Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Celebrate your win here!

Finished! I really enjoyed this challenge. Thanks to the organisers.

I love the color scheme of your books read, LeahS! Feels very fall!

Completed!

- Has an orange cover - (at least, partly orange) - The Marriage Portrait 9/4
- Fits the phrase "a falling out" - Before the Coffee Gets Cold - one section is about a breakup 9/9
- Has a tree on the cover - The French Art of Living Well: Finding Joie de Vivre in the Everyday World - There are 2 stylized trees at the top 9/5
- Is in a fantasy genre - Esrahaddon - 9/23
- Is set in autumn - A Case of Murder in Mayfair - 10/17
- Feels cozy - The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris 9/27
- Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks) - Pineapple Street - many fancy family meals - 10/11
- Is one last summer read - Real Life, not a traditional "summer read" but it takes place on the last weekend of summer and that is stressed in the story - 9/6
- Is witchy - The Running Grave - evil woman in a robe with supposedly supernatural powers - 10/9
- Features family relationships - Earthlings - 9/7
- Is a book you'd read in English 101 (sample list)* - Dracula (well, it's a classic) - 9/5
- Features a found family - Well Met - 9/13
- Has a rural setting - Vanishing Fleece: Adventures in American Wool - 9/11
- Features an athlete - The Diving Pool: Three Novellas - one of the novellas features a competitive diver - 9/3
- Was published in October - Marmee - 9/9

I used the Pop Sugar fall challenge and finished today.
My thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

What I Read
🍂 A scary book.
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

🍂 A book that was written by a woman and features a male protagonist.
The Other Side of the Bridge by Mary Lawson

🍂 A book and its sequel.
Murder on Black Swan Lane (Wrexford & Sloane, #1)
Murder at Half Moon Gate (Wrexford & Sloane, #2)
by Andrea Penrose

🍂 A celebrity memoir.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

🍂 A book on all the bestseller lists.
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune

🍂 A book recommended by an independent bookstore employee.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

🍂 A book that your book club read but you skipped.
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

🍂 A book that you always wanted to read but never got around to reading.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley

🍂 A book by a famous author you've never read.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

🍂 A book based on a historical event.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe

🍂 A book that was published in 1995.
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman

🍂 A book that was published in 2015.
Dumplin' (Dumplin’, #1) by Julie Murphy

🍂 A book with food in the title.
It Was All The Pie's Fault (Meet Cute, #1) by Elizabeth SaFleur

🍂 A book with a pun in the title.
Completely Staged: The Complete Illustrated Scripts by Simon Evans

🍂 A book that takes place during Fall.
The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0) by J.R.R. Tolkien

🍂 A book with an orange cover.
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) by Agatha Christie


Thanks for a fun challenge!

Made it with a month to spare:

Has a orange cover: A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny - 27/10/23-a-night-in-the-lonesome-october


Fits the phrase "a falling out": The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia – 04/09/23
The doctor has a major, ultimately bloody, falling out with the owner of the ranch where he lives and works

Has a tree on the cover: A Troubling Tail, Laurie Cass - 19/10/23
Behind the buildings and the bookmobile


Is in a fantasy genre: Ogres, Adrian Tchaikovsky – 04/09/23
Has Fantasy as the first listed MPG

Is set in autumn: Ghost in the Wind, E.J. Copperman – 14/09/23
September specified in the text, plus autumn leaves on the cover


Feels cozy: Chapter and Curse, Elizabeth Penney – 06/10/23
Cambridge, an old bookshop and cats. Yep, that’s cozy.

Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks): Pilgrim in the Parlor, Kathi Daley – 27/09/23
Set around and on Thanksgiving

Is one last summer read: Deadly Ever After, Eva Gates – 28/09/23
There’s quite a bit of going to the beach

Is witchy: Pumpkins & Poltergeists, Nyx Halliwell – 10/09/23
The MC discovers that she’s descended from a line of witches and is one herself. Plus, at least one spell is cast.

Features family relationships: Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk – 06/09/23
Brother and sister, lovers, siblings and siblings

Is a book you'd read in English 101 (sample list)*: The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton – 09/10/23

Features a found family: Haunting in the Hallway, Kathi Daley – 06/09/23
The MC’s staff and friends at her Inn have become her family after she lost her husband and son in a car accident.

