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message 1: by Moni (last edited Jan 01, 2020 02:56PM) (new)

Moni (monidzib) I'm so late with this but here's my plan for my third year :)
I'm trying to read mostly books of my physical TBR because it just keeps growing!

♥ - Completed.

1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy. - Home (Nebula, Novella) ♥

2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why) - When the Moon Was Ours

3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (TerrY PrATcheTT, Neil Gaiman) ♥

4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc) - Crooked Kingdom

5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare - Foolish Hearts (Totally cheating here, they perform A Midsummer Night's Dream) ♥

6. A book with a dual timeline - Love and Other Words

7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1 - In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom (Amazing Women) ♥

8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2 - Becoming (Amazing women) ♥

9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror) - Reign the Earth (Fantasy) ♥

10. A book featuring an historical figure - And I Darken (Vlad, The Impaler) ♥

11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject) - El Llano en llamas (Horse on cover) ♥

12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer - Autoboyography

13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list - Undead Girl Gang (Winter, 2018) ♥

14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term - Of Fire and Stars

15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country - Lie With Me (France) ♥

16. A book told from multiple perspectives - They Both Die at the End

17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia) - The Cruel Prince (Fantasy) ♥

18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements - The Final Empire

19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR - Daisy Jones & The Six (TJR) ♥

20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country - Trail of Lightning

21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes - Serpent & Dove (A book in which faith/religion plays an integral role in the plot or the life of a main character) ♥

22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover - Three Dark Crowns

23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old - Another Brooklyn (Historical Fiction) ♥

24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New - The Gilded Wolves (2019) ♥

25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed - A Study in Charlotte (A study in scarlet) ♥

26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue - Dark Wild Night

27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.) - Beartown (Ice hockey) ♥

29. A book published before 1950 - Pinocchio

30. A book featuring an elderly character - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

31. A children’s classic you’ve never read - Matilda

32. A book with more than 500 pages - The Well of Ascension

33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet - We Are the Ants

34. A book with a person's name in the title - Eliza and Her Monsters

35. A psychological thriller - The Silent Patient

36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list - I Believe in a Thing Called Love (2017) ♥

37. A book set in a school or university - Truly Devious

38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc) - Gemina

39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life - The Bear and the Nightingale

40. A book you stumbled upon - Far from the Tree

41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards - Educated (Winner, Memoir) ♥

42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character - Saints and Misfits

43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction] - See You in the Cosmos

44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.) - The Invention of Hugo Cabret

45. A multi-generational saga - Homegoing

46. A book with a (mostly) black cover - The Princess Saves Herself in This One

47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.) - Check, Please!: #Hockey, Vol. 1

48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year - The Poet X (Winner, Poetry 2018) ♥

49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country - The Astonishing Color of After (Taiwan) ♥

50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual) - Exit West

51. A book published in 2019 - The Vanishing Stair

52. A book with a weird or intriguing title - The Tsar of Love and Techno


message 2: by Moni (new)

Moni (monidzib) JANUARY
3.5
Good Omens The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett

2.5
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

5♥
Beartown (Beartown, #1) by Fredrik Backman

4
Check, Please! #Hockey, Vol. 1 by Ngozi Ukazu

3
Three Dark Crowns (Three Dark Crowns, #1) by Kendare Blake

4
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

3.5
Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali

5
Educated by Tara Westover


message 3: by Moni (new)

Moni (monidzib) FEBRUARY

3.5
The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra

3
Reign the Earth (The Elementae, #1) by A.C. Gaughen

4
The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1) by Roshani Chokshi

3
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

1.5
The Princess Saves Herself in This One (Women Are Some Kind of Magic, #1) by Amanda Lovelace

4.5
Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills

2.5
Truly Devious (Truly Devious, #1) by Maureen Johnson

4
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

3.5
A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes, #1) by Brittany Cavallaro

2.5
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

3
I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo


message 4: by Moni (new)

Moni (monidzib) MARCH

3
In Order to Live A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom by Yeonmi Park

4
We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson

2.5
The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, #1) by Katherine Arden


message 5: by Moni (new)

Moni (monidzib) APRIL

4.5
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

4
Far from the Tree by Robin Benway

4
El Llano en llamas by Juan Rulfo

5
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2) by Leigh Bardugo

2.5
The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious, #2) by Maureen Johnson

1
Of Fire and Stars (Of Fire and Stars, #1) by Audrey Coulthurst

5♥
The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) by Brandon Sanderson

3.5
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

3
Home (Binti, #2) by Nnedi Okorafor

4
And I Darken (The Conqueror's Saga #1) by Kiersten White


message 6: by Moni (new)

Moni (monidzib) May

4
The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air, #1) by Holly Black

3
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

5
Gemina (The Illuminae Files, #2) by Amie Kaufman

3.5
The Well of Ascension (Mistborn, #2) by Brandon Sanderson


message 7: by Moni (new)

Moni (monidzib) JUNE

4
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

2
Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

4,5
Matilda by Roald Dahl

2
Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson


message 8: by Moni (new)

Moni (monidzib) JULY

4
Becoming by Michelle Obama

4
Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren


message 9: by Moni (new)

Moni (monidzib) AUGUST

5
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore

4
Dark Wild Night (Wild Seasons, #3) by Christina Lauren


message 10: by Moni (new)

Moni (monidzib) SEPTEMBER

4
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman


message 11: by Moni (new)

Moni (monidzib) OCTOBER

3
Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia


message 12: by Moni (new)

Moni (monidzib) November

4
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng

4
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

3
Lie With Me by Philippe Besson

DECEMBER

3
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse


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