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Could this thread be pinned so that it won't get lost below everyone's plans in this folder?
Link to my ATY completion listing of all books read for the challenge:https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Link to my ATY Anniversary List completions:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge:
- A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld
Twist by Colum McCann - 4/3/25 - 5* - My Review
- A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook - 1/27/25 - 5* - My Review
- A book with a common household object on the cover
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - 2/24/25 - 5* - My Review
- 2025: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space - 2/8/25 - 5* - My Review
My favorite prompt:
- A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting (always love these types of prompts!)
My least favorite prompt:
- A book related to one of the traditional full moon names (too narrow, IMO)
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
- A book title that could be a country song
Whiskey When We're Dry by John Larison - 6/13/25 - 4* - My Review
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!):
- A book with a sunset vibes on the cover
The Hearts of Men - 2/19/25 - 2* - My Review
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Yes it sure can, thanks for the reminder!
Just finished this morning! Very proud :) Link to my completed list in my planning thread5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge - I read quite a few, I'm just realizing. Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng, Rupetta, The Marriage Portrait, Piranesi, The Fellowship of the Ring, Bloodchild and Other Stories, 'Salem's Lot, In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods, The River Has Roots, The Last Murder at the End of the World, Poor Deer, Hillsborough - The Truth, This Is How You Lose the Time War, Peril at End House, and Sea of Tranquility.
Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc) - no twists for me, but maybe I'll get fancy next year. Now that I know the challenge is doable, reading in order doesn't seem as impossible.
The prompt I "cheated" on - no cheats here, but I had to laugh when the first book I read for this challenge (The Familiar) got entered into two other challenges besides this one. Felt a little naughty, I did it a couple more times over the challenge, and I'll do it again, lol
My favorite prompt - I really enjoyed #38/39 (two books with a connection from different genres) - I read Erebus: The Story of a Ship and The Terror for this one. I thought it was a very clever prompt.
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) - Poor Deer for #3 (a book connected to something in the Do Re Mi song). I was really stuck on this one, and picked Poor Deer out of the listopia for this topic solely based on the cover and the genre (magical realism). It then turned out to be one of my favorite books I've read in years.
Karin wrote: "Congrats, Joy & Amy!"Thank you! I'm so glad I found this group :)
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I had to laugh when the first book I read for this challenge (The Familiar) got entered into two other challenges besides this one. Felt a little naughty
In my opinion, using a book for multiple challenges isn't cheating, it is the point! I am in several groups and I regularly choose books from my stash because they work for more than one.
Robin P wrote: "In my opinion, using a book for multiple challenges isn't cheating, it is the point! I am in several groups and I regularly choose books from my stash because they work for more than one."Oh for sure - it just felt like cheating when I did it the first time :)
I finished the challenge a month or two ago. I didn't mean to zip through it so quickly. It just worked out that way.Some faves were Kill For Love (something that starts with an A, T, or Y on the cover--torsos), I Cheerfully Refuse (set primarily in nature; this is a near-future dystopia set largely on the Great Lakes, like, literally on boats on the water), & Sundial (by an author whose career has spanned at least 10 years).
I didn't read anything specifically FOR the challenge. I just went with books I wanted to read anyway that happened to fit the prompts, or books chosen for other challenges that also fit the prompts here. There were definitely some duds: Tilt (published in 2025) was kind of a letdown (I wanted more chaos & less ruminating), Death of the Author (sci-fi by a woman) was one I was really looking forward to & it wound up falling flat, Pink Slime (recommended by NPR) never really went anywhere for me.
For two books with opposites in their titles, I read Rejection (loved) & Held (unbearable), & I was proud of that kind of poetic take on the prompt. They're not obviously opposites until you think about it. I kind of cheated on a book related to a collective name for animals & read Cuckoo, which has a nest on the cover. A nest is a collective noun for some animals, but it's not in the title, so I felt like I was bending the rules.
My fave prompt was probably witches, goddesses, & nuns. I read The Change, but honestly, I read a ton of books about witches & about nuns (I just read Matrix, which I loved), I can't get enough.
Least favorite was comfort read. That concept is just kind of meaningless to me. I read Dolls of Our Lives, which was a fun micro-history on American Girl dolls, which is one of my weird niche interests.
