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Around The Year in 52 Books✔️ 1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y - The Fifth Season (Feb 21)
✔️ 2. A book by an author you read in 2022 - Tales From Earthsea (March 25)
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list
4. A book with an interracial relationship
✔️ 5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (Feb 15)
✔️ 6. A book where books are important - Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney (Jan 16)
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
✔️ 8. An author's debut book - After the Dragons (March 15)
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W
✔️ 10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities" I Kill Giants (March 30)
11. A book about a person/character with a disability
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
14. A book with a con, deception, or fake
✔️ 15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: 20th century: The Great Gatsby (Feb 28)
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3
18. A book related to science
✔️ 19. A book related to the arts Station Eleven (April 1)
✔️ 20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel To the Lighthouse (Jan 1)
✔️ 21. A book by an Asian diaspora author On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
✔️ 22. A book with a faceless person on the cover Lyntyven (Jan 5)
✔️ 23. A book with a body of water in the title - The House in the Cerulean Sea (Jan 20)
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy
25. A book with a tropical setting
26. A book related to pride
✔️ 27. A book by an author from continental Europe Grey Bees (March 10)
✔️ 28. A book that is dark The Complete Maus (March 27)
29. A book that is light
30. A book related to a chess piece
31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com
32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature
33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
34. A novella
35. A book with a school subject in the title
36. A book that has been translated from another language
✔️ 37. A book with the theme of returning home Every Heart a Doorway (Jan 2)
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
39. A western
✔️ 40. A book with a full name in the title Carrie Soto Is Back (March 3)
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
✔️ 42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter The Graveyard Book (Jan 8)
43. A book that involves a murder
✔️ 44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal Interview with the Vampire (April 29)
✔️ 45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books The Eyre Affair (Feb 18)
✔️ 46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe Fahrenheit 451 (April 20)
47. A book related to a geometric shape
✔️ 48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story The Old Man and the Sea (March 31)
✔️ 49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023 This is How You Lose the Time War (Jan 29)
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
51. A book published in 2023
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title
Planning and Completions: 1-5✔️1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Feb 21)
--> Three of the most important places in the story actually start with A, T and Y: Allia, Tirimo and Yumenes!
2. A book by an author you read in 2022
-->2022 Authors I want to read more from: Ray Bradbury, Maggie O'Farrell, Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Amor Towles, Ursula Le Guin, Madeline Miller, Kazuo Ishiguro
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list
4. A book with an interracial relationship
✔️ 5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews (Feb 15)
--> Blue, red, green, yellow
Planning and Completions: 6-9📚 6. A book where books are important
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney (Jan 16)
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
🐉 8. An author's debut book
After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang (March 15)
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W
--> Women's Prize for Fiction: The Tiger's Wife, An American Marriage, Half of a Yellow Sun
Planning and Completions: 10-1310. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
--> Scary, Baby, Ginger, Posh, Sporty
11. A book about a person/character with a disability
--> The Kiss Quotient, 2312
✔️ 12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
Watership Down by Richard Adams (Feb 26)
--> About a group of rabbits who journey together to find a new home
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
Planning and Completions: 14-1714. A book with a con, deception, or fake
15-17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century
-->20th century (1920s): The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Feb 28)
Planning and Completions: 18-2218. A book related to science
19. A book related to the arts
Mr Mac and Me
✔️ 20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (Jan 1)
Also fits: Related to arts, name from 1923
✔️ 21. A book by an Asian diaspora author
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (Feb 11)
✔️ 22. A book with a faceless person on the cover
Lyntyven (Jan 5) --> Percy is shown from behind on the cover
Also fits: con/deception/fake, author with 7+ books, unusually large version of an animal
Planning and Completions: 23-26✔️ 23. A book with a body of water in the title
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (Jan 20)
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy
25. A book with a tropical setting
26. A book related to pride
Planning and Completions: 27-31🐝 27. A book by an author from continental Europe
Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov (March 10)
--> The author is from Ukraine
28. A book that is dark
29. A book that is light
30. A book related to a chess piece
31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com
--> N.K. Jemisin
Planning and Completions: 32-3532. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature
--> Baghdad, Barcelona, Beirut, Dublin, Edinburgh, Gøteborg, Krakow, Lillehammer, Manchester, Melbourne, Milano, Nottingham, Odessa, Praha, Quebec, Reykjavik, Seattle
The Baghdad Clock, Regeneration
33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
--> John, Mary, Frank, Dorothy, Virginia, Richard (US)
Solveig, Ruth, Gerd, Arne, Odd, Olav (Norway)
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text, John Steinbeck, Virginia Woolf, Richard Powers, Ruth Lillegraven, Arne Garborg
34. A novella
35. A book with a school subject in the title
The English Patient, The Physics of Sorrow
Planning and Completions: 36-3936. A book that has been translated from another language
✔️ 37. A book with the theme of returning home
Every Heart a Doorway (Jan 2)
--> What happens to children who come back home after travelling to another world?
