Hannah Joy and the year of reading broadly

[Hannah]

Also doing PopSugar and Reading Women challenges so a lot of books are chosen to fit prompts from those as well!

Not doing them in order as I am definitely a mood-based reader so we'll see how I do. Some of these I own but I'm also an audiobook and library fiend (though always trying harder to read my own shelves first).

Feel free to ask questions or drop suggestions!

1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
Done:

2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
Done:

3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
Done:
I read Machado's book of short stories last year and was blown away.

4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
Done:
LA and Louisiana both hold no appeal for me, especially in the time period described here.

5. The first book in a series that you have not started
Done:
I don't usually read YA but this series was so good.

6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
Done:
Airplane!

7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
The House of the Spirits ...still open to other options

8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
Done:

9. A book that can be read in a day
Done:
Short read and impossible to put down!

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
Done:

11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
Salvage the Bones or The Complete Persepolis

12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
Done:

13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge
Done:
2016 Prompts: non-fiction and/or memoir

14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers
Likely from my Reading Women challenge, possibly Toni Morrison

15. A book set in a global city
Done: (NYC)

16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
Beartown

17. A book with a neurodiverse character
Done:

18. A book by an author you've only read once before
Done:
Read Offil's other book Dept. of Speculation some years ago.

19. A fantasy book
Done:

20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
Done:
20th on NYTimes 2019 Notable List

21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720
The Sparrow

22. A book with the major theme of survival
Done:

23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
Done:

24. A book with an emotion in the title
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

25. A book related to the arts
Done:
One main character is a sculptor.

26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
Done:

27. A history or historical fiction
Done:

28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
Done:

29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
Not sure yet on this! We'll see what I stumble across.

30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
Done: (2019)

31. A book inspired by a leading news story
Done:
Stanford sexual assault case

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
Have a couple Japanese author books on my PopSugar list so will pick one

33. A book about a non-traditional family
Done:

34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
Done:
Genre: humor

35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
or

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
Practicalities - I seriously have no idea why this is on my GR TBR

37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
Challenger Deep - fiction about going to the bottom of the Marianas trench, the deepest spot in our ocean

38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto - nonfiction about the Horizon mission to Pluto, the furthest "planet" in our solar system

39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
Done:

40. A book with a place name in the title
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

41. A mystery
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’
Potentially a Hugo/Nebula such as Neuromancer

43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
Done: (death and war)

44. A book related to witches
Equal Rites

45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
Either Jesmyn Ward or Ann Patchett or Roxane Gay

46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire"
Currently reading

47. A classic book you've always meant to read
Mrs. Dalloway

48. A book published in 2020
Done:

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link)
Done:
Prompt: a book about revenge

50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
Done:

51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
Done:

52. A book related to time
Done: