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Here goes for my first ATY. Complete: 52/52.

1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy - The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle – 08/01/19 (Mystery/Spec Fic, Costa first novel award, 2018)
2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why) - What a Ghoul Wants, Victoria Laurie - 28/01/19
3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y - Digging In, Lorretta Nyhan - 31/01/19
4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc) - Jimmy the Kid, Donald E Westlake - 29/01/18

5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare - All's Well that Ends Well, William Shakespeare - 05/02/19
6. A book with a dual timeline - Kindred, Octavia E Butler - 11/02/19
7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1 - Twelve Angry Librarians, Miranda James - 15/02/19 (cozy mystery with a librarian main character who owns a cat, written by an author using a pseudonym)
8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2 - Reading Up a Storm, Eva Gates - 17/02/19 (cozy mystery with a librarian main character who owns a cat, written by an author using a pseudonym)

9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror) - The Renegades of Pern, Anne McCaffery (sf/fantasy)
10. A book featuring an historical figure - The Diary of Anne Frank, Anne Frank - 18/03/16
11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject) - All the Weyrs of Pern, Anne McCaffrey - 22/03/19 (dragons)
12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer - A Dark and Twisting Path, Julia Buckley - 25/03/19 (the POV character and her boss are both writers)

13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list - Revenant Gun, Yoon Ha Lee - 04/04/19 - on the Winter 2018-9 list
14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term - Under the Pendulum Sun, Jeannette Ng - 12/04/19
15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country - The Potter's Field, Andrea Camilleri - 15/04/19
16. A book told from multiple perspectives - Cat on the Scent, Rita May Brown - 24/04/19
17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia) - New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson - 09/05/19

18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements - Deadly Quicksilver Lies, Glen Cook - 07/05/19 (quicksilver is another name for Mercury (element Hg)
19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR - The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Agatha Christie - 10/07/19
20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country - Trail of Lightning, Rebecca Roanhorse - 28/05/19 (the main character is Navajo/Diné and the book is set in Dinétah, a post-flood Navajo land)
21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes : A book set in a small town or village - An Obvious Fact, Craig Johnson – 13/05/19 (set in Hullet, WY: non-Sturgis population, c.400)

22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover - Six and a Half Deadly Sins, Colin Cotterill - 08/06/19
23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old - The Phantom Tollbooth, Norman Juster - 24/06/19 (published before I was born, so older than me, anyway!)
24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New - Murder in the Reading Room, Ellery Adams - 12/06/19 (published 2019)
25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed - Becoming, Michelle Obama - 05/07/19 (borrowed from a member of my book club)

26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue - Iris Avenue, Pamela Grandstaff - 07/07/19
27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list - Little Women, Louisa May Alcott - 24/08/19
28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.) - Booking the Crook, Laurie Cass - 14/07/19 (set in northwest lower Michigan in January-February, and includes a chase through the snow)
29. A book published before 1950 - The Art of War, Sun Tzu - 11/07/19(published 500BC)
30. A book featuring an elderly character - Old Man's War, John Scalzi - 07/08/19

31. A children’s classic you’ve never read - The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Expury - 06/08/19
32. A book with more than 500 pages - The City of Brass, S.A. Chakraborty (576pg) - 25/07/19
33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet - The Apocalypse Codex, Charles Stross - 02/08/19
34. A book with a person's name in the title - Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier - 22/08/19

35. A psychological thriller - The Wife Between Us, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen - 01/09/19
36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list - Record of a Spaceborn Few, Becky Chambers (2018 list)
37. A book set in a school or university - Academic Curveball, James J Cudney - 11/09/19
38. A book not written in traditional novel format - Lucky Les, EW Hildick - 02/09/19 (Choose your own adventure book)

39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life - The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine, Alexander McCall Smith - 27/10/19
40. A book you stumbled upon - Warcross, Marie Lu - 10/09/19
41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards - Children of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi - 16/06/19
42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character - The Castle of Otranto, Horace Walpole - 03/09/19

43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction] -
Science(ish): The Peculiar Science Behind the Movies
, Rick Edwards and Michael Brooks - 31/12/19

44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed - Death Knocks Twice, Robert Thorogood - 12/11/19 (a Death in Paradise novel)
45. A multi-generational saga - The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion, Fannie Flagg - 13/11/19
46. A book with a (mostly) black cover - Minor Mage, T Kingfisher - 02/10/19
47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.) - Lost and Fondue, Avery Aames - 17/11/19

48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year - Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov - 24/09/19 (finalist in 1959)
49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country - I Shot the Buddha, Colin Cotterill - 18/12/19
50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual) - At the Mountains of Madness, HP Lovecraft - 17/09/19
51. A book published in 2019 - A Twist in the Tail, Leighann Dobbs - 11/09/19
52. A book with a weird or intriguing title - The House Without a Key, Earl Derr Biggers - 05/04/19


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