Has a rural setting: A Fatal Family Feast, Lynn Cahoon – 11/10/23
Set in rural southwest Idaho

Features an athlete: Unbelievable: From My Childhood Dreams To Winning Olympic Gold, Jessica Ennis
Jessica Ennis is a Gold medal-winning heptathlete

Was published in October: The Spare Man, Mary Robinette Kowal – 02/09/23
First published 11 October 2022

The Prompts:
STATUS: 15/15

Has a orange cover
A Mirror Mended Sept 2023

Fits the phrase "a falling out"
Mark of the Vasirian: A Slow Burn Fated Mates Vampire Romance Sept 2023

Has a tree on the cover
Signal Fires Sept 2023

Is in a fantasy genre
The Piece You Saved: A Paranormal Reverse Harem Romance -- Sept 2023

Is set in autumn
Stolen Bonds: A Fated Mates Paranormal Romance Sept 2023

Feels cozy
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill Sept 2023

Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks)
Immortal Longings Oct 2023

Is one last summer read
In the Lives of Puppets Sept 2023

Is witchy
Thornhedge Oct 2023

Features family relationships
Pursued Sept 2023

Is a book you'd read in English 101
The Glass Castle Oct 2023

Features a found family
Found Sept 2023

Has a rural setting
A Study in Drowning Oct 2023

Features an athlete
A Demon's Horns Oct 2023

Was published in October
Forgotten Sept 2023

Completed this challenge!

✅Has a orange cover

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang - 9/11/23 - 3* - My Review
✅Fits the phrase "a falling out"
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis - 9/4/23 - 4*- My Review
✅Has a tree on the cover

This Is Happiness by Niall Williams - 10/2/23 - 4*
✅Is in a fantasy genre
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell - 9/17/23 - 4.5 stars - My Review
✅Is set in autumn
This House Is Haunted by John Boyne - 10/29/23 - 4* - My Review
✅Feels cozy
Some Tame Gazelle by Barbara Pym - 9/6/23 - 3* - My Review
✅Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks)
The East Indian by Brinda Charry - 9/18/23 - 4.5* - My Review (set in Jamestown)
✅Is one last summer read
Summer by Ali Smith - 9/7/23 - 4* - My Review
✅Is witchy
Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein - 9/9/23 - 4.5* - My Review (superstitious locals think a recent immigrant is practicing witchcraft)
✅Features family relationships
The Magician by Colm Tóibín - 9/13/23 - 4* - My Review
✅Is a book you'd read in English 101 (sample list)*
The Oresteian Trilogy by Aeschylus - 10/1/23 - 4* - My Review
✅Features a found family
How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney - 9/12/23 - 3* - My Review
✅Has a rural setting
North Woods by Daniel Mason - 9/5/23 - 4* - My Review
✅Features an athlete
Rabbit, Run by John Updike - 9/23/23 - 3* - My Review
✅Was published in October
Cain by José Saramago - 9/26/23 - 3* - My Review

All Things Fall
15/15

- Has a orange cover
by Katherine Center 25/9 2.5★
- Fits the phrase "a falling out"
Crazy Aunt Purl's Drunk, Divorced, and Covered in Cat Hair by Laurie Perry 16/9 3★
- Has a tree on the cover
Move Your Blooming Corpse by D.E. Ireland 17/9 3.5★
- Is in a fantasy genre
Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne 14/9 3★
- Is set in autumn
Mrs. Pargeter's Pound of Flesh by Simon Brett 5/9 3.5★
- Feels cozy
Sun, Surf and Murder by D.C. Pitt 3/9 3.5★
- Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks)
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs 7/9 4★
- Is one last summer read
Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh 2/9 3.5★
- Is witchy
A Girl's Guide to Vampires by Katie MacAlister 27/9 2★ - Miranda, among others
- Features family relationships
A Routine Infidelity by Elizabeth Coleman 4/9 3.5★
- Is a book you'd read in English 101 Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 15/10 3.5★
- Features a found family
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers 15/9 4★
- Has a rural setting
A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey 17/9 4★
- Features an athlete - Frey, Gil & Grace
The Angry Women's Choir by Meg Bignell 7/10 4★
- Was published in October
Exit Strategy by Martha Wells 11/9 4★

Finished: 11/05/2023


- Has an orange cover - The Fencing Master by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

