Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Finally posting this after shuffling and reshuffling books.

Woot!

1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann (11/16/2020) ★★★★
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
The Angel of Darkness by Caleb Carr
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (01/09/2020) ★★★★★
5. The first book in a series that you have not started
And Then There Were Crumbs by Eve Calder

6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (reading)
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
The Convert by Danai Gurira set in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
The Misanthrope by Moliere (11/16/2020)

9. A book that can be read in a day
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose by Dr. Seuss (08/01/2020) ★★★★
10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
Small Favor by Jim Butcher
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
The X-Files: Earth Children are Weirdby Jason Rekulak and Kim Smith 2017 (09/01/2020) ★★★★
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
The Floating Admiral by The Detection Club
written by 15 British mystery/crime writers who were part of the Detection Club

13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge
a biography, autobiography, or memoir from 2016’s challenge
Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta Lynn
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin

15. A book set in a global city
A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny set in London
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell
17. A book with a neurodiverse character
On the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis
18. A book by an author you've only read once before
Wild Seed by Octavia Butler

19. A fantasy book
Fantastic Beasts - The Crimes of Grindelwald: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling (09/13/2020) ★★★★★
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie 20th Hercule Poirot book
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719
Artemis by Andy Weir
22. A book with the major theme of survival
The Call of the Wild by Jack London (01/28/2020) ★★★★★

23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
Down Among the Sticks and Bones by Seanan McGuire
24. A book with an emotion in the title
The Valley of Fear by Sherlock Holmes
25. A book related to the arts
Country Music: An Illustrated History by Ken Burns & Dayton Duncan
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
27. A history or historical fiction
TBD


28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
Eclipsed by Danai Gurira
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
31. A book inspired by a leading news story
I Know Your Kind: Poems by William Brewer (08/08/2020) ★★★★

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan Surfing is a new Olympic sport in 2020.
33. A book about a non-traditional family
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers found family
34. A book from a genre or sub-genre that starts with a letter in your name
nanopunk
Prey by Michael Crichton
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
Medea by Euripides

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix (reading)
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
Day Shift by Charlaine Harris
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
Night Shift by Charlaine Harris
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

40. A book with a place name in the title
The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien
41. A mystery
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’
On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard nominated for a Hugo Award in the Best Novella category
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
In the Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters plague/pestilence
44. A book related to witches
A Cast-Off Coven by Juliet Blackwell

45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
Redshirts by John Scalzi
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
47. A classic book you've always meant to read
Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
48. A book published in 2020
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win
A book by an indigenous woman
An American Sunrise: Poems by Joy Harjo
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
The Highwayman by Craig Johnson (08/22/2020) ★★★★
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman (09/03/2020) ★★★★
52. A book related to time
TBD

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This year has been dreadful in terms of reading. One would think that being in quarantine would have given me plenty of time to read, but that's not how it worked out. I'm going to do my level best to finish as much of this as I can. I have a few in-progress books going. Crossing fingers that I can finish at least a few this year.