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POPSUGAR Reading Challenge

Hi Bookish Friends! I will be participating in the Popsugar Reading Challenge this year. I didn't really participate last year, but I feel like I am now in a place where I can sit and relax a bit more. Let me know what you are planning to read? My goal this year for this particular challenge is 25 books but of course I will try to complete more. I am prioritizing my Book Club books so I'll be trying to find a spot for them within these prompts as well. 

Check out the prompts below:

  1. A book where gardening or a garden is central to the plot
  2. A book that features a platonic friendship between a man and woman
  3. A book you meant to read in 2025
  4. A book that starts with the letter "Z"
  5. A book about women astronauts
  6. A book with an overweight main character whose story isn't about losing weight
  7. A book about a granny hobby
  8. A book about a sexless marriage
  9. A book with a "type C" character
  10. A book about a horse or with a horse on the cover
  11. A book with a dad as the primary caregiver
  12. A book with "pop" or "sugar" in the title
  13. A book featuring a character with a hidden past
  14. A book set in Michigan or written by an author from Michigan
  15. A book about new beginnings
  16. A book less than 260 pages
  17. A book about your favorite event in the Winter Olympics
  18. A love story that defies social boundaries
  19. A book about teen angst
  20. A book with a character who does Pilates or Lagree
  21. A book about a bachelorette trip
  22. A book about a book club
  23. A book you were hoping would fit into a prompt but doesn't
  24. A book about postpartum
  25. A book that explores influencer culture
  26. A book with a character who navigates infertility
  27. A book with a character who has curly hair
  28. A book about debt
  29. A book that takes place during harvesting season
  30. A travel ghost story
  31. A book that makes you feel FOMO
  32. A book with an underwater civilization
  33. A book about college
  34. A book with a trans or nonbinary protagonist
  35. A book that makes you want to travel to Italy
  36. A book about a mob (fiction or nonfiction)
  37. A book about a pop star
  38. A book with any type of fruit on the cover or in the title
  39. A book with a character who runs a marathon
  40. A book outside your comfort zone
  41. A book in a different format than your usual: physical, audio, eBook
  42. A book inspired by a real song, album, band, or artist
  43. Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (1)
  44. Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (2)
  45. A book that features birding
  46. A sapphic comic
  47. A book told entirely through letters
  48. A book with a shadow daddy
  49. A book with a mention of your Zodiac sign
  50. A book about Afrofuturism

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