Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Chips and Dip - 100 points
✓1a. A book in a series
✓1b. A book with water on the cover
✓1c. A book released in 2024 or 2025
✓1d. A book by a new to you author
✓1e. A humorous book

Drinks Station - 200 points
Author's initials are in:
✓2a. FRESH-SQUEEZED LEMONADE
✓2b. UNSWEETENED ICED TEA
✓2c. ROOT BEER SODA
2d. FRUIT PUNCH
✓2e. SPARKLING WATER

Burger and Hotdog Toppings - 300 points
✓3a. Ketchup: A book with red on the cover
✓3b. Relish: A book by a favorite author
✓3c. Mustard: A book with a military character (serving, retired, or adjacent)
✓3d. Pickles: A book title that includes a word starting with the letter P
✓3e. Cheese: A sentimental book

Desserts - 400 points
✓4a. A book with a child main character
✓4b. A book with a wedding
✓4c. A book that has been nominated for an award
4d. A book with a cafe, bakery, or restaurant as an important setting
4e. A book originally written in a language other than English

The Sides - 500 points
✓5a. Potato salad - A book with more than one point of view
✓5b. Mac n' cheese - A book by an author with 10 or more books
5c. Corn bread - A book originally published before 1900
✓5d. Deviled eggs - A book with challenging subject matter
5e. Watermelon - A book over 500 pages

POTENTIAL PLANS

1a -- Counted with the Stars (100)
1b -- Heat Stroke (100)
1c -- The Midnight Feast (100)
1d -- The Memory (100)
1e -- This Much is True (100)

2a -- The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times (200)
2b -- Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict (200)
2c -- Bread of Angels (200)
2e -- Momma Cusses (200)

3a -- Eden: Biblical Fiction of the World's First Family (300)
3b -- The Night She Disappeared (300)
3c -- Speakeasy (300)
3d -- The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith (300)
3e -- A Light on the Hill (300)

4a -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (400)
4c -- Birdy (400)

5a -- Girl, Woman, Other (500)
5b -- You Like It Darker (500)
5d -- Loving Natalee: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith (500)

COMPLETED

1a. A book in a series -- Counted with the Stars (100)
1b. A book with water on the cover -- Heat Stroke (100)
1c. A book released in 2024 or 2025 -- The Midnight Feast (100)
1d. A book by a new to you author -- The Memory (100)
1e. A humorous book -- This Much is True (100)

2a. FRESH-SQUEEZED LEMONADE -- The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times (200)
2b. UNSWEETENED ICED TEA -- Friendaholic: Confessions of a Friendship Addict (200)
2c. ROOT BEER SODA -- Bread of Angels (200)
2e. SPARKLING WATER -- Momma Cusses (200)

3a. Ketchup: A book with red on the cover -- Eden: Biblical Fiction of the World's First Family (300)
3b. Relish: A book by a favorite author -- The Night She Disappeared (300)
3c. Mustard: A book with a military character (serving, retired, or adjacent) -- Speakeasy (300)
3d. Pickles: A book title that includes a word starting with the letter P -- The Prodigal God: Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith (300)
3e. Cheese: A sentimental book -- A Light on the Hill (300)

4a. A book with a child main character -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (400)
4c. A book that has been nominated for an award -- Birdy (400)

5a. Potato salad - A book with more than one point of view -- Girl, Woman, Other (500)
5b. Mac n' cheese - A book by an author with 10 or more books -- You Like It Darker (500)
5d. Deviled eggs - A book with challenging subject matter -- Loving Natalee: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith (500)

5100/5000

EXTRAS

4b. A book with a wedding -- After I Do (400)