Donna's "Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading" 2020 ATY Challenge

[Donna]

Around the Year in 52 Books
Donna's
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2020 ATY Challenge

This is my first year in the challenge. I will read the books in order unless I cannot find the book at the time it should be read, as I most generally only read books from the library.

UPDATE: My list has been Coronafied! I had planned to use print books from the library for some weeks, but that isn't an option at this time, so I'll be changing some for Kindle books.

THE 2020 LIST

✔1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
Nemesis, Jo Nesbo
✔2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
You're Never Weird on the Internet, by Felicia Day
✔3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
Unlimited Memory by Kevin Horsley, because I read and enjoyed Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything.
✔4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
Mary Chesnut’s Diary
✔5. The first book in a series that you have not started
The Program, by Suzanne Young

✔6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
The Summer Before the War
✔7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
Force of Nature, by Jane Harper
✔8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
The Warehouse, by Rob Hart
✔9. A book that can be read in a day
M is for Autism

✔10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
The Godfather, Mario Puzo
✔11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
Psychopath Test, 2011
✔12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
The Unhoneymooners
✔13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge --- A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name
Damage Control by Dugoni
✔14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (link)
Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay

✔15. A book set in a global city
The Sun Also Rises
✔16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
Into The Forest
✔17. A book with a neurodiverse character
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
✔18. A book by an author you've only read once before
Better Than Before, Gretchen Rubin

✔19. A fantasy book
A Natural History of Dragons
✔20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
The Book of M
✔21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719
Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
✔22. A book with the major theme of survival
The Last One

✔23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
Vox
✔24. A book with an emotion in the title
The Fear Artist
✔25. A book related to the arts
Nabokov’s Favorite Word is Mauve
✔26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
✔27. A history or historical fiction
1776

✔28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
Home For Unwanted Girls
✔29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
✔30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
I Contain Multitudes
✔31. A book inspired by a leading news story
The Great Believers

✔32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
The Boys in the Boat
✔33. A book about a non-traditional family
The Naturals
✔ 34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
Dystopian: The Testaments
✔35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
Red Clocks

✔36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
The Birthday Present
✔37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
A Wanted Man, Lee Child
✔38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
A Woman of No Importance
✔39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
The Day The World Came To Town

✔40. A book with a place name in the title
Next Year in Havana
✔41. A mystery
Stay Close, by Harlan Coben
✔42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ (link)
The Calculating Stars
✔43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
World War Z
✔44. A book related to witches
The House of the Seven Gables

✔45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
The Nowhere Man
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
The Road to Woodstock
47. A classic book you've always meant to read
The Three Musketeers
48. A book published in 2020
Hidden Valley Road

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link)
A book nominated for the Walter Scott Prize: A Place Called Winter
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
The Master and Margarita
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
Far From The Madding Crowd
52. A book related to time
Wartime Sisters

[Donna]

January 2020

✔ Week 1: A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y: Nemesis, completed Jan 3, 2020
✔Week 2: A book by an author whose last name is one syllable:
You're Never Weird on the Internet, by Felicia Day
✔Week 3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster, Remember More and be More Productive by Kevin Horsley, because I read and enjoyed Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything.
✔Week 4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live: (Civil War) Mary Chesnut's Diary, by Mary Boykin Chesnut
✔Week 5. The first book in a series that you have not started
The Program, by Suzanne Young

[Donna]

February 2020
Week 6: ✔A book with a mode of transportation on the cover: (A bicycle)
The Summer Before the War
Week 7: ✔A book set in the southern hemisphere
Force of Nature, by Jane Harper
Week 8: ✔A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
The Warehouse, by Rob Hart
Week 9: ✔A book that can be read in a day
M is for Autism

[Donna]

March 2020

I can't get the timing just right when requesting these from the library. They may say the book will be available in 3 or 4 weeks, but suddenly I get a notice that it has been checked out to my account. I'm getting an early start on March.

Week 10: ✔A book that is between 400-600 pages
The Godfather, by Mario Puzo
Week 11: ✔ A book originally published in a year that is a prime number (2011)
The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry, by Jon Ronson
Week 12: ✔ A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
The Unhoneymooners, by Christina Lauren
Week 13: ✔A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge --- A book with a title beginning with the 1st letter of your name --D
Damage Control by Robert Dugoni
Week 14. ✔A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (link)
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

[Donna]

April 2020

Week 15. ✔A book set in a global city (Paris, then Pamplona Spain)
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Week 16. ✔A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
Week 17. ✔A book with a neurodiverse character
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
Week 18. ✔A book by an author you've only read once before
Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives

[Donna]

May 2020

Week 19. ✔ A fantasy book
A Natural History of Dragons
Week 20. ✔ The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
The Book of M
Week 21. ✔ A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
Week 22. ✔ A book with the major theme of survival
The Last One

[Donna]

June 2020

Some of my chosen books became available at the library before it was time for them this month, so I'm reading out of order.

✔Week 23: A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
Vox, by Christina Dalcher
✔Week 24. A book with an emotion in the title
The Fear Artist by Timothy Hallinan
✔Week 25. A book related to the arts
Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve: What the Numbers Reveal About the Classics, Bestsellers, and Our Own Writing
✔Week 26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
✔Week 27. A history or historical fiction
1776 by David McCullough

[Donna]

July 2020

✔Week 28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
The Home for Unwanted Girls
✔Week 29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment
✔Week 30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
✔Week 31. A book inspired by a leading news story
The Great Believers

[Donna]

August 2020

August
✔Week 32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
✔Week 33. A book about a non-traditional family
The Naturals
✔Week 34. A book from a genre that starts with a letter in your name Dystopian:
The Testaments
✔Week 35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
Red Clocks

[Donna]

September 2020

✔36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
The Birthday Present
✔37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
A Wanted Man, by Lee Child
✔38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II, by Sonia Purnell
✔39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede

[Donna]

October 2020

✔40. A book with a place name in the title Next Year in Havana
✔41. A mystery Stay Close
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ (link) The Calculating Stars
✔43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
✔44. A book related to witches The House of the Seven Gables

[Donna]

November 2020

✔45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018 The Nowhere Man
✔46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire" The Road to Woodstock
✔47. A classic book you've always meant to read The Three Musketeers
✔48. A book published in 2020 Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

[Donna]

December 2020 2020 CHALLENGE COMPLETE!

✔49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link) A book related to a sea creature: The Thing About Jellyfish
✔50. A book with a silhouette on the cover The Master and Margarita
✔51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title Far From the Madding Crowd
✔52. A book related to time The Wartime Sisters