Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Find a book that answers these prompts:

1. An author you read in the last year who was new to you
2. An "old friend" author you can always go back to
3. A new-to-you author you'd like to read for the first time this year
4. An author you'll never read again
5. An author you wish would write more
6. A new book in your home
7. An old book in your home
8. A book with the word Old or New in the title
9. A book that struck you newly when you reread it
10. A book you would give to a new baby

My answers:

1. An author you read in the last year who was new to you - James Baldwin
2. An "old friend" author you can always go back to - Dorothy L. Sayers
3. A new-to-you author you'd like to read for the first time this year - Bernard Cornwell
4. An author you'll never read again - Gillian Flynn
5. An author you wish would write more - Andy Weir
6. A new book in your home - The Quiet Boy
7. An old book in your home - Little Women - I have a copy from sometime in the 19th century
8. A book with the word Old or New in the title - The Old Woman with the Knife
9. A book that struck you newly when you reread it - Middlemarch - couldn't get into it the 1st time but loved it later
10. A book you would give to a new baby - Pat the Bunny

1. An author you read in the last year who was new to you - Geraldine Brooks
2. An "old friend" author you can always go back to - Sarah Addison Allen
3. A new-to-you author you'd like to read for the first time this year - Richard Osman
4. An author you'll never read again - Patricia Cornwell
5. An author you wish would write more - Sarah Addison Allen
6. A new book in your home - Zorrie
7. An old book in your home The Poems of Robert Frost as a teenager I attended an event where Robert Frost read his poems (60 or so years ago)
8. A book with the word Old or New in the title The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
9. A book that struck you newly when you reread it The Dutch House
10. A book you would give to a new baby Goodnight Moon

1. An author you read in the last year who was new to you
Travis Baldree Legends & Lattes

2. An "old friend" author you can always go back to
Hugh Howey

3. A new-to-you author you'd like to read for the first time this year
William Gibson

4. An author you'll never read again
Tough one because I am a "never say never" kind of gal, but I just read Misconception by Liv Constantine and I have NO urge whatsoever to read anything else by that author again anytime soon.

5. An author you wish would write more
Sue Grafton RIP

6. A new book in your home
Bee People and the Bugs They Love

7. An old book in your home
THE OPEN ROAD: A Book for Wayfarers., my copy was published in 1905

8. A book with the word Old or New in the title
Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival (5 stars)
New Worlds, Old Ways: Speculative Tales from the Caribbean

9. A book that struck you newly when you reread it
The Secret Garden, I reread it every couple of years and always pull something different from it

10. A book you would give to a new baby Oh The Places You'll Go By Dr. Seuss

1. An author you read in the last year who was new to you
Pat Barker, author of Regeneration

2. An "old friend" author you can always go back to
P.G. Wodehouse

3. A new-to-you author you'd like to read for the first time this year
Susan Fletcher. I have her book House of Glass.

4. An author you'll never read again
Carlos Castaneda

5. An author you wish would write more
Marilynne Robinson

6. A new book in your home
Agatha of Little Neon

7. An old book in your home
Anne's House of Dreams 1917 edition

8. A book with the word Old or New in the title
The Old Silent by Martha Grimes

9. A book that struck you newly when you reread it
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson

10. A book you would give to a new baby
Moo, Baa, La La La! by Sandra Boynton

1. An author you read in the last year who was new to you Elizabeth Acevedo
2. An "old friend" author you can always go back to Jane Austen
3. A new-to-you author you'd like to read for the first time this year Nicola Yoon
4. An author you'll never read again Emily Giffin
5. An author you wish would write more Rob Thurman
She was in a major car accident and I don't think she'll ever write another book, let alone finish off her series that ended in a MAJOR cliffhanger.
6. A new book in your home The Winners
7. An old book in your home The Secret World of Og
8. A book with the word Old or New in the title The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
9. A book that struck you newly when you reread it The Starless Sea
10. A book you would give to a new baby
But Not the Hippopotamus

1. An author you read in the last year who was new to you
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
2. An "old friend" author you can always go back to
Seanan McGuire
3. A new-to-you author you'd like to read for the first time this year
Claire North
4. An author you'll never read again
Christopher Buehlman
5. An author you wish would write more
Jenny Lawson
6. A new book in your home
Family Business
7. An old book in your home
An Old-Fashioned Girl
(I don't really own any old editions, but this is probably the oldest I have.)
8. A book with the word Old or New in the title
Sing to It: New Stories
9. A book that struck you newly when you reread it
Heart of Darkness
10. A book you would give to a new baby
The Very Hungry Caterpillar

1. An author you read in the last year who was new to you - T.J. Klune
2. An "old friend" author you can always go back to - Jodi Picoult
3. A new-to-you author you'd like to read for the first time this year - Claire Douglas
4. An author you'll never read again - A.S.A. Harrison. I won't read her again unless I reread The Silent Wife. She passed away so there won't be any more books.
5. An author you wish would write more - Gillian Flynn
6. A new book in your home - Just Like Home
7. An old book in your home - Ivanhoe (it's both old and I've had it for a long time)
8. A book with the word Old or New in the title - The New Husband
9. A book that struck you newly when you reread it - A Monster Calls. Just as impactful the second time!
10. A book you would give to a new baby - When Elephant Met Giraffe

1. An author you read in the last year who was new to you
Maaza Mengiste

2. An "old friend" author you can always go back to
Jane Austen

3. A new-to-you author you'd like to read for the first time this year
Rosa Rankin-Gee

4. An author you'll never read again
Richard Matheson. I read What Dreams May Come last year, and it was one of the few books that I've loathed.

5. An author you wish would write more
C.J. Sansom
Sadly, I believe he is very unwell and won't write more of his Shardlake series.

6. A new book in your home
Demon Copperhead

7. An old book in your home
Tess of the d'Urbervilles

8. A book with the word Old or New in the title
Our Man in New York: The British Plot to Bring America into the Second World War

9. A book that struck you newly when you reread it
Riddley Walker

10. A book you would give to a new baby
Peepo!

1. An author you read in the last year who was new to you
Kent Haruf ( )

2. An "old friend" author you can always go back to
Colin Cotterill

3. A new-to-you author you'd like to read for the first time this year Rebecca Makkai ( )

4. An author you'll never read again Jack Kerouac

5. An author you wish would write more Barbara Kingsolver

6. A new book in your home
The Three Billy Goats Gruff

7. An old book in your home
Black Beauty

8. A book with the word Old or New in the title
Anarchy and Old Dogs

9. A book that struck you newly when you reread it
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

10. A book you would give to a new baby
The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith

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1. An author you read in the last year who was new to you
Andrea Penrose

2. An "old friend" author you can always go back to
Alexander McCall Smith

3. A new-to-you author you'd like to read for the first time this year
Nicola Yoon

4. An author you'll never read again
Gabriel García Márquez
Once I give Love in the Time of Cholera a try I am done with him! :)

5. An author you wish would write more
Andrea Penrose

6. A new book in your home
When the Stars Go Dark and Love and Ruin by Paula McLain in preparation for an author event with her on February 16

7. An old book in your home
Majorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk

8. A book with the word Old or New in the title
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story

9. A book that struck you newly when you reread it
Uncle Tom's Cabin
53+ years made a lot of difference! :)

10. A book you would give to a new baby
A plastic-covered foam book appropriate for bath-time!