2026 Popsugar Reading Challenge - March Update Happy Thursday everyone!  Today I'm sharing my my third update for my progress for the year long reading challenge called the  2026 Popsug...

I managed to read 7 books on Marh for my 2026 March #PopsugarReadingChallenge. My favorite was Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Poston. Are you participating in this challenge too? #booksky #bookblogger never-anyone-else.blogspot.com/2026/04/2026...

Book 26 for 2026: Startlement Startlement: New and Selected Poems , by  Ada Limón . Startlement includes selections from six of Ada Limón's previous books, as well as twenty-one new poems. I tend to prefer the later books,...

Book 26 for 2026: "Startlement: New and Selected Poems" by Ada Limon.

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Book 25 for 2026: Every Heart a Doorway Every Heart a Doorway , by Seanan McGuire. This is the first book in Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series. "Wayward," in this case, refers to children who've visited fairy lands or other...

Book 25 for 2026: "Every Heart a Doorway," first book in Seanan McGuire's "Wayward Children" series.

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Book 24 for 2026: Patriot Patriot: A Memoir , by Alexei Navalny. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote much of this while imprisoned. Navalny was poisoned in a Siberian prison in February 2024, and the book was...

Book 24 for 2026: "Patriot: A Memoir" by the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

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Book 23 for 2026: Heated Rivalry Heated Rivalry , by Rachel Reid . I like this book significantly better than the previous one, Game Changer , and I had to think about why. The characters are more compelling, the conflicts more...

Book 23 for 2026: "Heated Rivalry," by Rachel Reid.

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Book 22 for 2026: A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking , by T. Kingfisher. On page 1, the narrator discovers a dead body in the bakery. Things get worse for her from there. This is a YA fantasy with touches of horror,....

Book 22 for 2026: "A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking," by T. Kingfisher.

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Book 21 for 2026: You Are My Joy and Pain You Are My Joy and Pain: Love Poems , by Naomi Long Madgett. Naomi Long Madgett was the Poet Laureate of Detroit. Her best-known poems are about the Civil Rights Movement, but this book concentrates.....

Book 21 for 2026: "You Are My Joy and Pain: Love Poems" by Naomi Long Madgett.

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Book 20 for 2026: A Sicilian Romance A Sicilian Romance , by Ann Radcliffe. This is a novel written in 1790, with all the Gothic trimmings: a creepy castle with dungeons, intrigues, narrow escapes, swordfights, and a spirited young...

Book 20 for 2026: "A Sicilian Romance," an 18th-century Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe.

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Book 19 for 2026: Game Changer Game Changer , by Rachel Reid . This is the first book in the series that became the HBO phenomenon Heated Rivalry . Scott and Kip's story was mostly compressed into a single episode of the TV...

Book 19 for 2026: "Game Changer," by Rachel Reid.

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Book 17 for 2026: Marathon Man Marathon Man , by William Goldman. This is a thriller that screams "1970s," starting with an archaic racial slur on the first page. Each time one is used, it's to show that the speaker is a jerk, but....

Book 17 for 2026: "Marathon Man" by William Goldman.

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Book 16 for 2026: Unseen Academicals Unseen Academicals , by Terry Pratchett. Terry Pratchett was extremely prolific, and thank goodness. His Discworld fantasy novels are always hilarious, with an underlying seriousness because he's...

Book 16 for 2026: "Unseen Academicals," a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett.

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Book 15 for 2026: Presidential Agent Presidential Agent , by Upton Sinclair. This is the fifth book in Sinclair's Lanny Budd spy series, following Wide Is the Gate . It's 1937, and fascism is on the rise in Europe. Art dealer Lanny...

Book 15 for 2026: "Presidential Agent," from Upton Sinclair's Lanny Budd spy series.

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Book 14 for 2026: Six Feet Over Six Feet Over: Science Tackles the Afterlife , by Mary Roach. Apparently there was some trouble deciding on a title for this one. The hardcover is called Spook , and in some versions the subtitle is.....

Book 14 for 2026: "Six Feet Over: Science Tackles the Afterlife," by Mary Roach.

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Book 13 for 2026: You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism , by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar. Sisters Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar co-wrote this book about Lacey, a Black woman living in....

Book 13 for 2026: "You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism," by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar.

#PopsugarReadingChallenge #The52BookClub #BLQ2026

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Book 12 for 2026: Girl on Girl Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves , by Sophie Gilbert. This book starts with a quote from Andrea Dworkin: "Woman is not born; she is made." Gilbert traces.....

Book 12 for 2026: "Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves," by Sophie Gilbert.

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Book 11 for 2026: Spent Spent , by Alison Bechdel. For many years, Alison Bechdel had a niche sort of fame in the LGBTQ+ community for her comic strip, Dykes to Watch Out For .  Some people heard of her via the Bechdel...

Book 11 for 2026: "Spent," a graphic novel by Alison Bechdel.

