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Ana's ATY 2023 Challenge
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THE 2023 LIST
📚✔️1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y🌟
✔️2. A book by an author you read in 2022🌟
✔️3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list🌟
✔️4. A book with an interracial relationship🌟
✔️5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover 🌟
✔️6. A book where books are important 🌟
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
✔️8. An author's debut book🌟
✔️9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W🌟
✔️10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"🌟
✔️11. A book about a person/character with a disability 🌟
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
✔️13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover🌟
✔️14. A book with a con, deception, or fake🌟
✔️15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1🌟
✔️16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2🌟
✔️17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3🌟
✔️18. A book related to science🌟
✔️19. A book related to the arts 🌟
✔️20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel 🌟
✔️21. A book by an Asian diaspora author 🌟
✔️22. A book with a faceless person on the cover 🌟
✔️23. A book with a body of water in the title🌟
✔️24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy 🌟
25. A book with a tropical setting
26. A book related to pride
✔️27. A book by an author from continental Europe 🌟
✔️28. A book that is dark🌟
✔️29. A book that is light🌟
✔️30. A book related to a chess piece🌟
✔️31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com🌟
✔️32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature🌟
✔️33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923 🌟
✔️34. A novella🌟
35. A book with a school subject in the title
✔️36. A book that has been translated from another language🌟
✔️37. A book with the theme of returning home 🌟
✔️38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover🌟
39. A western
✔️40. A book with a full name in the title🌟
✔️41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists 🌟
✔️42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter🌟
✔️43. A book that involves a murder 🌟
✔️44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal🌟
✔️45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books🌟
46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe
47. A book related to a geometric shape
✔️48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story 🌟
✔️49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023 🌟
✔️50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt🌟
✔️51. A book published in 2023🌟
✔️52. A book with an unusual or surprising title🌟
Prompts Read: 45/52
Books Read: 45/52
Pages Read: 13457
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Personal Challenge 2023
📚📗Read 12 books by Portuguese Authors or from the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries✔️
-Os Loucos da Rua Mazur by João Pinto Coelho
-As Intermitências da Morte by José Saramago
- Lago by Filipe Santos
- A Relíquia by Eça de Queirós
- A Mãe que Chovia by José Luís Peixoto
- Victoria by Ana Teresa Barreiros
- Mar by Afonso Cruz
- Poemas Escolhidos by Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
- O Oráculo de Jamais by Altino do Tojal
- O Auto da Barca do Inferno by Gil Vicente
📘Read at least 6 books by Authors of Foreign Nationality ✔️
- USA: The Eye of the World byRobert Jordan
- France: Asterix Books Collection - A Set of 36 Brand New Paperbacks Product Bundle Jan 01, 2015 Rene Goscinny byRené Goscinny
- Ireland: Pequenas Coisas como Estas by Claire Keegan
- Switzerland: O Caso Alaska Sanders by Joël Dicker
- England: The Complete Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- Spain: The Water Rituals by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi
- Japon: The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Mozambique: O Gato e o Escuro by Mia Couto
- Scothland; The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
- Italy: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
📙Read at least 6 Books in English✔️
