Prompt 31 - a book where music plays an integral part of the storyline - June 28, 2025 - This book is a historical fiction novel about a boy in the 1930s with an exceptional talent for playing the piano. He uses his music to escape his complicated family life.
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Prompt 30 - a book that reminds you of your childhood - June 27, 2025 - I spent my childhood loving stories like Sherlock Holmes and always wondered why the main character couldn't be a girl. Sherry Thomas made my thoughts come to life with her Lady Sherlock series. This second novel is inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "A Scandal in Bohemia".
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#PopsugarReadingChallenge Book 25: a book featuring a married couple who don't live together. "Wide Is the Gate," from Upton Sinclair's Lanny Budd spy series.
http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/popsugarreadingchallenge-book-25-wide-is-the-gate
Prompt 43 - a book where nature is the antagonist - June 23, 2025 - This book is a historical fiction novel about the drought causing the Dust Bowl in the 1930s. It's an emotional depiction of the desperation and resilience of people trying to claw their way out of poverty. It's amazing how hope endures.
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#PopsugarReadingChallenge Book 24: A book whose title starts with "Y".
"You & Yours," poems by Naomi Shihab Nye.
http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/popsugarreadingchallenge-book-24-you-yours
Prompt 49 - a book that features a character with chronic pain - June 20, 2025 - This Stormlight Archive novella focuses on Rysn and Lopen as they are both assigned to a mission to find a lost island in stormy waters. Rysn's pet is sick and needs to return to the island, her homeland, in order to survive. Lopen cracks jokes along the way and has a moment of enlightenment at the end.
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Prompt 35 - a book centering LGBTQ+ characters that isn't about coming out-June 19, 2025-This is a fantasy/historical fiction novel about lesbian vampires. It follows three women through different time periods, telling each of their stories from their own point of view.The author makes you think about what makes life worth living and what makes us human.
Rating ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 1/2
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#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 23: A book about a cult. "The Future," by Naomi Alderman.
http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/popsugarreadingchallenge-book-23-the-future
Prompt 47 - a book you have always avoided reading - June 12, 2025 - I avoided the ACOTAR series for a long time because I felt it was overhyped. I've avoided this book because I knew it was more romance than intrigue, and that just doesn't hold my interest. It's a light-hearted, fluffy, sweet, transition novel that just doesn't have enough substance for my liking.
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Prompt 42 - a book with a lefthanded character - June 12, 2025 - This one is too teeny bopper for me, but I probably would have loved it when I was a young teenager. The plot has promise, but I found the story took an annoyingly long time to get to the "reveals."
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Prompt 25 - a book where the main character is an immigrant or refugee - June 7, 2025 - This book is a genre cross of historical fiction and murder mystery. Each chapter follows one of the members of the Briar Club, a few of which are immigrants and refugees, telling their life stories and how they came to be at the Briarwood House the night of a murder. It is captivating.
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#PopsugarReadingChallenge Book 22: A book about a food truck.
Dahlia Adler's "Going Bicoastal" isn't strictly "about" the taco truck, but I've been in the mood for tacos lately, so I'm counting it.
http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/popsugarreadingchallenge-book-22-going-bicoastal
Prompt 26 - a book where an adult character changes careers - June 3, 2025 - Okay, so I stretched this one a bit. Murderbot starts as transport security, poses as a security consultant, then switches back to a SecUnit in the third book of this series. As usual, I'm left wanting more.
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Prompt 23 - a book that is considered healing fiction - June 2, 2025 - This story has an interesting premise with a substantial moral dilemma, but it fell flat for me. I got annoyed with the main characters by the end of the book.
Rating ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 1/2
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Prompt 16 - a book set in or around a body of water - May 31, 2025 - This fantasy novel is steeped in Nordic mythology. It has the violence and adventure of Viking raids and also the magic and mystique of Norse gods. There's a bit more romance than I like, but still an interesting plot line.
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#PopsugarReadingChallenge Book 21: A book about an unlikely friendship. "James," Percival Everett's brilliant reimagining of "Huckleberry Finn" from the point of view of Jim, the escaped slave.
http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/popsugarreadingchallenge-book-21-james
Prompt 29 - a book about a food truck - May 27, 2025 - This is a historical fiction novel loosely based on the author's mother's experience in WWII. Did you know the Red Cross sent women in trucks to the front lines to serve coffee and donuts to the soldiers? Me either. This is a great tribute to the women who served in whatever capacity they were able to.
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Prompt 12 - a book about a road trip -May 24, 2025- This book is beautifully written. It's the type of story that grips you from the first page and stays with you long after you close the cover. A pirate, the best friend anyone could ever ask for, a missing girl, and a road trip across the country searching for her. Humanity at its best and worst woven into one of the best narratives I've ever read.
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#PopsugarReadingChallenge book 20: A book under 250 pages. "How We Learn to Be Brave," by the Episcopal Bishop who drew Trump's anger when she admonished him about compassion.
http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/popsugarreadingchallenge-book-20-how-we-learn-to-be-brave
Prompt 17 - a book about a run club - May 20, 2025 - This classic children's story is a sweet tale of friendship. It starts with a boy who is training to become the fastest runner in his grade. The book has an emotional twist that left me sobbing. Keep the kleenex handy if you read this one. My 11 year old daughter liked it but also found it sad.
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