Goodreads Choice Awards Book Club discussion

2023 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Completed: 3/50

[] A book you meant to read in 2022
[] A book you bought from an independent bookstore
[] A book about a vacation
[] A book by a first-time author
[] A book with mythical creatures
[✔] A book about a forbidden romance: The Island of Missing Trees - Elif Shafak 1/3/23
[✔] A book with "Girl" in the title: Girl, Forgotten - Karin Slaughter 1/2/23
[] A celebrity memoir
[] A book with a color in the title
[] A romance with a fat lead
[] A book about or set in Hollywood
[] A book published in spring 2023
[] A book published the year you were born
[] A modern retelling of a classic
[] A book with a song lyric as its title
[] A book where the main character's name is in the title
[] A book with a love triangle
[] A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
[] A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge
[] A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
[] A book set in the decade you were born
[] A book with a queer lead
[] A book with a map
[] A book with a rabbit on the cover
[] A book with just text on the cover
[] The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
[] A #BookTok recommendation
[] A book you bought secondhand
[] A book your friend recommended
[] A book that's on a celebrity book-club list
[] A book about a family
[] A book that comes out in the second half of 2023
[] A book about an athlete/sport
[✔] A historical-fiction book: To Love and to Loathe - Martha Waters 1/3/23
[] A book about divorce
[] A book you think your best friend would like
[] A book you should have read in high school
[] A book you read more than 10 years ago
[] A book you wish you could read for the first time again
[] A book by an author with the same initials as you

Advanced
[] A book written during NaNoWriMo
[] A book based on a popular movie
[] A book that takes place entirely in one day
[] A book that was self-published
[] A book that started out as fan fiction
[] A book with a pet character
[] A book about a holiday that's not Christmas
[] A book that features two languages
[] The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
[] A book with alliteration in the title

2023 Series Challenge

Series to complete: 6
Series completed: 1

Series title
1. The Dixie Warden Rejects MC Series: 8/8
2. The Regency Vows Series: 2/4
3. Guild Hunter Series: 4/15
4. Stephanie Plum Series: 4/29
5. Kinsey Millhone Series: 12/25
6. Mercy Thompson Series: 7/14

A-Z Challenge 2023

Start date: January 1, 2023
End date: December 31, 2023

Books completed: 5/26

A - Ali Hazelwood, Love on the Brain 1/2/23
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E - Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees 1/3/23
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H - Herman Koch, The Dinner 1/1/23
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K - Karin Slaughter, Girl, Forgotten 1/2/23
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M - Martha Waters, To Love and to Loathe 1/3/23
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New Release Challenge 2023
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Completed: 0/12

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New-to-me Author Exploration Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Completed: 2/10

1. The Dinner - Herman Koch 1/1/23
2. The Island of Missing Trees - Elif Shafak 1/3/23
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Colorful Covers 2023
Duration: January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Level: Hard: read 3 books for each color

Completed: 5/36


Blue Cover

1/3/23

Green Cover

Red Cover

Black Cover

White Cover

Yellow Cover

Pink Cover

1/2/23

Purple Cover

Orange Cover

1/3/23

Gray Cover

1/1/23

Brown Cover

Colorful Cover

1/2/23

These look fun—I especially love the top challenge on the list!