- The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
- Twisted Love by Ana Huang
- The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
- Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Guide to Hogwarts by Matthew Reinhart
- The Complete Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
- The Dragon Reborn by Robert Jordan
- Caraval Boxed Set by Stephanie Garber
- Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
- Irish Folk and Fairy Tales by Gordon Jarvie
- Verity by Colleen Hoover
- Happy Place byEmily Henry
- The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan (still reading)
📕End Series (and try not to start new ones)😅
- The Complete Asterix Box Set
- The Complete Chronicles of Narnia
- The Wheel of Time: Boxed Set #1 (still Reading)
-The Shakespeare Sisters Series by Carrie Elks
📗Read at least 1 well-known classic✔️
- Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
📘Read at least 1 books of different literary genres:✔️
💭Comics:
- The Complete Asterix Box Set
🏛️Classic:
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
🍂Tales:
- Irish Folk and Fairy Tales by Gordon Jarvie
🐉 Fantasy:
- The Eye of the World
-Um Toque de Escuridão
- O Reino dos Malditos
- As Mentiras de Locke Lamora
-The Great Hunt
- Lago
- The Complete Chronicles of Narnia
- A Casa no Mar Cerúleo
📜History - Biography:
- Jan Vermeer -World's Greatest Painters
🖼️ Ilustration:
-Free Fall
🪁 Children:
- A Mãe que Chovia
- Uma Onda de Estrelas
🌺Poetry:
- Poemas Escolhidos
🕵️♀️Crime Fiction:
- St. Peter's Fair
- O Caso Alaska Sanders
- The Water Rituals
💖Romance:
- As Intermitências da Morte
-Twisted Love
- A Casa da Charneca
- Pequenas Coisas como Estas
-A Relíquia
🏰 Historical novel:
- Os Loucos da Rua Mazur
- Lavinia
🧪 Sci-fic:
-O Ceifador by Neal Shusterman
🎭 Theater:
-O Auto da Barca do Inferno by Gil Vicente
👻Horror/Suspense/Mystery:
Verity
🦥Young Adult:
-Um Toque de Escuridão
📙Read at least 2 books from the Portuguese National Reading Plan✔️
- Os Loucos da Rua Mazur
- As Intermitências da Morte
- The Complete Chronicles of Narnia
📕Read at least 1 Nobel Prize book✔️
- As Intermitências da Morte
- The Remains of the Day
📗Read 12 Womens Authors ✔️
-Ellis Peters
-Scarlett St. Clair
-Kerri Maniscalco
-Ana Huang
-Elizabeth Gaskell
-Claire Keegan
-Eva García Sáenz de Urturi
-Emily Henry
-Stephanie Garber
-Carrie Elks
-Casey McQuiston
-Ana Teresa Barreiros
-Colleen Hoover
-K.L. Walther
-Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
📘Read at least 5 books purchased at the book fair✔️
-The Water Rituals
-A Vida Escondida Entre os Livros
-A Cidade de Vapor - Todos os contos
-Luz e Sombras
- A Casa de Gaian
📙Read a Book of the Year I Was Born ✔️
-O Essencial de Calvin & Hobbes
📕Read at least 2 suggestions/recommendations✔️
-St. Peter's Fair
-As Mentiras de Locke Lamora
-A Casa da Charneca
-Pequenas Coisas como Estas
-The Remains of the Day
-Lavinia
📗Read at least 1 book about a legend
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📘Read at least 1 book that involves mythology✔️
- Um Toque de Escuridão
📙Read a book related to each season of the year✔️
-Spring🌸:Absent in the Spring
- Summer⛱️:People We Meet on Vacation
- Autumn🎃:By Virtue Fall
- Winter❄️:A Winter's Tale
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Suggestions That Didn't Make It In
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A winner or nominee from the 2022 Goodreads Choice Awards
A book you wanted to read in 2022
✔️A book connected to something you read in 2022 🌟 - Free Fall
A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023
✔️A book of poetry or free verse 🌟 - Poemas Escolhidos
✔️A book with yellow, red and white on the cover 🌟 - O Aniversário de Astérix e Obélix - O Livro de Ouro
A book that can be found on Project Gutenberg
✔️A book connected to Ireland 🌟 - Irish Folk And Fairy Tales
A book involving genetics, genealogy, traits, heredity, or heritage
A book with a shoe on the cover
A book related to the characters in The Wizard of Oz
✔️A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting 🌟 - Jan Vermeer - The World's Greatest Painters
✔️A book with an animal on the cover 🌟 - Neste Bairro, Latino Não Entra!
