This was my third year to participate in the Popsugar Reading Challenge, and when I was planning my reading year out, I had no idea a pandemic was around the corner. Or that that Popsugar would release a summer and fall challenge, as well. (Here’s My 2020 Popsugar Summer Reading Challenge Wrap-Up post!)

If you look back at my post My Popsugar Reading Challenge from back in January, you’ll see that I didn’t stick to much of my plan. Or I definitely moved books around. That’s typical for me. There’s always new ARCs or books that come along or my mood changes. It’s probably a waste of time to plan out the year, but I have fun doing it. 😉 I did read 26 out of 54 of my original books chosen for my prompts. Which isn’t really too bad…

• A book that’s published in 2020 – Wild at Heart by K.A. Tucker
  My Review [usr 5]
• A book by a trans or nonbinary author – Good Boy by Jennifer Finney Boylan
  My Review [usr 4]
• A book with a great first line – Fable by Adrienne Young
  “That bastard was leaving me again.”
  My Review [usr 5]
• A book about a book club – Beach Read by Emily Henry
  It’s not technically about a book club, but it does feature one. 😉
  My Review [usr 5]
• A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics – The Little Bookshop on the Seine by Rebecca Raisin set in Paris.
  My Review [usr 3.25]

• A bildungsroman – Normal People by Sally Rooney
  My Review [usr 4.5]
• The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed – My Last Continent by Midge Raymond
  [usr 4.25]
• A book with an upside-down image on the cover – Again Again by E. Lockhart
  My Review [usr 3.5]
• A book with a map – Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
  My Random Thoughts While Binge-Reading the Shadow and Bone Trilogy [usr 3.75]
• A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club – With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
  [usr 4.5]

• An anthology – Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by April
  [usr 3]
• A book that passes the Bechdel test – The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves
  My Review [usr 4]
• A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it – Summer Hours by Amy Mason Doan (film titled Summer Hours)
  My Review [usr 4.5]
• A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name – Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert – T(h)alia is a type of plant
  [usr 4]
• A book about or involving social media – Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
  My Review [usr 3.5]

• A book that has a book on the cover – The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz
  [usr 5]
• A medical thriller – Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
  My Review [usr 3.5]
• A book with a made-up language – Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
  My Random Thoughts While Binge-Reading the Shadow and Bone Trilogy [usr 4.25]
• A book set in a country beginning with “C” – Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery set in Canada
  [usr 4]
• A book you picked because the title caught your attention – Paris Never Leaves You by Ellen Feldman
  My Review [usr 4]

• A book published the month of your birthday – Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin (February 18, 2020, which is my actual birthday. ;))
  My Review [usr 4]
• A book about or by a woman in STEM – The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
  [usr 5]
• A book that won an award in 2019 – Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Diaz
  (Winner of the Whiting Award)
  My review [usr 5]
• A book on a subject you know nothing about – A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler – Botony
  My Review [usr 3.5]
• A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics – She Said by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey
  [usr 4]

• A book with a pun in the title – The Honey-Don’t List by Christina Lauren
  My Review [usr 4]
• A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins – Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
  My Review [usr 4]
• A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character – Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare
  [usr 5]
• A book with a bird on the cover – Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
  My Random Thoughts While Binge-Reading the Shadow and Storm Trilogy [usr 4.5]
• A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader – A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
  My Review [usr 3.75]

• A book with “gold,” “silver,” or “bronze” in the title – Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
  My Review [usr 4.5]
• A book by a WOC – P. S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
  My Review [usr 5]
• A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads – Queen Move by Kennedy Ryan
  My Review [usr 4]
• A book you meant to read in 2019 – A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon
  [usr 5]
• A book with a three-word title – In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
  My Review [usr 4.5]

• A book with a pink cover – Brontë’s Mistress by Finola Austin
  My Review [usr 4]
• A Western – My Calamity Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
  My Review [usr 3.75]
• A book by or about a journalist – Hollywood Park by Mikel Jollett
  My Review [usr 5]
• Read a banned book during Banned Book Week – All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
  [usr 3.5]

Your favorite prompt from a past Popsugar Reading Challenge

• 2015 – A book set in a different country – His Only Wife by Peace Adze Medie
  My Review [usr 4.25]
• 2016 – Set in Europe – The Light After the War by Anita Abriel
  My Review [usr 3]
• 2017 – A book published in 2017 – Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han
  My Review [usr 5]
• 2018 – A book by a local author – What You Wish For by Katherine Center (Texas)
  My Review [usr 4]
• 2019 – A reread of a favorite book – Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
  [usr 5]

Advanced Prompts

• A book written by an author in their 20s – The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones by Daven McQueen
  My Review [usr 4.5]
• A book with “20” or “twenty” in the title – Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich
  [usr 3]
• A book with a character with a vision impairment or enchantment (a nod to 20/20 vision) – The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler
  My Review [usr 4]
• A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics – Go by Kazuki Kaneshiro
  [usr 4.5]
• A book set in the 1920s – The Popular Girl by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  [usr 3.5]

• A book by an author who has written more than 20 books – Winter Solstice by Elin Hilderbrand
  My Review [usr 4]
• A book with more than 20 letters in its title – Josh & Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating by Christina Lauren
  [usr 4]
• A book published in the 20th century – The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (1901)
  [usr 3.5]
• A book from a series with more than 20 books – Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich
  [usr 3]
• A book with a main character in their 20s – The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker
  My Review [usr 5]

I was very happy with my challenge choices this year, and now it’s time to start planning for next year! 😉 Are you participating in the Popsugar Reading Challenge? Did we read any of the same books? Let me know in the comments!

Happy Wandering!