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Where does this book fit?
It would fit the time travel prompt!


-a book involving time travel (best fit)
-a book set in a country that fascinates you (if you are fascinated by Scotland)
-a book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
-your favorite prompt from previous popsugar challenges (there are quite a few that would work, but 2017's first book in a series is an easy one)
-a book tied to your ancestry (if you have Scottish or English heritage)
-a book recommended by someone else taking the challenge (me, me!)
If you choose to continue the series you can use the other books to fill different prompts as well. Just let us know if you get that far and we can help!

It would work for:
-a book about death or grief
-a book about mental health
-past goodreads choice award winner (2015)
-a book recommended by someone else taking the challenge (I will recommend this one as well!)

I haven't read Peace Peace Like a River yet, but it would work for a book with song lyrics in the title.

This would also work for a book set in the decade you were born if it's the 1960's. :)

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No Country for Old Men is a movie. Could you watch the movie and then read the book, therefore fitting it into the movie category?

How about "a book with song lyrics in the title"? Incubus has a song called Drive. Or, I suppose you could use it for "a book about a problem facing society today."


Maybe the one with an animal in the title?

There's some alliteration in the word "firefly", so you could use it for that.
There is also another category I can think of that it would fit into, but, I don't think I want to say yet because it would give you spoilers..

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Floor, do you think firefly could count as an animal?

After you read Firefly you could read Fly Away which would then take care of the "next book in a series" category.

Would it fit any of the categories?"
Mudbound is coming out as a movie, but I'm not sure of the release date.

Would it fit any of the categories?"
Mudbound is coming out as a movie, but I'm not sure of the release date."
I just checked; it's on Netflix. I have Netflix, so... yay! That will totally work. I'll watch the movie, then read the book. Thanks for the suggestion!

I don't think it exactly takes place on Halloween, but during the Halloween season, so that might work. It would definitely fit in the "favorite prompt from 2015, 2016 or 2017 challenge."


Tara, I'm pretty sure Reese Witherspoon recommended Me Before You, so it could fit the celebrity book club category.

Or it could obviously fit "A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to"

The movie comes out in March
Kerry wrote: "Would the The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes fit any of the prompts?"
Yes! It is mentioned in other books (such as The Thirteenth Tale), so you can use it for that!
Yes! It is mentioned in other books (such as The Thirteenth Tale), so you can use it for that!

There have been oodles of screen adaptations, plays and musicals, and also I recommend it.

I just finished that book yesterday and OMG it was so good! It would also work for the prompt about involving a bookstore or library. It's not a huge part of the book but Louisa does visit the library several times throughout the book.


Novel based on a real person but that might be bookriot's challenge lol
Megan wrote: "Any thoughts on where Americanah could fit in the challenge? I was thinking an author of a different ethnicity than me, but I already had a few I wanted to read there."
*It's set in both Nigeria and the USA, so if either of those countries fascinate you, you could use that.
*It talks a little bit about racism in the US and some social issues in UK and Nigeria, so you could use it for "problem facing society."
* I can't find any celebrity book clubs that chose it, but that doesn't mean there aren't any! Check that out more closely.
*You could perhaps decide the cover is ugly! (not really a stretch in my opinion!)
* Maybe it's a book you meant to read in 2017?
*It's set in both Nigeria and the USA, so if either of those countries fascinate you, you could use that.
*It talks a little bit about racism in the US and some social issues in UK and Nigeria, so you could use it for "problem facing society."
* I can't find any celebrity book clubs that chose it, but that doesn't mean there aren't any! Check that out more closely.
*You could perhaps decide the cover is ugly! (not really a stretch in my opinion!)
* Maybe it's a book you meant to read in 2017?


It might be a stretch, but you could maybe connect it to the prompt about a real person since the characters are descendants of Cotton Mathers.



I am going to use this book for a prompt from 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge - "Book published in 2017"

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My question is, which prompts do Outlander fulfill?
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