Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Not quite so lucky with this one as I have been with the others - two prompts I couldn't fill from my next 12 AtY books, so I've added in a couple of side reads that fit PopSugar prompts I didn't have filled yet.

June - 4/4
July - 4/4
August - 4/4

JUNE

1. Pride Month

a. Read a book with at least 5 different colors of the rainbow on the cover.
✔b. Read a book featuring an LGBTQIA+ protagonist (not side character).
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
c. Read a book that was nominated for or won the Lambda Award.

2. June Birthdays: Anne Frank

a. Read a book set during WWII.
b. Read a book that was published in sometime between 1900 and 1950.
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf - published in 1925 (running out of time for this one, with it being an extra book, so I switched to the only thing I could get as an audiobook)
✔c. Read The Diary of Anne Frank.
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

3. Father's Day

✔a. Read a book that starts with a letter in FATHERS DAY.
Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
b. Read a book that features someone's relationship with their father.
c. Read a book featured on one of these lists about fathers:

4. Hit the Beach

✔a. Read a book with a yellow or blue cover.
City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong

b. Read a book where someone goes to the beach.
c. Read a book found on this list of best beach reads.

JULY

1. Halfway There!

a. Read a book with a page number that ends in 2.
✔b. Read a book that is divided into multiple parts (rather than, or in addition to, chapters).
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
It's split into sections with titles like "The Traveler" and "Festival & Fire", and each then has numbered paragraphs
c. Read a book that features twins.

2. July Birthdays: Pablo Neruda

✔a. Read a book set in South America.
Little Black Lies by Sharon J. Bolton - set in the Falkland Islands
b. Read a book published between 1904 and 1973.
c. Read a book written in verse (must still meet the 100 page requirement).

3. It's Winter Down South

✔a. Read a book set in the southern hemisphere.
The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone by Felicity McLean - set in Australia
b. Read a book where the first letter of each title word can be found in the phrase LET IT SNOW. (Title must be at least two words long.)
c. Read a book found on TED's Winter Reading List.

4. Summer Reading

✔a. Read a happy book.
Judgement Day by Terry Pratchett - it's Discworld, it's got to be happy (I hope!)
b. Read a book published in June, July, or August.
c. Read a book from one of the following lists:

AUGUST

1. Read Good Books

a. Read a book by a favorite author.
✔b. Read the next book in a series you've already started.
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
c. Read a book published in 2020 that you've been looking forward to.

2. Back to School

✔a. Read a book by an author that is new-to-you.
The End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker
b. Read a YA book.
c. Read a book often tested on the AP Literature exam, as found on this list.

3. August Birthdays: Ray Bradbury

a. Read a book in which the initials author's name can be found in RAY BRADBURY.
✔b. Read a sci-fi or horror book.
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
c. Read a collection of short stories (must still meet the 100 page requirement).

4. Go for a Drive

a. Read a book with a car on the cover.
✔b. Read a book that starts with a letter in the phrase WINDOWS DOWN, BREEZE BLOWING.
The Sacred Art of Stealing by Christopher Brookmyre - (I'm ignoring the "The")
c. Read a book where a character visits multiple countries.