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2022 ATY Completion Thread
I finished the challenge on June 7th- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
- My most creative twist on a prompt - Maybe using FUgitive Telemetry for Tarot, there is death and there is some justice in the book so I went with it!
- The prompt I cheated on - I always feel like the "prompt that didn't make it" is a cheat. I just put in any book that I read that doesn't fit anywhere else and then go find a prompt to fit it
- My favorite prompt - A book set on or near a body of water, books set at sea are a favorite trope of mine
- My least favorite prompt - Other than 'prompt that didn't make it" I struggled with 'handwriting on the cover' just because I had a hard time deciding what was considered handwriting and what was a fancy font. That's a perception issue and not a real issue with the prompt itself though.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) - Winnie's Great War it was really interesting to read some of the real history of Winnie the Pooh
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) - Proposal So many choices for 'a book released in 2022' and I chose this one. Why? Terrible, terrible idea.
I completed the challenge on June 15th.Here's a link to my completion thread in case anyone is interested:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
4. fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list (A book with a theme of exploration)
Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night - 5* - My Review
19. involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
The Sparrow - 5* - My Review
36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
Underland: A Deep Time Journey - 5* - My Review
48. posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022
Project Hail Mary - 5* - My Review
49. connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey - 5* - My Review
- My most creative twist on a prompt
41. theme of food or drink
(The entire book is not about food and drink, but it does feature the author eating regularly at cafes and describing what he orders)
A Moveable Feast - 4* - My Review
- The prompt I cheated on
I did not cheat.
- My favorite prompt
4. fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
(I liked this idea so much that I am probably going to create a short list of favorites that did not make the list and continue this challenge)
- My least favorite prompt
33. The next book in a series
(I do not enjoy reading books in a series and I had very few options for this one)
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life and Epic Journey of the World’s Smartest Birds of Prey - 4* - My Review
(I might have read this eventually but the challenge spurred me to read it now)
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
32. the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
The Late Show - 3* - My Review
(I'm not a fan of detective novels in general and this one was just so-so)
I think I finished on June 3rd. - 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
- My most creative twist on a prompt - I don't think I had any that were that creative.
- The prompt I cheated on - Nothing really. I chose Wahala for under 5000 rating it was new so didn't have that many ratings at the time. I knew it would go over and it has so kind of feel like I could have done a better job with that one.
- My favorite prompt - A book related to a game. There were a lot of fun options for this. I saw The Westing Game in the comments for the prompt, I had never heard of it and it was great!
- My least favorite prompt - Probably Flora and Fauna. I had a hard time finding books that fit the "present in a particular region" part of the definition. I gave up on that and just read books that fit the simple definition of plants and animals.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett - it sounded like it would be sad but it really wasn't overall very uplifting.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) - Trashed the drawing were well done but I didn't really enjoy it and it had a animal cruelty situation that wasn't necessary.
Great job!Can this thread be pinned so it does not get lost whenever several people update their challenge thread?
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I finished on June 26th! Yay!5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge:
I had 13 five-star reads this time!
01. The Skull Throne / Peter V Brett
02. City of the Dead / SD Perry
03. Stillhouse Lake / Rachel Caine
04. The Rural Diaries: Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm / Hilarie Burton Morgan
05. Tea with Milk and Murder / HY Hanna
06. The Call / Peadar O'Guilin
07. Two Down, Bun to Go / HY Hanna
08. Till Death Do Us Tart / HY Hanna
09. Dog on It / Spencer Quinn
10. Apocalypse of the Dead / Joe McKinney
11. Thereby Hangs a Tail / Spencer Quinn
12. Educated / Tara Westover
13. The Guncle / Steven Rowley
My most creative twist on a prompt:
I would say "related to glass". The plot involved a sort of magical observatory with a glass dome that appeared and disappeared, and sometimes had glass floors. I think it works.
The prompt I cheated on:
Probably "gothic elements". I found a definition I liked and kind of shoe-horned Wilder Girls by Rory Power into there.
My favorite prompt
I liked "non-human main character."
My least favorite prompt:
Definitely "featuring a woman in STEM". I went through sooooo many lists and google articles and listopias trying to find something that interested me. I finally remembered that I had an old favourite by Barbara Hambly from 1986 that fit the bill.
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break / Steven Sherrill. A really unique story with lots of emotion that I never even would have heard of where it not for the challenge.
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Ring Shout / P Djeli Clark. Such a great premise. Such a muddled, incoherent mess.
I finished on June 30, 20225 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
My most creative twist on a prompt
A book related to a game. I used The Unfinished Clue, relating the word "clue" in the title to the board game, Clue.
The prompt I cheated on
Not really cheating, but I used a 71 page children's book for the prompt A book connected to the phrase Here (There) Be Dragons, The Tea Dragon Society
My favorite prompt
A book from NPR's Book Concierge. I'm doing a mini-challenge using books from this list.
My least favorite prompt
A book related to mythology. I just really don't enjoy myths.
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
I was worried about the alternate reality/worlds prompt but read The Midnight Library and it was so good.
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Don't have one, so that's good
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5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Migrations
Search
This is typical for me, I don't give a lot of 5-star ratings
- My most creative twist on a prompt - for loving LGBTQ relationship I used Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek which is about the making of the TV show which prominently features a gay couple
- The prompt I cheated on - none but it was stretching it to use Search for flora just because it had trees and plants on the cover
- My favorite prompt - the Tarot Arcana cards
- My least favorite prompt - surprisingly, nationality or language in the title turned out to be hard to find
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) - Migrations - for Earth Day
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) - none, thankfully
I finished the challenge on May 7th.5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
The Diamond Eye
My most creative twist on a prompt
A Book Related to Earth Day- I read Across the Green Grass Fields- the girl traveled to a land with very little pollution.
The prompt I cheated on
I did not cheat on any.
My favorite prompt
Next book in a series- This gives you lots of options and allows you to read books you love that might not fit other prompts.
My least favorite prompt
A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time - YA is not my favorite and there were only 100 options. I know this sounds like a lot but I had read many of them and it is not always easy to get books that sound interesing. I don't want to buy books just for the challenge if I might not like them.
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Midnight at the Blackbird Café
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir
I finished 17-July! If memory serves, this is the earliest that I've finished the challenge yet.Everything that I read for this year's challenge was already on my TBR (new reads or rereads) or added to my TBR organically. Most prompts were filled after the fact by realizing that something I read satisfied one or another. Only a few did I bump up the list to read because of this challenge.
24 new reads
28 rereads
5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge (new reads)
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan
Scriber by Ben S. DobsonMy most creative twist on a prompt
None, really. They were all pretty straightforward choices.
