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Books read in January
A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign (Gemini): Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (Jan. 1-5). Wow, he's an amazing writer..there was more than one quote that resonated deeply with me, like this one: "Some people accept that they will never be free of their anxiety, they just learn to carry it. She tried to be one of them. She told herself that was why you should always be nice to other people, even idiots, because you never know how heavy their burden is." OMG YESS..we get nasty customers at work sometimes and I tell Donna that they were probably already having a bad day to begin with..I try to give them the benefit of the doubt lol
A locked-room mystery: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Jan. 6-18). SOOO GOOOOOD! One of the most unique books I've ever read!
A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf: The Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Bacon (Jan. 19-26). A ship with tons of explosives blew up, and the explosion was so powerful it basically vaporized the ship and anyone right by it, completely flattened anything within a half-mile radius, displaced the water in the harbor and caused a tsunami, the cloud of white smoke rose to at least 11,800 ft, the pressure wave was felt over 100 miles away, and it shattered windows 50 miles away (a lot of people lost their eyes because they were standing at a window watching the ship burn). The blast released the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9 kilotons of TNT..that is crazy. D: Boston sent help quickly, and because of that, Halifax sends a Christmas tree to them every year..that is so cool!
A book with a black-and-white cover: End of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica by Peter Matthiessen (Jan. 27-30)
A book that's published in 2021
An Afrofuturist book
A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover
A book by an author who shares your zodiac sign
A dark academia book
A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title
A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
A book that has won the Women's Prize For Fiction
A book with a family tree
A bestseller from the 1990s
A book about forgetting
A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf (in real life, on a Zoom call, in a TV show, etc.)
A locked-room mystery
A book set in a restaurant
A book with a black-and-white cover
A book by an Indigenous author
A book that has the same title as a song
A book about a subject you are passionate about
A book that discusses body positivity
A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list
A genre hybrid
A book set mostly or entirely outdoors
A book with something broken on the cover
A book by a Muslim American author
A book that was published anonymously
A book with an oxymoron in the title
A book about do-overs or fresh starts
A magical realism book
A book set in multiple countries
A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021
A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
A book whose title starts with "Q," "X," or "Z"
A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)
A book about a social justice issue
A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)
A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
A book you think your best friend would like
A book about art or an artist
A book everyone seems to have read but you
Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Advanced
The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover
The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover
The book that's been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time
A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't
A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing
A book from your TBR list chosen at random
A DNF book from your TBR list
A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library)
The weather decided to be "funny" and get down to -20 on my first day walking to work since the surgery..thanks, how thoughtful of it LOL
Everyone else is doing a different 365 meme, so I'll do that one and maybe save the rest of the themed days one for next year..coming up with questions can be hard! Haha
Feb 1: What are your favorite indoor activities? Going online, sleeping lol, watching movies, etc
Today's trivia: After African American performer Josephine Baker expatriated to France, she famously smuggled military intelligence to French allies during World War II. She did this by pinning secrets inside her dress, as well as hiding them in her sheet music
A locked-room mystery: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton (Jan. 6-18). SOOO GOOOOOD! One of the most unique books I've ever read!
A book you have seen on someone's bookshelf: The Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Bacon (Jan. 19-26). A ship with tons of explosives blew up, and the explosion was so powerful it basically vaporized the ship and anyone right by it, completely flattened anything within a half-mile radius, displaced the water in the harbor and caused a tsunami, the cloud of white smoke rose to at least 11,800 ft, the pressure wave was felt over 100 miles away, and it shattered windows 50 miles away (a lot of people lost their eyes because they were standing at a window watching the ship burn). The blast released the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9 kilotons of TNT..that is crazy. D: Boston sent help quickly, and because of that, Halifax sends a Christmas tree to them every year..that is so cool!
A book with a black-and-white cover: End of the Earth: Voyaging to Antarctica by Peter Matthiessen (Jan. 27-30)
A book that's published in 2021
An Afrofuturist book
A book that has a heart, diamond, club, or spade on the cover
A dark academia book
A book with a gem, mineral, or rock in the title
A book where the main character works at your current or dream job
A book that has won the Women's Prize For Fiction
A book with a family tree
A bestseller from the 1990s
A book about forgetting
A book set in a restaurant
A book by an Indigenous author
A book that has the same title as a song
A book about a subject you are passionate about
A book that discusses body positivity
A book found on a Black Lives Matter reading list
A genre hybrid
A book set mostly or entirely outdoors
A book with something broken on the cover
A book by a Muslim American author
A book that was published anonymously
A book with an oxymoron in the title
A book about do-overs or fresh starts
A magical realism book
A book set in multiple countries
A book set somewhere you'd like to visit in 2021
A book by a blogger, vlogger, YouTube video creator, or other online personality
A book whose title starts with "Q," "X," or "Z"
A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)
A book about a social justice issue
A book in a different format than what you normally read (audiobooks, ebooks, graphic novels)
A book that has fewer than 1,000 reviews on Amazon or Goodreads
A book you think your best friend would like
A book about art or an artist
A book everyone seems to have read but you
Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge
Advanced
The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
The book on your TBR list with the prettiest cover
The book on your TBR list with the ugliest cover
The book that's been on your TBR list for the longest amount of time
A book from your TBR list you meant to read last year but didn't
A book from your TBR list you associate with a favorite person, place, or thing
A book from your TBR list chosen at random
A DNF book from your TBR list
A free book from your TBR list (gifted, borrowed, library)
The weather decided to be "funny" and get down to -20 on my first day walking to work since the surgery..thanks, how thoughtful of it LOL
Everyone else is doing a different 365 meme, so I'll do that one and maybe save the rest of the themed days one for next year..coming up with questions can be hard! Haha
Feb 1: What are your favorite indoor activities? Going online, sleeping lol, watching movies, etc
Today's trivia: After African American performer Josephine Baker expatriated to France, she famously smuggled military intelligence to French allies during World War II. She did this by pinning secrets inside her dress, as well as hiding them in her sheet music