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ATY Rejects Challenge - 1/30A book set on an island
A book with a heart on the cover or in the title
A dystopian novel
A book that has a road trip as part of the plot
A book with a weather element in the title
A book in which one of the main characters is involved in an experiment
A book related to a NASA mission name
A non-fiction book about a place
A debut novel by a person of color
A book about a weird or unusual subject
A book related to Earth Day
A story with a curse
A book from a TED summer reading list
A book set in space or about space
A travel memoir
A book from the Goodreads news section
A book recommended by an independent bookshop
A book related to Florence Nightingale
A book with a cover where the title is at an angle other than straight left-to-right
A book with an ensemble cast
A book with a cover that reminds you of the sky
A book related to a tarot card
A book with a "fiery" title
A book with a paranormal or supernatural protagonist
To celebrate PRIDE, six own voices books inspired by the colours of the rainbow:
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple: Loveless by Alice Oseman (aro ace)
Popsugar Reading Challengehttps://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
✓ 1. A book that's published in 2020:
Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman + Jay Kristoff ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 2. A book by a trans or nonbinary author:
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 3. A book with a great first line:
Prime Deceptions by Valerie Valdes ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 4. A book about a book club:
Read with Pride by Lucy Powrie ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics:
The Last Widow by Karin Slaughter (Atlanta) ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 6. A bildungsroman:
Becoming Unbecoming by Una ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed:
Puddin' by Julie Murphy ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover:
Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 9. A book with a map:
The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 10. A book recommended by a
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 11. An anthology:
Palestine +100: Stories from a century after the Nakba edited by Basma Ghalayini ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 12. A book that passes the Bechdel test:
The Vanished Bride by Bella Ellis ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 13. A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it:
Hostage by Guy Delisle ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name:
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 15. A book about or involving social media:
Followers by Megan Angelo ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 16. A book that has a book on the cover:
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 17. A medical thriller:
The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton ⭐⭐
✓ 18. A book with a made-up language:
The Constant Rabbit by Jasper Fforde ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 19. A book set in a country beginning with "C":
A Darkness Absolute by Kelley Armstrong ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 20. A book you picked because the title caught your attention:
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 21. A book published the month of your birthday:
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 22. A book about or by a woman in STEM:
The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 23. A book that won an award in 2019:
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 24. A book on a subject you know not much
The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken by Anonymous ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 25. A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics:
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 26. A book with a pun in the title:
Barking by Lucy Sullivan ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 27. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins:
Victor LaValle's Destroyer by Victor Lavelle ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 28. A book with a robot, cyborg, or AI character:
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 29. A book with a bird on the cover:
Grief Angels by David Owen ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 30. A fiction or nonfiction book about a world leader:
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 31. A book with "gold," "silver," or "bronze" in the title:
Goldilocks by Laura Lam ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 32. A book by a WOC:
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 33. A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads:
One of Us Is Next by Karen McManus ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 34. A book you meant to read in 2019:
The Year After You by Nina de Pass ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 35. A book with a three-word title:
Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 36. A book with a pink cover:
One Italian Summer by Keris Stainton ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 37. A Western:
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 38. A book by or about a journalist:
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 39. Read a
Big Hard Sex Criminals: Volume One by Matt Fraction + Chip Zdarsky ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 40. Your favorite prompt from a past POPSUGAR Reading Challenge: a book about a problem facing society today:
In Pain: A Bioethicist's Personal Struggle with Opioids by Travis Rieder ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Advanced
✓ 1. A book written by an author in their 20s:
Loveless by Alice Oseman ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 2. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title:
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 3. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement (a nod to 20/20 vision):
Malorie by Josh Malerman ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 4. A book set in the 1920s:
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 5. A book set in Japan, host of the 2020 Olympics:
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 6. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books:
This Fallen Prey by Kelley Armstrong ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 7. A book with more than 20 letters in its title:
The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective: Secrets and Lies in the Golden Age of Crime by Susannah Stapleton ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 8. A book published in the 20th century:
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 9. A book from a series with more than 20 books:
Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 10. A book with a main character in their 20s:
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Book Riot Read Not Much Harder ChallengeNot too fussed about completing but I'll tick them off to see how far I get without trying too hard!
1. YA nonfiction book
✓ 2. Retelling of a classic of the canon, fairytale or myth by an author of colour:
Victor LaValle's Destroyer by Victor Lavelle ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 3. Mystery where the victim is not a woman:
The Diabolical Bones by Bella Ellis ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 4. Graphic memoir:
The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures by Noelle Stevenson ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 5. About a natural disaster:
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Play by an author of colour and/or queer author
✓ 7. Historical fiction not set in WWII:
The Foundling by Stacey Halls ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. Audiobook of poetry
✓ 9. The LAST book in a series:
The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 10. Takes place in a rural setting:
City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 11. Debut novel by a queer author:
The Year After You by Nina de Pass ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