My favorite prompt
The most delightful surprise was realizing the series I'd just finished (Custard Protocol) satisfied the 3 books set on three different continents prompts.
Ahh--finally read that last book--the language prompt. I had 51 completed end of April/beginning of May.
Finished today 19 July 2022.5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge:
- My most creative twist on a prompt:
Using the reject prompt 'book about bees' for
as it was set in Manchester, city which uses a bee symbol.- The prompt I cheated on:
I didn't cheat.
- My favourite prompt:
I liked the 3 continents prompt and the flora and fauna prompt (I just like multi-prompts!)
- My least favourite prompt:
Nothing I really disliked - they were all good prompts this year.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
I was trying to clear m TBR list, so most of the books were ones I would have read at some point, or ones I liked the look of in the library. Possibly wouldn't have read:
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t
There was nothing I hated.
Completed! 52/52 7/18/2022- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge:
- My most creative twist on a prompt:
- The prompt I cheated on: N/A, unless it's cheating to read Remarkably Bright Creatures for a book about flora and fauna
- My favorite prompt: book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards (lots of interesting possibilities)
- My least favorite prompt: book related to Earth Day or book related to glass
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!): Mudlark: in Search of London’s Past Along the River Thames (for ATY best Book of the Month threads 2021 or 2022), I would never have known this book existed except for having to research a book for this prompt, and it was so interesting, especially since I'd just learned what mudlarking is from The Last Apothecary
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!): maybe Tuck Everlasting? It was fine, and short, but I wouldn't have read it this year without that Best YA prompt. I just really haven't been in the mood for most YA.
THE 2022 LIST
XX1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y. Hench (Anna)
XX2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021 Network Effect Murderbot #5 (sequel to books read in 2021)
XX3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
XX4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list Winner/nominee of 2021 Goodreads Award, book in translation, W/o words a an or the in the title orange cover, indigenous author, arthropod (insect, spider, or crustacean) on cover, full name in title, author with 3 names My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson,
XX5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America by Jessica B. Harris,
XX6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover The Cartographers
7. XXA book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind Surviving Survival
8. XX3 books set on three different continents - Book 1 Negroland: North America
XX9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2 Asia: Tsunami: The World’s Greatest Waves
XX10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3 Europe: Glorious Rock Bottom
11. XXA book from historical fiction genre The Island of Missing Trees
XX12 A book related to glass. Amari and the Night Brothers (crystal ball on cover, has importance in story)
XX13. A book about a woman in STEM Gulp
XX14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads Tales of an Inland Empire Girl
XX15. A book without a person on the cover The Anthropocene Reviewed
XX16. A book related to Earth Day Upgrade
XX17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge The Water Dancer
XX18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author Together Tea
XX19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history The City We Became
XX20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951 West with Giraffes
XX21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover Elephant: Indian Ocean Tsunami Survival Stories
XX22. A book with a Jewish character or author The Weight of Ink
XX23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Café
XX24. A book related to inclement weather Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
XX25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages Breakfast at Tiffany’s
XX26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1 Life After Life,
XX27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2 Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
XX28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards Broken Earth #2: the Obelisk Gate,
XX29. A book set on or near a body of water Tsunami: The World’s Greatest Waves
XX30. A book related to mythology Lore
XX31. A book published at least 10 years ago The Hobbit
XX32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer Long Bright River
XX33. The next book in a series Redemptor
XX34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role To Sir With Love
XX35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1 Fuzz,
XX 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2 Remarkably Bright Creatures
XX37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name All That She Carried: the Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake
XX38. A book by a Latin American author Olga Dies Dreaming
XX39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time Tuck Everlasting
XX40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards Devil (A Little Devil in America)
XX41. A book with a theme of food or drink Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America,
XX42. A book with a language or nationality in the title The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
XX43. A book set in a small town or rural area Small Things Like These
XX44. A book with gothic elements Plain Bad Heroines
XX45. A book related to a game The Three-Body Problem
XX46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters A Psalm for the Wild-Built
XX47. A book with handwriting on the cover Lady Sings the Blues
XX48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022 Mudlark in Search of London’s Past Along the River Thames
XX49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons" How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
XX50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years People of the ER
XX51. A book published in 2022 Black Cake,
XX52. A book with a time-related word in the title The Best School Year Ever
Finally finished the challenge on June 23rd. I left the list books until last because, try as I might, I don't like list books.Fav Book was reading as an adult Brave New World and 1984. They felt so different as an adult and with today's world.
I cheated on prompt 16 Earth Day, because I read three children's books to kids that day and used them.
The book I read for prompt 49...on dragons...was fun after all. My Diary from the Edge of the World
I finished the challenge on April 3.My 5 star books were:-
"Shuggie Bain" by Douglas Stuart (Prompts 8-10)
"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir (Prompt 46)
"The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" by Robert Heinlein (Prompts 26-27)
I found all the prompts straight forward.
Favourite prompt was prompt 2..Related to book read 2021.
Least Favourite prompt was the Time List YA prompt.
Book I might not have read but glad I did was "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson (Prompt 28)
Book I might not have read but wished I hadn't was "Deadly Wishes" by Rachel McLean (Prompt 32)
5 Star books that I read for the ATY ChallengeThe Book of Magic
The Call of the Wild
Firekeeper's Daughter
Exit Strategy
My most creative twist on a prompt
For book related to glass I read Lessons in Chemistry. The woman is wearing glasses on the cover, and an important scene in the book involves beakers.
The prompt I cheated on
I didn't cheat on any, maybe just stretched one or two.
My favorite prompt
A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
My least favorite prompt
None, I liked all of them.
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Firekeeper's Daughter
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
None, I enjoyed them all, or I would have read them anyway.
I finished on 7.25.22 - mostly because I chose to do both the Pop Sugar and this challenge with only one book in common.5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Firekeeper's Daughter
The Summer Book
The Harp of Kings
The Secret Chord
American Gods
Groundbreaking Food Gardens: 73 Plans That Will Change the Way You Grow Your Garden
My most creative twist on a prompt
6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
My favorite prompt
28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
Deacon King Kong.
My least favorite prompt
34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
City of Shadows
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead
(view spoiler)
I completed my challenge 31st July 2022.https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton (England)
A Family of Strangers by Fiona Lowe (Australia)
Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce (New Caledonia)
Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran (Sri Lanka)
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (Finland)
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré (Nigeria)
Orange for the Sunsets by Tina Athaide (Uganda)
Jessamine by Eugenia O'Neal (British Virgin Islands)
Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin (Rwanda)My most creative twist on a prompt
45. A book related to a game: I read Eucalyptus by Murray Bail in which a father makes any potential suitors name the hundreds of species of Eucalypt on his property in exchange for his daughter’s hand in marriage. This may have been a game to the blokes but probably not to the daughter.
