They say the holidays are the most wonderful time of the year, but around these parts, we know nothing tops the launch of the annual Popsugar Reading Challenge — our take on a virtual book club that connects book lovers all around the world. That's part of the reason we're giving readers an extra month this year to get started working through the 50 prompts that we've compiled, each one designed to keep your bibliophile juices flowing and your library card dust-free.
While it's possible that some of the books you'll choose to read over the next year won't be rosy in nature (I, for one, love a dark and twisted read), the theme for the 2026 Reading Challenge certainly is; not just rosy, but also leafy and viney and all-around generative. The idea is that our prompts will "plant" your "garde

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