Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

My 2024 List: read 52/52

✔ 1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y - The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley ★★☆☆☆

✔ 2. A book connected to something you read in 2023 - Atalanta by Jennifer Saint ★★★☆☆

✔ 3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list (a book with girl, boy, man or woman in the title) - The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix ★★★☆☆

✔ 4. A book related to the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong - The Places I've Cried in Public by Holly Bourne ★★☆☆☆

✔ 5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world - The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston ★★☆☆☆

✔ 6. A book with wings on the cover - Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros ★★★★☆

✔ 7. A book with a pronoun in the title - One of Us Is Back by Karen M. McManus ★★★☆☆

✔ 8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand - The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose ★★☆☆☆

✔ 9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on Goodreads - Té para los fantasmas by Chris Vuklisevic ★★☆☆☆

✔ 10. A history or historical fiction book - I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys ★★★☆☆

✔ 11. A book with an X connection (Xmas & Knox) - The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox ★★☆☆☆

✔ 12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year - Hocus Pocus & The All New Sequel by A.W. Jantha ★★☆☆☆

✔ 13. A book that is on a Five Books List - A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie ★★★☆☆

✔ 14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color - Yellowface by R.F. Kuang ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX) - Halfway House by Ellery Queen ★★☆☆☆

✔ 16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" - She and Her Cat: Stories by Makoto Shinkai ★★★★☆

✔ 17. A book involving intelligence - Reina roja by Juan Gómez-Jurado ★★★★☆

✔ 18. A book with a botanical cover - The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren ★★☆☆☆

✔ 19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream - Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree ★★☆☆☆

✔ 20. A book with a single word title - Verity by Colleen Hoover ★★★★☆

✔ 21. A book with a title containing 6+ words - The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 22. A book by an author from an African country - Confession of the Lioness by Mia Couto ★★☆☆☆

✔ 23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett - Beach Read by Emily Henry ★★☆☆☆

✔ 24. A book with a secondary color on the cover - The Levee by Michael McDowell ★★★☆☆

✔ 25. A book involving a crime other than a murder - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith ★★★★☆

✔ 26. A book by an author known by their initials - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 27. A book related to land - Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk ★★★★☆

✔ 28. A book related to sea - A Ship of Bones & Teeth by Karina Halle ★★★★☆

✔ 29. A book related to air - Flight of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon ★★☆☆☆

✔ 30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea - Stone Blind: Medusa's Story by Natalie Haynes ★★☆☆☆

✔ 31. A book related to “Going for the Gold” - The Flood by Michael McDowell ★★☆☆☆

✔ 32. A book with a number in the title - The Only One Left by Riley Sager ★★★☆☆

✔ 33. A book involving travel - The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa ★★☆☆☆

✔ 34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs (Happy) - Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena ★★★☆☆

✔ 35. A science or science fiction book - The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North ★★★☆☆

✔ 36. A book featuring a character in education - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling ★★★★★

✔ 37. A book that is part of a series - A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen ★★★★☆

✔ 38 & 39. Two books with similar covers - Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou ★★★☆☆ & A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I. Lin ★★★☆☆

✔ 40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover - The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo ★★☆☆☆

✔ 41. A book with a chilling atmosphere - One by One by Ruth Ware ★★★☆☆

✔ 42. A book with a sound-related word in the title - The Whisper Man by Alex North ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning author - The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie ★★★★☆

✔ 44. A book with a touch of magic - This Coven Won't Break by Isabel Sterling ★★★☆☆

✔ 45. A book that is not a novel - Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur ★☆☆☆☆

✔ 46. A book related to night - Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen by Sarah James ★★☆☆☆

✔ 47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE - The Unwedding by Ally Condie ★★☆☆☆

✔ 48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt (a book connected to something you read in 2023) - Curtain by Agatha Christie ★★★☆☆

✔ 49. A book with a senior citizen character - The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman ★★☆☆☆

✔ 50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024 - Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus ★★★☆☆

✔ 51. A book published in 2024 - The Queen of Poisons by Robert Thorogood ★★★★☆

✔ 52. A cozy mystery - Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson ★★☆☆☆


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