The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge discussion

WEEKLY CHECK-IN
May 28, 2025 -- Week 22

Another month is drawing to a close, so let's share our bookish stats for May!

How many books did you read this month? How many prompts did you finish? Any favorites?

I read 10 books or novellas in May, which will be assigned to prompts near the end of the year. Favorite book of May was Traitors' Gate by Kate Elliott.

I have read 14 books in May so far (one is not in the base yet) and intend to finish one more, The Mammoth Book of Killers at Large by Nigel Cawthorne.

Only 2 of the books I have read this month are for a prompt,

Around the World in 80 Trees by Jonathan Drori for the mini-challenge (Starter) Seasonal Salad — A leafy, green cover


and

Navn i Norge by Kjetil Bergman Olsson for prompt #4 Title Starts With Letter "N"

I finished four books and at the moment using 3 for prompts.

Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov for prompt #19. Has short chapters


Bride by Ali Hazelwood for prompt #12. Has a moon on the cover


Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery for prompt #32. Includes a diary entry


I liked all three of them.

I read 22 books this month, 16 of which fit prompts. I enjoyed Trilemma more than I thought I would, and I really liked Half-Off Ragnarok and Bad Moon.

Lindsey wrote: "WEEKLY CHECK-IN
May 28, 2025 -- Week 22

Another month is drawing to a close, so let's share our bookish stats for May!

How many books did you read this month? How many prompts did you finish? An..."

I have read 7 books for May and my favorite was, Soul of A Witch

Non-Human Antagonist = Blood and Gold; the story of Marius
Author Releases More Than One Book A Year = Soul of A Witch

I just found out that the book I started reading today fits a prompt, #37 Genre chosen for you by someone else

Skogens menn - minner og myter om hoggere og fløtere by Ingar Kaldal

about lumberjacks.

A neighbourg of mine who has a car, and drives me on local shopping trips in exchange for books and DVDs, asked me if there was a book about lumberjacks and the forest industry in Scandinavia. I remebered that I had seen this book, but hadn't planned to read it. They had it at our local library, but he wanted a copy of his own, and shortly after I came across it at a sale and got a copy.

I read 3 books in May :)

Pachinko - Set in country with active volcano

The Third Gilmore Girl - Celebrity on the cover

The Prison Healer - Cover font is primary color

I got through six novels, seven volumes of My Hero Academia, and DNFed a book. If I'm remembering right, all six books fulfilled prompts, four main challenge prompts, and two bonus. I definitely loved The Extraordinary Disappointments of Leopold Berry and can't wait for the sequel