Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Finished: 2024/08/28

DECEMBER

1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the) ✓
b. Read a book with snow, snowflakes or a snowman on the cover OR a book with a person wearing winter clothing (scarf, hat, warm coat etc) on the cover. ✓
c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long (you can ignore the 100 page requirement for this task). ✓

2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
a. Read a book written by a female author. ✓
b. Read a novel set in the 19th century. ✓
c. Read a romance novel. ✓

3. The Holidays
a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December. (New Year's Eve) ✓
b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover (lady) ✓
c. Read a book that features a family gathering. ✓

4. Winter sports: yukigassen.
a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN. ✓
b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long ✓
c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Norway). ✓

JANUARY

1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you. ✓
b. Read a book from a genre that is new to you (you can use a sub-genre, eg urban fantasy, historical romance, etc if you already read books from most genres). (new adult) ✓
c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters (eg The Bat, Ninth House, The Old Man and the Sea). ✓

2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
a. Read a book set in Japan. ✓
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way. ✓
c. Read a magical realism novel. ✓

3. New Year Resolutions
a. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS (the title must be at leat three words long for this option) ✓
b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc). ✓
c. Read a book that will help you keep one of your New Year resolutions OR if you don’t make resolutions then read a book related to one of the top ten New Years resolutions. Tell us what your resolution is when recording this task as completed. (stop smoking) ✓

4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND. ✓
b. Read a book in which a conflict between characters is a major part of the plot. Tell us what the conflict was (using spoiler tags if necessary) when recording the task as completed. ✓ (lovestory between a werewolf and human belonging to a mafia group fighting said werewolves)
c. Read a book that is fast-paced. ✓

FEBRUARY

1. Valentine’s Day
a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page. ✓
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY. ✓
c. Read a book written in or set in the Medieval period (usually defined as the 5th to 15th centuries). ✓

2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
a. Read a book set in the American midwest. ✓
b. Read a novel that features the wilderness. ✓
c. Read a coming of age story. ✓

3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long. ✓
b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place (2014) ✓
c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about (a non-linear narrative as it’s normally called). ✓

4. The Shortest Month of the Year
a. Read a literary fiction novel. ✓
b. Read a book that features a ghost. ✓
c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT. ✓