Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

This is the first time I've not been in school of some sort so I wasn't sure if 52 books was doable and I've never done a planned reading challange, but April 1st I'm 20 books in so I guess it's time to commit.

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
Truly Madly Guilty
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
Norse Mythology
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)
Little Fires Everywhere
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
John Muir, Earth - Planet, Universe
5. A book about or inspired by real events
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
The Silent Dead
7. A gothic novel
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
8. An "own voices" book*
When Dimple Met Rishi
9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
The Night Circus
11. A literary fiction
Everything Here Is Beautiful
12. A book set in Africa or South America
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
Secret Life: Firsthand, Documented Accounts of Ufo Abductions
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
The Witch Doesn't Burn in this One
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
Fallout
16. A narrative nonfiction
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
18. A book with a location in the title
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
A Madness So Discreet
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
Scott Pilgrim, Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
21. A book written in first person perspective
Six Feet Over It
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
23. A medical or legal thriller
Young Dr. Kildare
24. A book with a map
Children of Blood and Bone
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen
26. A book with a text only cover
The Princess Saves Herself in this One
27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
The Warded Man
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
The Ice Beneath Her
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
Coraline
30. A short book
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
She Wore Red Trainers
32. An alternate history book
Marvel 1602
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
Besties
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)
The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana Zapata
35. A book featuring a murder
A Study in Charlotte
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
Labyrinth Lost
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
Lullabies for Little Criminals
38. A science book or a science fiction book
The Broken Kingdoms
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
From Twinkle, with Love
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
A Wrinkle in Time
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
Modern Romance
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
The Girl from Everywhere
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
How to Get into the Twin Palms
44. A ghost story
The Ghost Bride
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
The Mist
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
Lucy in the Sky
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
Eligible
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
Adulthood Is a Myth
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
Anne of Green Gables
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers
52. A book published in 2018
A Girl Like That

January Reads

February Reads

I slacked this month

March Reads

Young Dr. Kildare was published in the 30s and doesn't have a cover on Goodreads, but I finished that one too

April Reads

May

What did you think of Children of Blood and Bone? Six of Crows? And all the others- you haven't rated them!

Anna wrote: "What did you think of Children of Blood and Bone? Six of Crows? And all the others- you haven't rated them!"

I really enjoyed Children of Blood and Bone, I really like YA fantasy to start with. I was a little bummed over the ending, but it was an enjoyable, relatively quick read and it’s set up to be a series so there will be more to come. I would give it 4.25 stars. I haven’t read six of crows yet!

June

July

August

As I'm almost all the way through the challenge and I've read almost 100 book this year I've decided to fill in other books I've read where they fit and see if I can't get through this list twice.

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
The Last Place You Look
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)
Paper Girls, Vol. 2
4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
5. A book about or inspired by real events
Brides of Eden: A True Story Imagined
6. A book originally written in a language other than English
7. A gothic novel
A Study in Scarlet
8. An "own voices" book*
Love, Hate & Other Filters
9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
11. A literary fiction
12. A book set in Africa or South America
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire

15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
The Princess Diaries
16. A narrative nonfiction
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
Yes Please
18. A book with a location in the title
4:50 from Paddington
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
The Body in the Library
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
21. A book written in first person perspective
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
23. A medical or legal thriller
The Surgeon
24. A book with a map
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
26. A book with a text only cover

27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
Like Water on Stone
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
30. A short book
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
Debutantes
32. An alternate history book
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)
35. A book featuring a murder
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
Black Panther #1
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
38. A science book or a science fiction book
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials

42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
44. A ghost story
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
These Broken Stars
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
52. A book published in 2018

Wow!! Good for you Brittany 😊

Tracy wrote: "Wow!! Good for you Brittany 😊"

Thanks!! I really like lists and I hate when I have books that don’t belong on lists lol