Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

ATY:The 2018 List

52/52

√1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
√2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list

Peony in Love
√3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
√4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth

Unaccustomed Earth
√5. A book about or inspired by real events

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
√6. A book originally written in a language other than English

The Vegetarian
√7. A gothic novel

We Have Always Lived in the Castle
√8. An "own voices" book*

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
√9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)

Lost Memory of Skin
√10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)

It Started With Goodbye
√11. A literary fiction

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
√12. A book set in Africa or South America

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
√13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)

One of Us Is Lying
√. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire

Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
√15. A book with an unique format/writing structure

Everything, Everything
√16. A narrative nonfiction

My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
√17. A book you expect to make you laugh

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
√18. A book with a location in the title

Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest
√19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors)

The Grownup
√20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends

I Know This Much Is True
√21. A book written in first person perspective

The Breakdown
√22. A book you have high expectations or hope for

The Complete Maus
√23. A medical or legal thriller

The Surgeon
√24. A book with a map

American War
√25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view

The Good Samaritan
√26. A book with a text only cover

Zorgamazoo
√27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)

Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz
√28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water

Into the Water
√29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)

This House is Haunted
√30. A short book

The Sun and Her Flowers
√31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to

√32. An alternate history book WILDCARD

I'm Thinking of Ending Things
or also

Dogs in the Dead of Night
√33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you ( 1975- "Date Rape" )

Rape Girl
√34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call ( a book about feminism)

We Should All Be Feminists
√35. A book featuring a murder

The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder
√36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before

2016The Smell of Other People's Houses
√37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
√38. A science book or a science fiction book

Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick
√39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title

This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
√40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
√41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials

Library of Souls
√42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater

The Voyage to Magical North
√43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence

I'm Thinking of Ending Things
√44. A ghost story

Ring
√45. A book that intimidates/ scares you

The Shining
√46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air

When Breath Becomes Air
√47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own

Embroideries
√48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (wrath)

The Dew Breaker
√49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists

Goodbye, Vitamin
√50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)

The Goldfish Boy
√51. An award-winning short story or short story collection

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
√52. A book published in 2018

Sometimes I Lie

The 2018 List: Zs Middle Grade Challenge

17/52

√1. A Book with the letters A, T, & Y in the title

Fortunately, the Milk
√2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list

Winter Pony
√3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards

Wishtree
√4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth

Treasure Island
5. A book about or inspired by real events
Misty of Chincoteague
√6. A book originally written in a language other than English

The Little Prince
7. A gothic novel
Bunnicula
8. An "own voices" book*
Salsa Stories
√9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc)

Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder
10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published)
Henry Huggins
√11. A literary fiction

The Wind in the Willows
√12. A book set in Africa or South America

Anna Hibiscus
13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc)
The Secret of the Old Clock
14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire
My Father's Dragon
√15. A book with an unique format/writing structure

The Bad Guys: Episode 4: Attack of the Zittens
16. A narrative nonfiction
Hachiko Waits
17. A book you expect to make you laugh
Dory Fantasmagory
➤18. A book with a location in the title

Island of the Blue Dolphins
➤19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author

Greenglass House
20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends ( MOM )
A Little Princess
√21. A book written in first person perspective

War Horse
22. A book you have high expectations or hope for ( she's got her eye on this one, lol)
Ella Enchanted
23. A medical or legal thriller
Harriet the Spy ( she's a detective....sort of)
24. A book with a map
Redwall
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view
The Bad Beginning
√26. A book with a text only cover

Zorgamazoo
√27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)

The Japanese Tsunami, 2011
28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water
Ninth Ward
29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench)
Coraline
30. A short book
Ramona the Pest
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
Red Scarf Girl
√32. An alternate history book

Dogs in the Dead of Night
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you ( The word is "Gamification"....meaning playing games)
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call ( A book picked off your TBR by MOM)
The Trumpet of the Swan
35. A book featuring a murder-
A Tale Dark & Grimm
√36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before

2016The Voyage to Magical North
2017The Goldfish Boy
2018My Family Divided: One Girl's Journey of Home, Loss, and Hope
37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee....used Newbery winner
The Tale of Despereaux
➤38. A science book or a science fiction book

The Giver
39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
Mr. Popper's Penguins
40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list
Little House on the Prairie
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
How to Train Your Dragon
42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence
Wayside School Is Falling Down
44. A ghost story
The Eyes of the Amaryllis
45. A book that intimidates/ scares you
Young Scrooge: A Very Scary Christmas Story
46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air
Beast Keeper
47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins ( greed)
Annie
49. A book from one of the Goodreads Best Books of the Month lists (Used GR choice awards)
Clementine, Friend of the Week
√50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer)

Roller Girl
√51. An award winning short story or short story collection

Just So Stories
➤52. A book published in 2018

Maggie & Abby's Neverending Pillow Fort

The 2018 List: Z&K's Picture Book Challenge

52/52- COMPLETED

√1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title

A Bean, a Stalk and a Boy Named Jack
√2. A book from the from the first 10 books added to your TBR

Next Time You See a Pill Bug
√3. A book from the 2017 Goodreads Choice Awards

We're All Wonders
√4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth

A Rock Is Lively
√5. A book about or inspired by real events

Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau
√6. A book originally written in a language other than English

The Story of Babar
√7. A gothic novel

The Spider and the Fly
√8. An "own voices" book

Hush! A Thai Lullaby
√9. A book with a body part in the title

Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back
√10. An author's debut book

Not Quite Narwhal
√11. A literary fiction

The Velveteen Rabbit
√12. A book set in Africa or South America

Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
√13. A book with a plot centered around a secret

Splat the Cat and the Big Secret
√14. 4 books linked by the four elements: Book #2 Fire

Rainbow Crow
√15. A book with an unique format/writing structure

Journey
√16. A narrative nonfiction

Malala's Magic Pencil
√17. A book you expect to make you laugh

The Dinosaur That Pooped A Planet!
√18. A book with a location in the title

Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm
√19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or Grand Master Author

Ghost Ship
√20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends

A Pocket for Corduroy
√21. A book written in first person perspective

My Name Is Not Isabella
√22. A book you have high expectations or hope for

Friends: True Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendships
√23.A medical or legal thriller

The Rabbit is Next
√24. A book with a map

Henry's Map
√25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view

I Am Pan!
√26. A book with a text only cover

The Book with No Pictures
√27. A book about surviving a hardship

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
√28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book#3 Water

Night Of The Moonjellies
√29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title

Pirates vs. Cowboys
√30. A short book

Goodnight Moon
√31 A book featuring a country you've never been to but would like to visit

Island: A Story of the Galápagos
√32. An alternate history book

After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again
√33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you

Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon
√34. A suggestion from the ATY 2018 polls that didn't win but was a polarizing or close call ( A book picked off our TBR by mom)

Blueberry Girl
√35 A book featuring a murder

I Want My Hat Back
√36. A book published in the last 3 years by an author you haven't read before

2016What Do You Do with a Problem?
2017The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
2018Drawn Together
√37. A Womans Prize for Fiction winner or nominee(Caldecott Medal)

Make Way for Ducklings
√38. A science book or science fiction book

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
√39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title

Oh, The Places You'll Go!
√40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list

Where the Wild Things Are
√41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials

Swimmy
√42. A book that takes place on in or under water

Baby Dolphin's First Swim
√43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence

I Like to Be Little
√44. A ghost story

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
√45. A book that intimidates/ scares you

The Tailypo: A Ghost Story
√46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air

When the Wind Stops
√47. A book where the author or main characters a different ethnic origin, religion or sexual identity than you

Brother Eagle, Sister Sky
√48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins

Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes
√49. A book from one of the Good Reads best book of the month lists ( used GR choice awards)

Julia's House for Lost Creatures
√50. A book with a warm atmosphere

Stellaluna
√51. An award-winning short story or short story collection

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
√52. A book published in 2018

A Campfire Tail

POPSUGAR 2018 Reading Challenge

38/50

√1.A book made into a movie you've already seen

The Shining
√2.True crime

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
√3. The next book in a series you've already started

The Fever Code
➤4.A book involving a heist

Six of Crows
➤5.Nordic noir

Death of a Nightingale
➤6.A novel based on a real person

Island of the Blue Dolphins
➤7.A book set in a country that fascinates you(Australia)

Force of Nature
√8.A book with a time of day in the title

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
√9.A book about a villian or antihero

The Good Samaritan
√10.A book about death or grief

When Breath Becomes Air
√11.A book with a female author who uses a male pseudonym

The Cuckoo's Calling
√12.A book with an LGBTQ+ protagonist

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
√13.A book that is also a stage play or musical

War Horse
√14.A book by an author of a different ethnicity to you

Embroideries
√15. A book about feminism

We Should All Be Feminists
√16.A book about mental health

My Lovely Wife in the Psych Ward
√17. A book you borrowed (from the library)

The Boy on the Bridge
➤18.A book by two authors

Illuminae
√19. A book about or involving a sport

Exit, Pursued by a Bear
√20.A book by a local author (Same State ...close enough)

I Know This Much Is True
➤21.A book with your favourite colour in the title

Greenglass House
√22.A book with alliteration in the title

The Wind in the Willows
√23.A book about time travel

Library of Souls
√24.A book with a weather element in the title

The Sun and Her Flowers
√25.A book set at sea

His Majesty's Dragon
√26.A book with an animal in the title

The Goldfish Boy
➤27.A book set on a different planet

Carve the Mark
√28.A book with song lyrics in the title

When the Wind Stops
❓
How to Save a Life❓
√29.A book about or set on Halloween

The Halloween Tree
➤30. A book with characters who are twins

Cutting for Stone
➤31.A book mentioned in another book ( The Mother-Daughter Book Club)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
➤32.A book from a celebrity bookclub (Oprah)

An American Marriage
√33.A childhood classic you've never read

The Little Prince
√34.A book that's published in 2018

Sometimes I Lie
√35.A past goodreads Choice Awards winner ( nominee)

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
√36.A book set in the decade you were born (1970's)

The Shining
√37. a book you meant to read in 2017 but didn't get to

Hollow City
√38. A book with an ugly cover

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
√39.A book that involves a bookstore or library

The Voyage to Magical North
√40.Your favourite prompt from the 2015, 2016 or 2017 POPSUGAR Reading Challenges ( past GR choice winner)

American War
Advanced
➤1.A bestseller from the year you graduated high school (1993)

The Giver
➤2.A cyberpunk book

Ready Player One
√3. A book that was being read by a stranger in public

Dark Places
➤4.A book tied to your ancestry(The Balkans)

The Tiger's Wife
√5.A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title

Blueberry Girl
❓
The House on Mango Street❓
√6.An allegory

➤7.A book by an author with the same first or last name as you (Tracy Chevalier)

Remarkable Creatures
√8.A microhistory

Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick
√9.A book about a problem facing society today

Rape Girl
√10. A book recommended by someone else taking the Pop Sugar Reading Challenge

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

2018 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge

22/24


√1. A book published posthumously

This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl
√2. A book of true crime

Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest
√3.A classic of genre fiction ( i.e. mystery, SFF, romance)

The Shining
√4. A comic written and drawn by the same person

The Complete Maus
√5.A book set in or about one of the five BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, or South Africa)

Peony in Love
√6.A book about nature

Island: A Story of the Galápagos
❓
Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean❓
√7.A western

Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
√8.A comic written or illustrated by a person of color

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return
√9. A book of colonial/postcolonial literature

The Dew Breaker
➤10.A romance novel by or about a person of color

To All the Boys I've Loved Before
√11. A children's classic published before 1950

The Little Prince
√12.A celebrity memoir

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
➤13.An Oprah Book Club selection

An American Marriage
√14.A book of social science

Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick
√15. A one sitting book

Milk and Honey
√16.First in a new to you YA or Middle Grade Series

The Voyage to Magical North
➤17.A sci fi novel with a female protagonist by a female author

Kindred
√18. A comic that isn't published by Marvel, DC, or Image

Roller Girl
√19. A book of genre fiction in translation (Horror)

Ring
√20.A book with a cover you hate

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
√21.A mystery by a person of color or LGBTQ+ author

The Surgeon
√22. An essay anthology

Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times
√23.A book with a female protagonist over the age of 60

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
√24.An assigned book you hated (or never finished)