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
39. A western
All the Pretty Horses, The Glovemaker
Planning and Completions: 40-44✔️ 40. A book with a full name in the title
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid (March 3)
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
✔️ 42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
The Graveyard Book (Jan 8)
--> Bod (the main character) is raised by ghosts
43. A book that involves a murder
Agatha Christie
✔️44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (April 29)
Planning and Completions: 45-48📗 45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
--> 39 books according to Goodreads
🔥 46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (April 20)
47. A book related to a geometric shape
🦈48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (March 31)
--> Santiago wrestles with a giant marlin that he has hooked during the book
Planning and Completions: 49-5249. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
--> Posted in Jan 2023 thread
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
51. A book published in 2023
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title
Popsugar and ATY Rejects Mix-and-matchI was planning on just doing the Popsugar challenge, but there were a lot of prompts on the list that I was not a fan of (particularly related to romance, celebrities and that would require me to buy new books). So I'm rewording a couple of prompts and mixing it up with some ATY rejects to create something I'll actually enjoy doing :)
ATY rejects are written in italics.
✔️ 1. A book you meant to read in 2022 The Old Man and the Sea (March 31)
2. A book you already own (modified)
✔️ 3. A book about a vacation To the Lighthouse (Jan 1)
✔️ 4. A book by a first-time author - After the Dragons (March 15)
✔️ 5. A book with mythical creatures Interview with the Vampire (April 29)
✔️ 6. A book about a forbidden romance This is How You Lose the Time War (Jan 30)
7. A book with "Girl" in the title
8. A book involving genetics, genealogy, traits, heredity, or heritage
9. A book with a color in the title
✔️ 10. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman Station Eleven (April 1)
✔️ 11. A book with a cat in the story, title or cover The House in the Cerulean Sea (Jan 20)
12. A book published in 2023 (modified)
13. A book published the year you were born
✔️ 14. A modern retelling of a classic The Graveyard Book (Jan 8)
✔️ 15. A book with a song lyric as its title I Kill Giants (March 30)
16. A book where the main character's name is in the title
✔️ 17. A book with a character who has a career or hobby that interests you Grey Bees (March 10)
✔️ 18. A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022 - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
19. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge
20. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
21. A book with a child protagonist
22. A book with a queer lead
✔️ 23. A book with a map The Fifth Season (Feb 21)
24. A book with a rabbit on the cover
25. A book with just text on the cover
26. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
✔️ 27. A #BookTok recommendation Lyntyven (Jan 5)
28. A book involving hope or hopepunk
29. A book involving wolves or werewolves
✔️ 30. A book about crossing over to another world Every Heart a Doorway (Jan 2)
31. A book about a family
32. A book that comes out in 2023 (modified)
✔️ 33. A book about an athlete/sport Carrie Soto Is Back (March 3)
34. A historical fiction book
✔️ 35. A book about divorce - Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney (Jan 16)
✔️ 36. A book involving aspects of language, linguistics, or the spoken word - Tales From Earthsea (March 25)
✔️ 37. A book that I think should be read in schools (modified) The Complete Maus (March 27)
✔️ 38. A reread (modified) Fahrenheit 451 (April 20)
39. A book from the “100 Years of Popular Books on Goodreads” list
40. A book by an author with the same initials as you
41. A book related to loneliness or isolation
42. A book that answers the question "What if"
43. A book that takes place entirely in one day
44. A book not set on (our) earth
45. A magical realism book
46. A book with a pet character
47. A book about a holiday that's not Christmas
✔️ 48. A book that features two languages On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Feb 11)
49. A book of poetry or free verse
✔️ 50. A book with alliteration in the title The Great Gatsby (Feb 28)
Planning and Completions: 1-10 🦈 1. A book you meant to read in 2022
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway (March 31)
2. A book you already own (modified)
🌊 3. A book about a vacation
To the Lighthouse (Jan 1)
--> About the Ramsay family and their friends while they are on holiday at their house on the Isle of Skye.
