Congratulations, you crushed those 2023 goals! The year is drawing to a close, and it’s time to celebrate your reading success! Whether you read five books, or five hundred, we hope 2023 was full of new stories, new authors, and some amazing reading challenge memories. To celebrate, we’ve put together a couple of official graphics …
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December 2023 Mini-Challenge Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favorite things… This month’s mini-challenge has been inspired by the classic film, The Sound of Music — and more specifically, the song, My Favorite Things …
January 2024 Readalong The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb What better way to start a new year, than with a new readalong? For our January 2024 readalong, we will be buddy reading The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb. This contemporary novel is a mix of fiction and mystery, with compelling characters, family drama, and a …
Book Review The Jazz Club Spy by Roberta RichHistorical Fiction | Spy Reader’s Thoughts: When you read a lot of historical fiction set in the late 1930s and early 1940s, it can be difficult to find stories that feel fresh. This was not a problem for The Jazz Club Spy. The book opens with an …
2024 Challenge Journal This post contains affiliate links; as an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Want an easy and fun way to track your 52 Book Club 2024 challenge reads? Earlier this year we announced a brand new project we’d been working on (you can watch the reveal video here!) and we’re excited …
Need some help finding books to fit your 2024 challenge? We’ve created a Goodreads List for *almost* every prompt on our 2024 Reading Challenge. These lists are an easy way to gather ideas and see what other 52 Book Club members are reading for each prompt! In addition, this page will be updated with the …
Our 2024 challenge is here with fifty-two new prompts designed to challenge each of us! Some years are trickier than others, and we think that 2024 will definitely help push us to try new authors and genres. Have a question about one of the prompts? You’re in the right place! This #52booksin52weeks challenge has a …
Book Review The Name Drop by Susan LeeRomance | YA | Contemporary This was a super sweet rom-com featuring two characters who share the same Korean name and are accidentally mistaken for each other. With k-drama vibes and an adorable YA romance, this was an entertaining and fluffy story that is calling for an on-screen …
November 2023 Mini-Challenge Eagerly awaiting the release of our 2024 challenge? Next year’s challenge will be dropping sometime this month, but to tide you over until then, we’ve got a non-fiction November mini-challenge to tackle! What is a mini-challenge: Mini-challenges are small, month-long reading challenges. They usually contain two or three prompts built around a …
Book Review Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose by Nancy SpringerYA | Mystery | Historical Fiction | Adventure Enola is back and just as determined and unstoppable as ever. And this ninth feature in the Enola Holmes series, Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose may just be one of my favorite …
