Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

My 2020 List: read 52/52

✔ 1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y - Swimming Lessons: Poems by Lili Reinhart ★★☆☆☆

✔ 2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable - The Lying Game by Ruth Ware ★★★★☆

✔ 3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019 - Sorcery and the Single Girl by Mindy Klasky ★★★☆☆

✔ 4. A book set in a place/time that you wouldn't want to live - Splintered by A.G. Howard ★★☆☆☆

✔ 5. The first book in a series that you have not started - Undercover Princess by Connie Glynn ★★★☆☆

✔ 6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover - This Train Is Being Held by Ismée Amiel Williams ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 7. A book set in the southern hemisphere - Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani ★★☆☆☆

✔ 8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The" - The Selection by Kiera Cass ★★★☆☆

✔ 9. A book that can be read in a day - Annie's Life in Lists by Kristin Mahoney ★★★☆☆

✔ 10. A book that is between 400-600 pages - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling ★★★★★ (re-read)

✔ 11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number (2017) - Quests for Glory by Soman Chainani ★★★☆☆

✔ 12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people - Zenith by Sasha Alsberg & Lisa Cummings ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (2017: based on a myth) - Circe by Madeline Miller ★★★☆☆

✔ 14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng ★★★☆☆

✔ 15. A book set in a global city - The Twelve Days of Dash & Lily by Rachel Cohn ★★☆☆☆

✔ 16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area - The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson ★★★★☆

✔ 17. A book with a neurodiverse character - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata ★★☆☆☆

✔ 18. A book by an author you've only read once before - What Light by Jay Asher ★★☆☆☆

✔ 19. A fantasy book - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins ★★☆☆☆

✔ 20. The 20th book (on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc) - Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier ★★★★☆

✔ 21. A book related to Maximilian Hell - My Name Is Venus Black by Heather Lloyd ★★☆☆☆

✔ 22. A book with the major theme of survival - Wilder Girls by Rory Power ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author - It's Not Like It's a Secret by Misa Sugiura ★★☆☆☆

✔ 24. A book with an emotion in the title - I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn ★★★☆☆

✔ 25. A book related to the arts - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg ★★☆☆☆

✔ 26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards - House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig ★★★☆☆

✔ 27. A history or historical fiction - Lovely War by Julie Berry ★★★☆☆

✔ 28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author - The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty ★★★☆☆

✔ 29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book - The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss ★★★★☆

✔ 30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year - The Truth and Other Lies by Sascha Arango ★★☆☆☆

✔ 31. A book inspired by a leading news story - The Five: The Lives of Jack the Ripper's Women by Hallie Rubenhold ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan - Tokyo Ueno Station by Miri Yū ★★☆☆☆

✔ 33. A book about a non-traditional family - The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell ★★★☆☆

✔ 34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name (M-manga) - Disney Manga: Kilala Princess - Volume 2 by Rika Tanaka ★★★★☆

✔ 35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover - Book of Sith: Secrets from the Dark Side by Daniel Wallace ★★★☆☆

✔ 36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim - The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones ★★☆☆☆

✔ 37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1 (graphic novel/summer) - This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki ★★☆☆☆

✔ 38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2 (chick-lit/winter) - A Winter's Dream by Sophie Claire ★★★☆☆

✔ 39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce - Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust ★★☆☆☆

✔ 40. A book with a place name in the title - I See London, I See France by Sarah Mlynowski ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 41. A mystery - Wink Poppy Midnight by April Genevieve Tucholke ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ - Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway ★★☆☆☆

✔ 43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse (Death) - The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware ★★★★☆

✔ 44. A book related to witches - Sea Witch by Sarah Henning ★★☆☆☆

✔ 45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018 - Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer ★★★☆☆

✔ 46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire" (Grace Kelly) - Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor ★★★☆☆

✔ 47. A classic book you've always meant to read - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury ★★☆☆☆

✔ 48. A book published in 2020 - One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus ★★★☆☆

✔ 49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (heart on the cover/tittle) - My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga ★★☆☆☆

✔ 50. A book with a silhouette on the cover - Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller ★★★☆☆

✔ 51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title - The Upside of Falling by Alex Light ★★★☆☆

✔ 52. A book related to time - A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle ★★☆☆☆


Book covers in list's order:


Books I've read and that are not on the list:


My 2020 total: 60/60