Around the Year in 52 Books

message 1: by Moni (last edited Dec 01, 2018 11:40PM) (new)

Mar 14, 2018 12:50PM

So, this is my second year participating, I completed the challenge last year (yeih!) and it (REALLY) help me to improve my reading.
This year I was doubtful because I'm currently in my study abroad semester and I don't have much time to read.
However, so far, so good. January (before abroad) was an excelent reading month and the books actually fit some challenges (¿?), so LET'S DO IT.

♥ -> Completed

1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title - Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair ♥

2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list – Eleanor & Park (2011!) ♥

3. A book from the 2017 카지노싸이트 Choice Awards - A Court of Wings and Ruin (YA - Winner) ♥

4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth - The Jungle Book ♥

5. A book about or inspired by real events – Before We Were Yours ♥

6. A book originally written in a language other than English – El amor huele a café (Spanish) ♥

7. A gothic novel - Lair of Dreams ♥

8. An "own voices" book - Everything Leads to You ♥

9. A book with a body part in the title – Every Heart a Doorway ♥

10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published) - Attachments (Rainbow Rowell) ♥

11. A literary fiction – Everything I Never Told You ♥

12. A book set in Africa or South America - Americanah ♥

13. A book with a plot centered around a secret - Atonement ♥

14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire - Fire ♥

15. A book with an unique format/writing structure - Illuminae ♥

16. A narrative nonfiction - Stupeur et tremblements ♥

17. A book you expect to make you laugh - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ♥

18. A book with a location in the title - Anne of Green Gables ♥

19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author – Evil Under the Sun (Agatha Christie) ♥

20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends - The Great Gatsby ♥

21. A book written in first person perspective – Every Day ♥

22. A book you have high expectations or hope for – The Female of the Species ♥

23. A medical or legal thriller - A Dangerous Fiction: A Mystery ♥

24. A book with a map - The Smell of Other People's Houses (Alaska's map because I didn't want fantasy) ♥

25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view - Heartless ♥

26. A book with a text only cover - Imagine Me Gone ♥

27. A book about surviving a hardship – Those Who Save Us ♥

28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water - Salt to the Sea ♥

29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title - Graceling ♥

30. A short book – Stargirl ♥

31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to – Silver Silence (Russia) ♥

32. An alternate history book - The Crown's Game ♥

33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you - Love & Gelato (Eurozone - Italy is part of the Eurozone - Gelato, book set in Italy) ♥

34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call - Of Mice and Men (A book by a Nobel prize author) ♥

35. A book featuring a murder – Murder on the Orient Express ♥

36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before - The Trials of Morrigan Crow ♥

37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine ♥

38. A science book or a science fiction book – Brave New World ♥

39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title – Glory O Brien's History of the Future ♥

40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list – The Complete Persepolis ♥

41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials - Dubliners (James Joyce) ♥

42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater - The Pirate's Wish ♥

43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence - We Were Liars ♥

44. A ghost story – Before the Devil Breaks You ♥

45. A book that intimidates/ scares you - If We Were Villains ♥

46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air - Truthwitch (Remind me so much of Avatar: The last airbender) ♥

47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own – Written in the Stars ♥

48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins - Call Me by Your Name ♥

49. A book from one of the 카지노싸이트 Best Books of the Month lists - The Distance Between Us (July 2013) ♥

50. A book with a warm atmosphere - A Little Something Different ♥

51. An award-winning short story or short story collection - The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories ♥

52. A book published in 2018 - Beneath the Sugar Sky ♥

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message 2: by Katie (new)

Mar 14, 2018 01:00PM

I love the name of your plan!

The Distance Between Us was the first book I read by Kasie West, and since then, I've read everything she's published. I love how fun her books are & they always have a really cute premise.

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message 3: by Moni (new)

Apr 11, 2018 03:25AM

Katie wrote: "I love the name of your plan!

The Distance Between Us was the first book I read by Kasie West, and since then, I've read everything she's published. I love how fun her books are & they always have..."

It was my third of her, same, also they're quick reads for me:))

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message 4: by Moni (new)

Apr 11, 2018 03:39AM

January

(S) - Read in spanish.