Book Review The Amalfi Curse by Sarah PennerFantasy | Historical Fiction | Fiction | Magical Realism From the bestselling author of The Lost Apothecary comes another historical dual-timeline novel featuring powerful women, an incredible setting, and a dash of magic. When Harper Collins Canada reached out to see if I’d be interested in an advance […]
May 2025 Mini-Challenge Who’s hungry for some good books? We’re inviting you to dinner, so grab a menu, pick your books, and let’s satisfy those cravings for our next five-star read. How does this May mini-challenges work? For this month’s mini challenge, we’ve prepared a three-course menu for you. On the menu, you’ll find three
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Book Review The Last Secret Agent by Pippa LatourMemoir | WWII | Non-Fiction From 1941 to 1944, four hundred and seventy SOE agents were sent to France to participate in clandestine work such as sabotage, espionage, and reconnaissance. Approximately forty of those agents were female, one of whom was Pippa Latour. Having kept her WWII
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Book Review The Potting Shed Murder by Paula SuttonCozy Mystery When it comes to cozy mysteries, there is no setting better suited than that of an English village in the country. In the first of a new series by Paula Sutton, The Potting Shed Murder gives us all the quintessential elements of the genre with
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Book Review Detective Aunty by Uzma JalaluddinMystery | Cozy When Kausar Khan’s daughter Sana calls to say she’s been arrested for murder, Kausar packs her bags and heads to Toronto for the first time in twenty years. A widow with a keen eye for observation and sharp intuition skills, Kausar is determined to help her
2021 Challenge Journal This post contains affiliate links; as an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. When we first released The 52 Book Club 2021 Challenge, I had no idea that I’d be sitting on my couch four years later, finally drafting up a journal accompaniment to go with it. For a long time,
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Book Review The Love Haters by Katherine CenterRomance | Fiction | Contemporary If you ask me to recommend a romance, chances are I’ll pass you a Katherine Center novel. Contemporary romance is never a go-to genre for me but Center is the one author whose new releases I will eagerly keep an eye out for.
Book Review All the Perfect Days by Michael ThompsonAdult Fiction | Magical Realism It’s been a long time since I’ve devoured a book in a single sitting, but this magical realism novel was just the read to break that streak! Charlie Knight is a small-town doctor with a plan to escape. He dreams of something
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April 2025 Mini-Challenge It’s time for our annual APRIL FOOL’S DAY mini-challenge. (Don’t worry, we promise not to rickroll you all this year!) Instead, these April 2025 prompts were inspired by a popular running joke in The 52 Book Club Facebook group. Can you guess what it might be? How do mini-challenges work? Mini-challenges are
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Book Review The Mother Next Door by Andrea Dunlop and Mike WeberNonfiction | True Crime | Memoir No bond is more sacred than that between a mother and child. And no one is more sympathetic than a mother whose child faces a life-threatening illness. But what if the mother is the cause of the illness?
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