The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge discussion

May Mini Challenge 3 - Author Or Character With A Floral Name

This can be on top of the 52 Prompts you read, or merged with them!

Here is our Listopia of Author Or Character With A Floral Name suggestions

Floral names are those named after a flower! Examples include Rose, Daisy, Ivy, Magnolia, Poppy, Violet, Daphne, Lily, Jasmine, etc.

I just finished Twelve Angry Men - great story that is very similar to the movie version.

The Hundred Year House by Rebecca Makkai

I have Anne of Avonlea here which will work :)!

(Lily as a character)

I read Little House on Rocky Ridge by Roger Lea MacBride, 5 Stars (main character is Rose)

The Secret Bridesmaid by Katy Birchall. The main character is named Sophie, which is a variety of roses.

The Two Family House (character named Rose).

Such a Fun Age had a character named Brier.

Completion Post:

Just finished reading: "Twelve Angry Men" written by Reginald Rose with an introduction from David Mamet (★★★★★) it is a classical play, which depicts a jury in deliberation that is forced to consider a homicide trail in which a teenager is on trial in killing his father.

Rose explores the deliberations of a jury of a homicide trial, in which a dozen "men with ties" decide the fate of a teenager accused of murdering his abusive father. The story begins after closing arguments have been presented as the judge is giving his instructions to the jury. Twelve men – at various points angry review the evidence and face their prejudices.

Currently Reading: A Memory of Violets: A Novel of London's Flower Sellers, which includes a bunch of floral names! It's good, so far....

I just finished The Downstairs Girl. I read this for my May book club selection and was delighted to find “Rose” was one of the characters.

I’m reading We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, which has the characters Rose and Fern, along with a major plot shock!

Reread Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for Lily Potter and Petunia Dursley. Starting this series again to read with family members! It fits so many prompts in this challenge and it will always be a 5 Star series for me <3 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Read Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield for this challenge.....one of the main characters was names LILY

Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory. https://cdnbookworm.blogspot.com/2021...
(Jasmine)

Anne of Avonlea

Miss Lavender :)

Working on [What Rose Forgot] by Nevada Barr

Murder with Lemon Tea Cakes by Karen Rose Smith

The People You Meet on Vacation (main character is named Poppy). I rated this book 4 stars - a fun read!

I didn't count these for this challenge, but if anyone wants to read the Smythe-Smith books by Julia Quinn, the girls all have flower names. I liked The Secrets of Sir Richard Kenworthy. with Iris Smythe-Smith. They're neighbors of the Bridgerton family.