Life as Louise

♥ I fell short by a few books last year… can I hit 26 in ’26?? ♥

GoodReads goal: 26 books

Book Challenge by Erin 25.0

July 1, 2026 to October 31, 2026 (link)

5 points | Freebie: American Fantasy (Emma Straub)
10 points | A book set in a country different than your own: Lady Tremaine (Hochhauser)
10 points | Book 2, 5, 20 or 25 in a series: And Now, Back to You (B.K. Borison)
15 points | The words 2, 5, or 25 in the title: Two Can Keep A Secret (Karen McManus)
20 points | A book with “silver” or silver on the cover: Wild Love (Elsie Silver)
20 points | An award winning book from the last 25 years: The Four Winds (Kristin Hannah) Publishers Weekly: Named the Bestselling Hardcover Novel of the Year – 2021
25 points | Main character is 25 years old: It Happened One Summer (Tessa Bailey)
30 points | Published in 1925, 2025, or 25 years ago: Onyx Storm (Rebecca Yarros)
30 points | One of the 300+ books Erin’s read in previous BCBE challenges: Remarkably Bright Creatures (Shelby Van Pelt) 
35 points | A book about a book club: The Brogan Book Club (John Larkin)

| T O T A L    P O I N T S | 25 points

POPSUGAR 2026 Reading Challenge

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🔲 A book where gardening or a garden is central to the plot
✅ A book that features a platonic friendship between a man and woman – Betrayal at Blackthorn [Kelly]
✅ A book you meant to read in 2025 – A Dark & Deadly Journey [Kelly]
🔲 A book that starts with the letter “Z”
🔲 A book about women astronauts
🔲 A book with an overweight main character whose story isn’t about losing weight
🔲 A book about a granny hobby
✅ A book about a sexless marriage – American Fantasy [Staub]
🔲 A book with a “type C” character
🔲 A book about a horse or with a horse on the cover
🔲 A book with a dad as the primary caregiver
🔲 A book with “pop” or “sugar” in the title
✅ A book featuring a character with a hidden past – Mean Moms [Rosenblum]
🔲 A book set in Michigan or written by an author from Michigan
✅ A book about new beginnings – The Exiles [Kline]
✅ A book less than 260 pages – Hot for Slayer [Hazelwood]
🔲 A book about your favorite event in the Winter Olympics
✅ A love story that defies social boundaries – The Book of Longings [Kidd]
🔲 A book about teen angst 
🔲 A book with a character who does Pilates or Lagree
🔲 A book about a bachelorette trip 
🔲 A book about a book club 
✅ A book you were hoping would fit into a prompt but doesn’t – The Small & The Mighty [McMahon]
🔲 A book about postpartum
✅ A book that explores influencer culture – The Compound [Rawle]
🔲 A book with a character who navigates infertility 
✅ A book with a character who has curly hair – The Score [Kennedy]
🔲 A book about debt 
✅ A book that takes place during harvesting season – The Four Winds [Hannah]
🔲 A travel ghost story 
🔲 A book that makes you feel FOMO 
🔲 A book with an underwater civilization 
✅ A book about college – The Deal [Kennedy]
🔲 A book with a trans or nonbinary protagonist 
🔲 A book that makes you want to travel to Italy 
🔲 A book about a mob (fiction or nonfiction)
🔲 A book about a pop star 
🔲 A book with any type of fruit on the cover or in the title 
🔲 A book with a character who runs a marathon
🔲 A book outside your comfort zone 

Advanced Prompts

🔲 A book in a different format than your usual: physical, audio, eBook
🔲 A book inspired by a real song, album, band, or artist
🔲 Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (1)
🔲 Two books written by real-life partners or spouses (2) 
🔲 A book that features birding
🔲 A sapphic comic
🔲 A book told entirely through letters 
🔲 A book with a shadow daddy
🔲 A book with a mention of your zodiac sign
🔲 A book about Afrofuturism

2026

Q1 | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
End of Year Review

Check out my book progress in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016!