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Skiing. Loving. Becoming. Dating. This week, we are going on a scavenger hunt for -ing words!

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Suggestions:
We recommend searching your TBR for this one! If you go to My Books and type "ing" into the search bar, it will pull up all books and authors on your TBR that have -ing in them. Feel free to also check out our Group Listopia for more recommendations!

ATY Group Listopia

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Optional Questions:
1. What are you reading for this category?
2. Why did you choose this book?

Some of my current options are Sleeping Giants, I’ll be Seeing You, A Manual for Cleaning Women, Searching for Sylvie Lee and The Binding.

I have listed Daughter of the Pirate King on my current plan.

I’m looking at The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann.

I have lots of options, but my short list is:

On a Red Station, Drifting
The Blessing Way
Trail of Lightning
The Cuckoo's Calling

I am planning on Disappearing Earth

WVrambler wrote: "I’m looking at The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann."

Oh my goodness, I loved the tv adaptation of this when I was a kid!

I've got loads of options on my shelves, so I ruled out *thing (anything, everything etc)!

Enduring Love
Going Down
Mouthing the Words
Reading People: How Seeing the World through the Lens of Personality Changes Everything
Sexing the Cherry
Snacks After Swimming: A Pool of the Best New Creative Writing Talent in Scotland
The Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People Help
The Burning Mirror
The Changeling
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Missing

Dana wrote: "I am planning on Disappearing Earth"
Great choice! Just finished it and was going to suggest it for this category.

I’m hoping to read “When We Were Vikings�� by Andrew David MacDonald which comes out later this month. Hearing a little buzz about it. From summaries of the book, this would also be a good choice for a book with a neurodiverse character.

I read The J.M. Barrie Ladies' Swimming Society. I honestly picked this up on a whim--saw it at the library last week and it intrigued me. Unfortunately, it wasn't a very good book, although it was quick. Started it yesterday and finished this evening.

I’ve just finished Holding on to Nothing. No idea where I first heard of it but I’m glad I did. Loved the way it had me rooting so hard for an anti-hero.

My suggestions for this one are:

The Perks of Being a Wallflower - considering rereading this for the umpteenth time. One of my favorites!

Come Tumbling Down

Going Off Script

The Wandering Inn: Volume 2

I'm doing Looking for Alaska

1. What are you reading for this category?
I read #Murdertrending by Gretchen McNeil

2. Why did you choose this book?
It was recommended to me by a friend, and it just happened to match this prompt. :)

1. What are you reading for this category?
Romancing Miss Brontë

2. Why did you choose this book?
Went to the library to pick up another book and passed this one on the shelf. I love the Brontes and find their lives fascinating...so I grabbed it on a whim. Didn't think about where I could slot it, but it fits here just fine.

I am going to read Spying on Whales by Nick Pyenson.
I apparently put this on the list of books to read for the 2018 ATY challenge and never got to it.

What are you reading?
Telling tales by Ann Cleeves Read: 5 Apr 2020.

Why?
Love Vera!

I have a couple non-fiction options:
No Stopping Us Now: A History of Older Women in America and The Lost Art of Scripture, where the subtitle is Reclaiming the Sacred Texts.

1. What are you reading for this category? The Truth According to Us
2. Why did you choose this book? One of 13 books I was able to check out of the library right before it closed for the duration. I was glad it fit a challenge prompt.

I am reading 'dancing in the dark' by Maureen Lee.
I chose this book because I like books with a mystery about the past, which is what this one is.

I read this one:

51. A Book with an "-ing" Word in the Title: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

It wasn't what I expected but was a very sad story about survival during the Holocaust.

I read Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age. It was recommended to me by a friend and finally floated to the top of my to-read list.

I read Kathleen Jamie, Surfacing for this prompt - a collection of nature/memoir essays. I wasn't wild about it, contrary to most reiewers.

1. What are you reading for this category?
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
2. Why did you choose this book?
It was available on overdrive.

So many people recommended The Hunting Party to me that I finally broke down and read it. It had its moments, but parts of it made no sense. 3/5

1. What are you reading for this category?
The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out

2. Why did you choose this book?
Sounded interesting, and it was. I loved this book.

1. What are you reading for this category?
I read The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
2. Why did you choose this book?
I thought this would be a nice classic book to engage with the children during quarantine (they were completely engrossed). I fondly remember the adaptation from my childhood (just the first one, I now realize) but the novel (as usual) is far richer and more interesting. We really enjoyed the running refrain 'but that is a story for another day' (paraphrasing a bit), which opens up so much to speculation (or 'fan fiction'). Just lovely.