It took me a lot longer to finish this year than previous year. I finished today (2 July 2025)- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge -
Wizard and Glass by Stephen King (A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family)
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (A book featuring adult friendships)
- Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family)
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc) - I tried to read paper books to try to get my TBR down.
- My most creative twist on a prompt - I read The Panchatantra - by Vishnu Sharma for the translated novel from Asia prompt.
- The prompt I "cheated" on - I don't think I did.
- My favorite prompt - A book that involves digging up the past. I read The Sun Sister by Lucinda Riley.
- My least favorite prompt - A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting. It wasn't a terrible prompt, just not my favourite. I read It Could Never Happen Here by Eithne Shortall for this prompt
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) - Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. I read it for the prompt "A book with an animal, vegetable (plant), or mineral in the title." This was a very complex story and very emotional.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) - Blood Sisters by Mark Manley. I read it for the prompt "Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles". It was really bad.
I actually finished on April 29 which was pretty fun. I doubt I will ever zip through it again like that, but it was cool to do it once. - 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris
Day Shift by Charlaine Harris
Night Shift by Charlaine Harris
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross
It Will Only Hurt for a Moment by Delilah S. Dawson
The Bone Shard War by Andrea Stewart
Anyone But Her by Cynthia Swanson
Black by Catherine Winters
The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life by Amy Tan
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan
Dirrayawadha by Anita Heiss
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
An Honored Vow by Melissa Blair
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
Gwendy's Final Task by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar
Blood's Echo by Isabella Maldonado
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc)
Nope. I'm boring. My only thing was that almost every book I read from Jan 1 until I finished (except for one or two) was a part of this challenge.
- My most creative twist on a prompt
I think everything was pretty straightforward this year.
- The prompt I "cheated" on
Did I mention I was boring?
- My favorite prompt
14. A science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman
- My least favorite prompt
The book list ones. They are way too limiting.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Christmas at the Gingerbread Inn by Michelle Stimpson - I specifically looked for this one to fill this prompt (27. A book set in the winter). It wasn't a fabulous book, but I did enjoy it. It was a cute comfort read.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder - what an awful, terrible, disgusting, really bad book. It was a waste of time and energy. If I could have given it less than one star, I would have. This book is not worth the time it takes to read it. (9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year)
I generally complete the challenge more than once. I'm still working on a fiction and a nonfiction version of the challenge, but I have completed all 52 prompts with picture books. - 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Not A Monster
Aloha Everything
The Most Magnificent Thing
The Girl Who Built an Ocean: An Artist, an Argonaut, and the True Story of the World's First Aquarium
Soy Sauce!
Pencil
Pink!
The Most Boring Book Ever
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
- Any twists on the challenge? all picture books
- My most creative twist on a prompt
for adult friendship I read Frog and Toad Are Friends
- The prompt I "cheated" on
I read Boys Weekend for the tournament of books prompt because there really weren't any picture books on the list.
- My favorite prompt
book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time
- My least favorite prompt
connection from different genres
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Moving the Millers' Minnie Moore Mine Mansion: A True Story
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
None less than 3 stars.
Wow, impressed that people have finished so quickly! Great job!!
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I finished on May 21 and am just posting now!5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
Hester by Mrs. Oliphant
These Days by Lucy Caldwell
The Feast by Margaret Kennedy
You Can't Keep a Good Woman Down: Stories by Alice Walker
The Bookseller at the End of the World by Ruth Shaw
James by Percival Everett
Liars by Sarah Manguso
Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc)
No
My most creative twist on a prompt
No
The prompt I "cheated" on
None
My favorite prompt
42. A book set in a manor, mansion, or estate
My least favorite prompt
I liked all of them
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
These Days by Lucy Caldwell which I read for Irish author
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky which I read for monster book
Completed 7/10/20255 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
March: Book One
The Message
The Moor's Account
Crescent: A Novel
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between
Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc)
No twists
My most creative twist on a prompt
For #30: a monster book, I used Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. Saying the whale is a monster is a bit of a stretch but I also counted it because the book was massive at about 630 pages!
The prompt I "cheated" on
#38 & #39: books with a connection from different genres. I feel like the books I chose were kind of similar genres (Contemporary/Romance), but one of them was YA and the other was Adult.
