Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Use this thread to track your reading over the course of the Read-a-Thon!

EMILY TRIES TO READ


COMPLETED


Accidentally on Purpose
2020-23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
Enormous Wings
2019-52. A book with a weird or intriguing title

IN PROGRESS


Lightbreakers
2022-49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"

The Night We Met
2023-45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books

PROMPTS I LIKE
2016-14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
2016-26. A book everyone is talking about
2017-32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
2017-39. An epistolary fiction
2018-24. A book with a map
2018-26. A book with a text only cover
2019-36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
2019-52. A book with a weird or intriguing title
2020-23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
2021-44. A book whose title contains a negative
2022-31. A book published at least 10 years ago
2022-49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
2023-45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
2024-14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
2025-49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines

Robin's Read-a-thon

Whistler 2025 45. - A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years - 6/13

Six and a Half Deadly Sins2022 - 50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years - 6/14

A Most Unsuitable Suitor - 2016 15. A book set in the past

The Chalk Pit
2023
2023 10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities" - Scary! - 6/15

A Dying Light in Corduba -6/19
2018 24. A book with a map

After Hours at Dooryard Books 6/19
2020 23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+

The Dark Angel - 6/20
2023. 45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books

Nancy's books

In Progress
Land by Maggie O'Farrell
The Topeka School by Ben Lerner

TBR
Heated Rivalry
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Done
Carry On (23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author)
Platform Decay (1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title)

JennH's Tracking Post


CURRENTLY READING:



COMPLETED:




PROMPTS:
A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years - A Dog's Heart by Mikhail Bulgakov 6/14
A book whose author has published more than 7 books - Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire 6/16
A book by an author whose last name is one syllable - Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 6/17
A book by an author whose last name is one syllable - A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo 6/17
A book whose author has published more than 7 books - Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave by Elle Cosimano 6/19
A book by an author whose last name is one syllable -Motorhomes, Maps, & Murder by Tonya Kappes 6/20
A book by an author whose last name is one syllable - Gone for Gouda by Korina Moss 6/20
A book whose author has published more than 7 books - Room One: A Mystery or Two by Andrew Clements 6/20
A book whose author has published more than 7 books - Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Vol. 7 by singNsong 6/21
A book whose author has published more than 7 books - Elephants can Remember by Agatha Christie 6/21
A book whose author has published more than 7 books - Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood 6/21

Sheyanne C.'s ATY 2026 June Read-a-Thon Tracking

Saturday, June 13, 2026:
Book Read: Brain Damage by Freida McFadden
Read: 6/12/26–6/13/26
Pages Read: 150–394 (244 pages)
Prompt: 2023 #45 - A book whose author has published more than 7 books

Sunday, June 14, 2026
Book Read: The House of Now and Then: A Novel by Edward Underhill
Read: 6/14/26
Pages Read: 1-276 (276 pages)
Prompt: 2019 #17 - A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)*

Book Read: Snowblind by Ragnar Jónasson (translated by Quentin Bates)
Read: 6/14/26 - 6/14/26
Pages Read: 1-303 (303 pages)
Prompt: 2023 #45 - A book whose author has published more than 7 books

Monday, June 15, 2026:
Book Read: The Silent Partner by Lee Goldberg
Read: 6/15/26 - 6/16/36
Pages Read: 1-73 (73 pages)
Prompt: 2020 #6 - A book with a mode of transportation on the cover

Tuesday, June 16, 2026:
Book Read: The Silent Partner by Lee Goldberg
Read: 6/15/26 - 6/16/26
Pages Read: 74-304 (230 pages)
Prompt: 2020 #6 - A book with a mode of transportation on the cover

Book Read: Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Read: 6/16/26 - 6/17/26
Pages Read: 1-118 (118 pages)
Prompt: 2025 #49 - A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines

Wednesday, June 17, 2026:
Book Read: Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Read: 6/16/26 - 6/17/26
Pages Read: 119-329 (210 pages)
Prompt: 2025 #49 - A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines

Book Read: Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Read: 6/17/26 - 6/18/26
Pages Read: 1-163 (163 pages)
Prompt: 2024 #19 - A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream

Thursday, June 18, 2026:
Book Read: Lemon Meringue Pie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Read: 6/17/26 - 6/18/26
Pages Read: 164-348 (184 pages)
Prompt: 2024 #19 - A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream

Book Read: A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
Read: 6/17/26 - 6/18/26
Pages Read: 1-132 (132 pages)
Prompt: 2019 #17 - A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)*

Friday, June 19, 2026:
Book Read: A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
Read: 6/17/26 - 6/18/26
Pages Read: 133-378 (245 pages)
Prompt: 2019 #17 - A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)*

Book Read: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Read: 6/19/26 - 6/19/26
Pages Read: 1-334 (334 pages)
Prompt: 2025 #45 - A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years

Book Read: Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano
Read: 6/19/26 - 6/21/26
Hours Listened: 0-1:23:33
Prompt: Prompt: 2020 #6 - A book with a mode of transportation on the cover

Saturday, June 20, 2026:
Book Read: Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano
Read: 6/19/26 - 6/21/26
Hours Listened: 1:23:24-4:34:57
Prompt: Prompt: 2020 #6 - A book with a mode of transportation on the cover

Book Read: Murder, She Wrote: Murder Backstage by Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran
Read: 6/20/26 - 6/21/26
Pages Read: 1-275 (275 pages)
Prompt: 2025 #45 - A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years

Book Read: Nosy Neighbours by Freya Sampson
Read: 6/20/26
Pages Read: 1-385 (385 pages)
Prompt: 2022 #50 - A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years

Sunday, June 21, 2026:
Book Read: Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano
Read: 6/19/26 - 6/21/26
Hours Listened: 4:34:58-9:05:00
Prompt: Prompt: 2020 #6 - A book with a mode of transportation on the cover

Book Read: Fudge Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke
Read: 6/21/26
Pages Read: 1-320 (320 pages)
Prompt: 2024 #19 - A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream

Marie M's June Read-a-Thon Tracking

IN PROGRESS:

COMPLETED:
It Happened on the Lake by Lisa Jackson:
• 2017 10. A dual-timeline novel

California Golden by Melanie Benjamin:
• 2021 15. A book that features siblings as the main characters

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix:
• 2018 1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title

Lost Horizon by James Hilton:
• 2020 6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan:
• 2019 36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of
the Year list

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo:
• 2020: 23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author

The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman
• 2020: 51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title

Sunburn by Laura Lippman
• 2023: 45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books

The Vaster Wilds
• 2019 36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of
the Year list

Beautiful Ruins
• 2017 10. A dual-timeline novel

Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
• 2019 36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of
the Year list

Kathy's June Read-a-thon Tracking:

COMPLETED:
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
2017-6. A dual timeline novel
The Restoration Garden
2017-6. A dual timeline novel
Death of a Ghost
2023-45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
Les Miserables (pp. 943-1232)
2023-45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
The Guncle - Steven Rowley
2020-23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
To the Lighthouse
2020-2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable

CURRENTLY READING:
True Grit (start p. 29 of 218p)
Spent: A Comic Novel

PROMPTS I LIKE:
2016-14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
2016-15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
2016-31. A work of young adult fiction
2017-10. A dual-timeline novel
2017-15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
2017-39. An epistolary fiction
2018-15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
2018-24. A book with a map
2020-23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
2021-26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author
2121-40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover
2022-31. A book published at least 10 years ago
2023-45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
2024-14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
2025-45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years

Pamela's tracking

Finished:
1. They're Going to Love You (A book with an "-ing" word in the title )
2. Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt (A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter )
3. The Swimmers (NPR books we love)
4. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth (A book with an "-ing" word in the title)
5. Anne of Avonlea (Spice Girls)
6. Villa Coco (no e)

Currently reading
Wasp's Nest
The Scarlet Pimpernel

POTENTIAL TBR
Beach Read

CURRENTLY READING:
Haven't Killed in Years

COMPLETED
It's Different This Time -
19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream - Eating Strawberry Ice Cream
Himawari House
19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream - Sunflower oil used in vegan options
The Radiant Dark
49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines - alternate timeline
The Correspondent - A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list

