The 52 Book Club: 2025 / 2026 Challenge discussion

WEEKLY CHECK-IN
Nov 12, 2025 -- Week 46

What was your last five-star read?

Mine was A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 😍

Any trope but you by Victoria Lavine

The Women by Kristin Hannah

I just finished Yellowface and Project Hail Mary. Both are 5🌟 for me.

My last “5 star” was Esrahaddon by Michael J. Sullivan, 10/10.

Ready to start Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese later this evening.

My last five star book was Inception by S.D. Perry and Britta Dennison.

I think my last 5 star book was My Friends by Fredrik Backman

My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie by Todd Fisher

Red Rising I legitimately had to restrain myself from starting a reread as soon as I finished it

The Song of Achilles

The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

Eve: how the female body drove 200 million years of Human evolution, Cat Bohannon.
An easy to read yet astonishing tribute to the female form. I literally can't stop telling people why women have periods, it totally blew my mind. I have a new respect for everything my body can do. Also explained why misogyny exists, which Sapiens (another 5 star read from Yuval Noah Harari) couldn't.

My last 5 star read was for the October Costume Prompt-A Thousand Naked Strangers, a m movie by a EMT/medic. I loved the “behind the scenes look” at the background and daily experiences as a paramedic. Definitely not a job for me!

Maddy wrote: "Eve: how the female body drove 200 million years of Human evolution, Cat Bohannon.
An easy to read yet astonishing tribute to the female form. I literally can't stop telling people why women have p..."

Maddy, thanks for the recommendation. I have seen this title but was unsure about it. It's now on my TBR.

The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Flesh by David Szalay!

Adrienne, hope you enjoy Eve as much as I did. I'd love to know what you think of it.

The Marriage Portrait - Maggie O'Farrell