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2022 Plans
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Cathy's "let's try this again...again" Plan
1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or YTrue Colors - Kristin Hannah
The Wives - Tarryn Fisher
The Flight Girls - Noelle Salazar
Slayer - Kiersten White
The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn
A Woman Is No Man - Etaf Rum
What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty
The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
The Zookeeper's Wife - Diane Ackerman
2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021Books connected to Lovely War - Julie Berry
{X} The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
Books connected to Fearless Tarot: How to Give a Positive Reading in Any Situation - Elliot Adam
Books connected to The Persuasion - Iris Johansen
3. A book with 22 or more letters in the titleActually Read:
The House in the Cerulean Sea
Planned to read one of the following:
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption - Laura Hillenbrand
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz - Erik Larson (Audiobook version)
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood - Gregg Olsen (Kindle Version)
4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the listMy favorite prompt that did not make the list is:
A book whose cover shows your favorite kind of weather
The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea - Sebastian Junger
5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their nameThe Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
Verity - Colleen Hoover (Kindle Version)
The Women in the Castle - Jessica Shattuck
6. A book with an image of a source of light on the coverActually Read:
Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness
Planned to read one of the following:
The Flight Girls - Noelle Salazar
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
Home Before Dark - Riley Sager
What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
The Women in the Castle - Jessica Shattuck
7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mindActually Read:
The Four Agreements
Planned to read one of the following:
The Bride Test - Helen Hoang
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
Verity - Colleen Hoover (Kindle Version)
Ask Again, Yes - Mary Beth Keane
What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty
The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn
This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger
Us Against You - Fredrik Backman
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption - Laura Hillenbrand
8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1Africa
The Girl with the Louding Voice - Abi Daré
Antarctica
Where'd You Go, Bernadette - Maria Semple
Asia
Cinder - Marissa Meyer
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Australia
What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty
Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty
Truly Madly Guilty - Liane Moriarty
Europe
The Sky Unwashed - Irene Zabytko
The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
Us Against You - Fredrik Backman
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
North America
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena
Lock Every Door - Riley Sager
An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger
Behold the Dreamers - Imbolo Mbue
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn
South America
(Any book on this list will need to be borrowed as I have none in my home library that fall into this category)
A Long Petal of the Sea - Isabel Allende
9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2Africa
The Girl with the Louding Voice - Abi Daré
Antarctica
Where'd You Go, Bernadette - Maria Semple
Asia
Cinder - Marissa Meyer
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Australia
What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty
Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty
Truly Madly Guilty - Liane Moriarty
Europe
The Sky Unwashed - Irene Zabytko
The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
Us Against You - Fredrik Backman
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
North America
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena
Lock Every Door - Riley Sager
An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger
Behold the Dreamers - Imbolo Mbue
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn
South America
(Any book on this list will need to be borrowed as I have none in my home library that fall into this category)
A Long Petal of the Sea - Isabel Allende
10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3Africa
The Girl with the Louding Voice - Abi Daré
Antarctica
Where'd You Go, Bernadette - Maria Semple
Asia
Cinder - Marissa Meyer
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Australia
What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty
Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty
Truly Madly Guilty - Liane Moriarty
Europe
The Sky Unwashed - Irene Zabytko
The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
Us Against You - Fredrik Backman
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
North America
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena
Lock Every Door - Riley Sager
An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger
Behold the Dreamers - Imbolo Mbue
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn
South America
(Any book on this list will need to be borrowed as I have none in my home library that fall into this category)
A Long Petal of the Sea - Isabel Allende
11. A book from historical fiction genreThe Sky Unwashed - Irene Zabytko
The Round House - Louise Erdrich
The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
The Stars Are Fire - Anita Shreve
Song Yet Sung - James McBride
Lady in the Lake - Laura Lippman
Summer of '69 - Elin Hilderbrand
The Flight Girls - Noelle Salazar
The Huntress - Kate Quinn
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
Lilac Girls - Martha Hall Kelly
An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
Next Year in Havana - Chanel Cleeton
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Ask Again, Yes - Mary Beth Keane
The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
Cilka's Journey - Heather Morris
Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward
Resistance Women - Jennifer Chiaverini
The Paris Hours - Alex George
12. A book related to glassThe Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
Where'd You Go, Bernadette - Maria Semple
The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn
Firefly Lane - Kristin Hannah
13. A book about a woman in STEMThe Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
Cinder - Marissa Meyer
15. A book without a person on the coverActually Read:
A Discovery of Witches
Planned to read one of the following:
The Round House - Louise Erdrich
The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
The Stars Are Fire - Anita Shreve
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
The Woman in the Window- A.J. Finn
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James
Ask Again, Yes - Mary Beth Keane
Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
Home Before Dark - Riley Sager
The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City - Matthew Desmond (Kindle Version)
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption - Laura Hillenbrand
Long Bright River - Liz Moore
Then She Was Gone - Lisa Jewell
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz - Erik Larson (Audiobook Version)
The Passing Storm - Christine Nolfi (Kindle Version)
A Good Neighborhood - Therese Anne Fowler
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
16. A book related to Earth DayWhere the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
A Good Neighborhood - Therese Anne Fowler
17. A book from NPR's Book ConciergeAsk Again, Yes - Mary Beth Keane
And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins
Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz - Erik Larson (Audiobook Version)
A Promised Land - Barack Obama (Audiobook Version)
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
Long Bright River - Liz Moore
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
A Good Neighborhood - Therese Anne Fowler
The Water Dancer - Ta-Nehisi Coates
18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander authorThe Bride Test - Helen Hoang
A Single Swallow - Ling Zhang (Kindle Version)
And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
At the End of the Matinee - Keiichirō Hirano (Kindle Version)
The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan - Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller (Kindle Version)
19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate historyThe Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951The Stars Are Fire - Anita Shreve
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption - Laura Hillenbrand
This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger
The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
The Rabbit Girls - Anna Ellory (Kindle Version)
21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the coverSummer of '69 - Elin Hilderbrand
Cinder - Marissa Meyer
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
The Bride Test - Helen Hoang
True Colors - Kristin Hannah
22. A book with a Jewish character or authorNinth House - Leigh Bardugo
The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
Cilka's Journey - Heather Morris
23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationshipThe Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
24. A book related to inclement weatherThe Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea - Sebastian Junger
American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins
The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah
The Passing Storm - Christine Nolfi (Kindle Version)
25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pagesShort Book (220 pages or less)
Actually Read:
Paganism for Beginners (182 pages)
Planned to read one of the following:
Long Book (440 pages or more)
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (Kindle Version)
The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption - Laura Hillenbrand
Long Bright River - Liz Moore
A Promised Land - Barack Obama (Audiobook Version)
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz - Erik Larson (Audiobook Version)
The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah
American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
Nine Perfect Strangers - Liane Moriarty
26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1Word: Nightingale
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
Word: The
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Dressmaker's Gift - Fiona Valpy (Kindle Version)
The Girl with the Louding Voice - Abi Daré
Word: Star
The Stars Are Fire - Anita Shreve
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Word: Man/Men
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
A Woman Is No Man - Etaf Rum
The Women in the Castle - Jessica Shattuck
27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2Word: Nightingale
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
Word: The
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
The Dressmaker's Gift - Fiona Valpy (Kindle Version)
The Girl with the Louding Voice - Abi Daré
Word: Star
The Stars Are Fire - Anita Shreve
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Word: Man/Men
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
A Woman Is No Man - Etaf Rum
The Women in the Castle - Jessica Shattuck
28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awardsAll the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City - Matthew Desmond (Kindle Version)
Behold the Dreamers - Imbolo Mbue
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
29. A book set on or near a body of waterThe Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea - Sebastian Junger
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (Kindle Version)
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Next Year in Havana - Chanel Cleeton
Stillhouse Lake - Rachel Caine (Kindle Version)
30. A book related to mythologyThe Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
31. A book published at least 10 years agoTrue Colors - Kristin Hannah
What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (Kindle Version)
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption - Laura Hillenbrand
32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officerA Good Girl's Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson
Long Bright River - Liz Moore
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important roleNinth House - Leigh Bardugo
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson
35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
West with Giraffes - Lynda Rutledge
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
West with Giraffes - Lynda Rutledge
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's nameUs Against You - Fredrik Backman
Stillhouse Lake - Rachel Caine
The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption - Laura Hillenbrand
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
Cilka's Journey - Heather Morris
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
Truly Madly Guilty - Liane Moriarty
38. A book by a Latin American authorNext Year in Havana - Chanel Cleeton
Tears of Amber - Sofía Segovia (Kindle Version)
39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All TimeThe Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cardsThe Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
The Night Circus- Erin Morgenstern
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James
41. A book with a theme of food or drinkThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
42. A book with a language or nationality in the titleAn American Marriage - Tayari Jones
American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins
43. A book set in a small town or rural areaWhere the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
Us Against You - Fredrik Backman
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
This Tender Land - William Kent Krueger
44. A book with gothic elementsVerity - Colleen Hoover
The Turn of the Key - Ruth Ware
Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James
Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward
Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
Home Before Dark - Riley Sager
45. A book related to a gameThe Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
Us Against You - Fredrik Backman
The Last Time I Lied - Riley Sager
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
46. A book with a non-human as one of the main charactersThe Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
Cinder - Marissa Meyer
The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
West with Giraffes - Lynda Rutledge
47. A book with handwriting on the coverThe Bride Test - Helen Hoang
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
Ask Again, Yes - Mary Beth Keane
Behold the Dreamers - Imbolo Mbue
West with Giraffes - Lynda Rutledge
A Woman Is No Man - Etaf Rum
Verity - Colleen Hoover
What Alice Forgot - Liane Moriarty
Love Lettering - Kate Clayborn (Kindle Edition)
LaRose - Louise Erdrich
Us Against You - Fredrik Backman
48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022The Family Upstairs - Lisa Jewell
The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
The Girl with the Louding Voice - Abi Daré
The Last Time I Lied - Riley Sager
49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
Dragonfly in Amber - Diana Gabaldon
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I plan on finishing using only the books in my home library that I have not read yet unless I do not have one to fit the prompt, in which case, I will either buy one, borrow from the library.
**Update on choosing books: I have finally accepted what I have known about myself for years. I am a mood reader and can not follow a plan of reading. I need to read what I feel like reading in the moment. I am going to try and see where the books I have read so far this year fit and if they don't, then they don't. I have decided also, that I won't delete the books I had planned for each prompt, but I am not going to waste time by striking through the ones I didn't read. I am going to simply add the book to the prompt.
If a book fits into multiple prompts, I have listed it in each prompt that it fits. I will decide which book I read as I go through the year. I am a mood reader and will likely skip reading altogether if I am not in the mood for the book I have chosen for the prompt. Having more than one to choose from may help me to get out of my reading slump.
[X] - Book was read for this prompt
Book was not read for this prompt[X] Attempted to read book for this prompt - DNFKeeping track:
7/52 completed
0 DNF