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Someone suggested it for the "A book tied to your ancestry" if you´re doing the advanced prompts.
The Alchemist was not Coelho's first novel, it won't work for "debut" - I also can't remember if that's a category in Popsugar LOL! I don't think it is - I'm rushing off to work and don't have time to check right now!!


Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV by Brian Stelter

If you're doing the advanced challenge, it sounds like it could be a microhistory.

Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV by Brian Stelter"
You can use that for the time of day in the title prompt.


14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you (depending on the individual reader, of course)
#17 if you got it from the library or friend, or #40 past prompts (I'm sure it fits one somewhere)
I'm a stranger, and I read it in a public place at least partly, I'm sure, so there's your permission to use it for advanced #3 if you wish! :)
I'd also recommend it. (#10 advanced)

Thanks!

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You can use it for the published in 2018 prompt. Possibly the ugly cover prompt if you don't like it.

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You can use it for the published in 2018 prompt. Possibly th..."
Oh yes! Did not see it was just published! Thank you!

I think you could use it for a book about a villain or antihero, since there are quite a few stories about Loki's mischievous deeds. And I certainly recommend it :)

14. A book by an author o..."
If I never manage to see a stranger reading, I'll keep that in mind!

I thought about reading this one as a book from "your favourite prompt from 2017" - 2017 had a prompt called "A book based on mythology". Otherwise as a book I "meant to read in 2017, but didn´t get to". Maybe some celebrity book club reads it? And I might also read it as a "book about my ancestry" (I´m from Denmark), but maybe that´s stretching it a bit. Definitely going to fit it in.

I think you could use it for a book about a villain or antihero, since there are quite a fe..."
I think I'll go for this one, thanks! There are a lot of stories involving Loki and his children, so I'll count it.


Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV by Brian Stelter"
You can use that for the t..."
Thanks, Nicole!

I would put it under alliteration, a book about feminism, or a book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist. If you're doing the advanced challenge, it could possibly work as an allegory (maybe? I'm not completely sure about what that means), and would definitely fit under a recommendation from another person doing the challenge, because I thought it was great. And you could use it for "a problem facing society today" since it deals with the destruction of reproductive rights.
You could also bend the rules a bit and say it has a time of day in the title. "When she woke" could be referring to a particular time, if you want to be literal.


Crumb - yes, that was it!

The Gender Game by Bella Forest
Year One by Nora Roberts
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

The Gender Game by Bella Forest
Year One by Nora Roberts
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho"
The Gender Game fits the alliteration prompt. Year One fits the author who uses a pseudonym since she also writes under J.D. Robb. That one really depends on how you interpret the prompt. It doesn't necessarily say you have to read a book under the pseudonym, but I know some people are sticking to the ones written under the other name.

I’m pretty sure the alchemist is an allegory too.




I can recommend it ;-) I loved that book.
No. 49 (or 9 advanced) A book about a problem facing society today
no. 40 favorite prompt 2017 (I read it last year. Can't remember the propmt)
Nr. 37 A book you meant to read in 2017
nr. 14 different ethnicity than you (maybe?)

I read it last year as mentioned for the mythology prompt.
I can definitely recommend it if you want that as an option. I heard it on audiobook read by the man himself. It was really good.
Johanna wrote: "read it as a "book about my ancestry" (I´m from Denmark), but maybe that´s stretching it a bit. Definitely going to fit it in."
I would say you could. These are stories that were told through generation on to (our) ancestors before they were written down.
If I hadn't read it last year I would consider doing it for that prompt this year.

The Outsiders fits #31 A book mentioned in another book. It is mentioned in Fangirl.
I really enjoyed "Garcia Girls"! But there are t a lot of categories it fits in ... There are a few that vary depending on reader: are you fascinated by the DR? Is the author a different ethnicity? What decade were you born? (This book spans quite a bit of time from 1956 through 1989). Is it tied to your ancestry? Is your name really Julia? :-) Other than that, there is the bit of alliteration in "Garcia Girls" or a previous prompt (set on an island, for example), or just say I recommended it.





It's my first time attempting Popsugar reading challenge and I am really excited about it.
Where does the book @The sixes by Kate White fit? Can it come under 'A book about death or grief'?

Thank you Nadine!!





1984 is often read as an allegory (of society/politics/power).
I don´t know about Anne Frank - is it fictional enough to be "a novel based on a real person"??

If you were born in the 80s it fits. I hadn't heard of this book but I've added it to my tbr and might read it for that prompt myself, so thanks!
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