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

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

Update:

Prompt(s) Filled:
ATY #2: A book connected to something you read in 2023

Book:


Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Update:

Prompt(s) Filled:
ATY #1: A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y

Book:


Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I have done a couple of prompts so far (mostly ones toward the end of the list ironically) but I feel I need direction to finish this challenge so I am going to do the rest of the reads in order starting now. So here are my picks for the rest of January:

1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y: Killer Instinct
2. A book connected to something you read in 2023 (YA novel/blind character): Girl, Stolen
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list (A book about twins): The Lying Game
4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong: Tending Roses
5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world: The 8th Confession

Update:

Prompt(s) Filled:
- ATY #52: A cozy mystery

Book:


Rating: ⭐️⭐️.5

Update:

Prompt(s) Filled:
- ATY #47: A book with a two-word title beginning with THE
- Booklist Queen Challenge #48: You Own But Haven’t Read

Book:


Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Update:

Prompt(s) Filled:
- ATY #12: A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
- Booklist Queen Challenge #36: A Quick Read

Book:


Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Update:

Prompt(s) Filled:
- ATY #37: A book that is part of a series

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Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Update:

Prompt(s) Filled:
- ATY #45: A book that is not a novel
- Booklist Queen Challenge #9: With an epilogue

Book:


Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

ATY 2023 Leftovers:

18. A book related to science: Love on the Brain
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
25. A book with a tropical setting: Aloha Alibi
26. A book related to pride: Legends & Lattes
27. A book by an author from continental Europe: The Diary of Anne Frank
29. A book that is light: To All the Boys I've Loved Before
32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature: (Manchester, England) The Killer Inside
35. A book with a school subject in the title: Sophomore Year Is Greek to Me
39. A western: Dances with Wolves
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists: Rebel
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
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title: How to Kill Your Family

Booklist Queen Challenge

1. You Meant to Read Last Year: Love on the Brain
2. Goodreads Winner in 2023: Fourth Wing
3. About Mental Health
4. Five-Star Read
5. An Audiobook: Better to Wish
6. Set in the 1950s: Snow Falling on Cedars
7. Unreliable Narrator
8. Book Becoming Movie in 2024: Force of Nature
✔ 9. With an Epilogue: The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation (1/2/24)
✔ 10. About Starting Over: The Rose Queen (5/4/24)
✔ 11. Author You Love: Leap of Faith (4/15/24)
✔ 12. Flowers on the Cover: The Matchmakers (4/27/24)
13. Title Starts with “B”: Be True to Me
14. Published in 2014: Chances Are
✔ 15. Purple Cover: Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (3/23/24)
16. Historical Mystery: Pride and Prescience: Or, A Truth Universally Acknowledged
✔ 17. With Multiple Points of View: The 8th Confession (2/18/24)
✔ 18. A Book You Couldn’t Put Down: Prom Date (4/18/24)
✔ 19. One Word Title: Haunted (4/13/24)
20. Debut Author
✔ 21. 2023 Bestseller: Tom Lake (5/14/24)
✔ 22. Intriguing Premise: Ghosts (4/22/24)
23. A Friend’s Favorite Book
24. Author from the Southern Hemisphere
✔ 25. About Secrets: A Song of Secrets (4/2/24)
26. Bottom of Your To-Read List: The Best Man
✔ 27. Your Favorite Genre: Evil Returns (5/11/24)
28. Character Who is an Actor: Jessi and the Superbrat
29. Recommended on a Podcast
✔ 30. Set in Paris: In Paris With You (4/22/24)
✔ 31. Ugly Cover: Parker Pyne Investigates (5/2/24)
✔ 32. Set in a Small Town: Captivated by the Cowgirl (4/1/24)
33. Three Books by the Same Author (1): Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator
34. Three Books by the Same Author (2): Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake
35. Three Books by the Same Author (3): Gilda Joyce: The Ghost Sonata
✔ 36. A Quick Read: Don't Blink (1/10/24)
37. Set During Autumn
✔ 38. Classic by a Female Author: Northanger Abbey (4/5/24)
✔ 39. Memoir by a Person You Admire: Not Young, Still Restless (1/28/24)
40. About a Historical Event
✔ 41. Written Under a Pseudonym: Curse of the Arctic Star (4/11/24)
42. Legal Thriller: A Time to Kill
43. Fantasy Book
44. Popular Book You’ve Never Read
45. Inspiring Nonfiction
✔ 46. 2024 New Release: Choosing Sides (3/3/24)
47. Genre You Don’t Usually Read
✔ 48. You Own But Haven’t Read: The Proposal (1/13/24)
49. Book About Books: Read and Buried
50. Book Everyone Is Talking About
51. With a Place in the Title: Texas Ranger
✔ 52. Reread a Favorite: The Lying Game (3/9/24)

Read Your Shelf 2024
Start Date: November 1, 2023
End Date: December 31, 2024
**All books must be purchased or requested from the library BEFORE November 1, 2023**

