The 52 Book Club: 2026 Challenge discussion

WEEKLY CHECK-IN
July 16, 2025 -- Week 29

We're starting another week of our #the52bookclub2025 challenge. This year is flying by! For our discussion today, drop a line from your current read. Something memorable, funny, or just the current sentence you're reading.

“ I had not thought beyond the funeral, or even wondered what would happen next. If I had, I doubt if I could ever have imagined how brutally my life would change.” (Yeah, I know that’s 2 sentences.)
The Blackhouse by Peter May

"And isn't the whole point of things--beautiful things--that they connect you to some larger beauty? Those first images that crack your heart wide open and you spend the rest of your life chasing, or trying to recapture, in one way or another?"

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

“Good evening, I’m Chief Newman again, Atlanta PD”, said the man in glasses and a chief’s hat, his badge glistening in the TV lights.

The Business Trip by Jessie Garcia

“Someone who is close to Xander. But you don’t worry about that, is not your problem, okay? Now, you sit here and finish your soup and your tea, and when you are done, you return the containers to me, okay? These things cost money, you know.”

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) by Jesse Q. Sutanto

"When he spoke, his voice was low and full of wonder. 'You're incredible.'

For perhaps the first time, she believed it."

The last line I read in Wings of Starlight by Allison Saft