Miriam's first Around the Year

[Miriam]

I've been doing the Popsugar challenge this year, plus some smaller ones (like the color challenge and the A-Z challenge for locations) but will also try the Around the Year challenge next year.
I'll try to use mainly books I already own or books from the library.
I like planning, but I noticed this year, that I am not too good at branching out too far from my reading comfort zone. That slows me down enormously and takes away the fun. Also, like in real life: plans change.

The 2018 List

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
✅

2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
✅

3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards
✅

4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
✅

5. A book about or inspired by real events
✅

6. A book originally written in a language other than English (or German) ✅

7. A gothic novel
✅

8. An "own voices" book*
✅

9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
✅

10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
✅

11. A literary fiction ✅

12. A book set in Africa or South America
✅

13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
✅

14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
✅

15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
✅

16. A narrative non-fiction
✅

17. A book you expect to make you laugh ✅

18. A book with a location in the title
✅


19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
✅

20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
✅ (Eve)

21. A book written in first person perspective
✅

22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
✅

23. A medical or legal thriller
wild card: ✅ (Nordic Noir)

24. A book with a map
✅

25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
✅

[Miriam]

26. A book with a text only cover
✅

27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
✅

28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
✅ ]

29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
✅

30. A short book ✅

31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
✅ (Sweden)

32. An alternate history book
✅

33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (1971):
(mirandize): ✅


34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call
part of a 5+ book series: Faye Kellerman (Lazarus/Decker) ✅

35. A book featuring a murder
✅

[Miriam]

36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
✅

37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee
✅

38. A science book or a science fiction book
✅

39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
✅

40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list ✅

41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
✅ by Bill Bryson

42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
✅

43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
✅


44. A ghost story
✅

45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
ok, wildcard: ✅ ✅ ✅

46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
✅

47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
✅

48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
✅

49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists
✅

50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)✅

51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
short story: ✅

52. A book published in 2018:
✅

[Miriam]

I made it!!!!

Allowing double dipping with Popsugar and a wild card...

[Kelly]

Some of your choices I have loved... Kite Runner, A little life, a The Light you cannot see, the Nightingale, the Rosie project, the Curious incident of the dog at night and Bossypants!!! Hope you enjoy the ones you end up reading!! 👍🏼

[Miriam]

Thank you, Kelly! I can't wait to start on some of them!