Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Nancy wrote: "I was super excited when I read Matt Haig has a new book coming out, and even more excited that it fits this prompt! The Midnight Library"

I did read The Midnight Library, which I loved so much, 5 stars! I know a lot of people didn't feel the same way though.

I am reading 'The stationery shop of Tehran' by Marjan Kamali.
I liked the title, sounds interesting.
I havent noticed any trends, used what I had in to read.
I could recommend 'Coming home to Cuckoo Cottage' by Heidi Swain as a pleasant easy read.

1. What book are you reading for this prompt? The Glass Castle
2. How important to the book was the building in the title? I'm only halfway through but it's pretty important. It's a promise from the father that he is going to build one for the family and I think the point is it's never going to happen.
3. Did you notice any trends in your search for a book? I noticed a lot of titles with house in it. I had this book that I took out of a pile of books that someone was giving away. I put off reading it and I shouldn't have. It's really good. I'm glad this prompt forced me to read it.
4. What book would you recommend? Even though I'm a little over halfway through I would definitely recommend this book. It grabbed me right away. I can't really think of anything else off of the top of my head.

1. What book are you reading for this prompt?
Crying in H Mart

2. How important to the book was the building in the title?
I would say moderately important. H Mart is a Korean grocery store. When the author visits H Mart, she is reminded of her mother who died of cancer.

3. Did you notice any trends in your search for a book?
What I noticed was that I had a harder time finding something that I wanted to read for this prompt than I anticipated.


4. What book would you recommend?
The Red House Mystery
The Gifted School
In the Dream House
Murder in an Irish Cottage
Home Fire

1. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
2. The entire book pretty much takes place there, so important as a setting.
3. 'house' is definitely the easiest to find. I had a few house books on my tbr and a few Academy books, so this worked well.
4. I would recommend Convenience Store Woman

1. What book are you reading for this prompt?
I have read The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket.

2. How important to the book was the building in the title?
The whole action happens in this Academy.

4. What book would you recommend?
A Stranger in the House by Shari Lapena
The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket
The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan
The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

I think I'm going with Castle in the Air or House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones. I've read Howl’s Moving Castle and want to read the rest of the series.

What book are you reading for this prompt?
I read House of Sticks by Ly Tran.

How important to the book was the building in the title?
This book is a memoir, and House of Sticks is a symbolic representation of the author's early and young adult life.

3. Did you notice any trends in your search for a book?
In addition to this book, I also read books with other types of structures in the tite: Pavilions (1), Library (2), another House (1), and Kitchen (1) if I'm stretching, although the kitchen in the title was not a structure that was separate from the rest of the house. I did the 2021 challenge in reverse, seeing what books I read during 2021 would fit the ATY prompts, and all the other books with structures in the title fit other prompts, so House of Sticks was the best available fit for this prompt.

4. What book would you recommend?
The Dutch House (read as prompt for Week 15, a book that features siblings as the main characters.)