Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

MY 2023 LIST
I'll pick as I go along. Being a librarian I read a lot of library books so I'll probably see if I can find a categories to match my books so I'll be reading out of order.

6/52 as of 1/22/23

1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y: Donut Fall in Love (Toronto): 1/22/23
2. A book by an author you read in 2022: A Time to Swill by Sherry Harris: 1/2/23
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list: The Librarian Spy (Book meant to read in 2022) - 1/15/23
4. A book with an interracial relationship: The Charm Offensive
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover: Marriage Can Be Mischief: 1/7/23

6. A book where books are important: Bound for Murder: 1/16/23
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title: When No One Is Watching
8. An author's debut book: Pride and Protest - 1/16/23
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W: Lessons in Chemistry

10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities": Demon Copperhead
11. A book about a person/character with a disability: Six of Crows
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies: The Beekeeper's Apprentice
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 1
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2
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
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

For my first book, I will be reading one for Week 3: A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list. The prompt I'm choosing is A book you wanted to read in 2022 and the book I'm choosing is The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin which seems appropriate for an librarian.

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Category 2: A Book By An Author You Read in 2022

In 2022 I started the Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon mystery series and enjoyed it enough that I started off 2023 with the second in the series A Time to Swill. This is an interesting series set in Emerald Cove on the Florida panhandle.

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Category 5: A book with 4 or more colors on the cover

I enjoyed this very colorful cover of by one of my favorite authors, Amanda Flower.