Sunday, December 29, 2019

52 books in 52 weeks



This challenge is hosted at Mommymannegren and is similar to the Goodreads Around the Year in 52 Books.  Just a different set of prompts with some overlap. There is a Facebook group to join for discussion and idea sharing.


Challenge topics




My Selections:   


  1. A book with the letter “W” in the title-  DONE
  2. A hardcover DONE 
  3. By an indigenous author-  plan to read There, There by Tommy Orange
  4. Set in winter DONE
  5. A character who is a senior  DONE
  6. Written in the 1970’s DONE
    1. An author local to you DONE
    2.  Orange on the cover DONE
    3. Set in space  DONE
    4. A bestseller  DONE
    5. A book that leaves you thinking  DONE
    6. A “guilty pleasure”-  DONE
    7. Written by a female author  DONE
    8. Book in a series-  DONE
    9.  Book with romance DONE
    10.  Borrowed from a friend DONE
    11.  Written by more than one author- DONE
    12. Published in 2020 DONE
    13. A Stephen King novel: DONE
    14. An author whose last name starts with the same initial as yours DONE
    15. Written by a blogger or journalist DONE
    16. A character that frustrates you DONE
    17. Title beginning with A  DONE
    18. Title beginning with B DONE
    19. Title beginning with C DONE
    20. A strong “friendship” theme DONE
    21. A comic book DONE
    22. Literary Fiction  DONE
    23.  An award-winning novel DONE
    24. A book with recipes inside-DONE
    25. A book featuring royalty- DONE
    26.  A spy novel DONE
    27. A book containing poetry   DONE
    28. A book with illustrations  DONE
    29. An author’s debut book DONE
    30. Written in first person   DONE 
    31. A book featuring the medical profession DONE
    32. Set in the future DONE
    33. A book used in a celebrity book club DONE
    34. A book on the Mensa reading list for grades 9-12  DONE
    35. Published when you were 20 plan to read Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
    36. Reuse a prompt from a past year "A Plant on the Cover"  DONE
    37. Set in a country you’ve never visited before DONE
    38. “Recommended” to you by Amazon DONE
    39. A book that cost you less than $5  DONE 
    40. By an author used in an earlier category DONE
    41. Story takes place on a form of transportation DONE
    42. Character who wears glasses DONE
    43. About a World Leader  DONE
    44. An author you previously disliked-  DONE
    45. A genre you don’t normally care for- DONE
    46. A book with a Foreword-  DONE






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    Saturday, December 28, 2019

    Around the Year in 52 Books

    These last few challenges I am participating in are more detailed in their construction.  These all have very specific prompts to read books representing them.



    This first one is hosted on Goodreads.  As the name implies it involves reading 52 books.  You do not have to read them in the order of the prompts, but you do need to maintain the order for track8ng and referring to the prompts.

    The group discussion can be found here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/20777969

    The prompts are:

    1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y                            Read:  Eggs on Ice by Laura Childs comp 1/2/20 blog review

    2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable  
                             
    Read:  This is going to Hurt: The Secret Diaries of a Medical Resident by Adam Kay 4/20/20
                                           blog post and Goodreads Review

     3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
       Read:     The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware 8/25/20 blog post and Goodreads Review

     4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
        Read:  The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff  ;   1/7/20 blog  post and Goodreads review
                
    5. The first book in a series that you have not started 
         Read:  Dogs Don't Lie by Lisa Shay 3/27/20; blog post and Goodreads review

     6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
      Read: Stealth by Stuart Woods 1/27/20 blog post and Goodreads review

    7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
    Read:  Cabs, Cakes and Corpses by Jennifer Joy 7/22/20 blog post and Goodreads Review

     8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
      Read:  The Masterpiece by Fiona Davis 5/22/20 blog post and Goodreads Review

     9. A book that can be read in a day   Read: Three Widows and a Corpse by Debra Sennefelder  comp 1/3/20 blog review

     10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
     Read:   Ninth House  by Leigh Bardugo 5/24/20 blog post and Goodreads Review
                          
    11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
     Read: The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine 2/8/20  blog post and Goodreads review

    12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
      Read: 19th Christmas by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro comp 1/4/20  GR review

    13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge (Link)
      Read:  Kiki Lowenstein and the Purple Passion  by Joanna Campbell Slan 2/4/20  blog post and Goodreads review
                            
    14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers (link)
     Read:   The Secret History by Donna Tartt 3/27/20 blog post and Goodreads review    

     15. A book set in a global city
        Read:  Garlic &  Sapphires by Ruth Reichl  1/14/20  blog post;  goodreads review

     16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
      Read:  Toxic Toffee by Amanda Flower  2/3/20  blog post and Goodreads review

