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The 2018 List

39 Prompts done/41 books read

� � = done/CR = currently reading

� �1. A book with the letters A, T & Y in the title You Are Not a Planet and Other Stories READ Jan 7 � �
� �2. A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list Hungry for Home or
Pride and Prejudice � � Read July 29
âˆ� âˆ� âˆ� âˆ� 3. A book from the 2017 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independnce Best History & Biography Nov 13- Nov 27 âˆ� âˆ�

� � 4. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author...) A History of Life on Earth � � Read June 21
� �5. A book about or inspired by real eventsUnbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption � � Read February 18
√√6. A book originally written in a language other than English The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Read Jan 5√√
� �7. A gothic novel Wuthering Heights � � Read March 3
� � 8. An "own voices" book* � � The Picture of Dorian Gray � � Read April 6
� � or 9. A book with a body part in the title (heart, bones, teeth, skin, blood, etc) An Eye For Danger � � Dec 13 or An Eye of Death
� � 10. An author's debut book (their first book to be published) The Outsiders � � Read May 30
� � The Fallen Snow � � Read Sept 28

11. A literary fiction The Age of Innocence
12. A book set in Africa or South America Back to the Bush: Another Year in the Wild

� �13. A book with a plot centered around a secret (forbidden love, spies, secret societies, etc) The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer � � Read Jan 16

� � 14. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire A Hidden Fire � � Nov 11
� �15. A book with an unique format/writing structure The Perks of Being a Wallflower � � Read May 28
� � 16. A narrative nonfiction In Cold Blood� � Read Feb 3

17. A book you expect to make you laugh A Year in the Wild: A Riotous Novel

� � 18. A book with a location in the title A Traveller's History Of Scotland October 31
Picture Book Of Scotland In Colour � � Nov. 2

� � 19. A book nominated for the Edgar Award or by a Grand master author (books & authors) � �The Body in the Library � � Read January 28
� �Postmortem� √Read Aug 25

20. A book rated 5 stars by at least one of your friends

� �21. A book written in first person perspective Fat Girl Walking: Sex, Food, Love, and Being Comfortable in Your Skin...Every Inch of It � � March 23
� �22. A book you have high expectations or hope for The Handmaid's Tale � � Read March 17
� �23. A medical or legal thriller The Procedure � � Read August 5
� � 24. A book with a map The White Queen � �
25. A book with an antagonist/villain point of view Lady Susan or The Mists of Avalon
� �26. A book with a text only cover A is for Alibi � � Read July 3
� � 27. A book about surviving a hardship (war, famine, major disasters, serious illness, etc)
� �Titanic: Voices From the Disaster Read April 18� �
� � 28. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water Titanic: Legacy of the World's Greatest Ocean Liner � � Read May 7
CR 29. A book with a "Clue" weapon on the cover or title (lead pipe, revolver, rope, candlestick, dagger, wrench) Ring of Daggers: A David Nelson Adventure CR
√√30. A short book Web of the Spider Queen √√ Read Jan 7 and � �Twas A Dark and Stormy Night � � Read June 8
31. A book set in a country you'd like to visit but have never been to
� � 32. An alternate history book The Boleyn King � � Nov 28- Dec 3
33. A book connected (title, cover, content) to a word "born" in the same year as you (link) South African or sexism
� �34. A suggestion from the AtY 2018 polls, that didn't win but was polarizing or a close-call (link) Graphic Novel A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel read March 14
� �35. A book featuring a murder Bad Games� � Read June 6
� �36. A book published in the last 3 years (2016, 2017, 2018) by an author you haven't read before The Fix� � Read May 26
� � 37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee � � Girl with a Pearl Earring 2001 � � Nov 12
� �38. A science book or a science fiction book A Wrinkle in Time � � Read March 7
� �Of Thieves and Elves: A Supernovella � � Read Jan 23
� � 39. A book with a form of punctuation in the title
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder� � Read May 14
� �40. A book from Amazon's 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime list Pride and Prejudice � � Read July 29

� � 41. A book by an author with the same first and last initials Broken World and The Fall of Billy Hitchings � � November 4

� �42. A book that takes place on, in, or underwater � � A Night to Remember � � Read April 23
� �43. A book with a title that is a whole sentence Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? � �
� �44. A ghost story The 12 Screams of Christmas � � Read April 28
CR 45. A book that intimidates/ scares you Les Misérables CR
� � 46. 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #4 Air Wind In My Hair Adventures In The Air - 15 high-flying tales of airborne adventure to inspire your travelling spirit to soar � √Read Aug 29
� � 47. A book where the main character (or author) is of a different ethnic origin, religion, or sexual identity than your own � �Tell a Thousand Lies� � Read March 20
& � �The Alchemist � � Read Feb 20

48. A book related to one of the 7 deadly sins (pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, sloth) The Sexual History of London: From Roman Londinium to the Swinging City---Lust, Vice, and Desire Across the Ages
âˆ� âˆ� 49. A book from one of the Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Best Books of the Month lists 2014 All the Light We Cannot See âˆ� √Read June 23
or from Sept. 2011 Only Time Will Tell
50. A book with a warm atmosphere (centered on family, friendship, love or summer) Emma
CR 51. An award-winning short story or short story collection The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories CR October 1
� � 52. A book published in 2018
Trail of Tears: A Captivating Guide to the Forced Removals of Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations � � Read Sept 2

Have you completed book 1 yet?

No, I'm reading it now. Am I only supposed to fill the book in if it's read? I was putting in books I am filling the prompts with. I will change it. I have read 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'. Not sure which prompt to use it for yet. Probably for prompt 6

You can fill it in however you like, I’m doing the same thing In which i put what i plan on reading. Once i read my selection i will cross it off, or put it into a separate section!!