The prompt I cheated on
23. Features a loving LGBTQIA+ relationship. I read Love Marriage by Monica Ali which has these themes but only as a non central storyline.
My favorite prompt: 3 books set in 3 different continents
My least favorite prompt:
A book from NPR’s Concierge
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!):
12. A book related to glass
The Glass Woman by Caroline LeaA book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!):
17. A book from NPR’s Book Concierge
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
I finished the 52 book challenge last night. This is the first time I've done any reading challenges (since I was a kid) and I really enjoyed it. I've definitely read more this year than I have in the last few years. I'm also doing the side challenges and I was overlapping with the main challenge, so next year I might try to do the main challenge and the side challenge without overlapping them so it'll take longer to be completed.
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Duck Feet by Ely Percy - Academic Setting
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Dr Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey - book about psychology
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 2021/2022 book of the month threads
A Game of Thrones by George R R Martin - Here there be dragons
A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow by George R R Martin - Next book in a series
In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult by Rebecca Stott - 2 double letters
Inés of My Soul by Isabelle Allende - Latin American Author
- My most creative twist on a prompt
2 books related to flora and fauna I used words in the authors name and title rather than themes of the book or images on the cover
Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
- The prompt I cheated on
A book with a non-human as one of the main characters I read Beating About the Bush by M C Beaton, where the story is about the antics of a donkey, but he's really the plot rather than a character.
- My favorite prompt
The next book in a series - I have loads of series that I'm midway through. I could probably have done this prompt 52 times, lol
- My least favorite prompt
A book related to the 22 Major Tarot Arcana Cards - I found this too broad a category and I struggled to pick something. I think I picked a book then looked for a category that it fell into (it was judgement).
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing - It's a contender for my book of the year
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas by Adam Kay
ATY 2022 finished 8/14/2022- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
My 5 stars were all rereads:
Robin Hobb's Assassin's Apprentice, Ship of Magic, Fool's Errand, & Royal Assassin
Animal Farm by George Orwell
- My most creative twist on a prompt
7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind-
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb 1/7/2022Fitz and Nighteyes (wolf) can communicate through thoughts.
- The prompt I cheated on
n/a
- My favorite prompt
19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
- My least favorite prompt
47. A book with handwriting on the cover
This one I had trouble with because all of the covers are font not handwriting so I finally just picked a book with cursive font.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
45. A book related to a game-
The Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker by Louis Sachar 6/3/2022- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar 5/24/2022Spreadsheet @ AP
my plan link
2022 ATY52 BooksTHE 2022 LIST
52/52 completed August 26, 2022
5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge (so many):
Black Cake Charmaine Wilkerson
Honor Thrity Umrigar
Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney
Red at the Bone Jacqueline Woodson
The Invisible Husband of Frick Island Colleen Oakley
The Island of Missing Trees Elif Shafak
Wish You Were Here Jodi Picoult
The Reading List Sara Nisha Adams
The Humans Matt Haig
The Round House Louise Erdrich
Once There Were Wolves Charlotte McConaghy
Migrations Charlotte McConaghy
Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr
You Think It, I'll Say It Curtis Sittenfeld
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Dave Grohl (audio)
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Fredrik Backman (audio)
Crying in H Mart Michelle Zauner
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison
Untamed Glennon Doyle
- My most creative twist on a prompt: A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards (took some thought)
- The prompt I cheated on: None to my knowledge
- My favorite prompt: A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
- My least favorite prompt: A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!): West with Giraffes Lynda Rutledge
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!): None. If a book is not working for me, I will put it aside and find another.
1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
Anne of Avonlea (Anne Shirley #2) by Lucy-Maud Montgomery
Anne of Avonlea L.M. Montgomery 01/15/22
2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
Daughter of Moloka’i (Moloka’i #2) by Alan Brennert
Daughter of Moloka'i Alan Brennert 01/17/22
3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Dave Grohl 01/01/22
4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list (A book set in a library or bookstore)
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
The Reading List Sara Nisha Adams 02/04/22
5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name
Point of Retreat (Slammed #2) by Colleen Hoover
Point of Retreat Colleen Hoover 02/06/22
6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1 Toshikazu Kawaguchi
01/06/227. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Untamed Glennon Doyle 01/19/22
8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1 (North America)
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson
Red at the Bone Jacqueline Woodson 02/04/22
9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2 (Europe)
The Island of the Missing Trees by Zelig Shafak
The Island of Missing Trees Elif Shafak 1/03/22
10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3 (Asia)
The White Tiger by Aravand Adiga
The White Tiger Aravind Adiga 01/15/22
11. A book from historical fiction genre
Mrs. March by Virginia Frito
Mrs. March Virginia Feito 02/19/22
12. A book related to glass
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher (glass on cover)
Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher
02/23/22 13. A book about a woman in STEM
The Love Hypothesis (Love Hypothesis #1) by Ali Hazelwood The Love Hypothesis Ali Hazelwood 02/05/22
14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads
The Fiesta Burger Murder (Burger Bar Mystery #1) by Rosie A. Point (634 ratings)
The Fiesta Burger Murder Rosie A. Point 01/10/22
15. A book without a person on the cover
You Think It, I’ll Say It by Curtis Sittenfield
You Think It, I'll Say It Curtis Sittenfeld
02/03/2216. A book related to Earth Day
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult (set in Galapagos Islands/environmental elements)
Wish You Were Here Jodi Picoult 01/22/22
17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Crying in H Mart Michelle Zauner 02/17/22
18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
Tales from the Cafe (Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before the Coffee Gets Cold #1 Toshikazu Kawaguchi 01/07/22
19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Maybe in Another Life Taylor Jenkins Reid 02/01/22
20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (set in 1941)
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison 01/20/22
21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
The Last Family in England by Matt Haig (dog)
The Last Family in England Matt Haig
01/03/22 22. A book with a Jewish character or author
That Summer by Jennifer Weiner (The MC is Jewish)
That Summer Jennifer Weiner 03/03/22
23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Cemetery Boys Aiden Thomas 01/13/22
24. A book related to inclement weather
West with Giraffes Lynda Rutledge (features Dust Bowl and a hurricane) 08/26/22
25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
Hatchet (Brian’s Saga #1) by Gary Paulsen (208 pages) Hatchet Gary Paulsen 01/06/22
26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1
Losing Hope (Hopeless #2) by Colleen Hoover
Losing Hope Colleen Hoover 02/08/22
27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
A Little Hope by Ethan Joella
A Little Hope Ethan Joella 03/22/22
28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
The Round House by Louise Erdrich (National Book Award)
The Round House Louise Erdrich 01/29/22
29. A book set on or near a body of water
