Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

The Prompts:
Find a book that...

✔️Has a red cover - Nothing to See Here
✔️Fits the phrase "I'm falling for you" - Happiness
✔️ Has a leaf on the cover -Nightbird
✔️Is magical realism - The World That We Knew
✔️Is set in autumn - The Unknown Beloved
✔️Is historical fiction - The Night Watchman
✔️Makes you think of pumpkin spice - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
✔️ Is one last summer read - The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
✔️ Has a tree on the cover - An Artist of the Floating World
✔️Features family drama - Signal Fires
✔️ Is a banned book - Before the Ever After
✔️Reminds you of homecoming - Where She Went
✔️Is set in a small town - The Red Garden
✔️Features sports - Us Against You
✔️ Was published in September - World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War




September 2022
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson - Red Cover
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson - Banned book
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson -small town
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman - 5 Stars - September, historical fiction
Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman -magical,small town
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver small town,tree
The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman, magical, small town
Nightbird by Alice Hoffman -magical small town, tree
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro - tree, historical fiction

October 2022 - completed
Us Against You - Sports
Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy
Where She Went falling
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Last summer read
The Night Watchman
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Signal Moon
The Space Between Worlds
Happiness
Fairy Tale
We Have Always Lived in the Castle

November 2022
The Years - Nobel prize
The Great Believers
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning with Our Past and Driving Social Change
The Round House
The Unknown Beloved
The Buddha in the Attic
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
The Rain Heron

Readathon September 10-18
Individual Challenge = Complete 4 of the prompts.


Fall Readathon
Completed:
✔️Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson 🍅 tomato
✔️Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson green beans
✔️Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption:Hope Springs Eternal 🥒 cucumber
✔️Train Dreams by Denis Johnson 🥕carrots
✔️The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman🥔 potatoes

FALL READING so far

September 2022
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson - Red Cover
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson - Banned book
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson -small town
The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman - 5 Stars - September, historical fiction
Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman -magical,small town
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver small town,tree
The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman, magical, small town
Nightbird by Alice Hoffman -magical small town, tree
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro - tree, historical fiction

October 2022 - completed
Us Against You - Sports
Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy
Where She Went falling
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry - Last summer read
The Night Watchman
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
Signal Moon
The Space Between Worlds
Happiness
Fairy Tale
We Have Always Lived in the Castle

November 2022
The Years - Nobel prize
The Great Believers
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning with Our Past and Driving Social Change
The Round House
The Unknown Beloved
The Buddha in the Attic
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
The Rain Heron
Nov 15