ATY in 52 Books - 2nd Time Through Challenge

[Ted]

✓✓1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title - Lay This Laurel by Richard Benson; Man in the Yellow Raft by C.S. Forester

✓✓2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list - Fifty Grand by Adrian McKinty; Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S.C. Gwynne

✓✓3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards - Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun; The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve

✓✓4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth - Death Angel by Harry Spiller; We Walked Across Their Graves: Vietnam 1967-The Que Son Valley by John Strunk

✓✓5. A book about or inspired by real events - One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard; Waterloo by Hilaire Belloc

✓✓6. A book originally written in a language other than English - Run For It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom by Marcelo d'Salete; Im Frühling sterben (To Die in Spring) by Ralf Rottman

✓✓7. A gothic novel - The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman; The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

✓✓8. An "own voices" book* - I Can Never Forget: Men of the 100th/442nd by Thelma Chang; The Labrador Pact by Matt Haig

✓✓9. A book with a body part in the title - Knights of the Skull by Wayne Vansant; Thumb on a Diamond by Ken Roberts

✓✓10. An author's debut book - A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; A Long Time From Home by Michael Costello

✓✓11. A literary fiction - The Giver by Lois Lowry; Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald

✓✓12. A book set in Africa or South America - Chike and the River by Chinua Achebe (Africa); Doc Wilde and the Frogs of Doom by Tim Byrd (South America)

✓✓13. A book with a plot centered around a secret - Ben Hogan's Secret by Bob Thomas; Honus & Me by Dan Gutman

✓✓14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire - Fire in the Streets by Eric Hammel; Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth

✓✓15. A book with an unique format/writing structure - Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer; Time's Arrow by Martin Amis

✓✓16. A narrative nonfiction - Last Chapter by Ernie Pyle; Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters by Mark Urban

✓✓17. A book you expect to make you laugh - Rickles' Book: A Memoir by Don Rickles and David Ritz; It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs by Rodney Dangerfield

✓✓18. A book with a location in the title - From Dam Neck to Okinawa by Robert Wallace; Waterloo; by Thomas E. Watson

✓✓19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author - The Big Bang by Grand Master Award winners, Spillane (1995) Collins (2017); Grifter's Game by Lawrence Block GMA (1994)

✓✓20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends -Everybody's Son by Thrity Umrigar; The Humans by Matt Haig

✓✓21. A book written in first person perspective - I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max; Welcome To Hell: Three And a Half Months of Marine Corps Boot Camp by Patrick Turley

✓✓22. A book you have high expectations or hope for - A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa; Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park by Lee Whittlesey

✓✓23. A medical or legal thriller - Goldilocks by Ed McBain; The Cobra Event by Richard Preston

✓✓24. A book with a map - Okinawa 1945 by Gordon Rottman; Thermopylae: The Battle for the West by Ernle Bradford

✓✓25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view - Sunk: The Story of the Japanese Submarine Fleet, 1941-1945 by Mochitsua Hashimoto; Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates

✓✓26. A book with a text only cover - A Boy in Winter by Rachel Seifert; Hi, Barney! by Marie McSwigan

✓✓27. A book about surviving a hardship - The Second Wagon Driver by Darcy Vernier; Dien Khanh: Republic of Vietnam by Regis Murphy

✓✓28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water - Bloodstained Sands: US Amphibious Operations in World War II by Michael Walling; The Titanic by Richard Wormser

✓✓29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title-The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark (Rope); Dagger of Flesh by Richard S. Prather

✓✓30. A short book - The Moon Reflected Fire by Doug Anderson (80 pages); The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (123 pages)

✓✓31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to - Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell (Scotland); Waterloo by James F. Rusling (Belgium)

✓✓32. An alternate history book - 1901 by Robert Conroy; Custer's Gatling Guns by Donald F. Myers

✓✓33. A book connected to a word "born" in the same year as you - Tour of Duty by Douglas Brinkley (flak jacket); Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridell (red dog)

✓✓34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call - The Other Side by Jason Aaron; Cavalry in the Waterloo Campaign by Evelyn Wood

✓✓35. A book featuring a murder - The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming; The Tragedy of Brady Sims by Ernest Gaines

✓✓36. A book published in the last 3 years by an author you haven't read before - Pumpkinflowers by Matti Friedman; The Irregular by H.B. Lyle

✓✓37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee - The Undertaking byAudrey Magee; Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter

✓✓38. A science book or a science fiction book - R Is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury; Artemis by Andy Weir

✓✓39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title - Dog! by Mike Robbins; Too Much! by Richard Simms

✓✓40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list - Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein; Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

✓✓41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials - Undying Glory by Clinton Cox; Stay!: Keeper's Story by Lois Lowry

✓✓42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater - Tommy by William Atkinson; The True Story of Lord Nelson: Naval Hero by Richard Houghton

✓✓43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence - Kill Me If You Can, You Sob by Bob Miller; A Complete Guide to the Grand Circle National Parks by Eric Hinze

