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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 2019

So for the last couple of years, I have been doing the Popsugar Reading Challenge and 2019 is no different. I think that this year is more challenging as the prompts are a little weird but I am always up for a challenge. So let's see the prompts:

  1. Book Becoming a Movie in 2019:
  2. Book That Makes You Nostalgic:
  3. Book Written by a Musician (Fiction or Nonfiction):
  4. Book You Think Should be Turned Into a Movie:
  5. Book With at Least One Million Ratings on Goodreads:
  6. Book With a Plant in the Title or on the Cover:
  7. Reread of a Favorite Book:
  8. Book About a Hobby:
  9. Book You Meant to Read in 2018:
  10. Book With "Pop," "Sugar," or "Challenge" in the Title:
  11. Book With an Item of Clothing or Accessory on the Cover:
  12. Inspired by Mythology, Legend or Folklore:
  13. Published Posthumously:
  14. Book You See Someone Reading on TV or in a Movie:
  15. Retelling of a Classic:
  16. Book With a Question in the Title:
  17. Set on a College or University Campus:
  18. About Someone With a Superpower:
  19. Book Told From Multiple Character POVs:
  20. Set in Space:
  21. By Two Female Authors:
  22. Title that Contains "Salty," "Sweet," "Bitter" or "Spicy"
  23. Set in Scandinavia:
  24. Takes Place in a Single Day:
  25. Debut Novel:
  26. Book Published in 2019:
  27. Featuring an Extinct or Imaginary Culture:
  28. Recommended by a Celebrity You Admire:
  29. Book with "Love" in the Title:
  30. Book Featuring an Amateur Detective:
  31. Book About a Family:
  32. Written by an Author from Asia, Africa, or South America:
  33. Zodiac Sign or Astrology Term in the Title:
  34. Book That Includes a Wedding:
  35. By an Author Whose First and Last Name Start with the Same Letter:
  36. A Ghost Story:
  37. Two-Word Title:
  38. Novel Based on A True Story:
  39. Book Revolving Around a Puzzle or Game:
  40. Your Favorite Prompt from a Past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge:
Advanced:
  1. "Cli-Fi" (climate fiction) Book:
  2. "Choose Your Own Adventure" Book:
  3. An #OwnVoices Book:
  4. Read a Book During the Season it is Set In:
  5. A Lit RPG Book:
  6. Book with No Chapters/Unusual Chapter Headings/Unconventionally Numbered Chapters:
  7. Two Books That Share the Same Title (1):
  8. Two Books That Share the Same Title (2):
  9. Book that has Inspired a Common Phrase or Idiom (e.g., Big Brother from 1984):
  10. Book set in an Abbey, Cloister, Monastery, Vicarage or Convent:
I will hopefully update this throughout the year so stay updated with how it goes.

See you soon, 

Amy
Are you doing any reading challenges this year? If so what are they? Let me know in the comments!

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