2020 Challenge - 52 Books in 52 Weeks

Book

1.  With W in title-  Into the Wild - John Krakauer (8.27.20 - 8.31.20)

2.  A hardcover – Bellow – James Atlas(1.1.20 - 3.28.20)   

3.  Indigenous Author – Thunder Boy, Jr. - Sherman Alexie (5.1.20)

4.  Set in winter – Julie of the Wolves – Jean Craighead George   (1.1.20) abridged

5.  Senior character- My Bondage and My Freedom - Frederick Douglass (1.4.20 - 1.23.20)

6.  Written in ‘70s – Watership Down - Richard Adams(7.17.20 - 8.1.20)

7.  An Author Local to You – The Charm School - Susan Wiggs (10.1.20 - 10.11.20)

8.  Orange cover – The Paris Architect - Charles Belfoure (4.18.20 - 4.26.20)

9.  Set in space – Orphans of the Sky - Robert Heinlein (6.6.20 - 6.9.20)

10. A bestseller – Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens (2.2.20 - 2.21.20)

11. Leaves you thinking –Now we are Six - A. A.Milne (6.29.20 - 7.1.20)

12. A guilty pleasure- The Borrowers Afield – Mary Norton (4.1.20 - 4.11.20)              

13. Female author – From Kansas to Cannibals – Suzanne Middendorf Arruda  (8.19.20 - 8.23.20)

14. In a series – Trixie Belden & the Mystery off Old Telegraph Rd. - Kathryn Kenny(5.12.20 - 5.22.20)

15. With romance – Kentucky Sunrise - Fern Michaels (5.19.20 - 5.24.20)

16. Borrowed from a friend - What Jesus Says to You - Dene Cole (2.9.20)

17. Written by more than 1 author -Writing in Place – Edmonds Sisters (4.18.20 -4.21.20)

18. Pub. in 2020 – Chain of Gold – Cassandra Clare  (6.18.20 - 7.7.20)

19. Stephen King - Elevation (5.1.20 - 5.2.20)

20. Author's last name starts with same initial as mine  - Max – James Patterson (8.9.20 - 8.13.20)

21. Written by blogger or (journalist) – The Lost Man – Jane Harper (8.4.20 - 8.18.20)

22. Character that frustrates you - The Main Corpse - Diane Mott Davidson (9.14.20 - 9.29.20)

23. Title beginning with A – Asking for Truffle – Dorothy St. James        (8.13.20 - 8.19.20)

24. Title beginning with B – The Blood of Emmett Till - Timothy B. Tyson (8.25.20 - 9.22.20) 

25. Title beginning with C – California Fire & Life – Don Winslow       (5.12.20 -5.19.20) 

26. Strong friendship theme - Little Heathens – Mildred Armstrong Kalish   (9.10.20 - 10.1.20)

27. Comic book (manga) - Giant Spider and Me, Tale 3, Kikori Morino (6.18.20 - 6.29.20)

28. Literary Fiction - Treasures of the North - Tracie Peterson (12.21.19 - 1.6.20)

29. Award-winning novel  (Pulitzer Prize) – The Nickel Boys - Colin Whitehead (5.8.20 - 5.12.20)

30. With recipes – Body on the Bayou - Ellen Byron (8.20.20 - 8.27.20)

31. Featuring royalty- Good Queen Bess, The Story of Elizabeth I of England  - Diane Stanley & Peter Vennema (10.24.20)

32. Spy novel – The Secrets We Kept – Lara Prescott (9.18.20 - 9.26.20)

33. Containing poetry- Walking to Listen - Andrew Forsthoefer (12.28.19 - 1.17.20)

34. With illustrations – One Morning in Maine – Robert McCloskey (1.1.20)

35. Author’s debut – Educated – Tara Westover (3.9.20 - 3.31.20)

36. Written in first person – Fer de Lance - Rex Stout (2.7.20 - 2.27.20)
37. A book featuring the medical profession - Indiana Wild - S. E. Smith (1.18.20 - 1.24.20)

38. Set in the future – Z. Raptor – Steve Cole   (9.27.20 - 10.2.20)

39. Celebrity book club book  (Reese Witherspoon) – The Giver of Stars – Jojo Moyes (8.1.20 - 8.9.20)

40. Mensa grades 9-12 – King Lear - William Shakespeare (5.18.20 - 6.2.20) 

41. Published when I was 20 (1966) – Fantastic Voyage – Issac Asimov(10.8.20 - 10.15.20)

42. Past yr’s prompt – Holy in Christ – Andrew Murray (3.30.20 - 4.7.20)
(on Theology)

43. Country you’ve never visited (India) -   The Far Field – Madhuri Vijay (10.12.20 - 10.17.20)

44. Recommended by Amazon - The Danish Girl – David Ebershoff (1.9.20 - 1.17.20)

45. Cost less than $5 – My Family and Other Animals – Gerald Durrell  (2.18.20 - 2.20.20)

46. Author used in earlier category (Mensa) - William Shakespeare   (Hamlet) (6.2.20 - 6.10.20)

47. Takes place on a form of transportation (submarine) –The Cold War Beneath - D. M. Ulmer (4.21.20 - 5.12.20)
48. Character w/glasses –Killshot - Elmore Leonard (1.28.20 - 2.1.20)

49. About a World leader (King of Jordan)-  Leap of Faith – Queen Noor (10.19.20 - 10.28.20)

50. Genre you don’t normally care for - Breakthrough – Jack Andraka (5.3.20 - 5.4.20)

51. Book with a Foreward – Letters to a Young Poet - Rainer Maria Rilke (2.8.20 - 2.20.20)

52. Author you previously disliked - Murder at an Irish Wedding - Carlene O'Connor (10.28.20 - 11.10.20)

52/52 as of 11.10.20