Oh good, I didn't want to change it. LOL I started (and read) with prompt 6 and now reading prompt 1.

I have read 3 book so far:
Prompt #6) The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo for translation
(1) for Title with A T and Y in it and
(#30) Short book

Am currently reading The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer for either the secret society prompt or science fiction one.

I finished The Diamond Age for the secret society prompt. I also read Of Thieves and Elves: A Supernovella for the science fiction prompt.

I also finished prompt 35. A book that includes a murder The Body in the Library

My next read will be In Cold Blood for prompt #19 in which I borrowed from the library.

I finished last weekend and must say I had difficulty falling asleep the week I was reading it. I gave it 5 stars. I also got to watch the 1967 movie. So glad I am doing these reading challenges as I'm not sure I would have known about this book.

I am now reading in large print and I must say I am loving it too; the book and large print!

I'm glad this challenge helps you discover wonderful books! That's why I'm always torn between reading from my TBR and clicking on every single book link in the weekly topics ;)

In Cold Blood is amazing, and absolutely terrifying. I’m not surprised that you couldn’t sleep! I’m currently listening to Unbroken, and her writing is excellent, plus I’m learning a bunch about the Japanese in WWII - very eye-opening.

Just finished Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption Wow! What an incredible read. 5 * all the way. I now am up to 8/52 prompts read. Notsure what to read after that.

Sophie, I know what you mean. I love discovering new books but yet have 1300 books on my kindle.

Jody, I'm glad it wasn't just me! I agree with Laura's writing being excellent. Easy to understand, follow and always interesting. I had no idea about the POWs in Japan. I learnt so much from Unbroken.

I learned so much as well - I don’t know if it’s because I’m not from the US, but I knew so little about their involvement in WWII (everything I learned, which admittedly wasn’t much) was focused on the Holocaust, and my natural leanings for further learning have followed that. I’m definitely interested to learn more now about the Japanese. The main thing that stopped me from giving it five stars was that despite her absolutely fantastic storytelling, I couldn’t connect with Louis at all. I’m still struggling to reconcile that, to be honest!

Jody wrote: "I learned so much as well - I don’t know if it’s because I’m not from the US, but I knew so little about their involvement in WWII (everything I learned, which admittedly wasn’t much) was focused o..."

It took me a couple chapters to connect with him but I did and really felt for him and his military POWs.

I just finished Wuthering Heights While I only like a couple characters, I found the story and storytelling fascinating! I gave it 4 stars. I am now reading A Wrinkle in Time and The Handmaid's Tale

I finished The Handmaid's Tale for prompt #21 and A Wrinkle in Time for prompt #22.

I finished prompt 47 with 2 stars very repetitive and the female that was supposed to be a villain had a crappy story.

I read for prompt 16. I did not enjoy this one and had high hopes for it. 2 **

I read The Picture of Dorian Gray for prompt #8 or #25 on April 6. I have 15 prompts done.

I've read for the ghost story prompt.

I've read The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder possibly for prompt 39 (punctuation in title)
Titanic: Legacy of the World's Greatest Ocean Liner for prompt 28 ( linked by the 4 elements: Book #3 Water) and A Night to Remember for prompt 42 (book that takes place on, in, or underwater) as it takes place in all 3 (on, in and under)

I'm at 21 prompts done with reading The Fix for prompt #36. It was published in 2017 and The Perks of Being a Wallflower for prompt # 15

I finished prompt 10 with The Outsiders

I read Bad Games for prompt 35. Great horror/thriller book!

I read A History Of Life On Earth for prompt 4- 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #1 Earth (in title, cover, content, setting, author. I tool it literally with this book as it talked about how earth has evolved with life millions of years ago.

I finished prompt 26 A is for Alibi for book with a text only cover.

I finished prompt #2: A book from the first 10 books added to your To Be Read list which I read Pride and Prejudice

I read The Woman in Cabin 10 and not sure which prompt to put this in.

I just read prompt #46 Adventures In The Air - 15 high-flying tales of airborne adventure to inspire your travelling spirit to soar
I gave it 3 stars. While every adventure took place in the air, There didn't seem to be much description.

For prompt 52 I read Trail of Tears: A Captivating Guide to the Forced Removals of Cherokee, Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Nations A very interesting and sad read about how these people were treated by the US government.

I read 2 books Picture Book Of Scotland In Colour for prompt 18 (book with a location in the title)
and I gave them 5 and 4 stars. I enjoyed reading about the development of Scotland although I don't think it should have been titled with traveler, just 'History of Scotland' and the picture book had beautiful pictures throughout the country!

I am currently reading author with same initials as you.

Just finished The Fall of Billy Hitchings for prompt # 41. This was just ok for me. 2 stars.

I still have 17 prompts left and am currently reading Girl with a Pearl Earring for prompt #37

I finished prompt #14: 4 books linked by the 4 elements: Book #2 Fire A Hidden Fire I'm not into panorama but it was a freebee I got in 2012 on my kindle.

I read for prompt 37. A Women's Prize for Fiction winner or nominee. This was from 2011. 3 stars from me.

Finished prompt #3 - A book from the 2017 Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Choice Awards Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independnce Best History & Biography

5 Stars: I learned so many details of the American Revolution. I highly recommend it!

I read prompt #32 - An alternative history book The Boleyn King This wasn't as good as I thought it would be. Instead of focusing mostly on Anne Boleyn's son, William, it has a female character as lady in waiting to Elizabeth as the main charater. 2.5 stars