Kate's Attempt to Make a Plan for Once

[Katie]

1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y A Wizard of Earthsea
2. A book connected to something you read in 2023 Pride and Prejudice The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list (A book in honour of Wilkie Collins) The Moonstone
4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong (friends shaking hands... really saying I love you... I watch them grow = aging) The Last Devil to Die
5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world (Singapore) The Frangipani Tree Mystery

6. A book with wings on the cover The Last Colony
7. A book with a pronoun in the title The Man Who Died Twice
8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand Gideon the Ninth
9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads The Professor

10. A history or historical fiction book The Black Kids
11. A book with an X connection Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life and Zoe's Tale
12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year Bel Canto
13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list (The Best Time Travel Books, recommended by Annalee Newitz) How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color Such a Fun Age
15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX) Young Jane Young
16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" A Furious Sky: The Five-Hundred-Year History of America's Hurricanes
17. A book involving intelligence Remarkably Bright Creatures

18. A book with a botanical cover The Berry Pickers
19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream (impretzively fudged) The Mystery Guest DNF, so trying again (Love A Fair) After I Do
20. A book with a single word title Blended and Obsessed: A Memoir of My Life with OCD
21. A book with a title containing 6+ words Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
22. A book by an author from an African country (Nigeria) The Girl with the Louding Voice

23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett A Pirate Looks at Fifty and Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple) Skyward
25. A book involving a crime other than a murder (false imprisonment) A Court of Thorns and Roses
26. A book by an author known by their initials The City of Brass The Kingdom of Copper The Empire of Gold

27. A book related to land The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
28. A book related to sea DNF The Secret Life of Lobsters( How Fishermen and Scientists Are Unraveling the Mysteries of Our Favorite Crustacean) SECRET LIFE OF LOBSTERS Paperback The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
29. A book related to air DNF It's Raining Frogs and Fishes: Four Seasons of Natural Phenomena and Oddities of the Sky Camino Winds
30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way Everyone Thinks and Feels
31. A book related to “Going for the Gold” Carrie Soto Is Back

32. A book with a number in the title Nineteen Minutes
33. A book involving travel You, with a View and James
34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs Demon Copperhead
35. A science or science fiction bookThe Woman With the Cure and The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code

36. A book featuring a character in education The English Experience
37. A book that is part of a series The Thursday Murder Club
38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1 Sula
39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2 Tar Baby

40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
41. A book with a chilling atmosphere Misery
42. A book with a sound-related word in the title Sing You Home and Sing, Unburied, Sing
43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author Fairy Tale
44. A book with a touch of magic A Witch in Time

45. A book that is not a novel Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
46. A book related to nightReason for the Darkness of the Night

47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE The Ferryman
48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt

49. A book with a senior citizen character The Bullet That Missed
50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024
51. A book published in 2024 The Women
52. A cozy mystery The Man Who Died Twice

[Katie]

I'm finding I miss doing this in order like last year. Hmmm. Might have to rethink.

[Katie]

I'll have to go back later to add links, but today I got impatient waiting for my library hold and decided on A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin for 1. title ending in A, T or Y. Feels good to have gone back to restart at the beginning. Maybe I'll overwrite the ones I already read.

[Katie]

Running list of books I'd like to slot in somewhere:

The Human Division by John Scalzi
The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai - Grumpy?
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari
Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky

[Katie]

How do y'all who do these in order deal with book club books?

[Katie]

I keep finding multiple I want to read for a single prompt and I usually finish this challenge in the summer, so I'm thinking I'll just read two if I want! I did that for the X prompt (for a different reason) but it still feels rebellious. Why do I feel this hurry?

[Katie]

Welllp, I went out of order. But with a good excuse: a library hold waitlist, on which I didn't want to return to the end. As "penance" I think I'll go back and finish the trilogy I began on my last in-order prompt.

[Katie]

Can't edit bc on the app...
40 - Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
41 - Misery by Stephen King