Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Here's where to post your completed individual challenge! Please only post here once you have completed the challenge. When you post your entry, please include:

- your name and last initial
- the prompts completed
- the book read for the prompts you completed

Once your entry has been confirmed by a mod I'll add your name to the list below.

Find the main page of the challenge here: Intro & FAQs

As a reminder, entries can be submitted through Sept 23rd. The raffle draw will occur on Sept 24th.

RAFFLE RULES

1. You can only use one prompt per book, no double dipping.
2. Each prompt can only be used once for the raffle. You can double up for your own joy but you have to have 4 different prompts to be counted.
3. You need a minimum of 4 completed prompts to earn an entry.
4. Only one entry per person.
5. Books need to be at least 100 pages long, except for graphic novels which need to be at least 200 pages. For audiobooks, the printed version of the book will be used to check length.
6. Picture books or other books that are majority illustrations can’t be counted.
7. The whole of the book must be read during the read-a-thon: September 14 - 22. Books started before Sept 14th must have at least 100 pages left.

For the winner of the raffle, as always, the prompt choice is subject to the mods' approval. For example, the prompt can’t be the same or extremely similar to one already voted in and it must not be something that’s impossible for some readers to complete. If the winner is unresponsive to the message sent from the mods, there will be a redraw.

Confirmed Entries

Ciara X
Daniel J
Leah S
Kathy E
Erica P
Vanessa V
Sheyanne C
Bea
Meg L
Kendra P
Nancy T
Megan
Sandra M
Sue S
Jennifer W
Chrissy J
JA
Bec S
Kelly Sj
Andrea P
Samantha
Rosalind
Joanna G
Kat
Nancy J
Lynn G
Jillian H
Katherine P
Rachel A
Tamara P
Other Amy
Jessica R
Roxana

Last updated: 9/24/24

Example entry:

Chester T.

Ruler: a book with a royal character The Other Boleyn Girl
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book The God of the Woods
Protractor: a book published before 1900 Mansfield Park
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover Sparkling Cyanide

Ciara X.

Pencils: an author's first book - Great Expectations - Vinson Cunningham
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field - Snake Oil - Kelsey Rae Dimberg
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book - The Changeling - Victor LaValle
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover - The Wedding People - Alison Espach

Confirmed, and congrats!

Daniel J.

Ruler: a book with a royal character--Conan the Mercenary
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover--
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book--The Searing
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover--

LeahS

Pencils: an author's first book
The Stirrings: A Memoir in Northern Time by Catherine Taylor

The author blurb at the front of the book says:

‘Catherine Taylor…..grew up in Sheffield. …Her essays have appeared in Granta, Aeon and the collection Trauma: Art and Mental Health …..She edited The Book of Sheffield: A City in Short Fiction…This is her first book'

Eraser: A mystery, thriller or horror book
It Ends At Midnight

Flashcards: A book with an illustrated cover


Scissors: a book that includes a break-up
The Misbegotten

(view spoiler)[‘…There was some impediment to their being wed…Yet they were betrothed and determined to marry. ….he got word from Miss Beckwith that she was breaking off their engagement….Mr. Alleyn never saw her again…’ p.145 (hide spoiler)]

Daniel and Leah you are good!

Kathy E.

Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
✅Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 9/17/24

Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
✅Arsenal Stadium Mystery - Leonard R. Gribble [239 pages / start p. 119] 9/15/24

Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
✅A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax #4) - Dorothy Gilman [other series is Madame Karitska] 9/14/24

Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
✅The Fountain Overflows - Rebecca West [313 pages / start page 191] 9/18/24

Erica P.

Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Assassin's Creed Dynasty, Volume 1

Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover


Scissors: a book that contains a break up
Booked Graphic Novel
The mc's parents seperate and then decide to get divorced

Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Apprentice to the Villain

Vanessa V.


■ Ruler: a book with a royal character
El príncipe by Jennifer L. Armentrout
■ Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
5 centímetros por segundo by Yukiko Seike, Makoto Shinkai

■ Protractor: a book published before 1900
El signo de los cuatro by Arthur Conan Doyle
■ Scissors: a book that includes a break up
El club de la buena estrella by Amy Tan

Sheyanne C.

Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book:
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera (Read 9-9-24 - 9-15-24)
Glue: a book featuring a friend group:
Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero (Read 9-17-24 - 9-18-24)
Scissors: a book that includes a break up:
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling (Read 9-16-24 - 9-17-24)
Highlighter: a book released in 2024:
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth (Read 9-18-24 - 9-18-24)

Verified through here!

Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book A Faint Cold Fear [500 pages, starting page 1] Read 9/18/24 - 500p
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series The Shadowy Horses [411 pages, starting page 37] Read 9/16/24 - 374 pages
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover These Witches Don't Burn [320 pages, starting page 1] Read 9/16/24 - 320 pages
Glue: a book featuring a friend group The Rejected Writers' Book Club [261 pages, starting page 1] Read 9/19/24 - 261 pages

Meg L

Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Heartstopper: Volume Five
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
Howl’s Moving Castle
Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Death at the Sign of the Rook
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover
Strange Weather in Tokyo

Bea and Meg your entries are confirmed!

Kendra P.

🔹Pencils: an author's first book
The Wishing Game - Sept. 20th

🔹Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library - Sept 16th


🔹Scissors: a book that includes a break up
You Are Not What We Expected - Sept. 14th
Several of the stories are about divorces, including the title story.

🔹Highlighter: a book released in 2024
The Bookshop of Hidden Dreams - Sept. 15th

Nancy T

Pencils: an author's first book - Firekeeper’s Daughter

Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book - House of Glass

Highlighter: a book released in 2024 - My Favorite Mistake

Scissors: a book that includes a break up - With You Forever

Ruler: a book with a royal character
Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
✅Pencils: an author's first book - Feral Omega: Part One
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Protractor: a book published before 1900
✅Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book - First Lie Wins
✅b>Folder: a book by an author with more than one series - Run
✅Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover - The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
✅Glue: a book featuring a friend group - The Pucking Wrong Man
Scissors: a book that includes a break up
✅Highlighter: a book released in 2024 - A Sorceress Comes to Call
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover

Sandra M.

*Pencils: an author's first book If Cats Disappeared from the World
*Protractor: a book published before 1900 Endymion: John Lyly This edition was published in 1979. John Lyly wrote Endymion in 1587/1588 and it was first published in 1591.
*Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover The Goodbye Cat
*Glue: a book featuring a friend group The Metaphysical Club : A Story of Ideas in America

Sue S
1. Pencils: an author's first book: The Pioneers - A Story of the Australian Outback
2. Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book: Beastly Things
3. Folder: a book by an author with more than one series: The Geometry of Holding Hands
4. Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover: Ladies, We Need to Talk: Everything We're Not Saying About Bodies, Health, Sex & Relationships

Jennifer W

Protractor: a book published before 1900 Treasure Island

Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover

Glue: a book featuring a friend group We Deserve Monuments

Scissors: a book that includes a break up The Debutante (the MC quickly gets married and almost as quickly gets divorced to join a Nazi group)

Chrissy J:
Pencils: an author's first book - On Earth as It Is on Television
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover -
Glue: a book featuring a friend group - The Twilight Garden
Highlighter: a book released in 2024 -The Husbands

I am caught up through here!

JA:

Ruler: a book with a royal character - King Lear

Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover -

Protractor: a book published before 1900 - Five Weeks in a Balloon

Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book - The Moving Finger

Folder: a book by an author with more than one series - Holly

Glue: a book featuring a friend group - The Great Gatsby

Bec S

Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field:
In Our Likeness by Bryan VanDyke AI field

Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Opal by Patricia Wolf - tagged as mystery and thriller

Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
If It Makes You Happy by Julie Olivia - Julia Olivia has 4 series

Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
Past Tents: A Small Town Romance by Stacy Travis


Highlighter: a book released in 2024
Out in Nowhere by Fleur McDonald

JA and Bec S you are good!

As a reminder, entries can be submitted through Sept 23rd. The raffle draw will occur on Sept 24th

Kelly Sj

✓ Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
The Art of Simple Living: 100 Daily Practices from a Zen Buddhist Monk for a Lifetime of Calm and Joy by Shunmyō Masuno

✓ Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari by Dorothy Gilman

✓ Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
No Time To Spare: Thinking About What Matters by Ursula K. Le Guin

✓ Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover
by Carl Hiaasen

Andrea P.

Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover- Five Tuesdays in Winter
Pencils: an author's first book- Untouchable
Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field- All the Light We Cannot See
Protractor: a book published before 1900- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover- Running

Scissors: a book that includes a break up- This Is How You Lose Her
Highlighter: a book released in 2024- The Most
Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover- Mixed Signals

Pencils: an author's first book - Made for You
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book - You're Always Welcome... At the Bloodridge Motel
Scissors: a book that includes a break up - Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
Highlighter: a book released in 2024 - The Night We Lost Him

Eraser: a mystery, thriller or horror - The Night in Question
Highlighter: Released in 2024 - Amari and the Despicable Wonders
Folder: By an author with more than one series - The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
Flashcards: With an illustrated cover - Elena Knows

Joanna G individual challenge

Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field - Not in Love
Protractor: a book published before 1900 - Treasure Island
Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Folder: a book by an author with more than one series - Eclipse the Moon
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover - Kafka on the Shore
Glue: a book featuring a friend group - Anxious People

Ruler: A book with a royal character
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Eraser: A mystery, thriller or horror book
Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Flashcards: A book with an illustrated cover

Scissors: A book that includes a breakup
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Highlighter: A book released in 2024
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

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Nancyj Readathon Sept 14-22, 2024



The Prompts

✅3. Pencils: an author's first book - The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
✅4. Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field - Stars Above by Marissa Meyer
✅7. Folder: a book by an author with more than one series -Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
✅8. Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover -Float Plan by Trish Doller
✅10. Scissors: a book that includes a break up - The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

LYNN G

4/4 as of September 22

Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
14th Deadly Sin (Women's Murder Club #14) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
September 17 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
16th Seduction (Women's Murder Club #16) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Claire is the Chief Medical Examiner (FIS)
September 22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
17th Suspect (Women's Murder Club #17) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
September 22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Scissors: a book that includes a break up
15th Affair (Women's Murder Club #15) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Lindsay and Joe!
September 19 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Jillian H

Ruler: a book with a royal character
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson 9/21/2024

Folder: a book by an author with more than one series-
Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson 9/22/2024

Glue: a book featuring a friend group-
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling 9/18/2024
(this is the edition I listened to https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... )

Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover-
Hot and Sour Suspects by Vivien Chien 9/15/2024

Katherine P.

8. Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover -
2. Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover -
6. Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book -
12. Lunchbox: a book with food or drink on the cover -

Rachel A.

Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field - Lessons in Chemistry
Protractor: a book published before 1900 - The Prince and the Pauper (audiobook)
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover - Float Plan
Highlighter: a book released in 2024 It's Elementary

Tamara P.

Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories

Protractor: a book published before 1900 The Island of Dr. Moreau

Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book After the People Lights Have Gone Off

Folder: a book by an author with more than one series Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Highlighter: a book released in 2024 A Sorceress Comes to Call

Other Amy

✅Calculator: a book with a number in the title or on the cover
Thirteen Storeys
(read the 60% remaining in my Kindle book which unfortunately does not have pages, but about 177 pages for the readathon)
✅Eraser: a mystery, thriller, or horror book
The Bone Key: The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth
(read remaining pages 91 to 253 = 163 pages for the readathon)
✅Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field
Strange Beasts of China
(read remaining pages 91 to 232 = 142 pages for the readathon)
✅Ruler: a book with a royal character
The Route of Ice and Salt (Count Dracula)
✅Folder: a book by an author with more than one series
A Theory of Haunting by Sarah Monette aka Katherine Addison

Verified through here!

Jessica R.

Notebook: a book with a character in a STEM field Tetris: The Games People Play
Flashcards: a book with an illustrated cover Roller Girl
Glue: a book featuring a friend group If You'll Have Me
Scissors: a book that includes a break up The Last Romantics
Highlighter: a book released in 2024 The Worst Ronin

🎓 Roxana's Fall 2024 Individual Challenge 🎓


✅ Calculator: A book with a number in the title or on the cover: Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
✅ Notebook: A book with a character in a STEM field: Monk's Hood
✅ Protractor: A book published before 1900: King Lear
✅ Eraser: A mystery, thriller, or horror book: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
✅ Folder: A book by an author with more than one series: A Scandal in Mayfair
✅ Flashcards: A book with an illustrated cover: Piranesi

Verified through here and closed! The winner will be contacted shortly!