3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y

[Laura, Celestial Sphere Mod]

We have a great group and we had to give it a little nod somewhere in our prompts! So this week find an author who's name contains our group initials.

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Suggestions:
Tomi Adeyemi
Tom Clancy
Anthony Doerr
Ryan Gattis
Elizabeth Haynes
Taylor Jenkins Reid
Tayari Jones
Thomas Hardy
Ernest Hemingway
Anthony Horowitz
Louisa May Alcott
Larry McMurtry
Liane Moriarty
Tommy Orange
Terry Pratchett
Ruta Sepetys
Cheryl Strayed
Amy Tan
Paul Tremblay
Thomas Tryon
Leslye Walton

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Optional questions:
- What are you reading for this category?
- Have you read the author's books before?

[Tracy]

Since I already have quite a few of the authors that would work here in other places on my plan, I went with someone new to me. If I Could Turn Back Time by Nicola Doherty. I saw it in my feed after a GR friend ( Rachel A?) read the summary, and it sounded cute. I figured I could use a few quick YA reads in my challenge this year. Also, time travel...sold. And the characters name is Zoey, like my daughter :-)



I do feel like I should finally read a Terry Pratchett book this year though and see what everyone is talking about...

[Johanne]

I am reading Terry Pratchett. I never have, and I own the first five I think, in the discworld series (Us kids took over a lot of books when my stepmum and my father moved to a smaller house recently).

[Pam]

I plan on reading 4 of the authors listed in the suggestions: Thomas Hardy, Larry McMurtry, Terry Pratchett, and Ruta Sepetys. I will most likely fit one of them in this category. I highly recommend Nation by Pratchett. It is not part of the Discworld series. The audiobook is really good!

[Serendipity]

I'll wait for the release of Daisy Jones and the Six. I've enjoyed everything I've read by Taylor Jenkins Reid (especially One True Loves and The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo) so this should be a safe pick.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Serendipity wrote: "I'll wait for the release of Daisy Jones and the Six. I've enjoyed everything I've read by Taylor Jenkins Reid (especially One True Loves and The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo) so this should be a ..."

If I weren't reading in order, this would be my pick, hands down! Unfortunately I can't wait until the book comes out to complete prompt #2, so I have to fill it with something else... whomp whomp. I'll probably use that one for the published in 2019 or one of my reject prompts though.

In an effort to get books on my shelf read, I'll probably go with The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney for this one.

[Serendipity]

I'm not even going to bother trying to read in order. Relying on the library hold system makes it pretty impossible. I'd rather read out of order and read what I want, than read something I wasn't that keen on simply because I could get it on the right week. The downside is I probably miss out on some of the on-week chat.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Serendipity wrote: "I'm not even going to bother trying to read in order. Relying on the library hold system makes it pretty impossible. I'd rather read out of order and read what I want, than read something I wasn't ..."

I did that this year. Luckily, my library rarely has holds, so I can pretty much get a book within a day or two of requesting it. I enjoyed reading out of order this year, but I found (yet again) that the prompts I have left are for books I'm not excited about, so hopefully reading in order prevents that!

[Serendipity]

Hah. I've fallen into the trap of leaving the unattractive prompts until the end. This year I wised up and disciplined myself to tackle one every month or so. And then rewarded myself with a fun prompt to read next.

[Liz]

I am most likely going to read Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

I read & LOVED her Daughter of Smoke & Bone series.

[Chrissy]

I have a ton of good possibilities for this one, the trouble will be narrowing it down!
My top contenders are:
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
The Mermaid by Christina Henry
Trace: Memory, History, Race and the American Land by Lauret Savoy

[Joanne]

I will probably read either What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty or Wicked Lust by Sawyer Bennett

[Silvia]

I think this is the perfect opportunity to read something else by Liane Moriarty :)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I'm reading What Alice Forgot right now, Joanne! It is very good.

[Ann]

A nice non-fiction by Timothy Egan like The Good Rain: Across Time & Terrain in the Pacific Northwest It's on my shelf. Must read from my shelf.

[Nadine in NY]

IF I can wait until 2019 to read it, I'll be reading Laini Taylor's Muse of Nightmares for this. If I can't wait, well... I'm sure I can find another book! (Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is my likely backup plan.)

[Brittany]

I'm thinking about going with My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.

Some of my back up options are:
Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor

[Joanne]

Emily wrote: "I'm reading What Alice Forgot right now, Joanne! It is very good."

Good to hear. I'm looking forward to this one!

Silvia wrote: "I think this is the perfect opportunity to read something else by Liane Moriarty :)"

It's always the right time to read her books. 😄 Have you read Big Little Lies? That one is my favourite.

[Kathy]

To narrow my choices, I decided to use an author whose LAST name has all the letters, A,T,Y.

First choice: Beautiful Exiles by Meg Waite Clayton

Backup choices: Pollard by Laura Beatty and
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

[Marin]

I'm reading Y.T. by Alexey Nikitin, whose name fits the prompt depending on how you transliterate the cyrillic (I'm going with how it's spelled on Goodreads).

I have never read this author before, but the description sounds interesting. I'm trying to read more of the weird/interesting stuff I've shelved.

Margaret wrote: "I have Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon on my bookshelf, and was going to read it for this year's prompt with ATY in the title, but don't have time for such a long book whi..."

I have this one lined up for week 32 (a book with more than 500 pages)!

[Sabrina]

Liz wrote: "I am most likely going to read Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

I read & LOVED her Daughter of Smoke & Bone series."

