Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Shannon reads 2020
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1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
Old Soldiers Never Die
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
Mr. Dickens and His Carol
(Read A Christmas Carol in December 2019)
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
The Choice
5. The first book in a series that you have not started
The Physician
6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
The Wind in the Willows

7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
Lonely Vigil: Coastwatchers of the Solomons
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
The Carer
9. A book that can be read in a day
Talk to Yourself Like a Buddhist: Five Mindful Practices to Silence Negative Self-Talk
10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
Daughter of Fortune
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
The History of Bees
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (Link)
Ten Women
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (link)
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
15. A book set in a global city
Blackstone and the Rendezvous with Death
(London)
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
Destiny's Children: A Saga of Early California
California's Sierra Nevada
17. A book with a neurodiverse character
The Beekeeper of Aleppo
The wife is psychologically blind
18. A book by an author you've only read once before
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises
19. A fantasy book
The Humans
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
Negative Self-Talk and How to Change It
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719
The Giver of Stars
22. A book with the major theme of survival
The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride
23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
Less
24. A book with an emotion in the title
The Hungry Road
25. A book related to the arts
The Music Shop
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
The Body: A Guide for Occupants
27. A history or historical fiction
Miss Benson's Beetle
28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author

29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year

31. A book inspired by a leading news story
Fighting for the French Foreign Legion
32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
Set in Japan
33. A book about a non-traditional family
A Long Petal of the Sea
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness
Non Fiction
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
The Beekeeper's Apprentice

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
The Authenticity Project
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
Quiet: Learning to silence the brain chatter and believing that you’re good enough
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
Of Monkey Bridges and Bánh Mì Sandwiches: from Sài Gòn to Texas by Oanh Ngo Usadi
40. A book with a place name in the title
The Stray Cats of Homs
Homs, Syria
41. A mystery
An English Murder
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ (link)
The Lowland
Booker 2013 nominee
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
Hamnet
Plague
44. A book related to witches
The Familiars
45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
The Guardians by John Grisham
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
The Bridges at Toko-ri
Korean War
47. A classic book you've always meant to read
2001: A Space Odyssey
48. A book published in 2020
The Midnight Library
49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link)
Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden
A book with a character's name in the title
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
Every Note Played

51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
The Headspace Guide To... Mindful Eating: 10 Days to Finding Your Ideal Weight
52. A book related to time
A Week in December

3 to go :)