Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

CLARE'S ATY 2020 PLAN

USEFUL LINKS
2020 Reading Challenge Listopias

MY PLAN
➜ Read in a random order.
➜ Use as many books I already own / library books as possible.
➜ I am going by MY rules. I really don't care if some of my book choices don't fit with other peoples interpretations of the prompts.
➜ Complete a minium of 30 prompts.
➜ Add as many countries to my reading map as possible.

✈✈✈ READING MAP ✈✈✈



✈ COUNTRIES VISITED IN 2020 ✈
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✈ POSSIBLE COUNTRIES TO VISIT IN 2020 ✈

THE 2020 READ LIST

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[ ] 1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
[ ] 2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
[ ] 3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
[ ] 4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
[ ] 5. The first book in a series that you have not started

[ ] 6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
[ ] 7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
[ ] 8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
[ ] 9. A book that can be read in a day

[ ] 10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
[ ] 11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
[ ] 12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
[ ] 13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge
[ ] 14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers

[ ] 15. A book set in a global city
[ ] 16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
[ ] 17. A book with a neurodiverse character
[ ] 18. A book by an author you've only read once before

[ ] 19. A fantasy book
[ ] 20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
[ ] 21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719
[ ] 22. A book with the major theme of survival

[ ] 23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
[ ] 24. A book with an emotion in the title
[ ] 25. A book related to the arts
[ ] 26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
[ ] 27. A history or historical fiction

[ ] 28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
[ ] 29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
[ ] 30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
[ ] 31. A book inspired by a leading news story

[ ] 32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
[ ] 33. A book about a non-traditional family
[ ] 34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
[ ] 35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover

[ ] 36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
[ ] 37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
[ ] 38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
[ ] 39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce

[ ] 40. A book with a place name in the title
[ ] 41. A mystery
[ ] 42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’
[ ] 43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
[ ] 44. A book related to witches

[ ] 45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
[ ] 46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
[ ] 47. A classic book you've always meant to read
[ ] 48. A book published in 2020

[ ] 49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win
[ ] 50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
[ ] 51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
[ ] 52. A book related to time

POSSIBLE READS (Part 1)

1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y


2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable


3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019


4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live


5. The first book in a series that you have not started


6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover


7. A book set in the southern hemisphere


8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"


9. A book that can be read in a day


10. A book that is between 400-600 pages


11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
( 1901, 1907, 1913, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1951, 1973, 1979, 1987, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2011, 2017 )

12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people


13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (LINK)
See THIS post

14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (LINK)
Alice Munro
Annie Proulx
Alice Walker
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Zadie Smith
Mary Shelley
Louise Erdrich
Kate Atkinson
Agatha Christie
Yaa Gyasi
Emily St. John Mandel
NoViolet Bulawayo
Celeste Ng

15. A book set in a global city
(Global city, defined as London, New York City, Tokyo, Paris, Singapore, Amsterdam, Seoul, Berlin, Hong Kong, Sydney, Beijing, Shanghai, and Dubai).
- Sydney
- Paris
- Tokyo
- Seoul
- New York

16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area


17. A book with a neurodiverse character


18. A book by an author you've only read once before


19. A fantasy book


20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]


21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719


22. A book with the major theme of survival


23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author


24. A book with an emotion in the title


25. A book related to the arts


26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards

POSSIBLE READS (Part 2)

27. A history or historical fiction


28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author


29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book


30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year


31. A book inspired by a leading news story


32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan


33. A book about a non-traditional family


34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name


35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover


36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim


37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2


39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce


40. A book with a place name in the title


41. A mystery


42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ (LINK)


43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
(death, war/conquest, famine, plague/pestilence)


44. A book related to witches


45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018


46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"


47. A classic book you've always meant to read
https://www.listchallenges.com/bbcs-t...

48. A book published in 2020


49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (LINK)


50. A book with a silhouette on the cover


51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title


52. A book related to time

EXTRA WORKING OUT

PROMPT 13 -
A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (LINK)

-----2016
A book originally written in a language other than English Hypothermia

-----2017
An epistolary fiction

-----2018
An "own voices" book

-----2019
A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject)
A children’s classic you’ve never read
A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction]

PROMPT 49 -
A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (LINK)

- A book originally written in a language other than English or your mother tongue Hypothermia
- A book set in a country with a population of less than one million Hypothermia
- A book related to Earth Day (for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day)
- A book originally written in a language that is NOT one of the 10 most spoken worldwide Hypothermia
- A book written by an author who passed away in the last five years
- An own voices book
- A book whose title is a line from or title of a song

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