Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Books Read: 59

DNF'd: 10 (stopped counting mid November)

Challenge Prompts Completed: 46/52


Currently Reading:

Last Book Finished:
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight

The Final Countdown

Completed:46/52

THE 2023 LIST
✅️1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y

✅️2. A book by an author you read in 2022

✅️3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list
A book connected to (100 years of) Hollywood, Disney or the land of Oz

✅️4. A book with an interracial relationship

✅️5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover

✅️6. A book where books are important

✅️7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title

✅️8. An author's debut book

✅️9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W

✅️10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"

✅️11. A book about a person/character with a disability

12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
✅️13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover

✅️14. A book with a con, deception, or fake

✅️15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1Post 21st Century

✅️16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 221st Century

✅️17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3

✅️18. A book related to science

19. A book related to the arts
✅️20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel

✅️21. A book by an Asian diaspora author

✅️22. A book with a faceless person on the cover

23. A book with a body of water in the title
✅️24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy

✅️25. A book with a tropical setting

✅️26. A book related to pride

27. A book by an author from continental Europe
✅️28. A book that is dark

✅️29. A book that is light

✅️30. A book related to a chess piece

✅️31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com

✅️32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature

✅️33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
Elizabeth

✅️34. A novella

✅️35. A book with a school subject in the title

36. A book that has been translated from another language
✅️37. A book with the theme of returning home

✅️38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover

39. A western
✅️40. A book with a full name in the title

✅️41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists

✅️42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter

✅️43. A book that involves a murder

✅️44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal

✅️45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books

✅️46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe

✅️47. A book related to a geometric shape

✅️48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story

✅️49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023

✅️50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt

✅️51. A book published in 2023

✅️52. A book with an unusual or surprising title

Possibilities

Quarter 1


1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y

2. A book by an author you read in 2022

3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list
A Christmas book

A book featuring a blog or podcast

A book connected to (100 years of) Hollywood, Disney or the land of Oz

4. A book with an interracial relationship

5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover

6. A book where books are important

7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title

8. An author's debut book

9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W

10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"

11. A book about a person/character with a disability

12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies

13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover

Possibilities

Quarter 2


14. A book with a con, deception, or fake

15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1
Mythological Times

Pre-19th Century

16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2
19th Century

20th Century

17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3
21st Century

Post 21st Century

18. A book related to science

19. A book related to the arts

20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel

21. A book by an Asian diaspora author

22. A book with a faceless person on the cover

23. A book with a body of water in the title

24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy

25. A book with a tropical setting

26. A book related to pride

Possibilities

Quarter 3


27. A book by an author from continental Europe

28. A book that is dark

29. A book that is light

30. A book related to a chess piece

31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com
Angie Thomas Veronica Roth Ruta Sepetys

32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature

33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923

34. A novella

35. A book with a school subject in the title

36. A book that has been translated from another language

37. A book with the theme of returning home

38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover

39. A western

Possibilities

Quarter 4


40. A book with a full name in the title
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists

42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
43. A book that involves a murder
44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal
45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books

46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe

47. A book related to a geometric shape
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
Prompt 3
A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list
A Christmas book

A book featuring a blog or podcast

A book connected to (100 years of) Hollywood, Disney or the land of Oz

51. A book published in 2023
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title

January Plan

Overall Goal - 10 Books

Tentative Physical Books
At Midnight
The Eyre Affair
Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You): A How-to Guide from the First Family of Podcasting
The Stolen Heir
A Venom Dark and Sweet

Tentative Audio Books
Pachinko
The Murder of Mr. Wickham
Spare

January Accomplishments

Books Completed


Pages Read
1072 (ish)

Hours Listened
29 h 58 m (ish)

DNF's
none

Categories knocked out
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy
37. A book with the theme of returning home
46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe
20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel
4. A book with an interracial relationship
28. A book that is dark
14. A book with a con, deception, or fake
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title

Favorite read of the month

BY FAR

Really enjoyed looking at your plans and how you organized this.

Tamula wrote: "Really enjoyed looking at your plans and how you organized this."

Thank you so much. I am very much a mood reader so I have to give myself a lot of options or I am doomed. lol

February Plan

Overall Goal - Use books as a way to socialize

Tentative Physical Books
The Hawthorne Legacy
The Final Gambit
Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
Promise Boys

Tentative Audio Books
Black Cake
I Kissed Shara Wheeler

February Accomplishments

Books Completed


Pages Read (approx)
968

Hours Listened (approx)
42 hrs 36 min

DNF's


I almost never dnf audiobooks bc of the book itself (usually its the narrator) but this one seemed like false advertising, I was offered political intrigue and an uprising and I got an unsure and insecure teenager who tells me every 15 seconds that she was trained to be neither of those things

Categories knocked out
40. A book with a full name in the title
10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
mc is very "sporty", it's basically 80% of her entire existence
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover
47. A book related to a geometric shape
love triangle
30. A book related to a chess piece
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
Theme park mascot but whatever

Favorite read of the month

March Plan

Overall Goal - Knock Out at Least 5 Books from my Shelves

Tentative Physical Books
The Writing Retreat
The Black Queen

Tentative Audio Books
Scythe
Thunderhead
The Toll
Gleanings: Stories from the Arc of a Scythe

