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For any new readers, I'm participating in the Pop Sugar Reading Challenge this year which, through their prompts and groups on Goodreads, has been giving me a lot of new ideas for books to read that I may not have known or decided to read otherwise. Because of this, I've decided to blog about my reading choices. For more information on the challenge, check out my Overview post, or visit the Pop Sugar website. Book 29:  Circe  by Madeline Miller I gave this book 4/5 stars on Goodreads. The prompt I chose for this was "A book inspired by myth/legend/folklore ." This book is a retelling of different Greek myths and legends that include the goddess Circe from her perspective. It covers from when she was a child, through discovering what makes her unique, through being banished to a deserted island, to meeting Daedalus and Odysseus and more. Circe learns to stand up for herself, and fight for what she believes in while both the realm of men a...

I'm participating in the Pop Sugar Reading Challenge this year, and I love it. For more information on the challenge, check out my Overview post, or visit the Pop Sugar website. Book 27:  The Night Tiger  by Yangsze Choo I gave this book 4/5 stars on Goodreads, but it would have been 4.5 if there were half stars available. The prompt I chose for this was "A book told from multiple points of view." The Night Tiger  takes place in 1930's Malaysia, and follows a young servant named Ren and a girl named Ji Lin who although start on very different paths find their lives intertwined. Ren's master's dying wish is for Ren to find his master's missing finger and return it to the grave before 49 days have passed. Ren believes that this is the only way his master will be able to rest in peace. Ji Lin is an apprentice dress-maker who dreams of being a doctor in a time when only men can be doctors. To help pay for her mother's debts...

For any new Sorority Blogger readers, I'm participating in the Pop Sugar Reading Challenge this year, and I love it. For more information on the challenge, check out my Overview post, or visit the Pop Sugar website. Book 25:  A Woman is No Man  by Etaf Rum I gave this book 5/5 stars on Goodreads. The prompt I chose for this was "A book about a family." I got this book as my book of the month, and finished it in a day. It's that good. I was an Anthropology major in college, and I love learning about all cultures and their customs. So far this year, I've been lucky enough to read some books with cultural elements by authors who are members of the cultures they write about. This book follows multiple generations of women from before they immigrated to America up to the current generation who was born in America, but still follow many of the cultural practices of their heritage. A Woman is No Man  particularly touches on the proposal proc...

I'm really loving the Pop Sugar Reading Challenge. It's been helping me with a couple of reading related things I struggled with in the past. First, it's helping me always have a next book ready to read, so that I haven't hit a point so far this year where I don't know what to read next and end up reading nothing for a few weeks. Second, and perhaps more importantly, it's been helping me broaden my reading horizons and read books that I wouldn't normally have read. Many of these have been really interesting, and I'm so glad I took the time to check them out. For more information on the challenge, check out my Overview post, or visit the Pop Sugar website. Book 23:  The Friday Night Knitting Club  by Kate Jacobs I gave this book 3/5 stars on Goodreads. The prompt I chose for this was "A book about a hobby" This book was recommended to me by other individuals who are participating in the challenge as well. I wasn...

I know I've said this before, but I'm really enjoying this challenge because it's getting me to read books that I might have thought looked interesting, but may not have picked up quite as quickly. I'm enjoying how much it broadens my horizons. Also, it's helping to keep off reader's block (kind of like writer's block only where I don't read for a while because I can't find a book I want to read next). You can see the prompt list in my 2019 Reading Challenge Overview post or on the popsugar.com website. Here are my thoughts on the 21st and 22nd books that I've read this year. Book 21:  The Hate U Give  by Angie Thomas I gave this book 5/5 stars on Goodreads. The prompt I chose for this was "An own voices book" This was one of those books that really makes you think. I had a lot of thoughts and feelings while reading this book, and to be honest, I'm not quite sure how to put all of them into word...

You can see the prompt list in my 2019 Reading Challenge Overview post or on the popsugar.com website. Here are my thoughts on the 19th and 20th books that I've read this year. Book 19:  Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.  by Bren é   Brown I gave this book 2/5 stars on Goodreads. The prompt I chose for this was "A Book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter"  I'd heard amazing things about this book, and so when my sorority decided to read it for their book club I was excited to join in. The wait to get this book from the library was well over a month, and I took that as a good sign too that it was well loved and going to be a great book. Unfortunately, for me that was not the case. I love the occasional self-help or leadership book. When we find a good one, my boss and I recommend them to each other. I was hoping to be able to recommend this one to him, but sadly I found...

I'm really enjoying working my way through the 2019 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge prompts this year. The prompts are helping me broaden my horizons and read more books that I might not have picked in the past. I'm really enjoying reading new books and authors, and I can't wait to see how the rest of the year goes. You can see the prompt list in my 2019 Reading Challenge Overview post or on the popsugar.com website. Here are my thoughts on the 17th and 18th books that I've read this year. Book 17: P.S. I still love you  by Jenny Han I gave this book 3/5 stars on Goodreads. The prompt I chose for this was "Read a book during the season it is set in" I wasn't originally going to use this book for that prompt, but after reading it and realizing that the season at the time fit really well it felt like it was meant to be. This book was cute, but it didn't resonate with me the same way the first in the series did. WARNI...