- Fits the phrase "a falling out" - 95 Theses by Martin Luther

- Has a tree on the cover - Collateral Damage by Fern Michaels

- Is in a fantasy genre - The Ravenmaster's Revenge by Jacob Sannox

- Is set in autumn - Havana World Series: A Novel by José Latour

- Feels cozy - A Quiet Life in the Country by T.E. Kinsey

- Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks) - Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford

- Is one last summer read - 20 Minutes Before The Wedding by Daniel Hurst

- Is witchy - Never Cross a Vampire by Stuart M. Kaminsky

- Features family relationships - A Bloody Hot Summer by Trevor D'Silva

- Is a book you'd read in English 101 - O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

- Features a found family - Home To Kentucky by Thomas Allan McCoy

- Has a rural setting - Dillinger by Harry Patterson

- Features an athlete - Hunting a Detroit Tiger: A Mickey Rawlings Baseball Mystery by Troy Soos

- Was published in October - Murder at the Green Mill by R.T. Green

I am calling this "complete" as of today. I read more than the six but less than all!
(There are 2 prompts I am skipping, as this is a "for pleasure" challenge for me, and these two are just not calling to me right now.)

☑️ Has an orange cover - The Wolf and the Watchman: 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag (26 Oct 2023)
☑️ Fits the phrase "a falling out" - Trapeze by Simon Mawer (trapeze - falling) (1 Oct 2023)
☑️ Has a tree on the cover - The Red Balcony: A Novel by Jonathan Wilson (27 Sept 2023)
- Is in a fantasy genre
☑️ Is set in autumn - The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn by Colin Dexter (set in November) (9 Sept 2023)
☑️ Feels cozy - Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid (29 Oct 2023)
☑️ Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks) - A Long Way from Douala by Max Lobe
☑️ Is one last summer read - Black Wolf by Kathleen Kent (8 Oct 2023)
- Is witchy
☑️ Features family relationships - The Girl in the Blue Beret by Bobbie Ann Mason (opening section is all about a widower and his relationship with his children) (3 Sept 2023)
☑️ Is a book you'd read in English 101 (sample list)* - The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens (24 Sept 2023)
☑️ Features a found family - Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard (2 Oct 2023)
☑️ Has a rural setting - The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene (15 Oct 2023)
☑️ Features an athlete - Flying Finish by Dick Francis (18 Oct 2023)
☑️ Was published in October - A Death in the Family by Michael Stanley (13 Oct 2023)

I'm calling this finished, too. I read 14 of 15 and can't find a book I want to read that features an athlete.

Fall Reading Challenge
1. Has an orange cover
✅Angel - Elizabeth Taylor

2. Fits the phrase "a falling out"
✅Hunter's Green - Phyllis Whitney

3. Has a tree on the cover
✅Fire in the Thatch (Robert Macdonald #27) - E.C.R. Lorac

4. Is in a fantasy genre
✅The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin

5. Is set in autumn
✅The Simplicity of Cider- Amy E. Reichert

6. Feels cozy
✅The Last of the Moon Girls - Barbara Davis

7. Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks)
✅The Kitchen Front - Jennifer Ryan

8. Is one last summer read
✅The Shell House Detectives (The Shell Detectives #1) - Emylia Hall

9. Is witchy
✅Fortune's Daughter - Alice Hoffman

10. Features family relationships
✅All Grown Up- Jami Attenberg

11. Is a book you'd read in English 101
✅Death in Venice - Thomas Mann

12. Features a found family
✅Northline - Willy Vlautin

13. Has a rural setting
✅Adam Bede - George Eliot

14. Features an athlete

15. Was published in October
✅Our Missing Hearts - Celeste Ng

Finished :)


Has an orange cover: Tangerine by Edward Bloor

Fits the phrase "a falling out": Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena

Has a tree on the cover: Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

Is a fantasy novel: Skinwalker by Faith Hunter

Is set in autumn: Someone Is Always Watching by Kelley Armstrong

Feels cosy: Midnight at the Blackbird Café by Heather Webber

Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks): There There by Tommy Orange

Is one last summer read: Big Sky by Kate Atkinson

Is witchy: The Library of the Dead by T.L. Huchu

Features family relationships: Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Is a book you'd read in English 101: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi

Features a found family: They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

Has a rural setting: A Cold Day for Murder by Dana Stabenow

Features an athlete: A Woman's Game: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Women's Football by Suzanne Wrack

Was published in October: Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home by Susan Hill

