Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

The 2022 plan

Challenge Topics Completed: 52/52

➜ = Reading
✔ = Finished

✔1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
Hounded by Kevin Hearne (Atticus) ✮✮✮

✔ 2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮

✔3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett ✮✮✮✮

✔ 4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
Taking the Leap by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮

✔ 5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name
Night Watch by Terry Pratchett ✮✮✮✮✮

✔ 6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
Golden Trail by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮

✔ 7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind (OCD)
Beard in Mind by Penny Reid✮✮✮✮

✔ 8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1 (Europe)
Heaven and Hell by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮

✔ 9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2 (North America)
Still Standing by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮

✔ 10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (Africa) ✮✮✮✮

✔ 11. A book from historical fiction genre
The Fortune Hunter by Diane Farr ✮✮✮✮

✔ 12. A book related to glass
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel ✮✮✮✮✮

✔13. A book about a woman in STEM
Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep ✮✮✮✮

✔14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy by Megan Bannen ✮✮✮✮

✔15. A book without a person on the cover
The Gamble by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮✮

✔ 16. A book related to Earth Day
Star Mother by Charlie N. Holmberg ✮✮✮

✔ 17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
Book Lovers by Emily Henry ✮✮✮✮

✔ 18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
Manuka Fire by Mary Moore ✮✮✮✮

✔19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik ✮✮✮

✔20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951 (1942-1945)
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan ✮✮✮

✔ 21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover (battleship, horse, boot/shoe, iron, racecar, Scottie dog, thimble, top hat, wheelbarrow + cat, penguin, T-Rex, and rubber duck)
Play It Safe by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮

✔ 22. A book with a Jewish character or author
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik ✮✮✮✮✮

✔ 23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune ✮✮✮✮✮

✔ 24. A book related to inclement weather
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse ✮✮✮✮✮

✔ 25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik ✮✮✮✮

✔ 26.- 27. 2 books with the same word in the title
Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮✮
Rock Chick Redemption by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮

✔ 28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
All Systems Red by Martha Wells ✮✮✮✮✮

✔ 29. A book set on or near a body of water
Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie ✮✮✮✮✮

✔ 30. A book related to mythology
Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse ✮✮✮✮

✔ 31. A book published at least 10 years ago
Venetia by Georgette Heyer ✮✮✮✮

✔ 32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb ✮✮✮

✔ 33. The next book in a series
Rock Chick Revolution by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮

✔ 34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik ✮✮✮✮✮

✔ 35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
How to Be a Wallflower by Eloisa James ✮✮✮✮

✔ 36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs ✮✮✮✮✮

✔37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske ✮✮✮

✔ 38. A book by a Latin American author
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia✮✮✮✮✮

✔ 39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee ✮✮✮✮

✔ 40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards (wheel of fortune)
The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer ✮✮✮✮

✔ 41. A book with a theme of food or drink
Battle Royal by Lucy Parker ✮✮✮

✔ 42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
Gypsy Blood by Kristy Cunning ✮✮✮

✔ 43. A book set in a small town or rural area
Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis ✮✮✮✮

✔ 44. A book with gothic elements
Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart ✮✮✮✮✮

✔ 45. A book related to a game
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin ✮✮✮✮

✔ 46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
Spells for the Dead by Faith Hunter ✮✮✮

✔ 47. A book with handwriting on the cover
Miss Wrong and Mr Right by Robert Bryndza ✮✮✮

✔ 48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (576 p) ✮✮✮✮✮

✔ 49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
White Hot by Ilona Andrews ✮✮✮✮✮

✔ 50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr ✮✮✮✮

✔ 51. A book published in 2022
Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews ✮✮✮✮

✔ 52. A book with a time-related word in the title
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin ✮✮✮✮✮

Cover collage

5 star books:

Night Watch by Terry Pratchett ✮✮✮✮✮
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel ✮✮✮✮✮
The Gamble by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮✮
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune ✮✮✮✮✮
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse ✮✮✮✮✮
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (576 p) ✮✮✮✮✮
Rock Chick by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮✮
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik ✮✮✮✮✮
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia✮✮✮✮✮
Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart ✮✮✮✮✮
The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik ✮✮✮✮✮
White Hot by Ilona Andrews ✮✮✮✮✮
Welcome to Temptation by Jennifer Crusie ✮✮✮✮✮
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin ✮✮✮✮✮
Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs ✮✮✮✮✮
All Systems Red by Martha Wells ✮✮✮✮✮

4 star books:
Sweet Dreams by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett ✮✮✮✮
Golden Trail by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮
Beard in Mind by Penny Reid✮✮✮✮
Heaven and Hell by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮
Still Standing by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮
The Fortune Hunter by Diane Farr ✮✮✮✮
Only Bad Options by Jennifer Estep ✮✮✮✮
Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr ✮✮✮✮
Book Lovers by Emily Henry ✮✮✮✮
Manuka Fire by Mary Moore ✮✮✮✮
Rock Chick Redemption by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮
Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse ✮✮✮✮
Venetia by Georgette Heyer ✮✮✮✮
Rock Chick Revolution by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮✮
We Are Not Free by Traci Chee ✮✮✮✮
The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer ✮✮✮✮
Simply Irresistible by Jill Shalvis ✮✮✮✮
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin ✮✮✮✮
Ruby Fever by Ilona Andrews ✮✮✮✮
How to Be a Wallflower by Eloisa James ✮✮✮✮
Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik ✮✮✮✮
Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters (Africa) ✮✮✮✮

3 star books:
Hounded by Kevin Hearne (Atticus) ✮✮✮
Taking the Leap by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮
Star Mother by Charlie N. Holmberg ✮✮✮
Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik ✮✮✮
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan ✮✮✮
Play It Safe by Kristen Ashley ✮✮✮
Abandoned in Death by J.D. Robb ✮✮✮
A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske ✮✮✮
Battle Royal by Lucy Parker ✮✮✮
Gypsy Blood by Kristy Cunning ✮✮✮
Spells for the Dead by Faith Hunter ✮✮✮
Miss Wrong and Mr Right by Robert Bryndza ✮✮✮

reserved

A whole lot of Terry Pratchett going on in this Challenge!

Valerie wrote: "A whole lot of Terry Pratchett going on in this Challenge!"

I love his books. Funny and profound at the same time.

Finished the challenge!