Ellen's 2020 Reading List

[Ellen]

Regular Challenge:
Completed: 48/52

1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y - The Mother-in-Law
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019 - Ruin and Rising
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live - The Indigo Girl
5. The first book in a series that you have not started - Shadow and Bone

6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover - The Guest List
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere - Purple Hibiscus
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The" - The Wonder
9. A book that can be read in a day - The Secret of the Old Clock

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages - Siege and Storm
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number - The Bear and the Nightingale
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people - Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge - In Cold Blood
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers - Station Eleven

15. A book set in a global city - You
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area - A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
17. A book with a neurodiverse character - The Bride Test
18. A book by an author you've only read once before - The Starless Sea

19. A fantasy book - Supernova
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.] - The Emerald Circus
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719 - An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
22. A book with the major theme of survival - The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
24. A book with an emotion in the title - The Wrath and the Dawn
25. A book related to the arts - Well Met
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards - The Silent Patient
27. A history or historical fiction - The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy

28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author - The Last Anniversary
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book - Bottle Grove
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year - The Underground Railroad
31. A book inspired by a leading news story - Outrun the Moon

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan - Pachinko
33. A book about a non-traditional family - When Dimple Met Rishi
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name - My Calamity Jane
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover - The Lake Effect

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim - Easy Fortune
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1 - You'd Be Mine
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2 - Everything I Never Told You
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce - I'll Meet You There

40. A book with a place name in the title
41. A mystery - Magic for Liars
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ - My Sister, the Serial Killer
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse - The 5th Wave
44. A book related to witches - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018 - King of Scars
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
47. A classic book you've always meant to read - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
48. A book published in 2020

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win - Twenties Girl
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover - Home Before Dark
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title - The Wedding Date
52. A book related to time