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message 1: by Claire (last edited Jan 19, 2018 02:28PM) (new)

Claire  | 52 comments Read: 13/52
1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
The American Boy
2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)


4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...)
The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card

5. A book about or inspired by real events

6. A book originally written in a language other than English
The Same River Jaan Kaplinski
7. A gothic novel
The Woman in White Wilkie Collins
8. An "own voices" book*

9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
Conversations with Friends Sally Rooney
11. A literary fiction Lolita Vladimir Nabokov
12. A book set in Africa or South America
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
16. A narrative nonfiction
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
18. A book with a location in the title
19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends
21. A book written in first person perspective
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for
23. A medical or legal thriller
24. A book with a map
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
26. A book with a text only cover

27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
30. A short book
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
32. An alternate history book
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link)
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link)
35. A book featuring a murder
36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee (link1, link2)
38. A science book or a science fiction book
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list (link)
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
44. A ghost story
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth)
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (link)
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)
51. An award-winning short story or short story collection
52. A book published in 2018

List created by the group members, after suggestions and votes. Thanks to all!

*an own voice novel is a book about marginalised protagonists (by ethnic group, religion, sexual orientation, mental illness, etc) written by an author who shares that same identity.


message 2: by Claire (last edited Jan 12, 2018 09:28AM) (new)

Claire  | 52 comments 1
Task 13. Identical Identical by Ellen Hopkins by Ellen Hopkins read 2//1/2017

2. Task 26
A book with a text only cover
The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Writings The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Writings by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Perkins Gilman Pages: 384 p. Date red:1/1/2018

3: task 35.
Onland Onland by Arnaldur Indriðason Arnaldur Indriðason
Pages:256 p. Date read:3/1/2018 Rating: 4 stars

4 task 9 A book with a body part in the title

The Death's Head Chess Club The Death's Head Chess Club by John Donoghue John Donoghue
Pages: 401 p. Read: 4/1/2018 Rating 4 stars

5. Task 41 : 41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson Mark Manson
Pages:224 p. Read:6/1/2018 Rating 2 stars

6, task 18. A book with a location in the title
Munich by Robert Harris Munich Robert Harris
Pages: 352 p. Date read:6/1/2018 Rating: 4 stars

7. task 36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before
Luck, Love & Lemon Pie Luck, Love & Lemon Pie by Amy E. Reichert Amy E. Reichert
Pages: 320 p. Date read: 7/1/2018 Rating:3 stars

8. Task 47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
Timekeeper (Timekeeper, #1) by Tara Sim Timekeeper Tara Sim
Pages: 414 p. Date read:8/1/2018 Rating:4 stars

9. Task 50. 0. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer
The Little Book of Lykke: The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People The Little Book of Lykke The Danish Search for the World's Happiest People by Meik Wiking Meik Wiking
Pages:288 p. Date read: 11/1/2018 Rating:4 stars

10.task 3.A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards (link)
Norse Mythology Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman
Pages:304 p.Date reead:12/1/2018 Rating:4 stars


message 3: by Claire (last edited Jan 19, 2018 02:26PM) (new)

Claire  | 52 comments 11. Task 8: An own voices book
book:Their Eyes Were Watching God|6522048] Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Zora Neale Hurston
Pages: 256 p.Date read:13/1/2018 Rating:5 stars

12. Task 39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
book:Confessions of a Funeral Director: How the Business of Death Saved My Life|35216004] Confessions of a Funeral Director How the Business of Death Saved My Life by Caleb Wilde Caleb Wilde Pages: 208 p. Date read: 14/1/2018 Rating:4 stars

13. Task 52. A book published in 2018

The Chalk Man The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor C.J. Tudor Pages: 288 p. Date read: 17/1/2018 Rating:4 stars


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