✔️A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman 🌟- Caraval
✔️A book with a color in the title or author’s name 🌟 - The Great Hunt
✔️A book with a two or three word title 🌟 - The Dragon Reborn
A book with a cat in the story, title or cover
A book that’s mentioned in the Rory Gilmore Book Challenge
A book whose the author goes by three names
A book with a character who has a career or hobby that interests you
A book by a Nobel Prize winner for literature
✔️A book with at least 500,000 ratings on Goodreads 🌟- Astérix e a Transitálica
A book with a female or nonbinary main character who is an explorer/traveller
✔️A book with a child protagonist 🌟- O Oráculo de Jamais
3 Weeks: Three books, each of which is set in a different century
2 Weeks: Read a duology, or two books from a larger series
A book related to one of the 12 Western astrological signs
A book that includes a ritual or ceremony
✔️A book with one of the four seasons in the title 🌟 - Uma luz no outono
✔️A book with orange on the cover 🌟- Os Louros de César
A Christmas book
A book with a purple cover
A "wild" book
✔️A book written by two or more authors 🌟- O Domínio dos Deuses
✔️A children's classic 🌟- Astérix Entre os Belgas
✔️A book with a cover you consider to be beautiful 🌟 - Um Amor de Inverno
A book in which someone is captured, taken hostage, trapped or imprisoned
A book from the “100 Years of Popular Books on Goodreads” list
A book set in more than one country
A book with a person who travels
A book where an architectural element is central
A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
✔️A book related to something lucky 🌟 - Legendary
A family saga
A book in which a main character or main subject is a member of a royal family or the nobility
A memoir
A book by an author who uses punctuation in their name
A book related to King Tut
A book that's unlike what you usually read
An adventure book
✔️A book that is the 2nd or 3rd in a series 🌟 - Finale
A book related to "On the Road"
A book by an author you feel you should have read by now
A well-known classic book
✔️A book published at least 23 years before you were born 🌟- Astérix nos Jogos Olímpicos
A book mainly set underground or underwater
A book connected to (100 years of) Hollywood, Disney or the land of Oz
✔️A book with 500+ pages 🌟- The Shadow Rising
A book inspired by Sherlock Holmes
A dark academia book
A young adult novel
A book whose author has published less than 7 (2+0+2+3) books
A book where the chapters are named
A book where a battle takes place
✔️A book whose author has published more than 7 (2+0+2+3) books 🌟- As 1001 horas de Asterix
A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel
A book written by an author/or with a character named Elizabeth, Alexandra or Mary
A book with a secret passage
A dystopian book
A book that can be found on Project Gutenberg
A book with a mostly black cover
A book with an eye-catching title
A book with a door on the cover
A book one of your Goodreads friends is reading
A book told from the villain’s perspective
A romance novel
A book set on an island
Wall of Covers
Best Books
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Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Prompt: 1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y
Month Read: September 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Eça de Queirós
Prompt: 2. A book by an author you read in 2022
Month Read: March 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: C.S. Lewis
Prompt: 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list (A book with a child protagonist)
Month Read: March 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Holly Jackson
Prompt: 4. A book with an interracial relationship
Month Read: December 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Albert Uderzo
Prompt: 5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover
Month Read: May 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Stephanie Butland
Prompt: 6. A book where books are important
Month Read: August 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Prompt: 7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
Month Read:
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
O Lago
Author: Filipe Santos
Prompt: 8. An author's debut book
Month Read: March
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Scott Lynch
Prompt: 9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W
Month Read: February 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4.5*)
Author: Casey McQuiston
Prompt: 10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
Month Read: July 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: João Pinto Coelho
Prompt: 11. A book about a person/character with a disability
Month Read: January 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Elizabeth Lim
Prompt: 12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
Month Read: September 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Prompt: 13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
Month Read: August 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Prompt: 14. A book with a con, deception, or fake
Month Read: February 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Ellis Peters
