Saturday, September 29, 2018

Review: A Simple Favor

A Simple Favor A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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This book may have been 2.5 stars for me. It started out well, but it could have been done much better.


Monday, September 24, 2018

Owntober TBR List

OWNtober

I have decided to join a readathon for the month of October. I picked OWNtober which is a readathon designed to tackle reading books that you already own.

OWNtober is hosted by Books and Munchies, Check out their post for OWNtober here.

Here is a link to the list of all the books I own, both physical and ebook, that I have yet to read on Goodreads:  Panda's TBR

Here are the books I am picking for OWNtober:

Little Women
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott


The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

P.S. I Still Love You (To All the Boys I've Loved Before, #2)
P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

The You I've Never Known
The You I've Never Known by Ellen Hopkins

I am keeping the TBR conservative since I am also planning on reading 3 books for the Popsugar reading challenge in October as well as the book pick for my local book club, none of which I actually own.

Friday, September 21, 2018

2018 Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge


2018 Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

X - Denotes books read for the challenge.


X 1.  A book made into a movie you've already seen
13 Hours in Benghazi

X 2.  True Crime
Lost Girls by

X3.  The next book in a series you started
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

4.  A book involving a heist
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

5.  Nordic noir
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo

X6.  A novel based on a real person
Grand Canyon Women - Betty Leavengood

7.  A book set in a country  that fascinates you
The Dinner by Herman Koch

8.  A book with a time of day in the title
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer  by Fredrik Backman

9.  A book about a villain or antihero
Heartless - Marissa Meyer

10. A book about death or grief
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

11. A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith

12. A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist
Fried Green Tomatoes

13. A book that is also a stage play or musical
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

14. A book by an author of a different ethnicity than you
It's Not Summer Without You - Jenny Han

15. A book about feminism
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

16.  A book about mental health

Room by Emma Donogue

17.  A book you borrowed or that was given to you as a gift
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

18.  A book by two authors
Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

19.  A book about or involving a sport
Beartown by Fredrik Backman

20.  A book by a local author
The Apothecary's Daughter - Julie Klassen

21.  A book with your favorite color in the title
The Blue Bistro Elin Hildebrand

22.  A book with alliteration in the title
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

23.  A book about time travel
Murder In Time by Julie McElwain

24.  A book with a weather element in the title
Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch

25.  A book set at sea
The Vacationers - Emma Straub

26.  A book with an animal in the title
Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

27.  A book set on a different planet
Red Rising by Pierce Btown

28.  A book with song lyrics in the title
Never Let Me Go  by Kazuo Ishiguro

29. A book about or set on Halloween
The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

30.  A book with characters who are twins
Big Littles Lies by Lianne Moriarty

31.  A book mentioned in another book
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

32.  A book from a celebrity book club
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman

33.  A childhood classic you've never read
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

34.  A book that's published in 2018
Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis

35.  A past Goodreads Choice Awards winner
I am Malala

36.  A book set in the decade you were born


37.  A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

38.  A book with an ugly cover
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

39.  A book that involves a bookstore or library
The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend by Katarina Bivald

40.  Your favorite prompt from the 2015, 2016, or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges
A Book that Was turned into a movie (2015)
A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell

Advanced Reading Prompts:
1.  A bestseller from the year you graduated high school
2.  A cyberpunk book
3.  A book that was being read by a stranger in a public place
4.  A book tied to your ancestry
Salt to the Sea by
5.  A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title
6.  An allegory
7.  A book by an author with the same first or last name as you
8.  A microhistory
9.  A book about a problem facing society today
10.  A book recommended by someone else taking the POPSUGAR Reading Challenge