Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

ATY Summer Reading Challenge
✅ - Finished - ➡️Currently reading ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
12/12 Round 1 12/12 Round 2

June
1. Father's Day:

a. Book whose main character is a father
✅Cheaper by the Dozen - Frank B. Gilbreath, Jr., and Ernestine Gilbreath Carey ⭐⭐⭐⭐
b. Biography or history nonfiction book
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times - Michelle Obama
c. Author's initials can be found in PATERNITY
✅Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance - Alison Espach ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐
2. Estival Solstice:

a. Book with a title that is 5 or more words
✅Six Months in the Sandwich Islands- Isabella Bird ⭐⭐⭐⭐
b. Cover has plants on the cover
✅Kilmeny of the Orchard - L.M. Montgomery ⭐⭐⭐
c. Book is set in the Northern Hemisphere
✅As for Me and My House - Sinclair Ross ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Hibernal Solstice:

a. Book that is at least 400 pages long
✅The Air You Breathe - Frances de Pontes Peebles (528p) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
b. Book with fire on the cover
✅Summerwater- Sarah Moss ⭐⭐⭐⭐
c. Book is set in the Southern Hemisphere
Flying Too High (Phryne Fisher #2) - Kerry Greenwood
4. Pride Month:

a. Written by an author who identifies as LGBTQIA+
✅Down Among the Sticks and Bones - Seanan McGuire ⭐⭐⭐
b. A banned or challenged book
Death in Venice - Thomas Mann
c. A coming of age novel
✅Special Topics in Calamity Physics - Marisha Pessl ⭐⭐⭐⭐

July
1. Let's Play:

a. First letter of the book's title is in HORSE AROUND
✅How to Stop Time - Matt Haig ⭐⭐⭐⭐
b. Includes a character who plays a sport
We Ride Upon Sticks- Quan Barry
c. Published in a year ending with 3
✅ book:The Call of the Wild|35264910] - Jack London (1903) ⭐⭐⭐
2. Travel Season:

a. Set in multiple countries
✅Mrs. Bridge - Evan S. Connell (set in Missouri, travel to England, France, and Italy) ⭐⭐⭐
b. A book with a map
✅The House on the Strand - Daphne du Maurier ⭐⭐⭐
c. Cover has vehicle (car, plane, boat, train, hang glider, etc)
Nora Webster - Colm Toibin (boats)
3. Halfway there!

a. Book with an even number of pages
✅Cheerfulness Breaks In - Angela Thirkell (328 pages) ⭐⭐⭐⭐
b. The next book in a series
✅The Ghost Fields (Ruth Galloway #7- Elly Griffiths ⭐⭐⭐⭐
c. An author's second book
The Days of Abandonment - Elena Ferrance
4. Turn Up the Radio:

a. Book featuring or about musicians
Everything You Are - Kerry Anne King
b. Set in the 19th century
✅On Forsyte 'Change - John Galsworthy ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
c. Author's initials can be found in GUGLIELMO MARCONI
✅Shear Trouble - Elizabeth Craig ⭐⭐⭐

August
1. Book Lovers Day:

a. Book written by your favorite author
Dr. Wortle's School - Anthony Trollope
b. Main character works in a book shop or library
✅The English Bookshop - Janis Wildy ⭐⭐⭐⭐
c. First letter of the book's title appears in BIBLIOMANIA
✅The Language of Flowers - Vanessa Diffenbaugh ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Perseid Meteor Shower:

2. Perseid Meteor Shower:
a. Science fiction book
Women of Futures Past - Kristine Kathryn Rusch
b. Sun, moon, or stars on the cover
✅Woman in the Moonlight - Patricia Morrisroe ⭐⭐⭐
c. Inspired by or retelling myths
c. Inspired by or retelling myths
✅Girl Meets Boy - Ali Smith ⭐⭐⭐
3. Make Waves:

a. Author's initials can be found in SURFBOARD
✅Trout Fishing in America - Richard Brautigan ⭐⭐⭐⭐
b. Set in a coastal town or city
The Feast - Margaret Kennedy (Cornwall)
c. A sea creature is on the cover
✅Gift from the Sea - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
4. Go Camping: ⭐⭐⭐

a. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
✅The Year of the Hare - Arto Paasilinna ⭐⭐⭐⭐
b. A ghost story
✅The Haunted Hotel - Wilkie Collins ⭐⭐⭐
c. A book primarily set outdoors
A Superior Death (Anna Pigeon #2) - Nevada Barr