The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge discussion

This is a prompt that many of us could use suggestions for! What's a book that you read in 2019 that had a frustrating character?

I didn’t have one in 2019 by for this I’m reading Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy

I just read The Humbug Murders. The lead character is Ebeneezer Scrooge but without the ghosts. He's frustrating because if you know A Christmas Carol, you know who and what he can be.

I am not clear on this one. Should it be 2019 or 2020? Can it be non-fiction? I am reading Wild, which is non-fiction, but I find her very frustrating. I was going to use this for a book with “W” in the title, but there are a lot of options for that. I already changed my original idea.

Carol wrote: "I am not clear on this one. Should it be 2019 or 2020? Can it be non-fiction? I am reading Wild, which is non-fiction, but I find her very frustrating. I was going to use this for a book with “W” i..."

It can be any kind of book from any time period. The only thing required is that someone in the book frustrates you. The reason why the frustrate you is up to you too. This is YOUR challenge so it is about satisfying you.

Well, I use Wild then. Thanks!!!

Just finished Wild. I really liked the book though some of the things she did and didn’t do to prepare for her hike made her frustrating.

I am waiting until I read a book with such a character than I will place it in that spot.

When some of these categories, it is hard to choose until you finish the book. This category is definitely one of them. With some of them, I will pick them for one category and they may end up in a different one. That has already happened.

Carol wrote: "When some of these categories, it is hard to choose until you finish the book. This category is definitely one of them. With some of them, I will pick them for one category and they may end up in a..."

You may even find yourself rearranging after you've already filled a slot. With so many books fitting multiple prompts you may read one in 6 months that makes you think "That is exactly perfect for this prompt, while the book I used fit more than one".

Yes, I have already changed things several times. Originally Wild was going to be for my book with @W” in the title.

Recently finished The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

For my Picture Book challenge: Llama Llama Time to Share by Anna Dewdney. (3 Stars)
For my Novel challenge: My Summer of Love and Misfortune by Lindsay Wong (1 Star)

Lost Boy by Christina Henry
Completed: January 19, 2020

[Peter Pan in this book is intentionally frustrating]

Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. All the characters frustrated and annoyed me. Did not enjoy this read at all. 2 stars.

Open Book by Jessica Simpson .... there are multiple frustrating characters in this memoir lol. But it's an interesting and entertaining read!

Definitely My Dark Vanessa

I used These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf but pretty much all of the books I've read this year have contained at least one character that frustrated me. I loved These Things Hidden and it was one of my favorite books I've read this year.