Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

2025 Summer Reading Challenge Prompts

Chips and Dip - 100 points
✔ 1a. A book in a series: The Last Town (#3)
---> 1b. A book with water on the cover: My Friends
✔ 1c. A book released in 2024 or 2025: Nightshade
✔ 1d. A book by a new to you author: Never Let Go
1e. A humorous book



Drinks Station - 200 points
Author's initials are in:
--> 2a. FRESH-SQUEEZED LEMONADE: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
✔ 2b. UNSWEETENED ICED TEA: Great Lives: David: A Man of Passion and Destiny (Discover More About the Real King David of the Bible. The Perfect Gift for Fans of House of David) by Charles R. Swindoll
2c. ROOT BEER SODA
✔ 2d. FRUIT PUNCH: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
✔ 2e. SPARKLING WATER: A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir

Burger and Hotdog Toppings - 300 points
✔ 3a. Ketchup: A book with red on the cover: An Ember in the Ashes
✔ 3b. Relish: A book by a favorite author: Nalini Singh Atonement Sky
✔ 3c. Mustard: A book with a military character (serving, retired, or adjacent): Always Look Twice - Green Beret
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 Honjin Murders,

The Sides - 500 points
✔ 5a. Potato salad - A book with more than one point of view: Wild Dark Shore
✔ 5b. Mac n' cheese - A book by an author with 10 or more books: The Love Haters
5c. Corn bread - A book originally published before 1900:
✔ 5d. Deviled eggs - A book with challenging subject matter: Black Order
✔ 5e. Watermelon - A book over 500 pages: Cemetery Road - 590 pages

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Total Points: 4200 points out of 5000 pts

1a. A book in a series: The Last Town (#3) - 100 pts
1c. A book released in 2024 or 2025: Nightshade - 100 pts
1d. A book by a new to you author: Never Let Go - 100 pts
2b. UNSWEETENED ICED TEA: Great Lives: David: A Man of Passion and Destiny (Discover More About the Real King David of the Bible. The Perfect Gift for Fans of House of David) by Charles R. Swindoll - 200 pts
2d. FRUIT PUNCH: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune - 200 pts
2e. SPARKLING WATER: A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir - 200 pts
3a. Ketchup: A book with red on the cover: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir - 300 pts
3b. Relish: A book by a favorite author: Nalini Singh Atonement Sky - 300 pts
3c. Mustard: A book with a military character (serving, retired, or adjacent): Always Look Twice - Green Beret - Elizabeth Goddard - 300 pts
4e. A book originally written in a language other than English: The Honjin Murders - 400 pts
5a. Potato salad - A book with more than one point of view: Wild Dark Shore - 500 pts
5b. Mac n' cheese - A book by an author with 10 or more books: The Love Haters - 500 pts
5d. Deviled eggs - A book with challenging subject matter: Black Order - 500 pts
5e. Watermelon - A book over 500 pages: Cemetery Road - 590 pages - 500 pts