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  About Amy Hello, I'm Amy, an aspiring motorsports writer and former blogger.  If you dig deeper enough, you find some very old blog posts, as this started as a book blog, but that's really where I got my start in writing: book reviews, hot book topics and as well as the odd personal essay.  After leaving university, I left the book blog behind, but continued writing and going in the world of social media, writing film reviews and promoting queer cinema, but after a tragic event in my personal life, I quickly discovered Motorsports.  What started as a love for Formula 1, while finally watching the Formula 1 film, Rush, and discovering Formula 1 TikTok, this love soon expanded to everything Formula E, IndyCar, Formula 2, Formula 3, as well as F1 Academy.  I soon found the itch to write come back, with the fast-moving news of motorsport, to the drama, the competition, and the journey of drivers trying to find a race seat. I found that it was the people and storie...
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Popsugar Reading Challenge 2016

So last year I did a challenge was the Ultimate Reading Challenge by Popsugar. I did this to make my reading more diverse and although I completed 40 out of 50 books, I do not think I used it as much as I should have. This is the reason for redoing the challenge this year as I want to read more diversely and I think this will help. I will be updating this as I read the books and the challenges that have been completed will be in bold while those not completed being in italics. So let's get started...

 Challenges:


A book based on a fairy tale: Winter By Marissa Meyer
A National Book Award winner
A YA bestseller: Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella 
A book you haven’t read since high school: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling 
A book set in your home country: All Of The Above by Juno Dawson 
A book translated into English: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi  
A romance set in the future: The Next Together by Lauren James
A book set in Europe: The Square Root of Summer by Harriet Rueter Hapgood
A book that’s under 150 pages: Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell
A New York Times bestseller: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas
A book that’s becoming a movie this year: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes 
A book recommended by someone you just met
A self-improvement book
A book you can finish in a day: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson 
A book that was written by a celebrity: The Zodiac Legacy by Stuart Moore and Stan Lee 
A political memoir
A book at least 100 years older than you: Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen 
A book that’s more than 600 pages: Gemina by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman
A book from Oprah’s Book Club
A science-fiction novel: The Fever Code by James Dashner 
A book recommended by a family member
A graphic novel: Camp Midnight by Steven Seagle
A book that is published in 2016: Front Lines by Micheal Grant 
A book with a protagonist who has your occupation: What We Left Behind by Robin Talley
A book that takes place during Summer: Dumplin' by Julie Murphy 
A book and its prequel
A murder mystery: Dangerous Girls by Abigail Haas
A book was written by a comedian: The Actual One by Izzy Suttie
A dystopian novel: End of Days by Susan Ee
A book with a blue cover: The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas
A book of poetry: My Life Stood a Loaded Gun by Emily Dickinson
The first book you see in a bookstore: The Girl of Ink and Stars by Karen Millwood Hargrave
A classic from the 20th century: The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
A book from the library: Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
An autobiography: Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
A book about a road trip: Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson
A book about a culture you’re unfamiliar with: American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang 
A satirical book
A book that takes place on an island: The Catalyst by Helena Coggan
A book that’s guaranteed to bring you joy: Ms Marvel Volume 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson

 Completed:  32/40

 Are you doing the Popsugar Reading Challenge this year? If so, what are you reading? Leave it in the comments below. 

 See you soon, 

 Amy

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