✓✓44. A ghost story -The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde; The Ghost Prison by Josepf Delaney

✓✓45. A book that intimidates/ scares you - Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett; The Odyssey by Homer, Robert Fagles Translator

✓✓46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air - Flight to Arras by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; Flights of No Return by Steven Ruffin

✓✓47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own - Atomic Bomb by Mark Selden; Even the Women Must Fight by Karen Turner

✓✓48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins - Dancing with Mermaids by Miles Gibson (Lust); Blackmail by Rick Campbell (Greed)

✓✓49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists - You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon; Final Girls by Riley Sager

✓✓50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer) - The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo by Ian Stansel; A Grizzly Tale: A Father and Daughter Survival Story by Johan Otter

✓✓51. An award-winning short story or short story collection - The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu; The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin

✓✓52. A book published in 2018 - Peach by Emma Glass; The Disappeared by C.J. Box

[Tammy]

I'm assuming have read these and completed your double challenge (impressive) because they are checked off. How was Time's Arrow? It is on my list but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I'd love to know your ratings.

[Ted]

I didn't rate Time's Arrow as highly as others did here. I had some difficulties following the backwards story telling at the beginning but ended up appreciating the ending. I gave it 3 stars.

I'm working through the ATY list a third time. An enjoyable read of a book with a unique format is Destiny: A Novel in Pictures by Otto Nuckel. There are no words. The novel is entirely in pictures. It has some wonderful woodcut engravings. I'm also going to read a 4th book for this topic - Ariel Lawhon's I Was Anastasia.

I'm just an old retired guy who enjoys daily walks and reading books. It's good to see you like Cormac McCarthy. Blood Meridian is one of my all-time favorite reads.

[Anna]

That's quite a feat you've achieved here! Like Tammy said, it would be good to see your ratings.

[Ted]

Anna wrote: "That's quite a feat you've achieved here! Like Tammy said, it would be good to see your ratings."

Here's my list with ratings added:
✓✓1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title - Lay This Laurel by Richard Benson 4★; Man in the Yellow Raft by C.S. Forester 4★

✓✓2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list - Fifty Grand by Adrian McKinty 3★; Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson by S.C. Gwynne 5★

✓✓3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards - Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too by Jomny Sun 4★; The Stars Are Fire by Anita Shreve 4★

✓✓4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth - Death Angel by Harry Spiller 4★; We Walked Across Their Graves: Vietnam 1967-The Que Son Valley by John Strunk 3★

✓✓5. A book about or inspired by real events - One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard 4★; Waterloo by Hilaire Belloc 3★

✓✓6. A book originally written in a language other than English - Run For It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom by Marcelo d'Salete 3★; Im Frühling sterben (To Die in Spring) by Ralf Rottman 3★

✓✓7. A gothic novel - The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 4★; The Lottery by Shirley Jackson 4★

✓✓8. An "own voices" book* - I Can Never Forget: Men of the 100th/442nd by Thelma Chang 4★; The Labrador Pact by Matt Haig 2★

✓✓9. A book with a body part in the title - Knights of the Skull by Wayne Vansant 3★; Thumb on a Diamond by Ken Roberts 3★

✓✓10. An author's debut book - A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 3★; A Long Time From Home by Michael Costello 3★

✓✓11. A literary fiction - The Giver by Lois Lowry 4★; Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald 4★

✓✓12. A book set in Africa or South America - Chike and the River by Chinua Achebe (Africa) 3★; Doc Wilde and the Frogs of Doom by Tim Byrd (South America) 4★

✓✓13. A book with a plot centered around a secret - Ben Hogan's Secret by Bob Thomas 4★; Honus & Me by Dan Gutman 4★

✓✓14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire - Fire in the Streets by Eric Hammel 3★; Only Killers and Thieves by Paul Howarth 5★

✓✓15. A book with an unique format/writing structure - Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer 1★;Time's Arrow by Martin Amis 3★

✓✓16. A narrative nonfiction - Last Chapter by Ernie Pyle 4★; Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters by Mark Urban 4★

✓✓17. A book you expect to make you laugh - Rickles' Book: A Memoir by Don Rickles and David Ritz 4★; It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs by Rodney Dangerfield 4★

✓✓18. A book with a location in the title - From Dam Neck to Okinawa by Robert Wallace 3★; Waterloo; by Thomas E. Watson 4★

✓✓19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author - The Big Bang by Grand Master Award winners, Spillane (1995) Collins (2017) 4★; Grifter's Game by Lawrence Block GMA (1994) 4★

✓✓20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends -Everybody's Son by Thrity Umrigar 1★; The Humans by Matt Haig 3★

✓✓21. A book written in first person perspective - I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell by Tucker Max 3★; Welcome To Hell: Three And a Half Months of Marine Corps Boot Camp by Patrick Turley 5★

✓✓22. A book you have high expectations or hope for - A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa 5★; Death in Yellowstone: Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park by Lee Whittlesey 4★

