Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

2025 Summer Reading Challenge Prompts

Points = 7,500


Chips and Dip - 100 points
1a. A book in a series - The Chalk Pit - Finished 6/5/25

1b. A book with water on the cover - Holy Island - Finished 6/21/25

1c. A book released in 2024 or 2025 - Hunted- Finished 7/5/25

1d. A book by a new to you author - What Is Queer Food?: How We Served a Revolution - Finished 6/30/25

1e. A humorous book - Tartufo - Finished 7/16/25


Drinks Station - 200 points
Author's initials are in:
2a. FRESH-SQUEEZED LEMONADE - Prima Facie - Finished 7/18/25

2b. UNSWEETENED ICED TEA - All the Colors of the Dark - Finished - 7/27/25

2c. ROOT BEER SODA - Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller - Finished 8/10/25

2d. FRUIT PUNCH - The King of Diamonds: The Search for the Elusive Texas Jewel Thief - Finished 6/23/25

2e. SPARKLING WATER - The Life We Bury - Finished 6/8/25


Burger and Hotdog Toppings - 300 points
3a. Ketchup: A book with red on the cover - High Force - Finished 8/26/26

3b. Relish: A book by a favorite author - The Blue Horse - Finished 7/14/25

3c. Mustard: A book with a military character (serving, retired, or adjacent) -Edge of Honor - 7/10/25

3d. Pickles: A book title that includes a word starting with the letter P -The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne - 8/25/25

3e. Cheese: A sentimental book - Until August - Finished 8/15/25


Desserts - 400 points
4a. A book with a child main character - Once for Yes - Finished 7/3/25

4b. A book with a wedding - The Wedding People - Finished 7/10/25

4c. A book that has been nominated for an award - Isola - Finished 8/28/25

4d. A book with a cafe, bakery, or restaurant as an important setting - Murder at an Irish Bakery) - Finished 8/30/25

4e. A book originally written in a language other than English - The Devotion of Suspect X - Finished 7/24/25


The Sides - 500 points
5a. Potato salad - A book with more than one point of view - Fifty-Fifty - Finished 8/8/25

5b. Mac n' cheese - A book by an author with 10 or more books - The Sentence is Death - 7/22/25

5c. Corn bread - A book originally published before 1900 - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Finished 8/31/25

5d. Deviled eggs - A book with challenging subject matter - Braving the Wilderness- 8/31/25

5e. Watermelon - A book over 500 pages - The Determined Spy: The Turbulent Life and Times of CIA Pioneer Frank Wisner - 8/3/25