March Accomplishments

Books Completed


Pages Read (approx)
112

Hours Listened (approx)
13 hrs 52 min

DNF's

Categories knocked out
22. A book with a faceless person on the cover
42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter

Favorite read of the month

April Plan

Overall Goal - Try to regain normalcy and snap out of funk

Tentative Physical Books
American Born Chinese
Address Unknown
Romeo and/or Juliet: A Chooseable-Path Adventure

Tentative Audio Books
The Toll
Belittled Women

April Accomplishments

Books Completed


Pages Read (approx)
296

Hours Listened (approx)
42 h 41 m

DNF's


Categories knocked out
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
6. A book where books are important
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2 21st Century
1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y

Favorite read of the month

May Plan

Overall Goal - Get through the million hour brick and finish all the books I am currently reading

Tentative Physical Books
American Born Chinese
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Divine Rivals

Tentative Audio Books
The Priory of the Orange Tree
The Ogress and the OrphansWhen You Wish Upon a Star

May Accomplishments

Books Completed


Pages Read (approx)


Hours Listened (approx)
2 h 37 m

DNF's
(pg 270)
(pg 74)

Categories knocked out
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title

Favorite read of the month
No motivation to read at all

June Plan

Overall Goal - At least read books for buddy reads and book clubs

Buddy Reads
Jane Steele
This Poison Heart

Book Clubs
One for All
Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Umm, If I Snap Out of this Funk
Princess Decomposia and Count Spatula
Going Bicoastal
Lone Women
American Born Chinese

June Accomplishments

Books Completed



DNF's

It's very good but I am struggling

Categories knocked out
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3
19th Century
21. A book by an Asian diaspora author

Favorite read of the month

July Plan

Overall Goal - Dude, I don't even have one

Buddy Reads
This Poison Heart

Book Clubs
One for All
The Switch
Wrong Place Wrong Time

The Funk Goes On
Going Bicoastal

July Accomplishments

Books Completed


DNF's


Categories knocked out
18. A book related to science (definite stretch but botany IS science even if the book wasnt a good representation of botany)
43. A book that involves a murder
8. An author's debut book
11. A book about a person/character with a disability
29. A book that is light

Favorite read of the month

August Plan

Overall Goal - Balance

Buddy Reads
Fire & Fate

Book Clubs
The Remains of the Day

Uptown Funk
Going Bicoastal
The Night in Question
One of Us Is Back
Camp Damascus
Lying in the Deep
The Flatshare

August Accomplishments

Do you feel balanced?
Yes No
Way more meh or god that sucked books than good ones

Books Completed


DNF's


Categories knocked out
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list
A book connected to (100 years of) Hollywood, Disney or the land of Oz
33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
Elizabeth
44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
26. A book related to pride


Favorite read of the month

5/18 left

WHAT REMAINS
✅️2. A book by an author you read in 2022

✅️9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W

12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
✅️19. A book related to the arts

23. A book with a body of water in the title
✅️25. A book with a tropical setting

27. A book by an author from continental Europe
✅️31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com

✅️32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature


34. A novella
✅️35. A book with a school subject in the title

✅️36. A book that has been translated from another language

✅️38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover

39. A western
✅️45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books

✅️49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023

✅️50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt

✅️51. A book published in 2023

Adjusted TBR Options since I'm in a Whole New Headspace

Do I Even Have a Clue?!
2. A book by an author you read in 2022

9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W

12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies

19. A book related to the arts

23. A book with a body of water in the title

25. A book with a tropical setting

27. A book by an author from continental Europe

31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com
India Holton

Judy I. Lin

32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature

34. A novella

35. A book with a school subject in the title

36. A book that has been translated from another language

38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover

39. A western

45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books

49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023

50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt

51. A book published in 2023

September Plan

Overall Goal - Keeping up

Buddy Reads
The Brothers Hawthorne

Book Clubs
Anne of Green Gables
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

Just Keep Swimming
Nimona
The St. Ambrose School for Girls

September Accomplishments

Books Completed


DNF's


Categories knocked out
35. A book with a school subject in the title
49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023
32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature
19. A book related to the arts
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
51. A book published in 2023
45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books

Favorite read of the month

A new all time fave

October Plan

Finish Up
The Brothers Hawthorne

Buddy Reads

Book Clubs
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Halloween Haunts
The Last Séance: Tales of the Supernatural
Lone Women
Red Rabbit

Maybe Baby
Anne of Avonlea

October Accomplishments

Books Completed


DNF's


Categories knocked out
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W

Favorite read of the month

November Plan

NaNoWriMo

Work on


Buddy Reads


Book Clubs


Maybe Baby

November Accomplishments

Books Completed

50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt

DNF's


Categories knocked out
36. A book translated from another language
This is a total stretch but I'm doing it. This is a retalling of a book written in another language. Beowolf
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt

Favorite read of the month

December Plan

Buddy Reads


Book Clubs


Maybe Baby

December Accomplishments

Books Completed



DNF's

Categories knocked out
25. A book with a tropical setting
2. A book by an author you read in 2022
31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com
34. A novella

Favorite read of the month