The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge discussion

WEEKLY CHECK-IN
January 1, 2023 -- Week 1

Happy new year, everyone! Our 2023 challenge has officially begun and we are so excited to see your first reads of the year.

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I read This Is Big:How Weight Watchers Changed The World ( And Me), which satisfied Prompt 1-Has Subtitles. This book has been on my shelf, staring at me since 2020. Chapters alternate between a history of Weight Watchers starting with Jean Nidetch and the author/journalist’s story of her personal struggles. I really enjoyed the chapters centering around Weight Watcher’s history, but the author’s negativity made her chapters less enjoyable. Yes, you can lose weight and maintain it!

Happy New Year!
My first reads this year were The Tombs and A Dark and Stormy Tea.

First book of the year: Friends in High Places by Donna Leon. Listened on audio. Detective story set in Venice. Next was Red Winter by Marc Cameron (a T Clancy story). It was ok. Then Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie. Enjoyed but found it to be similar to a couple of her other books. (For the A Christie bookclub) Then another audio: Acqua Alta by Donna Leon. Really enjoyed, again set in Venice, detective story.

I finished The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett yesterday. It was a mammoth read, but I enjoyed it - Ken Follett is a good storyteller!

My first book was It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover. Super quick read and i felt like I had to finish it in order to see how Lily and Atlas end up. In my honestly opinion, the book was not necessary and I feel like It ends with us ended at a good stopping point, but it was nice to finally read how the story ends and what happened to the characters.

First book for the challenge finished... The Help

Christina wrote: "First book for the challenge finished... The Help"

Did you enjoy it, Christina?

My first reads are:
One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite

Lore by Alexandra Bracken

Happy New Year to Every 52 Book Club Members!
My first 10 reads of the year 2023:

1. Göğe Bakma Durağı by Turgut Uyar
2. Ben, Yalnız Ivan by Katherine Applegate
3. Beyaz Kuş by R. J. Palacio
4. Zaman Taciri by Leonardo Patrignani
5. Gelmiş Bulundum by Edip Cansever
6. Sihirli Uyumsuzlar by Neil Patrick Harris
7. Hak Dostum Diye Başlayalım Söze by Haldun Taner
8. Maus - Hayatta Kalanın Öyküsü by Art Spiegelman
9. Kırmızı Pelerin by Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu
10. On İkinci Gece by William Shakespeare

Have a good read to all of you...

Happy New Year to everyone 🥳️
The first book I read this year was Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise by Thich Nhat Hanh (PROMPT 1: A book with a subtitle).
It was a great start, 4 stars!

The first book I read was America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie.

I'm late--During the first week I read Cathedral of the Sea by Ildefonso Falcones for a book about secrets.

Last week I finished One Night on the Island. #42 Time in the Title

I finished my first book of the year on January 1, 2023. It was A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute. Used it for prompt no. 15: Set in Australia

I'm also late. I read The School for German Brides: A Novel of World War II (for prompt #1)

I read Truth by Megan Linski, which I'm choosing prompt #39 final book in a series for even though it satisfies a few prompts. Loved how action packed it was, slow burn romance, in fact close to none , but overall I really enjoyed it.

I read The Last Party by Clare Mackintosh because it was a prize I won for the day 9 giveaway in November and it took place on New Years Day. It was fun and a good premise with a few twists. I used it for Prompt # 16 Featuring one of the “seven deadly sins.”

For the first week I started with the prompt #6 A book under 200 pages for which I read 1922 by Stephen King. Additionally I will be watching the movie this week to complete the Read it, Watch it Challenge.

For my first book I chose prompt #35 - a book you meant to read last year. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

My first read this year was It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover. I enjoyed it, even if the names were silly.

Prompt 2- featuring an inheritance
Started and completed Sense and Sensibility

Prompt 8- Dystopian fiction
Started Handmaid’s Tale

For Week 1, I read American Predator by Maureen Callahan. It honestly put me into a reading slump because I didn't really enjoy the storytelling of the first part of the book but after picking it back up today I can say I'm glad I stuck with it and finished it because it was a really really good case. I would recommend this to anyone who likes true crime, or at least google the case and read over it because it's not commonly covered online and it's insane. Glad to have this challenge to push me to keep reading.

Hello!! I'm slightly behind getting things on here as by laptop was getting fixed and I would rather not post from my the app on my phone.
My first read for 2023 was Verity by Colleen Hoover which I read for Prompt #11: A book about secrets
And, this book is full of secrets!! Highly recommend!!

Happy Reading!!

Angela wrote: "Christina wrote: "First book for the challenge finished... The Help"

Did you enjoy it, Christina?"

I really did... There were some parts that were tedious, but the ending was so good imo.

#6 Less Than 200 Pages:
The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins Gilman

My first read for this list was 101 historiska misstag by Daniel Rydén for the prompt #35 A book you meant to read last year. Ended up reading several fanfictions at the end of 2022/beginning of 2023.