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Weekly Topics 2022 > 01. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y

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message 101: by Pamela, Arciform Mod (new)

Pamela | 2286 comments Mod
If you want a book that includes all 3 (I'm trying to find one)- Catch-22 does. Unfortunately, I've read it a number of times.


message 102: by Veronica (new)

Veronica (ronireads13) | 816 comments I read Clap When You Land for this prompt. It is highly rated and I can see why. It is, I believe, the first book I've read written in verse which took me a while to get into the rhythm but once I did, I thoroughly enjoyed it.


message 103: by Cynthia (last edited Feb 08, 2022 08:55AM) (new)

Cynthia K I just discovered The Five Wounds on Overdrive.
It's being featured on "Together We Read" from Feb 7 - 21. It's the story of Amadeo, who lives with his mother Yolanda, and is joined by his pregnant teenaged daughter, Angel.
This would also work for topic #43: a book set in a small town or rural area.


message 104: by Pamela, Arciform Mod (new)

Pamela | 2286 comments Mod
Cynthia wrote: "I just discovered The Five Wounds on Overdrive.
It's being featured on "Together We Read" from Feb 7 - 21. It's the story of Amadeo, who lives with his mother Yolanda, and is joine..."


And there's Tíve, Yolanda’s uncle and keeper of the family’s history-- you get A T and Y!


message 106: by Dana (new)

Dana Cristiana (silvermoon1923) | 287 comments Just finished Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for the first time.


message 107: by Tracy (last edited Feb 25, 2022 05:57AM) (new)

Tracy (tracyisreading) | 2573 comments I had everything planned out but this seems to be the year that I'm slotting in random books as I read them. My original plan was A History of Wild Places, but I just finished The Grace Year (main character Tierney) and loved it! If I keep up my pace the rest of the year maybe I can get to my actual plans :-)


message 108: by ANB (new)

ANB (anb_) | 4 comments I chose Gormenghast (I finished Titus Groan before I started this challenge and... for all that he's the titular character, Titus is really not in it very much because he's a baby at the time.)


message 109: by Joy D (new)

Joy D | 711 comments For this prompt, I read:
Adam Bede by George Eliot - 4* - My Review


message 110: by Laura (new)

Laura (texas318) | 104 comments What are you reading for this prompt, and do you have any recommendations?

I am reading Unforgivable Acts: A Legal Thriller by Laura Snider. The main character's name is Ashley. I also follow (and love) a series by G.K. Parks in which the main character is named Alexis Parker.


message 111: by Pamela, Arciform Mod (new)

Pamela | 2286 comments Mod
someone mentioned How High We Go in the Dark by Sequioa Nagamatsu which has all 3 (although the book doesn't really have main characters). The Y was hard- most books seem to have an A or a T but to find a book with a Y and also a T and A was hard!

If I had failed to find all three, I was going to read The Hidden Palace which at least has a A and Y.


message 112: by Shannon (new)

Shannon Ralph | 188 comments I am reading The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. I love her books and the main character in this one is named Tookie.


message 114: by Pamela, Arciform Mod (last edited Apr 13, 2022 07:43AM) (new)

Pamela | 2286 comments Mod
Shannon wrote: "I am reading The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. I love her books and the main character in this one is named Tookie."

You're going to love it! For next year's challenge, I'm going to nominate "A book that Tookie recommends" (the publisher has a list: http://harpercollins.com/audio/thesen...)


message 115: by Madelynn (new)

Madelynn | 95 comments For this prompt, I read The Grace Year. The main character is named Tierney.


message 116: by Stacey (new)

Stacey D. | 1908 comments I recently finished Hope Valley by Haviva Ner-David about the unlikely friendship that develops between a Jewish-Israeli and a Palestinian-Israeli woman in the Galilean valley that separates them. Tikvah (which means hope in Hebrew) is one of the character's names.


message 117: by Barbara (new)

Barbara Pereira (babitix) | 984 comments What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon
by Amy Harmon

It wasn't my cup of tea, but if you're into Historical Romance, you should read it!
Some recommendations I have for you guys are:

Annie
The Shining
The Princess Diaries
The Diary of a Young Girl


message 118: by Siobhan (new)

Siobhan J | 9 comments I read The Lotus Palace by Jeannie Lin, where one of the leads is called Yue-Ying. Such a good book!


message 119: by Adam (new)

Adam Smith (chaos624) | 1197 comments Starting Anna Karenina.


ava (taylor’s version) | 3 comments Easy! In January I read Shadow and Bone and the main characters name is Alina


message 121: by Anastasia (new)

Anastasia (anastasiaharris) | 1730 comments The Rage of Dragons Main character name is Tau.


message 122: by Azuki (new)

Azuki | 3 comments I just finished The Sari Shop Widow where the main character is named Angali.


message 123: by Nicola (new)

Nicola | 96 comments I keep missing this challenge! I'm mostly buried in university work but I'm going to make time for this. I have read some books this year so I'll start back filling from those :-)

For this first task I think I will make my 'character' the House of York from the war of the roses :-)

Lancaster and York The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir


message 124: by NancyJ (new)

NancyJ (nancyjjj) | 3532 comments Pamela wrote: "Shannon wrote: "I am reading The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. I love her books and the main character in this one is named Tookie."

You're going to love it! For next year's challeng..."


Pamela, so am I! I loved The Sentence. She has a great back list that I now want to read too.


message 125: by NancyJ (new)

NancyJ (nancyjjj) | 3532 comments I had a lot of options for this, but after moving things around I chose these two (if I can finish two whole rounds):

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver, "Taylor" and her daughter "Turtle"

The People We Keep by Allison Larkin, "April"


message 126: by Pam (new)

Pam (bluegrasspam) | 3840 comments I decided to go with a book that had the name in the title and read Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers.


message 127: by Evelyn (new)

Evelyn | 308 comments I am reading Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney which the couple names both starts with A there names are Amelia and Adam.


message 128: by Rachel (new)

Rachel (mimbza) | 238 comments I read Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid the story of a young girl growing up in Antigua and Barbuda. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Here is my review


message 129: by Kylie (new)

Kylie Saunders The Amendment - Main characters name is Ainsley. 5*


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