The Prompts:
Find a book that...
- Has a orange cover. The American Agent
- Fits the phrase "a falling out". Cat of the Century
- Has a tree on the cover. Lila
- Is set in autumn. Temptation Ridge
- Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks). The Kitchen Front
- Is witchy. The Blessing Way
- Features family relationships. Remarkably Bright Creatures
- Features a found family. Run, Rose, Run
- Features an athlete. Simple Genius

📚 2023 Fall Reading Challenge 📚
Finished: Nov 14, 2023

The Prompts:
Find a book that...
🍁 Has an orange cover - Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
🍁 Fits the phrase "a falling out" - Heartstopper: Volume Three by Alice Oseman
🍁 Has a tree on the cover - The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
🍁 Is a fantasy novel - Allies of the Night by Darren Shan
🍁 Is set in autumn - El Ángel de la Ciudad by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi
🍁 Feels cozy - An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson
🍁 Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks) - Recursion by Blake Crouch
🍁 Is one last summer read - Heartstopper: Volume Two by Alice Oseman
🍁 Is witchy - Half a War by Joe Abercrombie
🍁 Features family relationships - Confianza Ciega by John Katzenbach
🍁 Is a book you'd read in English 101 (sample list)* - The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
🍁 Features a found family - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
🍁 Has a rural setting - La verdad sobre el caso Harry Quebert by Joël Dicker
🍁 Features an athlete - Heartstopper: Volume Four by Alice Oseman
🍁 Was published in October - Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman

Completed 11/20/23

- Has an orange cover The Second Chance Year (9/2)
- Fits the phrase "a falling out" Neferura by Malayna Evans (10/1)
- Has a tree on the cover The Book of Fire (10/12)
- Is a fantasy novel Awakened (9/9)
- Is set in autumn Sleep No More (9/10)
- Feels cozy In the Middle of Hickory Lane by Heather Webber (10/9)
- Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks) Lease on Love by Falon Ballard 10/22
- Is one last summer read Well Met 10/29
- Is witchy Weyward by Emilia Hart (10/18)
- Features family relationships Redwood Court: Fiction (9/8)
- Is a book you'd read in English 101 (sample list)* The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan (9/25)
- Features a found family Ready or Not (10/5)
- Has a rural setting Omens by Kelley Armstrong (11/10)
- Features an athlete Icebreaker by Hannah Grace (11/20)
- Was published in October Over the Woodward Wall (9/17)

Completed: November 28th


✓ Has an orange cover
The Merciless Ones by Namina Forna
4.5 Stars


✓ Fits the phrase "a falling out"
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
4 Stars


✓ Has a tree on the cover
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
4.5 Stars


✓ Is a fantasy novel
The Girl in The Tower by Katherine Arden
5 Stars


✓ Has an autumn vibe
All Hallows by Christopher Golden
3 Stars


✓Feels cozy
The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth
4 Stars


✓ Makes you think of Thanksgiving
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
4 Stars


✓ Is one last summer read
Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
4 Stars


✓ Is witchy
Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
4 Stars


✓ Features family relationships
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
3 Stars


✓ Is a book you'd read in English 101
Gris Grimly's Frankenstein
4 Stars


✓ Features a found family
Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth
4 Stars


✓ Has a rural setting
Force of Nature by Jane Harper
3.5 Stars


✓ Features an athlete
Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini
3 Stars


✓ Was published in October
Deeplight by Frances Hardinge
4.5 Stars

All Things Fall
September 1, 2023 through November 30, 2023.

The Prompts:
Find a book that...
✅1. Has a orange cover
✔️The Marriage Portrait
✔️Chronic: The Hidden Cause of the Autoimmune Pandemic--and How to Get Healthy Again
✔️Iron Flame
✔️Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea


✅2. Fits the phrase "a falling out"
✔️The End of the Affair
✔️Trespasses
✔️Half of a Yellow Sun

✅3. Has a tree on the cover
✔️ The Snow Child
✔️In the Lives of Puppets


✅4. Is in a fantasy genre
✔️A Court of Thorns and Roses
✔️Six of Crows
✔️The Bird and the Sword
✔️Iron Flame

✅5. Is set in autumn
✔️Autumn
✔️Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak (the school section)

✅ 6. Feels cozy
✔️All Dogs Go to Kevin: Everything Three Dogs Taught Me
✔️Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland

✅7. Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks)
✔️Humankind: A Hopeful History
✔️This Time Tomorrow
Unlikely Animals - thanksgiving week

✅8. Is one last summer read
✔️Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
✔️Foster by Claire Keegan

