Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge discussion

A free book from your TBR list. Almost all of my books come from the library, so this is a bit of a Wildcard for me, but that's okay.

Since a TBR list is unique to each reader, I did not create a Listopia for this.

Were books obtained for $0 on Kindle/Project Gutenberg/other source in mind when this prompt was created? They are not exactly any of the three types listed.

My sister gave me Forbidden Area last year and I haven't read it yet, so I'll give it a try. It's by Pat Frank, who wrote Alas, Babylon, an old but still interesting post-apocalyptic novel I read awhile ago.

Brandon wrote: "Were books obtained for $0 on Kindle/Project Gutenberg/other source in mind when this prompt was created? They are not exactly any of the three types listed."

I think those are just examples. Free is free. I'm probably going to use a free Kindle book I get from the tor.com book giveaways.

Brandon wrote: "Were books obtained for $0 on Kindle/Project Gutenberg/other source in mind when this prompt was created? They are not exactly any of the three types listed."


I'm thinking YES. Like Drakeryn says, free is free! There's the Tor giveaways, and every year Amazon gives away some ebooks in translation, too. I always download those - because free books! - and then never read them.

There are also the free audiobooks from audiosync that are given away every summer. I still have a bunch from this past summer that I haven't listened to.

My mother and I always exchange books on Christmas Eve, and I start the challenge on Christmas Eve because of that tradition. We give each other lists, so any book I could get from her will be on my TBR. I'll use her gift for this prompt.

My friend buys lots of books and passes them on to me. I have a stack, so this should be easy.

I'll need to use the library for some of my picks, so I'll be picking up The Yacoubian Building for this.

I won't plan for this one yet as I'll be able to use just whatever from my library or scribd :)

I also predominantly borrow books from the library. I want to keep this a challenge so hopefully I get books for Christmas that I can not read until 2021. Although I have a few books free from the library right now but the John Scalzi book I grabbed without reading the synopsis turned out to be a plague book... so back to hoping for books for Christmas. :)

Since my annual book budget is about $0, this prompt is basically for "a book that doesn't fit into any other prompt). All my books come from the library, or my mom buys for 25 cents a pop (but *I* don't pay for them!). When the library was closed for a few months last year, I went through some of the piles of books already in the house (none of which I personally paid for) and then gave them away on Freecycle and acquired other books from Freecycle. I had a much rougher time finding books for the challenge prompts when I couldn't pick out my own books!

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is on Project Gutenberg, and I'd highly recommend it. Its less than 50 pages long, so a short read, but its so powerful.

My best friend gifted me Layla by Collen Hoover on my birthday. I am definetly going for that one.

I received one book for Christmas (as expected) so I counted that book for this category. I think I've bought all the other books on my TBR. I read This Is How You Lose the Time War. I loved it so much! My mother made an excellent choice for her bookish gift this year.

for this one I used
The Carrow Haunt
it was a 2020 Christmas gift from my sister

Read The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel for this prompt

For this prompt I used Evil Thing by Serena Valentino. I borrowed it from the library.

I like this series! They're fun reads from the perspective of the Disney villains.

"In the end, everything isn't always as black-and-white as the markings on a Dalmatian puppy. Even for an evil thing like Cruella De Vil."

I read Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi for this prompt. I was given a Book Of The Month Club membership last year for my birthday. This was my first selection.

I'm reading The Snow Child for this prompt as I borrowed it from someone off my local Buy Nothing FB group

My neighborhood has quite a few Little Free Libraries. I was so excited when I found A Girl from Yamhill in one of them. I grew up reading the Ramona and Henry Huggins books, so this was a treat.

I've been using Overdrive from my library for most of my books lately, and I get the Kindle free book each month. I also got some books from my sister at Christmas. So, I had a lot of choices for this but, I just used a book that I borrowed on Overdrive... More Myself: A Journey By Alicia Keys.

I borrowed Sisters of the Vast Black from the library. Nuns in space!

Finished Pray for Silence by Linda Castillo

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Ancestral Night by Elizabeth Bear- a Christmas present. It's a great space opera and I highly recommend it to science fiction readers!

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw. There are two Little Free Libraries in the neighborhood and I borrowed it from one. Bonus, its a play so it's quite short.

Room by Emma Donoghue. This book is one I thought about reading when it first came out, but was not sure about because of the subject matter. It was offered for free on a neighbourhood WhatsApp group so I took up the offer. A powerful read which will stay with me for a long time.

borrowed this one from the library. Loved it!!!

For this prompt I finished reading A Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie, gifted to me by a friend 2 Christmases ago.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Completed: November 30, 2021