Daniel's 2020 ATY Plan

[Daniel]

Around the Year 2020

✔1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y--Kindred
✔2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable--Where Are the Children?
✔3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019--Notorious Nineteen
✔4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live--Lone Star and the Trail of Murder
✔5. The first book in a series that you have not started--The Bastard
✔6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover--Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea
✔7. A book set in the southern hemisphere--The Dead of Night
✔8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"--The Broker
✔9. A book that can be read in a day--Fortune Cookie Fox
✔10. A book that is between 400-600 pages--A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
✔11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number--Shane
✔12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people--The Cinderella Murder
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (Link)
✔2016--I'm Your Huckleberry: A Memoir
✔2017--All Dressed in White
✔2018--The Sleeping Beauty Killer
✔2019--Every Breath You Take
✔14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (link)--Parable of the Talents
✔15. A book set in a global city--While My Pretty One Sleeps
✔16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area--A Painted House
✔17. A book with a neurodiverse character--Parable of the Sower
✔18. A book by an author you've only read once before--The Rebels
✔19. A fantasy book--Ariel
✔20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]--Takedown Twenty
✔21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720--Damned
✔22. A book with the major theme of survival--How I Live Now
✔23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author--Pet
✔24. A book with an emotion in the title--All the Rage
✔25. A book related to the arts--Drama
✔26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards--Red, White & Royal Blue
✔27. A history or historical fiction--Ragtime
✔28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author--Station Eleven
✔29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book--Trell
✔30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year--Lisey's Story
✔31. A book inspired by a leading news story--With the Fire on High
✔32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan--Goth
✔33. A book about a non-traditional family--Wolves of the Calla
✔34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name--I Heard That Song Before
✔35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover--The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
✔36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim--Blood Bound
✔37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1--Look Alive Twenty-Five
✔38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2--Dead Stripper Storage
✔39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce--The Empress of Salt and Fortune
✔40. A book with a place name in the title--The Chicago Conversion
✔41. A mystery--Weep No More, My Lady
✔42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ (link)--The Poet X
✔43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse--A Red Death
✔44. A book related to witches--Knock on Wood
✔45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018--Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
✔46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"--We Are Lost and Found
✔47. A classic book you've always meant to read--Gone with the Wind
✔48. A book published in 2020--Eat a Peach
✔49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link)--Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry
✔50. A book with a silhouette on the cover--The Lost World
✔51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title--Daddy's Gone A Hunting
✔52. A book related to time--Eternity Road

[Daniel]

Mommy Mannegren 2020



✔1. A book with the letter "W" in the title--Darktown
✔2. A hardcover--The Lost Years
✔3. By an indigenous author--The Things She's Seen
✔4. Set in Winter--Dashing Through the Snow
✔5. A character who is a senior--The Christmas Thief
✔6. Written in the 1970's--The Bastard
✔7. An author local to you--Looking for Alaska
✔8. Orange on the cover--Hardcore Twenty-Four
✔9. Set in space--Aliens: Nightmare Asylum
✔10. A bestseller--I Heard That Song Before
✔11. A book that leaves you thinking--Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
✔12. A "guilty pleasure"--Look Alive Twenty-Five
✔13. Written by a female author--The Girl in 6E
✔14. Book in a series--You Don't Own Me
✔15. Book with romance--Top Secret Twenty-One
✔16. Borrowed from a friend--Blood Test
✔17. Written by more than one author--Deck the Halls
✔18. Published in 2020--Camino Winds
✔19. A Stephen King novel--The Colorado Kid
✔20. An author whose last name starts with the same initial as yours--The Devil's Heart
✔21. Written by a blogger or journalist--Trell
✔22. A character that frustrates you--Twisted Twenty-Six
✔23. Title beginning with A--All Through the Night
✔24. Title beginning with B--Before I Say Good-Bye
✔25. Title beginning with C--Come Tumbling Down
✔26. A strong "friendship" theme--Verona Comics
✔27. A comic book--Terminator: Sector War
✔28. Literary fiction--The Collector
✔29. An award-winning novel--Ragtime
✔30. A book with recipes inside--Caramel Crush
✔31. A book featuring royalty--Red, White & Royal Blue
✔32. A spy novel--The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
✔33. A book containing poetry--The Poet X
✔34. A book with illustrations--The Magical Christmas Horse
✔35. An author's debut book--Orpheus Girl
✔36. Written in first person--Broadsides and Brass
✔37. A book featuring the medical profession--Coma
✔38. Set in the future--The Caves of Steel
✔39. A book used in a celebrity book club--Station Eleven
✔40. A book on the Mensa reading list for grades 9-12--I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
✔41. Published when you were 20--A Painted House
✔42. Reuse a prompt from a past year
✔2018--I'll Be Seeing You
✔2019--Pretend You Don't See Her
✔43. Set in a country you've never visited before--All the Rage
✔44. "Recommended" to you by Amazon--The Devil's Kiss
✔45. A book that cost you less than $5--My Gal Sunday
✔46. By an author used in an earlier category--The Lottery Winner
✔47. Story takes place on a form of transportation--Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea
✔48. Character who wears glasses--The Lost World
✔49. About a world leader--Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington
✔50. An author you previously disliked--1st to Die
✔51. A genre you don't normally care for--Foul Play
✔52. A book with a Forward--Kindred

