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Rhonda | 8 comments I've been low-key tracking my progress in this challenge this year and decided to go ahead an add it here.


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Rhonda | 8 comments **COMPLETE**

1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y - Recursion
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable - New Kid (author Craft)
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019 - Undercover Bromance
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
5. The first book in a series that you have not started - The Last Wish
6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover - Carpool
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere - Her Favorite Rival
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The" - The Highwayman
9. A book that can be read in a day - Four and Twenty Blackbirds
10. A book that is between 400-600 pages - Assassin's Apprentice
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number - All Systems Red (2017)
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people - Sweep in Peace
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (Link) - 2016 - next book in a series - One Fell Sweep
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (link) - Emily of New Moon (L. M. Montgomery)
15. A book set in a global city - The Life and Times of Prince Albert (London)
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area - Britt-Marie Was Here
17. A book with a neurodiverse character - Miracle Creek
18. A book by an author you've only read once before - Red Harvest (Dashiell Hammett)
19. A fantasy book - The Brush of Black Wings
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.] - Holiday in Death - 20th book I read this year
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720 - The Calculating Stars
22. A book with the major theme of survival - When She's Married
23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author - I Wish You All the Best
24. A book with an emotion in the title - Envy of Angels
25. A book related to the arts - On the Come Up
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
27. A history or historical fiction - The War That Saved My Life
28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author - Branded by Fire - (New Zealand)
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book - The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year - Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
31. A book inspired by a leading news story - Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know
32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan - Pachinko
33. A book about a non-traditional family - Far from the Tree
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name - A Princess in Theory
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover - Lirael
36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim - Surrender Bay
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1 - Bluebird, Bluebird (first in series)
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2 - Man Cuffed (last in series)
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce - Carmilla
40. A book with a place name in the title - Retribution Falls
41. A mystery - A Quiet Life in the Country
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ (link) - Long Way Down - National Book Award nominee 2017
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse - Vengeance in Death
44. A book related to witches - Sword of Destiny
45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018 - The Way of Kings - Brandon Sanderson
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire" - Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
47. A classic book you've always meant to read - Les Miserables
48. A book published in 2020 - The House in the Cerulean Sea
49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link) - Sabriel - book w/main character's name in title
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover - The Big Four
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title - Wuthering Heights
52. A book related to time - Kindred


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