     17. A book with a neurodiverse character
         Read: Lab Girl by Hope Jahren  3/5/20 blog post and Goodreads review

    18. A book by an author you've only read once before-
     Read:  Death by Jack O'Lantern by Alexis Morgan  comp 1/10/20  blog review

    19. A fantasy book
     Read:  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis 1/30/20  blog and Goodreads review

    20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
      Read: Bookmarked for Murder by VM Burns 5/26/20   blog post and Goodreads Review

     21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1720
    Read: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil delGrasse Tyson blog post /Goodreads review

    22. A book with the major theme of survival
    Read:   Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano 2/27/20  blog post and Goodreads review
                   
    23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
    Read:   Swipe Right for Murder by Derek Milman 3/18/20; blog post and Goodreads  review

     24. A book with an emotion in the title
    Read:   Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson 3/31/20; blog post and Goodreads review
                          
    25. A book related to the arts
    Read:   From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg; blog /Goodreads 
                              
    26. A book from the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards
     Read: Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner 2/17/20 blog post and Goodreads review

     27. A history or historical fiction
                              IDEAS:  Wizard by  Marc J Seifer;  The Paris Architect by Charles Belfour
     Read: The Opium Lord's Daughter by Robert Wang 5/4/20 blog post and Goodreads Review

     28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
     Read: Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty 2/4/20  blog post and Goodreads review

     29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
       Read: The Lost Letters of William Woolf by Helen Cullen 5/20/20 blog post /Goodreads Review

     30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year
                              IDEAS:  Less by Andrew Sean Greer
       Read: Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips 6/17/20 blog post and Goodreads Review

     31. A book inspired by a leading news story
     Read:  The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani 9/13/20  blog post and Goodreads Review

    32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
       Read:    Private Games by James Patterson 4/5/20  blog post and Goodreads review

     33. A book about a non-traditional family
       Read:  Normal People by Sally Rooney 1/31/20   blog post and Goodreads review

    34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name---Cozy mystery
       Read: Let's Fake a Deal  by Sherry Harris  1/16/20  blog post and Goodreads review
                  
    35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
    Read:  The Book Charmer by Karen Hawkins 5/15/20 blog post and Goodreads Review

    36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
    Read:  The Secret Box by Whitaker Ringwald 11/14/20 blog post and Goodreads Review

     37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1
       Read: Winter in Paradise by Elin Hildebrand 3/9/20 blog post and Goodreads review
                        

    38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2
        Read:  Under a Summer Sky by Nan Rossiter 8/24/20 blog post and Goodreads Review 

     39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
       Read:  Aunty Lee's Delights by Ovidia Yu 8/5/20  blog post and Goodreads Review

    40. A book with a place name in the title
           Read: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie  2/19/20 blog post / Goodreads review
                    
    41. A mystery
           Read: An Appetite for Murder by Lucy Burdette  2/10/20 blog post and Goodreads review
                       
    42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’ (link)
       Read:    Orphan, Monster Spy by Matt Killeen 5/25/20  blog post and Goodreads Review
                    
    43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
                              IDEAS: Code Talkers by Chester Nez;  The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff
         Read:  Shell Game by Sara Paretsky 4/29/20 blog post and Goodreads Review

     44. A book related to witches
      Read: Cyrus Longbones and the Curse of the Sea Zombie by Jeremy Mathiesen  blog / Goodreads 
        
    45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
        Read:  Someone We Know by Shari Lapena 2/12/20 blog post and Goodreads review
                 
    46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the 
    Fire"
       Read:  The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal 9/19/20 blog post and Goodreads Review

     47. A classic book you've always meant to read 
      Read:   I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 10/5/20 blog post and Goodreads 

     48. A book published in 2020
      Read:  Treason by Stuart Woods  2/11/20  blog post and Goodreads review

    49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win (link)
     Read:  Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry by Mary Higgins Clark 2/23/20 blog/ Goodreads review

     50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
       Read  The Medical Examiner by James Patterson 1/25/20   blog post and Goodreads review

     51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
        Read    Hitting the Books by Jenn McKinlay 4/7/20 blog post and Goodreads review

    52. A book related to time
                              IDEAS:  Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engel;   
                                             The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger;   
                                             The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton

        Read   Greenwood by Michael Christie 10/21/20 blog post and Goodreads Review
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    #CalendarOfCrime2020




    The Calendar of Crime challenge is being hosted over on myreadersblock.    It is a fun challenge based on reading mysteries that follow prompts for the calendar.   You do not have to read the books in the month of the prompt, just read 12 books covering the prompts through the year.

    The challenge runs Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2020.   See the blog post for all the details and to sign up





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