12. Memoir by someone from a religious tradition that is not your own
13. Food book about a cuisine you've never tried before ???
14. Romance starring a single parent
✓ 15. About climate change:
The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 16. Doorstopper (over 500 pages) published after 1950, written by a woman:
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 17. Sci-fi/fantasy novella
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells ⭐⭐⭐⭐
18. Picture book with a human main character from a marginalized community
19. By or about a refugee
20. Middle grade book that doesn’t take place in the US or the UK
✓ 21. Main character or protagonist with a disability:
Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 22. Horror book published by an indie press:
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix ⭐⭐⭐⭐
23. An edition of a literary magazine
24. By a Native, First Nations, or Indigenous author
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2020 New Release ScheduleJanuary (1-5)
The God Game by Danny Tobey
February (6-9)
March (10-14)
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas ATY(19) PS[1,9?,29,A7]
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski (19)
Hold Back the Tide by Melinda Salisbury (19)
April (15-18)
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel (14,18,28)
How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zhang
May (19-22)
Making Wolf by Tade Thompson
Malorie by Josh Malerman (18)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins ATY(22,43,48) PS[1,14,29,A7]
June
The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty PS[1,9,31]
July
Loveless by Alice Oseman ATY(45) PS[1,36,A1]
August (32-35)
Seven Devils by Laura Lam + Elizabeth May (
The Last Migration by Charlotte McConaghy ATY (16,22) PS[22,29] BR{15}
September (36-39)
The Sun's Domain by Rebecca Levene
The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi PS[1,31,32,A1]
January4871 pages, 2718 minutes of audio, 13 books
Acquired 7 books
Around the Year - 6/52
Popsugar - 5/50
Read Harder - 1/24
TBR Reduction - 7/298
Rachel wrote: "I hope you like Crooked Kingdom! It was one of my favourites last year."I LOVED it, even though I managed to spoil it by reading her books out of order.
FebruaryAround the Year - 11/52
Popsugar - 13/50
Read Harder - 4/24
TBR Reduction - 7/298
Other
March2487 pages, 1150 minutes of audio, 8 books
Acquired 9 books
Around the Year - 13/52
Popsugar - 17/50
Read Harder - 5/24
TBR Reduction - 7/298
Spring Challenge - 4/12
AprilAround the Year - 20/52
Popsugar - 21/50
Read Harder - 6/24
Spring Challenge - 9/12
May/JuneComplete fail on the reading front in these months, but to keep the record:
Around the Year - 22/52
Popsugar - 23/50
Other
JulyAround the Year - 27/52
Popsugar - 29/50
AugustAround the Year - 34/52
Popsugar - 34/50
Other
SeptemberAround the Year - 40/52
Popsugar - 39/50
ATY Fall Challenge - 7/12
Popsugar Fall Challenge - 2/10
OctoberAround the Year - 48/52
Popsugar - 47/50
ATY Fall Challenge - 9/12
Popsugar Fall Challenge - 6/10
Other
NovemberAround the Year - 52/52
Popsugar - 50/50
Other
DecemberATY Winter Challenge
Around the Year in 52 Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas (other topics)The Mask Falling (other topics)
The Silvered Serpents (other topics)
Someday at Christmas (other topics)
This Winter (other topics)
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Attempting to read in order which means these choices are far from final based on my mood.Science fiction, fantasy and non-fiction focus.Badges | Rejects | Popsugar | 2020 Releases | Ongoing TBR Reduction Scheme | Winter Challenge | Spring Challenge | Fall Challenge | Popsugar Fall Challenge
✓ 1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y:
Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable:
The Places I've Cried in Public by Holly Bourne ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019:
Before Mars by Emma Newman ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live:
The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 5. The first book in a series that you have not started:
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover:
Enchantée by Gita Trelease ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 7. A book set in the southern hemisphere:
The Burning Land by George Alagiah ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The":
The Foundling by Stacey Halls ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 9. A book that can be read in a day:
Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 10. A book that is between 400-600 pages:
Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number:
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people:
Monstress, Vol. 4: The Chosen by Marjorie Liu + Sana Takeda ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge: a book told from multiple perspectives:
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers:
The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandel ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 15. A book set in a global city:
Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area:
Black River by Will Dean ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 17. A book with a neurodiverse character:
Watcher in the Woods by Kelley Armstrong ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 18. A book by an author you've only read once before:
The Switch by Beth O'Leary ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 19. A fantasy book:
The Empire of Gold by S.A. Chakraborty ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 20. The 20th book:
The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719:
The Fated Sky by Mary Robinette Kowal ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 22. A book with the major theme of survival:
The Book of Koli by M.R. Carey ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author:
Read with Pride by Lucy Powrie ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 24. A book with an emotion in the title:
State of Sorrow by Melinda Salisbury ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 25. A book related to the arts:
Again Again by E. Lockhart ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards:
Middlegame by Seanan McGuire ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 27. A history or historical fiction:
A Cheesemonger's History of The British Isles by Ned Palmer ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author:
City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book:
The Adventures of Maud West, Lady Detective: Secrets and Lies in the Golden Age of Crime by Susannah Stapleton ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year:
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 31. A book inspired by a leading news story:
The Passengers by John Marrs ⭐⭐
✓ 32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan:
Break the Fall by Jennifer Iacopelli ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 33. A book about a non-traditional family:
Alone in the Wild by Kelley Armstrong ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name:
Miracle Creek by Angie Kim ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover:
Finna bu Nino Cipri ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim:
Eight Detectives by Alex Pavesi ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1:
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2:
The Year After You by Nina de Pass ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce:
Afterland by Lauren Beukes ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 40. A book with a place name in the title:
Serpentine by Philip Pullman ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 41. A mystery:
The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’:
The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Hugo's)
✓ 43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse:
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue ⭐⭐⭐
✓ 44. A book related to witches:
These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018:
Atlas Alone by Emma Newman ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire":
Burn by Patrick Ness ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 47. A classic book you've always meant to read:
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 48. A book published in 2020:
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win:
A book with a heart on the cover or in the title:
The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 50. A book with a silhouette on the cover:
The Diabolical Bones by Bella Ellis ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title:
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✓ 52. A book related to time:
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Key:
(TBR) = owned
(WL) = wishlist
(Lib) = library
(R) = review copy