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Countries (by author's nationality):Japan: 9
Spain
England: 6
USA: 6
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil: 3
Argentina: 2
Nigeria
China: 5
Ireland
Netherlands
France
South Korea: 2
Chile
Guatemala
Portugal
Movie challenge52/52 - COMPLETED!
1. A movie set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y
Summer Days with Coo (2007) (director: Keiichi Hara)
2. A movie by a director of something you watched in 2022
Dog (2001) (director: Andrea Arnold, director of Wasp)
3. A movie that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972) (director: Luis Buñuel)
4. A movie with an interracial relationship
Loving (2016) (director: Jeff Nichols)
5. A movie with 4 or more colors on the poster
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) (director: Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan)
6. A movie where books are important
Whisper of the Heart (1995) (director: Yoshifumi Kondo)
7. A movie with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) (director: Robert Aldrich)
8. A director's debut movie
Between Two Dawns (2021) (director: Selman Nacar)
9. A movie nominated for an award beginning with W
The Menu (2022) (director: Mark Mylod) (Writers Guild of America Awards)
10. A movie related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - The First Kiss That Never Ends (2022) (director: Shinichi Omata)
11. A movie about a person/character with a disability
The Piano (1993) (director: Jane Campion)
12. A movie connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015) (director: Pedro Rivero and Alberto Vázquez
13. A movie that has an object that is repeated on the poster
A Wedding (2011) (director: Stephan Streker)
14. A movie with a con, deception, or fake
Vivarium (2019) (director: Lorcan Finnegan)
15. Three movies, each of which is set in a different century: movie 1
The Housemaid (1960) (director: Kim Ki-young)
16. Three movies, each of which is set in a different century: movie 2
Long Way North (2015) (director: Rémi Chayé)
17. Three movies, each of which is set in a different century: movie 3
Weathering With You (2019) (director: Makoto Shinkai)
18. A movie related to science
April and the Extraordinary World (2015) (director: Franck Ekinci and Christian Desmares)
19. A movie related to the arts
Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) (director: Olivier Assayas)
20. A movie with a poster or title that includes a route of travel
My Year of Dicks (2022) (director: Sara Gunnarsdóttir)
21. A movie by an Asian diaspora director
After Yang (2021) (director: Kogonada)
22. A movie with a faceless person on the poster
Aftersun (2022) (director: Charlotte Wells)
23. A movie with a body of water in the title
Children of the Sea (2019) (director: Ayumu Watanabe)
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy
Cat City (1986) (director: Béla Ternovszky)
25. A movie with a tropical setting
Insiang (1976) (director: Lino Brocka)
26. A movie related to pride
Medusa Deluxe (2022) (director: Thomas Hardiman)
27. A movie by a director from continental Europe
Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (2013) (director: Hélène Giraud and Thomas Szabo)
28. A movie that is dark
Aphotic Zone (2022) (director: Emilija Škarnulytė)
29. A movie that is light
My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) (director: Isao Takahata)
30. A movie related to a chess piece
Drifting Home (2022) (director: Hiroyasu Ishida)
31. A movie related to an author found by inputting a favorite director on https://www.literature-map.com
On-gaku: Our Sound (2019) (director: Kenji Iwaisawa)
32. A movie set in a UNESCO City of Literature
The Commitments (1991) (director: Alan Parker)
33. A movie by an author with a first name popular in 1923
Ice Merchants (2022) (director: João Gonzalez)
34. A medium length movie
Sailor Moon S: Hearts in Ice (1994) (director: Hiroki Shibata)
35. A movie with a school subject in the title
The French Dispatch (2021) (director: Wes Anderson)
36. A movie with subtitles
A screaming man (2010) (director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun)
37. A movie with the theme of returning home
Yuru Camp: the Movie (2022) (director: Yoshiaki Kyougoku)
38. A movie with the sun, moon, or stars on the poster
Lu Over the Wall (2017) (director: Masaaki Yuasa)
39. A western
Tampopo (1985) (director: Juzo Itami)
40. A movie with a full name in the title
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) (director: Wes Anderson)
41. A movie from Letterboxd Year in Review
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) (director: Dean Fleischer Camp)
42. A movie related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
The Woman With The Knife (1969) (director: Timité Bassori)
43. A movie that involves a murder
Battle Royale (2000) (director: Kinji Fukasaku)
44. A movie where the poster design includes text that is not completely horizontal
Junkers Come Here (1995) (director: Junichi Sato)
45. A movie whose director has directed more than 7 movies
Air Doll (2009) (director: Hirokazu Kore-eda)
46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mistery (2022) (director: Rian Johnson)
47. A movie related to a geometric shape
Triangle of Sadness (2022) (director: Ruben Östlund)
48. A movie with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
Princess Mononoke (1997) (director: Hayao Miyazaki)
49. A movie related to one of your best reads of 2022
Our Little Sister (2015) (director: Hirokazu Kore-eda)
