Deborah’s Comments (group member since Dec 28, 2017)

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

Goal: 24 Hours

Reading Tracker:
- Friday: 3:42
- Saturday: 10:24
- Sunday: 10:20
Total Hours/Pages: 24:26

Books Completed:
Little Women
Joyland
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Reputation
I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends
Tinfoil Butterfly

Books in Progress:
The Tenth Girl
The Hunt


BINGO Tracker:
X X ☐ X
X X X X
X X X ☐
X X X X

1. How many hours are you aiming to spend reading this weekend?

I'd like to get to 24 hours this weekend, but not putting too much pressure on myself!

2. Which books are you planning to read?
I'm hoping to finish Reputation, Little Women, and Joyland (all of which I'm at least half done with), start on Meg and Jo and get in some mood reading too probably!

3. How are you doing with the Around the Year in 52 books challenge? Ahead, behind, right on schedule?

I finished my reading challenge in October, so I get a few months to mood read while planning for 2020!

4. Tell us about the best book you’ve read for the Around the Year challenge this year.

The Thirteenth Tale was one among many great reads!

I figured on sorting my TBR a few different ways to come up with ideas, but I also thought that I might check the TBRs of friends with trusted reading tastes to see what is their 20th 5star review or some variation.

I always feel like it is very hard to vote when I have only read one or two books in the category - just because I liked that book doesn't mean I wouldn't like the others better!

Sophie, I love your jar! I think I'm going to be team jar for 2020. my goal will be to pull 4-5 prompts ahead of a month and then choose what to read.

I've made a slip per prompt and I'm jotting any ideas I currently have in my TBR on the slip before adding to a jar, but not committing to a single book for any prompt.

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1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
5. The first book in a series that you have not started

6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
9. A book that can be read in a day

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (Link)
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (link)

15. A book set in a global city
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
17. A book with a neurodiverse character
18. A book by an author you've only read once before

19. A fantasy book
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719
22. A book with the major theme of survival

23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
24. A book with an emotion in the title
25. A book related to the arts
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
27. A history or historical fiction

28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
31. A book inspired by a leading news story

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
33. A book about a non-traditional family
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce

40. A book with a place name in the title
41. A mystery
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ (link)
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
44. A book related to witches

45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
47. A classic book you've always meant to read
48. A book published in 2020

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link)
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
52. A book related to time

Excited to have a finalized list too! Thank you to the mods for all the coordinating!

Now the fun of planning and convincing myself I CAN wait a few months to start reading the books I have in mind!

I'll probably be finishing The Widow of Pale Harbor today and maybe one more. I'll This has been a great team to work with and a very fun readathon setup. It definitely helped keep me motivated this week! Thank you Traci and Jillian for everything!

Saturday 334 pages

Great job everyone!

I finished the cage. Out and about so didnt update the spreadsheet, but 2015 or cover could work!

I think i will have The Cage today. I think it works for cover, also published 2015.

Im happy with these! For underrated, I may look through the #hiddengemstack hashtag on instagram. I've seen some good recommendations for lesser known books there.

9/13 - 511 pages

I finished The Shape of Night and put it down for similar cover. Two covers with cool tones, body of water. Other options: 2019 pub, US location, word in common "of".



I am starting The Cage which has a very yellow cover like Good Me, Bad Me, but not sure when ill be finished.

9/12 273 pages

My covers so far:


The book I'm hoping to finish this weekend is The Shape of Night - the word of is in other titles, 2019 pub date, it has a body of water on the cover with land in the distance as does the cover for Ten, setting is US.

I finished Good Me, Bad Me for the law badge. I did add it to the spreadsheet before hitting refresh here, but do feel free to move it out if something else works. Great job, all! :) I'll keep an eye out for quest 4!

I expect to finish Good Me, Bad Me by tonight which would work for law, though it seems likely someone will fill in the last slot before then. I'll update as soon as I finish.