❤️ Barb S's 2024 ATY in 52 Books Summer Reading Challenge Plan

[Barbara]

JUNE ✅ COMPLETED

1. National Ballpoint Pen Day
✅ a. A book with a writing utensil on the cover: Educated by Tara Westover

✅ b. a book written under a pen name: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

✅ c. A book about a writer, bookseller, or librarian: The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer


2. National Prune Day
a. A book written by someone over the age of 60
✅b. A book with more than 400 pages: Table for Two by Amor Towles

✅ c. A book with purple on the cover: She's Not Sorry by Mary Kubica


3. Let's Catch a Movie
✅ a. Author's initials can be found in BLOCKBUSTER FILM: Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith

✅b. A book that has been adapted into a movie or series: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

c. A book published in the last two years

4. Happy Birthday, Paul Gaugin
a. A book with at least 4 colors on the cover
✅b. A translated book: Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv by Andrey Kurkov

✅ c. A book with a seven in the page count:The Book of George by Kate Greathead


JULY

1. Happy birthday, Satchel Paige
✅ a. A book whose author's initials appear in CURVEBALL: Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima

✅ b. A book featuring a sport: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

✅ c. A book with a black main character: Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance by Simone Biles


2. The Apollo Moon Landing
a. A book set in space
✅ b. A book with the moon on the cover: Temple Folk by Aaliyah Bilal

c. A book published in the 1960s

3. Let's Go on a Hike
✅ a. A book with a cover of a nature scene without people: The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng

b. A book set in a rural area
✅ c. A book with an element of survival: Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer


4. Dog Days of Summer
a. A book with a dog on the cover
✅ b. A book with a hot setting: Broken Bayou by Jennifer Moorhead

✅ c. An author's first book: Pageboy by Elliot Page



AUGUST
1. The Destruction of Pompeii
✅ a. A book featuring an ancient civilization: Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati

✅ b. A book with red on the cover: True Biz by Sara Nović

✅ c. A book set in a city: The Lotus Shoes by Jane Yang


2. Vacation Time
✅ a. A book you've been meaning to read: Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

b. A book by a favorite author:
✅ c. A book set somewhere you would like to visit: Katharine Parr: The Sixth Wife by Alison Weir


3. Let's Play a Game
✅ a. A book with multiple points of view: The Briar Club by Kate Quinn

✅ b. A book by an author whose initials appear in SCRABBLE: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan

✅ c. A book in a series: Curvy Girls Can't Date Quarterbacks by Kelsie Stelting


4. Back to School Sales
a. A book borrowed from the library:
✅ b. A nonfiction book: Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You: A Memoir by Lucinda Williams

✅ c. A book with a character in an educational setting: With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo