Bailey’s First ATY in 52 Books Challenge -2023

[Bailey]

I was so excited to start this challenge that I’ve already finished the first prompt! I found this group when I was looking for different challenges to broaden my reading genres. I really wanted to read at least 52 books in 2022 and unfortunately did not hit that goal, so fingers crossed for 2023!

2023 Around the Year

1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y

Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel
Dec 23rd-Dec 28th 2022

"Usually I’m pretty generous when rating books but this one was so highly rated and my expectations were extremely high. I’m sure I’m not the only one but I feel like this book was all over the place but the characters went no where. I feel like, while there was an “antagonist” in the Georgia Flu and the Prophet, I feel like there was no real “plot.” I’m not sure how to explain it but this book was basically if you were to follow background characters in “The Stand.” Like, yeah they had struggles and stuff but didn’t really DO anything."

2. A book by an author you read in 2022

Reminders of Him - Colleen Hoover
Jan 13

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
6. A book where books are important
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
8. An author's debut book
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W
10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
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: Book 1
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
20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel
21. A book by an Asian diaspora author
22. A book with a faceless person on the cover
23. A book with a body of water in the title
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
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
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
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
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
43. A book that involves a murder
44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal
45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe
47. A book related to a geometric shape
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
51. A book published in 2023
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title

[Bailey]

Currently Reading:
Challenge Prompts Completed: (1/52)
Books Read:
1: Station Eleven - Emily St John Mandel