Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Let's have a scavenger hunt! We're looking for common household objects on the book cover. What exactly counts as a common household object is up to you but we've got a lot of lists to help you brainstorm.

Some lists to browse:
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https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
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https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/3...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

ATY Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

What are you reading this week and what object did you find?

I think I'll read because I won't get around to it this year due to prompt filling:

or

] which I will be reading in February for a book club

The edition I own of A Conjuring of Light by Victoria Schwab has a chair on the cover.

I discovered this year that I think I confuse Ann Patchett and Anne Tyler in part because of these two books:



So this year I plan to read them both. One will fit here, and one in A, T,Y object on the cover, both for the same reason (armchair).

We'll see if reading them both helps distinguish them or just confuses me more!

I'm reading and also have pencilled in - there are two small ladders on the cover.

However, if I see a clearer cover, I may well swap.

(bathtub) and (watch).

The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (lamp, book, chair, bed)
The Leopard - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (chair)
The Soul of Lilith - Marie Corelli (hairbrush)

The only book by Anthony Horowitz I've read so far is Magpie Murders, so I'm upping my Horowitz game next year by reading a couple of his series.

A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz.

Planning to read Time Shelter. It has so many items on the cover it seemed an obvious choice

I plan to read .

I've chosen Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, which has a cup and saucer on the cover:

i have 2 books I'm considering. This prompt was much harder than I expected, using books I own.
My Family and Other Animals
The Full Cupboard of Life

I just finished book 2 in this series and book 3 has books on the cover. Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

Flashlight -

Teakettle & Salt shaker -

Telephone -

Clothespin -
Cup/saucer - (if you do the audio)

Candlesticks -

I will probably read A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz which will be my third in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series.

I will be reading House of Orphans by Helen Dunmore. It has a young girl carrying a bowl on the cover.

This was surprisingly difficult :-D
"Sword... isn't sword a common household object? What about cats?"

I read Mister Magic by Kiersten White, which has a television on the cover.

I enjoyed Sarah Penner's, The Lost Apothecary, so I thought I'd read the following:

The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner, Candle or a picture frame

For this prompt, I read:

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone - 5* - My Review (box of tissues)

I read The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz which features a knife and pencil on the cover:

I picked this one up because I really enjoyed the author's Magpie Murders, which I picked up last year for the cozy mystery category, not expecting much, and was pleasantly surprised. While I did enjoy this one too, I didn't like the quirk of "author as narrator" here as much as I liked editor Susan Ryland in Magpie. My full review can be found here.

Ketutar wrote: "This was surprisingly difficult :-D
"Sword... isn't sword a common household object? What about cats?""

LOL! I was just going through my books, and I realized I have A LOT of books with swords on the cover! :)

I also have Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire - my version has a broom on the front.

I also have Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil by Hannah Arendt - my version has a picture of him with headphones on.

Since there's a broom on the cover of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, I'm going to count it for this prompt. (There are also books on the cover, which I think for most of us count as very common household objects!)

Mel wrote: "(There are also books on the cover, which I think for most of us count as very common household objects!)"

LOL - yes - I think in this group that is a VERY common household object! :)

I read a classic which was popular at the time it was published in 1850, The Wide, Wide World. It's tagged Christian Fiction like many novels at that time. I liked the story of the young girl Ellen, who lives with relatives and friends when her mother is sick.
There's a table and tablecloth on the cover.

I started Sandwich and Margo's Got Money Troubles but for some reason just couldn’t get into either so decided to read a few short stories.
and . All three were great.

I read Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King for this prompt, as this prompt was an easy fill toward my goal of reading all of King's work.

(umbrella)

Samantha wrote: "I started Sandwich and Margo's Got Money Troubles but for some reason just couldn’t get into either so decided to read a few short stories.

@Samantha -
I had a couple false starts with Margo too. I don’t know why. The third try was a charm and I loved it.

I like your short story approach. They are perfect for me too when I just can’t get into a book. It’s like a snack or an “amuse-bouche.”

I read Mooncakes, a cute graphic novel. It has a mixing bowl, plate, and oven mitt on the cover.

NancyJ wrote: "Samantha wrote: "I started Sandwich and Margo's Got Money Troubles but for some reason just couldn’t get into either so decided to read a few short stories.

@Sam..."
Nancy, Your amuse-bouche analogy for short stories is perfect! I am also happy to hear you enjoyed Margo after your first go. I think there is potential but that wasn’t the time for it.

I read:
Strong Suspicions by Amy Renshaw

REJECT: A book featuring a circus, amusement park, or fair

Finished: 05/31/2025
Rating: 4 stars

Set in 1912 Milwaukie WI, a young female news reporter finds herself caught up in a murder investigation. Great characters. First in a series.

I read and . I enjoyed the scenes in the first book involving the MC's family, but I thought the romance scenes were less successful, and the love interest too perfect, the major problem too easily resolved. But it was a good, light read for this prompt, whereas the second book was much more serious. Objects did play a large part however, in the story of a man surrounded by the wreckage of his life. Very well written.

I read What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama for this topic (Read July 4th; 3*) The cover has a cup of coffee, pot plant, books & a cat

I read What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

I read and enjoyed Family Family by Laurie Frankel. It has a staircase and a potted cactus on the cover (and now that I think about it, I have NO idea why these are on the cover... unless they represent the turns in your life when you experience a prickly situation?)