Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

The Prompts:

Find a book that...

Has a orange cover: A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny - 27/10/23-a-night-in-the-lonesome-october


Fits the phrase "a falling out": The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, Silvia Moreno-Garcia – 04/09/23
The doctor has a major, ultimately bloody, falling out with the owner of the ranch where he lives and works

Has a tree on the cover: A Troubling Tail, Laurie Cass - 19/10/23
Behind the buildings and the bookmobile


Is in a fantasy genre: Ogres, Adrian Tchaikovsky – 04/09/23
Has Fantasy as the first listed MPG

Is set in autumn: Ghost in the Wind, E.J. Copperman – 14/09/23
September specified in the text, plus autumn leaves on the cover


Feels cozy: Chapter and Curse, Elizabeth Penney – 06/10/23
Cambridge, an old bookshop and cats. Yep, that’s cozy.

Makes you think of Thanksgiving (or giving thanks): Pilgrim in the Parlor, Kathi Daley – 27/09/23
Set around and on Thanksgiving

Is one last summer read: Deadly Ever After, Eva Gates – 28/09/23
There’s quite a bit of going to the beach

Is witchy: Pumpkins & Poltergeists, Nyx Halliwell – 10/09/23
The MC discovers that she’s descended from a line of witches and is one herself. Plus, at least one spell is cast.

Features family relationships: Even Though I Knew the End, C.L. Polk – 06/09/23
Brother and sister, lovers, siblings and siblings

Is a book you'd read in English 101 (sample list)*: The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton – 09/10/23

Features a found family: Haunting in the Hallway, Kathi Daley – 06/09/23
The MC’s staff and friends at her Inn have become her family after she lost her husband and son in a car accident.

Has a rural setting: A Fatal Family Feast, Lynn Cahoon – 11/10/23
Set in rural southwest Idaho

Features an athlete: Unbelievable: From My Childhood Dreams To Winning Olympic Gold, Jessica Ennis
Jessica Ennis is a Gold medal-winning heptathlete

Was published in October: The Spare Man, Mary Robinette Kowal – 02/09/23
First published 11 October 2022