Tessa's 2024 ATY Challenge

[Book Concierge]

I'll post what books I read each month, along with the prompts that are covered by that book.

52 / 52 completed

✔ 01. Title that ENDS in A T or Y
✔ 02. Book connected to something you read in 2023
✔ 03. Fits a suggestion that didn't make the final list
✔ 04. Related to lyrics of What A Wonderful World
✔ 05. Set in One of 25 most beautiful cities in the world
✔ 06. Wings on cover
✔ 07. Pronoun in title
✔ 08. Author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand
✔ 09. Fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads
✔ 10. History or Historical fiction

✔ 11. X connection (#16)
✔ 12. On my TBR > 1 year
✔ 13. On one of the Five Books list
✔ 14. MC is BIPOC
✔ 15. Author name incl at least one of J Q Z X
✔ 16. Related to phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs"
✔ 17. Involving intelligence
✔ 18. Botanical cover
✔ 19. Connected to flavors of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
✔ 20. Single word title

✔ 21. Title of 6 or more words
✔ 22. Author from an African country
✔ 23. Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads or Jimmy Buffet
✔ 24. Secondary color COVER (Orange, purple, green)
✔ 25. Crime OTHER than murder
✔ 26. Author known by initials
✔ 27. THREE books related to land, sea air - LAND
✔ 28. THREE books related to land, sea air - SEA
✔ 29. THREE books related to land, sea air - AIR
✔ 30. Set in Country bordering the Mediterranean sea

✔ 31. Related to "Going for the Gold"
✔ 32. Book with a number in the title
✔ 33. Involving travel
✔ 34. Related to name of a dwarf in Snow White & Seven Dwarfs
✔ 35. Science or Science fiction
✔ 36. Featuring a character in education
✔ 37. Part of a series
✔ 38. TWO books with similar covers - book 1
✔ 39. TWO books with similar covers - book 2
✔ 40. involving Wild animal or endangered species

✔ 41. Chilling atmosphere (scary or winter)
✔ 42. Sound-related word in title
✔ 43. Edgar-winning author
✔ 44. Touch of Magic
✔ 45. NOT a novel
✔ 46. Related to night
✔ 47. Two-word title: "THE ____"
✔ 48. Second book that fits my favorite prompt
✔ 49. Featuring a senior citizen
✔ 50. Book in ATY Best book of Month 2023 or 2024
✔ 51. Book published in 2024
✔ 52. Cozy Mystery

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January

40. Involving a wild animal - Grizzly bear - The Bear's Embrace ✔ – 03Jan24

38. TWO books with similar covers: Book # 1 - color, slanted print of title, lone woman with black hair - ✔ – 04Jan24

14. MC is a BIPOC - Belle is African American - The Personal Librarian ✔ – 10Jan24

28. Three books related to land, sea, air: SEA - Sea on cover - ✔ – 12Jan24

27. Three books related to land, sea, air: AIR - clouds / sky / airplane - ✔4 – 17Jan24

10. A History or Historical Fiction book - Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty ✔ – 18Jan24

50. Book from the ATY Best Book of the Month 2023 - # 34 on the list for 2023 - The Covenant of Water ✔ – 18Jan24

25. Involving a crime other than murder - MC convicted and confined to house arrest due to "indecent behavior" - Ms. Demeanor: A Novel ✔ – 23Jan24