The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley The Invisible Husband of Frick Island Colleen Oakley 01/27/22
30. A book related to mythology
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr 01/16/22
31. A book published at least 10 years ago
Dearly Depotted (A Flower Shop Mystery #3) by Kate Collins (2005)
Dearly Depotted Kate Collins 01/11/22
32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
X (Kinsey Millhone # ) by Sue Grafton
X Sue Grafton 02/01/22
33. The next book in a series
The Man Who Died Twice (The Thursday Murder Club #2) by Richard Osmon
The Man Who Died Twice Richard Osman 01/07/22
34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
Slammed (Slammed #1) by Colleen Hoover (the male MC is a teacher and a lot of the setting is a high school)
Slammed Colleen Hoover 01/14/22
35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
Migrations by Charlotte McConaughey
Migrations Charlotte McConaghy 04/21/22
36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaughey Once There Were Wolves Charlotte McConaghy 02/17/22
37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood
Within These Wicked Walls Lauren Blackwood 01/07/22
38. A book by a Latin American author
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera 01/08/22
39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
With the Fire on High Elizabeth Acevedo 01/25/2/
40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards (Justice) Honor by Thrity Umrigar
Honor Thrity Umrigar 02/15/22
41. A book with a theme of food or drink -
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson
Black Cake Charmaine Wilkerson 03/21/22
42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
Five French Hens by Judy Leigh
Five French Hens Judy Leigh 03/23/22
43. A book set in a small town or rural area
Honey-Baked Homicide (A Down Home Cafe Mystery # 3) by Gayle Leeson
Honey-Baked Homicide Gayle Leeson 01/09/22
44. A book with gothic elements
One by One by Ruth Ware
One by One Ruth Ware 01/26/22
45. A book related to a game
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney 02/11/22
46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
The Humans by Matt Haig
The Humans Matt Haig 01/02/22
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
The School for Good Mothers Jessamine Chan 02/10/22
47. A book with handwriting on the cover
Friends and Strangers by J. Courtney Sullivan
Friends and Strangers J. Courtney Sullivan
01/12/2248. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers (ATY BOM - March 2021) Honey Girl Morgan Rogers 01/19/22
49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She is Sorry by Fredrik Backman (the grandmother tells a story with dragons)
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry Fredrik Backman 01/24/22
50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
Apples Never Fall Liane Moriarty 02/24/22
51. A book published in 2022 - Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover (January 18, 2022)
Reminders of Him Colleen Hoover 01/19/22
52. A book with a time-related word in the title
The Last Romantics: A Novel by Tara Conklin
The Last Romantics Tara Conklin 01/13/22
All done, took me ages to read anything with police/detectives. My 5 stars were Ten Thousand Doors of January, Gormenghast, Cultish, Fruit of the Drunken Tree, Endurance, A Mirror Mended, Spindle Splintered, Last Emperox, Around the World in Eighty Days, Perks of Loving a Wallflower, Wrath Goddess Sing, Last Days of the Dinosaurs. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y: Gormenghast
A book connected to a book you read in 2021: Into the Drowning DeepInto the Drowning Deep
A book with 22 or more letters in the title: The Ten Thousand Doors of January
A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list: One for All
A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name: The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh
A book with an image of a source of light on the cover: The Space Merchants
A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind: Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
3 books set on three different continents: Fruit of the Drunken Tree Forbidden City Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
A book from historical fiction genre: Delilah
A book related to glass: A Mirror Mended
A book about a woman in STEM: Girl in Ice
A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads: The Caretaker of Lorne Field
A book without a person on the cover: Sorrowland
A book related to Earth Day: Clean Air
A book from NPR's Book Concierge: The Last Emperox
A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author: The Downstairs Girl
A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history: The Space Between Worlds
A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951: A Brilliant Night of Stars and Ice
A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover: Around the World in Eighty Days
A book with a Jewish character or author: Little Weirds
A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship: The Perks of Loving a Wallflower
A book related to inclement weather: Icebound: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages: A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
2 books with the same word in the title: Just Like Home Just Like Mother
A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards: The Last Cuentista
A book set on or near a body of water: Black Cake
A book related to mythology: Wrath Goddess Sing
A book published at least 10 years ago: Zorba the Greek
A book where the main character is a female detective/PI/police officer: Stay Awake
The next book in a series: Until the Last of Me
A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role: Where the Drowned Girls Go
2 books related to flora and fauna: The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name: Darius the Great Is Not Okay
A book by a Latin American author: The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas
A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time: The Westing Game
A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards: Black Sun
A book with a theme of food or drink: Fake It Till You Bake It
A book with a language or nationality in the title: Chilean Poet
A book set in a small town or rural area: Welcome to Night Vale
A book with gothic elements: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
A book related to a game: The Inheritance Games
A book with a non-human as one of the main characters: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
A book with handwriting on the cover: The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories
A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022: A Spindle Splintered
A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons": All the White Spaces
A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years: Howl’s Moving Castle
A book published in 2022: Shit Cassandra Saw
A book with a time-related word in the title: One Hundred Years of Solitude
I completed the challenge on August 26th. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge:
My most creative twist on a prompt:
It’s not super creative, but, for the “three books, three different continents” prompts, I chose to only use books from the Southern Hemisphere. Using books from Europe, North America, and Asia would be far too easy for me.
The prompt I cheated on:
It’s not much of a cheat, per se, but…I had intended to make prompt #22 (Jewish author or character) more challenging for myself by using a book with no mention of Nazis or the Holocaust, as I’ve read a lot of books dealing with those topics over the years. I failed utterly and abandoned the idea a few weeks ago. Of the 52 books I read for the challenge, 9 had Jewish authors and/or characters and the only one that didn’t have any references to Nazis or the Holocaust was written in 1920. I’m not saying there aren’t a lot of books out there that would meet the criteria (I’ve read more than a few), but I didn’t have much luck finding them this year. In the end, I decided to use The Complete Maus, which my sister gave me as a birthday present. It is a masterpiece of Holocaust literature and I would encourage everyone to read it at some point in their lives.
My favorite prompt:
#50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years.
My least favorite prompt:
#15. A book without a person on the cover. It was way too easy
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!):
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!):
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge - By Night the Mountain Burns Prodigal Summer- My most creative twist on a prompt - 4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list - Rock, Paper Scissors, (Lizard, Spock) - Jim Marshall - The Father of Loud: The Story of the Man Behind the World's Most Famous Guitar Amplifiers for the rock element.
- The prompt I cheated on - I’m used to the library coming up with different covers to the one catalogued but this time it was a different title. So for 52. A book with a time-related word in the title instead of reading The Day Aberystwyth Stood Still I read The Unbearable Lightness Of Being In Aberystwyth. Not a huge cheat as the book is actually the same.
- My favorite prompt - books from 3 different continents
- My least favorite prompt - 19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history - not least because I had trouble finding something available that fitted to my satisfaction.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) - By Night the Mountain Burns - a memoir of growing up on a small island off Equatorial Guinea. It was like listening to oral history and so well told.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) - The Welsh Girl - I kept thinking that the ending would redeem it as I was bored but it just stopped abruptly.
Finished on Sep 12th.** 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
The Anthropocene Reviewed
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Aurora's End
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Pachinko
The Grace of Kings
Midnight at the Blackbird Café
Gallant
** My most creative twist on a prompt
not sure, will update later
** The prompt I cheated on : None lol
** My favorite prompt
A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
A Study in Scarlet Women
** My least favorite prompt
A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
The Dark Prophecy
** A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Year of the Reaper
** A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
A History of What Comes Next
I moved things around, so I either finished on Sept. 8th, or Sept. 12th depending on how you calculate it.5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Lore Olympus: Volume One
Lore Olympus: Volume Two
A Deadly Education
The Last Graduate
Winter's Orbit
The Poet X
Long Way Down
Crowbones
Tales from the Café
Spelunking Through Hell
Soul Taken
Book Lovers
Ruby Fever
Eclipse the Moon
The Old Guard: Tales Through Time, Vol. 1
My most creative twist on a prompt
I don't think I was that creative in my interpretation - but I did read a book for each tarot card and I mixed and matched with how I matched the cards - title, character, cover or theme of the book matched the meaning of the card)
The prompt I cheated on
I just used a book with a dog on the cover (not a Scottish Terrier).
My favorite prompt
40. A book related to each one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards.
Also, weirdly enough, while I was dreading both the NPR list and the top 100 YA list because I don't like list prompts, but I ended up reading (and loving) soooooooooo many books that worked for those prompts.
My least favorite prompt
2 books related to flora & fauna.
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) & A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
I mostly read first, then match to a prompt. The only ones I had prompts picked for before hand, were books I was already planning to read. But if I wasn't reading it for a prompt, I would have DNF'd Cinder
I finished the challenge on September 16th.
I finished on Sept 25th.- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
I don't rate.
- My most creative twist on a prompt
Everything was pretty straightforward for me this year
- The prompt I cheated on
I thought about using There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather: A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids for the inclement weather prompt, but found another place for it.
- My favorite prompt
a book with handwriting on the cover was fun and different
- My least favorite prompt
I didn't particularly care for the female detective/PI/police officer one
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating for book related to fauna
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
I initially chose this book for the hermit Tarot card, but after reading it and realizing how unethical the author was in extracting the story from the hermit, I chose a different book for this prompt instead!
I finished the challenge 9/28/2022- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Razorblade Tears
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
The Warmth of Other Suns: the Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
A Little Life
The Trees
& many more
- My most creative twist on a prompt - None
- The prompt I cheated on. None
- My favorite prompt - #2 A book connected to a book you read in 2021.
- My least favorite prompt - #39 A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) Olga Dies Dreaming
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) The Memory of Us
I finished the challenge in the wee small hours of September 29th.- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Of the 52 books, I gave 5-stars to 25 of them. Some think I rate to easily. I like to think I read really, really, good books. ;>)
I do, however, have my own "5+" stars, which I gave to
Washington Black
The Sentence
Once There Were Wolves
Becoming (in audio)
My most creative twist on a prompt
#49 - "Here There Be Dragons". First I had to research if what I thought that meant was really what it meant. Then I had to think where I think the dragons are. Read The Hollywood Spy (which I then of course had to further research), regarding the Nazis and the KKK in Hollywood during WW2.
The prompt I cheated on
Maybe? #35. Book related to Flora. Chose The Lost Soul mainly because of the illustrations.
My favorite prompt
#26, 27 - Two books with the same word in the title
A Keeper
The Seed Keeper
My least favorite prompt
#12. A book related to glass. And it was only my least favorite until I found the right book.
Greenglass House
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
I have 5 actually:
The Penelopiad
Once There Were Wolves
Greenglass House
Elizabeth Is Missing
The Westing Game
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
None. The least favorite was actually a pick of my local book club.
Dial A for Aunties
Other Stats for the Challenge
85% female authors
New-to-me authors: 26 (one of the reasons I love this challenge!)
I finished the challenge on September 30th!
Just finished today!! Woohoo!!- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge I actually had a lot but these were some of my favorites
- My most creative twist on a prompt I added related to Disney to the three continents multi-week prompt
- The prompt I cheated on connected to a book in 2021 and favorite prompt that didn't make it in. I always have trouble finding meaningful connections besides author/series. I hate the word "favorite" it also stresses me out.
- My favorite prompt
- My least favorite prompt connected to a book in 2021 and favorite prompt that didn't make it in. I always have trouble finding meaningful connections besides author/series. I hate the word "favorite" it also stresses me out.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Beartown! I was looking for something that fit the prompt related to game and it became some of the best books I've ever read.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Meh!
I finished this challenge October 8, 2022- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
- My most creative twist on a prompt
Book Related to a Game
- The prompt I cheated on
Book Connected to a book I read in 2021 (I actually read the rest of the Vampire Academy in 2020)
- My favorite prompt
A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
- My least favorite prompt
A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
I finished a couple of days ago, when I finally decided to use a wild card so I could stop reading a book I hated, haha. - 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
- My most creative twist on a prompt
For "Here there be dragons"- I took it to mean something bad lurking, specifically shame
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
- The prompt I cheated on
"Powell Award" I've read tons of them in the past and loved them, but the one I chose Vernon God Little, I hated sooooo much and DNF'd it halfway through after trying to read it for months, and used my first ever Wild Card. No regrets.
- My favorite prompt
2 books with the same word in title
- My least favorite prompt
YA top 100 ( finally read Salt to the Sea which I liked but this is the one I procrastinated a lot.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Salt to the Sea
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Vernon God Little although I didn't finish it.
Congrats, Erica! We must have similar taste: three of your five star books (The History of Bees, Piranesi, and Convenience Store Woman) were five star books for me last year! History of Bees was beautiful and it seems like not many have heard of it, but I'm hoping the Birds, Bees, and Bunnies prompt for 2023 might encourage more of our group to read it.
Hannah wrote: "Congrats, Erica! We must have similar taste: three of your five star books (The History of Bees, Piranesi, and Convenience Store Woman) were five sta..."Yes! I really loved that one! It made me want to read a lot more about bees, haha so I may choose non-fiction for that prompt next year.
