Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Hoping to complete a 4th year in a row! I will be reading these prompts at random.

THE 2022 LIST
📖 - currently reading ✔️ - finished ⭐️ - rating

52/52

✔️ 1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
✔️ 2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
✔️ 3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
✔️ 4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
✔️ 5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name

✔️ 6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
✔️ 7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
✔️ 8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1
✔️ 9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2

✔️ 10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3
✔️ 11. A book from historical fiction genre
✔️ 12. A book related to glass
✔️ 13. A book about a woman in STEM

✔️ 14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads
✔️ 15. A book without a person on the cover
✔️ 16. A book related to Earth Day
✔️ 17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge

✔️ 18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
✔️ 19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
✔️ 20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951
✔️ 21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
✔️ 22. A book with a Jewish character or author

✔️ 23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
✔️ 24. A book related to inclement weather
✔️ 25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
✔️ 26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1

✔️ 27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
✔️ 28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
✔️ 29. A book set on or near a body of water
✔️ 30. A book related to mythology

✔️ 31. A book published at least 10 years ago
✔️ 32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
✔️ 33. The next book in a series
✔️ 34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
✔️ 35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1

✔️ 36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
✔️ 37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
✔️ 38. A book by a Latin American author
✔️ 39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time

✔️ 40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards
✔️ 41. A book with a theme of food or drink
✔️ 42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
✔️ 43. A book set in a small town or rural area
✔️ 44. A book with gothic elements

✔️ 45. A book related to a game
✔️ 46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
✔️ 47. A book with handwriting on the cover
✔️ 48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022

✔️ 49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
✔️ 50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
✔️ 51. A book published in 2022
✔️ 52. A book with a time-related word in the title



YEARS COMPLETED
2019, 2020, 2021

📕 - Print
🎧 - Audio


Listopias:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/22008513-2022-reading-challenge-listopias

My Reading List and Ideas

🎧 1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
⭐️⭐️½

📕 2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021
The Worst Witch All at Sea by Jill Murphy
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre by Brandy Colbert
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list
The Push by Ashley Audrain
[A book with a cover that features a view from above]
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️



🎧 5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name
How to Betray a Dragon's Hero by Cressida Cowell
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover
The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
⭐️⭐️⭐️



🎧 7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson
⭐️⭐️½

🎧 8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1
[North America]
Bridge of Souls by Victoria Schwab
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2
[Europe]
How to Catch a Mole: And Find Yourself in Nature by Marc Hamer ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3
[Antarctica]
Penguins Don't Wear Sweaters! by Marikka Tamura
⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 11. A book from historical fiction genre
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 12. A book related to glass
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 13. A book about a woman in STEM
Sleeping Giants by Sylvain Neuvel
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Goodreads
'Twas the Night Before Pride by Joanna McClintick
[37 at time of reading]
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 15. A book without a person on the cover
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel
⭐️⭐️⭐️½



📕 16. A book related to Earth Day
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge
Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe
⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history
Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951
Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
[Horse and Rider]
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 22. A book with a Jewish character or author
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧📕 24. A book related to inclement weather
One by One by Ruth Ware
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages
The Year We Learned to Fly by Jacqueline Woodson
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2
No Exit by Taylor Adams
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards
Watercress by Andrea Wang
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 29. A book set on or near a body of water
The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 30. A book related to mythology
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 31. A book published at least 10 years ago
The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 33. The next book in a series
Saga, Volume 6 by Brian K. Vaughan
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕🎧 34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role
The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕🎧 36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2
Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality by Eliot Schrefer
⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 38. A book by a Latin American author
Inheritance: A Visual Poem by Elizabeth Acevedo
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
⭐️⭐️

📕 41. A book with a theme of food or drink
Garlic and the Witch by Bree Paulsen
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 42. A book with a language or nationality in the title
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

📕 43. A book set in a small town or rural area
Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 44. A book with gothic elements
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 45. A book related to a game
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters
Saga, Volume 5 by Brian K. Vaughan
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕 47. A book with handwriting on the cover
The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures by N.D. Stevenson
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🎧 49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel by Cressida Cowell
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📕🎧 50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten
⭐️⭐️

📕 51. A book published in 2022
Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

🎧 52. A book with a time-related word in the title
Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton
⭐️⭐️½

Mini Goals


15 New Releases (10/15 complete)
Where the Drowned Girls Go
'Twas the Night Before Pride
Inheritance: A Visual Poem
The Year We Learned to Fly
Garlic and the Witch
Ain't Burned All the Bright
Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality
Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis
Ask the Brindled
White Horse

10 Nonfiction books (10/10 COMPLETE - Nov 12)
How to Catch a Mole: And Find Yourself in Nature
Me, Myself, They: Life Beyond the Binary
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love
The Hidden Life of Trees: what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a secret world
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life
The Complete Maus
Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality

Other TBR Challenges

Buzzword

JAN: Who, What, Where, When, How
How to Catch a Mole: And Find Yourself in Nature
Where the Drowned Girls Go

FEB: Pronouns
Me, Myself, They: Life Beyond the Binary
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

MAR: Location in the title
Next Year in Havana
Black Birds in the Sky: The Story and Legacy of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

APR: Little or Big (or similar words)
What Big Teeth

MAY: Direction in the title
Exit West
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love

JUN: All in the title
The Worst Witch All at Sea

JUL: Book related word in the title
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life

AUG: Item/Object in the title
Garlic and the Vampire

SEP: Light or Dark (or similar words)

OCT: Animal/Creature in the title
The Complete Maus
Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality

NOV: ING word in the title
The Astonishing Color of After
Sleeping Giants

DEC: Number in the title
One by One

CHALLENGE COMPLETE!
Finished on Dec 23

Books in Reading Order:


Top 5
Garlic and the Vampire
The Astonishing Color of After
Sleeping Giants
The Eye of the World
The Complete Maus