[Daniel]

Popsugar 2020

✔1. A book that's published in 2020--A Time for Mercy
✔2. A book by a trans or non-binary author--Pet
✔3. A book with a great first line--Night Mask
✔4. A book about a book club--The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
✔5. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics--Darktown
✔6. A bildungsroman--With the Fire on High
✔7. The first book you touch on a shelf with your eyes closed--A Spark of Light
✔8. A book with an upside-down image on the cover--Verity
✔9. A book with a map--The Forever Drug
✔10. A book recommended by your favorite blog, vlog, podcast, or online book club--The Girl in 6E
✔11. An anthology--Eight Spells a Week
✔12. A book that passes the Bechdel test--The Lost Years
✔13. A book with the same title as a movie or TV show but is unrelated to it--Carnivore
✔14. A book by an author with flora or fauna in their name--Girl Made of Stars
✔15. A book published the month of your birthday--Longarm in No Man's Land
✔16. A book by or about a woman in STEM--Lab Girl
✔17. A book that won an award in 2019--The Poet X
✔18. A book on a subject you know nothing about--Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint
✔19. A book with only words on the cover, no images or graphics--The Outside Man
✔20. A book with a pun in the title--Ben There, Done That
✔21. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins--The Christmas Thief
✔22. A book with a robot, cyborg or AI character--Terminator: Sector War
✔23. A book with a bird on the cover--A Redbird Christmas
✔24. A fiction or non-fiction book about a world leader--Mount Vernon Love Story: A Novel of George and Martha Washington
✔25. A book with "gold", "silver" or "bronze" in the title--California Gold
✔26. A book by a WOC--Kindred
✔27. A book with at least a four-star rating on Goodreads--Station Eleven
✔28. A book you meant to read in 2019--Tough Enough
✔29. A book about or involving social media--Radio Silence
✔30. A book that has a book on the cover--Parable of the Sower
✔31. A medical thriller--Coma
✔32. A book with a made up language--Lisey's Story
✔33. A book set in a country that begins with "C"--Fall for Anything
✔34. A book you picked because the title caught your attention--Hot Dog Girl
✔35. A book with a three word title--Deck the Halls
✔36. A book with a pink cover--When We Rise: My Life in the Movement
✔37. A Western--High Saddle
✔38. A book by or about a journalist--Trell
✔39. Read a banned book during Banned Book Week--I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
✔40. Your favorite prompt from a past Popsugar Reading Challenge
✔2015-Mystery or thriller--Night Passage
✔2016-From the library-Eat a Peach
✔2017-family-member term in title--The General's Daughter
✔2018-A book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to--Eternity Road
✔2019-A book by an author whose first and last names start with the same letter--Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
✔41. A book written by an author in their 20's--Looking for Alaska
✔42. A book with "20" or "twenty" in the title--Turbo Twenty-Three
✔43. A book with a character with a vision impairment or enhancement--The Lost World
✔44. A book set in Japan (host of the 2020 Olympics)--Goth
✔45. A book by an author who has written more than 20 books--Before I Say Good-Bye
✔46. A book set in the 1920's--Indiana Jones and the Seven Veils
✔47. A book with more than 20 letters in the title--He Sees You When You're Sleeping
✔48. A book published in the 20th century--The Rebels
✔49. A book from a series with more than 20 books--Tricky Twenty-Two
✔50. A book with a main character in their '20's--We Are Lost and Found

[Daniel]

Around-the-Year

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Mommy Mannegren

53/53

Popsugar

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Popsugar Summer

20/20

[Daniel]

Popsugar Summer Challenge


✔A book with "summer" in the title--Summer of Secrets
✔A book with a summer drink or cocktail on the cover--Murder on the Rocks
✔A book that takes place in your favorite (or dream) summer destination--Death of Yesterday
✔A book about a vacation--Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea
✔A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist--Orpheus Girl
✔A book with an item you'd find at the beach in the title--The Caves of Steel
✔A book with a body of water or pool on the cover--Someone Knows
✔A book set at a resort or hotel--All Dressed in White
✔A book with a release date in June, July, or August of any year--A Once Crowded Sky
✔A summer-set thriller--Final Girls
✔A book involving a summer romance--Playing for Keeps
✔A book about Black history in America--A Red Death
✔A scary book you'd read around a campfire--The Whisperer
✔A book that takes place during the summer before high school or college--Juliet Takes a Breath
✔A book that takes place in a beach town--The Colorado Kid
✔A book with "sun," "sand," or "waves" in the title--My Gal Sunday
✔A book with sunglasses on the cover--The Lucifer Deck
✔A book about camping or summer camp--Prisoner of Cabin 13
✔A book classified as a "beach read"--I'll Walk Alone
✔A book that makes you nostalgic for summer (rereads welcome)--The Yearbook