My favorite prompt
For regular ATY, #23: A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting & #33: A book by an author you enjoyed but haven’t gotten around to reading again for some time
For anniversary, 2021: A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
My least favorite prompt
#4 A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld. I had a hard time finding a book for this one, but I did like the book I ended up choosing
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
There were many!
Victim (#6: serpentine element)
The Wild Huntress (#11: fictional location)
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (#23: art, music, dancing, acting)
The Brutal Language of Love: Stories (#28: pair of opposites in the title)
Wuthering Heights(#44: haunting book)
Kindred (#49: time travel)
You Dreamed of Empires (2022: 5 vowels in name)
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
You are Eating an Orange. You are Naked. (#5: weird title)
Harlem Rhapsody (#7: three name author)
The Grand Scheme of Things (#15: lies and deception)
Stupid and Contagious (2017: No "e" in title)
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Gods of Jade and Shadow
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
The Summer War
Salvage the Bones
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc) - No, except that every book counted for at least one other challenge in one of my GR groups
- My most creative twist on a prompt - nothing really
- The prompt I "cheated" on - not sure if this cover is really sunset vibes, could be sunrise -
- My favorite prompt - I liked the 2 part ones - pair of opposites in title and 2 books from different genres with a connection
- My least favorite prompt - a book about witches, goddesses or nuns - I rarely read any of those
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) - Gods of Jade and Shadow - for underworld
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) - I Cheerfully Refuse - I read it for waves on cover. I probably would have at least started it anyway, because I loved other books by this author, but this was creepy and depressing.
Completed 7/12/25...including the Anniversary List
I really enjoyed completing the challenge using a lot of books from favorite authors (Ali Smith, P.G. Wodehouse, Terry Pratchett) and books from favorite small/independent presses, like New Directions, Fitzcarraldo Editions, and Coffee House Press.
Challenge Completed 7/14 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
A Magic Deep and Drowning, Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales, Silver and Lead, The Jewel of the Isle,High, Bride
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc)- no twists
- My most creative twist on a prompt- they were really all straight forward.
- The prompt I "cheated" on I did not cheat.
- My favorite prompt A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines. I love those types of books.
- My least favorite prompt A book involving 4 people who aren't family. This was much harder to find than I thought. In so many books with groups at least two of them are related.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) The Jewel of the Isle
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) Unborn
Completed: 19/7/25My lists: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
5 Star books:
Any twists
For one round I read only books published in 2016.
The prompt I cheated on
For the 2016 round I wild-carded #51 'book published in 2025' for obvious reasons. As I read Atmosphere for round 1, I read One True Loves, a 2016 book by the same author.
My favourite prompt:
#23 'book involving art, music, dancing or acting'
My least favourite prompt
#40 'A comfort read'
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I'm so glad I did!)
There were too many to name
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn't!)
It Ends with Us
(really didn't like the way the ending was handled)
Finished 07/27/2025Link to my reading list:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
...Glamorous Notions, Megan Chance
...West With Giraffes, Lynda Rutledge
...A Killer in the Crystal Palace, Deb Marlowe
...Hungry: The Inspiring Tale of Three Donner Party Survivors, B.E. Baker
...He Gets Us: Experiencing the confounding love, forgiveness, and relevance of Jesus, Max Lucado
...Rednecks, Taylor Brown
...Monster: A Novel of Frankenstein, Dave Zeltserman
...Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, Erik Larson
...The Pianist, Władysław Szpilman
...Horse, Geraldine Brooks
...News of the World, Paulette Jiles
...The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive, Lucy Adlington
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc)
...Read main challenge in order
...REJECT for each prompt
My most creative twist on a prompt
Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles
...Sinkable: Obsession, the Deep Sea and the Shipwreck of the Titanic
and Unsinkable: A Novel
- one Non-fiction and one fiction, both related to the Titanic
- The prompt I "cheated" on
...None
- My favorite prompt
5. A book with a weird or intriguing title - The Old Buzzard Had It Coming, Donis Casey
- My least favorite prompt
22. A translated novel from Asia - Sweet Bean Paste, Durian Sukegawa
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
...West With Giraffes, Lynda Rutledge
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
...Sweet Bean Paste Boring!
🎉 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
🎉My favorite prompt - 28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1
🎉 My least favorite prompt - prompts that take you to other pages and don't provide the link to where you need to go!
