Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith fulfilled the category “Genre Hybrid” for the PopSugar 2021 Reading Challenge. The novel combines classic regency romance and horror. It took me a while to read the story. I couldn’t whether to read this title for the “longest time on my TBR pile” or …
Book 38 Fried Green Tomatoes and the Whistle Stop Cafe (Pardon the double title, but it’s too long for the post title.) Fried Green Tomatoes and the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg fulfilled the category “Book Set in a Restaurant” for the PopSugar 2021 Reading Challenge. The story centered on Idgie and Ruth …
Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson fulfilled the category “Book by a Blogger, Vlogger, YouTuber, or other Online Personality” for the PopSugar 2021 Reading Challenge. I’ve read all of Ms. Lawson’s books. They inspire me. Broken is a continuation story of life, mental health, and perseverance. Ms. Lawson suffers from …
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar fulfilled the category “Book my Best Friend Would Love” for the PopSugar 2021 challenge. Both my best friends are avid readers. I had a dozen choices for this one but ended up with my husband’s choice. He’s not a romance reader, …
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides fulfilled the category “Book about an Artist” for the PopSugar 2021 Reading Challenge. The title was not my first choice for the prompt. I read Get a Life, Chloe Brown and had Luster as an option, too. Chloe Brown, a romance, switched up the heat level too …
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa fulfilled the category “Book with an Oxymoron in the Title” for the PopSugar 2021 Reading Challenge. I had several great titles for this one, Openly Straight, Summer Frost, and Death of a Ghost. But we all love romances here, so… The Worst Best Man is a classic …
Zen and the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury fulfilled the category “Book that Begins with Q, X, or Z” for the PopSugar 2021 Reading Challenge. Though this book is almost thirty years old, it contained wonderful gems about the writing process. The book is a series of essays written by Mr. Bradbury …
Diary of an Oxygen Thief by Anonymous fulfills the category “Book that Was Published Anonymously” for the PopSugar 2021 Reading Challenge. Not only was it published without a named author, the reader for the audiobook was also Anonymous. Summation of my thoughts on this title: Ugh. So, do I wish I had finished working …
Forbidden by Beverly Jenkins fulfilled the category “Book from my TBR list I Meant to Read Last Year” for the PopSugar 2021 Reading Challenge. I had it as a choice for the prompt “Book by a Woman of Color.” Last year, I chose A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole. I’ve been a bad …
Murder in the Mystery Suite by Ellery Adams fulfilled the category “Book with a Subject I Am Passionate About” for the PopSugar 2021 Reading Challenge. This cozy mystery centers on a reader’s retreat full of literary references and books and books and books and then a secret library. I was in heaven! I originally …
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