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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Book Review It Happened One Christmas by Chantel GuertinChristmas Romance | Contemporary Earlier this year, I received the sweetest little “Christmas in July” box from Penguin Random House Canada — complete with It Happened One Christmas by Chantel Guertin and some peppermint hot chocolate! And while I don’t usually start my December holiday reads so
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Book Review The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie DonleaMystery | Thriller | Suspense When it comes to mysteries and thrillers, I have a pretty good track record at figuring things out before the final reveal. It’s not often that an author manages to catch me completely off-guard, and yet, have the culprit still make
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Book Review Being Henry by Henry WinklerMemoir The first thing that jumped out at me while reading the blurb for this memoir was that Henry Winkler is “… widely-regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood.” And throughout the entirety of this 240-page memoir, I kept thinking, “I can completely see why he’s earned that reputation.”
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