Felicia’s Comments (group member since Oct 16, 2022)

Felicia’s comments from the Around the Year in 52 Books group.

Popsugar Challenge
0/50

Regular
1. A book about a POC experiencing joy and not trauma
2. A book you want to read based on the last sentence
3. A book about space tourism
4. A book with two or more books on the cover or "book" in the title
The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society
5. A book with a snake on the cover or in the title
Ninth House

6. A book that fills your favorite prompt from the 2015 PS Reading Challenge
7. A book about a cult
8. A book under 250 pages
Five-Star Stranger
Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
9. A book that features a character going through menopause
Sandwich
The Martian Contingency
10. A book you got for free

11. A book mentioned in another book
12. A book about a road trip
13. A book rated less than three stars on Goodreads
14. A book about a nontraditional education
An Academy for Liars
15. A book that an AI chatbot recommends based on your favorite book

16. A book set in or around a body of water
The Wishing Game
17. A book about a run club
18. A book containing magical creatures that aren't dragons
19. A highly anticipated read of 2025
The Martian Contingency
20. A book that fills a 2024 prompt you'd like to do over (or try out)

21. A book where the main character is a politician
22. A book about soccer
23. A book that is considered healing fiction
24. A book with a happily single woman protagonist
25. A book where the main character is an immigrant or refugee
Hotline

26. A book where an adult character changes careers
27. A book set at a luxury resort
28. A book that features an unlikely friendship
29. A book about a food truck
30. A book that reminds you of your childhood

31. A book where music plays an integral part of the storyline
32. A book about an overlooked woman in history
33. A book featuring an activity on your bucket list
34. A book written by an author who is neurodivergent
35. A book centering LGBTQ+ characters that isn't about coming out
The Atlas Complex

36. A book with silver on the cover or in the title
37. Two books with the same title (1)
The Husbands
38. Two books with the same title (2)
The Husbands
39. A classic you've never read
40. A book about chosen family


Advanced Prompts
Easy
41. A book by the oldest author in your TBR pile
42. A book with a title that starts with the letter Y
43. A book that includes a nonverbal character
44. A book you have always avoided reading

Medium
45. A book with a left-handed character
46. A book where nature is the antagonist
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
47. A book of interconnected short stories
The History of Sound

Hard
48. A book that features a married couple who don't live together
49. A dystopian book with a happy ending
50. A book that features a character with chronic pain

THE 52 TOPICS OF THE 2025 ATY READING CHALLENGE
36/52

✅1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y
Apples Never Fall (5/17/25)
2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list
✅3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song
Never Let Me Go (8/30/25)
✅4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld
Katabasis (9/27/25)
5. A book with a weird or intriguing title

6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover
Recursion
The Priory of the Orange Tree
✅7. A book by an author that uses 3 names
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty (4/28/25)
✅8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings
Vampires Never Get Old: Tales with Fresh Bite (6/4/25)
✅9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year
Orbital (5/2/25)

🟦10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns
Practical Magic
✅11. A book set in a fictional location
A Gathering of Shadows (1/4/25)
12. A book by an Irish author
Felicia's Journey
13. A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
🟦Leviathan Wakes
14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman
Ruin and Rising

✅15. A book of secrets, lies, or deception
Loki: Agent of Asgard, Vol. 2: I Cannot Tell a Lie (1/4/25)
✅16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list
Luckiest Girl Alive (1/15/25)
✅17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America (3/26/25)
✅18. A book set primarily in nature
The God of the Woods (3/7/25)

✅19. A book with a cover that has a building or cityscape
How to Solve Your Own Murder (4/3/25)
✅20. A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title
Onyx Storm (6/26/25)
21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals
✅22. A translated novel from Asia
The Cat Who Saved Books (3/19/25)

✅23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting
The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century (4/12/25)
✅24. A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal
A Conjuring of Light (1/10/25)
✅25. A book with waves on the cover
The Blue Hour (4/15/25)
✅26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name
Adult Assembly Required (2/11/25)
✅27. A book set in the winter
A Killing Cold (9/3/25)

✅28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1
The Last Murder at the End of the World (1/23/25)
✅29. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 2
First Lie Wins (2/11/25)
✅30. A monster book
Cloud Atlas (2/28/25)
✅31. A book with a coastal setting
The Wishing Game (5/28/25)

✅32. A mystery or true crime book
Only If You're Lucky (4/8/25)
33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time
Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
✅34. A book title that could be a country song
This Girl's a Killer (3/27/25)
✅35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland (5/27/25)

