Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

I just stumbled across this group when searching for tips to fill some of the prompts for the 2017 popsugar challenge. And my inner listmaker got excited! So I am happy to join in rather late this year (middle of April), looks like a fun group:) My main goal with any reading challenge is just to have fun, explore new authors/books and reduce my unread books in my bookshelves (it has a bad tendency of just growing...!) ;)

I know that I will be tempted to read other books than I have planned, when seeing what everyone else is reading for the different prompts, so the plan will most definitely change as we go.

I have divided the list in four, to make it easier to edit.

Read: 41/52

✅ = Completed
➜ = Currently reading

The 2017 AtY List part 1
✅ 1. A book from the Goodreads Choice Awards 2016: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by John Tiffany. Read January ★★★☆☆

✅ 2. A book with at least 2 perspectives: Nei og atter nei by Nina Lykke. Read February ★★★★☆

✅ 3. A book you meant to read in 2016: Slåttekar i himmelen by Edvard Hoem. Read June/July ★★★★☆

✅ 4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E": Ghosts (New York trilogy #2) by Paul Auster. Read July/Aug ★★★☆☆

✅ 5. A historical fiction: The Prophets of Eternal Fjord (Profetene i Evighetsfjorden), by Kim Leine. Read May ★★★★☆

✅ 6. A book being released as a movie in 2017: Allegiant by Veronica Roth. Read June ★★☆☆☆

✅ 7. A book with an animal on the cover or in the title:
Fugletribunalet (The Bird Tribunal) by Agnes Ravatn Read October ★★★★☆

➜ 8. A book written by a person of color: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

9. A book in the middle of your To Be Read list: Med livet foran seg (The life before us/La Vie devant soi), by Émile Ajar/Romain Gary

10. A dual-timeline novel: Frost i mai? or Jazz?

✅ 11. A category from another challenge: The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty based on the prompt "A book with a family member-term in the title" from PopSugar 2017. Read September ★★★☆☆

✅ 12. A book based on a myth: Julemysteriet by Jostein Gaarder. Read December ★★★★☆

13. A book recommended by one of your favorite authors: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, recommended by J.K. Rowling

The 2017 AtY List part 2

✅ 14. A book with a strong female character: Jordmor på jorda by Edvard Hoem. Read March ★★★★☆

✅ 15. A book written or set in Scandinavia: Markens grøde (Growth of the soil), by Knut Hamsun. Read April ★★★★★

✅ 16. A mystery: The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. Read February ★★★★☆

✅ 17. A book with illustrations: Paris for én by Jojo Moyes. Read October ★★☆☆☆

✅ 18. A really long book (600+ pages): Den blinde morderen (The blind Assassin) by Margaret Atwood. ★★★★☆

19. A New York Times best-seller:

✅ 20. A book that you've owned for a while but haven't gotten around to reading: The Bell Jar (Glassklokken) by Sylvia Plath. Read July ★★★★☆

✅ 21. A book that is a continuation of a book you've already read: Hvitt Hav by Roy Jacobsen. Read February ★★★★☆

✅ 22. A book by an author you haven't read before: City of Glass (New York Trilogy #1) by Paul Auster. Read July ★★★☆☆

✅ 23. A book from the BBC "The Big Read" list: Geisha by Arthur Golden. Read June ★★★★☆

24. A book written by at least two authors: Juleroser 2016 by Herborg Kråkevik

25. A book about a famous historical figure:

✅ 26. An adventure book: Life of Pi by Yann Martel. Read August ★★★★☆

Good luck, Hilde!!

The 2017 AtY List part 3

✅ 27. A book by one of your favorite authors: Bror din på prærien by Edvard Hoem. Read November ★★★★☆

✅ 28. A non-fiction: To søstre by Åsne Seierstad. Read October ★★★★☆

✅ 29. A book published outside the 4 major publishing houses (Simon & Schuster; HarperCollins; Penguin Random House; Hachette Livre): Alltid tilgivelse by Anne B. Ragde, published by Forlaget Oktober. Read Nov/Dec ★★★★☆

✅ 30. A book from Goodreads Top 100 YA Books: Insurgent by Veronica Roth. Read April ★★☆☆☆

✅ 31. A book from a sub-genre of your favorite genre: : Waiting for the Barbarians (Før barbarene kommer), by J.M. Coetzee. Read May ★★★★☆

✅ 32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle): At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft. Read July ★★☆☆☆

✅ 33. A magical realism novel: Beloved by Toni Morrison. Read September ★★★★☆

✅ 34. A book set in or by an author from the Southern Hemisphere: The Grass is Singing (Det synger i gresset), by Doris Lessing. Read March ★★★★☆

35. A book where one of the main characters is royalty: The Other Boleyn Girl or In the Shadow of the Banyan

36. A Hugo Award winner or nominee: Fahrenheit 451 or Kallocain. Possibly a wild card

✅ 37. A book you choose randomly: The Locked Room (The New York Trilogy #3), by Paul Auster. Read August ★★★★☆

38. A novel inspired by a work of classic literature: Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen by Fay Weldon? Or On Beauty (inspirert av Howards End)

The 2017 AtY List part 4

✅ 39. An epistolary fiction: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff. Read May ★★★★☆

✅ 40. A book published in 2017: Tørst by Jo Nesbø. Read June/July, ★★★(★)

✅ 41. A book with an unreliable narrator: Never Let Me Go (Gå aldri fra meg), by Kazuo Ishiguro. Read April ★★★☆☆

✅ 42. A best book of the 21st century (so far): The Help by Kathryn Stockett. Read September ★★★★★

✅ 43. A book with a chilling atmosphere (scary, unsettling, cold): Veggen (Die Wand/The Wall) by Marlen Haushofer. Read January ★★★★★

✅ 44. A recommendation from "What Should I Read Next": The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion, based on search "Me before You" by Jojo Moyes . Read August ★★★(★)

✅ 45. A book with a one-word title: Wonderboy by Henrik H. Langeland. Read January ★★★★☆

46. A time travel novel: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by John Tiffany. Read January ★★★☆☆. If not doubledipping could use this: The Time Machine (Tidsmaskinen), by H.G. Wells. Or possibly a wild card

✅ 47. A past suggestion that didn't win: They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy based on the prompt "Reader's choice" Read Sept ★★★☆☆

✅ 48. A banned book: Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Read July ★★★★☆

✅ 49. A book from someone else's bookshelf: Willful Disregard (Rettstridig forføyning) by Lena Andersson. Read March ★★★☆☆

✅ 50. A Penguin Modern Classic - any edition: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Read November ★★★★★

✅ 51. A collection (e.g. essays, short stories, poetry, plays): Peer Gynt (A play by Henrik Ibsen). Read February ★★★★☆

✅ 52. A book set in a fictional location: Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll. Read May ★★★★☆

Thanks, Kirsten! :)