Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

The Summer Challenge

June
1. National Ballpoint Pen Day
a. A book with a writing utensil on the cover
✅ b. A book written under a pen name - Because of Miss Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (15 Jun)
c. A book about a writer, bookseller, or librarian

2. National Prune Day
a. A book written by someone over the age of 60
✅ b. A book with more than 400 pages - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (12 Jul)
✅ c. A book with purple on the cover - The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich (15 Jun)

3. Let's Catch a Movie
a. Author's initials can be found in BLOCKBUSTER FILM
✅ b. A book that has been adapted into a movie or series - All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (5 Jul)
✅ c. A book published in the last two years - The Blighted Stars by Megan E. O'Keefe (27 Jun)

✅ 4. Happy Birthday Paul Gauguin
✅ a. A book with at least 4 colors on the cover - Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones (20 Jun)
✅ b. A translated book - An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten (10 Jun)
✅ c. A book with a seven in the page count - Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg, narrated by Alyssa Bresnahan (24 Jun)


July
1. Happy Birthday Satchel Paige
✅ a. A book whose author's initials appear in CURVEBALL - The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain (8 Jul)
b. A book featuring a sport
c. A book with a black main character

2. The Apollo Moon Landing
a. A book set in space
b. A book with the moon on the cover
c. A book published in the 1960s

✅ 3. Let's Go on a Hike
✅ a. A book with a cover of a nature scene without people - The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (7 Jul)
✅ b. A book set in a rural area -Cruel Angels Past Sundown by Hailey Piper (20 Jul)
✅ c. A book with an element of survival - Before She Sleeps by Bina Shah (10 Jul)

4. Dog Days of Summer
a. A book with a dog on the cover
b. A book with a hot setting
✅ c. An author's first book - Jaded by Ela Lee (7 Jul)


August
1. The Destruction of Pompeii
a. A book featuring an ancient civilization
✅ b. A book with red on the cover - Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie (21 Jul)
✅ c. A book set in a city - Night Heron by Adam Brookes (10 Jul)

2. Vacation Time
a. A book you've been meaning to read
✅ b. A book by a favorite author - Dolphin Junction: Stories by Mick Herron (28 Jul)
✅ c. A book set somewhere you would like to visit - Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories: A Miss Marple Collection by Agatha Christie (15 Jul)

3. Let's Play a Game
a. A book with multiple points of view
b. A book by an author whose initials appear in SCRABBLE
✅ c. A book in a series - The Mind's Eye by Håkan Nesser (16 Jul)

4. Back to School Sales.
✅ a. A book borrowed from the library - Seven Years of Darkness by You-Jeong Jeong (24 Jul)
✅ b. A nonfiction book - Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell (27 Jul)
c. A book with a character in an educational setting