Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

THE 2021 LIST

✅1. A book related to “In the Beginning...”
The Cruel Prince
✅2. A book by an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
Impassion
✅3. A book related to the lyrics for the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music
A Court of Thorns and Roses
✅4. A book with a monochromatic cover
War Storm

5. A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read
✅6. A love story
The One
✅7. A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list (A book written from the POV of a child)
The Lightning Thief
✅8. A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited
Vampire Academy

✅9. A book you associate with a specific season or time of year
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
✅10. A book with a female villain or criminal
Misery
11. A book to celebrate The Grand Egyptian Museum
✅12. A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
The Housekeeper and the Professor
✅13. A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020
Gratuitous Epilogue

✅14. A book set in a made-up place
Glass Sword
✅15. A book that features siblings as the main characters
United We Spy
✅16. A book with a building in the title
The Flatshare
17. A book with a Muslim character or author

✅18. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 1
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
✅19. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 2
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
✅20. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 3
The Martian
✅21. A book whose title and author both contain the letter "u"
Retribution
22. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads

✅23. A cross genre novel
King's Cage
24. A book about racism or race relations
✅25. A book set on an island
Wilder Girls
✅26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author
Animal Farm

✅27. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards
Red Queen
✅28. A book connected to ice
Frostbite
✅29. A book that you consider comfort reading
I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
30. A long book

✅31. A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years
The Giver
✅32. A book whose cover shows more than 2 people
One of Us Is Next
✅33. A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
✅34. A book with a travel theme
How To Be An F1 Driver
✅35. A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer
Crazy Rich Asians

✅36. A book with six or more words in the title
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
✅37. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list
The Metamorphosis
✅38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator (Secret)
We Were Liars
39. A book involving an immigrant

40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover
41. A book by a new-to-you BIPOC author
✅42. A mystery or thriller
The Inheritance Games
✅43. A book with elements of magic
Descension

✅44. A book whose title contains a negative
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
✅45. A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet (Oscar)
The Importance of Being Earnest
✅46. A winner or nominee from the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards
The Midnight Library
47. A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir
48. A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?”

✅49. A book with an ensemble cast
One of Us Is Lying
✅50. A book published in 2021
The Gilded Ones
✅51. A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name
The Silent Patient
✅52. A book related to "the end"
They Both Die at the End

Stats:
📚 Books read in 2021: 47
Ⓐ ATY reads: 41/52
📱eBooks (Kindle): 31
💳 Library eBooks: 6
📖 Books: 10
♲ Rereads: 11
Ratings:
5⭐️ - 7
4⭐️ - 26
3⭐️ - 15
2⭐️ - 0
1⭐️ - 0

January:


Ⓐ📱♲ - Gratuitous Epilogue - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - Red Queen - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - Glass Sword - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - King's Cage - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - War Storm - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - The Lightning Thief - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

February:


Ⓐ📱♲ - Descension - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱♲ - Impassion - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
📱♲ - Deception - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - Retribution - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

March:


📱 - The Selection - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
📱 - The Elite - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - The One - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - Vampire Academy - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - Frostbite - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - The Midnight Library - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📖 - The Importance of Being Earnest - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ💳 - The Giver - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📖 - The Metamorphosis - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

April:


Ⓐ📖 - Crazy Rich Asians - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - The Tales of Beedle the Bard - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas! - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ💳 - One of Us is Lying - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ💳 - One of Us Is Next - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - The Cruel Prince - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - Wilder Girls - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ💳 - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

May:


Ⓐ📱- The Flatshare - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱- Animal Farm - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱- We Were Liars - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📖 - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱-The Silent Patient - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

June:


Ⓐ📱- The Inheritance Games - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ💳- A Court of Thorns and Roses - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱- Misery - ⭐️⭐️⭐️

July:


Ⓐ📱- They Both Die at the End - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📖- The Martian - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📖♲- I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📖♲- Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

August:


Ⓐ📖♲ - Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📱♲ - Only the Good Spy Young - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📱♲ - Out of Sight, Out of Time - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

September:


Ⓐ📖♲ - United We Spy - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

October (so far):


📱♲ - Beyond - ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ💳 - The Gilded Ones - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📖 - How To Be An F1 Driver - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ⓐ📱 - The Housekeeper and the Professor - ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️