And thanks! Feels good to actually finish this year after a few years of not finishing in time (major Covid related reading slump for a few years seems to be finally broken!)
I finished my prompts last night - the same day as last year, and the day the new list was finalised. My reading stats for this year:
Male Author = 24
Female Author =28
Fiction = 46
Non Fiction = 6
New Author = 33
Not New = 19
Star Rating
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ = 10
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ = 26
⭐️⭐️⭐️ = 10
⭐️⭐️ = 4
⭐️ =2
📚 Series book = 17
🆖 Netgalley = 9
📕 Standalone = 26
I finished the challenge on October 20, 20225 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
My most creative twist on a prompt
I pretty much took each prompt literally and was not that creative.
The prompt I cheated on
It is not really cheating, but I used The Wump World (a picture book) for "A Book Related to Earth Day" because I didn't have any other books in mind and I knew that book would be a quick read.
My favorite prompt
A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards (#17 The Star)--I loved the variety of this prompt
My least favorite prompt
A book with gothic elements--I am not that into the horror genre, but thankfully I was able to find a book with gothic elements that was not horror.
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Dumplin' by Julie Murphy and One More Foxtrot: a tale of second chances by Joyce Hicks
I'm done! Woo hoo! 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
Sisters & Husbands by Connie Briscoe
The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe
The Bone Farm by Dean Koontz
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Duma Key by Stephen King
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Keily
The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna
We Should All Be Feminists by Chimananda Ngozi Adichie
Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
Birds of a Feather by Jacqueline Winspear
House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
All the Things We Never Knew: Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness by Sheila Hamilton
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter by Kate Clifford Larson
My most creative twist on a prompt
I'm not very creative with the prompts! For prompt #12 - A book related to glass - I read a book called Minimalists by K. Robert Schwartz. One of the main musicians in the Minimalist movement was Philip Glass.
The prompt I cheated on
I didn't really cheat on any prompt - although I hated one prompt so much that I decided that if I am ever in that position again - I will use a "wild card"
My favorite prompt
29- A book set on or near a body of water - for this prompt I read Duma Key by Stephen King
My least favorite prompt
47 - A book with handwriting on the cover - I absolutely hated this prompt. Almost every book with "handwriting" on the cover just has a fancy font. I finally saw that newer Agatha Christie books had a copy of her signature on them, so I decided to read one of her books. I found one in the included Audible catalog, but the cover didn't have her signature. I decided I was going to just cheat, and listen to it anyway, but then, weirdly enough, I saw that the cover actually had papers with real handwriting on them. LOL. I ended up loving the book, but I also promised myself that if we ever had such a frustrating prompt again, I would just give my permission for a "wild card."
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
I have a few:
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Glory by NoViolet Bulawayo
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Luckily, not as many of these:
Teach Me by Alexandria House
Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Women authors: 37 = 71%
Men authors: 15 = 29%
I met my goal of 70% women!
I FINISHED THE 52 BOOKS CHALLENGE BUT MY GOAL FOR THE YEAR IS 200 BOOKS AND I HAVE READ 188 BOOKS SO FAR. BUT I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG BECAUSE UNDER THE ATY READING CHALLENGE IT IS SHOWING ALL OF THE BOOKS I READ COMPLETELY BUT I GET A MESSAGE ON ANOTHER POST SAYING I AM WAY BEHIND AND AM ONLY SHOWING 83 BOOKS READ. I MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING WRONG..DONNA FREEMAN’S AROUND THE YEAR IN 52 BOOKS 2022 BOOKCLUB LIST
1) A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y TREJO: MY LIFE OF CRIME, REDEMPTION, AND HOLLYWOOD by DANNY TREJO
2) A book connected to a book you read in 2021 P.S. I STILL LOVE YOU by JENNY HAN
3) A book with 22 or more letters in the title LOVE YOUR AGE GIRL: BE GOOD TO YOURSELF LIVE TO A 100! by MARILOU HUNTER & JESSICA THOMPSON
4) A book that fits your favorite prompt that didn’t make the list THE SCARLET LETTER by NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (FROM A “GREATEST BOOKS LIST”)
5) A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name MOCKINGJAY by SUZANNE COLLINS
6) A book with an image of a source of light on the cover DREAMCATCHER by STEPHEN KING
7) A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind INSIDE THE O’BRIENS by LISA GENOVA
8) 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1 CONVICTION by DENISE MINA (SCOTLAND in EUROPE)
9) 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2 THE DRY by JANE HARPER (AUSTRALIA)
10) 3 books set on 3 different continents – Book 3 CALL ME TUESDAY by LEIGH BYRNE (NORTH AMERICA)
11) A book from historical fiction genre THE POWER OF THE DOG by THOMAS SAVAGE
12) A book related to glass – DAMAGED by CATHY GLASS
13) A book about a woman in STEM – EVERY NOTE PLAYED by LISA GENOVA
14) A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads THE WAR HORSE by MICHAEL MORPURGO
15) A book without a person on the cover HORNS by JOE HILL
16) A book related to Earth Day ISAAC’S STORM-A MAN, A TIME, AND THE DEADLIEST HURRICANE IN HISTORY by ERIK LARSON
17) A book from NPR's Book Concierge LITTLE: A NOVEL by EDWARD CARE
18) A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author LIFE OF PI by YANN MARTEL
19) A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history THE FIREMAN by JOE HILL
20) A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951 MUDBOUND by HILLARY JORDAN
21) A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover YEAR OF THE MONKEY by PATTI SMITH (boots)
22) A book with a Jewish character or author THE BOOKISH LIFE OF NINA HILL by ABBI WAXMAN
23) A book that features a loving LGBTQIA+ relationship FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFÉ by FANNIE FLAGG
24) A book related to inclement weather THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ (OZ #1) by L. FRANK BAUM
25) A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages DICK AND JANE AND FRIENDS by WILLIAM S. GRAY (193 pgs.)
