Book Review The Kennedy Girl by Julia Bryan ThomasHistorical Fiction When a mysterious stranger offers Mia a job modelling in Paris for the House of Rousseau, she takes a risk and sets off for what she hopes is a better life. But not everything is as it seems, and soon Mia finds herself pulled beyond […]
Book Review A Language of Dragons by S. F WilliamsonFantasy | YA | Historical Fiction Welcome to Bletchley Park… with dragons. It was this line alone that hooked me on this debut YA fantasy novel from S.F. Williamson. A genre-blending book set in London 1923, A Language of Dragons gives us an alternate-reality look into
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Book Review The Secret War of Julia Child by Diana R. ChambersHistorical Fiction | WWII We all know Julia Child. But what about Julia McWilliams — the thirty-year-old who took a job working for America’s first espionage agency in WWII? The woman she was before she met her husband, Paul Child, and before she mastered
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Read It, Watch It Challenge A 2025 Bonus Challenge! Have you read the book? Now, let’s watch the movie! Our “Read It, Watch It” is an optional, bonus challenge connected to the prompts you’re already reading for our 2025 challenge. We’ve assigned a prompt for each quarter of 2025. Match a book to that prompt
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Book Review Knife Skills for Beginners by Orlando MurrinCozy Mystery | Food When it comes to cozy mysteries, food-based stories are one of my favourite themes. And this debut mystery from Orlando Murrin makes it clear that the author knows his way around a kitchen! Knife Skills for Beginners features a grieving chef, Paul Delamere,
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Congratulations, you did it! 2024 was one for the books! The year is drawing to a close and it is time to celebrate your bookish accomplishments. Whether you finished five prompts, or all fifty-two, we hope this year was full of new authors, brilliant stories, and incredible memories. To round off the year, we’ve compiled
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December 2024 Mini-Challenge Our final mini-challenge of 2024 is here! With this month’s prompts, we’re tackling the sights, sounds, and tastes of December! This will look vastly different for each of us depending on where we live and our unique December customs, so we can’t wait to see what you read for each prompt! How
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2025 Challenge Journal This post contains affiliate links; as an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Looking for a fun way to track your 2025 challenge reads? Our 52 Book Club 2025 Reading Challenge Journal is here! This journal is specifically designed to pair with your 52 Book Club 2025 challenge. It’s an optional
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2025 Challenge Guide Ready to read? Our 2025 challenge has arrived with fifty-two prompts designed to stretch our reading and introduce us to new books, authors, and genres. It is a literary smörgåsbord, and we can’t wait to dive in! Have a specific question about one of the prompts? From “stream of consciousness narrative,” to
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Our 2025 challenge has arrived with fifty-two new prompts to delight and stretch your reading this year. Stuck on one of the prompts? Need ideas? We’ve created a Goodreads List for *almost* every prompt on this 2025 Reading Challenge to help you out! How do the Goodreads Lists work? These lists are an easy way
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