Treasure Island

December

ATY
His Majesty's Dragon
Force of Nature
To All the Boys I've Loved Before

ATY Middle Grade
The Giver
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Greenglass House

Pop Sugar
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Carve the Mark
Six of Crows
Death of a Nightingale
Illuminae
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Force of Nature
Greenglass House
Cutting for Stone
How to Save a Life❓

Pop Sugar Advanced
The Giver
Ready Player One
The Tiger's Wife
Remarkable Creatures
The House on Mango Street❓

Book Riot
An American Marriage
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Kindred
√The Surgeon✭✭✭✭
Deep Blue Home: An Intimate Ecology of Our Wild Ocean❓

EYE CANDY

you have so many challenges its frightening!

Sabrina wrote: "you have so many challenges its frightening!"

Ha! I probably won't finish them all, but I'm off to a good start and its fun to try :-)

Tracy wrote: "Sabrina wrote: "you have so many challenges its frightening!"

Ha! I probably won't finish them all, but I'm off to a good start and its fun to try :-)"

I am going to just live vicariously off your many lists! I am hoping to complete Around the Year, PopSugar, and BookRiot's challenges this year, but not sure about my timeframe as so many of my books are nonfiction and longer. I love the idea of "eye candy"--that's how I end up taking home piles of library books I don't have time to read! :)

Tracy wrote: "Sabrina wrote: "you have so many challenges its frightening!"

Ha! I probably won't finish them all, but I'm off to a good start and its fun to try :-)"

haha well good luck to you bud. and i hope your girls enjoy it as much as you do

Sabrina wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Sabrina wrote: "you have so many challenges its frightening!"

Ha! I probably won't finish them all, but I'm off to a good start and its fun to try :-)"

haha well good luck to you bu..."

YESSSS!!!!! I'm on track....so far lol. Watch me tank in a few months 😩

Ellen wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Sabrina wrote: "you have so many challenges its frightening!"

Ha! I probably won't finish them all, but I'm off to a good start and its fun to try :-)"

I am going to just live vicar..."


Ellen, the eye candy is my favorite part of posting lol. I just love staring at virtual book covers 😏

Gosh, Tracy, you're plowing through! I love that you're doing a challenge with your kids! One of my daughters is also doing the AtY, and we talk books all the time.

Anna wrote: "Gosh, Tracy, you're plowing through! I love that you're doing a challenge with your kids! One of my daughters is also doing the AtY, and we talk books all the time."

Thats so great ! I saw a plan with some mother/daughter reads, is that you? I love cuddling up to read with them.

Edit: I found the mother/daughter plan and its Krissy's. I love that there are a few of us getting our daughters/sons involved😊

She's doing it independently from me, but we give each other ideas and talk about the books we're reading. 😊

January Wrap- Up

Well, the end of the month was a wash for me, I didn't quite make my goals for Pop Sugar and Book Riot, but I think I did pretty well, so I'm gonna go ahead and pat myself on the back.

I had Five 5- star reads, one was adult fiction, one middle grade, two picture books and a graphic novel.

Some of what I read was underwhelming.

On to the next month!!


ATY
√The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir✭✭✭✭
√The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo✭✭✭✭✭
√The Breakdown✭✭
√Library of Souls✭✭✭

ATY Middle Grade
√Fortunately, the Milk✭✭✭✭✭
√Winter Pony✭✭
√Wishtree✭✭✭
√Treasure Island✭✭✭✭

ATY Picture Books
√My Name Is Not Isabella✭✭✭✭
√A Bean, a Stalk and a Boy Named Jack✭✭✭
√Next Time You See a Pill Bug✭✭✭✭
√We're All Wonders✭✭✭
√The Dinosaur That Pooped A Planet!✭✭✭✭✭
√E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The Classic Illustrated Storybook✭✭✭✭✭

Pop Sugar
√The Fever Code✭✭✭
√Hollow City✭✭✭
√The Boy on the Bridge✭✭✭✭

Book Riot
√Roller Girl✭✭✭✭✭

EYE CANDY

Congrats on a prolific month! :)

Anna wrote: "Congrats on a prolific month! :)"

Thanks 😊

Wow, you and your daughters read up a storm. I'm thinking of reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Glad to see you liked it.

