Jasmine's 2020 Plan

[Jasmine]

1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y: Life of Pi
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable: The Night Tiger
3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019: The Kite Runner
4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live: Fahrenheit 451
5. The first book in a series that you have not started: The Fifth Season

6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover: Clap When You Land
7. A book set in the southern hemisphere: Moxyland
8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The": The Leaving
9. A book that can be read in a day: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages: The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik
11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number: The Illustrated Man
12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people: I'm Not Dying with You Tonight
13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge: Gingerbread (2017 - A magical realism novel)
14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers: The Poisonwood Bible

15. A book set in a global city: The City We Became
16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area: Where the Crawdads Sing
17. A book with a neurodiverse character; Eliza and Her Monsters
18. A book by an author you've only read once before: American Street

19. A fantasy book: A Song Below Water
20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]: An American Marriage (100+ Books by Black Women That Should Be Essential Reading, POPSUGAR)
21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720: The Map of Salt and Stars (mapmaking characters)
22. A book with the major theme of survival: Room

23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author: The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
24. A book with an emotion in the title: The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney
25. A book related to the arts: Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal
26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards: Middlegame (Best Fantasy finalist)
27. A history or historical fiction: The Book of Negroes

28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author: See What I Have Done
29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book: The Country of Ice Cream Star
30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year: Educated
31. A book inspired by a leading news story: Monday's Not Coming

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan: The Strange Library
33. A book about a non-traditional family: Little Fires Everywhere
34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name: American Gods (Mythopoeia: creating of myths)
35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover: Behold the Dreamers

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim: Nothing to See Here
37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1: Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2: The Painted Girls
39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce: Washington Black

40. A book with a place name in the title: The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
41. A mystery: The Chain
42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’: The Underground Railroad
43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse: Parable of the Sower
44. A book related to witches: Akata Witch

45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018: Jackpot (Dear Martin, 2019)
46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire": Tiger Lily (Peter Pan retelling)
47. A classic book you've always meant to read: Pride and Prejudice
48. A book published in 2020:Riot Baby

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win: Shade Me (A book related to one of the five senses)
50. A book with a silhouette on the cover: They Both Die at the End
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title: A Brief History of Seven Killings
52. A book related to time: Opposite of Always

COMPLETED BOOKSHELF AS OF 6/30/2020