🎉 A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
The Hard Road Out: One Woman’s Escape From North Korea, Jihyun Park | 5/21
🎉 A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Dragon on Top, G.A. Aiken | 4/15
Just completed this morning! Here is my list- My most creative twist on a prompt - Using A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by KJ Charles for 46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names. I chose conflict moon, as it's a book with a lot of conflict in it!
- The prompt I "cheated" on - I feel a bit like I cheated on 3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song, by picking Radiant Sin by Katee Robert. I mean, Apollo is god of the sun in Greek myth! So it does fit, just maybe not as tightly as I would've liked.
- My favorite prompt - This year it was probably 33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time, as it gave me an excuse to get back into Katee Robert!
- My least favorite prompt - 26. A book by an author with a common noun in their name was a prompt I voted for last year, I think, but in practice it just baffled my poor brain.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) - Six Four by Hideo Yokoyama. TBH before I started reading it I would've said the prompt I read it for (9. A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year) was my least favourite one of the year, but I'm very glad it got me to read this absolutely incredible book. It pushed me out of my comfort zone, but it was SO GOOD and I'm really glad I experienced it. Quite possibly my favourite book of the year, even though I finished it relatively early on!
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) - Stretching a little here, as I enjoyed the vast majority of my first time reads (for the challenge) this year, but I probably wouldn't have read The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood without the challenge (for 2018: An author's debut book, in the anniversary list). I mean, it wasn't awful! It just really wasn't to my taste.
Finished yesterday :)- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
The Little White Horse
and I'm sure there were more.
- Any twists on the challenge?
nope
- The prompt I "cheated" on
I don't cheat. What's the point? You're only deceiving yourself.
- My favorite prompt
36. A book with a common household object on the cover
This prompt was a bit different without being too difficult.
- My least favorite prompt
10. A book about witches, goddesses or nuns
I hated the assumption that nuns are not normal human beings.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
The Little White Horse
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
none
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge:Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement by Sharon McMahon
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Before Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor
Foster by Claire Keegan
Babylonia by Costanza Casati
The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Long Island by Colm Tóibín
Still Life with Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
The Underground Rail Road by William Still
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc); not this year
- My most creative twist on a prompt: for the Anniversary List 2019 prompt (book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements), I read The Magdalene Deception, which is another take on the Holy Grail saga, similar to Dan Brown's series. There was gold involved.
- The prompt I "cheated" on: For prompt 14 (a science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman) I used Babylonia by Costanza Casati. Goodreads tags have this as fantasy, but IMO it is mythology and ancient history. I used it for fantasy anyway.
- My favorite prompt: 3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song
- My least favorite prompt: prompt 14 (a science fiction or fantasy novel written by a woman); neither is among my favorite genres
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. Somehow, I missed this book in the six-and-a-half decades I have been reading! Charming. Plus, for the Read-It-Watch-It, I paired this with Anne with an E, which was also a nice surprise.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!): none!
Completed challenge 8/10/2025Completed Anniversary List 9/6/2025
- 5 stars books I read for the ATY challenge
My Friends
The Light Pirate
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Finding Grace
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc) None
- My most creative twist on a prompt . Not sure how creative this was but # 38 & 39 Two books with a connection from different genres. I did a fiction & nonfiction book on the Vietnam War.
- The prompt I "cheated" on - None
- My favorite prompt - #28 &29 Two books with opposites in their titles.
- My least favorite prompt - There were a few prompts I had a hard time finding a book I wanted to read but I didn't dislike the prompts.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) The Light Pirate
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) All Fours
Completed 9/8/2025:5 Star books that I read for the official ATY Challenge
As Close to Us as Breathing
Famous Last Words
God of the Woods
Golden Child
Huda F are you?
I Cheerfully Refuse
Last White Man
Life Impossible
My Antonia
N or M?
Once Upon an Eid
Purple Violet of Oshaantu
River Sing Me Home
So Distant from my Life
Something Evergreen Called Life
Thirty Names of Night
Wild Dark Shore
Woman Next Door
Any twists on the challenge?
I was feeling a bit daring this year and really twisted up my challenge. Instead of reading all 52 of the "official" challenge and then whatever I could fit in for the "rejects" challenge, I set myself up to read as many as I could (or rather, wanted to) in each one. Add on top of that the anniversary challenge and I gave myself 90+ prompts to complete, with the rule that a single book could not cover more than one prompt in these three challenges or any of the seasonal challenges. I call it my own personal "happy me" rules. I finished at a total of 92 prompts between these three: official=43, rejects=39, anniversary=10.
