It‘s HERE!!!! #Pop23 and I‘m really kind of disappointed βΉοΈ I think I‘m skipping it!!!
I can‘t remember who to tag so I‘m going off memory π€ͺ
KarenUK, Megabooks, Cortg, jenniferw88, Laughterhp, alisiakae, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB, RaeLovesToReadCortg I just saw it! Super excited even though I still need to finish this year‘s π 2mo
Lindy Why are you disappointed? 2mo
IndoorDame I have to say I kind of agree. There are a few prompts I‘m really excited about, but I think not enough (though to be fair I want to do fewer challenges next year, so I‘m probably looking for excuses to skip some) 2mo
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Cinfhen Many of these prompts are repeats from the last few years @Lindy I don‘t see one original idea that I haven‘t seen before. I also dislike the fact that two prompts ask you to re-read a book and 2 prompts have to do with your birth year - plus the one about an author with the same initials as you. That‘s been done before and I really couldn‘t find any. It‘s so uninspiring @IndoorDame 2mo
Cinfhen I‘m glad you‘re looking forward @Cortg but I‘m trying a new one that @jenniferw88 suggested to me #52BookClub 2mo
Laughterhp Hmm kind of boring looking all these prompts. 2mo
Cinfhen I‘m super bummed @Laughterhp it‘s so uninspired! It‘s literally all prompts from previous years. I know it‘s difficult to keep things fresh but this feels super lazy π€·πΌββοΈ 2mo
Cortg I just got a chance to look through the list on my lunch break. It‘s not very challenging and I‘m much for rereading books. We‘ll see. 2mo
Megabooks It‘s so blah. Like they put no thought into it. I was on the fence, and now I doubt I‘ll do it. π€·π»ββοΈ 2mo
Clwojick Agreed! I found way better ones on StoryGraph that I‘ll be doing this year instead. There‘s nothing super creative or challenging on this list at all. I think I‘ll be skipping this year as well. 2mo
Cinfhen I hate being so negative @Cortg @Megabooks but I totally agree with @Clwojick there are MUCH better ones out there!!! The POP team didn‘t put any effort into this year‘s challenge. 2mo
Clwojick Hoping #BeatTheBacklist and #PickYourPoison will make up for it. 2mo
jenniferw88 Was just about to post about it - I won't bother now! πππ 2mo
Cortg @Cinfhen You‘re not! I‘ve done several read harder challenges in the past and a lot of the prompts on this have been done on those as well. It is a boring challenge list for β23. π 2mo
Cinfhen @Clwojick what‘s #PickYourPoison about?? I think I might do the nonfiction Dewey Decimal Challenge over on Storygraph 2mo
Cinfhen @jenniferw88 what do you think about this list, Jenny ? I‘m so happy you shared the other challenge with me!!! 2mo
Cinfhen Yessss @Cortg I stopped doing Read Harder because it was well, harder!!! But at least it was a βchallengeβ ππ
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squirrelbrain Hmm, I‘m not overly keen on this one either, but now I‘m thinking I might not even do #52weeks either, give myself a bit of a break from too many challenges. π€ 2mo
Cinfhen I hear ya @squirrelbrain !!! 2mo
KarenUK I see what you meanβ¦. Definitely some repeatsβ¦. But I‘ll probably do it anywayβ¦ 2mo
BarbaraBB @KarenUK Me too probably, just because of the planning but I admit it is not very inspiring! (edited) 2mo
Cinfhen I feel like taking on less is more manageable @KarenUK @BarbaraBB plus #BookBuyingBan π (edited) 2mo
Megabooks What are some of the storygraph ones you‘ve seen @Cinfhen and @Clwojick ?? Part of me wants to find another challenge to replace this and part of me says I‘ve committed to enough. 2mo
jenniferw88 @Cinfhen I had started planning, but was only going to do it if you were joining in to share ideas, so I'm not doing it either. Probably just as well as I've already committed to 8! 2mo
Cinfhen @jenniferw88 OMG!!! 8!!!! No wonder you mixed up one yesterday!!! So I‘m doing #Booked ( obviously π) #ReadingTheAmericas #52BookClub and I just joined on StoryGraph the nonfiction challenge reading one book from the ten classifications of the Dewey Decimal System ( so only 10 books) and I think that‘s enough π
@Megabooks (edited) 2mo
Clwojick @Megabooks if you check out my profile, I‘ve been posting pics of my #bulletjournal with all sorts of challenges. There‘s a couple links to story graph challenges I‘ve made too. 2mo
Clwojick @jennifer @Cinfhen this was definitely the year I attempted ALL the challenges with over 40 different challenges going on. Although I finished most, I‘ll have a more βfocusedβ plan this year, so hopefully I can resist some of them. π
however I‘ve already finished laying out 100 pages in my 2023 bujo so who knows? 2mo
Cinfhen That‘s INSANE @Clwojick !!!!! Do you EVER SLEEP??? 2mo
RaeLovesToRead You got there first! 2mo
jenniferw88 @Cinfhen π I have other ones as well on Storygraph, but they're not time-limited to a year! 2mo
Clwojick @Cinfhen honestly, not really. I tend to pick up a lot of overnight shifts, which means I‘m the only staff in that whole half of the hospital, so I normally get through 2-3 audiobooks a shift. π¦ 2mo
Lindy @Cinfhen Ah! Your explanation makes sense. 2mo
Cinfhen Thanks, @Lindy I was REALLY EXCITED for the challenge so it was a major letdown yesterday when the list was revealed (at least for me!!!) 2mo
Larkken Aw, bummer! I enjoyed this challenge this last year. I guess I might do 52 books instead⦠hm 2mo
Cinfhen There are still plenty of people still doing #pop23 @Larkken but I‘d love for you to join #52Books πtag me if you join, so I can add you to my reads as I go along with @jenniferw88 @BarbaraBB and maybe @squirrelbrain not sure who else is participating π€·πΌββοΈ 2mo
Lindy @Cinfhen It seems that you already read quite widely. Maybe you‘ve outgrown this type of challenge? But I do see the fun in participating, and I‘m glad there are other challenges you have joined. 2mo
Deblovestoread I‘m joining the 52 books 52 weeks challenge and was underwhelmed by PopSugar for next year. Keeping an eye out for Read Harder but will probably just do 52 and Booked 2mo
Cinfhen Yay @Deblovestoread I‘ll add you to our tag list for prompt ideas and inspiration @jenniferw88 @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain ( unless Helen decides to opt out of #52BooksClub23) 2mo
squirrelbrain I‘ll probably do it @Cinfhen - you know me! π€£ 2mo
Cinfhen I was hoping you‘d say that @squirrelbrain π€π€π€ 2mo
BarbaraBB Cindy please add @AshleyHoss820 to the #52books taglist. She‘d like to join! (edited) 1mo
Cinfhen Will do - thanks @BarbaraBB and welcome to the crew @AshleyHoss820 1mo
AshleyHoss820 @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen Thank you!! 1mo
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