Dixie's June Read-a-thon Tracking

Final tally:
A, T, and Y in the title
√Younguncle in the Himalayas
√The Invisibility Cloak
√Letters to a Young Contrarian
√Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet
√Lucky Star,

-ing word in title
√ Being There
√ Feeding Ghosts: A Graphic Memoir
√ The Dark Is Rising
√ Getting Even
√ Galloping Gold
√ Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old
√ Trout Fishing in America

Speculative fiction
√The Children of Green Knowe
√Hum
√The Empress of Salt and Fortune

A short book (<210pg) by a new-to-you author
√ Hollow Inside
√ Ms Ice Sandwich

Character found in a deck of cards
√The Uncommon Reader (queen)

Alternate realities
√Hello Now
√Finna

Kendra's Tracking Post

TBR (That I didn't get to)


Things I read, but didn't finish:


Daily Tracking
Saturday: 632 pages total.
Death of a Pop Star, Vol. 2 - 288 pages.
Dungeon Crawler Carl - 320 pages.
The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk - 24 pages.
Sunday: 235 pages total.
Break Room - 160 pages.
The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk - 6 pages.
The Tapestry of Fate - 19 pages.
The Magic Christmas - 50 pages.
Monday: 254 pages total.
The Magic Christmas - 197 pages.
The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk - 57 pages.
Tuesday: 341 pages total.
I'll Come to You - 224 pages.
Better Pets - 40 pages.
The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk - 52 pages.
The Dragonbone Chair (Part 3 of 3) Dramatized Adaptation - 25 pages.
Wednesday: 587 pages total.
Lore Olympus: Volume Ten - 448 pages.
The Dragonbone Chair (Part 3 of 3) Dramatized Adaptation - 100 pages.
The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk - 39 pages.
Thursday: 266 pages total.
Dear Committee Members - 181 pages.
The Dragonbone Chair (Part 3 of 3) Dramatized Adaptation - 63 pages.
The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk - 22 pages.
Friday: 390 pages total.
The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk - 117 pages.
Season of the Bruja Vol. 1 - 128 pages.
The Dragonbone Chair (Part 3 of 3) Dramatized Adaptation - 125 pages.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - 20 pages.
Saturday: 280 pages total.
Clara & the Devil, Volume 1 - 176 pages.
People We Meet on Vacation - 91 pages.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - 13 pages.
Sunday: 270 pages total.
People We Meet on Vacation - 270 pages.

3 255 pages total.

Finished


Group Challenge

2016-14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
2016-15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
2016-26. A book everyone is talking about
🔹Dear Committee Members - June 18th
2016-31. A work of young adult fiction
2016-35. An award winning book
2017-4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
2017-10. A dual-timeline novel
2017-15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
2017-32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
2017-39. An epistolary fiction
2018-1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
2018-15. A book with an unique format/writing structure
2018-24. A book with a map
2018-26. A book with a text only cover
2018-41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials
2019-17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)
2019-18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
2019-36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
2019-45. A multi-generational saga
2019-52. A book with a weird or intriguing title
2020-2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
2020-6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
2020-23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
2020-24. A book with an emotion in the title
2020-51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
2021-15. A book that features siblings as the main characters
2021-26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author
2021-27. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards
2021-40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover
2021-44. A book whose title contains a negative
2022-21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
2022-31. A book published at least 10 years ago
2022-37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
2022-49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
🔹Dungeon Crawler Carl - June 13th
🔹The Magic Christmas - June 15th
🔹The Dragonbone Chair (Part 3 of 3) Dramatized Adaptation - June 19th
2022-50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
2023-10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
2023-11. A book about a person/character with a disability
2023-12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
2023-42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
🔹Death of a Pop Star, Vol. 2 - June 13th
🔹Lore Olympus: Volume Ten - June 17th
🔹The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk - June 19th
2023-45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books
2024-14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
2024-17. A book involving intelligence
🔹Break Room - June 14th
2024-19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
2024-26. A book by an author known by their initials
2024-34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
2025-7. A book by an author that uses 3 names
2025-25. A book with waves on the cover
2025-34. A book title that could be a country song
🔹I'll Come to You - June 16th
🔹People We Meet on Vacation - June 21st
2025-45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years
2025-49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines

