2021 The 52 Book Club

 

The 52 Book Club
Hosted By: Liz Mannegren
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Summary of Challenge Rules/Details: 
"Your challenge, your rules" 
Official Challenge Rules

My Goal ~ 26 Prompts (1/2 of them)   Currently 45/26
Completed Goal

1. Set in a school - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ J.K. Rowling ~ 8/1
2. Featuring the legal profession - Pros and Cons (Fox & O'Hare #0.5) ~ Janet Evanovich ~ 6/5
3. A dual timeline - I Found You ~ Lisa Jewel ~ 1/14
4. An author that is deceased - Father Brown and the Queer Feet ~ G.K. Chesterton ~ 6/5
5. Published by Penguin - The Searcher ~ Tana French ~ 1/24
6. A character with the same name as a male family member - Love in a Nutshell ~ Janet Evanovich ~ 2/27
7. An author with only 1 published book - **
8. A book in the 900's of the Dewey Decimal System - Love and Death in the Sunshine State ~ Cutter Woods ~ 11/16
9. Set in a Mediterranean country - **
10. Related to the word "fire" - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ~ J.K. Rowling ~ 8/9
11. Book with discussion questions inside - The Wives ~ Tarryn Fisher ~ 2/18
12. Title starting with the letter "D" - Daylight ~ David Baldacci 
13. Includes an exotic animal - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ J.K. Rowling ~ 
14. Written by an author over 65 (when published)- Speaking From Among the Bones ~ Alan Bradley ~ 4/24
15. A book mentioned in another book - I Know What You Did Last Summer ~ Lois Duncan ~ 7/27
16. Set before the 17th Century - **
17. A character "on the run" - Long Road to Mercy ~ David Baldacci ~ 1/13
18. Author with a 9-letter last name - The Shell Game ~ Janet Evanovich ~ 2/27
19. Book with a deckled edge - **
20. Made into a TV series - Strawberry Shortcake Murder ~ Joanne Fluke ~ 5/25
21. Book by Kristin Hannah - **
22. A family saga - The Mother-in-Law ~ Sally Hepworth ~ 2/9
23. An ending that surprises you - A Wee Murder In My Shop ~ Fran Stewart ~ 6/5
24. A book you think they should read in schools - Picture Us In The Light ~ Kelly Loy Gilbert
25. A book with multiple character POV - The Family Next Door ~ Sally Hepworth ~ 2/9
26. An author of color - Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ~ Mildred D. Taylor ~ 9/26
27. First chapter ends on an odd page number - Grump ~ Liesl Shurtliff ~ 
28. Includes a historical event you know little about - The Ghost of Marlow House (Haunting Danielle #1) ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 3/15
29. Featuring the environment - Where the Crawdads Sing ~ Delia Owens ~ 2/26
30. Watch out for Dragons! - Grey ~ E.L. James ~ 12/9 (Dragons = Habits)
31. Shares a similar title to another book - Watching You ~ Lisa Jewel ~ 1/19
32. A selfish character - Final Cut ~ S.J. Watson ~ 1/26
33. Featuring adoption - Invisible Girl ~ Lisa Jewel ~ 1/17
34. A book you'd rate 5 stars - Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book ~ Jennifer Donnelly ~ 3/13
35. Set in a country that starts with "S" - The Cracked Spine ~ Paige Shelton ~ 6/22
36. A nameless narrator - Imaginary Friend ~ Stephen Chbosky ~ 2/6
37. An educational read - Blue Dahlia (In the Garden #1) ~ Nora Roberts ~ 12/18
38. Recommended on BookBub - Guidebook to Murder (Tourist Trap #1) ~ Lynn Cahoon ~ 7/22
39. An alternate history novel - Ones and Zeroes ~ Dan Wells ~ 11/3
40. Found via #bookstagram - The Book Thief ~ Markus Zusak
41. An endorsement by a famous author on the cover - Cloche and Dagger (Hat Shop #1) ~ Jenn McKinley ~ 8/16
42. An epistolary - Dear Mr. Henshaw ~ Beverly Cleary ~ 9/12
43. A character with a pet cat - Live and Let Chai (Seaside Cafe #1) ~ Bree Baker ~ 3/26
44. Includes a garden - Death of a Mad Hatter (Hat Shop Mystery #2) ~ Jenn McKinlay ~ 4/5
45. A coming of age novel - Then Again, Maybe I Won't ~ Judy Blume ~ 1/21
46. Winner of the National Book Award (any year) - **
47. A character with a disability - Chill Factor ~ Sandra Brown ~ 1/15
48. A cover with a woman who is facing away - The Other Side of Midnight ~ Simone St. James ~ 11/1
49. A flavor in the title - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen #1) ~ Joanne Fluke ~ 4/24
50. A shoe on the cover - If The Shoe Kills ~ Lynn Cahoon ~ 3/11
51. Published in 2021 - The Desolations of Devil's Acre ~ Ransom Riggs ~ 5/17
52. Re-do one of the previous 51 categories - #32 The Ghost Who Loved Diamonds (Haunting Danielle #2) ~ Bobbi Holmes ~ 3/19 

Mini - Challenges

February

1. Red Spine 
2. Related to "Magical"
3. Great Platonic Relationship ~ 

May                       

1. Published in Spring ~ Stage Door: A Cue to a Kill ~ Lilian Watts ~ 5/5
2. Author or Character with a "Floral" name ~ Lily Potter & Petunia Dursley, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (HP #1) ~ J.K. Rowling ~ 5/13
3. Sunshine on the Cover ~ By Book or By Crook (LL #1) ~ Eva Gates ~ 5/23

July ~ Theme: Throwbacks

1. 2018: a book chosen solely by its cover ~ Daddy's Little Girl ~ Mary Higgins Clark ~ 7/13
2. 2019: an author who uses initials ~ J.K. Rowling ~ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ 7/21
3. 2020: set in a country you've never visited before ~ The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (FdL #6) ~ Alan Bradley ~ 7/23