Around the Year in 52 Books discussion
2019 Plans
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Kerry's ATY 2019 plan to use historic & classics
My book cover collage (stolen from Peter from a readathon group) in order of the prompts
Still need some ideas for the something borrowed and something new. Would New York work?
Haha to Winds of Winter. I put that in lastyear's list. It's not even funny any more (sobs)...Too many books to comment one! First: Yes to more classics!
Anna Karenina and The Stand in one year? That's a lot of pages! Both are totally worth it, and I read the uncut version of The Stand: can't imagine reading the shortened version of it.
I read Carrie... late last year. It's an epistolary and that totally surprised me. I really enjoyed the book. I'm hoping to get at least one of King's books read next year, but I've put fewer classics in my plans for next year in favour of other priorities. Great list!
I've left my borrowed open. I think I'll use it for a book that I actually borrow vs going with a borrowed title or theme. My sister in law keeps telling me she has a book she wants to lend me, so I figure that will work out swimmingly.Excellent list. Should keep you super busy.
MJ wrote: "Haha to Winds of Winter. I put that in lastyear's list. It's not even funny any more (sobs)...Too many books to comment one! First: Yes to more classics!
Anna Karenina and The Stand in one year?..."
Thank you MJ! Yes I'm really going to try to read both, definitely Anna Karenina since it's an older classic but may have to substitute The Stand if unable to read it.
Kerry wrote: "Still need some ideas for the something borrowed and something new. Would New York work?"I have used New York in my plan for this prompt, so I vote yes!
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Would you be interested in a Wolf Hall BR?
I really like your list. I wanted to read some classics next year, now I know some which fit prompts and can use them.
Tammy wrote: "I've left my borrowed open. I think I'll use it for a book that I actually borrow vs going with a borrowed title or theme. My sister in law keeps telling me she has a book she wants to lend me, so ..."Thank you Tammy! It will definitely keep me busy! I would like to go with a book that I actually borrow, I'll see if it works out.
Anna wrote: "Kerry wrote: "Still need some ideas for the something borrowed and something new. Would New York work?"I have used New York in my plan for this prompt, so I vote yes!"
Thank you Anna, I have a couple books with New York in the title.
Karishma wrote: "Would you be interested in a Wolf Hall BR?"Karishma, what is Wolf Hall BR? Thank you for your comment. I have found that classics are one of my favorite genres!
Kerry wrote: "Karishma wrote: "Would you be interested in a Wolf Hall BR?"Karishma, what is Wolf Hall BR? Thank you for your comment. I have found that classics are one of my favorite genres!"
I meant Wolf Hall Buddy Read - where we can read it together and discuss it!
Karishma wrote: "Kerry wrote: "Karishma wrote: "Would you be interested in a Wolf Hall BR?"Karishma, what is Wolf Hall BR? Thank you for your comment. I have found that classics are one of my favorite genres!"
I..."
Oh yes, that would be fun! I'd like to do that. Let me know when.
Kerry wrote: "Karishma wrote: "Kerry wrote: "Karishma wrote: "Would you be interested in a Wolf Hall BR?"Karishma, what is Wolf Hall BR? Thank you for your comment. I have found that classics are one of my fav..."
Could you check this post and tell me a good time for you, not January though?
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I am currently reading Les Misérables for the criminal prompt & I started Ready Player One for the speculative fiction prompt 17.
I just finished Book 1 of the year with Ready, Player One for prompt 17. I hope this fits speculative fiction. I enjoyed it much more than I anticipated and gave it 4 stars!
I finished prompt #1 with Ghost Light: A Novel I give it 4 stars. I may move it to another prompt as I'm going to read Wolf Hall in June.
I am very proud to say that I finished Les Miserable this evening! I had started it December 19. I have to decide which prompt to use it for.
That is impressive. It is so long with so many side trips. How did you like it?
congrats! haven't read that since grade school, I should dive back in as an adult.
Anastasia wrote: "That is impressive. It is so long with so many side trips. How did you like it?"Thank you. I did enjoy the main story but not so much the side trips. The Battle of Waterloo was interesting but I still found it hard to follow the side stories. I couldn't believe he even went on about sewers!
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Thank you. I did enjoy the main story but not so much the side trips. The Battle of Waterloo was ..."
Oh god the sewer section was something else wasn't it?
Jackie wrote: "Kerry wrote: "Anastasia wrote: "That is impressive. It is so long with so many side trips. How did you like it?"Thank you. I did enjoy the main story but not so much the side trips. The Battle of..."