My favorite prompt
#38 and 39: Two books with a connection from different genres. I groaned when I first saw these but it was so much fun researching what I could fit in. I read two books entitled "The Bees", one a science/science fiction, the other poetry.
My least favorite prompt
#4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld. I didn't have anything in any media to fit this, so true to my new "happy me" rules, I skipped it.
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Two here - for prompts 28 and 29. Thoroughly enjoyed both of them! The Wedding People and The Unhoneymooners
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
None! I have no books rated for this challenge below a 3.
Finished 9/9/2025https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
Renegades by Marissa Meyer
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc)
Once I finish reading and place a book for a prompt, I don't move the book to different prompt later on.
- My most creative twist on a prompt
Both the title and author's name used all five vowels (unfortunately the book was a ⭐⭐)
2022: A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name-
- The prompt I "cheated" on-
I had planned on trying to read a book by an author I hadn't read from for 10+, but I ended up with an author I last read in 2022.
33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time
- My favorite prompt
38.-39. Two books with a connection from different genres:
- My least favorite prompt
18. A book set primarily in nature
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
This was for the summer challenge
A book originally published before 1900- (1847)
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë7/20/2025
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
You Dreamed of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue
North Woods by Daniel Mason
I finished 10/2/2025 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
I don't rate
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc) nope, just read whatever I wanted
- My most creative twist on a prompt
reading The Great Halifax Explosion: A World War I Story of Treachery, Tragedy, and Extraordinary Heroism for "A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements." Technically, there were several elements involved; that ship was full of incendiary raw materials.
- The prompt I "cheated" on
I read Lovers' Vows by August von Kotzebue for "A book originally written in a language other than English." von Kotzebue wrote this play in German, but the British translator who translated it into English rather smugly informed her readers that she had embellished and improved it in her introduction to the work. SO she made me cheat!
- My favorite prompt
"A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song"
- My least favorite prompt
"A book that has been long-listed for the Tournament of Books in any year "
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland for "A book by an Irish author"
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Boy, Snow, Bird for "A book with a serpentine element on the cover"
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge:1. Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead
2. West With Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge
3, The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni
4. A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
5. The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
6. An Ordinary Life by Amanda Prowse
7. Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
8. The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
9. A Burning by Megha Majumdar
10. The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
11. The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc): No twists!
- My most creative twist on a prompt: 2025 Anniversary: A book with sunset vibes on the cover. I read The Last Murder at the End of the World. I can't tell if the cover is displaying a sunset or sunrise, but I chose this one since it had a yellowish cover.
- The prompt I "cheated" on: A book involving a "group" with at least 4 members that's not a family. The problem that I had was the choice of books. I read Anima Rising by Christopher Moore. Rarely, did the unrelated characters operate as a group, but when the muses, Bride of Frankenstein, and Carl Jung came together, I would count this as meeting the prompt.
- My favorite prompt: A book whose author has published more than 7 books. It gave me the opportunity to finish the Aloysius Pendergast series.
- My least favorite prompt: A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings since I don't generally read these. I read novellas but not as a "collection."
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!): West With Giraffes by by Lynda Rutledge.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!): Orlando by Virginia Woolf. The prose was beautiful but so flowery that I found it frequently plodding.
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY ChallengeMirrored Heavens
The Summer Country
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
Scrublands
The Odyssey - Emily Wilson Translation
Up Country
My Favorite Scar
The Most Boring Book Ever
Five Little Pigs
Labyrinth's Heart
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc)
about 95% from my TBR
- My most creative twist on a prompt - Only ONE?! 4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest - underworld - secret criminal government actions
- The prompt I "cheated" on - This year I was pretty good - 44. A haunting book - Death of an Avid Reader
- My favorite prompt - 41. A book that involves digging up the past - it led me to read this DeMille featuring a Vietnam vet returning to Vietnam and the sites of his time there - Up Country
- My least favorite prompt = always those requiring reading from prize lists, NPR or Tournament of Books lists, or worst of all Good Reads Choice books.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) - none because these were all from my TBR or books I had just become interested in - almost all my reads were 4 and 3 stars. The 2 that were 2 stars still were good in some way.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) - Foreign Affairs - Pulitzer prompt and one of the few books not from my TBR
I;ve finished the ATY Challenge with fiction titles. I'm still working on the challenge with all nonfiction titles. - 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Devil's Gun
Rift in the Soul
The Martian Contingency
Fantasy in Death
Full Speed to a Crash Landing
Long Live Evil
James
Naked in Death
Obsession in Death
The Spellshop
Rumor Has It
When the Moon Hits Your Eye
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc) all fiction.
