The 52 Book Club: 2025 / 2026 Challenge discussion

This was our final winning category for 2021 and was drawn from our Instagram suggestions. The cover must have a shoe on it (could feature prominently or not.)

Would an ice skate count I wonder? It’s footwear 🤔

Sarah wrote: "Would an ice skate count I wonder? It’s footwear 🤔"

I definitely think it counts!

The Devil Wears Prada Haven't read it although it's been out for ages!

I chose The Devil In Jerusalem by Naomi Ragen

The Midnight Witch by Paula Brackston

Crooked House by Agatha Christie has a shoe on the cover in one of the editions.

Of Glass and Glamour by Chanda Hahn

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail by Cheryl Strayed

Thanks Lindsey!

Basically any cover that features a full picture of a person will probably work because they’re likely to be wearing shoes.

This one has been suggested by a few people on FB, and it gets good reviews

Jeanette wrote: "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail by Cheryl Strayed"
Me too!

the man who broke into Auschwitz Denis avey

If you are looking for something short.... Pippi Longstocking.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz is an amazing book.

I just finished Bachelor Girl by Kim Van Alkemade and for the 2021 52 Book Club Challenge, it could be used in the categories: a woman facing away, a shoe on the cover, a surprise ending, a deckled edge, includes an exotic animal, multiple POV, historical event I know little about. An amazing read

First Grave on the Right

The Devil Wears Prada unless I find something better

Have you seen Luis Velez?

Read "The Christmas Dare" by Lori Wilde - has a bright red cowboy boot on the front.

Ballet Shoes

Completion Post:

Just finished reading: "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" by Dai Sijie and translated by Ina Rilke (★★★★☆), it is a semi-autobiographical and historical fiction novel centering on two teenage boys during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, who is sent to the countryside for re-education through labor and both fall in love with the Little Seamstress, the daughter of the local tailor and the region's reigning beauty.

Sijie's gentle narrative covers many themes such as the power of education and literature, friendship and lost innocence, cultural superiority, and how everything seems to have a double edge. The narrative is filled with warmth and humor of Sijie's prose and the clarity of Rilke's translation distinguish this slim first novel – a wonderfully human tale.

Read Certain Girls by Jennifer Weiner for this prompt. This is the Sequel to Good in Bed and I recommend both!! GREAT READ

Real Men Knit by Kwana Jackson https://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2021...

The Opposite of Tidy by Carrie Mac

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling. You can see Harry's shoes on the cover.

The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey.

If The Shoe Kills by Lynn Cahoon. It's #3 in the Tourist Trap cozy mystery series, but can be read as a stand alone.

This Mourn able Body by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Floored
I read it in March and thought I wasn't able to use this book at all in this challenge. Now I clearly see several pairs of shoes on the cover :)

Tails, You Lose by Carol J Perry. I know it doesn't sound like there should be a shoe on the cover, but there is!

I took a somewhat different approach and read The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes by Ruth Hogan. It was exceptional!

Similar to Wild, with a hiking boot on the cover - "How the Wild Effect turned Me into a Hiker at 69" by Jane Congdon. Congdon hikes the Appalachian Trail.

I read A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey, 4 Stars

I read "Danger, Sweetheart" by MaryJanice Davidson

I went with Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion

I was delighted to find that my next book for the Agatha Christie Mystery Challenge, Poirot Investigates, included a shoe on the cover. A double win!

Chorus Lines, Caviar, and Corpses by Mary McHugh

https://titlesurfingwithtraci.blogspo...

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Spy School by Stuart Gibbs

I read Senlin Ascends by Josiah Bancroft. Truthfully I can only recommend the last third of the book. There are 3 more in the series, but I'll have to seriously look at the lower reviews of those to see if I want to go on. Overall the book gets very high ratings, but I didn't see how until near the end.

Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
Completed: November 16, 2021