50. A second movie that fits your favorite prompt
Easter Eggs (2020) (director: Nicolas Keppens)
51. A movie released in 2023
The Swan (2023) (director: Wes Anderson)
52. A movie with an unusual or surprising title
An Ostrich Told Me the World is Fake and I Think I Believe It (2022) (director: Lachlan Pendragon)
1/521. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami (location: Tokyo)
3.25 stars
Country: Japan
My edition:
2/523. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list
Dogs of Summer by Andrea Abreu (suggestion: A book that could be used for at least five of the 2023 challenge prompts)
The prompts are:
1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y (Tenerife);
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover;
8. An author's debut book;
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies (bird on the cover);
27. A book by an author from continental Europe;
36. A book that has been translated from another language (Spanish);
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
3.75 stars
Country: Spain
My edition:
3/524. A book with an interracial relationship
Assembly by Natasha Brown
2.75 stars
Country: England
My edition:
4/5222. A book with a faceless person on the cover
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
4 stars
Country: USA
My edition:
5/5245. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
Sarajevo Marlboro by Miljenko Jergović
3 stars
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
My edition:
6/5244. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal
Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata
3.75 stars
Country: Japan
My edition:
7/525. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover
Os coadjuvantes by Clara Drummond
3.5 stars
Country: Brazil
My edition:
8/522. A book by an author you read in 2022
Some Prefer Nettles by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Author of The Makioka Sisters
3 stars
Country: Japan
My edition:
9/527. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
3 stars
Country: England
My edition:
11/5221. A book by an Asian diaspora author
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
2.5 stars
Country: USA
My edition:
13/5210. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
The Baby is Mine by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Related to Baby Spice
3.25 stars
Country: Nigeria
My edition:
14/5242. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
3.75 stars
Country: China
My edition:
16/529. A book nominated for an award beginning with W
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Women's Prize for Fiction nominee (2019)
3.25 stars
Country: Ireland
My edition:
17/5224. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 2 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
3.75 stars
Country: China
My edition:
18/5248. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 3 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
3.75 stars
Country: China
My edition:
19/5241. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
2.5 stars
Country: USA
My edition:
20/5212. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 4 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
4 stars
Country: China
My edition:
21/5227. A book by an author from continental Europe
We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets
3 stars
Country: Netherlands
My edition:
22/5250. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
The Hive by Gill Hornby
Prompt 12: A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
3 stars
Country: England
My Edition:
23/5211. A book about a person/character with a disability
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
3 stars
Country: USA
My edition:
24/5243. A book that involves a murder
Sunny Sunny Ann! by Miki Yamamoto
3.5 stars
Country: Japan
My edition:
25/5213. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
The Bradshaw Variations by Rachel Cusk
3.25 stars
Country: England
My edition:
26/5236. A book that has been translated from another language
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel), Vol. 5 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
3.25 stars
Country: China
My edition:
27/5214. A book with a con, deception, or fake
Audition by Ryū Murakami
3 stars
Country: Japan
My edition:
28/5215. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1
Space Battleship Yamato: The Classic Collection by Leiji Matsumoto
2 stars
Country: Japan
My edition:
29/5226. A book related to pride
Gay de família by Felipe Fagundes
3.5 stars
Country: Brazil
My edition:
30/5230. A book related to a chess piece
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
2.75 stars
Country: USA
My edition:
31/5247. A book related to a geometric shape
Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin
4 stars
Country: Argentina
My edition:
32/5228. A book that is dark
Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann
3.25 stars
Country: France
My edition:
33/5216. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2
Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-Jin
3.5 stars
Country: South Korea
My edition:
34/5246. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe
Não aceite caramelos de estranhos by Andrea Jeftanovic
3.5 stars
Country: Chile
My edition:
35/5219. A book related to the arts
A Zoo in Winter by Jirō Taniguchi
4 stars
Country: Japan
My edition:
36/5240. A book with a full name in the title
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo
3.25 stars
Country: South Korea
