Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

✔1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016 A Gentleman in Moscow ****
✔2. A book with at least 2 perspectives (multiple points of view) Orphan Train ***
✔3. A book you meant to read in 2016 Another Brooklyn ****
✔4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E" Inshallah ***
✔5. A historical fiction The Whiskey Sea ***
✔6. A book being released as a movie in 2017  Murder on the Orient Express ***
✔7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title Heirs and Graces ***
✔8. A book written by a person of color Homegoing *****
✔9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list The Muse ****
✔10. A dual-timeline novel The Perfume Collector ****
11. A category from another challenge 2017 Read Harder Challenge > Task #10: Read a book that is set within 100 miles of your location Before the Fall **
12. A book based on a myth The Golem and the Jinni
✔13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors My Not So Perfect Life recommended by JoJo Moyes ***
✔14. A book with a strong female character Americanah *****
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland) the thirst
✔16. A mystery A Royal Pain ****
17. A book with illustrations Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
✔18. A really long book (600+ pages) The Mists of Avalon ****
✔19. A New York Times best-seller The Underground Railroad *****
20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading
✔21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read Royal Flush ***
✔22. A book by an author you haven't read before Commonwealth ****
✔23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list (link) Possession ***
24. A book written by at least two authors Guernsy pie
25. A book about a famous historical figure Stolen Beauty ****
✔26. An adventure book State of Wonder ***
27. A book by one of your favorite authors Agnes Grey
✔28. A non-fiction The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue ****
✔29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre) - check all the editions The Marriage Bargain ***
✔30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books Eleanor & Park ***
✔ 31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre historic The Mermaid Chair (Southern Literature) ****
✔32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle) The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox ***
✔ 33. A magical realism novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ***
✔ 34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere The Japanese Lover ***
35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten
36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee (link) The Man in the High Castle
37. A book you choose randomly Underground Airlines **
✔38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature Hag-Seed ***
✔39. An epistolary fiction The Remains of the Day ***
40. A book published in 2017 adrianna trigianni
41. A book with an unreliable narrator
Gillespie and I **
42. A best book of the 21st century (so far) or Half of a Yellow Sun
43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold) Dracula
44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next" (link) Last days of dogtown (peopel of the book)
45. A book with a one-word title
46. A time travel novel Kindred
47. A past suggestion that didn't win (link) Place you want to vacation Shell Seekers
48. A banned book house of spirits jude farwell to arms
✔49. A book from someone else's bookshelf The Woman in Cabin 10 **
50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition lucky jim
✔51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays)  Blackbird House ****
52. A book set in a fictional location

Katie wrote: "Your list looks good so far, Pamela. Possession is a great book: hope you enjoy it :)"

I hope so! I tried it years ago and hated it but am thinking time to try again!

I tried Possession a few years ago too and couldn't do it. Good luck!

MJ wrote: "I tried Possession a few years ago too and couldn't do it. Good luck!"

Here's hoping the last 20 years has changed me into someone who can. And if not, at least that'll be another book in the donate pile!

Pamela wrote: "MJ wrote: "I tried Possession a few years ago too and couldn't do it. Good luck!"

Here's hoping the last 20 years has changed me into someone who can. And if not, at least that'll be another book ..."

I liked it! Read it a long time ago :)

Nicki wrote: "I liked it! Read it a long time ago :) ."

Oh good! I normally like your suggestions!

Katie wrote: "Pamela wrote: "I hope so! I tried it years ago and hated it but am thinking time to try again!"

It's a very literary book, I find, and I think that's the kind of book you have to be in the mood fo..."

Well, I got 7 books off hold from the library last night and few are already on my challenge list, so there's my first challenge of the year! Darn library. And to get them, I had to surrender Underground Railroad not done yet.

Katie wrote: "Ah, no, I hate when you have to give a book back before you're done :( But hopefully the books you got are worth it :)"
I finished Another Brooklyn last night and it was good. An interesting read. It wasn't in my plan so not sure if I'm going to count it!

Katie wrote: "Maybe you'll find a place for it :)"

I'm doing it for something you meant to read in 2016

Finished Possession- there was quite a bit of skimming, it's a bit overwritten. I liked the main story and the research components but not all the literary stuff. I felt like the author was a bit too in love with itself. I fell it won all the awards for the same reason LaLa Land is- industries loves things that make them look good.

Onto Orphan Train (it looks fast!) and finishing Dovekeepers.

Already moving around- realize my whole pile of historical novels are multiple perspective so have moved Possession to a week with less choices.

Homegoing was SO good! Although I didn't get emotionally involved with any of the characters, I did into the story.

then I moved onto Whiskey Sea, a Bookbub $1.99 deal and could see why it was a deal.

Finally finished Underground Railroad (had to wait forever for the library to give it back. WOW!! I think that is the best writing I've ever seen.

Finished Gentleman in Moscow- utterly delightful!

Gaw!! 4 books behind! Darn job!

Only three books behind.... sped through the Blackbird House which most people might not like but since it's about the history of the Outer Cape (well about people living there but I see it as history), of course I was grading on a curve.