1. What are you reading for this category?
The Hating Game
2. Why did you choose this book?
I was looking for an easy read that would hold my attention.

The Queen of Nothing
I chose the book because I wanted to finish the series. Was it good? I've read better. Was it entertaining? YA faerie stories usually are.

I read Taming Demons for Beginners by Annette Marie for this. Literally all her bokos in Guildcodex series ends with an ing so this was a very easy one because her books constitute 70% of the books I have read this year. ( Yes, I am doing very poorly, i know.)

I honestly love her Guildcodex series, both Spellbound and Demonized. So anyone here who is an Urban fantasy fan like me should definitely check it out.

I am reading Cutting for Stone. I have heard only good things about it!

1. What are you reading for this category?
I read Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 535 Easy(ish) Steps

2. Why did you choose this book?
This is the updated version; I had originally read it when there were on 468 steps. LOL. I like giving this as a graduation gift sometimes, so I bought one for a relative and read it before giving it to him.

1. What are you reading for this category?
I am reading The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

2. Why did you choose this book?
It wasn't actually my original choice for this prompt, but I am reading it for an online book club I'm part of. I'm trying to fit those book club reads into this challenge as I honestly don't think I'll manage more than 52 books this year (pandemic and all)

I decided to read The Healing Power of Plants: The Hero Houseplants That Will Love You Back by Fran Bailey, simply because I wanted some new houseplants. :)

1. What are you reading for this category? Saving Ruby King by Catherine Adel West

2. Why did you choose this book? This wasn't my first choice, but it was a library hold that just came in and it was an engrossing read.

I read Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson, a quirky little firecracker of a novel. I really loved the weird premise of this book, described as, "...about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with remarkable and disturbing abilities." Sounded promising and it was, not to mention so freakin' funny.

1. What are you reading for this category? The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman

2. Why did you choose this book? I've been wanting to read it.

I decided to to read The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin for this task because I wanted to read it years ago with my children but never had the opportunity. Harry Potter, A Wrinkle in TIme, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and other great reads intervened. I think that they would have enjoyed this book, too.

I read The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray.

I have been trying to support diverse authors and stories so thought this would be a great chance to do so. Enjoyed the book a lot. Would've also fit for several other prompts as well.

Finally reading Homegoing, and feeling like I'm the last person to get around to it. I've been bombarded by this title from all sides for months and decided to see what all the fuss is about. I was putting it off for months because I suspected it was going to be rough going and depressing...and I was right.

1. What are you reading for this category?
I read The Vanishing Man by The Vanishing Man
2. Why did you choose this book?
My book choice is always my mood when I buy it and then my mood when I finally read it. I had a number of books on hand that would fill this prompt, but I chose it during the main part of my "mystery series pandemic balm".

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. Well, ok, I'm working through as opposed to reading, but it gives an amateur artist everything you need to draw, among other things, the people you love.

1. What are you reading for this category?
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby

2. Why did you choose this book?
This has been on my TBR for a long time. I'm glad I got to it. It was written by a former editor-in-chief of Elle magazine who suffered a stroke and was left unable to meaningfully move any part of his body except his left eye. He dictated the book to his assistant via a system where she would read out the letters of the alphabet and he would blink his left eye when she reached the correct letter. Though physically impaired and unable to talk, his intellectual capabilities do not seem to have been affected, and his book is full of wit and humour.

For this prompt I'm currently reading The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes. I'm glad I chose this it's very good up to now.

What are you reading for this category?
On Writing, by Stephen King


Why did you choose this book?
A friend lent it to me and it fitted the prompt.

1. What are you reading for this category? Destination Wedding
2. Why did you choose this book? I was looking for something light and fun to read and came accross this book and then realized it was a good fit for the prompt.

What are you reading for this category?
I read Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson

Why did you choose this book?
I read Life Among the Savages the earlier book and I wanted to see how the family moved on. Both books were a light-hearted read during this very trying year.

1. What are you reading for this category? The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
2. Why did you choose this book? I needed another audio book to listen to on the way to work and I realized that this would fit this prompt so I slotted it here. I was originally going to read Vanishing Girls but I'm behind in my challenge and I needed some audio help.

1. What are you reading for this category? The Master Butchers Singing Club
2. Why did you choose this book? It was a book on my to-read list that had an -ing in it.