Kathy wrote: "Wow, you and your daughters read up a storm. I'm thinking of reading The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Glad to see you liked it."

Evelyn Hugo was soooo good, I wasn't expecting to even like it. I would definitely recommend giving it a try.

The girls have to read every night for homework, so they actually read even more than whats shown here. I'm really proud of them :-)

February

alrighty then.....I didn't get much done this month😩

ATY
√Survivors Club: The True Story of a Very Young Prisoner of Auschwitz✭✭✭✭✭
√The Sun and Her Flowers✭✭✭✭

Pop Sugar Advanced
√Dark Places✭✭✭✭

Book Riot
√This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl✭✭✭
√Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest✭✭
√Milk and Honey✭✭✭✭

EYE CANDY

I loved both of Rupi Kaur's books. They were so emotional.

You did great! I don't know how you read so many side reads... I feel guilty if I'm not applying the books I'm reading to a challenge 😂.

Emily wrote: "You did great! I don't know how you read so many side reads... I feel guilty if I'm not applying the books I'm reading to a challenge 😂."

I read one of them for the read-a-thon, one because it only took me an hour and the other for another book group here.

The fact that I read absolutely NOTHING for ATY is just causing me stress right now. I'm reading The Shining for PopSugar but thinking about using it for the ghost prompt just to get my numbers up a little. Actually if I really wanted to I could use a few of these towards ATY but I like my plan and I really don't want to change it. If I can have another few months like January, I'll be all set. This past month was a nightmare at work and at home so I'm honestly surprised I read anything at all.

Kathy wrote: "I loved both of Rupi Kaur's books. They were so emotional."

Milk and Honey was really difficult for me to read emotionally, I found The Sun and Her Flowers MUCH easier.

Mostly 4 and 5 stars, not bad...

I've been meaning to read something by Kaur! I Read only one book through all of March, and abandoned a few more. Hope we get our reading lives back under control soon. ;)

MJ wrote: "I've been meaning to read something by Kaur! I Read only one book through all of March, and abandoned a few more. Hope we get our reading lives back under control soon. ;)"

Im making progress, I finished The Shining and I'm about 90% done with I Know This Much Is True, so I'm feeling pretty good that this will be a better reading month :-)

Kaurs books take about an hour to read tops if you don't stop to think about them too much, if you have a kindle, you can get Milk and Honey through the Lending Library.

How many topics have you completed this year?

Oh I don't even know.... I have too many challenges. I'm behind on ATY which sucks because its my favorite but the breakdown right now is

EDITED 11/05/18

ATY adult: 29/52
ATY middle grade: 14/25
ATY Picture Books: 52/52 ✭COMPLETED✭
Pop Sugar 14/50
Book Riot 11/24

Oh ok I’m on 13/52 for ATY and I’m finishing up another one. If I keep going at this pace I may need another challenge

Heather wrote: "Oh ok I’m on 13/52 for ATY and I’m finishing up another one. If I keep going at this pace I may need another challenge"

I know, I just saw that and I was meaning to comment how awesome you're doing!! Which other challenge are you working on? If you need more theres always PopSugar and Book Riot. The prompts are further up in my thread....or a lot of us have various other side challenges in the infinity and beyond thread here in this group :-)

I am in the process of completing popsugar too and doing quite well with it! I may try book riot!

Heather wrote: "I am in the process of completing popsugar too and doing quite well with it! I may try book riot!"

I always over plan lol.....

Would you consider This is Where it Ends as a narrative nonfiction?

I was way ahead on ATY this year, so I made a mini-challenge out of my favorite PopSugar prompts. It added 15 books to my list. I really didn’t like Book Riot’s list this year.

Heather wrote: "Would you consider This is Where it Ends as a narrative nonfiction?"

If its this one: This Is Where It Ends, then its fiction. Maybe if you're interested in the school shooter theme ( very timely right now) try Newtown: An American Tragedy, or Columbine

or I have this one too, which is definitely narrative non fiction
Nurturing Healing Love: A Mother's Journey of Hope & Forgiveness

or A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

Emily wrote: "I was way ahead on ATY this year, so I made a mini-challenge out of my favorite PopSugar prompts. It added 15 books to my list. I really didn’t like Book Riot’s list this year."