Yes, it really was. Such a chore to read.
nadia wrote: "congrats! haven't read that since grade school, I should dive back in as an adult."Thank you Nadia!
Since my last update. I have read The Miniaturist - 4 stars Not sure which prompt yet
The Call of the Wild - 3.5 stars Only because of the dog abuse. I did like the storytelling. For prompt #28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.)
Under the Greenwood Tree - 3 stars I liked this but didn't love it. I do want to read more of Hardy though. For prompt #3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, and Y
I read Romeo and Juliet for the William Skakespeare prompt I found it rather easy to read but then again I do know how the story goes. LOL 4,5 starsI also finished The Woman in the Window and not sure which prompt to use this for yet. 4.5 stars
I read Why Men Are From Earth And Women Are Not From Venus I am using it for prompt # 2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why) and Turn Around Where Possible also for prompt #2 as these were both short.
Finished The Other Boleyn Girl for prompt #7- 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme. I will read another book on Tudor England later in the year in which will be Wolf Hall in June as a buddy read.
I read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society for prompt #38 A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc)
I read The Big Sleep for prompt # 9 as it was a crime/mystery and a classic. I gave it 4 stars and enjoyed it. My first time reading Chandler & will definitely read him again!
The Big Sleep , Charlotte's Web and The Velveteen Rabbit for prompt #11 as they had mice, rabbit and pig in them.
I just finished
for prompt 8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2 as it deals with the cousin's War in the 1400's England.
I read The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter for prompt #13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list. I really enjoyed it as it was sad but endearing and a classic!
I read The Count of Monte Cristo I am going to use it for prompt #15- A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country I also read this for my book club and we gave ourselves 2 months to read it! That's 2 big books for me so far this year.
I read The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life and I'm thinking of using it for prompt #52. I really liked his 'in your face' advice. 4 starsAlso read Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading for prompt #12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer. I liked this but not as much as I was hoping: 3 stars.
I read The Catcher in the Rye for prompt # 48 or #27. I really enjoyed it and chuckled many times. I enjoy sarcasm and there is quite a good bit in it. I gave it 5 stars. Plus it's a classic.
June 14: I finished Behind Closed Doors for either prompt #35 or #6 - A book with a dual timeline. I really enjoyed this and had me wondering how she was going to get out of the situation. 5 * for me
I finished prompt #32 - A book with more than 500 pages - Wolf Hall 2010-653 pages so I probably won't read Anna Karenna now. I liked it but didn't love it. I found it difficult to follow at times and I know the background of Tudor history. I gave it 3 stars.
I read The German Midwife for prompt #25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something BorrowedI'm going to go with alternate history that it 'borrows' its events from WWII with what if Hitler's girlfriend had a baby to him. I enjoyed this as it ended differently that I had thought. 4 stars
I also read The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For for prompt #37 - A book set in a school or university as it was a book of david McCullough's speeches all that took place in colleges. I gave it stars.
Read: 1776 and give it 4 stars. I may use it for prompt #22 (with a number in the title) or 26 as the cover had blue on it.1984 and gave it 2 stars. I had a difficult time getting into the storyline. I'm glad I read it though. I'm using it for the STEM prompt.
The Importance of Being Earnest is for prompt book that was borrowed as the name Ernest was borrowed by the main characters.
I read the 1st 2 stories The Hitchhiker's Trilogy which included Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe (3 stars) and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (2 Stars) for prompts #14 and #47. Also read Trouble in Tahiti I loved reading the Nancy Drew series in my youth. I gave it stars & used it for prompt #44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.)
Just finished reading Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. 3 Stars. I liked it but didn't enjoy it as much as Persuasion or Pride & Prejudice. I'm using it for prompt #19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR.
I read Where the Crawdads Sing and am using it for prompt #41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards. I gave this 4 stars. I would have given it 5 stars but things didn't seem quite right with the ending.I also read How To Be a Tudor: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life I gave this stars and enjoyed learning about living in the times of Henry VII and Henry III from breakfast to dinner to making bread and ale, this was very informative and could tell the author really researched.
Using for 36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
I read To Kill a Mockingbird for prompt 48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year for the year 1961. I give it 4 stars and so glad I finally read this classic.
I read The Old Man and the Sea for the prompt involving an elderly character. 4 stars Really liked it.
