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

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

📚 10. A history or historical fiction book: Promises to the Dead
✔ 11. A book with an X connection (GenX author): Never Have I Ever (5/2/24)
✔ 12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year: Don't Blink (1/10/24)
✔ 13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list (Best Roald Dahl Books): Danny the Champion of the World (4/8/24)

✔ 14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color: Forged by Fire (7/9/24)
✔ 15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX): The Graduates (4/19/24)
✔ 16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs": Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Cat's Life: 101 Stories about All the Ages and Stages of Our Feline Family Members (11/21/24)
✔ 17. A book with at least 247 pages (WILDCARD): Seven Minutes in Heaven (9/10/24)

✔ 1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y: Killer Instinct (1/20/24)
✔ 2. A book connected to something you read in 2023 (YA novel/blind character): Girl, Stolen (1/25/24)
✔ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list (A book about twins): The Lying Game (3/9/24)
✔ 4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong: The Rose Queen (5/4/24)
✔ 5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world: The 8th Confession (2/18/24)

✔ 6. A book with wings on the cover: Why I'm Afraid of Bees (8/3/24)
✔ 7. A book with a pronoun in the title: I've Got My Eyes on You (3/30/24)
📚 8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand: The Shore Road Mystery (ghostwritten by Canadian author Leslie McFarlane)
✔ 9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads: A Husband for the Holidays (3/21/24)

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In 2024, I really want to conquer this thing!!

📖: currently reading
📚: tbr
✔: read
✅: read during the week it was assigned

I don't understand some of the results at all. But that's all I'll say on the matter.

A book another ATY group member gave 5 stars.

D.L.’s Tracking Post

Currently Reading:

Finished:

To be read:

- Reading Railroad: A book with 400+ pages: Cajun Justice by James Patterson

- Electric Company: A book published in the 1900s: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

- New York Avenue: A book set in New York City

- Free Parking: A book with less than 250 pages: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep by Lurlene McDaniel

Tracy wrote: "I looked into this recently and it seems thatAmazon HAS eliminated the ability for you to briefly loan your Kindle books. I think there’s kind of. Techy back door way of doing it that involves down..."

What a bummer they removed that loaning option. At least I know now. Thanks for replying!

I wanted to loan e-books to a friend from Kindle and I don't see that option available anymore on my Content & Devices page. Did Amazon remove this feature or am I missing something?

I am stuck at 16 complete reads for ATY so far and I've read 144 books overall this year. Make it make sense! I feel uninspired for this challenge and yet it's super awesome. I think the problem is I pre-planned all my reads and now I feel oddly married to/forced to stick with my choices. I know it makes no sense lol It's like some weird guilt or obsessive thing. HELP lol

If a suggestion is not seconded for some reason, does that mean it cannot be nominated for a future poll? Just curious.

A book another ATY member gave 5 stars.

I completed all three months. Thank you for the fun challenge :)

June
1. Father's Day:
c. Author's initials can be found in PATERNITY: Cinderella Next Door by Nancy Robards Thompson (8/7/23)

2. Estival Solstice:
a. Book with a title that is 5 or more words: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (7/21/23)

3. Hibernal Solstice:
a. Book that is at least 400 pages long: The 5th Horseman (7/7/2023)

4. Pride Month:
a. Written by an author who identifies as LGBTQIA+: Mallory and the Trouble With Twins by Ann M. Martin (8/3/23)

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July
1.Let's Play:
a. First letter of the book's title is in HORSE AROUND: Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag (6-6-23)

2. Travel Season:
b. A book with a map: The Betsy-Tacy Treasury: The First Four Betsy-Tacy Books by Maud Hart Lovelace (8-1-23)

3. Halfway there!
b. The next book in a series: The Christmas Blessing by Donna VanLiere (6/11/23)

4. Turn Up the Radio:
c. Author's initials can be found in GUGLIELMO MARCONI: Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini (6/8/23)

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August
1. Book Lovers Day:
c. First letter of the book's title appears in BIBLIOMANIA: Most Likely to Deceive by Jennifer Baker (6/4/2023)

2. Perseid Meteor Shower:
b. Sun, moon, or stars on the cover:

(7/23/23)

3. Make Waves:
a. Author's initials can be found in SURFBOARD: Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper (6/18/23)

4. Go Camping:
b. A ghost story: Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn (7/17/23)

I finished. I actually finished! lol

June
1. Father's Day:
c. Author's initials can be found in PATERNITY: Cinderella Next Door by Nancy Robards Thompson (8/7/23)

2. Estival Solstice:
a. Book with a title that is 5 or more words: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (7/21/23)

3. Hibernal Solstice:
a. Book that is at least 400 pages long: The 5th Horseman (7/7/2023)

4. Pride Month:
a. Written by an author who identifies as LGBTQIA+: Mallory and the Trouble With Twins by Ann M. Martin (8/3/23)

***

July
1.Let's Play:
a. First letter of the book's title is in HORSE AROUND: Deeper Than the Dead by Tami Hoag (6-6-23)

2. Travel Season:
b. A book with a map: The Betsy-Tacy Treasury: The First Four Betsy-Tacy Books by Maud Hart Lovelace (8-1-23)

3. Halfway there!
b. The next book in a series: The Christmas Blessing by Donna VanLiere (6/11/23)

4. Turn Up the Radio:
c. Author's initials can be found in GUGLIELMO MARCONI: Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology by Leah Remini (6/8/23)

***

August
1. Book Lovers Day:
c. First letter of the book's title appears in BIBLIOMANIA: Most Likely to Deceive by Jennifer Baker (6/4/2023)

2. Perseid Meteor Shower:
b. Sun, moon, or stars on the cover:

(7/23/23)

3. Make Waves:
a. Author's initials can be found in SURFBOARD: Tears of a Tiger by Sharon M. Draper (6/18/23)

4. Go Camping:
b. A ghost story: Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn (7/17/23)

Lovely artwork. Congrats on finishing your challenge.

A book with twins in it.

I downvoted more than I upvoted this time lol

What does everyone think of a book with witches in it?

Or a book with twins in it?

Is that too been there, done that?? lol

I am not really a fan of the hidden object cover. Or the before the year "0" prompt to be honest. Everything else I'm fairly neutral on. I did like First Responder for fire fighter (I watch Chicago Fire!) but it doesn't seem to be a popular one lol

Emily wrote: "D.L. wrote: "What is the year "o"?"

My understanding is anything set in BCE - Before Common Era."

Thanks!