I'm doing Days of Blood & Starlight for this one! I loved the first book and will probably add Strange the Dreamer somewhere in my rejects too

[Milena]

Nine Perfect Strangers
Daisy Jones and The Six
or something by Anthony Horowitz

[Kelly]

Milena wrote: "Nine Perfect Strangers
Daisy Jones and The Six
or something by Anthony Horowitz"

I am going for Nine Perfect Strangers. Liane Moriarty is one of my favorite writers!!

[Melody]

Brittany wrote: "I'm thinking about going with My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite.

Some of my back up options are:
Opposite of Always by [author:J..."

Our tastes seem to overlap! I'm actually eyeing Laini Taylor for this one cause I'm thinking of reading My Sister for the 'intriguing title' prompt. From your list, I can vouch for Good Omens though, an excellent book.

[Karen]

The Sellout by Paul Beatty

[Nadine in NY]

Melody wrote: "... I'm actually eyeing Laini Taylor for this one cause I'm thinking of reading My Sister for the 'intriguing title' prompt. From your list, I can vouch for Good Omens though, an excellent book..."

That's the same as my plan!! I'm planning "My Sister the Serial Killer" for "intriguing" and Laini Taylor's new book for this category!

[Desiree]

Anything by Mark Forsyth would do :)

I have read this one already and it was very entertaining:
A Short History of Drunkenness

And have heard great things about these two (will probably choose one for this prompt):
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase

[Bernadette]

I will probably choose a book by Liane Moriaty (nine perfect stranger) or Lynn Austin

[Aimee Dars]

We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo has been on my TBR list forever, so this is a good reason to finally read it!

[Johanne]

I recommend We need new names. Hope you like it as much as I did :)

[Aimee Dars]

Johanne wrote: "I recommend We need new names. Hope you like it as much as I did :)"

Good to know! Thanks!

[Krissy]

I plan on reading:


What If It's Us

Author: Becky Albertalli

[Alexis]

I am reading Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly for this one

[redatt]

Probably will read the hugely popular The Help, Kathryn Stockett., chosen mainly because my other option (The Shining) is my preferred choice for one of the other prompts.

[Michelle]

Looking through my list of Japanese authors I want to read, I noticed that the majority of them work for this category. Maybe that'll help someone else too :) I'm going with Woman on the Other Shore by Mitsuyo Kakuta.

[Michelle]

Others that would work: Banana Yoshimoto, Taichi Yamada, Risa Wataya, Gail Tsukiyama, Sayaka Murata, Teru Miyamoto, Lynne Kutsukake, Yasunari Kawabata, and Yukito Ayatsuji

[Madelynp]

Don't forget A.S. Byatt! I am probably going to read Still Life for this prompt, as I haven't read it yet, but I highly recommend her novels Possession and Babel Tower, and short story collections Sugar and Other Stories and The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye.

[Ruth]

Ernest Hemingway is another author and I am thinking of reading The Old Man and The Sea !

[Susan]

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

[Tracy]

I know I've asked this question before and I KNOW theres a crazy diagram out there somewhere showing you ways to start but in what order do all of you recommend reading Terry Pratchett??

The only one I have on my actual shelf is The Wee Free Men and I have no idea where that falls.

[Marta]

Tracy wrote: "I know I've asked this question before and I KNOW theres a crazy diagram out there somewhere showing you ways to start but in what order do all of you recommend reading Terry Pratchett

I usually recommend Mort(first Death book) or Men at Arms (second Guards book). The Wee Free Men will also work as it is the first of the Tiffany Aching books - but be aware that the Tiffany Aching series is more juvenile, because it is intended to be a young adult series. Although Discworld is not exactly heavy adult stuff in any form...

[Marta]

I am going with Terry Pratchett as I have three books left of Discworld, plus I am participating in a read-along of Pratchett books. And he is my favorite author. No brainer here...

[Shelley]

Tracy wrote: "I know I've asked this question before and I KNOW theres a crazy diagram out there somewhere showing you ways to start but in what order do all of you recommend reading [author:Terry Pratchett|1654..."

I follow this map: https://io9.gizmodo.com/how-to-read-t...

I treat each subgroup as it's own series which makes things easier, and have managed to finish a few of them. I can't tell you which of the witches, Death, or the city watch is the best.

[Darja]

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir and Arthur Hailey fit too.

[Ellie]

Marta wrote: "I am going with Terry Pratchett as I have three books left of Discworld, plus I am participating in a read-along of Pratchett books. And he is my favorite author. No brainer here..."

I only have Raising Steam left out of the Discworld novels and I've been holding off because once I'm done there won't be any new Discworld *sniff*. I've even read the companions like Where's My Cow and World of Poo!

[SadieReadsAgain]

I didn't intentionally go hunting for this one, because I figured I'd just come across one as I was filling other prompts. It was actually not as easy as I thought! I finally came to Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother and Daughter Journey to the Sacred Places of Greece, Turkey, and France, which Ann Kidd Taylor wrote with her mum. And the ATY initials are side by side in Taylor, and in order across her full name, which is cool.

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I've been meaning to read Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott, so I might slot that in here. A nice way to build momentum if I try to read in order...

[Deborah]

Harrison Scott Key is a very funny author.

[Mom2triplets04]

This one is also on my 50/50 list. So I'm going with Joy Luck club by Amy Tan

[L Y N N]

Terry McMillan Her book, Who Asked You? also qualifies as #2, book with one of the 5 Ws in the title.