Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

MARCH

Spring
1. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in SPRING: The Nutmeg of Consolation, by Patrick O'Brian -- finished 3/21/20
2. Read a coming-of-age or inspirational book
3. Read a book with themes related to nature: The Thirteen-Gun Salute, by Patrick O'Brian -- finished 3/15/20

March Birthdays: Gabriel García Márquez
1. Read a book set in Colombia.
2. Read a book with themes inspired by the author's life or values (family, magical realism, Latin American politics/social issues): Witchmark, by C.L. Polk -- finished 3/8/20
3. Read a book by an author who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature: Misalliance by George Bernard Shaw -- finished 3/9/20

March Madness
1. Read a book with a page count that appears in the number 9,223,372,036,854,775,808.
2. Read a book published between 1931 and 1968.
3. Read a book set in Kansas, North Carolina, California, or Tennessee: All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders (set primarily in San Francisco, CA) -- finished 3/1/20

St. Patrick's Day
1. Read a book written by an author whose initials appear in Maewyn Succat: The Golden Key by Marian Womack -- finished 3/30/20
2. Read a book with a theme of good vs. evil: The Witch Elm by Tana French -- finished 3/4/20
3. In honor of the famous Shamrock, read a book that is third or fourth in a series: Wayside School Beneath the Cloud of Doom by Louis Sachar -- finished 3/14/20

APRIL

April Fool's Day
1. Read a humorous book: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry -- finished 4/10/20
2. Read a book with a fish on the cover: Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia -- finished 4/8/20
3. Read a book whose author's initials are found in APRIL FOOLS DAY: So Pretty a Problem by Francis Duncan -- finished 4/20/20

Spring Sports: Baseball
1. Read a book written in OR set in the 1800s: To Have and to Hoax by Martha Waters -- finished 4/23/20
2. Read a book with a 3 in the page number: Polite Society by Mahesh Rao -- finished 4/5/20
3. Read a book off of one of the lists that feature sports:

Earth Day
1. Read a book with a green cover OR with a plant on the cover: Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire -- finished 4/3/20
2. Read a book in which the character travels through more than one country: Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw -- finished 4/1/20
3. Read a cli-fi book:

April Birthdays: Maya Angelou
1. Read a banned book:
2. Read a book by an author who has more than 30 published works: The Invasion by K.A. Applegate -- finished 4/2/20
3. Read a book featuring the Civil Rights movement:

MAY

May Day
1. Read a book that has the letters MAY (in any order) in the title.
✅2. Read a book with a colorful cover: Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen
3. Read a book where a character is a tradesman who works with their hands.

Cinco de Mayo
1. Read a book written by a Mexican or Mexican American author.
2. Read a book set in Mexico.
✅3. Read a book that is part of a series that contains a multiple of five books in the series (5 books, 10 books, 20 books, etc. in the series, but you can read any book of the series): Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch (counting the novellas, there are currently 10 books in this series)

May Birthdays: Frank L. Baum
✅1. Read a children's/middle grade/YA book: The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian
2. Read a book with a female main character that leaves home.
3. Read a book that was made into a movie.

Mother's Day
✅1. Read a book that starts with a letter in MOTHERS DAY: The Deck of Omens by Christine Lynn Herman
✅2. Read a book that features someone's relationship with their mother: Heroine Worship by Sarah Kuhn
3. Read a book featured on one of the "mom" lists

Possible options for April prompts...

April Fool's Day: Untamed Shore for a fish on the cover; Midnight Riot for a humorous book; So Pretty a Problem for author initials in APRIL FOOLS DAY.

Baseball: Every Heart a Doorway or When We Were Magic for 3 in the page count; Things in Jars or an Aubrey-Maturin book for set in the 1800s.

Earth Day: Every Heart a Doorway, Winterwood, or The Authentics for green/plant on the cover; an Aubrey-Maturin for traveling through more than one country.

Maya Angelou: An Animorphs book for "more than 30 published works"; or Eleanor & Park for a banned book.

Ideas for May prompts--

May Day
2. Read a book with a colorful cover: The Priory of the Orange Tree, or Book of Longing
3. Read a book where a character is a tradesman who works with their hands. Whispers Under Ground fits this, with all the potters for start, but I might want to use it on the Cinco de Mayo prompt instead.


Cinco de Mayo
3. Read a book that is part of a series that contains a multiple of five books in the series (5 books, 10 books, 20 books, etc. in the series, but you can read any book of the series): Whispers Under Ground (counting the two novellas, there are currently 10 books in this series), or one of the Aubrey-Maturin books (there are 20 finished novels in the series).

May Birthdays: Frank L. Baum
1. Read a children's/middle grade/YA book. (You can ignore the 100 page rule.): I have a lot of kids' books I plan to read to my young nephew & niece over zoom this month, I'm sure I'll hit it!
2. Read a book with a female main character that leaves home: Farthing


Mother's Day
1. Read a book that starts with a letter in MOTHERS DAY: The Deck of Omens (done)
2. Read a book that features someone's relationship with their mother: Farthing