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ATY 2024

Progress: 52/52 Finished 8/13/24

THE 2024 LIST:

1. A book with a title that ends in A, T or Y - Some Desperate Glory
2. A book connected to something you read in 2023 - Court of Wanderers
3. A book that fits a suggestion that didn’t make the final list (A book you meant to read in 2023) - Dark Rise
4. A book related to something mentioned in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong - One Dark Window
5. A book set in one of the 25 most beautiful cities in the world - A Curious Beginning

6. A book with wings on the cover - I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
7. A book with a pronoun in the title - Never Have I Ever
8. A book by an author from Canada, Australia or New Zealand - Empire of Wild
9. A book with fewer than 2024 ratings on ŷ������ - Your Blood, My Bones

10. A history or historical fiction book - The Warm Hands of Ghosts
11. A book with an X connection - Sword Catcher
12. A book that has been on your TBR for over a year - Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
13. A book that is on a Five Books List; reader’s choice of which list - Empire of Sand

14. A book with a main character who is Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color - The Obelisk Gate
15. A book whose author’s name includes one of the 4 least used letters in the alphabet (JQZX) - Love, Theoretically
16. A book related to the phrase "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" - The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
17. A book involving intelligence - The Will of the Many

18. A book with a botanical cover - Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
19. A book connected in some way to any of the flavors of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream - The End of Everything
20. A book with a single word title - Bride
21. A book with a title containing 6+ words - The Last Murder at the End of the World
22. A book by an author from an African country - The Visit

23. A book related to Boats, Beaches, Bars, Ballads, or Jimmy Buffett - A Restless Truth
24. A book with a secondary color on the cover (orange, green or purple) - A Feather So Black
25. A book involving a crime other than a murder - Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
26. A book by an author known by their initials - Blood Over Bright Haven

27. A book related to land - The Fifth Season
28. A book related to sea -Into the Drowning Deep
29. A book related to air - Two Twisted Crowns
30. A book set in a country bordering the Mediterranean Sea - The Familiar
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32. A book with a number in the title - The Six Deaths of the Saint
33. A book involving travel - Clockwork Boys
34. A book related to the name of one of Snow White's seven dwarfs - Thornhedge
35. A science or science fiction book - The Ministry of Time

36. A book featuring a character in education - A Study in Drowning
37. A book that is part of a series - Paladin's Hope
38. Two books with similar covers: Book 1 - A Marvellous Light
39. Two books with similar covers: Book 2 - A Power Unbound

40. A book involving a wild animal or endangered species, in the content, title, or on the cover - When Among Crows
41. A book with a chilling atmosphere - The Butcher of the Forest
42. A book with a sound-related word in the title - Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
43. A book by an Edgar Award-winning Author - The Tainted Cup
44. A book with a touch of magic - Vampires of El Norte

45. A book that is not a novel - A Poetry Handbook
46. A book related to night - Silver Under Nightfall
47. A book with a two-word title beginning with THE - The Luminaries
48. A second book that fits your favorite prompt (A book that is not a novel) - On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

49. A book with a senior citizen character - Killers of a Certain Age
50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024 - Mammoths at the Gates
51. A book published in 2024 - Funny Story
52. A cozy mystery - Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

2024 Book Cover Collage:

Book Ratings:

5 Stars:
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
Two Twisted Crowns
Paladin's Hope
Silver Under Nightfall
Court of Wanderers
The Will of the Many
A Marvellous Light
Like a Beggar
The Raven King
What the Dead Know
A Desolation Called Peace
Hunting Fiends for the Ill-Equipped


4.5 Stars
Bride
Your Blood, My Bones
On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good
Blue Lily, Lily Blue
Long Live Evil


4 Stars:
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
Thornhedge
Vampires of El Norte
Some Desperate Glory
One Dark Window
The Tainted Cup
Clockwork Boys
Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
Love, Theoretically
A Poetry Handbook
Sword Catcher
Blood Over Bright Haven
The Fifth Season
The Warm Hands of Ghosts
Dark Rise
Funny Story
The End of Everything
When Among Crows
The Six Deaths of the Saint
The Last Murder at the End of the World
Mammoths at the Gates
Half a Soul
A Power Unbound
The Visit
Never Have I Ever
The Raven Boys
The Dream Thieves
Graveyard Shift
The Brides of High Hill
A Memory Called Empire
Taming Demons for Beginners
Slaying Monsters for the Feeble
Delivering Evil for Experts


3.5 Stars:
A Curious Beginning
Killers of a Certain Age
The Obelisk Gate
The Luminaries
A Feather So Black
A Restless Truth
The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
A Sorceress Comes to Call
The Stone Sky
To Kill a Kingdom
Asunder
Sorcery and Small Magics
The Only One Left
Spiderlight
An Academy for Liars


3 Stars:
Empire of Sand
A Study in Drowning
The Butcher of the Forest
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
The Familiar
Into the Drowning Deep
The Teller of Small Fortunes
The City in Glass
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I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
The Fireborne Blade


2.5 Stars:
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
Empire of Wild
A Fate Inked in Blood
Not in Love


2 Stars:
The Nightmare Before Kissmas
The Ministry of Time


1 Star:


DNF:
Dark Water Daughter - DNF @50%. Enjoying the world, but the pacing and the characters just aren't working for me.
Throne of the Fallen - Not enjoying the writing style or the characters.
Middlegame - This is my third attempt to read this book. Not sure what it is about it, there's nothing objectively wrong with it, but I can't seem to get myself to care. Might try to push through and finish at some point but for now it's a DNF.

