The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge discussion
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15 -- A Five-Syllable Title
I’m starting the challenge with The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins.
Just finished Cards on the Table (Agatha Christie).
Stacy wrote: "I chose Apples Never Fall"Me too! I'm about 25% through. :)
You’d Be Home By Now by Kathleen Glasgow
"The Dust Bowl Orphans" by Suzette D. Harrison is my pick for this prompt.
Finished The Turn of the Screw for this prompt. I am also watching the 2021 retelling The Turning for Friday night movie night!
I plan on reading The Henna Artist by Alia Joshua for this prompt.
A Room Made of Leaves - Kate Grenville not my usual read but such a beautiful cover
I've had the audiobook of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline downloaded for a while, fits in nicely here.
Eve and Boop’s Road Trip by Mary Helen Sheriff
I'm about to start a slow fire burning by Paula hawkins
For this one, I read Station Eleven. It took me a while to get into it, but I ended up liking it a lot.
I did Leviathan Falls for this prompt. Here are my thoughts:
I read "Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games" by Lopez Lomong
I read "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins. My local library had a "Valentine's Blind Date" and this is the book I got to go on a date with... if any of y'all have read it, I thought you might find that funny.I enjoyed it quite a bit even though thrillers aren't usually my thing!
I chose My Last Continent by Midge Raymond, and enjoyed every page!
Julie wrote: "I read "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins. My local library had a "Valentine's Blind Date" and this is the book I got to go on a date with... if any of y'all have read it, I thought you might..."I am reading The Girl on the Train currently. I am not much of a thriller reader but am enjoying it.
I read The Paper Palace I can't recommend it highly for all the triggers that are in the book. I will say that it was engaging and even though I didn't like the characters I was invested in them
Rachel Carson’s The Sense of Wonder - also meets prompt 19 (original title Help Your Child to Wonder). “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.�
I had to use a counter for this one because I am not sure how to count syllables as english is not my first language. But 4 counters confirmed The Light Through the Leaves has 5 syllables and it also received 5 stars from me. I love this author
I read not one but two books with the same title!The Devil You Know (K J Parker)
and
The Devil You Know (Mike Carey)
both fantasy, but very different flavours of fantasy.
Dial “A� for Aunties by Jesse O. Sutanto
I just finished Reminders of Him for this prompt! Loved it!!! Highly recommend!!
Tender is the Flesh - Agustina Bazterrica
Just finished The Octopus Man by Jasper Gibson. Really loved it, given it four stars. I found the ending was a little flat compared to the rest of the book, but would recommend.
I read "Abandoned to God" (about Oswald Chambers), by David McCausland.
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