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2022 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

A book published in 2022: Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins 3/4/22
A book set on a plane, train, or cruise ship
A book about or set in a nonpatriarchal society
A book with a tiger on the cover or "tiger" in the title: by Juhea Kim 4/1/22
A sapphic book
A book by a Latinx author
A book with an onomatopoeia in its title: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 1/11/22
A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid
A book about a "found family"
An Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner
A #BookTok recommendation
A book about the afterlife
A book set in the 1980s
A book with cutlery on the cover or in the title
A book by a Pacific Islander author
A book about witches: Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart 2/27/22
A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2022
A romance novel by a BIPOC author
A book that takes place during your favorite season
A book whose title begins with the last letter of your previous read
A book about a band or musical group
A book with a character on the ace spectrum
A book with a recipe in it
A book you can read in one sitting
A book about a secret
A book with a misleading title
A Hugo Award winner
A book set during a holiday
A different book by an author you read in 2021: Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger 2/1/22
A book with the name of a board game in the title
A book featuring a man-made disaster
A book with a quote from your favorite author on the cover or Amazon page
A social-horror book
A book set in Victorian times
A book with a constellation on the cover or in the title
A book you know nothing about
A book about gender identity
A book featuring a party: The Party Crasher by Sophie Kinsella 2/5/22
An #OwnVoices SFF (science fiction and fantasy) book
A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

Advanced
A book with a reflected image on the cover or "mirror" in the title:
The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle 2/3/22
A book that features two languages
A book with a palindromic title
A duology (1)
A duology (2)
A book about someone leading a double life
A book featuring a parallel reality
A book with two POVs: The Widows by Jess Montgomery 2/5/22
Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (1)
Two books set in twin towns, aka "sister cities" (2)

A-Z Challenge 2022

Start date: 1/9/22
End date: 1/9/23
Books completed: 21/26

A -Another One Bites the Dust byLani Lynn Vale 1/21/22
B -Bewilderment by Richard Powers 1/24/22
C -Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr 1/11/22
D -Delirium by Lauren Oliver 1/8/22
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F -Feeding the Soul (Because It's My Business): Finding Our Way to Joy, Love, and Freedom by Tabitha Brown 2/27/22
G -Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner 5/6/22
H -Highway Don't Care by Lani Lynn Vale 1/20/22
I -Iron Princess by Meghan March 4/2/22
J -John Dies at the End by David Wong 2/13/22
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L -Legendborn by Tracy Deonn 1/31/22
M -Majesty by Katharine McGee 1/17/22
N -Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder 3/18/22
O -Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong 1/19/22
P -People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry 4/12/22
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R -Renia's Diary: A Holocaust Journal by Renia Spiegel 2/14/22
S -Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim 1/29/22
T -Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 1/12/22
U -Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman 2/23/22
V -Virgin River by Robyn Carr 5/9/22
W -Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy 1/25/22
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Y -Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes 5/15/22
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New Release Challenge 2022
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Completed: 20/20

1. Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins 3/4/22
2. A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham 4/7/22
3. The Maid by Nita Prose 4/23/22
4. Nine Lives by Peter Swanson 6/10/22
5. The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks 6/11/22
6. The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis 6/12/22
7. The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan 7/11/22
8. Book of Night by Holly Black 7/12/22
9. The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James 8/2/22
10. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel 8/11/22
11. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley 9/1/22
12. Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough by Candice Marie Benbow 9/7/22
13. Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh 10/1/22
14. Miss Pearly's Girls by ReShonda Tate Billingsley 10/5/22
15. Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson 10/17/22
16. The Tobacco Wives by Adele Myers 10/19/22
17. The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd 10/24/22
18. The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont 10/24/22
19. The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman 11/4/22
20. Something Wilder by Christina Lauren 11/22/22

New-to-me Author Exploration Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Completed: 12/25

1. Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino 1/2/22
2. Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera 1/4/22
3. The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray 1/6/22
4. The Friends We Keep by Jane Green 1/7/22
5. The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict 1/17/22
6. Boomtown by Lani Lynn Vale 1/19/22
7. Bewilderment by Richard Powers 1/24/22
8. Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse 1/27/22
9. Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim 1/29/22
10. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn 1/31/22
11. The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle 2/3/22
12. John Dies at the End by David Wong 2/13/22
13. The Troop by Nick Cutter 2/16/22
14. The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans 2/20/22
15. The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine 2/21/22
16. The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis 3/3/22
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Colorful Covers 2022
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Level: Hard (3 books for each color)
Completed: 33/36


Blue Cover
1/23/22 2/1/22 2/3/22

Green Cover
1/8/22 2/16/22 5/6/22

Red Cover
3/15/22 3/29/22 4/2/22

Black Cover
1/6/22 1/24/22 1/27/22

White Cover
1/2/22 1/15/22 1/24/22

Yellow Cover
2/27/22 3/2/22 3/2/22

Pink Cover
5/7/22 8/21/22 9/6/22

Purple Cover
3/26/22 4/19/22

Orange Cover
4/12/22 4/14/22 4/23/22

Gray Cover
4/5/22 4/13/22 4/20/22

Brown Cover
1/17/22 8/27/22

Colorful Cover
2/25/22 3/14/22 4/24/22