Saturday 1 January 2022

Wrap-Up of 52 Books in 52 Weeks for 2021 Reading Challenge

 52 Books in 52 Weeks Reading Challenge. Hosted here: http://www.read52booksin52weeks.com/

 This was my second year trying this challenge


1. Victory Colony, 1950 by Bhaswati Ghosh. Finished January 3 (Bingo and Alphabet)
2. Hearts of Stone by Simon Scarrow. Finished January 3 (Bingo and Alphabet)
3. The Blondes by Emily Schultz. Finished January 4 (Dusty)
4. What She Knew by Gilly MacMillan. Finished January 5 (Chunky)
5. Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce. Finished January 10 (Bingo and Alphabet)
6. Her Aussie Holiday by Stefanie London. Finished January 13 (Bingo)
7. Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley. Finished January 16 (Dusty)
8. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Finished January 28 (Bingo and Well Educated Mind)
9. Snow by John Banville. Finished February 4 (Bingo and Alphabet)
10. Improper Cross-Stitch by Haley Pierson-Cox. Finished February 6 (Bingo)
11. Twenty-One Wishes by Debbie Macomber. Finished February 9 (Alphabet)
12. Uncharted by Kim Brown Seely. Finished February 10 (Bingo)
13. The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams. Finished February 12 (Dusty)
14. Breathless by Nancy K. Miller. Finished February 14 (Dusty)
15. Tell Me Everything by Cambria Brockman. Finished February 17 (Bingo)
16. Midnight Cab by James W. Nichol. Finished February 18 (Dusty)
17. Swallow's Dance by Wendy Orr. Finished February 24 (Dusty)
18. The Brothers York by Thomas Penn. Finished March 5 (Chunky)
19. Foe by Iain Reid. Finished March 6 (Dusty)
20. Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles. Finished March 16 (Alphabet)
21. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. Finished March 18 (Alphabet)
22. The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally. Finished March 21 (Chunky)
23. Chances Are by Kellie Coates Gilbert. Finished March 25 (Alphabet)
24. Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson. Finished March 27 (Alphabet)
25. Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite. Finished March 30 (Alphabet)
26. Finbar's Hotel by Dermot Bolger, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Hugo Hamilton, Jennifer Johnston, Joseph O'Connor, and Colm Toibin. Finished March 31 (Alphabet)
27. Proof I Was Here by Becky Blake. Finished April 2 (Alphabet)
28. The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf. Finished April 2 (Bingo)
29. Block 46 by Johana Gustawsson. Finished April 4 (Bingo)
30. Everything at Last by Kimberly Lang. Finished April 7 (Alphabet)
31. Juliet's Answer by Glenn Dixon. Finished April 8 (Dusty)
32. The Blood Card by Elly Griffiths. Finished April 10 (Bingo)
33. Shiver by Allie Reynolds. Finished April 18 (Bingo)
34. The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz. Finished April 20 (Bingo)
35. Double-Running or Back-Stitch by Louisa F. Pesel. Finished May 6 (Bingo)
36. The Last Stargazers by Emily Levesque. Finished May 18 (Bingo)
37. French Dirt by Richard Goodman. Finished May 30 (Dusty)
38. Heart of Palm by Laura Lee Smith. Finished June 5 (Alphabet)
39. Who Rescued Who by Victoria Schade. Finished June 8 (Alphabet)
40. The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine. Finished June 14 (Dusty)
41. The Little Teashop on Main by Jodi Thomas. Finished June 15 (Bingo)
42. The Widening Stain by W. Bolingbroke Johnson. Finished June 16 (Bingo)
43. The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child. Finished July 11 (Alphabet)
44. In the Kingdom of Men by Kim Barnes. Finished August 5 (Bingo)
45. The Wild Heavens by Sarah Louise Butler. Finished August 13 (Bingo)
46. The Other Alcott by Elise Hooper. Finished August 28 (Dusty)
47. Quakeland by Kathryn Miles. Finished August 29 (Dusty)
48. The Only Girl in the World by Maude Julien. Finished August 30 (Bingo)
49. Reset by Sarina Dahlan. Finished August 31 (Bingo)
50. Hunted by the Sky by Tanaz Bhathena. Finished September 27 (Alphabet)
51. Cat Nap by Claire Donally. Finished October 9 (Alphabet)
52. The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie. Finished October 10 (Bingo)
53. A Mapmaker's Dream by James Cowan. Finished October 15 (Bingo)
54. The Last Days of New Paris by China Mieville. Finished November 2 (Bingo)
55. Autumn Brides by Kathryn Springer, Katie Ganshert, and Beth Vogt. Finished November 4 (Bingo)
56. Easy Crafts for the Insane by Kelly Williams Brown. Finished November 12 (Alphabet)
57. The Siege Winter by Arian Franklin and Samantha Norman. Finished November 15 (Bingo)
58. Talking to Girls about Duran Duran by Rob Sheffield. Finished November 17 (Dusty)
59. The Blackhouse by Peter May. Finished December 1 (Dusty)
60. Kapo by Aleksandar Tisma. Finished December 17 (Bingo and Alphabet)