- My most creative twist on a prompt I filled 15 promps with books from the In Death series.
- The prompt I "cheated" on
- My favorite prompt collective animal name
- My least favorite prompt history or hf set in 1925 or earlier
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) Dead Cat Tail Assassins
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t Five People You Meet in Heaven
I didn't think it was that great.
I finished the ATY and Anniversary challenge.- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge -
Foe, Mistborn: The Final Empire, Margo's Got Money Troubles, The Husbands, James, The Other Side of the Road, Artificial Condition
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc) - I like to read in order but this year I read in the list in reverse. I also did the anniversary challenge.
- My most creative twist on a prompt - Not too much creativity this year. But for 36. A book with a common household object on the cover, my pick and my back up for this prompt just didn't do it for me at the time. So I ended up reading three short stories that all had household objects.
- The prompt I "cheated" on - For 17. A history or historical fiction book set prior to 1925, I read A Gentleman in Moscow. It started in 1922, but it was really set over a long period much of which was after 1925.
- My favorite prompt - 37. A book featuring adult friendships
- My least favorite prompt - 48. A book with a character dealing with death
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) - Mistborn: The Final Empire
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) - I feel like I have been disappointed by some of the reads I was most excited for but I don't think I can blame the prompts.
Completed 10/18/2025I finished much later than normal, but it is what it is.
Link to all the books I completed for the challenge:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
Holy Island
A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War: How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18
Red Queen
Marble Hall Murders
A Line to Kill'
Battle Mountain
The Beijing Betrayal
The Devotion of Suspect X
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc) - No twists
- My most creative twist on a prompt - I wasn't very creative this year.
- The prompt I "cheated" on - No cheats this year.
- My favorite prompt - 21. - A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals
- My least favorite prompt - 35. - A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) - Bootlegger's Daughter
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) - Playground
Completed the Anniversary challenge on 10/19/2025Link to the books I read for this challenge. The list is in msg. 2.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge:
The Which Way Tree by Elizabeth Crook
The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc) - none
- My most creative twist on a prompt - not very creative this year
- The prompt I "cheated" on - none
- My favorite prompt - 8 - 2023: 45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books: Knots and Crosses byIan Rankin
- My least favorite prompt - 7 - 2022: 37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name: The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) - The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) - The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
I finished the anniversary list. This is about those 10 books only:- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
The Correspondent
In Five Years
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc): NOPE
- My most creative twist on a prompt: NONE
- The prompt I "cheated" on
NATO, I used a book with Thanksgiving in the title which is associated with November in the states where I live but the book takes place in Canada
- My favorite prompt: Debut
- My least favorite prompt: NATO
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!): NONE
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!): NONE
Finished the challenge (+ anniversary list) today!My 5 star reads:
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea - Barbara Demick
Favourite prompt:
A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld
Least favourite prompt:
A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Howl's Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones
A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
The City Inside - Samit Basu
I completed two rounds of the challenge plus the anniversary challenge. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge.
I gave about 20 books 4.5 stars or better (out of 114 books)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...
The Last Days of Night
Wild Dark Shore
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Playground
The Briar Club
The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders Who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It
The Wedding People
Margo's Got Money Troubles
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
Olive, Again
James
Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life
Wrong Place Wrong Time
Run for the Hills
Three Days in June
The Light Pirate
Beautiful Ruins
The History of Sound
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc). Nearly all the books I read this year worked for challenges in both of my groups. Doing two rounds took me much longer this year than last year. Next year I’ll do one round and a bigger reject challenge.
- My most creative twist on a prompt - two connected books from different genres. I came up with 4 different pairs that felt creative to me.
- The prompt I "cheated" on - none.
- My favorite prompt
50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025.
