Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

I am desperately trying to get my reading mojo back this year - Damn you, Hulu and Netflix. I've always been a dedicated mood reader (even if that's an oxymoron) but this year I figure I have nothing to lose in trying something new. So I'm going to read in month order. I also am making my plan a little more decorative, because who doesn't love to look at pretty things?



January

✔1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
Recursion by Blake Crouch ★★★★★

✔2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
Ghosted by Rosie Walsh ★★★☆☆

3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
The Secret Place by Tana French

✔4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett ★★★★★

✔5. The first book in a series that you have not started
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs ★★★★☆

February

6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
Full Throttle by Joe Hill

7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

✔8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
The Dilemma by B.A. Paris ★★★½☆

✔9. A book that can be read in a day
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer by Fredrick Backman ★★★★★

March

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
Long Bright River by Liz Moore

✔11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number [2017]
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds ★★★★★

✔12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks ★★★½☆

✔13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge
A book about a thing that goes bump in the night
The Whisper Man by Alex North ★★★★☆

✔14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood ★★★★☆

April

✔15. A book set in a global city
The Chain by Adrian McKinty ★★★½☆

✔16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
Britt-Marie Was Here Fredrik Backman ★★★★☆

17. A book with a neurodiverse character
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

✔18. A book by an author you've only read once before
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter ★★★★☆

May

19. A fantasy book
Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon

20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719

✔22. A book with the major theme of survival
American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins ★★★★☆

June

✔23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston ★★★★☆

24. A book with an emotion in the title
25. A book related to the arts

✔26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren ★★★★☆

27. A history or historical fiction
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys

July

✔28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth ★★★★☆

29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year

✔31. A book inspired by a leading news story
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell ★★★★★

August

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan

✔33. A book about a non-traditional family
Dear Child by Romy Hausmann ★★★½☆

34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (Literary Fiction)

35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover

September

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2

39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

October

40. A book with a place name in the title

✔41. A mystery
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager ★★★★☆

✔42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite ★★★★☆

✔43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
The Silence by Tim Lebbon ★★★★½

44. A book related to witches

November

✔45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid ★★★★★

46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
47. A classic book you've always meant to read

✔48. A book published in 2020
In Five Years by Rebecca Serle ★★★★★

December

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link)
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover

✔51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
Playing Nice by J.P. Delaney ★★★☆☆

✔52. A book related to time
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead ★★★★★

Cover Collage

I loved this idea from Emily so decided to re-create it. I'm excited to see it come together along the way for 2021 but couldn't resist doing it to wrap up 2020 also.