❤️ Barb S's 2024 ATY in 52 Books Plan

[Barbara]

51/52
✅ 1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y: The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 2. A book connected to something you read in 2023: The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list [2023 Goodreads nominee]: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong: You, Me, and the Colors of Life by Noa C. Walker ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 6. A book with wings on the cover: River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 7. A book with a pronoun in the title: She's a Badass: Women in Rock Shaping Feminism by Katherine Yeske Taylor ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand: Cut and Thirst by Margaret Atwood ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads: Study in Hysteria by Kathleen Collins ⭐⭐⭐
✅ 10. A history or historical fiction book: The Lindbergh Nanny by Mariah Fredericks ⭐⭐⭐
✅ 11. A book with an X connection: XOXO by Axie Oh ⭐⭐⭐
✅ 12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year: Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color: Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX): The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs": The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 17. A book involving intelligence: Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 18. A book with a botanical cover: Weyward by Emilia Hart ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream: Chocolat by Joanne Harris ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 20. A book with a single word title: Becoming by Michelle Obama ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 21. A book with a title containing 6+ words: Women in White Coats: How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine by Olivia Campbell ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 22. A book by an author from an African country: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith ⭐⭐⭐
✅ 23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett: Don’t Forget to Write by Sara Goodman Confino ⭐⭐⭐+
✅ 24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple): Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand ⭐⭐⭐
✅ 25. A book involving a crime other than a murder: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 26. A book by an author known by their initials: The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune ⭐⭐⭐
✅ 27. A book related to land: The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 28. A book related to sea: The Wedding People by Alison Espach ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 29. A book related to air: A Pair of Wings by Carole Hopson ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea: Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 31. A book related to “Going for the Gold”: Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks by Stephen Davis ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 32. A book with a number in the title: Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain, eds. ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 33. A book involving travel: Amelia's Shadow by Marie Benedict ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs: (Doc) King: A Life by Jonathan Eig ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 35. A science or science fiction book: Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 36. A book featuring a character in education: Winter Storms by Elin Hilderbrand ⭐⭐⭐
✅ 37. A book that is part of a series: Winter Solstice by Elin Hilderbrand ⭐⭐⭐
✅ 38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
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✅ 39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2: Ajax Penumbra 1969 by Robin Sloan
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✅ 40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover: West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 41. A book with a chilling atmosphere: Last Night by Luanne Rice ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 42. A book with a sound-related word in the title: If I Don't Laugh, I'll Cry: How Death, Debt, and Comedy Led to a Life of Faith, Farming, and Forgetting What I Came into This Room For by Molly Stillman ⭐⭐⭐⭐
43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author: Fairy Tale by Stephen King
✅ 44. A book with a touch of magic: Emerald Ice: Selected Poems, 1962-1987 by Diane Wakoski ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 45. A book that is not a novel: My Name is Barbra by Barbra Streisand ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 46. A book related to night: The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE: The Women by Kristin Hannah ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt: The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou (prompt 45, a book that is not a novel) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 49. A book with a senior citizen character: Winter Stroll by Elin Hilderbrand ⭐⭐⭐
✅ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024: The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 51. A book published in 2024: The Mayor of Maxwell Street by Avery Cunningham ⭐⭐⭐⭐
✅ 52. A cozy mystery: The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie ⭐⭐⭐⭐

[Ellie]

Hi Barb, did you get this group mixed up with The 52 Book Club? Or are you doing both challenges?https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

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