✅9. Is witchy -
✔️Pearl wiccan character
✔️Dragonflight magical powers

✅10. Features family relationships
✔️Everything Here Is Beautiful
✔️Half of a Yellow Sun
✔️Weather
✔️This Time Tomorrow

✅11. Is a book you'd read in English 101 (sample list)*
✔️A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
✔️Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson- Pulitzer nominee

✅12. Features a found family
✔️The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
✔️The Snow Child
✔️In the Lives of Puppets

✅13. Has a rural setting
✔️Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
✔️In the Bleak Midwinter

✅14. Features an athlete
✔️Hello Beautiful- a main character is a basketball player
✔️Tom Lake -a secondary character is a tennis pro

✅15. Was published in October
✔️The Dispatcher
✔️The Tsar of Love and Techno


Fall 2023 reading

Find a book that...
- Has a orange cover: Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann
- Fits the phrase "a falling out": Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
- Has a tree on the cover: Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (the trees are through the windows)
- Is in a fantasy genre: The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Nasukawa
- Is set in autumn: A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
- Feels cozy: Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
- Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks): Wrong Place , Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister (makes me thankful I don't have to actually live in a hell-hole time warp like Jen)
- Is one last summer read: Bookshop By The Sea by Denise Hunter
- Is witchy: The Good House by Tananarive Due
- Features family relationships: No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
- Is a book you'd read in English 101 (sample list)* The Odyssey by Homer
- Features a found family: The Librarianist by Patrick DeWitt
- Has a rural setting; Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
- Features an athlete: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
- Was published in October: Shopgirl by Steve Martin ,

Finished the list separately in each month!

🫖September Round🫖

Completed: 15/15

Find a book that...
☑️ Has a orange cover: Broadway Bound
☑️ Fits the phrase "a falling out": Their Vicious Games
☑️ Has a tree on the cover: The St. Ambrose School for Girls
☑️ Is in a fantasy genre: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
☑️ Is set in autumn: Cat Among the Pigeons
☑️ Feels cozy: Blue at the Mizzen
☑️ Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks): Anne of the Island
☑️ Is one last summer read: The Legacies
☑️ Is witchy: The Narrow
☑️ Features family relationships: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
☑️ Is a book you'd read in English 101: Pride and Prejudice
☑️ Features a found family: Wynd, Book Three: The Throne in the Sky
☑️ Has a rural setting: The Hike
☑️ Features an athlete: They'll Never Catch Us
☑️ Was published in October: The Murder at the Vicarage



🎃October Round🎃

Completed: 15/15

Find a book that...
☑️ Has a orange cover: The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror
☑️ Fits the phrase "a falling out": Clouds of Witness
☑️ Has a tree on the cover: The Forest Demands Its Due
☑️ Is in a fantasy genre: A Fragile Enchantment
☑️ Is set in autumn: All That Consumes Us
☑️ Feels cozy: The Moving Finger
☑️ Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks): The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
☑️ Is one last summer read: Those We Drown
☑️ Is witchy: Witch Week
☑️ Features family relationships: The Late Mrs. Willoughby
☑️ Is a book you'd read in English 101: Tales from Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 1
☑️ Features a found family: The Bell in the Fog
☑️ Has a rural setting: Vampires of El Norte
☑️ Features an athlete: Heartstopper: Volume One
☑️ Was published in October: Curious Tides



🦃November Round🦃

Completed: 15/15

Find a book that...
☑️ Has a orange cover: Dead Man's Folly
☑️ Fits the phrase "a falling out": This Is How We End Things
☑️ Has a tree on the cover: Murder at Midnight
☑️ Is in a fantasy genre: The Tainted Cup
☑️ Is set in autumn: If We Were Villains
☑️ Feels cozy: St. Peter's Fair
☑️ Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks): The Pumpkin Spice Café
☑️ Is one last summer read: We'll Never Tell
☑️ Is witchy: Even Though I Knew the End
☑️ Features family relationships: Sleeping Murder
☑️ Is a book you'd read in English 101: Moby-Dick
☑️ Features a found family: League of Dragons: Book Nine of Temeraire
☑️ Has a rural setting: When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
☑️ Features an athlete: Seton Girls
☑️ Was published in October: Into the Riverlands

Around the Year in 52 Books Fall 2023 Reading Challenge
September 1, 2023 through November 30, 2023

15/15 as of November 28!

