Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

THE 52 TOPICS OF THE 2024 ATY READING CHALLENGE
6/52
✔ ★★★★★

1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y
Project Hail Mary

✔ A book connected to something you read in 2023
Rogue Protocol ★★★★★

3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list
Norse Mythology - set in BCE

4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
The Word for World is Forest
Cloud Atlas
Fangirl
Eleanor & Park
the colour purple
cesur yeni dunya

5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
check bookshelf
Cloud Atlas
If I Had Your Face
Recursion
Babel
Beasts of a Little Land

6. A book with wings on the cover
The Dragon Republic

7. A book with a pronoun in the title
check bookshelf
How High We Go in the Dark

8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
Station Eleven
The Glass Hotel
Pageboy

9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
check bookshelf

10. A history or historical fiction book
Trust

11. A book with an X connection
Station Eleven
The Book Thief
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
Brave New World

12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
must be from bookshelf

13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list
Little Women
The Lord of the Rings
Mansfield Park
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
The Housekeeper and the Professor
Yellowface
Everything, Everything

✔ 15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX)
Gölgeye Övgü

16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
The Travelling Cat Chronicles
The Cat Who Saved Books
Starter Villain

17. A book involving intelligence
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Martian

18. A book with a botanical cover
check bookshelf

19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
The Martian
Everything, Everything

20. A book with a single word title
Circe

21. A book with a title containing 6+ words
evelyn hugo
hitchikers guide
How High We Go in the Dark

22. A book by an author from an African country
Bridge
by Lauren Beukes
or albeert camus

23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett
Kafka on the Shore

24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)
marsli
check bookshelf

25. A book involving a crime other than a murder
ready player one

26. A book by an author known by their initials
jrr tolkien
rf kuang
ve schwab

27. A book related to land
tatar çölü

28. A book related to sea
son ada - zulfi livaneli
The House in the Cerulean Sea (The House in the Cerulean Sea, #1)
Remarkably Bright Creatures

29. A book related to air
fourth wing
cloud atlas


30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea
death on the nile
turkiyem
one italian summer

31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”
golden compass

32. A book with a number in the title
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

33. A book involving travel
Project Hail Mary

34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
a man called ove
My Year of Rest and Relaxation

✔ A science or science fiction book
Resimli Adam ★★★

36. A book featuring a character in education
babel
golden compass 2

37. A book that is part of a series
u got this

38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1
cafe serisi olabilir

39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2

40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover
golden compass 3

41. A book with a chilling atmosphere
goldem compass ?
frankenstein

✔42. A book with a sound-related word in the title
İmkânsızın Şarkısı

✔ 43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author
16:50 Treni ★★★★

44. A book with a touch of magic
night circus
good omens
kafka on the shore
stardust
ninth house

45. A book that is not a novel
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

46. A book related to night
night circus
dracula
All the Lovers in the Night
by Mieko Kawakami

47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE
the giver
hobbit
the selection
the power

48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt

49. A book with a senior citizen character
a man called ove
Strange Weather in Tokyo
by Hiromi Kawakami

✔ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
Under the Whispering Door ★★★★★

51. A book published in 2024
52. A cozy mystery

ill collect some other challenges here as well before choosing which ones ill stick to

Read Your Shelf 2024
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Start Date: November 1, 2023
End Date: December 31, 2024
**All books must be purchased or requested from the library BEFORE November 1, 2023**

1. Last Book You Bought
2. Shortest Book on Your Shelf
3. Most Intimidating Book
4. By Indie/Self-Published Author
5. Published in Winter (Dec-Feb)
6. Bought Because of Social Media
7. Pick 10 Books, Spin Wheel to Pick Next Read
8. Book Over 500 Pages
9. Recommended by a Friend
10. Flowers on cover
11. Blue Cover
12. Favorite Genre:
13. Continuation of a Series
14. By a Favorite Author
15. Bought Because of Cover
16. First in a Series:
17. Published in Spring (Mar-May)
18. Less Than 200 Pages
19. By Male Author
20. Published in Fall (Sep-Nov)
21. By a BIPOC Author
22. Close Eyes & Pick Book at Random
23. At Least 4 Colors on Cover:
24. Oldest Book on TBR:
25. One You've Been Meaning to Get To
26. Stand Alone Book:
27. By "New to You" Author:
28.Close Eyes & Pick Book at Random
29. Recommended by a Friend
30. By a Favorite Author
31. By Female Author
32. People on the Cover
33. Number in the Title
34. Your Initials in the Title or Author's Name