You're like a reading beast Emily lol.... I started off with a bang, and then the weather and my pain issues had me so behind at work and with just everyday home stuff that I couldn't keep up.....

Moving on!

Thanks Tracy! Just started it and trying to fit it in somewhere

Tracy wrote: "Emily wrote: "I was way ahead on ATY this year, so I made a mini-challenge out of my favorite PopSugar prompts. It added 15 books to my list. I really didn’t like Book Riot’s list this year."

You'..."TRACY Are you feeling better after that shot or whatever?

Ann wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Emily wrote: "I was way ahead on ATY this year, so I made a mini-challenge out of my favorite PopSugar prompts. It added 15 books to my list. I really didn’t like Book Riot’s list thi..."

Huh? My shot ?? The epidural? I think thats what you mean....
Yes, its definitely helped, not 100% but much better than it was :-)

Heather wrote: "Thanks Tracy! Just started it and trying to fit it in somewhere"

depends on what you're willing to give up in your original plan:

For ATY:
#5- based on real events
#10?- I think I remember this being a debut but I could be wrong...
#21? First person- I think it's first person in several characters voices
#30- short ( for me anything under 300 pages is short lol)
#34? If you could find a reject prompt to fit it into
#35- murder
#36? Author you've never read before
#43- title is a whole sentence
#45? depending on interpretation if the topic intimidates or scares you
#48- deadly sin

or for Pop Sugar maybe
#10- death/grief
#37? if you had meant to read it in 2017
#9- problem facing society

Thanks so much Tracy you helped me find a spot!

Tracy wrote: "Emily wrote: "I was way ahead on ATY this year, so I made a mini-challenge out of my favorite PopSugar prompts. It added 15 books to my list. I really didn’t like Book Riot’s list this year."

You'..."

I don't know what's come over me this year... I think this group has me feeling inspired! I haven't read this much ever!

Heather wrote: "Thanks so much Tracy you helped me find a spot!"

No problem :-)

Updating for the read-a thon :-)

I havent gotten much done....YET

working on 2 I had already started for the ATY challenge before the read a thon started
Peony in Love
and
Lost Memory of Skin

for the read a thon tasks today I read some more of Peony in Love, and also completed:

After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again ( a picture book)
We Should All Be Feminists ( short story/novella)
and started Beautiful And Damned ( poem)

on my radar for tonight and this week are:
complete Beautiful And Damned
Pippi Longstocking
and
The Hate U Give



Looking back, although I feel like I've been in a slump I have read quite a bit this month, although I'm still behind in most of challenges.

Also, I knocked off quite a few spots on the BINGO card today

Relax, it is supposed to be fun. That's what you told me when I started. In bingo can you use the same book for numerous spots except the starred ones?

We loved After The Fall, but Pippi was iffy. Tell the chipmunk and squirrel that The Dinosaur That Pooped a Planet was a great suggestion and very popular.

Ann wrote: "Relax, it is supposed to be fun. That's what you told me when I started. In bingo can you use the same book for numerous spots except the starred ones?"

for the Bingo, yup 😊

It would be fun Anne if I could read lol....life drama and pain keep getting in my way. And THAT is not fun.

I will give the rodents your message, lol

March

Wrap up for March.....This blows my mind because I feel like I really didn't read anything but even if you take away all of the children and middle grades , I kind of kicked ass lol

ATY
√The Shining✭✭✭✭
√The Vegetarian✭✭✭
√We Have Always Lived in the Castle✭✭✭
√The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder✭✭✭✭✭
√Peony in Love✭✭✭✭

ATY Middle Grade
√Anna Hibiscus✭✭✭✭
√Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder✭✭✭
√The Wind in the Willows✭✭✭

ATY Picture Books
√Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes✭✭✭
√Stellaluna✭✭✭✭✭
√Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau✭✭✭
√Hush! A Thai Lullaby✭✭✭✭
√Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back✭✭✭
√The Velveteen Rabbit✭✭✭✭✭
√After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back up Again✭✭✭✭

Pop Sugar
√I Know This Much Is True✭✭✭✭✭
√We Should All Be Feminists✭✭✭✭✭

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