The 52 Book Club: 2025 / 2026 Challenge discussion

I love books written by journalists -- they usually end up on my favourites list. Who are some of your favourite journalists or bloggers with published books?

(Also, remember that they don't have to be a current blogger or journalist. They could have started out in that career and transferred to full time writing -- like Michael Connelley, just as an example.)

Who else can you think of? What book are you reading?

In researching this category, I learned that Carrie Ryan (Forest of Hands and Teeth) either has a blog or has written for a blog.
Or, I may see what journalist has something out next year.

I am looking forward to Anne Bogel’s new book coming out in March. I love her Modern Mrs Darcy, What Should I Read Next blog and podcast. The book is called Don’t Overthink It.

I'm going to read She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. I heard the two authors on a podcast talking about some of the crazy things about their investigation and I thought it would be fun to see all the things that led up to their article.

I just finished the audioversion of Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
I highly recommend the audio, as there is a recording that has been included of HW incriminating himself. It's quite a disturbing collection of mass cover ups throughout Hollywood.

I am going to read Fire and Fury

I just finished Only Dead on the Inside by James Breakwell for this category. it was a quick read and pretty funny. 3/52

So Daryna Jones happens to have a blog. And a new series coming out in April lol

I read the true crime/non-fiction book “American Predator: The Hunt For the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century”... an excellent read if you like true crime!

For my Picture Book challenge: The Day the World Exploded: The Earthshaking Catastrophe at Krakatoa - children's picture book adaption by Simon Winchester. (4 Stars)
For my Novel challenge: A Crack in the Edge of the World by Simon Winchester. (4 Stars)

The Woman in The Window


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

I read A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and A War. Written about the friendship between C.S. Lewis and Tolkien.

Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing by Jennifer Weiner. A fun memoir with some heavier moments.

She Said: Breaking the Sexual harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey
Completed: July 11, 2020

Karen Schaler is a journalist, and she writes a lot of Christmas romances like Christmas Camp and Finding Christmas. I am using her for this prompt

You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen.

:Leigh Sales|1249719] Any Ordinary Day: Blindsides, Resilience and What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life

Lisa See is a journalist, so any of her books are great choices if you're looking for fiction. I read Island of the Sea Women for this prompt.

I read "I'm So Proud of You: Life Lessons from My Friend Fred Rogers" by Tim Madigan.