52 Book Challenge of 2024; How I Did and What I Read
I finished up the 52 Book challenge by mid-July this year despite reading lots of other books along the way.
1. Locked Room Mystery-- Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney-
2. Bibliosmia: A Smelly Book-- Heidi by Johanna Spyri
3. More than 40 chapters-- Betting on You by Lynn Painter
4. Lowercase Letters on the Spine-- The Book Proposal by KJ Micciche (read in Jan)
5. Magical Realism-- The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer
6. Women in STEM-- The Women by Kristin Hannah
7. At Least 4 Different POV-- A Fatal Affair by A. R Torre
8. Features the Ocean-- Blue Hawaiian by Carla Luna
9. A Character-Driven Novel-- Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
10. Told in Non-Chronological Order--The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
11. Title Starts with the Letter "K"-- Key Lime Garden Inn by Annie Cabot-
12. Title Starts with the Letter "L" -- The Last Love Note by Emma Gray
13. An Academic Thriller-- One of Us Is Next by Karen McManus (read in Jan)
14. A Grieving Character-- One of Us is Back by Karen M. McManus
15. Part of Duology-- The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
16. An Omniscient narrator-- A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
17. Nominated for the Booker Prize--The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
18. An apostrophe in the title-- In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan
19. A Buddy read-- The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
20. A Revenge story-- The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto
21. Written by a ghost writer-- The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
22. A plot similar to another book-- Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
23. The other book with the similar plot-- The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
24. A cover without people on it- Hot Ice by Nora Roberts (read in Jan)
25. An author "everyone" has read but you-- Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
26. Hybrid genre- Murder at the Elms (historical fiction/ cozy mystery)
27. A Neurodivergent author-- Turtles All The Way Down by John Green
28. A Yellow spine-- The Measure by Nikki Erlick
29. Published in a Year of the Dragon-- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
30. Picked without reading the blurb-- Philly Barker Is On the Case (book 2 of the Philly Barker series)
31. Includes a personal phobia-- Hypnotized by Love by Sarah Wilson
32. Time frame spans a week or less-- The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
33. An abrupt ending-- Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
34. Set in a Landlocked country-- The Sanitorium
35. Title matches lyrics from a song-- What is Love? By Jen Comfort
36. Has futuristic technology-- Random in Death by J.D. Robb
37. Palindrome on the cover-- Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan
38. Published by Hachette-- P. S. I Love You
39. Nonfiction recommended by a friend-- Ultra -Processed People: The Science Behind Food that Isn't Food by Chris Van Tulleken
40. Set during a holiday you don't celebrate-- The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer
41. A sticker on the cover-- The Beach House: Coming Home by Georgia Bockoven
42. Author debut in the second half of 2024-- Broken Bayou by Jennifer Moorhead
43. About finding Identity-- Identity by Nora Roberts
44. includes a wedding-- The Summer of Broken Rules by K. L. Walther
45. Chapter headings have dates- One Woman's War: A Novel of the Real Miss Moneypenny by Christine Wells
46. features indigenous cultures-- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
47. self-insert by an author-- Will by Will Smith
48. the word "secret" in the title-- A Hidden Secret by Linda Castillo
49. Set in a city starting with the letter "m"-- Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne
50. A musical instrument on the cover-- Lucky Leap Day
51. Related to the word "wild"-- The Hike by Lucy Clarke
52. Published in 2024-- Olivia Strauss Is Running Out Of Time
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Fun- I've never done reading challenges but I know they're quite popular! I have read some of the books that you read for your challenge.
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DeleteThis was so fun to read- good for you! Nice job Joanne
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DeleteI am giving my mom a cozy blanket and The Women for Christmas. I hope she likes it as much as I did!
ReplyDeleteI how she does too. It was such a good book!
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DeleteThis is an interesting list! Goodreads informed me that I have read 33 books this year which is a good start for me. I used to be such a bookworm. I am gearing up for next year's reading challenge by going to Half Price Books today and picking out the first two for 2025. Marry Christmas and happy reading!
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas and happy reading! Your shopping trip sounds fun.
DeleteWell done! I joined for 2025, but may have over extended because I joined other challenges too. Ha!
ReplyDeleteI've done that before too! Though, luckily I find at least a few books tend to overlap and work for multiple challenges.
DeleteI just love that you've been doing these reading challenges. And it's SO impressive how early you're finishing it!
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you. I surprised myself this year finishing it up so soon. I won't be able to with 2025's challenge since we have lots of ones that deal with the "ber" months.
DeleteMore than just impressive, your enjoyment of reading says it all! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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DeleteWhat a fun way to break down the books. We listened to Dad is Fat, but it wasn't my favorite. I definitely want to read #39. Thanks for the recommendation,
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It wasn't my favorite either... #39 was really good though.
DeleteThat is an impressive list all the way around!! Merry Christmas Joanne!
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DeleteThis is a great challenge! I love getting new suggestions for books!
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DeleteCongrats on finishing the challenge so early! It's funny how certain books seem to make everyone's list.
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DeleteSo many great books! I read about 10 of those. Fun challenge. I have one more book to finish before the year is up. Happy reading!
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DeleteAn impressive list of books. Interesting challenge. Happy Holidays.
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DeleteGreat to catch up on your 52 books challenge Joanne. You have some interesting books that you've read that I will definitely check out to add to my list for 2025. Many of the titles are new to me which I love. It's interesting to see the books you matched to the prompts.
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DeleteWell done, my friend!! So many of these books have been on my radar. There are a few I've even read!! How do you go about attacking this challenge? Do you go to the library and scour the shelves for a book with a yellow spine? A palindrome? I would like to try it but it seems overwhelming to me. Would appreciate any hints you could provide maybe in a post in the new year?
ReplyDeleteFor the first 1/2 of the year I just read what I want and see if it fits a prompt but then as I knock more of them off the list I do start to do some Google searches for ideas plus there is a 52 Book Club challenge Facebook page and everyone suggests lots of books for each prompt. There is often Goodreads challenge list with the various prompts too so it's really not that hard to find.
DeleteThank you for the tips. I think I will try it. It's hard for me to read something I really am not getting into at all, even if it would satisfy one of the prompts!! Didn't know there was a 52 Book Club challenge FB group. Thanks!!
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