Prompt: 15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1 - XII
Month Read: January 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Elizabeth Gaskell
Prompt: 16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2 - XIX
Month Read: March 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Claire Keegan
Prompt: 17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3 - XX
Month Read: March 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Ali Hazelwood
Prompt: 18. A book related to science
Month Read: December 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Jan Vermeer - Grandes Pintores do Mundo
Jan Vermeer - Grandes Pintores do MundoAuthor: -
Prompt: 19. A book related to the arts
Month Read: August 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: René Goscinny
Prompt: 20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel
Month Read: January 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Kazuo Ishiguro
Prompt: 21. A book by an Asian diaspora author
Month Read: June 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Carrie Elks
Prompt: 22. A book with a faceless person on the cover
Month Read: June 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Afonso Cruz
Prompt: 23. A book with a body of water in the title
Month Read: July 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Prompt: 24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy
Month Read: July 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️(3.5*)
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Prompt: 25. A book with a tropical setting
Month Read:
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Month Read: 26. A book related to pride
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: René Goscinny
Prompt: 27. A book by an author from continental Europe
Month Read: January 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Prompt: 30. A book related to a chess piece
Month Read: November 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Anne Bishop
Prompt: 31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com
Month Read: November 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Prompt: 32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature
Month Read: September 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Robert Jordan
Prompt: 33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
Month Read: January 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Prompt: 35. A book with a school subject in the title
Month Read:
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: René Goscinny
Prompt: 36. A book that has been translated from another language
Month Read: February 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: C.S. Lewis
Prompt: 37. A book with the theme of returning home
Month Read: April 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Matthew Reinhart
Prompt: 38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
Month Read: March 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Prompt: 39. A western
Month Read:
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Joël Dicker
Prompt: 40. A book with a full name in the title
Month Read: March 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️(4.5*)
Author: Emily Henry
Prompt: 41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
Month Read: August 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️(3.5*)
Author: T.J. Klune
Prompt: 42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
Month Read: July 2023
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Eva García Sáenz de Urturi
Prompt: 43. A book that involves a murder
Month Read:
Rate: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Around the Year in 52 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Luz e Sombras (other topics)The Final Gambit (other topics)
Love, Theoretically (other topics)
Six Crimson Cranes (other topics)
O Homicídio Perfeito - Um Guia para Boas Raparigas (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Anne Bishop (other topics)Jennifer Lynn Barnes (other topics)
Ali Hazelwood (other topics)
Elizabeth Lim (other topics)
Holly Jackson (other topics)
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Total Books Read: 113/70
Total Pages Read: 24674
Phisical Pages Read: 16175
Hours Read: 256
🌲 Tree book: 80
📱Kobo: 10
🎧Audio: 23
💙 Owned: 55
🏡 Library: 41
🤝 Borrowed: 17
🌱 2023 Release: 3
🏅 Best Books: 8
💭Comics: 41
🏛️Classic: 3
🍂Tales: 4
🐉 Fantasy: 23
📜History - Biography: 1
🖼️ Ilustration:1
🪁 Children: 3
🎓Non-fiction: 1
🌺Poetry: 1
🕵️♀️Crime Fiction: 3
💖Romance: 16
🏰 Historical novel: 2
🧪 Sci-fic: 1
🎭 Theater: 2
👻Horror/Suspense/Mystery: 6
🦥Young Adult: 1
Book Rating:
⭐️ : 1 (D.N.F.)
⭐️⭐️ : 4
⭐️⭐️⭐️ : 50
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ : 53
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ : 5
❄️☃️ Winter☃️❄️: 36
🌸🌲Spring🌲🌸: 27
🌞⛱️Summer⛱️🌞: 30
🍁🎃Autumn🎃🍁: 20
Listopias: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Other Links:
Keep it Simple (KIS) or Bring it on (BIO): https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Popular Names in 1923: https://namecensus.com/baby-names/pop...
UNESCO Cities of Literature: https://www.citiesoflit.com/ e https://www.cityofliterature.nl/en/ci...
NPR “Books We Love” list: https://apps.npr.org/best-books/#view...