📙1) A book that has a orange cover
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
September 15 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I could not get Goodreads to pull up the edition I read which has an orange cover!

🍂2) A book that fits the phrase "a falling out"
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
September 10, 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
You could definitely say Maud and her neighbor had a "falling out" as well as she did with the antique dealer!

🌳3) A book that has a tree on the cover
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax (Mrs. Pollifax #4) by Dorothy Gilman
September 21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Couldn't get Goodreads to show the cover!

🎪4) A book that Is in the fantasy genre
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
November 23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🍁5) A book that Is set in autumn
To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose
November 19 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

💖6) A book that feels cozy
Murder at the Merton Library (Wrexford & Sloane #7) by Andrea Penrose
October 13 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Each of these books feel cozy by the end!

🤗7) A book that makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks)
The Old Woman with the Knife written by Gu Byeong-mo, translated by Chi-Young Kim
September 9 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hornclaw was certainly grateful in the end!

👙8) A book that is one last summer read
Deadly Cross (Alex Cross #28) by James Patterson
September 11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🪄9) A book that is witchy
Strange Sight (Essex Witch Museum #2) by Syd Moore
November 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦10) A book that features family relationships
Longbourn by Jo Baker
September 15 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🎓11) A book that you would read in English 101 (sample list)*
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
September 11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

👩‍👧‍👦👩‍👧‍👦12) A book that features a found family
The 8th Confession (Women's Murder Club #8) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
September 12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🌲🍃13) A book that has a rural setting
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle (Mrs. Pollifax #8) by Dorothy Gilman
October 16 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🏃🏽14) A book that features an athlete
Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour
Makatozi was an athlete who just missed qualifying for the Olympics!
November 28 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

🎃15) A book that was published in October
The Christmas Wedding by James Patterson
September 17 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I finished last night.

The Prompts:
Find a book that...
- Has an orange cover - Damned by Chuck Palahniuk
- Fits the phrase "a falling out" - Berlin by Bea Setton
- Has a tree on the cover - The Last House on Needless Street
- Is a fantasy novel - Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
- Is set in autumn - Stop Ghosting Me by Tara Sivec
- Feels cozy - Matilda by Roald Dahl
- Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks) - The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa. I struggled with this one, but went with this book. Makes me thankful for the memories I do have.
- Is one last summer read - The Flat Share by Beth O'Leary
- Is witchy - Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews
- Features family relationships - Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
- Is a book you'd read in English 101 (sample list)* - Maus by Art Spiegelman
- Features a found family - Star Bringer by Tracy Wolff
- Has a rural setting - The Highland Fling by Meghan Quinn
- Features an athlete - From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata
- Was published in October - HalloQueen by Emeline Quill

Has a orange cover
Solo


Fits the phrase "a falling out"
A Cup of Silver Linings

Has a tree on the cover
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch


Is in a fantasy genre
The Goblin Emperor

Is set in autumn
He's So Fine

Feels cozy
Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman

Makes you think of Thanksgiving
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

Is one last summer read
(These were the 2 prompts I didn't finish for the summer reading challenge)
Magic Rises (Flames on cover)

It's in His Kiss (Coastal setting)

Is witchy
Iron and Magic

Features family relationships
Family Lore

Is a book you'd read in English 101
Emma

Features a found family
The Book Charmer

Has a rural setting
The Bootlegger Blues

Features an athlete
Swing

Was published in October
(October 2023)
Lore Olympus: Volume Five
The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers
The Innocent Sleep
The Road Years: A Memoir, Continued . . .

I forgot to post my completion post! :) I finished on 11/30.

✅- Has a orange cover
The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang


✅- Fits the phrase "a falling out"
The Comanche Empire by Pekka Hämäläinen

✅- Has a tree on the cover
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley


✅- Is in a fantasy genre
A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross

✅- Is set in autumn
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

✅- Feels cozy
The Darkling Bride by Laura Andersen

✅- Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks)
Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog

✅- Is one last summer read
A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

✅- Is witchy
The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

✅- Features family relationships
Frontier Grit: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women by Marianne Monson

✅- Is a book you'd read in English 101 (sample list)*
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

✅- Features a found family
The Ape Who Guards the Balance by Elizabeth Peters

✅- Has a rural setting
Toward the Setting Sun: Pioneer Girls Traveling the Overland Trails by Mary Barmeyer O'Brien

✅- Features an athlete
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

✅- Was published in October
All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life by Winona LaDuke