this is v hard for me, i have ç and ö

35. Water on the Cover
36. White Cover
37. Chapters Have Title:
38. 300+ Pages
39. Trees on Cover
40. By "New to You" Author
41. Favorite Genre
42. Published in Summer (Jun-Aug)
43. Two-Word Title
44. By Female Author
45. Pick 10 Books, Spin Wheel to Pick Next Read
46. By a BIPOC Author
47. Bought Because of Cover
48. Bought Because of Social Media
49. Use a Poll to Pick Next Read:
50. 300+ Pages
51. Stand Alone Book
52. Black Cover
53. No People on Cover
54. Animated Cover
55. Animal on Cover
56. Male Author
57. Made into a TV Show/Movie
58. Published During Birth Month
59. Over 500 Pages
60. Use a Poll to Pick Next Book
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2024 stats

genre
Action and Adventure:
Biography/Memoir:
Classics:
Collection (essays/poems/shorts):
Comic Book or Graphic Novel:
Fantasy/Mythical/ Magical Realism:
Literary Fiction/General Fiction:
Historical Fiction:
History:
Horror:
Mystery:
Nonfiction:
Romance:
Science:
Science Fiction: 2
Suspense/Thriller:
True Crime:

length
Very Short (<70 pages):
Short (<250 pages): 1
Medium (250-500 pages): 1
"Big" (>501 pages):

media
Book: 1
eBook: 1
Audio:

author
Male: 1
Female: 1
Nonbinary:

New to Me:
Diverse:

publication date
bef.1900: ........
1900-1959: 1
1960-1979:
1980-1999:
2000-2009:
2010-2019: 1
2020-2023:
2024: ..........

popsugar reading challenge 2024
idk if i will complete it, starting from the first prompt it sounds silly
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1 A book with the word "leap" in the title
2 A bildungsroman book
3 A book about a 24-year-old
4 A book about a writer
5 A book about K-pop
6 A book about pirates
7 A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete
8 A book by a blind or visually impaired author
9 A book by a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing author
10 A book by a self-published author
11 A book from a genre you typically avoid
12 A book from an animal's POV
13 A book originally published under a pen name
14 A book recommended by a bookseller
15 A book recommended by a librarian
16 A book set 24 years before you were born
17 A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list
18 A book set in space
19 A book set in the future
20 A book set in the snow
21 A book that came out in a year that ends with "24"
22 A book that centers on video games
23 A book that features dragons
24 A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours
25 A book that was published 24 years ago (2000)
26 A book that was turned into a musical
27 A book where someone dies in the first chapter
28 A book with a main character who's 42 years old
29 A book with a neurodivergent main character
30 A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary
31 A book with a title that is a complete sentence
32 A book with an enemies to lovers plot
33 A book with an unreliable narrator
34 A book with at least 3 POVs
35 A book with magical realism
36 A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
37 A book written during NaNoWriMo
38 A cozy fantasy book
39 A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
40 A horror book by a BIPOC author
41 A memoir that explores queerness
42 A nonfiction book about Indigenous people
43 A second-chance romance
44 An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
45 An LGBTQ+ romance novel
46 A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours
47 A book with 24 letters in the title
48 A collection of at least 24 poems
49 The 24th book of an author
50 A book that starts with the letter "X"
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January

Resimli Adam (The Illustrated Man) by Ray Bradbury.
3.5 / 5
Wasnt aware of it being a short story collection when i picked it up from the library. Some stories were very good but overall I didnt feel the need to pick it up and read hence why it took me so long to finish.
possible prompts: 24, 35


Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
5 /5
I love murderbot, it is so effortlessly funny. This book had me worried for it for a while and felt sadness for the first time in the series. Love the pace.
possible prompts: 2, 17, 35, 37, 41