The challenge has different parts you can participate with. I did the Bingo. Books here must be at least 100 pages. I completed one Bingo including the Bonus squares and 3 for the inner Bingo square, so pretty happy with that. 



Number in the title: Victory Colony, 1950 by Bhaswati Ghosh. Finished January 3
Alpha Males and Strong Heroines: Hearts of Stone by Simon Scarrow. Finished January 3
High Adventure: Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce. Finished January 10
Your Choice: Her Aussie Holiday by Stefanie London. Finished January 13
Different Century: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Finished January 28
Detective: Snow by John Banville. Finished February 4
Cunning Capers: Improper Cross-Stitch by Haley Pierson-Cox. Finished February 6
Come Sail Away: Uncharted by Kim Brown Seely. Finished February 10
Antihero: Tell Me Everything by Cambria Brockman. Finished February 17
Silence: The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf. Finished April 2
Translated: Block 46 by Johana Gustawsson. Finished April 4
Illusion: The Blood Card by Elly Griffiths. Finished April 10
Ice or Snow Bound: Shiver by Allie Reynolds. Finished April 18
On the Run: The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz. Finished April 20
This is the Way: Double-Running or Back-Stitch by Louisa F. Pesel. Finished May 6
Out of This World: The Last Stargazers by Emily Levesque. Finished May 18
Cosy: The Little Teashop on Main by Jodi Thomas. Finished June 15
Librarians: The Widening Stain by W. Bolingbroke Johnson. Finished June 16
Different Culture: In the Kingdom of Men by Kim Barnes. Finished on August 5
Fantasy Creatures: The Wild Heavens by Sarah Louise Butler. Finished on August 13
Cloistered Life: The Only Girl in the World by Maude Julien. Finished on August 30
Utopian: Reset by Sarina Dahlan. Finished on August 31
Gods and Goddesses: The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie. Finished on October 10
Maps: The Mapmaker's Dream by James Cowan. Finished on October 15
Alternate Reality: The Last Days of New Paris by China Mieville. Finished on November 2
Flufferton: Autumn Brides by Kathryn Springer, Katie Ganshert, and Beth Vogt. Finished on November 4
Amnesia: The Siege Winter by Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman. Finished on November 15
Hide in Place: Kapo by Aleksandar Tisma. Finished on December 17

The Well Educated Mind portion will help me tackle some of those classic titles on my shelves. The goal was to read 3 books in one of the categories. I only read one.

Category: Fiction
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Finished January 28

Alphabet Soup


Since I'm planning a different challenge related to the alphabet for book titles, I decided to do the location version of this challenge. I missed five letters for that.

