Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Excited to join again and try for the full 52!

ATY Challenge to go here

THE 2023 LIST
✅1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y The Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
✅2. A book by an author you read in 2022 The King's Shadow
✅ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list Birds of a Fury
✅4. A book with an interracial relationship Reject Me
✅5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home

✅6. A book where books are important Forbidden French
✅7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title When Did You Last See Your Father?
✅8. An author's debut book Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
✅9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W Ali: A Life

✅10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities" Three Strikes and You're Mine
✅11. A book about a person/character with a disability The Lost King: The Search for Richard III
✅12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies Ambrosia
✅13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover Cornish Rocks And Minerals

✅14. A book with a con, deception, or fake The Chemistry of Love
✅15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1 Heimskringla: or, The Lives of the Norse Kings
✅16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2 Aurora
✅17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3 Enemies Abroad

✅18. A book related to science The Importance of Being Interested: Adventures in Scientific Curiosity
✅19. A book related to the arts The Duet
✅20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel I Thought You Said This Would Work
✅21. A book by an Asian diaspora author Simply
✅22. A book with a faceless person on the cover Muses & Melodies

✅23. A book with a body of water in the title The House in the Cerulean Sea
✅24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy The Billionaire's Best Friend
✅25. A book with a tropical setting The Paid Bridesmaid
✅26. A book related to pride Spectacles

✅27. A book by an author from continental Europe All Quiet on the Western Front
✅28. A book that is dark The Lone Wolf's Rejected Mate
✅29. A book that is light Blaze of Fury
✅30. A book related to a chess piece Queen Me

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

✅32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature Schindler's Ark
✅33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
✅34. A novella Wild Rising
✅35. A book with a school subject in the title Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old

✅36. A book that has been translated from another language Human kind: A Hopeful History
✅37. A book with the theme of returning home Fated Under the Moon
✅38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover A Hippogriff for Christmas
✅39. A western Call Sign: Cupid

✅40. A book with a full name in the title The Autobiography of Ben Franklin
✅41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
✅42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter Haunt Me
✅43. A book that involves a murder Operation: Cupid
✅44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal A Catalogue of Catastrophe

✅45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
✅46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe Touching Oblivion
✅47. A book related to a geometric shape Diamonds Are Forever
✅48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story Blitz

✅49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
✅50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt The King's Captive
✅51. A book published in 2023 Bite of Vengeance
✅52. A book with an unusual or surprising title Abducted By My Father's Best Friend

Other Challenges and links
✅ Total: 656/656

✅Personal Challenge: 200/200 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅ATY 52/52
✅ Popsugar 50/50 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅A-Z Locations: 26/26 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅ Piled High 15 /15 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅Boldly Go 30/30 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅Clear the Shelves: 50/50 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅I-Spy: 30/30 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅Bookworms Take a Shelfie: 100/100 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✅Zodiac 12/12
✅Through Centuries 11/11
✅US of A 50/50
✅Best/Worst 20/20
✅Movies 10/10

Previous Year: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Non Fiction Reading list

Fiction Reading List

Space for planning

TBR:

31 Dec 2022 - completed last year's task - got below the 350 - aim for 300 this year/250 at a stretch

YEAR-----WTR------KIM----- Target WTR----- Target KIM
2016 ----- 0 ----- --2 ----- ----- 0 ✅--- ---- 5 ✅
2017 ----- 8------- 39--- ----- 10 ✅----- ----- 45 ✅
2018 ----- 14 ----- 23----- --- 15 -✅---- ----- 25✅
2019 ----- 31----- 29----- ---- 35-✅ ---- ----- 30 ✅
2020 ----- 39----- 33----- --- 40-✅ ---- ----- 35✅
2021 ----- 26----- 13----- ----- 30 ✅----- ----- 15 ✅
2022 ------55 -----16---------- 45 -- ----- -- 20 ✅
Total ----- 173----- 155----- 175 ✅----- ----175 ✅

Half Time Score:
YEAR-----WTR------KIM----- Target WTR----- Target KIM
2016 ----- 0 ----- --1 ----- ----- 0 ✅--- ---- 0
2017 ----- 8------- 33--- ----- 3 ----- ----- 35 ✅
2018 ----- 5 ----- 20----- ---- 7 --✅--- ----- 25 ✅
2019 ----- 19----- 28----- ---20- ✅---- ----- 30✅
2020 ----- 24----- 31----- ---30- ✅---- ----- 30
2021 ----- 13----- 12----- ----20--✅--- ----- 10
2022 ------34 -----11---------30 -- ----- -- 10
2023 ------9 ------3---------- 15 -✅- ----- -- 10✅
Total ----- 112----- 140----- 125 ✅----- ----150✅