Trish's tracking

Starting point:
Oathbound, Tracy Deonn - on pg 77 of 656pg
The Ghost Brigades, John Scalzi - on pg 50 of 356

Saturday:
Automatic Noodle, 168pg
Oathbound, 40pg

Sunday.
Only got the first 50pg (of 171pg) of What Stalks the Deep read.

Monday:
Read the other 121pg of What Stalks the Deep
Read the first 132pg (of 243pg) of Platform Decay

Tuesday:
Read the other 111pg of Platform Decay
Read another 52pg of The Ghost Brigades

Wednesday:
Only managed another 30pg of The Ghost Brigades

Thursday:
Only managed another 30pg of The Ghost Brigades
Ones Trish might think about

2016-14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How) - What Stalks the Deep, T Kingfisher
2016-31. A work of young adult fiction - The Incandescent, Emily Tesh?
2019-17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia) -
Platform Decay, Martha Wells
The Ghost Brigades, John Scalzi - on pg 50 of 356
The Witness for the Dead, Katherine Addison
2020-2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable -
2020-23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author - Automatic Noodle, Annalee Newitz
The River Has Roots, Amal El-Mohtar
2021-26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author - Murder by Memory, Olivia Waite
2021-40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover
2022-37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name - Cinder House, Freya Merske
The Summer War, Naomi Novik
2022-49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons" - Among Ghosts, Rachel Hartman?
2023-42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter - Among Ghosts, Rachel Hartmann?
2023-45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books - Kathi Daley?
2024-14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color - Oathbound, Tracy Deonn? - on page 77 of 656pg
2024-26. A book by an author known by their initials
2025-45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years - Kathi Daley?
2025-49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines - The Killing Time, Elly Griffiths

Martha's Readathon Tracking

Currently Reading
John of John


Books Completed and Prompts I Used


The Correspondent Prompt used: Featured on NPR Best

Her Side of the Story Used title that could be a country song, kind of desperate but this book fit nothing else.

FINISHED
started at p. 37







CURRENTLY READING
Burn Down Master's House
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates


Daily Log
SAT 6/13: Super Visible: The Story of the Women of Marvel Comics, 363p
SUN 6/14: Automatic Noodle, 163p; Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train, 67p; Burn Down Master's House, 70p
MON 6/15: Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train, 90p; Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, 102p
TUE 6/16: How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates, 24p
WED 6/17: Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train, 68p
THU 6/18: Burn Down Master's House, 86p; Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train, 52p
FRI 6/19: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, 240p; Raised By Ghosts, 226p; Yan 1, 349p; Womb City, 104p
SAT 6/20: Thistlemarsh, 324p
SUN 6/21: Thistlemarsh, 108p; Paris to the Past: Traveling through French History by Train, 72p

TBR
The Killing Spell
The Duke
Things We Lost to the Water
Jane and Dorothy: A True Tale of Sense and Sensibility: The Lives of Jane Austen and Dorothy Wordsworth

Nancy R's June Read-a-Thon:

Completed:
Good People by Patmeena Sabit
A Job You Mostly Won't Know How to Do Pete Fromm
Indignation (MTI) by Philip Roth
Jane & Me: My Austen Heritage by Caroline Jane Knight
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
What to Do About the Solomons by Bethany Ball
A Devil Went Down to Georgia: Race, Power, Privilege, and the Murder of Lita McClinton by Deb Miller Landau
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It Should Have Been You by Andrea Mara
Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism by Thea Riofrancos
Injustice Town: A Corrupt City, a Wrongly Convicted Man, and a Struggle for Freedom by Rick Tulsky
Prompts I like:

Irene's June Mini-Thon Challenge!
Challenge runs from June 13-21, 2026.

