Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

52/52

1. A book with a title that doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y
✔️Mun vuoro by Angie Thomas

2. A book by an author whose last name is one syllable
✔️Tulenarkoja asioita by Celeste Ng

3. A book that you are prompted to read because of something you read in 2019
✔️Yksi meistä on seuraava by Karen M. McManus

4. A book set in a place or time that you wouldn't want to live
✔️Yksi lensi yli käenpesän by Ken Kesey

5. The first book in a series that you have not started
✔️Vain puoliksi kuningas by Joe Abercrombie
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

6. A book with a mode of transportation on the cover
✔️La Peregrina by Cecilia Samartin

7. A book set in the southern hemisphere
Laiton lapsi – Värikäs nuoruuteni Etelä-Afrikassa by Trevor Noah
✔️The Grot: The Story of the Swamp City Grifters by Pat Grant

8. A book with a two-word title where the first word is "The"
✔️The Mummy Vol. 1: Palimpset by Peter Milligan

9. A book that can be read in a day
✔️Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

10. A book that is between 400-600 pages
✔️Nälkäpeli: Balladi laululinnuista ja käärmeistä by Suzanne Collins

11. A book originally published in a year that is a prime number
✔️2017 Kotiinpalaaja by Nora Roberts
2017 Less by Andrew Sean Greer
2017 Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia
2011 Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
2011 My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
2011 How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
2011 Naimapuuhia by Jeffrey Eugenides

12. A book that is a collaboration between 2 or more people
Ilona Andrews
✔️Markku Kanerva - Näin valmennan voittajia by Alpo Suhonen & Risto Pakarinen

13. A prompt from a previous Around the Year in 52 Books challenge
A book you have high expectations or hope for (2018)
✔️Suon villi laulu by Delia Owens

14. A book by an author on the Abe List of 100 Essential Female Writers
Iris Murdoch
Ann Patchett
Jhumpa Lahiri
Doris Lessing
Georgette Heyer
✔️Maailman syntymäpäivä ja muita tarinoita by Ursula K. Le Guin

15. A book set in a global city
✔️Piruparka by You-Jeong Jeong

16. A book set in a rural or sparsely populated area
✔️Longbournin talossa by Jo Baker

17. A book with a neurodiverse character
✔️Lähikaupan nainen by Sayaka Murata

18. A book by an author you've only read once before
✔️Kuollut ja kuopattu by Mick Finlay

19. A fantasy book
✔️The Will and the Wilds by Charlie N. Holmberg

20. The 20th book [on your TBR, in a series, by an author, on a list, etc.]
Tulivana by Diana Gabaldon
✔️Kadonneet ja kuolleet by Elly Griffiths

21. A book related to Maximilian Hell, the noted astronomer and Jesuit Priest who was born in 1719
✔️Januksen kivi by Elly Griffiths
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Hyperion by Dan Simmons

22. A book with the major theme of survival
✔️Risteyskohdat by Elly Griffiths

23. A book featuring an LGBTQIA+ character or by an LGBTQIA+ author
✔️Keskusteluja ystävien kesken by Sally Rooney

24. A book with an emotion in the title
✔️Halveksunnan aika by Andrzej Sapkowski

25. A book related to the arts
✔️Englantilainen romanssi by Niina Mero

26. A book from the 2019 카지노싸이트 Choice Awards
✔️Kirjojen tytär by Margaret Rogerson

27. A history or historical fiction
✔️Murha Bombayssa by Sujata Massey

28. A book by an Australian, Canadian or New Zealand author
✔️Reported Missing: A True Story of Family and Murder by Eleri Harris
L. M. Montgomery, Louise Penny, Graeme Simsion

29. An underrated book, a hidden gem or a lesser known book
✔️Vedet silmissä by Veera Vaahtera

30. A book from the New York Times '100 Notable Books' list for any year (Changing this to wild card!)
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson
✔️Bolla by Pajtim Statovci

31. A book inspired by a leading news story
✔️Vihan kadut by Ryan Gattis

32. A book related to the 2020 Olympic Summer Games in Japan
Haruki Murakami
✔️Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto

33. A book about a non-traditional family
✔️Ruth's First Christmas Tree by Elly Griffiths
Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

34. A book from a genre or sub genre that starts with a letter in your name
✔️Tšernobylista nousee rukous by Svetlana Alexievich

35. A book with a geometric pattern or element on the cover
✔️Evelynin seitsemän kuolemaa by Stuart Turton

36. A book from your TBR/wishlist that you don't recognize, recall putting there, or put there on a whim
A Secret Rose by Kirsty Ferry
Eksymisen ja unohtamisen kirja by Marisha Rasi-Koskinen
✔️Näkijä by Belinda Bauer

37. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #1 (First)
✔️The 1st Victim by Tami Hoag

38. Two books that are related to each other as a pair of binary opposites: Book #2 (Last)
✔️Viimeinen henkäys by Kimberly Belle

39. A book by an author whose real name(s) you're not quite sure how to pronounce
Kolmen kappaleen probleema by Liu Cixin
✔️Liian meluisa yksinäisyys by Bohumil Hrabal

40. A book with a place name in the title
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
✔️Satapurin jalokivi by Sujata Massey

41. A mystery
✔️Paluu pimeästä by C.J. Tudor

42. A book that was nominated for one of the ‘10 Most Coveted Literary Prizes in the World’
Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction:
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
Kauneudesta by Zadie Smith
Pulitzer Prize:
✔️Nickelin pojat by Colson Whitehead

43. A book related to one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse
Feed by Mira Grant
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
✔️Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman

44. A book related to witches
Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe
✔️The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag

45. A book by the same author who wrote one of your best reads in 2019 or 2018
✔️Uniin eksyneet by Nina George

46. A book about an event or era in history taken from the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start the Fire" list
✔️Tätä ei koskaan tapahtunut by Lara Prescott

47. A classic book you've always meant to read
✔️Dracula by Bram Stoker
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Kravun kääntöpiiri by Henry Miller
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The Plague by Albert Camus

48. A book published in 2020
✔️Kitty, eli kuinka mies tuhotaan by Terhi Tarkiainen

49. A book that fits a prompt from the list of suggestions that didn't win
A book that is a retelling of another work (classic lit, ancient lit, mythology, fairy tales, etc.)
✔️Jumalten verta suonissamme by Katie Lowe

50. A book with a silhouette on the cover
✔️Lontoon salapoliisi by Mick Finlay

51. A book with an "-ing" word in the title
✔️Going Under by Justina Robson

52. A book related to time
✔️Mariana by Susanna Kearsley

Wohoo! 🥳 I made it! And I actually hear the fireworks! It seems that even if I want a year off, the challenge won't let me - jumped in late and had to include more graphic novels than I feel comfortable, but the challenge for 2020 is done and dusted! ()

Yay!

Lizzy wrote: "Yay!"

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