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Completed prompts for the regular challenge. Incomprehensible titles are likely in Dutch.

A Book...

1. recommended by a librarian: De Offers
2. that has been on your TBR for way too long: -
3. of letters: -
4. an audiobook: -
5. by a person of colour: Parable of the talents, The moor's account
6. with one of the seasons in the title: Winter
7. that is a story within a story: Magpie murder
8. by multiple authors: -
9. an espionage thriller: Empire Games
10. with a cat on the cover: De oorlog van de Lulu's
11. by an author with a pseudonym: -
12. a bestseller from a gnere you don't normally read: De ontdeugende hertogin, The heart-shaped box
13. by or about a person who has a disability: Borders of Infinity
14. involving travel: De weg
15. with a subtitle: De schoonheid van de echtgenoot, een fictie essay in 29 tango's
16. that's been published in 2017: Empire games, Het eind is ons begin
17. involving a mythical creature: Percy Jackson and the lightning thief
18. that never fails to make you smile: -
19. about food: Love soup
20. with career advice: Diep Werk
21. from a non-human perspective: Saturn's Children
22. a steampunk novel: -
23. with a red spine: Noodweer
24. set in the wilderness: Vernietinging
25. you loved as a child: Artemis Fowl
26. by an author from a country you've never visited: Nexus, De koffer van de leraar
27. with a title that's a character's name: Tamara Drewe
28. set during wartime: - 
29. with an unreliable narrator: -
30. with pictures: Tamara Drewe, Black Orchid, De oorlog van de Lulu's
31. where the main character is a different ethnicity than you: Parable of the talents, Tas van de leraar, Saturday's kinderen
32. about an interesting woman: De groep, mijn geniale vriendin
33. Set in two different time periods: -
34. with a month or day of the week in the title: Saturday's kinderen
35. set in a hotel: -
36. written by someone you admire: Pluche
37. that's becoming a movie in 2017: -
38. set around a holiday other than Christmas: Vriendschappelijk vuur
39. first book in a series you haven't read before: List en Leugens
40. you bought on a trip: -

27/40 prompts fulfilled. Sometimes a title fulfills more than one prompt, sometimes a prompt has more than one title that fills it. I'll think of a reporting solution for this at some point in this year. 

There are also a number of advanced promts:

1. A book recommended by an author you love: -
2. a bestseller from 2016: - 
3. A book wih a family-member in the title: Saturday's kinderen
4. A book that takes place over a character's life span: -
5. A book about an immigrant or refugee: De ambassade van Cambodja
6. A book from a genre/subgenre you've never heard of: -
7. A book with an eccentric character: 
8. A book that's more than 800 pages: currently reading
9. A book you got from a used book sale: Borders of Infinity
10. A book that's been mentioned in another book: 
11. A book on a difficult topic: 
12. A book based on mythology: Percy Jackson and the lightning thief

 4/12 prompts fulfilled, 5th prompt fill underway. 

In an attempt to widen my reading habits, I printed out the Popsugar Reading Challenge 2017. (printable) I figured I should probably report on how I'm doing.

1. • A book recommended by a librarian: 
   • A book that's been on your TBF for too long: 
   • A book of letters
   • An audiobook
   • A book by a person of colour: Octavia Butler, Earthseed
   • A book with one of the seasons in the title: 
   • A book that is a story within a story: 
   • A book with multiple authors
   • An espionage thriller: Charles Stross, Empire Games
   • A book with a cat on the cover
   • A book by an author who uses a pseudonym
   • A bestseller in a genre you don't normally read, Eloise James, De ondeugende hertogin/Duchess by night
   • A book by or about a person who has a disability: 
   • A book involving travel: 
   • A book that's published in 2017: Charles Stross, Empire Games
   • A book involving a mythical creature: Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson 
   • A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile
   • A book about food
   • A book with career advice
   • A book from a non-human perspective
   • A steampunk novel
   • A book with a red spine
   • A book set in the wilderness
   • A book you loved as a child
   • A book by an author from a country you've never visited: Jeff Vandermeer, Vernietiging
   • A book with a title that's a character's name:
   • A novel set during wartime: 
   • A book with an unreliable narrator:
   • A book with pictures: Posey Simmons, Tamara Drewe, 
   • A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you: Octavia Butler, Earthseed
   • A book about an interesting woman: Mary McCarthy, De Groep/The Group
   • A book set in two different time periods: 
   • A book with a month or a day of the week in the title
   • A book set in a hotel
   • A book written by someone you admire: Femke Halsema, Pluche
   • A book that's becoming a movie in 2017
   • A book set around another holiday than Christmas
   • The first book in a series you haven't read before
   • A book you bought on a trip