- My least favorite prompt -
36. A book with a common household object on the cover - it was a struggle, but I liked the books I used for it.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
The Light Pirate
Drunk on All Your Strange New Words
The Kaiju Preservation Society
Margo's Got Money Troubles
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories
I've completed the Anniversary list 3 times, once with fiction, once with nonfiction and once with picture books. I've done this separately from the ATY Challenge, so I do have books here that I already used in the ATY Challenge and I'm not calling that cheating. - 5 Star books that I read for the Anniversary Challenge
Hemlock & Silver
Devil's Gun
From Here to the Great Unknown
Aloha Everything
Give Me Back My Bones!
Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust
Pencil
Milo Imagines the World
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc) only as already mentioned.
- My most creative twist on a prompt
I used the FL of Florida in Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country to represent the FL of Flerovium.
I used Victorians in Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party: How an Eccentric Group of Victorians Discovered Prehistoric Creatures and Accidentally Upended the World to represent Victor.
Papa is a character in One Foggy Christmas Eve
- The prompt I "cheated" on
none
- My favorite prompt
Related to an Element on the Periodic Table
- My least favorite prompt
book originally written in a language other than English
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Aloha Everything
Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
none
Mod
- Any twists on the challenge? Nope!
- My most creative twist on a prompt I'm not sure that any of mine were especially creative this time around.
- The prompt I "cheated" on None
- My favorite prompt 'A weird or intriguing title' - I ended up adding so many books to my tbr
- My least favorite prompt none, I didn't have any particular prompt that I struggled with
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!) I would have read it eventually but I'm glad I got the push to read The Decagon House Murders
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) ATY was not at fault for any of my bad reads this year
Hurray! I finished! This is definitely the earliest I have completed the challenge and even the anniversary list, too. There are always a book or two I probably would have kept putting off if not for this challenge.My list of completed reads for the 2025 challenge, including the Anniversary list.
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge:
I am loving the Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo, and read 3 or 4 throughout this challenge and rated them all 5 stars. Also, Summer of Night by Dan Simmons blew me away.
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc):
Nope
- My most creative twist on a prompt
Pretty sure all my choices fit as they should, no creativity this go around.
- The prompt I "cheated" on:
Didn't cheat on any
- My favorite prompt:
A mystery or true crime book - always a favorite
- My least favorite prompt:
Anything that includes awards or reading lists like NPR I usually hate because I never want to read anything from the listopias. But I did alright this year.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
Three Assassins by Kotaro Isaka (A translated novel from Asia). I kinda hate it when I have to choose translated books from a specific language like this, but here I found a book in my style that I really enjoyed.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
I didn't read any book that I wish I hadn't, I enjoyed them all.
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY ChallengeThe Obelisk Gate (4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld)
Demon Copperhead (6. A book with a serpentine element on the cover)
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (7. A book by an author that uses 3 names)
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (8. A collection of short stories or novellas, essays, poetry, or a mix of various brief writings)
The Stone Sky (11. A book set in a fictional location)
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together (16. A book that fits a prompt from the 2016 ATY list--a non-fiction book)
The Greatest Superpower (23. A book that involves art, music, dancing or acting--comic book art)
The Jackal's Mistress (33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time)
When Breath Becomes Air (35. A book from the NPR “Books We Love” lists)
Speak (38. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 1)
Shout (39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Book 2)
The God of the Woods (41. A book that involves digging up the past)
The Warm Hands of Ghosts 44. A haunting book)
Midwives (45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years)
The Women (50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2024 or 2025)
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This (51. A book published in 2025)
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc)
No
- My most creative twist on a prompt
This may not be the most creative, but I thought it was the cleverest
21. A book connected in some way to any collective noun for animals Destroyer of Light (a destruction is a group of wild or feral cats)
- The prompt I "cheated" on
33. A book by an author you enjoyed but haven't gotten around to reading again for some time The Jackal's Mistress I may have read one of Bohjalian's books last year, but it depends on how you define "some time"
- My favorite prompt
5. A book with a weird or intriguing title; Book read:
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
- My least favorite prompt
46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names; Book read: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
The Warm Hands of Ghosts (read for 44. A haunting book--I'm scared to read horror, but I picked this up anyway and it was so good! 5 stars)
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk (28. Two books with a pair of opposites in their titles: Book 1); I would have DNF'd this if I hadn't already assigned The Leftover Woman to the second book in the pair of opposites. I didn't want to have to find two more books that were pairs of opposites, because nothing else appealed to me, so I forced myself to finish it. It might not have been so bad if I hadn't been reading it right after Demon Copperhead that was so, so much better written!
