Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Looking forward to the challenge once again!!

ATY Challenge 2024:

✅1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y Breaking the Beast
✅2. A book connected to something you read in 2023 Sweep in Peace
✅3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list The Five Red Herrings
4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong The Name of the Rose
5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world New York or Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities

✅6. A book with wings on the cover The Shortest History of Greece
✅7. A book with a pronoun in the title Sweep with Me
8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads The Elephants of Thula Thula

✅10. A history or historical fiction book Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944
✅11. A book with an X connection Romans: A letter that makes sense of life
✅12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year Supernatural: Meetings with the Ancient Teachers of Mankind
13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list War and Peace

✅14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
✅15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX) Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
✅16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
✅17. A book involving intelligence Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit
✅18. A book with a botanical cover Free
✅19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control
✅20. A book with a single word title Jill (The Protectors Series) Book #27
✅21. A book with a title containing 6+ words The Games of Enemies and Allies
22. A book by an author from an African country Long Walk to Freedom

23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett Dune
✅24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple) Box of Frogs
✅25. A book involving a crime other than a murder The Wolf King
✅26. A book by an author known by their initials The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac: The official magical companion to J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books

✅27. A book related to land Meadowland: The Private Life of an English Field
✅28. A book related to sea The Man who Never Was: The Remarkable Story of Operation Mincemeat
✅29. A book related to air Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II
30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea A History of Venice
✅31. A book related to “Going for the Gold” Golden

✅32. A book with a number in the title One Fell Sweep
✅33. A book involving travel Pathfinder's Way
✅34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
✅35. A science or science fiction book Sweep of the Blade

✅36. A book featuring a character in education Forbidden Magic
✅37. A book that is part of a series The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space Will Change Our World
38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1 The Beauty and the Terror: An Alternative History of the Italian Renaissance
39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2 Atlas Shrugged

40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds
41. A book with a chilling atmosphere Jamaica Inn
✅42. A book with a sound-related word in the title A Symphony of Echoes
✅43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author The Day of the Jackal
✅44. A book with a touch of magic Sweep of the Heart
✅45. A book that is not a novel Flavor

✅46. A book related to night Shattered Stars
47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE The Lion
48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt No Spin: My Autobiography

✅49. A book with a senior citizen character One Life: The True Story of Sir Nicholas Winton
✅50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024 Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
✅51. A book published in 2024 Split
✅52. A cozy mystery Louisiana Longshot

Other Challenges and links
Total: 182/348

Personal Challenge: 64/200 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Finish Line: 40/75 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
ATY: 37/52
Wisdom of Ages: 9/18
Grand Tour 11/46
Everyone 5/10
Ancients 3/7
Greek Gods 12/12

Last year's challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Non Fiction read 2024

Fiction read 2024

Planning Space

TBR Start Point & Targets:

YEAR-----WTR------KIM----- Target WTR----- Target KIM
<2019 ----- 3 ----- 29----- ---- 0 ----- ----- 30 ✅
2019 ----- 6----- 16----- ---10✅- ---- ----- 20✅
2020 ----- 9----- 19----- ---10 ✅- ---- ----- 20 ✅
2021 ----- 8----- 5----- ----10-✅---- ----- 10✅
2022 ------14 -----6---------15✅ -- ----- -- 10 ✅
2023 -----11 ------4---------- 15 ✅ -- ----- -- 5 ✅
2024 -----10------0----------15----------5
Total ----- 59----- 78-------- 75-✅---- ----100 ✅

Decades of Wisdom: 9/18

Read a book published in every decade from the 1750s to the 2020s:

17 _50_ _60_ _70_ _80_ _90_
18 _00_ _10_ _20_ _30_ _40_ _50_ _60_ _70_ _90_
19 _00_ _10_ _20_ _40_ _80_
20


https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/30

The Grand Tour: 5/46

Read a book from every European country:

Iceland - Norway - Sweden - Finland - Russia - Ireland - UK -Netherlands
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Belgium - Luxembourg - France - Spain - Andorra - Portugal - Malta - Italy
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Monaco - San Marino - Vatican City - Switzerland - Austria - Liechetenstein

Germany - Denmark - Poland - Czech republic - Slovakia - Hungary
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Slovenia - Croatia - Bosnia - Albania - Serbia - Greece - Macedonia
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Cyprus - Bulgaria - Romania - Macedonia - Ukraine - Kosovo - Montenegro

Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania - Belarus

What everyone's Reading 6/10
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Read 10 books with over 250k reviews on Goodreads


https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...

Ancient Wonders 4/7


A Book on 7 different ancient cultures (BC)

Greek Gods:

A book related to each Olympian: 12/12

Zeus/ Poseidon/Hera/Artemis/Apollo/Athena


Demeter/Aphrodite/Ares/Hephaestus/Hermes/ Hestia

Maps

AK------BC----ALB----SAS----MAN---ONT---QUE
--------WA-----MT ---ND----MN ---MI --NY---VT----NH----ME
--------- OR---- ID------SD----IA ---WI-----OH--PA---CT----MA
HI-------CA3----WY------NB-------IL----IN--MD--- DE---NJ----RI-
----------CA ---NV ---UT----CO---KS---MS -----KY------WV ---VA
---------- CA2----AZ---NM----------OK---AR----TN -----NC
-------------------------------TX2------LA----MS----AL ---GA ---- SC
---------------------------------TX--------------------------FL
--------------------------------MEX--MEX ------------CUB
-----------------------------------MEX--GU------------JAM
---------------------------------------NIC/HON-------------------BAR
-----------------------------------------COS/PAN--------------T&T
---------------------------------------COL---------VEN---GUY--SUR
---------------------------------------EC ---PE----BO----BRA
----------------------------------------------PA-------UR
----------------------------------------------CH-----AR


--------SC----SC
---------SC----SC
---------CU---NO
----------WE----DU
NI-------LA---Y1---Y2
NI-------CH--DE--NT---LI1
-----WA1--SH--ST--LE--RUT--LI2----NOR
-----WA2--HE--WO--WK--NH--BD--CA--SU
------WA3--GL--OX--BU--HE--LON2--ES
----------- ST--WI--BK---SU--LON1
CO -DV- DT-HM-WS-ES-K

IC----------- ------------------------N-----SW-----FIN - RUS
------IR-- UK------NED----DEN-------EST - RUS
-----------------FR1-----BEL--GER1---POL---LAT---LIT - RUS
------SP1-------FR2----GER2 ----CZ--SLO----BEL - RUS
POR---SP2---AND----SWI---AUS---HUN---MOL---UKR - RUS
-----------------MON---ITA1---SLO-----ROM----BUL
----------------MAL-----ITA2--------CRO----SER--------------GEO
--------------------------------ITA3------ALB---GRE--------TUR

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