Daily Tracking:
Sat, 6/13: 110 pages (Possession)
Sun, 6/14: 445 pages (Possession)
Mon, 6/15: 247 pages (The Sad Ghost Club)
Tues, 6/16: 178 pages (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld)
Weds, 6/17: 59 pages (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld), 72 pages (When Dealing With Dragons)
Thurs, 6/18: 252 pages (When Dealing With Dragons)
Fri, 6/19: 134 pages (The Vespertine)
Sat, 6/20: 159 pages (The Vespertine), 115 pages (Lord Edgware Dies)
Sun, 6/21: 154 pages (Lord Edgware Dies)
TOTAL: 1925 pages (6 books)

Completed Books & Prompts:
☑ Possession by A.S. Byatt (A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author, 2020)
☑ The Sad Ghost Club by Lize Meddings (A book with a weird or intriguing title, 2019)
☑ The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip (A speculative fiction, 2019)
☑ When Dealing With Dragons by Dana Swift (A book with an "-ing" word in the title, 2020)
☑ The Vespertine by Saundra Mitchell (A speculative fiction, 2019)
☑ Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie (A book with a weird or intriguing title, 2019)



☐☑

MY PROGRESS POST


STARTING POINT
- La canción del lobo - on 5 hrs 51 min
- El problema de los tres cuerpos - on pag 87
- The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 3 - on chap 270

CURRENTLY READING:
- El problema de los tres cuerpos
- The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 3

READING TRACKER:
- June 13: 6 pag
- June 14: 2 hrs, 150 pages
- June 15: 2 hrs, 205 pages
- June 16: 130 pages
- June 17: 30 min, 60 pages
- June 18: 16 pages, 30 min
- June 19: 5 pages, 3 hours
- June 20: 14 pages, 4 hours 30 min
- June 21: 46 pages

TOTAL PAGE COUNT: 632 pages
TOTAL AUDIO HOURS: 12 hrs 30 min
TOTAL BOOK COUNT: 5

BOOKS FINISHED:


- La canción del lobo
Prompt: A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)
- Blockade Billy
Prompt: A book whose author has published more than 7 books
- El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
Prompt: A book whose author has published more than 7 books
- El caballero de los Siete Reinos
Prompt: A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)

Sat. June 13 -
Dungeon Crawler Carl speculative fiction
The Infinity Particle: A Graphic Novel contains a,t,y
Fitting Indian young adult

Sun. June 14 -
Solo Leveling, Vol. 13 alternate realities

Mon. June 15 -
The Poet Empress here be dragons

Tues. June 16 -
The Raven Scholar NPR
Visions of the Crow (Dreams, 1) n/a
Better Pets n/a
Lore Olympus: Volume Ten author name one syllable

Wed. June 17 -
Clara & the Devil, Volume 1 n/a

Thurs. June 18 -
Death of a Pop Star, Vol. 2: A WEBTOON Unscrolled Graphic Novel weird title

Fri. June 19 -
Muted, Vol. 1 speculative fiction
Z for Zachariah speculative fiction

Sat. June 20 - nothing finished

Sun. June 21 -
Sunrise on the Reaping npr books we love
Year of the Jungle n/a
Sharp Teeth speculative fiction

Prompts I want to vote for:
A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines
A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
A book with a weird or intriguing title
A book with a text only cover
A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)
A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years


Possible books:
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How to Overcome It
Superfudge
The Brilliant History of Color in Art
How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay

Completed with prompts:

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson for A book by an author with the same first and last initials
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This for A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
Superfudge by Judy Blume for A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
The Brilliant History of Color in Art for A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay for A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
Churn: The Tension That Divides Us and How to Overcome It for A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten for A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
The Undocumented Americans for A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list

Andrea's June Read-a-thon Tracking:

TBR:


