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2022 Plans
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Madelynn's First ATY (2022)
THE 2022 LIST1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name
6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1
9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2
10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3
11. A book from historical fiction genre
12. A book related to glass
13. A book about a woman in STEM
14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads
15. A book without a person on the cover
16. A book related to Earth Day
17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951
21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
22. A book with a Jewish character or author
23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
24. A book related to inclement weather
25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1
27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
29. A book set on or near a body of water
30. A book related to mythology
31. A book published at least 10 years ago
32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
33. The next book in a series
34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
38. A book by a Latin American author
39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time
40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards
41. A book with a theme of food or drink
42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
43. A book set in a small town or rural area
44. A book with gothic elements
45. A book related to a game
46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
47. A book with handwriting on the cover
48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022
49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
51. A book published in 2022
52. A book with a time-related word in the title
Preplanning ideas for prompts, in no particular order, starting with what I put in the community spreadsheet:1. Invisible life of Addie LaRue; Verity by Colleen Hoover (Main character is Lowen Ashleigh)
2. Return of the King - Tolkien (finishing up LOTR if I don't in 2021); The Mothers-Brit Bennett (read Vanishing Half in 2021), Toast to Tomorrow- Manning Coles (sequel to Drink to Yesterday)
6. Where the Crawdad's Sing; Klara and the Sun; Bad Witch Burning; Blackout
8. Africa- Homegoing; My Sister the Serial Killer; A Girl is a Body of Water (prompt 26/27 with Girl)
9. South America- One Hundred Years of Solitude; We Were Never Here (description sounds like this one doesn't entirely happen in S. America)
10. Australia/Oceania- Nine Perfect Strangers; The Beekeeper's Secret
12. Throne of Glass- Sarah J. Maas
24. Whose Names are Unknown- Sanora Babb (Dustbowl, works for prompt 20); Spinning Silver (was on the ATY listopia)
26/27. Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America + The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sister Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine; Girl, Woman, Other + Vinegar Girl; The Bees + The Honey Factory: Inside the Ingenious World of Bees
31. Angela's Ashes; The Picture of Dorian Gray
32. Firekeeper's Daughter (prompt 6 as well); Forest of Stolen Girls
37. Red Queen- Victoria Aveyard; Dial A for Auntie- Jesse Susanto; The Gene: an Intimate History- Siddhartha Mukherjee
40. Devil in The White City; Raven Boys
42. American Marriage; American Dirt; Mexican Gothic
48. Midnight Library; Invisible Life of Addie LaRue; Educated
49. Circe; Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; Strange the Dreamer
51. Book of Night- Holly Black; Babel- RF Kuang
52. Night Circus; Thursday Murder Club; The Grace Year
Different way to organize this, I'm going to start with books on my library holds list that I doubt I'll get this year yet and list behind the book all the prompts it might fit underFinding The Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest- Suzanne Simard- 3, 13 because it's written by a woman in STEM, 15, 16, 35/36 for flora, 37
The Grace Year-Kim Liggett- 1, 5, 19, 52
Return of the King- J.R.R. Tolkien- 2, 15, 19, 31, 33, 50 as a stretch with Bilbo
Last Tang Standing- Lauren Ho- 1, 8/9/10 for Asia, 18
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue- V. E. Schwab- 1, 3, 6 if I count the stars, 8/9/10 for Europe, 11, 15, 25
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America- Beth Macy- 3, 8/9/10 for North America (I'd prefer not to do this one to explore other continents), 15, 26/27 for Doctors paired with Doctors Blackwell, 37
The Henna Wars 47. A book with handwriting on the cover
I read The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar. It fits the prompt because the title looks like it's supposed to be handwritten to me.
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1
This title fits the prompt because I'm planning on partnering this one with The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women- And Women to Medicine. The subtitle should also allow me to pair it with other books with medical type subjects if I decide not to read Doctors Blackwell.
Throne of Glass12. A book related to glass
This book has glass in the title and it takes place in a glass building.
The Bees4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
My favorite prompt that didn't make it was A book related to bees. Bees are my favorite animals so I had to use this prompt. Book would also work for main character is not a human.
Verity5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name
This one feels like kind of a cheat because Colleen Hoover has 3 sets of double letters but I couldn't find a different prompt I wanted to use for this one. It was on my list of holds that I really did want to read so I made it work.
You won't. be disappointed. One of my faves last year!
Transcendent Kingdom17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
This one was in their 2020 Best Book list and I've been interested in reading it since a friend read it last year.
Nightbitch7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
This book in sort of a hard to describe way relates to like what is going on with the mother and there's a question of is what's happening with the dog stuff all in her head? Besides that, you get a look at the thoughts that are going through her head with very little sleep. There is also the topic that comes up more than once of if she should go to a therapist and there's also some psychological thriller elements to the book.
The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
I am pairing this with Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America. I read Dopesick in January and Doctors is in both titles, I like learning more about medicine in the world so I thought Doctors would be a good word to work with.
An American Marriage28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
It won the Women's Prize for Fiction award in 2019. I debated using this for the title containing a nationality or language prompt but list prompts I'm finding to be a little bit intimidating with the limited options.
The Grace Year1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
The main character's name is Tierney
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest16. A book related to Earth Day
This book covers the passion Simard has for forests and how to keep them healthy. I think it totally relates to the spirit of Earth Day.
Last Tang Standing8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1
I'm going to start with Asia for this set of prompts, the majority of the story takes place in Singapore.
