Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

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✅ done
🟩 in progress/planned

✅1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y: Ninth House
✅2. A book by an author you read in 2022: Hell Bent
🟩3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe (time travel)
🟩4. A book with an interracial relationship: Mortal Follies
🟩5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover: The True Love Experiment

🟩6. A book where books are important: Lock Every Door
🟩7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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: The Whispering Dark
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 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

Are you the Rose that keeps messing with my column on the spreadsheet? My name is Rose H and I would appreciate it if other people would leave my column alone. I’ve already read 17 books and logged them into the spreadsheet. It’s a real pain when someone deletes them.

Nope, not me! I’m Rose S., and I’ve submitted almost nothing to the spreadsheet so far. 😂 Got my own (very empty) column!