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Carol Palmer | 16 comments My books for the year:

52/52 completed

THE 2022 LIST
1. A book with a main character whose name starts with A, T, or Y - Amelia by Henry Fielding - Amelia starts with A - finished 5/7/22
2. A book connected to a book you read in 2021 - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman - connected to The Man Who Died Twice in the same series, by the same author, which I read last year - finished 6/13/22
3. A book with 22 or more letters in the title - Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 29 letters - finished 6/29/22
4. A book that fits your favorite prompt that did not make the list - The Nebraska Quotient by William J. Reynolds - Poll 6: Title includes name of a US state - finished 6/9/22
5. A book by an author with two sets of double letters in their name - The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett - finished 11/25/22

6. A book with an image of a source of light on the cover - Little Indiscretions: A Delectable Mystery Little Indiscretions A Delectable Mystery by Carmen Posadas by Carmen Posadas - fire - finished 11/20/22
7. A book related to psychology, neuroscience or the mind - Anton Reiser by Karl Philipp Moritz - subtitled "A Psychological Novel" - finished 5/8/22
8. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 1 - The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson - Africa - finished 10/14/22
9. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 2 - City Sister Silver by Jáchym Topol - Europe - finished 1/9/22

10. 3 books set on three different continents - Book 3 - Needle in a Haystack by Ernesto Mallo - South America - finished 2/20/22
11. A book from historical fiction genre - Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe - finished 11/05/22
12. A book related to glass - The Bitter Glass by Eilís Dillon - finished 10/10/22
13. A book about a woman in STEM - Notable Women in Mathematics: A Biographical Dictionary by Teri Perl - finished 10/15/22

14. A book with fewer than 5000 ratings on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ -Angels Mark by Natalie Buske Thomas - 114 ratings - finished 5/31/22
15. A book without a person on the cover - The War Terror by Arthur B. Reeve The War Terror by Arthur B. Reeve - finished 1/3/22
16. A book related to Earth Day - Jane's Island by Marjorie Hill Allee - features the work of the marine biologists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - finished 10/7/22
17. A book from NPR's Book Concierge - H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald - finished 6/6/22

18. A book by an Asian or Pacific Islander author - Smaller and Smaller Circles by F.H. Batacan - Filipino journalist author - finished 5/3/22
19. A book that involves alternate reality, alternate worlds, or alternate history - Gulliver's Travels: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. by Jonathan Swift - tiny world, giant world, floating island world, etc. - finished 11/13/22
20. A fiction or nonfiction book that is set during 1900 -1951 - Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer - 1920s - finished 10/12/22
21. A book with one of the Monopoly tokens on the cover The Way to Dusty Death The Way to Dusty Death by Alistair MacLean by Alistair MacLean - racecar - finished 3/24/22
22. A book with a Jewish character or author Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home by Harry Kemelman - finished 1/2/22

23. A book that features loving LGBTQIA+ relationship - At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill - finished 11/09/22
24. A book related to inclement weather - Death of a Winter Shaker by Deborah Woodworth - Murder victim pretended to be a Shaker to take refuge from the winter cold, which brought him into contact with his killer - finished 2/14/22
25. A book less than 220 pages OR more than 440 pages - A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne - 170 pages - finished 4/11/22
26. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 1 - The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - young - finished 11/15/22

27. 2 books with the same word in the title - Book 2 - Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis - young - finished 10/8/22
28. A book that won an award from Powell's list of book awards - Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji - Newbery Award - finished 3/7/22
29. A book set on or near a body of water - Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe - finished 10/20/22
30. A book related to mythology - Electra by Kerry Greenwood - finished 7/16/22

31. A book published at least 10 years ago - Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos - 1782 - finished 12/1/22
32. A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer - Murder at the Filmore by Zelda White - Virginia Holmes, detective - finished 4/15/22
33. The next book in a series - A Soul of Steel AKA Irene at Large by Carole Nelson Douglas - #3 in Irene Adler series - finished 1/21/22
34. A book with an academic setting or with a teacher that plays an important role - I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai - finished 4/10/22
35. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 1 flora- Farm Fresh Murder by Paige Shelton - finished 2/22/22

36. 2 books related to flora and fauna - Book 2 fauna - The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting - finished 1/13/22
37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus by Alexander Pope - finished 1/1/22
38. A book by a Latin American author - The Mamacita Murders by Debra Mares - finished 10/27/22
39. A book from the TIME list of 100 Best YA Books of All Time - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - finished 10/17/22

40. A book related to one of the 22 Tarot Major Arcana cards - The Twice-Hanged Man by Priscilla Royal - title alludes to the twelfth Major Arcana card: The Hanged Man (XII) and the book contains themes related to that Tarot card - finished 6/19/22
41. A book with a theme of food or drink - State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy - main character is the White House assistant chef and food is a major topic - finished 9/29/22
42. A book with a language or nationality in the title - The Pageant of Chinese History by Elizabeth Seeger - Chinese - finished 11/08/22
43. A book set in a small town or rural area - The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith - Wakefield is a country parish in England - finished 11/17/22
44. A book with gothic elements - The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole - recognized as the first Gothic novel - finished 9/21/22

45. A book related to a game - Scandal at the Gala by Wendy Meadows - victim was playing a game of poker when he died - finished 1/17/22
46. A book with a non-human as one of the main characters - Pussyfoot by Carole Nelson Douglas - a cat - finished 1/26/22
47. A book with handwriting on the cover - The She-Devil in the Mirror The She-Devil in the Mirror by Horacio Castellanos Moya by Horacio Castellanos Moya - finished 1/25/22
48. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2021 or 2022 - Père Goriot AKA Old Goriot by Honoré de Balzac - January 2021 - finished 6/14/22

49. A book connected to the phrase "Here (There) Be Dragons" - Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen - set in Wales where the dragon is the national symbol and is on the national flag - finished 3/25/22
50. A book that involves aging, or a character in their golden years - Outfoxed by Rita Mae Brown - 70 year old main character - finished 3/3/22
51. A book published in 2022 - A Thousand Steps by T. Jefferson Parker - published January 2022 - finished 1/31/22
52. A book with a time-related word in the title - Minute for Murder by Nicholas Blake - finished 6/2/22


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