Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Because I am a little crazy and must have time I my hands that I don't know about, I am going to do two other challenges besides ATY. So here we go!

Modern Mrs. Darcy - Read for fun
✔A book you chose for the cover: The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
✔ A book with a reputation for being un-put-down-able: The Nix by Nathan Hill
✔A book set somewhere you've never been but would like to visit: Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World by Anthony Doerr
✔️ A book you've already read: The Gamble
✔ A juicy memoir: Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
✔️A book about books or reading: The Futilitarians: Our Year of Thinking, Drinking, Grieving, and Reading by Anne Gisleson
✔️A book in a genre you usually avoid: Hyperion by Dan Simmons
✔️A book you don't want to admit your dying to read: Blueprints
✔A book in the backlist of a new favorite author: Italian for Beginners by Kristin Harmel
✔ A book recommended by someone with great taste: The Mothers by Brit Bennett
✔️A book you were excited to to buy or borrow but haven't read yet: The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan
✔A book about a topic or subject you already love: The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America by Michael Ruhlman

Jill's 2017 Popsugar Reading Challengr
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✔️ A book recommended by a librarian - We Need New Names
✔A book that has been on your TBR list for way too long - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
✔️A book of letters - The Second Mrs. Hockaday
✔ An audiobook - Someone Else's Love Story
✔A book by a person of color - Another Brooklyn
✔ A book with one of the four seasons in the title -The Winter People
✔A book that is a story within a story - The Eyre Affair
✔️A book with multiple authors - My Life in France
✔️An espionage thriller - The Invisible Library
✔️A book with a cat on the cover - The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
✔ A book by an author who uses a pseudonym- Echoes in Death
✔️A bestseller from a genre you don't normally read - Hyperion
✔️A book by or about a person who has a disability - Know the Night: A Memoir of Survival in the Small Hours
✔️A book involving travel - At Home in the World: Reflections on Belonging While Wandering the Globe
✔A book with a subtitle - The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly: A Physician's First Year
✔️ A book published in 2017 - Do Not Become Alarmed
✔️ A book involving a mythical creature - The Golem and the Jinni
✔️ A book you've read before that never fails to make you smile - The Gamble
✔A book about food - The School of Essential Ingredients
✔️A book with career advice - Mistakes I Made at Work: 25 Influential Women Reflect on What They Got Out of Getting It Wrong
✔ A book from a nonhuman perspective - A Dog's Purpose
✔️A steampunk novel - Soulless
✔ A book with a red spine - The Swans of Fifth Avenue
✔️A book set in the wilderness - The Snow Child
✔A book you loved as a child - Anne of Green Gables
✔️A book by an author from a country you've never visited - In the Shadow of the Banyan
✔️A book with a title that's a characters name - LaRose
✔A novel set during wartime - Everyone Brave is Forgiven
✔️A book with an unreliable narrator - Elizabeth Is Missing
✔ A book with pictures - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
✔ A book where the main character is a different ethnicity than you - Small Great Things
✔A book about an interesting woman - The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
✔A book set in two different time periods - Revolution
✔ A book with a month or day of the week in the title - Mothering Sunday
✔️A book set in a hotel - A Gentleman in Moscow
✔️A book written by someone you admire - Of Mess and Moxie: Wrangling Delight Out of This Wild and Glorious Life
✔A book that's becoming a movie in 2017 - Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race
✔️A book set around a holiday other than Christmas - Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain l Summary & Study Guide
✔The first book in a series you haven't read before - In the Woods
✔️ A book you bought on a trip - Find Her

Popsugar's Advanced Challenge List

✔A book recommended by an author you love - The Underground Railroad
✔️ A bestseller from 2016 - Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
✔️ A book with a family member term in the title - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
✔️ A book that takes place over a character's lifespan - The Signature of All Things
✔️ A book about an immigrant or refugee - Americanah
✔️ A book from a genre/sub genre you've never heard of - The Things They Carried
✔️A book with an eccentric character -The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
✔️A book that's more than 800 pages - Washington: A Life
✔A book you got from a used book sale - Seabiscuit: An American Legend
✔️A book that's been mentioned in another book- Crossing to Safety
✔️ A book about a difficult topic - Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
✔️A book based on mythology - Norse Mythology

Henrietta Lacks is amazing - great choice!

I really can't wait to read it!