D.L.’s Comments (group member since Oct 23, 2021)

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

Hey, everybody!! This is my first year participating in the challenge (I am doing so-so on keeping up with my reading, I better get moving! lol). I really look forward to being a part of the whole nominating/voting process for 2024. I came up with a few prompts but the one I'm going with is probably a multi-prompt (requiring 2 books).

Congrats everybody!! You seriously amaze me :)

Amazing progress!!

dalex wrote: "D.L. wrote: "You inspired my mom & I to try this after I read your post a few weeks ago. We've been busily collecting books lol Hope you get some good stuff to read!"

That's awesome! I hope you ha..."

We had a great time! I got some real goodies, hope you did as well :)

dalex wrote: "

A friend and I are doing Jolabokaflod (the Icelandic Christmas tradition of a “book flood”). In December we are giving each other 12 wrapped books, one for each month of the year, that we cannot ..."

You inspired my mom & I to try this after I read your post a few weeks ago. We've been busily collecting books lol Hope you get some good stuff to read!

There is the legendary chess scene in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone if anyone needs a suggestion for a read or re-read.

✔ 45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books: Beauchamp Hall (8/19/23)
✔ 46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe: Mango Cake and Murder (8/5/23)
✔ 47. A book related to a geometric shape: Full Circle (1/30/23)
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story: Murder Past Due

49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023: The Broken Girls
✔ 50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt: (34. A novella) The Christmas Shoes (5/12/23)
✔ 51. A book published in 2023: Ryan's Hope: An Oral History of Daytime's Groundbreaking Soap (11/9/23)
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title: How to Kill Your Family

✔ 36. A book that has been translated from another language: Malice (5/13/23)
✔ 37. A book with the theme of returning home: The Rancher Returns (5/18/23)
✔ 38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover: Dead Wrong (7/23/23)
39. A western: Dances with Wolves

✔ 40. A book with a full name in the title: Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham (4/13/23)
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists: Rebel
✔ 42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter: Ghost of a Chance (2/19/23)
✔ 43. A book that involves a murder: Too Late to Say Goodbye: A True Story of Murder and Betrayal (11/27/23)
✔ 44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal: Most Likely to Deceive (6/4/23)

27. A book by an author from continental Europe: The Diary of Anne Frank
✔ 28. A book that is dark: Dark Witch (9/6/23)
29. A book that is light: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
✔ 30. A book related to a chess piece: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (11/11/23)
✔ 31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com : (Ann M. Martin) The Doctor Is In! (8/27/23)

32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature: (Manchester, England) The Killer Inside
✔ 33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923: (Robert) The Bridges of Madison County (7/23/23)
✔ 34. A novella: The Pearl (8/25/23)
35. A book with a school subject in the title: Sophomore Year Is Greek to Me

18. A book related to science: Love on the Brain
✔ 19. A book related to the arts: A Thief in the Theater: A Kit Mystery (11/21/23)
✔ 20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel: Night Road (7/25/23)
21. A book by an Asian diaspora author: Arsenic and Adobo
22. A book with a faceless person on the cover: You'll Be the Death of Me

23. A book with a body of water in the title: Sea Swept
✔ 24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy: The Fashion Orphans (8/3/23)
25. A book with a tropical setting: Aloha Alibi
26. A book related to pride: Legends & Lattes

✔ 10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities": (Baby) First Comes Baby... (3/15/23)
✔ 11. A book about a person/character with a disability: I'll Be Seeing You (6/13/23)
✔ 12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies: Buzz Off (11/18/23)
✔ 13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover: Mallory and the Trouble with Twins (8/3/23)

✔ 14. A book with a con, deception, or fake: The Heist (5/24/23)
✔ 15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1: (19th Century) The Duke and I
✔ 16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2: (20th Century) Mexican Gothic (5/15/23)
✔ 17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3: (21st Century) Dumplin' (11/24/23)

✔ 1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y: (Australia) The Dry (8/12/23)
✔ 2. A book by an author you read in 2022: The Skeleton Key (4/30/23)
✔ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list: (A Christmas book) Santa Baby (5/31/23)
✔ 4. A book with an interracial relationship: Tempted by the Tycoon's Proposal (1/3/23)
✔ 5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover: Karen's Roller Skates (Baby-Sitters Little Sister #2) (3/2/23)

✔ 6. A book where books are important: A Killer Read (5/11/23)
✔ 7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title: The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern (9/7/23)
✔ 8. An author's debut book: How to Steal the Lawman's Heart (11/14/23)
✔ 9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W: (Women's Prize) The Hundred Secret Senses (3/3/23)

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I've been a member of this group for a long time. In the past, I promised myself I would read the books and do all the challenges, but I never got around to it because well, life happens. But in 2023, I really want to go around the whole year and complete it too. So that's my major book goal for 2023. I've been planning it a lot & am ready to go!

Progress: 37/52

This one:



The faces are marked out.

I am going with kit lit for this one: Wait Till Helen Comes

I am going with A Christmas book simply because I have so many of those on my TBR shelf and 2023 is the year I will whittle down that mountain somehow, someway! lol

Good prompt. I think it's time for me to read How to Kill Your Family which has been languishing on my TBR lol

I discovered a romance author named Lee Tobin McClain this year who I ended up really liking. I will read another one of her books, I think.

I am going with The Dry as well. (Australia)