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🎧 1. A book related to “In the Beginning...��: The Garden of Small Beginnings
📗 2. A book by an author whose name doesn't contain the letters A, T or Y: Mere Christianity [technically his middle name has a "T" but with most authors I don't even know their middle names so I'm giving him a pass]
🎧 3. A book related to the lyrics for the song "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music: The Beekeeper of Aleppo
📗 4. A book with a monochromatic cover: The Martian

🎧 5. A book by an author on USA Today's list of 100 Black Novelists You Should Read: The Girl with the Louding Voice
📗 6. A love story: Just Listen
📗 7. A book that fits a prompt suggestion that didn't make the final list: Cheaper & Better: Homemade Alternatives to Storebought Goods [the prompt: A book from the first 20 books on your GR to-read shelf when sorted by “date added�� in ascending order]
📙 8. A book set in a state, province, or country you have never visited: The Fields of Home

🎧 9. A book you associate with a specific season or time of year: The Scorpio Races
🎧 10. A book with a female villain or criminal: The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom [she's technically a criminal but definitely not a villain!]
🎧 11. A book to celebrate The Grand Egyptian Museum: A Dead Djinn in Cairo
📗 12. A book eligible for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation: The Beast Player
🎧 13. A book written by an author of one of your best reads of 2020: A Closed and Common Orbit

🎧 14. A book set in a made-up place: The Bark of the Bog Owl
🎧 15. A book that features siblings as the main characters: The Missing Sister
🎧 16. A book with a building in the title: The Glass Castle
🎧 17. A book with a Muslim character or author: Infidel

🎧 18. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 1: The Dispossessed [sci-fi past: before my birth]
📙 19. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 2: Ceteganda [sci-fi present: spanning my lifetime]
📗 20. 3 books related to "Past, Present, Future" - Book 3: Fugitive Telemetry [sci-fi future: up-and-coming]
🎧 21. A book whose title and author both contain the letter "u": The House in the Cerulean Sea
📗 22. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads: To Be Taught, If Fortunate

🎧 23. A cross genre novel: Waistcoats & Weaponry
📗 24. A book about racism or race relations: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
🎧 25. A book set on an island: The Secret of the Swamp King
📗 26. A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author: The Little Prince

🎧 27. A book with a character who can be found in a deck of cards: The Hive Queen
🎧 28. A book connected to ice: Beartown
📙 29. A book that you consider comfort reading: The Home Ranch (I love this whole series)
🎧 30. A long book: Mistress of the Empire (and the previous two in the trilogy)

📗 31. A book by an author whose career spanned more than 21 years: The Vor Game
📗 32. A book whose cover shows more than 2 people: Tilly and the Lost Fairytales
🎧 33. A collection of short stories, essays, or poetry: Wingfeather Tales
📗 34. A book with a travel theme: Travel Light
🎧 35. A book set in a country on or below the Tropic of Cancer: The Bitter Side of Sweet

📗 36. A book with six or more words in the title: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
🎧 37. A book from the Are You Well Read in World Literature list: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
🎧 38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator: The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food [my word was "field"]
📗 39. A book involving an immigrant: They Called Us Enemy

🎧 40. A book with flowers or greenery on the cover: The Once and Future Witches
📗 41. A book by a new-to-you BIPOC author: New Kid
📗 42. A mystery or thriller: A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking
🎧 43. A book with elements of magic: The Poison Jungle

🎧 44. A book whose title contains a negative: No More Perfect Kids: Love the Kids You Have, Not the Ones You Want
📗 45. A book related to a codeword from the NATO Phonetic Alphabet: Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
🎧 46. A winner or nominee from the 2020 ŷ������ Choice Awards: Greenlights
🎧 47. A non-fiction book other than biography, autobiography or memoir: How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
🎧 48. A book that might cause someone to react “You read what?!?��: UnClobber

🎧 49. A book with an ensemble cast: Daisy Jones & The Six
🎧 50. A book published in 2021: Project Hail Mary
📗 51. A book whose title refers to person(s) without giving their name: As Good as Gold: 1 Woman, 9 Sports, 10 Countries and a a 2-Year Quest to Make the Summer Olympics
🎧 52. A book related to "the end": The Last Garden in England

Oh, boy, it's time to get moving on this list! I keep wandering off into other series and topics, so I need to buckle down and stay focused (on this critical made-up challenge 😉).

Making progress! I've only read one or two books off the list this month. 😉

I'm on track!

I did it! 🎉