⭐️ Tracy S.'s Plans to Enjoy More Books in 2024 - ATY52_Yr 3

[Tracy]

THE 52 TOPICS OF THE 2024 ATY READING CHALLENGE
(completed 11.24.2024)
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✅ 1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 2. A book connected to something you read in 2023
One Two Three by Laurie Frankel ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel)
✅ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
(A biography, autobiography, or memoir)
✅ 4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
(friends shaking hands)
✅ 5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world
The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Istanbul)

✅ 6. A book with wings on the cover
When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (angel wings)

✅ 7. A book with a pronoun in the title
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (French Canadian)
✅9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning by Kieran Goddard ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(90 at time of reading)

✅ 10. A history or historical fiction book
Santa Barbara's Royal Rancho by Walker A. Tompkins ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 11. A book with an X connection
Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future by Pete Buttigieg ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Author is "ex"-mayor of South Bend, IN)
✅ 12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year
Entangled Life: The Illustrated Edition: How Fungi Make Our Worlds by Merlin Sheldrake ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list
Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage by Rachel E. Gross ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Literary Science list)

✅ 14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX)
Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family
by Rowan Jette Knox ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 (x & j)
✅ 16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
Starter Villain by John Scalzi ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✅ 17. A book involving intelligence
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 (Artificial Intelligence)

✅ 18. A book with a botanical cover
Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden by Camille T. Dungy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

✅ 19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(Flavor: Coffee Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz)
✅ 20. A book with a single word title
Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 21. A book with a title containing 6+ words
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 22. A book by an author from an African country
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Nigerian)

✅ 23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett
My Name Is Barbra by Barbra Streisand ⭐️⭐️.5 (singer of ballads) Audio
✅ 24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple)
Burn the Page: A True Story of Torching Doubts, Blazing Trails, and Igniting Change by Danica Roem ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (orange cover)

✅ 25. A book involving a crime other than a murder
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 (plagiarism, theft, fraud)
✅ 26. A book by an author known by their initials
Quantum Radio by A.G. Riddle ⭐️⭐️⭐️

✅ 27. A book related to land
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 28. A book related to sea
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 29. A book related to air
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 (airplane crash)
✅ 30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea
The Caliph's House by Tahir Shah⭐️⭐️⭐️ Morocco
✅ 31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”
Going Zero by Anthony McCarten ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
"going" in title, and MC in contest to win $3M

✅ 32. A book with a number in the title
Table for Two by Amor Towles ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
✅ 33. A book involving travel
Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure by Monisah Rajesh ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
✅ 34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (introvert - Bashful)
✅ 35. A science or science fiction book
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
(content 5⭐️, reading experience drops it a bit) (science)

✅ 36. A book featuring a character in education
Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 37. A book that is part of a series
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(#1, Wayfarer's series)
✅ 38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1
Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 typewriter main focus

✅ 39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2
Olivetti by Allie Millington ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ typewriter main focus


✅ 40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover
Open Throat by Henry Hoke ⭐️⭐️ (mountain lion)
✅ 41. A book with a chilling atmosphere
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (a murder in Iceland)
✅ 42. A book with a sound-related word in the title
When All Is Said by Anne Griffin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Said)
✅ 43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 44. A book with a touch of magic
Forever by Pete Hamill ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 (Immortality)

✅ 45. A book that is not a novel
Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems by Nikki Giovanni ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Poetry)
✅ 46. A book related to night
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
✅ 47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE
The Every by Dave Eggers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
Still Life by Sarah Winman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
(#30 - set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea - Italy)


✅ 49. A book with a senior citizen character
The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (Nana Reja)
✅ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
The Winners by Fredrik Backman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅ 51. A book published in 2024
Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel by The Authors Guild - 36 authors
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (pub'd 2/6/24)
✅ 52. A cozy mystery
The Librarian's Vampire Assistant by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Tracy]

2023 ATY52 Reading List — plus reading history links from before that

[Tracy]

2024 BOOKS BY RATING (not all counted for prompts)

ADD ALSO READS!!!

5 STARS
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage by Rachel E. Gross
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers (not for ATY52)
The Winners by Fredrik Backman
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild
Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design
by Charles Montgomery
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley (not for ATY52 - originally was one of pair for Similar Covers but other book was a dud and had to rechoose)
One Two Three by Laurie Frankel
How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Still Life by Sarah Winman
The Every by Dave Eggers
Entangled Life: The Illustrated Edition: How Fungi Make Our Worlds by Merlin Sheldrake
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate (not for ATY52)
     (read years ago with main book group, re-"read" in audio for MCS book group)
Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future by Pete Buttigieg
Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
     by Gabrielle Stanley Blair (not for ATY52)

4.5 STARS
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (not for ATY52)
Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club by J. Ryan Stradal
Going Zero by Anthony McCarten
The Women by Kristin Hanna, Audio - (not for ATY52)
The Truths We Hold: an American Journey by Kamala Harris
On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service by Anthony Fauci, MD
     (Audio — not for ATY52)
Table for Two by Amor Towles
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
     by Caroline Criado Pérez
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
Love Lives Here: A Story of Thriving in a Transgender Family
     by Rowan Jette Knox

4 STARS
Santa Barbara's Royal Rancho by Walker A. Tompkins
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette
An Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine
Soil by Camille T. Dungy
The Architect's Apprentice by Elif Shafak
Fourteen Days: A Collaborative Novel by The Authors Guild - 36 Authors
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden’s Syndrome (Prequel to Lock In) by John Scalzi (not for ATY52)
I See Buildlings Fall Like Lightining by Keiran Goddard
When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
Burn the Page: A True Story of Torching Doubts, Blazing Trails, and Igniting Change by Danica Roem
The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia
The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers
Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer
Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
When All is Said by Anne Griffin
Olivetti by Allie Millington
Before Her (The One #1) by Jacqueline Woodson (not for ATY52)
Parable (The One #2) by Jess Walter (not for ATY52)
Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales      Executive, and an Unlikely Meetings with Destiny
     by Laura Schroff & Alex Tresniowski (not for ATY52)
Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not-Quite Poems by Nikki Giovanni

3.5 STARS
Around the World in 80 Trains: A 45,000-Mile Adventure by Monisha Rajesh
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries #1) by Martha Wells
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Forever by Pete Hamill


3 STARS
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage (not for ATY52)
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Lovers at the Museum by Isabel Allende (not for ATY52)
Quantum Radio by A.G. Riddle
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
The Caliph's House by Tahir Shah
The Librarian's Vampire Assistant by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Things My Son Needs to Know About the World by Fredrik Backman
     (Audio — not for ATY52)
The Visit (Black Stars, #1) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (not for ATY52)


2.5 STARS
My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand (audio)
Natural Selection: short story by Elin Hilderbrand (not for ATY52)

2 STARS
Open Throat by Henry Hoke

Unrated
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (not for ATY52)
     (unrated because the writing was fine, just not a story that interested me)

DNF
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez (not for ATY52) (YA that was written in a very shallow way - boring. Chose by book club member who ended up not liking it either)
Pageboy by Elliot Page (not for ATY52) (Tried listening to audio. Author/autobiographer did not sound interested in their own story, and wasn't learning anything from this telling. Felt like author wrote book because they felt they "should" rather than that they "wanted to".)
Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin (not for ATY52) (The language was difficult to understand - maybe was part of current events at the time written? - and I wasn't getting the experience I hoped for. Will try one of his novels in the future)