Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

My oldest daughter is also participating in this challenge so many of the books we will be reading together.

★= Mother/daughter buddy read

✓01. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy:
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, 4/02 ★★★
A Night to Surrender, 4/23 ★★★★


✓02. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why):
Why Not Me?, 3/07 ★★★★
What She Knew, 4/07 ★★★


✓03. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y:
The Spiral Down, 2/22 ★★★
When All the Girls Have Gone, 2/23 ★★


✓04. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc):
Owned by the Hitman, 4/03 ★★★
Claiming a Pirate, 4/21 ★★


05. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare:
Vinegar Girl, 1/23 ★★
The Wedding Pact


✓06. A book with a dual timeline:
Next Year in Havana, 3/10 ★★★
The Girl He Used to Know, 5/29 ★★★★


✓07. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1:
The Stonekeeper, 4/07 ★★★★
Handle With Care, 4/14 ★★★


✓08. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2:
The Prince and the Dressmaker, 1/24 ★★★★
Love You So Special, 3/11 ★★★★


✓09. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror):
The Kiss Quotient, 3/18 ★★★★
Roomies, 1/11 ★★★


10. A book featuring an historical figure:
The Alienist
Nefertiti


11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject):
A Wish Upon the Stars, 2/20 ★★★★
Alpha Awakened


12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer:
In Other Words...Murder
Tight Quarters


13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list:
The Friend★
Calypso


14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term:
Beautiful Chaos
Blue Moon: Too Good to Be True


15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country:
Beneath a Scarlet Sky★
The Alice Network


16. A book told from multiple perspectives:
Someone Knows
A Torch Against the Night


17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia):
Balefire
Cell


18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements:
The Copper Horse: Fear (Zombie Gentlemen)
Spinning Silver


19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR:
End of Watch
Fence #11


20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country:
Where the World Ends, 4/21 ★★
Frog


21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes:
Gunslinger Girl★, (alliteration)
Pretty in Pink, (trans author)


22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover:
It Takes Two to Tumble
The 6th Target


23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old:
Persuasion
Murder at the Vicarage


24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New:
How to Be a Movie Star
Come Find Me


25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed:
The Death of Mrs. Westaway
Saga, Vol. 9


26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue:
Tailspin
Stranger in a Strange Land

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27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list:
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Never Let Me Go


28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.):
Snow Falling
The Ice Princess


29. A book published before 1950:
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
The Secret of Red Gate Farm


30. A book featuring an elderly character:
The Snow Child
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk


31. A children’s classic you’ve never read:
Stuart Little
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory


32. A book with more than 500 pages:
Pet Sematary
Pretty Girls


33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet:
Social Skills
Heart-Shaped Box


34. A book with a person's name in the title:
The Many Sins of Lord Cameron
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter


35. A psychological thriller:
The Breakdown
Something in the Water


36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list:
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue★
Righteous


37. A book set in a school or university:
The Foxhole Court★
No! Jocks Don't Date Guys


38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc):
Paper Girls, Vol. 1
The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins


39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life:
The Kite Runner
The Lady Chosen


40. A book you stumbled upon:
Steelheart
The Fearless Highlander


41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards:
Hello Stranger
Little Moments of Love


42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character:
American Psycho★
Go Away, Big Green Monster!


43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction]:
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
A Short History of Nearly Everything


44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.):
Missing You
The Hotel Riviera


45. A multi-generational saga:
Middlesex
The Thorn Birds


46. A book with a (mostly) black cover:
RoomHate
Dumplin'


47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.):
Feeding the Soul
Catering to Nobody


48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year:
Never Fall Down★
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America


49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country:
Flame in the Mist★
The Narrow Road to the Deep North


50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual):
Under the Never Sky★
Into the Wild


51. A book published in 2019:
An Anonymous Girl
The Doctor's Secret


52. A book with a weird or intriguing title:
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir★
Since You're Leaving Anyway, Take Out the Trash

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