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Reading Formats: K = Kindle, L = Library, OPB or OHC = Owned in Paperback or Hardcover, LP - Large Print, ✔️Finished Prompt, Read √ √ or √ √+ Books Read 📚 = Read
📖 = To-Read
January 🎉☕🍵❄⛄🏂🎿
✔️ 1. A book that was nominated for or won an award in a genre you enjoy
Read √ √ L - LP Ghost LightJan 9 2011 Walter Scott Prize Nominee
√ √ L - The Miniaturist Jan. 24 2015 Walter Scott Prize Nominee
✔️ 2. A book with one of the 5 W's in the title (Who, What, Where, When, Why)
√ √ K - Turn Around Where Possible Jan. 19
√ √ K - Why Men Are From Earth And Women Are Not From Venus Read Feb. 25
K - Women Who Kill
✔️ 3. A book where the author’s name contains A, T, & Y
Thomas Hardy/Arthur Conan Doyle
K - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Valley of Fear
√ √ L PB Under the Greenwood Tree February 6
✔️ 4. A book with a criminal character (i.e. assassin, pirate, thief, robber, scoundrel etc)
√ √ K & LHB - Les Misérables √ √ Read Jan 14
& K - Pirate Trials: Famous Murderous Pirates Book Series: The Lives and Adventures of Sundry Notorious Pirates Crime and Punishment
February ❤💚💜💙💌💘💔
✔️5. A book by Shakespeare or inspired by Shakespeare
√ √ L Romeo & Juliet Read Feb 8
✔️ 6. A book with a dual timeline
√ √ Behind Closed Doors OPB & LHB June 13
✔️7. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #1
√ √ The Other Boleyn Girl Tudor England Feb 28
✔️ 8. 2 books related to the same topic, genre, or theme: Book #2 The Red Queen √ √Tudor England May 23
March🌂🌷🌹🌻🌺🌸💐🌼🌷☔
✔️9. A book from one of the top 5 money making genres (romance/erotica, crime/mystery, religious/inspirational, science fiction/fantasy or horror)
Read √ √ Crime/mystery The Big Sleep March 16
✔️10. A book featuring an historical figure
√ √ Condemn Me Not: Accused of Witchcraft Oct 19
Warrior Queen: The Story of Boudica: Celtic Queen
✔️ 11. A book related to one of the 12 Zodiac Chinese Animals (title, cover, subject) rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig
√ √The Velveteen Rabbit March 17
√ √Mice Of Mice and Men April 17
Tiger To Journey in the Year of the Tiger
✔️12. A book about reading, books or an author/writer
The Book Thing K and
The Other Iron River, and Other Stories K
√ √ Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading HB L June 6
April ☔💧🌷🌼💐🌸🌺🌻🌹📷⚾🎣
✔️13. A book that is included on a New York Public Library Staff Picks list
The World of Tomorrow Recommended fall 2018
√ √ The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Spring 2016 Read May 26
alts The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt Nov 2015
A Night in the Lonesome October Oct 2015
✔️14. A book with a title, subtitle or cover relating to an astronomical term - Moon Shadow or
Lady of the Moon or
Lone Star Trail Ethereal
√ √ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Read Aug 8
✔️15. A book by an author from a Mediterranean country or set in a Mediterranean country
√ √ France The Count of Monte Cristo May 17
2nd Spain For Whom the Bell Tolls
3rd Italy A Farewell to Arms
✔️16. A book told from multiple perspectives
√ √ Crazy Rich Asians Oct 26
✔️17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)
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Ready Player OneRead Jan 3Titus Groan
May 🎒💐🌺🌸🌹🌻⛅☀🌞
✔️18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
√ √ 30 Pieces of Silver Dec 25
The Silver Locket or
Silver Flashing
✔️19. A book by an author who has more than one book on your TBR
√ √ Mansfield Park - Jane Austen Read Sept 2
Alison Weir, Phillipa Gregory, Diana Gabalon
✔️20. A book featuring indigenous people of a country
√ √The Wounded Knee Massacre: A Captivating Guide to the Battle of Wounded Knee and Its Impact on the Native Americans after the Final Clash between Federal Troops and the Sioux Nov 27
√ √The Real Story of Thanksgiving: Early Encounters Europeans and Indians Nov 28
✔️21. A book from one of the polarizing or close call votes
A book with an occupation in the title or a book in which a person's occupation is central to the plot - √ √The Miniaturist
June 12345...💟💒🎓💞💎💍👬👭
✔️ 22. A book with a number in the title or on the cover √ √
1776 Read July 25
✔️23. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #1 Something Old
The Millennium Soldier: The Ancient Ones Read Dec 31
✔️24. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #2 Something New I have Kindle books with New & Modern in the title
√ √The New Old Maid: Satisfied Single Women Dec 25
✔️ 25. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #3 Something Borrowed
√ √The Importance of Being Earnest Read July 30 They borrowed the name Ernest
🗽July🎆🇺🇸🍉👴👵
✔️26. 4 books inspired by the wedding rhyme: Book #4 Something Blue √ √ The German Midwife Read June 28 Blue cover
The Man with the Blue Hat
Scofflaw Blues
Enemy in Blue
Blue Christmas
✔️ 27. A book off of the 1001 books to read before you die list
√ √To Kill a Mockingbird Sept 28
√ √The Catcher in the Rye June 10
✔️ 28. A book related to something cold (i.e. theme, title, author, cover, etc.)
