The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge discussion

52. Published in 2023

And for our final prompt of 2023, a book published this year! You may be saving this prompt for a special book that you’re been eagerly awaiting, or you may decide to keep this prompt open and “wing it” with a newly published, popular read. This also could be interpreted as a book that’s out in paperback or audio for the first time but was previously published in another format. It’s up to you!


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The Mark of the Damned
or maybe
The Goddess's Wards

I’m excited for a new Kate Morton novel, Homecoming.

I'm reading Spare by Prince Harry for this prompt.

Manal wrote: "I'm reading Spare by Prince Harry for this prompt."

Me too! The audio book is read by Prince Harry and adds something special.

I'm really looking forward the Heavenly Tyrant for thi prompt, I hope I actually can get it this year.

Windfall: The Prairie Woman Who Lost Her Way and the Great-Granddaughter Who Found Her by Erika Bolstad. I find the subtitle of this book a bit misleading, as it was less about the search for Anna, the author's grandmother, and what the author discovered about her, than about the environmental and other issues related to the oil industry in North Dakota. So it wasn't what I was looking for, despite having a good bit of interesting information. It was a bit repetitive, but all in all, a decent read. 3 stars.

Heart to Heart by the Dalai Lama

Never Marry Your Brother's Best Friend by Lauren Landish
Finished 1/28/23

Maame by Jessica George

Breakup From Hell 4/5

I read Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood - Release day is March 7th!

Over the week-end, I finished Allegra Goodman's SAM.

Sea Castle by Andrew Mayne

To Swoon and to Spar by Martha Waters. This is the newest book in the Regency Vows series, coming out this April.
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I read The Cherokee Rose: A Novel of Gardens and Ghosts by Tiya Miles - to be published June 13, 2023 (won a proof copy in a Goodreads giveaway)

Are You Happy Now by Hanna Jameson ⭐⭐

I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai. Could also be #19 Typographical Cover entry.

I’m also reading ‘Spare’ by Prince Harry

River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer was really good.

“Pineapple Street” by Jenny Jackson. Meh. Rich people problems. “You never know what might happen and you’ll need all 37+million dollars”. Could not find sympathy or empathy for majority of the characters.

I read The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

I read The Stolen Heir by Holly Black

I’ve read Exes and O’s by Amy Lea, ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Master slave Husband Wife is an excellent book. Can be added to this prompt

I’ve read “Amazing Grace Adams”, debut novel by Fran Littlewood.

I've just read The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett for this one

The English Fuhrer - Rory Clemente’s

I read Clytemnestra by Costanza Casati -- about Agamemnon's wife/murderer. It's quite gritty and at pains to be historically accurate, as far as is possible: quite dark.

I Loved The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise by Pico Iyer Enjoy !

Read the ARC of The Perfumist of Paris...didn't think it was as good as the first 2.

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I am using Earth’s the Right Place for Love by Elizabeth Berg for this prompt. Mostly because it doesn’t fit any of the other props and it really was not my favorite book but it fits the description. I gave this three stars because it was so slow and mundane that I would not recommend it.

Captivated from the first chapter. Thoroughly enjoyed this one.

The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict

Walk the Blue Line: They Walk the Line between Life and Death by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann 5 stars

Anna wrote: "
Maame by Jessica George"
Anna, I loved Maame, used that for Prompt of a book by Macmillan. Hope you loved 🥰 it, too

I loved , by Eleanor Shearer. I love the Cover Alone. It has special meaning, as you look at it closer see Beautiful Birds. Those Represent the children Eleanor has, but does not know where are, as she was a Slave. Beautiful Story. 5 🌟 Book❣️

I read Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley for this one

I read Happy Place by Emily Henry.

I Know Who You Are: How an Amateur DNA Sleuth Unmasked the Golden State Killer and Changed Crime Fighting Forever by Barbara Rae-Venter 10 stars for her amazing achievement

The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

I read Where Ivy Dares to Grow by Marielle Thompson

I read Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto.

I read Unstoppable by KA Knight.

Wow! Was a bit out of my normal comfort zone but loved it all the same.

Hannah Dolby - No Life for a Lady.

It's all right. Not the most exciting or the worst mystery I've read. The cover is my sore point, because it doesn't match the content.

I read Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare, 5 Stars

Death on Cozumel Island by Cindy Quayle 6/25/23

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Just finished Ward D by Freida McFadden, who never disappoints. I started reading this on the treadmill yesterday, which was a mistake. As with all her thrillers, my heart rate went up a little faster than it should have, lol. Four stars. As always, it's a great read, but not her best.