24 in 24: Reading down my owned TBR:

15/24

1. Killers of a Certain Age 3.5 stars
2. Empire of Wild 2.5 stars
3. Into the Drowning Deep 3 stars
4. Middlegame DNF
5. The Fifth Season 4 stars
6. How Long 'til Black Future Month?
7. A Restless Truth
8. The Lathe of Heaven
9. Never Have I Ever
10. A Master of Djinn
11. Song of Silver, Flame Like Night
12. Some Desperate Glory 4 stars
13. City of Stairs
14. A Memory Called Empire 4 stars
15. Sword Catcher 4 stars
16. Empire of Sand 3 stars
17. Zhara DNF
18. Gideon the Ninth
19. A Curious Beginning 3.5 stars
20. No Gods for Drowning
21. The Luminaries 3.5 stars
22. The Order of Time
23. The Priory of the Orange Tree
24. A Study in Drowning 3.5 stars

Buzzwordathon 2024

Progress: 12/12

JANUARY: "There/Their/They're"
-Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror

FEBRUARY: Positive Words (Happy, Cute, Sweet, Love...etc)
- Some Desperate Glory

MARCH: Character Names
- Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

APRIL: Nature Words
-Empire of Wild

MAY: "Every"
-The End of Everything

JUNE: Repeating Words
-The Six Deaths of the Saint

JULY: Measurements (distance, time...etc.)
-Half a Soul

AUGUST: "Like"
-Like a Beggar

SEPTEMBER: The Senses (Smell, Taste, sight/eyes, hear/ear, etc.)
-Skinnytaste Simple: Easy, Healthy Recipes with 7 Ingredients or Fewer: A Cookbook

OCTOBER: Relationships (boyfriend, wife, sisters, friend etc.)
-The Brides of High Hill

NOVEMBER: "Only"
-The Only One Left

DECEMBER: Holiday Words (Holly, winter, Christmas, Merry, Family, etc.)
-The Nightmare Before Kissmas

Popsugar 2024
(Not sure if I'll get around to this challenge but might as well keep track)

Progress: 32/50

1 A book with the word "leap" in the title - Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
2 A bildungsroman book - Empire of Sand
3 A book about a 24-year-old - A Curious Beginning
4 A book about a writer - A Study in Drowning
5 A book about K-pop
6 A book about pirates - To Kill a Kingdom
7 A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete
8 A book by a blind or visually impaired author - Long Live Evil
9 A book by a Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing author - Your Blood, My Bones
10 A book by a self-published author - Blood Over Bright Haven
11 A book from a genre you typically avoid - Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
12 A book from an animal's POV - Spiderlight
13 A book originally published under a pen name - Into the Drowning Deep
14 A book recommended by a bookseller - Gideon the Ninth, The Grace of Kings, Mexican Gothic, What the River Knows
15 A book recommended by a librarian - A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
16 A book set 24 years before you were born (1959) - 100 Love Sonnets, In Cold Blood, The Haunting of Hill House
17 A book set in a travel destination on your bucket list - Dark Rise
18 A book set in space - Some Desperate Glory,
19 A book set in the future - The Last Murder at the End of the World
20 A book set in the snow - A Fate Inked in Blood
21 A book that came out in a year that ends with "24" - Court of Wanderers
22 A book that centers on video games - Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 1
23 A book that features dragons - I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons
24 A book that takes place over the course of 24 hours - The Butcher of the Forest
25 A book that was published 24 years ago (2000) - The Blind Assassin
26 A book that was turned into a musical
27 A book where someone dies in the first chapter - Killers of a Certain Age
28 A book with a main character who's 42 years old - The Fifth Season
29 A book with a neurodivergent main character - The Tainted Cup
30 A book with a one-word title you had to look up in a dictionary
31 A book with a title that is a complete sentence - What the Dead Know
32 A book with an enemies to lovers plot - Bride
33 A book with an unreliable narrator - Gideon the Ninth
34 A book with at least 3 POVs - Two Twisted Crowns
35 A book with magical realism - Vampires of El Norte
36 A book written by an incarcerated or formerly incarcerated person
37 A book written during NaNoWriMo - Clockwork Boys
38 A cozy fantasy book - Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
39 A fiction book by a trans or nonbinary author - Silver Under Nightfall
40 A horror book by a BIPOC author - Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
41 A memoir that explores queerness
42 A nonfiction book about Indigenous people
43 A second-chance romance - Happy Place
44 An autobiography by a woman in rock 'n' roll
45 An LGBTQ+ romance novel - A Marvellous Light
46 A book in which a character sleeps for more than 24 hours - Thornhedge
47 A book with 24 letters in the title - The Teller of Small Fortunes
48 A collection of at least 24 poems - Like a Beggar
49 The 24th book of an author - Thornhedge, Rogue Protocol, Gallant, The Tiger and the Wolf
50 A book that starts with the letter "X"

LALATHON
June 16th-23rd

Books with Lists and/or Countdowns: The Six Deaths of the Saint
Books that play with time: The Ministry of Time
End of the world stories: The Last Murder at the End of the World