I finally finished my nonfiction version of the challenge- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
From Here to the Great Unknown was my only 5 star, lets see if I want to add any 4 stars.
Books for Living
Bird by Bird
Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me
Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life
The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations
The Library Book
Oh, Florida!: How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc)
I already finished it with fiction and with picture books, this was all nonfiction.
- My most creative twist on a prompt
- The prompt I "cheated" on
none
- My favorite prompt
best ATY book of the month
- My least favorite prompt
set in a fictional location
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
The Library Book
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!)
Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge: Elizabeth Is Missing, The Levee;Someone; Tom Lake; In the Lives of Puppets; The Old Man Who Read Love Stories; The Soul of a Woman; A Fair Barbarian; The Grey Wolf;Major Pettigrew's Last Stand; The Comfort of Ghosts; James; Remarkably Bright Creatures; The Backyard Bird Chronicles; The Little Liar; The Rosie Result; The Good Lord Bird; The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox;
Hag-Seed; Possession; Intimations; What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust; Big Two-Hearted River: The Centennial Edition; Over the Gate
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc) Not really, but I do tend to read books with interesting names
- My most creative twist on a prompt: A book taking place in winter had a man on the cover wearing a coat, so it must have winter in it sometime, right?
- The prompt I "cheated" on: The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man, With a person that old it must have death in it somewhere.
- My favorite prompt: A book with an author with a common noun in their name. I found such fun and interesting books.
- My least favorite prompt: True crime would have been one had it not been paired with mystery
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!): The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man I am not into reading biography, memoirs, etc. However, I really liked reading about this remarkable man's life.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!) I started to read The Long Earth for one of the prompts and just hated it. The more I read the worse I like it. So, I did not finish it.
- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc) - No twist for the challenge
- My most creative twist on a prompt: For my favorite prompt: Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump
**Love him or hate him: he fit all the options!
- The prompt I "cheated" on: A book by an author with a common noun in their name: The Color of Death by Trey Gowdy
**Three-Point Shot: In sports, "Trey" is also slang for a three-point shot in basketball. I'm not a sports fan so I thought this might be a stretch. However, Trey is a homophone for tray, which is a noun.
- My favorite prompt: A book with a main character who is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, or a criminal
**See above
- My least favorite prompt - an Irish author
**I'm not a fan of narrow prompts or geographic prompts. This was narrower than most.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!): Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
It reminded me of The Boys, but it was much less graphic. I'm looking forward to reading the next book.
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!): Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
**A review I read gave me the impression that it was funny. I must have missed the satire/sarcasm. I did not care for it as a mystery either.
Completed! 11/16- 5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
The Troop, Gone Girl, Circe, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery, Revenge, Breakfast of Champions, Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man , Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries, The Haar, Nothing to See Here,
- Any twists on the challenge? (ie in order, all nonfiction, all picture books, etc)
N/A
- My most creative twist on a prompt
38 and 39. Two books with a connection from different genres: Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin 6/6 & Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 10/4 (narrator seems to be omniscent third person at first but is later revealed to be a character in the story)
- The prompt I "cheated" on
46. A book related to one of the traditional full moon names: Wrath of the Triple Goddess by Rick Riordan 10/7 (Strawberry Moon: main plot driven by a strawberry-flavored potion)
- My favorite prompt
A book about witches, goddesses or nuns: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix 7/15
- My least favorite prompt
4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld The Deep by Nick Cutter 11/14 (I joined late, this was the hardest one to figure out what I was going to do for)
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (but I’m so glad I did!)
A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
- A book I might not have read if not for the ATY Challenge (and I wish I hadn’t!
N/A
I really enjoyed my first ATY challenge. I found it pretty easy to match books with categories, including my nonfiction reads.5 Star books that I read for the ATY Challenge
My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Antidote by Karen Russell
The Greatest Knight: The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, The Power Behind Five English Thrones by Thomas Asbridge
The Bell in the Lake by Lars Mytting
Isola by Allegra Goodman
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages by Dan Jones
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster
All the Broken Places by John Boyne
No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson by Gardiner Harris
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