√ √ LHB The Call of the Wild Jan 29
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident and
The Cold Coasts
✔️29. A book published before 1950
√ √A Tale of Two Cities Read Sept 13 1859
✔️30. A book featuring an elderly character The Old Man and the Sea √ √ Sept 30
August 👙👡🙇👒🌎📕📚🍦🎡🎢
✔️31. A children’s classic you’ve never read
√ √ Charlotte's Web March 16
✔️ 32. A book with more than 500 pages
L - Wolf Hall √ √ Walter Scott award winner 2010-653 pages June 24
✔️33. A book you have owned for at least a year, but have not read yet
√ √ Covert Read Dec 25 I bought this Jan 9, 2013
✔️ 34. A book with a person's name in the title
√ √ LPB Emma May 3
Mariana
September 🍃🍁🍂☁✏📏📗🏈🏉
✔️35. A psychological thriller √ √ The Woman in the Window Read Feb 17 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller and for Debut Author (2018)
The Girl on the Train or
The Pact
✔️36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
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Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession from 2017
✔️37. A book set in a school or university The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For√ √ Read June 30
✔️38. A book not written in traditional novel format (poetry, essay, epistolary, graphic novel, etc)
√ √ The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society March 4
Classic: The Raven and Other Poems
Nonfiction: Be There Now: Travel Stories from Around the World
October 🎃👻
✔️39. A book with a strong sense of place or where the author brings the location/setting to life
√ √ Where the Crawdads Sing Nominee Best Historical Fiction Read Sept. 15
The Blood Strand: A FAROES NOVEL
✔️40. A book you stumbled upon
√ √Nine Perfect Strangers Nov 5-Nov 25
✔️41. A book from the 2018 GR Choice Awards
√ √ Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to BeGoodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2018) Oct 26
The Library Book
✔️ 42. A book with a monster or "monstrous" character
√ √ Crime and Punishment Nov 6
✔️43. A book related to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) [fiction or nonfiction]
Classic & Fiction: √ √ 1984 Read July 5
The Invisible Man
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Nonfiction:
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
November 🍗🍴🍖🍝🍲
✔️44. A book related in some way to a tv show/series or movie you enjoyed (same topic, same era, book appeared in the show/movie, etc.)
√ √Trouble in Tahiti Read Aug 24
or mentioned in 'Mad Men' episode 'Time Zones'
Lady Chatterly's Lover
✔️ 45. A multi-generational saga
√ √ Only Time Will Tell Start Nov 28-Dec 9
✔️46. A book with a (mostly) black cover
√ √ Read √ √ The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories 1898 March 6
Orbs: A Haunting at Five Falls Plantation
The Misunderstood and Other Misfit Horrors
The Power of Your Subconscious Mind Kindle
✔️47. A book related to food (i.e. title, cover, plot, etc.)
√ √The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Read Aug 24
December 🎄🎅🎁🐫🐪⛪
✔️ 48. A book that was a finalist or winner for the National Book Award for any year -
√ √1952 The Catcher in the Rye June 10
√ √1953 - The Old Man and the Sea Sept 30
Invisible Man
East of Eden
1959 Lolita or
1960 The Haunting of Hill House
√ √ 1961 To Kill a Mockingbird Sept 28
1938 Rebecca
✔️49. A book written by a Far East Asian author or set in a Far East Asian country
√ √ Indian Fairy Tales Read March 7
✔️ 50. A book that includes a journey (physical, health, or spiritual)
√ √ Around the World in Eighty Days Oct 22
✔️51. A book published in 2019
√ √ Anna of Kleve, The Princess in the Portrait Oct 11
✔️52. A book with a weird or intriguing title
√ √ The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life May 31 or
The Housewife Assassin's Handbook
The Night My Husband Killed Me