Full Time Score:
YEAR-----WTR------KIM----- Target WTR----- Target KIM
2016 ----- 0 ----- --0 ----- ----- 0 ✅--- ---- 0 ✅
2017 ----- 1-------15--- ----- 5 --✅--- ----- 35 ✅
2018 ----- 3 ----- 14----- ---- 5 --✅--- ----- 20 ✅
2019 ----- 10----- 20----- ---20- ✅---- ----- 30✅
2020 ----- 13----- 18----- ---20- ✅---- ----- 30 ✅
2021 ----- 9----- 10----- ----10--✅--- ----- 15✅
2022 ------17 -----10---------20 --✅ ----- -- 10 ✅
2023 -----20 ------6---------- 20 -✅- ----- -- 10✅
Total ----- 75----- 96----- 100 -✅---- ----150✅

✅Zodiac Challenge: 12/12

✅Capricorn Betrayal of the Court
✅Aquarius Sea Castle
✅Pisces An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
✅Ares The Apostles: A Captivating Guide to the Twelve Disciples in Christianity, the Apostolic Age, and the Role of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Christian History
✅Taurus Diddly Squat: ‘Til The Cows Come Home
✅Gemini Wolf of Fire
✅ Cancer Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old
✅Leo Wild Rising
✅Virgo The Chemistry of Love
✅Libra Seduced by Death
✅Scorpio Blaze of Fury
✅Sagittarius Operation: Cupid

Through the Centuries 11/11

Try to read one per century
10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20

The US of A

--AL---AK---AS---AZ---CA---CO---CT---DE---FL---GA--HI-

-IA--ID---IL---IN---KS---KY---LA---MA ---MD---ME---MN--

-MS---MI---MO--MT--NJ---NY---NM---NH---NC---ND---NE---

NV---OH---OR---OK---PE--RI---SD---SC---TX---TN---UT

-VA---VT---WY---WI--WA---WV

Frauds/Cads & Extraordinary People 20/20

Enjoy reading Memoir and True Crime in 2020, 2021 and 2022 - looking to read about the best and worst of humanity.

Best of Us 10/10


Worst of Us 10/10

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES 10/10
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Clean maps:
AK------BC----ALB----SAS----MAN---ONT---QUE
--------WA-----MT ---ND----MN ---MI --NY---VT----NH----ME
--------- OR---- ID------SD----IA ---WI-----OH--PA---CT----MA
HI-------CA3----WY------NB-------IL----IN--MD--- DE---NJ----RI-
----------CA ---NV ---UT----CO---KS---MS -----KY------WV ---VA
---------- CA2----AZ---NM----------OK---AR----TN -----NC
-------------------------------TX2------LA----MS----AL ---GA ---- SC
---------------------------------TX--------------------------FL
--------------------------------MEX--MEX ------------CUB
-----------------------------------MEX--GU------------JAM
---------------------------------------NIC/HON-------------------BAR
-----------------------------------------COS/PAN--------------T&T
---------------------------------------COL---------VEN---GUY--SUR
---------------------------------------EC ---PE----BO----BRA
----------------------------------------------PA-------UR
----------------------------------------------CH-----AR


--------SC----SC
---------SC----SC
---------CU---NO
----------WE----DU
NI-------LA---Y1---Y2
NI-------CH--DE--NT---LI1
-----WA1--SH--ST--LE--RUT--LI2----NOR
-----WA2--HE--WO--WK--NH--BD--CA--SU
------WA3--GL--OX--BU--HE--LON2--ES
----------- ST--WI--BK---SU--LON1
CO -DV- DT-HM-WS-ES-K

IC----------- ------------------------N-----SW-----FIN - RUS
------IR-- UK------NED----DEN-------EST - RUS
-----------------FR1-----BEL--GER1---POL---LAT---LIT - RUS
------SP1-------FR2----GER2 ----CZ--SLO----BEL - RUS
POR---SP2---AND----SWI---AUS---HUN---MOL---UKR - RUS
-----------------MON---ITA1---SLO-----ROM----BUL
----------------MAL-----ITA2--------CRO----SER--------------GEO
--------------------------------ITA3------ALB---GRE--------TUR

Completed on 3rd Nov 2023.

Thoughts: Very glad to have clear out my TBR and unhauled a load of books I was never going to enjoy reading.

I've really loved finding Annette Marie and Ilona Andrews - am enjoying a more action orientated paranormal world at the moment. On the Non Fiction side, Thomas Sowell and Ed Catmull stand out. I really do love nature books - An Immense World and The Wolf taught me a lot. Memoir in general isn't really for me though, found most of the biographies & memoirs to be quite dull.

All states in the USA was not a great challenge didn't really take me to new places, and led to me reading a number of books I wasn't fussed about. Will give one European book per country a go and see if that is more variety. Movie books also weren't as interesting as I thought they would be. might replace with a bestsellers/most reviewed section.

One book per century was better than the per decade of previous years, but I've realised that a lot of the books I have read from the 19th century have been enjoyable, so think I will try to read a book published in each decade from 1750 next year to stretch myself.

Enjoyed the Zodiac challenge, but have done it for a couple of years now so want a change