1. Last Book You Bought: After Hours on Milagro Street
2. Shortest Book on Your Shelf: The Proud and The Beast: A Pride and Prejudice Variation
3. Most Intimidating Book: Under the Dome
✔ 4. By Indie/Self-Published Author: Christmas Crush (12/8/23)
✔ 5. Published in Winter (Dec-Feb): Evil Returns (5/11/24)
6. Bought Because of Social Media
7. Pick 10 Books, Spin Wheel to Pick Next Read: The Au Pairs
8. Book Over 500 Pages: The Tommyknockers
9. Recommended by a Friend:
✔ 10. Flowers on cover: The Matchmakers (4/27/24)
✔ 11. Blue Cover: Leap of Faith (4/15/24)
✔ 12. Favorite Genre: The Surfer (12/7/23)
✔ 13. Continuation of a Series: Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam (12/20/23)
✔ 14. By a Favorite Author: I've Got My Eyes on You (3/30/24)
15. Bought Because of Cover
✔ 16. First in a Series: Once Upon a Witch (3/17/24)
✔ 17. Published in Spring (Mar-May): 10th Anniversary (4/10/24)
✔ 18. Less Than 200 Pages: Michelle and Debra (3/24/24)
✔ 19. By Male Author: Welcome to Dead House (4/6/24)
✔ 20. Published in Fall (Sep-Nov): A Husband for the Holidays (3/21/24)
21. By a BIPOC Author
✔ 22. Close Eyes & Pick Book at Random: Freshman Blues (12/3/23)
✔ 23. At Least 4 Colors on Cover: 16 Ways to Break A Heart (3/12/24)
24. Oldest Book on TBR:
✔ 25. One You've Been Meaning to Get To: Sugar And Spice And Not So Nice (4/7/24)
✔ 26. Stand Alone Book: Deenie (5/9/24)
✔ 27. By "New to You" Author: A Song of Secrets (4/2/24)
28.Close Eyes & Pick Book at Random
29. Recommended by a Friend
✔ 30. By a Favorite Author: Welcome to the Wicked Wax Museum (3/25/24)
✔ 31. By Female Author: Bridal Boot Camp (3/14/24)
✔ 32. People on the Cover: The Graduates (4/19/24)
✔ 33. Number in the Title: The 9th Judgment (3/25/24)
✔ 34. Your Initials in the Title or Author's Name: Haunted (4/13/24)
✔ 35. Water on the Cover: Sea of Suspicion (4/14/24)
✔ 36. White Cover: In Paris With You (4/22/24)
✔ 37. Chapters Have Title: Curse of the Arctic Star (4/11/24)
✔ 38. 300+ Pages: Steal (4/14/24)
39. Trees on Cover
✔ 40. By "New to You" Author: Tom Lake (5/14/24)
✔ 41. Favorite Genre: Prom Date (4/18/24)
✔ 42. Published in Summer (Jun-Aug): Never Have I Ever (5/2/24)
✔ 43. Two-Word Title: Northanger Abbey (4/5/24)
✔ 44. By Female Author: Captivated by the Cowgirl (4/1/24)
45. Pick 10 Books, Spin Wheel to Pick Next Read: Southern Charmed
46. By a BIPOC Author
47. Bought Because of Cover
48. Bought Because of Social Media
49. Use a Poll to Pick Next Read: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
50. 300+ Pages
51. Stand Alone Book
52. Black Cover
53. No People on Cover
✔ 54. Animated Cover: Ghosts (4/22/24)
55. Animal on Cover
✔ 56. Male Author: The Creepy Creations of Professor Shock (4/28/24)
57. Made into a TV Show/Movie
58. Published During Birth Month: The Lawman
59. Over 500 Pages
60. Use a Poll to Pick Next Book

I am probably going to read Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand

The Paris Apartment is my choice.

I am thinking of reading The Sweetest Remedy by Jane Igharo It sounds great!

I'll be reading The Godwulf Manuscript

I will be using the prompt "A book with twins in it" and I'll be reading The Lying Game by Sara Shepard

✔ 45. A book that is not a novel: The Menendez Murders: The Shocking Untold Story of the Menendez Family and the Killings that Stunned the Nation (1/2/24)
✔ 46. A book related to night: Murder on a Starry Night (8/6/24)
✔ 47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE: The Proposal (1/13/24)
✔ 48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt (a cozy mystery): Death of a Gossip (4/20/24)

📚 49. A book with a senior citizen character: Murder at the Vicarage
✔ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024: Northanger Abbey (4/5/24)
✔ 51. A book published in 2024: Choosing Sides (3/3/24)
✔ 52. A cozy mystery: Six Feet Deep Dish (1/17/24)

✔ 36. A book featuring a character in education: Killing Mr. Griffin (7/26/24)
✔ 37. A book that is part of a series: 7th Heaven (1/7/24)
📚 38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1: The Borrowed Bride
📚 39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2: Married by Mistake

📚 40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover: Zoo
✔ 41. A book with a chilling atmosphere: Party Games (10/21/24)
✔ 42. A book with a sound-related word in the title: A Song of Secrets (4/2/24)
✔ 43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author: Double Indemnity (8/22/24)
📚 44. A book with a touch of magic: The Mysterious Mr. Quin

✔ 27. A book featuring a "First Responder" (WILDCARD): 11th Hour (8/2/24)
✔ 28. A book related to sea: Sea of Suspicion (4/14/24)
📚 29. A book related to air: Smart and Sexy
✔ 30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea (France): In Paris With You (4/22/24)
✔ 31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”: Jessi's Gold Medal (11/7/24)

✔ 32. A book with a number in the title: 16 Ways to Break A Heart (3/12/24)
✔ 33. A book involving travel: The Guest House by Robin Morgan-Bentley (12/6/24)
📚 34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs (Doc): Bad Medicine
✔ 35. A book found on the TBR of a Goodreads "Friend” (WILDCARD): Run, Rose, Run (11/28/24)

✔ 18. A book with a botanical cover: Tom Lake (5/14/24)
📚 19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream: (Sugar Plum) Sugar Plum Season
✔ 20. A book with a single word title: Haunted (4/13/24)
✔ 21. A book with a title containing 6+ words: Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came (5/8/24)
📚 22. A book by an author from an African country: The Sweetest Remedy

📚 23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett: A Killer Cupcake
✔ 24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple): Mister Hockey (4/30/24)
✔ 25. A book involving a crime other than a murder: Curse of the Arctic Star (4/11/24)
✔ 26. A book by an author known by their initials: Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell (4/26/24)