✅36. A book with a common household object on the cover
The House in the Pines (1/28/25)
✅37. A book featuring adult friendships
One of the Girls (5/7/25)
38. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1 (published April 9, 2024)
The Familiar
✅39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2 (published April 9, 2024)
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality (8/30/25)
✅40. A book you'd consider a comfort read
The Phantom Tollbooth (6/13/25)

✅41. A book that involves digging up the past
Home Is Where the Bodies Are (1/17/25)
✅42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate
Starling House (2/21/25)
✅43. A book whose title has ten or fewer letters
Flux (3/11/25)
✅44. A haunting book
How to Sell a Haunted House (6/9/25)

✅45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years
Big Little Lies (3/18/25)
46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names
47. A book relating to fire
The Midnight Feast
A Slow Fire Burning
✅48. A book with a character dealing with death
The New Couple in 5B (4/21/25)

49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines
The Ministry of Time
50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025
The Book of Doors
The Starless Sea
51. A book published in 2025
52. A book with a sunset vibes on the cover
The Great Alone

This list was suggested, voted on, and chosen by ATY group members.

THE ANNIVERSARY LIST
5/10
In honor of ATY's 10 year of reading challenges, we have put together an anniversary list made up of member-chosen prompts. Each prompt comes from that year's respective list and was chosen by the members of the group.

✅2016: A book originally written in a language other than English
We'll Prescribe You a Cat (5/31/25)
2017: A book whose title doesn't contain the letter "E"
Trust
2018: An author's debut book
✅2019: A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
The Golden Spoon (6/25/25)
✅2020: A book with an emotion in the title
Not a Happy Family (4/30/25)
2021: A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
✅2022: A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
Young Avengers Omnibus (3/16/25)
✅2023: A book whose author has published more than 7 books
Asgardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1: The Infinity Armada
2024: A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food
2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family

Both skulls and both Hamlet retellings

I want to focus on one main challenge. I did two big challenges last year at the same time. I think I ended up spreading myself too thin. I was trying to read too much and as a result it felt like I was not even taking in half the books I was reading. I plan to be more relaxed with my reading this year.

Popsugar Challenge 50/50

✅1. A book with the word "leap" in the title
One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon (11/27/24)
✅2. A bildungsroman book
The Graveyard Book (1/24/24)
✅3. A book about a 24-year-old
Night Film (9/3/24)
✅4. A book about a writer
The Writing Retreat (2/6/24)
✅5. A book about K-pop
Culture: The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop (8/2/24)

✅6. A book about pirates
Sea Serpent's Heir Book One: The Pirate's Daughter (11/10/24)
✅7. A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete
SLAM! Vol. 1 (4/7/24)
✅8. A book by a blind or visually impaired author
The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight (12/30/24)
✅9. A book by a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing author
Deaf Utopia: A Memoir - And a Love Letter to a Way of Life (12/15/24)
✅10. A book by a self-published author
Nettle & Bone (6/7/24)

✅11. A book from a genre you typically avoid
What Kind of Woman: Poems (7/6/24)
✅12. A book from an animal's POV
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 3 (4/7/24)
✅13. A book originally published under a pen name
The Bad Beginning (5/18/24)
✅14. A book recommended by a bookseller
Bright Young Women (10/8/24)
✅15. A book recommended by a librarian
The Book Eaters (10/20/24)

✅16. A book set 24 years before you were born
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 2: Dallas (8/10/24)
✅17. A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list (England)
The Authenticity Project (9/25/24)
✅18. A book set in space
System Collapse (12/3/24)
✅19. A book set in the future
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (10/11/24)
✅20. A book set in the snow
Snow Angels (11/10/24)

✅21. A book that came out in a year that ends with "24"
Somewhere Beyond the Sea (10/24/24)
✅22. A book that centers on video games
Slay (10/30/24)
✅23. A book that features dragons
Fourth Wing (3/7/24)
✅24. A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours
Anxious People (12/15/24)
✅25. A book that was published 24 years ago (2000)
The Wide Window (5/22/24)

✅26. A book that was turned into a musical
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (5/23/24)
✅27. A book where someone dies in the first chapter
The Night Shift (4/16/24)
✅28. A book with a main character who's 42 years old
The Knockoff (12/18/24)
✅29. A book with a neurodivergent main character
The Maid (2/29/24)
✅30. A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary
Hench (10/28/24)

✅31. A book with a title that is a complete sentence
I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself (12/10/24)
✅32. A book with an enemies to lovers plot
Book Lovers (8/20/24)
✅33. A book with an unreliable narrator
Good Bad Girl (5/4/24)
✅34. A book with at least 3 POVs
Fevered Star (1/17/24)
✅35. A book with magical realism
Daytripper (11/10/24)

