Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

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Completed May 10, 2024

❄️ 1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y - Bridget Jones's Diary (Bridget Jones, #1) by Helen Fielding
❄️ 2. A book connected to something you read in 2023 - The Day That Never Comes (Dublin Trilogy, #2) by Caimh McDonnell
❄️ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list - A book featuring a person who works in one the jobs that Barbie has had Reasonable Fear (Joe Dillard #4) by Scott Pratt
❄️ 4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong - The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man by Lloyd Alexander
❄️ 5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world - Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
❄️ 6. A book with wings on the cover - A Crime of Passion (Joe Dillard, #7) by Scott Pratt
❄️ 7. A book with a pronoun in the title - Please Tell Me by Mike Omer
❄️ 8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand - Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
❄️ 9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads. - The Screwdriver Killer (DI Bethany Smith, #3) by Emmy Ellis (26 as of 13 Jan 2024)
❄️ 10. A history or historical fiction book - Murder at the Serpentine Bridge (Wrexford & Sloane, #6) by Andrea Penrose
❄️ 11. A book with an X connection - Dearly Devoted Dexter (Dexter, #2) by Jeff Lindsay
❄️ 12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year - Neverwhere (London Below, #1) by Neil Gaiman
❄️ 13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list - Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (The 2020 Audie Awards: Best Multi-Voiced Performance, https://fivebooks.com/best-books/mult...)
❄️ 14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color - Beloved by Toni Morrison
❄️ 15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX) - Holmes, Marple & Poe: The Greatest Crime-Solving Team of the Twenty-First Century by James Patterson
❄️ 16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" - Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting by Jim Murphy
❄️ 17. A book involving intelligence - The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
❄️ 18. A book with a botanical cover - The Bees by Laline Paull
❄️ 19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream - Goodbye Mr. Chips by James Hilton
❄️ 20. A book with a single word title - Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
❄️ 21. A book with a title containing 6+ words - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
❄️ 22. A book by an author from an African country - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
❄️ 23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett - Angels in the Moonlight (Dublin Trilogy, #0) by Caimh McDonnell
❄️ 24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple) - Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters by Mark Dunn
❄️ 25. A book involving a crime other than a murder - Once Were Warriors (Once Were Warriors Trilogy, #1) by Alan Duff
❄️ 26. A book by an author known by their initials - Death of a Hero (Fiji Islands Mysteries, #0) by B.M. Allsopp
❄️ 27. A book related to land - The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
❄️ 28. A book related to sea - Does It Hurt? by H.D. Carlton
❄️ 29. A book related to air - His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire,#1) by Naomi Novik
❄️ 30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea - The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
❄️ 31. A book related to “Going for the Gold” - Blood Money (Joe Dillard, #6) by Scott Pratt
❄️ 32. A book with a number in the title - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
❄️ 33. A book involving travel - Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
❄️ 34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs - Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane, #7) by Andrea Penrose
❄️ 35. A science or science fiction book - Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
❄️ 36. A book featuring a character in education - The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
❄️ 37. A book that is part of a series - A Fatal Grace (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #2) by Louise Penny
❄️ 38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1 - Judgment Cometh: And That Right Soon (Joe Dillard, #8) by Scott Pratt
❄️ 39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2 - Due Process (Joe Dillard, #9) by Scott Pratt
❄️ 40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover - The Heron's Cry (Two Rivers, #2) by Ann Cleeves
❄️ 41. A book with a chilling atmosphere - The Gemstone Peridot by Jon Hébert
❄️ 42. A book with a sound-related word in the title - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
❄️ 43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author - Dead End by Ed Lacy
❄️ 44. A book with a touch of magic - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
❄️ 45. A book that is not a novel - Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated by Alison Arngrim
❄️ 46. A book related to night - The Friday Night Knitting Club (Friday Night Knitting Club, #1) by Kate Jacobs
❄️ 47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE - The Narrator by K.L. Slater
❄️ 48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt - Psycho (Psycho, #1) by Robert Bloch (prompt 20)
❄️ 49. A book with a senior citizen character - The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
❄️ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
❄️ 51. A book published in 2024 - Through the Glen (The Highlands, #3) by Samantha Young
❄️ 52. A cozy mystery - 4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple, #8) by Agatha Christie