🐉 4. A book by a first-time author
After the Dragons by Cynthia Zhang (March 15)
✔️ 5. A book with mythical creatures
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice (April 29)
6. A book about a forbidden romance
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar (Jan 30)
7. A book with "Girl" in the title
Girl, Woman, Other
8. A book involving genetics, genealogy, traits, heredity, or heritage
9. A book with a color in the title
Half of a Yellow Sun
🎭 10. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (April 1)
Planning and Completions: 11-20🌊 11. A book with a cat in the story, title or cover
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune (Jan 20)
--> MC has a cat that is with him throughout the story
12. A book published in 2023 (modified)
13. A book published the year you were born
Blindness
👻 14. A modern retelling of a classic
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Jan 8)
--> Retelling/inspired by the Jungle Book
15. A book with a song lyric as its title
16. A book where the main character's name is in the title
Anne of Green Gables
🐝 17. A book with a character who has a career or hobby that interests you
Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov (March 10)
--> The main character is a beekeeper
🎥18. A book that's been banned or challenged in any state in 2022
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews (Feb 15)
19. A book that fulfills your favorite prompt from a past challenge
20. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
Planning and Completions: 21-30 21. A book with a child protagonist
22. A book with a queer lead
23. A book with a map
✔️ 24. A book with a rabbit on the cover
Watership Down (Feb 26)
25. A book with just text on the cover
26. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
✔️ 27. A #BookTok recommendation
Lyntyven (Jan 5)
28. A book involving hope or hopepunk
29. A book involving wolves or werewolves
Sølvstrupen
✔️ 30. A book about crossing over to another world
Every Heart a Doorway (Jan 2)
(view spoiler)
Planning and Completions: 31-40 31. A book about a family
32. A book that comes out in 2023 (modified)
✔️ 33. A book about an athlete/sport
Carrie Soto Is Back (March 3)
--> Carrie Soto is a world-leading tennis player
34. A historical fiction book
✔️ 35. A book about divorce
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney (Jan 16)
🐉 36. A book involving aspects of language, linguistics, or the spoken word
Tales From Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin (March 25)
--> Magic in Earthsea is dependent on knowing and speaking the true name of things in the Old Speech
🐭 37. A book that should be read in schools (modified)
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman (March 27)
🔥 38. A reread (modified)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (April 20)
39. A book from the “100 Years of Popular Books on Goodreads” list
40. A book by an author with the same initials as you
Planning and Completions: 41-50 41. A book related to loneliness or isolation
42. A book that answers the question "What if"
43. A book that takes place entirely in one day
44. A book not set on (our) earth
45. A magical realism book
46. A book with a pet character
47. A book about a holiday that's not Christmas
48. A book that features two languages
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
49. A book by a Nobel Prize winner for literature
✔️ 50. A book with alliteration in the title The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Feb 28)
Short Story ChallengeThis year I want to read 36 pieces of short fiction that has won a major sci-fi/fantasy award (Hugo, Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy).
1. 10^16 to 1 by James Patrick Kelly (Locus 1998) --> 4 stars
2. A Small Room in Koboldtown by Michael Swanwick (Locus 2008) --> 1 star
3. Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather by Sarah Pinsker (Hugo, Nebula, Locus 2022) --> 4 stars
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If I see that I'm not going to finish, I might either allow books to count double, allow for short stories (as reading award-winning SFF short fiction is another goal I have this year), and/or continue into 2024.
Apart from having fun with my reading, the only clear goal I'm setting for this year is to have read at least one book that fits each category. So I'm tracking that in this post:
ATY tasks without a book that fits: 6/52
(view spoiler)[7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature
35. A book with a school subject in the title
39. A western
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
47. A book related to a geometric shape
51. A book published in 2023
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title (hide spoiler)]
Popsugar tasks without a book that fits: 12/50
(view spoiler)[
7. A book with "Girl" in the title
12. A book published in 2023 (modified)
13. A book published the year you were born
20. A book becoming a TV series or movie in 2023
25. A book with just text on the cover
26. The shortest book (by pages) on your TBR list
32. A book that comes out in 2023 (modified)
39. A book from the “100 Years of Popular Books on Goodreads” list
40. A book by an author with the same initials as you
43. A book that takes place entirely in one day
47. A book about a holiday that's not Christmas
49. A book of poetry or free verse (hide spoiler)]