A  Hunted by the Sky by Tanaz Bhathena. Finished September 27 (Ambar)
B  Proof I Was Here by Becky Blake. Finished April 2 (Barcelona, Spain)
C  Victory Colony, 1950 by Bhaswati Ghosh, Finished January 3 (Calcutta)
Finbar's Hotel by Dermot Bolger, Roddy Doyle, Anne Enright, Hugo Hamilton, Jennifer Johnston, Joseph O'Connor, and Colm Toibin. Finished March 31 (Dublin, Ireland)
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. Finished March 18 (Elkins Park, PA)
Who Rescued Who by Victoria Schade. Finished June 8 (Fargrove, England)
Little Big Love by Katy Regan. Finished July 7 (Grimsby)
Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika and Maritza Moulite. Finished March 30 (Haiti)
I  Snow by John Banville. Finished February 4 (Ireland)
J
Cat Nap by Claire Donally. Finished October 9 (Kittery Harbor, Maine)
L  Hearts of Stone by Simon Scarrow. Finished January 3 (Lefkas)
Everything at Last by Kimberly Lang. Finished April 7 (Magnolia Beach, Alabama)
Miss Benson's Beetle by Rachel Joyce. Finished January 10 (New Caledonia)
Easy Crafts for the Insane by Kelly Williams Brown. Finished November 12 (Oregon)
Chances Are by Kellie Coates Gilbert. Finished March 25 (Pacific Bay, Oregon)
Q
R
S  Twenty-One Wishes by Debbie Macomber. Finished February 9 (Seattle)
The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child. Finished July 11 (Tennessee)
Heart of Palm by Laura Lee Smith. Finished June 5 (Utina, Florida)
Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson. Finished March 27 (Virginia)
Malice Aforethought by Francis Iles. Finished March 16 (Wyvern's Cross)
X
Kapo by Aleksandar Tisma. Finished December 17 (Yugoslavia)
Z

Dusty and Chunky
I'm going to skip the not buying books as I participate in some book subscriptions, but I will do the Dusty and the Chunky portions. Here are the levels: 
Dusty Books
 
Safe in the Harbor - 2 Books
Sail on Sweet Sister - 4 Books
Life in the Dark Water  - 6 Books
Beyond the Sea  - 8 Books
The Voyage  - 10 Books or more



Chunky Books - Come Sail Away 

The Tide is High  - 2 books
Down to the Water Line  - 4 books
Big Boat  - 6 books
 Big Ship Sailing  - 8 books
Mother Ocean  - 10 books or more

I went for The Voyage level for the Dusty portion, and the Down to the Water Line level for the Chunky portion. Chunky here consists of at least 500 pages. I completed the Dusty, but not the Chunky portion.

Dusty
1. The Blondes by Emily Schultz. Finished January 4 (Added to TBR list in 2012)
2. Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley. Finished January 16 (Added to TBR list in 2014)
3. The Secret Life of Violet Grant. Finished February 12 (Added to TBR list in August 2018)
4. Breathless by Nancy K. Miller. Finished February 14 (Added to TBR list in July 2014)
5. Midnight Cab by James W. Nichol. Finished February 18 (Added to TBR list in 2010)
6. Swallow's Dance by Wendy Orr. Finished February 24 (Added to TBR list in December 2018)
7. Foe by Iain Reid. Finished March 6 (Added to TBR list in August 2018)
8. Juliet's Answer by Glenn Dixon. Finished April 8 (Added to TBR list in March 2017)
9. French Dirt by Richard Goodman. Finished May 30 (Added to TBR in February 2018)
10. The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine. Finished June 14 (Added to TBR in June 2013)
11. The Other Alcott by Elise Hooper. Finished August 28 (Added to TBR in January 2018)
12. Quakeland by Kathryn Miles. Finished August 29 (Added to TBR in January 2018)
13. Talking to Girls about Duran Duran by Rob Sheffield. (Added to TBR in 2011)
14. The Blackhouse by Peter May. Finished December 1 (Added to TBR in 2014)

Chunky
1. What She Knew by Gilly MacMillan. Finished January 5 (518 pages)
2. The Brothers York by Thomas Penn. Finished March 5 (660 pages)
3. The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally. Finished March 21 (520 pages)

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