✅36. A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
They Called Us Enemy (4/7/24)
✅37. A book written during NaNoWriMo
Legends & Lattes (7/9/24)
✅38. A cozy fantasy book
The Tea Dragon Society (8/11/24)
✅39. A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author
Magic for Liars (10/3/24)
✅40. A horror book by a BIPOC author
Silver Nitrate (12/14/24)

✅41. A memoir that explores queerness
Gender Queer (4/27/24)
✅42. A nonfiction book about Indigenous people
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (11/11/24)
✅43. A second-chance romance
The Pairing (9/21/24)
✅44. An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
Rememberings (7/25/24)
✅45. An LGBTQ+ romance novel
Heartstopper: Volume Two (11/10/24)

✅46. A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours
Thornhedge (11/30/24)
✅47. A book with 24 letters in the title
Just Another Missing Person (8/23/24)
✅48. A collection of at least 24 poems
Above Ground (6/23/24)
✅49. The 24th book of an author
Fugitive Telemetry (9/7/24)
✅50. A book that starts with the letter "X"
X-Men: Days of Future Past (4/12/24)

I thought The Starless Sea was the best book I read with a sense of place

ATY Challenge 52/52

✅1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y
Station Eternity (9/28/24)
✅2. A book connected to something you read in 2023
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together (5/8/24)
✅3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list (Related to mushrooms)
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures (9/15/24)
✅4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
The Deep Sky (11/7/24)
✅5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
A Darker Shade of Magic (12/23/24)

✅6. A book with wings on the cover
Iron Flame (12/7/24)
✅7. A book with a pronoun in the title
Things We Do in the Dark (2/15/24)
✅8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
The Glass Hotel (2/23/24)
✅9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
Into the Silence (6/30/24)

✅10. A history or historical fiction book
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (4/26/24)
✅11. A book with an X connection
The Poet X (1/30/24)
✅12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2/20/24)
✅13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list
The Fraud (11/4/24)

✅14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
This Poison Heart (2/29/24)
✅15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX)
The Future of Another Timeline (3/18/24)
✅16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
Starter Villain (6/3/24)
✅17. A book involving intelligence
Annie Bot (7/8/24)

✅18. A book with a botanical cover
The Immortalists (1/26/24)
✅19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream (Dublin Mudslide)
Normal People (8/13/24)
✅20. A book with a single word title
VenCo (10/18/24)
✅21. A book with a title containing 6+ words
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (3/12/24)
✅22. A book by an author from an African country
LaGuardia (12/19/24)

✅23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett
The Woman in Cabin 10 (3/28/24)
✅24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)
The Block Party (5/13/24)
✅25. A book involving a crime other than a murder
The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century (4/29/24)
✅26. A book by an author known by their initials
It's One of Us (7/28/24)

✅27. A book related to land
Weyward (5/30/24)
✅28. A book related to sea
Something in the Water (4/9/24)
✅29. A book related to air
All My Friends are Superheroes (12/7/24)
✅30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea
The Fury (7/15/24)
✅31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics (9/30/24)

✅32. A book with a number in the title
One by One (3/23/24)
✅33. A book involving travel
The Paradox Hotel (10/13/24)
✅34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six (1/20/24)
✅35. A science or science fiction book
Arch-Conspirator (12/27/24)

✅36. A book featuring a character in education
I Have Some Questions for You (7/11/24)
✅37. A book that is part of a series
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite (8/9/24)
✅38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1
The Reptile Room (5/21/24)
✅39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2
The Miserable Mill (5/24/24)

✅40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover
Sea Change (1/8/24)
✅41. A book with a chilling atmosphere
The House Across the Lake (1/2/24)
✅42. A book with a sound-related word in the title
The Whisper Man (4/13/24)
✅43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author
Happiness Falls (11/16/24)
✅44. A book with a touch of magic
Loki: Agent of Asgard, Vol. 1: Trust Me (12/31/24)

✅45. A book that is not a novel
MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios (1/13/24)
✅46. A book related to night
Book of Night (8/8/24)
✅47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE
The Curator (11/25/24)
✅48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt (A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color)
Our Missing Hearts (6/4/24)

✅49. A book with a senior citizen character
Killers of a Certain Age (5/17/24)
✅50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (10/4/24)
✅51. A book published in 2024
Mirrored Heavens (9/13/24)
✅52. A cozy mystery
A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking (1/27/24)

I'm using this prompt to start The Expanse books. First one is Leviathan Wakes

I'm going with The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

I can also recommend
The House in the Cerulean Sea
The Starless Sea

I read tons of the baby sitters club books but my favorites were the babysitter mystery ones. I was also obsessed with the Animorph series. Or it could be that I liked that when you flipped the pages really fast you could see the animorphs morphing in the corner lol. My favorite childhood book was The Phantom Tollbooth which I reread recently and it still holds up.