26) 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1 BLACK HOUSE by STEPHEN KING and PETER STRAUB
27) 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2 BLACK AND BLUE by ANNA QUINDLEN
28) A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards ALL THE PRETTY HORSES (BORDER TRILOGY #1) by CORMAC McCARTHY
29) A book set on or near a body of water THE HOUSE ACROSS THE LAKE by RILEY SAGER
30) A book related to mythology GHOST WALL by SARAH MOSS
31) A book published at least 10 years ago ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT by STEPHEN KING (2002)`
32) Book where main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (HANNIBAL LECTER #2) by THOMAS HARRIS
33) The next book in a series CATCHING FIRE by SUZANNE COLLINS
34) A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD 1 AND 2 by J.K. ROWLING
35) 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1 – INTO THE WILD by JON KRAKAUER
36) 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2 – WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by DELIA OWENS - (NC MARSH LAND)
37) A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER by LORETTA LYNN with GEORGE VECSE
38) A book by a Latin American author AMERICAN DIRT by JEANINE CUMMINS
39) A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time HOLES by LOUIS SACHAR
40) A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by JOHN IRVING
41) A book with a theme of food or drink JULIE AND JULIA: 365 DAYS, 524 RECIPES, 1 TINY APARTMENT KITCHEN by JULIE POWELL
42) A book with a language or nationality in the title THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON by JOHANN DAVID WYSS
43) A book set in a small town or rural area THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS by CHUCK WENDIG
44) A book with gothic elements SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES by RAY BRADBURY
45) A book related to a game HUNGER GAMES by SUZANNE COLLINS
46) A book with a non-human as a main character EVERYTHING’S EVENTUAL:+ AUDIBLE by STEPHEN KING (THE MAN IN THE BLACK SUIT)
47) A book with handwriting on the cover OLIVE KITTERIDGE (OLIVE KITTERIDGE #1) by ELIZABETH STROUT
48) A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022 OLIVE, AGAIN (OLIVE KITTERIDGE #2) by ELIZABETH STROUT
49) A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons RED DRAGON (HANNIBAL LECTER #1) by THOMAS HARRIS
50) A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE’S SORRY by FREDRIK BACKMAN
51) A book published in 2022 GWENDY’S FINAL TASK by STEPHEN KING & RICHARD CHIZMAR
52) A book with a time-related word in the title THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE by AUDREY NIFFENEGGER
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Finie!
📚Sometimes it just feels nice to say it in a different language! Ain't translators the handiest things? =D
Back at the beginning of the summer, I thought it might take me until the end of the year to finish, which is okay since that's how this challenge is set up. But, I like having not much to do in December since I spend a good deal of time in that month setting up my plans for reading next year. And now I am at the end of things at the end of October.
5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life
Olive Kitteridge
The Hunger Games
The Storyteller
Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times
My most creative twist on a prompt
I didn't intentionally have a creative twist But I guess this could be called creative: I had a book in a prompt that didn't fit the prompt, which I didn't realize until oshizu pointed it out to me; and told me where it would fit; and that another book I'd read would fit the prompt I'd gotten incorrect.
The prompt I cheated on
I'm not sure if you call it cheating, but I did end up swapping out books on some of my prompts; toward the middle of things -- subbing books I'd read this year with those I'd planned to read for the challenge. I just didn't have the energy to read the stuff I'd chosen at the 1st of the year; and decided to do some swapping out where I could.
My favorite prompt
A book from historical fiction genre
My least favorite prompt
39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time. This was the only space I used a wildcard this year.
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
All Yours
The Storyteller
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
There weren't any books I wish I hadn't read. Some are just better than others and I don't regret trying any of them.
I really had a good time reading this year and am looking forward to joining in on next year's challenge.
I finished on 10/29- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
- My most creative twist on a prompt:
- The prompt I cheated on: I didn’t cheat
- My favorite prompt: A book with a theme of food or drink
- My least favorite prompt: A book related to mythology
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!): Stay with Me
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!): The Ex Hex
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY ChallengeI very rarely give 5 stars but I used a lot of books by Lindsey Davis for many different prompts; I love her Didius Falco series and managed to listen to the whole 20 on audiobooks this year, most of which I had read before but this time I did it in order which was great!
- My most creative twist on a prompt
24. A book related to inclement weather 'To the Lighthouse' by Virginia Woolf ...it was inclement weather that prevented an excursion to the lighthouse disappointing a young James Ramsay in the early part of the book but not sure how significant that was to the story
- The prompt I cheated on
21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry' by Rachel Joyce
I was trying for the monopoly token of a boot but really they were just shoes!
- My favorite prompt
20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951 'The Secrets of Ashmore Castle' by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles
..gave me an excuse to read a new book out by a favourite author
- My least favorite prompt
19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history 'The Mother Fault' by Kate Mildenhall
...not my preferred genre
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards 'Deacon King Kong' by James McBride
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
......don't have any regrets about any books that I have read for this challenge
Complete! This was my first year doing book challenges and I had a great time. I finished ATY on 11/1/22. My list of completed prompts for the challenge: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge:
The Liar’s Knot (the next book in a series)
Iron Widow (book by an API author)
I am very sparing with my 5 stars, I read a lot of other good books as well.
My most creative twist on a prompt:
Reviewing my reading, I am surprised to see I played it pretty straight. No creative twists. All the more interesting because I only picked up ATY in May, so I was fitting a lot of my earlier reading into the prompts, rather than mainly reading in response to specific prompts.
The prompt I cheated on:
I didn't get very far into Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold (A book related to mythology) before DNFing it. But I used it for the prompt anyways.
My favorite prompt:
A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons." Not because I loved the book I read (I did not) but because the prompt itself delights me.
My least favorite prompt:
A book related to Earth Day. I'm just not a books related to Earth Day kind of reader. This was the last prompt I finished, and it felt like doing homework.
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!):
Cocaine Blues (A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer) - looking forward to reading more Phryne Fisher!
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!):
Elsewhere (A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time) - this was casual-racist garbage
Verity (A book with gothic elements) - I genuinely wish I could remove this book from my brain
*****COMPLETED 11/7/22*****Around the Year in 52 Books Challenge 2022
52/52
✔1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y-Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death by M.C. Beaton-3/2/22
✔2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021 - The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming-3/2/22
✔3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title- Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denimby David Sedaris-1/7/22
✔4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list-(A book that honors Betty White)- Cat Talk: What Your Cat Is Trying to Tell You by Carole C. Wilbourn-6/2/22-
✔5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name--Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg 3/20/22
✔6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover-planning- Red Lights by Georges Simenon-6/27/22 .