✓✓23. A medical or legal thriller - Goldilocks by Ed McBain 2★; The Cobra Event by Richard Preston 4★

✓✓24. A book with a map - Okinawa 1945 by Gordon Rottman 3★; Thermopylae: The Battle for the West by Ernle Bradford 4★

✓✓25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view - Sunk: The Story of the Japanese Submarine Fleet, 1941-1945 by Mochitsua Hashimoto 3★; Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates 2★

✓✓26. A book with a text only cover - A Boy in Winter by Rachel Seifert 3★; Hi, Barney! by Marie McSwigan 4★

✓✓27. A book about surviving a hardship - The Second Wagon Driver by Darcy Vernier 4★; Dien Khanh: Republic of Vietnam by Regis Murphy 2★

✓✓28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water - Bloodstained Sands: US Amphibious Operations in World War II by Michael Walling 3★; The Titanic by Richard Wormser 3★

✓✓29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title-The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark (Rope) 4★; Dagger of Flesh by Richard S. Prather 2★

✓✓30. A short book - The Moon Reflected Fire by Doug Anderson (80 pages) 3★; The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald (123 pages) 3★

✓✓31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to - Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell (Scotland) 1★; Waterloo by James F. Rusling (Belgium) 3★

✓✓32. An alternate history book - 1901 by Robert Conroy 4★; Custer's Gatling Guns by Donald F. Myers 4★

✓✓33. A book connected to a word "born" in the same year as you - Tour of Duty by Douglas Brinkley (flak jacket) 4★; Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridell (red dog) 4★

✓✓34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call - The Other Side by Jason Aaron 3★; Cavalry in the Waterloo Campaign by Evelyn Wood 4★

✓✓35. A book featuring a murder - The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming 4★; The Tragedy of Brady Sims by Ernest Gaines 4★

✓✓36. A book published in the last 3 years by an author you haven't read before - Pumpkinflowers by Matti Friedman 4★; The Irregular by H.B. Lyle 3★

✓✓37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee - The Undertaking byAudrey Magee 4★; Eleven Days by Lea Carpenter 4★

✓✓38. A science book or a science fiction book - R Is for Rocket by Ray Bradbury 4★; Artemis by Andy Weir 3★

✓✓39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title - Dog! by Mike Robbins 4★; Too Much! by Richard Simms 2★

✓✓40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list - Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 4★; Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 3★

✓✓41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials - Undying Glory by Clinton Cox 4★; Stay!: Keeper's Story by Lois Lowry 4★

✓✓42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater - Tommy by William Atkinson 4★; The True Story of Lord Nelson: Naval Hero by Richard Houghton 3★

✓✓43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence - Kill Me If You Can, You Sob by Bob Miller 3★; A Complete Guide to the Grand Circle National Parks by Eric Hinze 4★

✓✓44. A ghost story -The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde 4★; The Ghost Prison by Josepf Delaney 4★

✓✓45. A book that intimidates/ scares you - Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 4★; The Odyssey by Homer, Robert Fagles Translator 4★

✓✓46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air - Flight to Arras by Antoine de Saint-Exupery 4★; Flights of No Return by Steven Ruffin 3★

✓✓47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own - Atomic Bomb by Mark Selden 4★; Even the Women Must Fight by Karen Turner 3★

✓✓48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins - Dancing with Mermaids by Miles Gibson (Lust) 4★; Blackmail by Rick Campbell (Greed) 4★

✓✓49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists - You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon 4★; Final Girls by Riley Sager 4★

✓✓50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer) - The Last Cowboys of San Geronimo by Ian Stansel 5★; A Grizzly Tale: A Father and Daughter Survival Story by Johan Otter 4★

✓✓51. An award-winning short story or short story collection - The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu 5★; The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin 4★

✓✓52. A book published in 2018 - Peach by Emma Glass 3★; The Disappeared by C.J. Box 5★

[Tammy]

I read Zombie this year, too, and was pretty disappointed with that one. Thanks for putting up the ratings. I'm working my way around the year in 52 books three times. I've read about 115 books this year and haven't completed one full cycle because of my intimidating book selections. I'll get there soon.. And, yes, Cormac is a favorite of mine.

[Ted]

Tammy wrote: "I read Zombie this year, too, and was pretty disappointed with that one. Thanks for putting up the ratings. I'm working my way around the year in 52 books three times. I've read about 115 books thi..."

I'm into third cycle myself. I need 12 more reads.

[Anna]

Thanks, Ted! It's much more informative this way, as many of the books on your list are unknown to me.

[Tammy]

Only 12 to go for a 3rd round! Heck, you should knock those out by the end of the month. What are you going to do with yourself when you are done? Maybe you could take the prompts from 2017 or 2016 and do a round of those. I think I should be done in June with my ATY triple threat. Be sure to let me know if you have any good books to recommend. Keep on truckin', Ted.