Am Through with You by Stephanie Kuehn
• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

A book with at least three POVs

• The Marriage Act by John Marrs
• The Passengers by John Marrs
• The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes & Jo Piazza
• For Girls Who Walk Through Fire by Kim DeRose
• Hollowthorn by Kayln Josephson
• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• Redsight by Meredith Mooring
• Children on Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi
• Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos

A book with magical realism

• Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim
• The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
• The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead & Wendy Mass
• Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley
• New Adult by Timothy Janovsky
• Maria Mariposa by Karla Arenas Valenti & Ana Ramirez Gonzalez
• All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil
• Natalie Tan's Book of Luck & Fortune by Roselle Lim

A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person

• Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
• The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
• The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

A book written during NaNoWriMo

• Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy
• All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil

A cozy fantasy book

• The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
• Sophie Go's Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim
• A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
• Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee
• The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean

A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author

• Different Kinds of Fruit by Kyle Lukoff
• Green by Alex Gino
• Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder edited by Saundra Mitchell
• Paper Planes by Jennie Wood, Dozerdraws, & Micah Myers
• Finna by Nino Cipri
• Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
• Chef's Choice by TJ Alexander

A horror book by a BIPOC author

• Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
• My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

A memoir that explores queerness

• The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes
• Messy Roots by Laura Gao
• Karamo: My Story of Embracing Purpose, Healing, and Hope by Karamo Brown

A nonfiction book about Indigenous people

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth

A second-chance romance

• All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim
• Grand Slam Romance Book 1 by Ollie Hicks & Emma Oosterhous
• Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll

• The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
• The Art of Asking by Amanda Palmer

An LGBTQ+ romance novel

• Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond
• All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim
• Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly
• Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner
• Forward March by Skye Quinlan
• Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun
• 10 Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
• Chef's Choice by TJ Alexander
• Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman
• Glitterland by Alexis Hall
• The Love Study by Kris Ripper

ADVANCED
A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours

• Across the Universe by Beth Revis
• The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
• Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes

A book with 24 letters in the title

• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
• Goldilocks and Just One Bear by Leigh Hodgkinson

A collection of at least 24 poems

• Shake Loose My Skin by Sonia Sanchez
• Apple: Skin to the Core by Eric Gansworth
• poyums by Len Pennie
• Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

The 24th book of an author

• The Dastard by Piers Anthony
• Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich
• The Fifth Elephant by Terry Pratchett

A book that starts with the letter "X"

• XOXO by Axie Oh
• xxxHOLiC #1-3 by CLAMP