✔7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind--Kid Lobotomy, Vol. 1: A Lad Insane by Peter Milligan-6/1/22-
✔8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1-Asia- Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station by Dorothy Gilman 3/9/22
✔9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2-Africa- Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali by Mamadou Kouyaté-3/31/22-
✔10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3-North America- Sonora Pass by Jaime Olmos-3/24/22-
✔11. A book from historical fiction genre- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens-3/20/22
✔12. A book related to glass- -They Do It with Mirrors by Agatha Christie-5/27/22-
✔13. A book about a woman in STEM-planning- How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals- 8/10/22
✔14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads- The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson-4/22/22
✔15. A book without a person on the cover- The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh-6/13/22
✔16. A book related to Earth Day- A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean-10/28/22-
✔17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge- planning Swimming in the Dark- 10/26/22
✔18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author-planning Pouliuli-7/21/22-
✔19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling-3/2/22
✔20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951-1930s- Up at the Villa by W. Somerset Maugham-1/4/22-
✔21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover- catI Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider-3/1/22-
✔22. A book with a Jewish character or author- Greenwich Killing Time by Kinky Friedman-4/30/22-
✔23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship--The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg-6/5/22
✔24. A book related to inclement weather-Storm by Kevin Crossley-Holland-1/6/22
✔25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages- The Mine by Frances Carden-3/25/22
✔26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1-"Other"- -Strange Fruit & Other Plays by Harold Jaffe-6/1/22
✔27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2-"Other"- The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales by Bessie Head-6/16/22
✔28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards- The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo- 8/8/22
✔29. A book set on or near a body of water-all set in Rio de Janeiro...some stories at Copacabana and Ipanema- The Taker and Other Stories by Rubem Fonseca-6/11/22
✔30. A book related to mythology-planning on Circe by Madeline Miller-7/9/22
✔31. A book published at least 10 years ago- Jazz by Toni Morrison-1/3/22-
✔32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer- Leave a Message for Willie by Marcia Muller-7/12/22
✔33. The next book in a series-
by Alexandre Dumas-4/18/22-✔34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role-planning on Spinning Into Butter
✔35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1- The Ministry of Flowers by Andrea Witzke Slot-6/2/22
✔36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2- Cat Talk: What Your Cat Is Trying to Tell You by Carole C. Wilbourn-6/2/22-
✔37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name- The City Where Dreams Come True by Gulsifat Shakhidi-3/29/22-
✔38. A book by a Latin American author- The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara-7/19/22-
✔39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt-6/20/22-
✔40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards-Murder Once Removed by S.C. Perkins-8/28/22
✔41. A book with a theme of food or drink- Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin-4/27/22
✔42. A book with a language or nationality in the title- Syrian Wives by Anna Halabi-3/23/22
✔43. A book set in a small town or rural area- Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel- 6/4/22-
✔44. A book with gothic elements- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia-3/19/22
✔45. A book related to a game-"Life"- The Rise of Life on Earth by Joyce Carol Oates-6/19/22
✔46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters-a sentient computer in You’ve Got Murder by Donna Andrews-4/4/22
✔47. A book with handwriting on the cover- planning- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
✔48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022- When the Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn-4/18/22
✔49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"- Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics by Tim Marshall 10/8/22
✔50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years- An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten- 11/2/22
✔51. A book published in 2022- This Way Out by Tufayel Ahmed 11/7/22
✔52. A book with a time-related word in the title- The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion-4/8/22-
Finished on the 9 November 2022. 105 books read/listened to to date, but only 52 towards the challenge.- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
This Book Belongs To - 8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1- South America
Wish You Were Here - 26. 2 books with the same word in the title - book 1 (wish - I actually read 2 books with the same name)
Reminders of Him - 5. A book by an author with 2 sets of double letters in their name
Caging Grace (Grace Series, #1). - 4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
Night Road - 31. A book published at least 10 years ago
- My most creative twist on a prompt
I'm not creative so none for this.
- The prompt I cheated on
Well for 4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list I basically just found a prompt that matched the book I read, so it wasn't necessarily my favourite. And I went with A book without the words "a", "an" or "the" in the title
and for 49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons" I used a book that one of the characters (not the main character but the main character's sister - who has her own series of books) has a dragon, and he was in the book - not a major role given it wasn't their series.
- My favorite prompt
I didn't have a favourite prompt, just favourite books (listed as 5 stars above). But I did like 51. A book published in 2022 as I could include one of my many ARCs and 33. The next book in a series as I'm always reading series.
- My least favorite prompt
30. A book related to mythology
I started about 5 different books and ended up getting through The Chaos of Stars on audio. It was okay but I really struggled with the prompt.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Night Road - 31. A book published at least 10 years ago
The Guest List - 24. A book related to inclement weather
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Migrations - 16. A book related to Earth Day
I know so many people raved about this one, but it just didn't do anything for me.
Dear Committee Members - 34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
The Westing Game - 39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time
I finished the challenge on 11/9/22! - 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Babel by R.F. Kuang (alternate history)
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (inclement weather)
Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith (flora & fauna)
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (nationality in title)
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green (time-related word in title)
Tehanu by Ursula K. LeGuin (published at least 10 years ago)
- My most creative twist on a prompt
I'm not sure I really had one. I did manage to cover 6 continents with the 3 continents books. Queenie (Europe), The Map of Salt and Stars (Asia, Africa, Europe), and The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina (North and South America).
- The prompt I cheated on
Fits your favorite prompt that didn't make the list. I don't like these open ended ones, I just wait until the end and pick a prompt based on the books I've read.
- My favorite prompt
Here there be dragons, inclement weather, and 22 or more letters in the title.
- My least favorite prompt
A book related to glass was somehow the very last one I completed, so that one.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel was more engaging than I expected. I'm glad I forced myself to read it for the glass prompt.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (female private eye) was enjoyable but it was a cliff hanger and there are 5 or so books in the series. Didn't intend to commit to that many books!
Finished challenge on 15November2022- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
- My most creative twist on a prompt
Probably using non-human characters to force myself to read The Last Battle and finish the Narnia series which has taken me years to read
- The prompt I cheated on--none
- My favorite prompt
"Here Be Dragons" because it had so many ways to interpret it (and
was a great book as well)- My least favorite prompt
Alternate reality as I am not fantasy or sci-fi fan at all, but I did enjoy
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) Commonwealth read for author with two sets of double letters in name
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) none, I enjoyed my challenge reads
Finished Friday, November 18, 2022.- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Firekeeper's Daughter
Artificial Condition
Entangled Threads
Parable of the Sower
Mrs. Stein Solves a Crime
A mix of genres - Young Adult, Science Fiction, Historical Mystery
- My most creative twist on a prompt
Horizon had 5 continents instead of one for the multi week prompt 3 books set on 3 separate continents. The other two books covered the 2 additional continents
- The prompt I cheated on
I used rereads for 4 of the prompts, but I was doing a lot of rereading this year beyond the ATY challenge
- My favorite prompt
48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022 - lots of good choices & Firekeeper's Daughter was one of my 5-star reads
- My least favorite prompt
46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters - thought this would be easy, but it so was so late in the challenge I had already the best books for it for other prompts and couldn't get the ones I wanted from the library in time (e.g., Martha Wells and Becky Chambers had long wait lists)
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Parable of the Sower had been on my TBR for years, and this gave me the impetus to read it this year
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
The Haunting of Meade Mansion - a most forgettable book - I had no memory of the plot when I was looking over the books in my aty-2022 folder
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