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message 1: by Cathy (last edited Jul 03, 2022 08:51AM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 12:45PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) Last year I didn't even try. Deep breath and hope I can find my love of reading again.

I plan on finishing using only the books in my home library that I have not read yet unless I do not have one to fit the prompt, in which case, I will either buy one, borrow from the library.

**Update on choosing books: I have finally accepted what I have known about myself for years. I am a mood reader and can not follow a plan of reading. I need to read what I feel like reading in the moment. I am going to try and see where the books I have read so far this year fit and if they don't, then they don't. I have decided also, that I won't delete the books I had planned for each prompt, but I am not going to waste time by striking through the ones I didn't read. I am going to simply add the book to the prompt.

If a book fits into multiple prompts, I have listed it in each prompt that it fits. I will decide which book I read as I go through the year. I am a mood reader and will likely skip reading altogether if I am not in the mood for the book I have chosen for the prompt. Having more than one to choose from may help me to get out of my reading slump.

[X] - Book was read for this prompt
Book was not read for this prompt
[X] Attempted to read book for this prompt - DNF


Keeping track:

7/52 completed
0 DNF


message 5: by Cathy (last edited Nov 20, 2021 02:42PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:18PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list

My favorite prompt that did not make the list is:
A book whose cover shows your favorite kind of weather

The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea - Sebastian Junger


message 6: by Cathy (last edited Nov 20, 2021 02:50PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:19PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
Verity - Colleen Hoover (Kindle Version)
The Women in the Castle - Jessica Shattuck


message 14: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 04:40PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:22PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 13. A book about a woman in STEM


The Lost Apothecary - Sarah Penner
Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
Cinder - Marissa Meyer


message 15: by Cathy (last edited Nov 20, 2021 05:28PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:22PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on 카지노싸이트

Stillwell - Michael Phillip Cash


message 17: by Cathy (last edited Nov 20, 2021 05:48PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:22PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 16. A book related to Earth Day

Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
A Good Neighborhood - Therese Anne Fowler


message 19: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 04:04PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:23PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author

The Bride Test - Helen Hoang
A Single Swallow - Ling Zhang (Kindle Version)
And the Mountains Echoed - Khaled Hosseini
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
At the End of the Matinee - Keiichirō Hirano (Kindle Version)
The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan - Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller (Kindle Version)


message 20: by Cathy (last edited Nov 20, 2021 06:13PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:23PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden
The Princess Bride - William Goldman
The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins


message 22: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 05:18PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:24PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover

Summer of '69 - Elin Hilderbrand
Cinder - Marissa Meyer
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
The Bride Test - Helen Hoang
True Colors - Kristin Hannah


message 23: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 11:30AM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:24PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 22. A book with a Jewish character or author

Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris
Cilka's Journey - Heather Morris


message 24: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 11:40AM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:24PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship

The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
Fingersmith - Sarah Waters


message 31: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 12:43PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:26PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 30. A book related to mythology

The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
The Bear and the Nightingale - Katherine Arden


message 33: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 04:54PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:27PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson
Long Bright River - Liz Moore
The Alice Network - Kate Quinn


message 34: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 04:06PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:27PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 33. The next book in a series

Us Against You - Fredrik Backman
The Bride Test - Helen Hoang


message 35: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 04:55PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:27PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role

Ninth House - Leigh Bardugo
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - Holly Jackson


message 39: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 01:26PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:28PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 38. A book by a Latin American author

Next Year in Havana - Chanel Cleeton
Tears of Amber - Sofía Segovia (Kindle Version)


message 40: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 01:37PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:28PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan


message 41: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 01:44PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:28PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards

The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern
The Night Circus- Erin Morgenstern
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St. James


message 42: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 01:47PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:28PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 41. A book with a theme of food or drink

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins


message 43: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 01:53PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:29PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 42. A book with a language or nationality in the title

An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
American Dirt - Jeanine Cummins


message 47: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 02:10PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:30PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters

The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
Cinder - Marissa Meyer
The Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
West with Giraffes - Lynda Rutledge


message 50: by Cathy (last edited Nov 21, 2021 02:24PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2021 01:31PM

Cathy (cathy_unapologetically) 49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons"

The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer
Dragonfly in Amber - Diana Gabaldon


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