COMPLETED:
Whidbey
Just Between Us: A Graphic Novel
A Private Man

PROMPTS
A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title
A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
A book everyone is talking about
A work of young adult fiction
An award winning book
A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
A dual-timeline novel
A book written or set in Scandinavia
A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
An epistolary fiction
A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
A book with an unique format/writing structure
A book with a map
A book with a text only cover
A book by an author with the same first and last initials
A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia)
A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
A multi-generational saga
A book with a weird or intriguing title
A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
A book with an emotion in the title
A book with an "-ing" word in the title
A book that features siblings as the main characters
A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author
A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards
A book with flowers or greenery on the cover
A book whose title contains a negative
A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
A book published at least 10 years ago
A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years
A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
A book about a person/character with a disability
A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies
A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
A book whose author has published more than 7 books
A book with a main character who is BIPOC
A book involving intelligence
A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
A book by an author known by their initials
A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs
A book by an author that uses 3 names
A book with waves on the cover
A book title that could be a country song
A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years

I'll have to come back to edit the list!
THE PROMPTS

2016
14. A book with one of the five W’s -or H in the title (Who/What/Where/When/Why/How)
15. A book set in the past (more than 100 years ago)
31. A work of young adult fiction

2017
4. A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"
10. A dual-timeline novel
15. A book written or set in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland)
32. A book with a long title (5+ words, excluding subtitle)
39. An epistolary fiction

2018
1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title
24. A book with a map
41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials

2019
17. A speculative fiction (i.e. fantasy, scifi, horror, dystopia): The Sword of the Shannara and The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks
18. A book related to one of the elements on the periodic table of elements
45. A multi-generational saga
52. A book with a weird or intriguing title

2020
2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
24. A book with an emotion in the title
51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title

2021
15. A book that features siblings as the main characters
26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author: Tomorrow Someone Will Arrest You by Meena Kandasamy
27. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards
44. A book whose title contains a negative

2022
21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover
31. A book published at least 10 years ago
37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name
49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"
50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years

2023
10. A book related to one of the Spice Girls' "personalities"
11. A book about a person/character with a disability
12. A book connected to birds, bees, or bunnies: The Bird Tattoo by Dunya Mikhail
42. A book related to a ghost, spirit, phantom, or specter
45. A book whose author has published more than 7 books

2024
14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color
17. A book involving intelligence
19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream
26. A book by an author known by their initials: The Waitress by K.L. Slater
34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs

2025
7. A book by an author that uses 3 names
34. A book title that could be a country song
45. A book by an author whose publishing career spans at least ten years
49. A book that deals with time travel, alternate universes, or alternate timelines

Readathon July 12-21

2019
36. A book featured on an NPR Best Books of the Year list
Daughters of the Bamboo Grove by Barbara Demick (Nancyj) npr
Far from the Tree by Robin Benway (Nancyj) npr
Say Nothing by Patrick Hadden Keene (Nancyj) npr
Land of Big Numbers by Chen, Te-Ping (Nancyj) npr

2024
17. A book involving intelligence
Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn (NancyJ)
Code Name Helene by Ariel Lawhon ( NancyJ)

Completed:
The Battle of Midway by Craig L. Symonds - 6/13/26 - 5* - My Review
A book involving intelligence (wartime intelligence/codebreaking unit)

Wilson by A. Scott Berg - 6/14/26 - 4.5* - My Review
A book by an author whose last name is one syllable

The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout - 6/15/26 - 3.5* - My Review
A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title

Vigil by George Saunders - 6/15/26 - 3* - My Review
A title that doesn't contain the letter "E"

John of John by Douglas Stuart - 6/16/26 - 5* - My Review
A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author

Hum by Helen Phillips - 6/17/26 - 3.5* - My Review
A book involving intelligence (artificial intelligence)

The Country Girls by Edna O'Brien - 6/17/26 - 4* - My Review
A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name

Donnie Brasco by Joseph D. Pistone - 6/18/26 - 3* - My Review
A book involving intelligence (FBI/espionage, undercover work)

The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk - 6/19/26 - 4* - My Review
A book involving intelligence (extremely smart protagonist/inventor)

Theo of Golden by Allen Levi - 6/20/26 - 4* - My Review
A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years

A Manuscript of Ashes by Antonio Muñoz Molina - 6/21/26 - 3.5* - My Review
A book with a weird or intriguing title