#PopsugarReadingChallenge #The52BookClub #BLQ2026

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Book 10 for 2026: Friday Black Friday Black , by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah . The author is best known for his novel Chain Gang All-Stars , a biting dystopian satire where prisoners fight gladiator battles to the death for the...

Book 10 for 2026: "Friday Black," short stories by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, with the same satirical bite as his novel "Chain Gang All-Stars."

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The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot #2) by Peter Brown book cover

Today, I'm sharing my January update for the 2026 #PopsugarReadingChallenge! My favorite for this challenge so far was The Wild Robot Escapes (The Wild Robot #2) by Peter Brown. I am also highly anticipating the upcoming film adaptation. #booksky never-anyone-else.blogspot.com/2026/01/2026...

Book 9 for 2026: Louder: We Can't Hear You (Yet!) Louder: We Can't Hear You (Yet!): The Political Poems of Marge Piercy , by Marge Piercy. My attention span doesn't usually do well with audio books. Poetry turns out to be an exception, which is...

Book 9 for 2026: "Louder: We Can't Hear You (Yet!): The Political Poems of Marge Piercy."

#PopsugarReadingChallenge #The52BookClubChallenge #BooklistQueenChallenge

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Book 8 for 2026: The Canterville Ghost The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories , by Oscar Wilde. This collection has four of Wilde's stories, two almost novelette-length and two shorter. The title story is sort of a 19th-century...

Book 8 for 2026: "The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories" by Oscar Wilde. Sort of a 19th-century Beetlejuice.

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Book 7 for 2026: The Banned Book Club The Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada, illustrated by Ko Hyung-Ju. This graphic memoir tells the story of Kim Hyun Sook's college activism under a repressive regime in South Korea in....

Book 7 for 2026: "Banned Book Club," a graphic memoir by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada, illustrated by Ko Hyung-Ju.

#PopsugarReadingChallenge #The52BookClub #BooklistQueenChallenge #ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm

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Book 6 for 2026: The Bandit Queens The Bandit Queens , by Parini Shroff. This is a delightfully over-the-top dark comedy where very bad men get what's coming to them, but you know the dog will be fine. In a small village in...

Book 6 for 2026: "The Bandit Queens" by Parini Shroff. A dark comedy where very bad men get what's coming to them.

#PopsugarReadingChallenge #The52BookClub #BooklistQueenChallenge #ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm

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Book 5 for 2026: The Children of Men LAURA RUTH LOOMIS

Book 5 for 2026: "The Children of Men," by PD James. After 25 years of no children born on earth, one woman is about to change everything.

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Book 4 for 2026: The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue been  The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue , by Mackenzi Lee. There are unlikeable narrators, and then there's Henry "Monty" Montague. It's the early 1700s, and Monty, the 18-year-old son of an...

Book 4 for 2026: "The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue" by Mackenzi Lee.

#PopsugarReadingChallenge #The52BookClub #BooklistQueenChallenge

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What's New Lysistrata , by Aristophanes (translated by Douglass Parker) . Humor is difficult to translate, from another language or another era. Fortunately, this play is about the funniest possible subject:...

Book 3 for 2026: "Lysistrata," by Aristophanes, translated by Douglass Parker.

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Book 2 for 2026: Orwell's Roses Orwell's Roses, by Rebecca Solnit. This book is hard to describe. My library shelved it as a biography. Some critics called it an essay collection. Elsewhere, Solnit noted approvingly that one critic....

Book 2 for 2026: "Orwell's Roses" by Rebecca Solnit. Part biography, part essay collection, maybe just beyond genre.

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Book 1 for 2026: Exit Strategy Exit Strategy , by Martha Wells. This is the fourth book in the Murderbot Diaries series. While they can be read as standalones, it really helps to read this series in order, starting with All...

Book 1 for 2026: "Exit Strategy," 4th book in the Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells. Managed to hit all my reading challenges: #PopsugarReadingChallenge, #52BookClubChallenge, #BooklistQueenChallenge, and #ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm.

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#PopsugarReadingChallenge Book 50: Space Oddity Popsugar Reading Challenge category: A book where music plays an integral part in the story. Space Oddity , by Catherynne M.Valente This is a wonderfully absurd space opera comedy. In the first book,....

50th and final #PopsugarReadingChallenge book for 2025: a book where music is integral to the story.

"Space Oddity," by Catherynne M. Valente.

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2026 Popsugar Reading Challenge - Announcement & Potential TBR Happy Saturday everyone!  I hope everyone has had a good December so far (and happy early Christmas)!  In  2020 ,  2021 ,  2022 ,  2023 , 20...

I'm back in 2926 for a whole new round of the #PopsugarReadingChallenge! I think I've got a pretty good #tbr put together. #booksky #bookblogger never-anyone-else.blogspot.com/2025/12/2026...

#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 49: Cat's Eye Popsugar Reading Challenge category: A book you chose for the last line. Cat's Eye , by Margaret Atwood. This novel is about an artist, Elaine, who suffered bullying as a child from three girls who...

#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 49: a book you chose because of the last sentence. "Cat's Eye," by Margaret Atwood:

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