My edition:
37/5223. A book with a body of water in the title
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
3 stars
Country: England
My edition:
38/5225. A book with a tropical setting
Mourning by Eduardo Halfon
4 stars
Country: Guatemala
My edition:
39/5232. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature
Ramadan Sky by Nichola Hunter
City of Literature: Jakarta
2.25 stars
My edition:
40/5251. A book published in 2023
um garimpeiro, um padre, um médium, um detonador, um guia turístico e eu by paula gomes
3 stars
Country: Brazil
My edition:
41/5237. A book with the theme of returning home
A Distant Neighborhood by Jirō Taniguchi
4 stars
Country: Japan
My edition:
42/5238. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
A Visão das Plantas by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida
2 stars
Country: Portugal
My edition:
43/5233. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
Make Death Love Me by Ruth Rendell
3 stars
Country: England
My edition:
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1. A book set in a location that begins with A, T, or Y
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
2. A book by an author you read in 2022
Some Prefer Nettles by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the 2023 list
Dogs of Summer by Andrea Abreu
4. A book with an interracial relationship
Assembly by Natasha Brown
5. A book with 4 or more colors on the cover
Os coadjuvantes by Clara Drummond
6. A book where books are important
Verity by Colleen Hoover
7. A book with ONE of the five "W" question words in the title
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
8. An author's debut book
Eartheater by Dolores Reyes
9. A book nominated for an award beginning with W
Normal People by Sally Rooney
10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
The Baby is Mine by Oyinkan Braithwaite
11. A book about a person/character with a disability
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 4 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
13. A book that has an object that is repeated on the cover
The Bradshaw Variations by Rachel Cusk
14. A book with a con, deception, or fake
Audition by Ryū Murakami
15. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 1
Space Battleship Yamato: The Classic Collection by Leiji Matsumoto
16. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 2
Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-Jin
17. Three books, each of which is set in a different century: Book 3
18. A book related to science
19. A book related to the arts
A Zoo in Winter by Jirō Taniguchi
20. A book with a cover or title that includes a route of travel
21. A book by an Asian diaspora author
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
22. A book with a faceless person on the cover
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson
23. A book with a body of water in the title
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
24. A character that might be called a Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, or Spy
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 2 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
25. A book with a tropical setting
Mourning by Eduardo Halfon
26. A book related to pride
Gay de família by Felipe Fagundes
27. A book by an author from continental Europe
We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets
28. A book that is dark
Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann
29. A book that is light
30. A book related to a chess piece
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden
31. A book found by inputting a favorite author on https://www.literature-map.com
32. A book set in a UNESCO City of Literature
Ramadan Sky by Nichola Hunter
33. A book by an author with a first name popular in 1923
Make Death Love Me by Ruth Rendell
34. A novella
Idol, Burning by Rin Usami
35. A book with a school subject in the title
36. A book that has been translated from another language
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel), Vol. 5 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
37. A book with the theme of returning home
A Distant Neighborhood by Jirō Taniguchi
38. A book with the sun, moon, or stars on the cover
A Visão das Plantas by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida
39. A western
40. A book with a full name in the title
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo
41. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 1 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
43. A book that involves a murder
Sunny Sunny Ann! by Miki Yamamoto
44. A book where the cover design includes text that is not completely horizontal
Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata
45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
Sarajevo Marlboro by Miljenko Jergović
46. A title that contains a word often found in a recipe
Não aceite caramelos de estranhos by Andrea Jeftanovic
47. A book related to a geometric shape
Little Eyes by Samanta Schweblin
48. A book with an unusually large version of an animal in the story
Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 3 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
49. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2022 or 2023
50. A second book that fits your favorite prompt
The Hive by Gill Hornby
51. A book published in 2023
um garimpeiro, um padre, um médium, um detonador, um guia turístico e eu by paula gomes
52. A book with an unusual or surprising title