House of Earth and Blood19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
This definitely takes place in an alternate something, I'm not sure exactly if it should be alternate reality or world. There are also alternate worlds present in this universe.
Dial A for Aunties37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
The title and author Jesse Q Sutanto together have all the vowels (except y but I don't think that's counted for this prompt)
This Poison Heart35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
This book is all about plants and Briseis's abilities to grow them
The Burning God2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
I started the Poppy War series last year and this finished it. And it was quite the ending to the series.
Homegoing11. A book from historical fiction genre
This is a generational story that follows two branches of a family from the mid 1700's to 2000, covering quite a bit of history
House of Sky and Breath25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
This was like 800 ish pages on my e-reader
The Ones We're Meant to Find29. A book set on or near a body of water
Cee is trying to escape an island via boat for her side of things and the ocean is important for the whole plot
My Sister, the Serial Killer9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2
This story takes place in Lagos, Nigeria in Africa for my next stop on the world tour
Shotgun Lovesongs43. A book set in a small town or rural area
The majority of this book takes place in Little Wing, Wisconsin, a fictional small Wisconsin town
Spinning Silver22. A book with a Jewish character or author
The author Naomi Novik is Jewish as well as one of the main characters Miryem and her family are Jewish
Firekeeper's Daughter32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
Daunis is a confidential informant but she does a ton of her own detective work.
Legendborn30. A book related to mythology
The Arthurian and Knights of the Round Table are important to part of this world's magic system
Mexican Gothic42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
The book title is Mexican Gothic and Mexican is a nationality
Lives of the Monster Dogs46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
The only human main character is Cleo and maybe also Augustus Rank in part 1. We also get the perspective of Ludwig, who is one of the monster dogs. Other important characters include other monster dogs Klaue and Lydia.
Caraval40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards
I'm connecting this book to the card The Star. The symbol for Caraval involves a star and there's moments where star imagery is brought up. According to Wikipedia's description for The Star card, it represents new hopes and splendid revelations for the future. I think Scarlett has a lot of new hope created from the events of Caraval.
One Last Stop23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
This has multiple loving queer relationships, between August and Jane as August is the main character and it's her developing relationship, Myla and Niko who are in a relationship the whole story, and a couple of others that would be spoilers to post. This is such a wonderful queer story
Magic for Liars34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
The story takes place at Osthorne, a school for mages and some of the teachers there are active in the story.
Truly Devious15. A book without a person on the cover
The cover is blue with the text and has vines and leaves on it
Getting a little harder to keep track of what prompts I still need books for and I'm trying to plan my library holds accordingly so what I have currently reading and my current library holds and what I'm thinking about using them forThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern- 21. Monopoly Token with the top hat on the man on the right
Whose Names are Unknown by Sanora Babb- 24. Inclement weather with the events of the dust bowl
The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey- 13. Woman in STEM with Evelyn doing cloning research
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass- 3. 22 or more letters because it should be 22 exactly OR 44. gothic elements, in case ghost stuff counts as gothic?
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo- 20. set bewteen 1900-1951 with it being a Great Gatsby retelling and that's 1920s
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan- 6. Source of Light with the sun on the cover
The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova- 10. set in different continent because the other two I used are Asia and Africa and this takes place in Ecuador which is in South America
Fuzz by Mary Roach- 36. book related to flora and fauna, this is my fauna book
Book of Night by Holly Black- 51. Book published 2022 because it came out in May
The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd- 49. here there be dragons because the phrase is related to map making and that's what this book does
The Vanishing Stair by Maureen Johnson- 33. next book in a series (maybe??? mostly put on holds because I want to know what happens next) it's the second book in the Truly Devious series
21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
There is a top hat on the cover of this book on I'm guessing whose supposed to be Marco despite the fact that he exclusively wore bowler hats in the book
13. A book about a woman in STEMThe Echo Wife
The main character Dr. Evelyn Caldwell is a cloning research scientist
24. A book related to inclement weatherWhose Names Are Unknown
The dust bowl in the 1930s is the driving force for all of the events of the story, as well as the center of the book with Julia's diary covering the weather during the worst spells.
36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
This was meant to be my fauna portion but it did include some flora as well.
20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951The Chosen and the Beautiful
The entirety of the book takes place in the summer of 1922 as a Great Gatsby retelling
She Who Became the Sun
6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
There is a sun on the cover of the book
3. A book with 22 or more letters in the titleThe Taking of Jake Livingston
There are 25 letters in the title of this book
44. A book with gothic elementsThe Raven Boys
With a psychic family, witchcraft, ley lines, a search for a mysterious Welsh lord, and lots of crow and raven imagery, I think this has some gothic elements
49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"The Cartographers
The phrase has to do with mapmaking and that's what this book is all about
38. A book by a Latin American authorWith the Fire on High
Elizabeth Acevedo is Latinx, and she had an afro-puerto rican protagonist in this title
33. The next book in a seriesThe Vanishing Stair
This is book 2 in the Truly Devious series, it looks like there are 4 books out in the series at this time
41. A book with a theme of food or drinkGirly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol
It's a world history of alcohol and women who were involve in the making, selling, and bartending through the ages.
14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on GoodreadsFlyaway
I read this as part of a readathon by a podcast I listen to and it only has 2287 ratings as of right now.
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I don't have any personal restrictions regarding if I need to read it in the order the list presents or any extra challenges on top of ATY. That being said, I'm mainly a library digital reader, but have some physical books on my shelf and access to a physical library as well, so restrictions will have to be in mind of when I can get a book.