8. Author from Canada, Australia, or New Zealand - Australia - Kerry Greenwood / Ruddy Gore ✔ – 25Jan24

45. NOT a novel - autobio / memoir - First Gen ✔ – 26Jan24

6. Wings on the cover - Duck flying on the left - ✔ – 27Jan24

12. On my TBR for over 1 year - first added, Feb 2022 - The Christie Affair ✔ – 27Jan24

2. Connected to something I read in 2023 - Read Royal Flush in July 2023 - Royal Blood ✔ – 30Jan24

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February


4. Related to lyrics of What a Wonderful World - "saying I LOVE you - Into Love and Out Again ✔ – 03Feb24

1. Title ends in A T or Y - T - This Time Will Be Different ✔ – 05Feb24

15. Author name includes at least one of J Q X Z - J - Beverly Jenkins / Rebel ✔ – 06Feb24

37. Part of a series - Mrs Jeffries # 5 - Mrs. Jeffries on the Ball ✔ – 10Feb24

36. Featuring a character in education - MC Lara Jean is a student - To All the Boys I've Loved Before ✔ – 11Feb24

41. Chilling atmosphere - Post-apocalyptic scenario - Leave the World Behind ✔ – 15Feb24

11. X connection - Title - The Poet X ✔ – 17Feb24

43. Featuring a senior citizen - grandfather is a main character - A Hundred Flowers ✔ – 22Feb24

3. Fits a suggestion that didn't make the final list - "Body part in title - Take My Hand ✔ – 22Feb24

21. Title of 6 or more words - 6 words - Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder ✔ – 24Feb24

17. Involving intelligence - Espionage and secret coded messages during Civil War - A Hope Divided ✔ – 26Feb24

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March


42. Sound-related word in title - "Silence" the absence of sound - The Silence Between Us ✔ – 01Mar24

13. On a five-books list - Best of black queer writers - Alice Walker / The Color Purple ✔ – 06Mar24

30. Set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea - Turkey - The Oracle of Stamboul ✔ – 07Mar24

32. Book with a number in the title - one hundred - One Hundred Saturdays ✔ – 07Mar24

7. Pronoun in the title - Me - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl ✔ – 11Mar24

24. Secondary color on cover - purple - ✔ – 12Mar24

33. Involving travel - Auth traveled to Rome for a year of study - Four Seasons in Rome ✔ – 15Mar24

34. Related to the name of one of the dwarfs in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Doc - mc is seriously ill and her mother is a physician - Everything, Everything ✔ – 16Mar24

25. Set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world - San Francisco - China Dolls ✔ – 16Mar24

20. Single word title - Nerve ✔ – 21Mar24

27. Three Books related to Land, Sea, Air - Land - farmer during dust bowl of great depression - Out Of The Dust ✔ – 23Mar24

46. Related to night - word in title - Good Night, Irene ✔ – 26Mar24

39. Two books with similar covers, book 2 - cover color, slanted print of title, lone woman with black hair - ✔ – 30Mar24

18. Botanical cover - plants, flowers on cover - ✔ – 31Mar24

44. A touch of magic - ESP? visions of future - Instructions for Dancing ✔ – 31Mar24

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April


43. By an Edgar-award-winning author - Stabenow won in 1993 for Best Original Paperback - A Fatal Thaw ✔ – 01Apr24

09. Fewer than 2024 ratings on GoodReads - 597 ratings when I picked it - The Hive and the Honey: Stories ✔ – 06Apr24

49. A second book that fits my favorite prompt - #41. A book with a chilling atmosphere - Free Fire ✔ – 08Apr24

26. An Author known by initials - A.J. Pearce / Yours Cheerfully ✔ – 13Apr24

51. A book published in 2024 - First pub'd 30Jan24 - The Queen of Sugar Hill ✔ – 20Apr24

47. A book with a two-word title beginning with "THE ____" - The Tunnels ✔ – 25Apr24

35. A Science or SCIENCE FICTION book - All Systems Red✔ – 27Apr24
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May


19. Connected to the flavors of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. - I chose Cherry Garcia, and Wisconsin's Door County is KNOWN for its cherries! - A Death in Door County ✔ – 02May24

52. A cozy mystery - Carrot Cake Murder ✔ – 03May24

16. Related to the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs" - ✔ – 18May24
Dog on cover AND this quote: pg 50 "Or what would be the sunset if it weren't raining cats and dogs."

31. Related to "Going for the Gold" - The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride ✔ – 29May24
They bury a chest of gold pieces, and some time later a party goes in search of and finds it. (Returning the gold to the descendants of those who buried it.)

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June

None that fit

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July

22. A book by an author from an African country - Imbolo Mbue / Behold the Dreamers ✔ – 26July24
Mbue is a native of Limbe, Cameroon.

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August

23. Related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads or Jimmy Buffet - A Slow Fire Burning ✔ – 07Aug24
The murder takes place on a boat; a major character lives on a boat.

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CHALLENGE COMPLETED ✔ – 07Aug24