#thischallengekilledthebookworm — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #thischallengekilledthebookworm, aggregated by home.social.
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Book 63 for 2026. "The Reformatory" by Tananarive Due.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (Outside your comfort zone).
#BLQ26 (Outside your comfort zone).
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (Creepy cover).http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-63-for-2026-the-reformatory
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Book 54 for 2026: "Consort of Fire" by Kit Rocha.
#BLQ26 (About dragons).
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (Paranormal romance).http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-54-for-2026-consort-of-fire
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Book 53 for 2026: "The Calculating Stars" by Mary Robinette Kowal.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (About women astronauts).
#The52BookClub (Includes a natural disaster).
#BLQ26 (Alternate history). #ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (Space travel).
#ATY2026 (Related to a Van Gogh painting [Starry Night]).http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-53-for-2026-the-calculating-stars
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Book 52 for 2026: "The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea" by Axie Oh.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (bout an undersea society).
#The52BookClub (Standalone fantasy).
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookWorm (Scaled creatures).
#ATY2026 (Related to the name of one of Santa's reindeer: one character is the Fox Goddess, therefore a Vixen).http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-52-for-2026-the-girl-who-fell-beneath-the-sea
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Book 51 for 2026: "The Clock House Murders" by Yukito Ayatsuji.
#The52BookClub (Includes a red herring).
#BLQ26 (Locked room mystery).
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (It's a mystery).
#ATY2026 (Set in an isolated location).http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-51-for-2026-the-clock-house-murders
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Book 50 for 2026: "The Sirens" by Emilia Hart.
#BLQ26 (2025 bestseller).
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (Water works).
#ATY2026 (An author's second book).http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-50-for-2026-the-sirens
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Book 45 for 2026: "The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde."
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (Mentions my zodiac sign).
#The52BookClub (Spans 10+ years).
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (There's probably a deity involved somehow).http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-45-for-2026-the-collected-poems-of-audre-lorde
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Book 41 for 2026: "You Better Be Lightning," poems by Andrea Gibson.
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (The great English pastime of commenting on the weather).
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Book 40 for 2026: "When the Moon Hits Your Eye" by John Scalzi.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (Inspired by a real song, band or singer).
#The52BookClub (Deus ex machina). #BLQChallenge26 (Book I meant to read in 2025).
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (set far, far away).http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-40-for-2026-when-the-moon-hits-your-eye
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Book 39 for 2026: "The Black Bonspiel of Willie MacCrimmon" by W.O. Mitchell, about a curling match played against the Devil.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (About my favorite sport at the Winter Olympics.)
#The52BookClub (Requires suspension of disbelief.)
#BLQChallenge26 (Absurd premise.)
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (Bargain.)http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-39-for-2026-the-black-bonspiel-of-willie-maccrimmon
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Book 35 for 2026: "The Hunger Moon: New and Selected Poems, 1980-2010" by Marge Piercy.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge: Paired prompt: two books by married or partnered authors. (Will be paired with "You're Married to Her?" by Ira Wood.)
#The52BookClub: Paired prompt: two books by related authors.
#BLQ26: An author you love.
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm: Such a fungi.http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-35-for-2026-the-hunger-moon
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Book 29 for 2026: "Demon in the Wood" by Leigh Bardugo, illustrated by Dani Pendergast.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge: Includes a "shadow daddy" character.
#The52BookClub Title in a serif font.
#BLQ26: Title starts with "D."
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm Beware of the woods. -
Book 25 for 2026: "Every Heart a Doorway," first book in Seanan McGuire's "Wayward Children" series.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge : About new beginnings.
#The52BookClub : A book that cost you nothing.
#BLQ26 : Published in 2016.
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm : Fairies are good. -
Book 22 for 2026: "A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking," by T. Kingfisher.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (Includes a "granny hobby").
#52BookClub (Title includes "guide to").
#BLQ26 (Underdog story).
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (A book by T. Kingfisher).http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-22-for-2026-a-wizards-guide-to-defensive-baking
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Book 21 for 2026: "You Are My Joy and Pain: Love Poems" by Naomi Long Madgett.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (Author from Michigan, or book set in Michigan).
#The52BookClub (Started on the 26th of the month).
#BLQ26 ( Book that makes you happy).
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (Pretty cover).http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-21-for-2026-you-are-my-joy-and-pain
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Book 18 for 2026: "How to Kill a Witch," by Zoe Venditozzi and Claire Mitchell.
#The52BookClub (2025 award winner).
#BLQ2026 (2025 Goodreads Choice Award Winner).
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (Witchcraft).http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-18-for-2026how-to-kill-a-witch
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Book 16 for 2026: "Unseen Academicals," a Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (About college).
#BLQ2026 (Set in a school).
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (Dark Academia).http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-16-for-2026-unseen-academicals
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Book 14 for 2026: "Six Feet Over: Science Tackles the Afterlife," by Mary Roach.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (Book that doesn't fit any of the prompts).
#The52BookClub (3-syllable word in the title).
#BLQ2026 (Discussion-worthy read - because my book club is discussing it).
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (Working in STEM). -
Book 10 for 2026: "Friday Black," short stories by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, with the same satirical bite as his novel "Chain Gang All-Stars."
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (Under 260 pages)
#The52BookClub (Day of the week in the title)
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (Retail therapy)http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-10-for-2026-friday-black
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Book 8 for 2026: "The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories" by Oscar Wilde. Sort of a 19th-century Beetlejuice.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (Travel ghost story)
#52BookClubChallenge (Written in the 1800s)
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (Cozy fantasy)http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-8-for-2026-the-canterville-ghost
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Book 7 for 2026: "Banned Book Club," a graphic memoir by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada, illustrated by Ko Hyung-Ju.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (about a book club)
#The52BookClub (no quotation marks - yes I shamelessly used a graphic novel to get around this category)
#BooklistQueenChallenge (about injustice)
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (Bookish)http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-7-for-2026-the-banned-book-club
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Book 6 for 2026: "The Bandit Queens" by Parini Shroff. A dark comedy where very bad men get what's coming to them.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (About debt)
#The52BookClub (Includes a nosy neighbor)
#BooklistQueenChallenge (Set in India)
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (A fun book)http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-6-for-2026-the-bandit-queens
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Book 5 for 2026: "The Children of Men," by PD James. After 25 years of no children born on earth, one woman is about to change everything.
#PopsugarReadingChallenge (Deals with infertility)
#The52BookClub (Bookface [partial face on book cover])
#BooklistQueenChallenge (From the bottom of your to-read list)
#ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (The End of the World...Or Is It?)http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-5-for-2026-the-children-of-men
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Book 1 for 2026: "Exit Strategy," 4th book in the Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells.
Managed to hit all my reading challenges: #PopsugarReadingChallenge (Type C personality), #52BookClubChallenge (from a series of 8+ books), #BooklistQueenChallenge (artificial intelligence), and #ThisChallengeKilledTheBookworm (artificial intelligence and/or stupidity).
http://www.lauraruthloomis.com/whats-new/book-1-for-2026-exit-strategy