Very rarely do I look ahead. I do hate it when the blurb gives away too much of the plot. I sometimes read a few goodreads reviews to see what other people think but never ones marked with spoilers.

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Popsugar 2023
50/50

✅1 A book you meant to read in 2022
Cinder (8/8/23)
✅2 A book you bought from an independent bookstore
The Power (7/16/23)
✅3 A book about a vacation
Rock Paper Scissors (1/19/23)
✅4 A book by a first-time author
Olga Dies Dreaming (5/4/23)
✅5 A book with mythical creatures
When Women Were Dragons (3/13/23)
✅6 A book about a forbidden romance
Red, White & Royal Blue (3/26/23)
✅7 A book with "Girl" in the title
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women (3/20/23)
✅8 A celebrity memoir
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (3/3/23)
✅9 A book with a color in the title
All Systems Red (2/23/23)
✅10 A romance with a fat lead
When Life Gives You Vampires (9/7/23)

✅11 A book about or set in Hollywood
Siren Queen (8/1/23)
✅12 A book published in spring 2023
In the Lives of Puppets (7/5/23)
✅13 A book published the year you were born
Watchmen (10/8/23)
✅14 A modern retelling of a classic
A Spindle Splintered (10/17/23)
✅15 A book with a song lyric as its title
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (5/11/23)
✅16 A book where the main character's name is in the title
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (8/23/23)
✅17 A book with a love triangle
The It Girl (4/14/23)
✅18 A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
The Hate U Give (10/11/23)
✅19 A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge
Siege and Storm (a continuing series) (9/30/23)
✅20 A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
Triptych (8/30/23)

✅21 A book set in the decade you were born
My Best Friend's Exorcism (9/6/23)
✅22 A book with a queer lead
Less (1/22/23)
✅23 A book with a map
The Golden Enclaves (12/29/23)
✅24 A book with a rabbit on the cover
Rabbits (10/5/23)
✅25 A book with just text on the cover
The Library Book (3/16/23)
✅26 The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Tread of Angels (9/4/23)
✅27 A #BookTok recommendation
Heartstopper: Volume One (3/8/23)
✅28 A book you bought secondhand
The Violin Conspiracy (10/29/23)
✅29 A book your friend recommended
This is How You Lose the Time War (6/1/23)
✅30 A book that's on a celebrity book-club list
The Club (2/9/23)

✅31 A book about a family
Arsenic and Adobo (5/12/23)
✅32 A book that comes out in the second half of 2023
The Woman in Me (11/8/23)
✅33 A book about an athlete/sport
The Firekeeper’s Daughter (9/16/23)
✅34 A historical-fiction book
The Alice Network (12/12/23)
✅35 A book about divorce
The Divorce Colony: How Women Revolutionized Marriage and Found Freedom on the American Frontier (5/26/23)
✅36 A book you think your best friend would like
Remarkably Bright Creatures (11/28/23)
✅37 A book you should have read in high school
The Catcher in the Rye (11/25/23)
✅38 A book you read more than 10 years ago
A Game of Thrones (3/1/23)
✅39 A book you wish you could read for the first time again
The Phantom Tollbooth (3/18/23)
✅40 A book by an author with the same initials as you
A Marvellous Light (4/23/23)

✅41 A book written during NaNoWriMo
Fangirl (2/3/23)
✅42 A book based on a popular movie
Conceal, Don't Feel (10/24/23)
✅43 A book that takes place entirely in one day
They Both Die at the End (4/7/23)
✅44 A book that was self-published
The Atlas Six (7/21/23)
✅45 A book that started out as fan fiction
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (10/1/23)
✅46 A book with a pet character
A Man and His Cat, Vol. 2 (2/10/23)
✅47 A book about a holiday that's not Christmas
The Hunting Party (4/8/23)
✅48 A book that features two languages
The Sentence (12/20/23)
✅49 The longest book (by pages) on your TBR list
Black Leopard, Red Wolf (12/5/23)
✅50 A book with alliteration in the title
Daisy Darker (6/7/23)

I saw The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle while browsing though amazon today