Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

2025 Summer Reading Challenge Prompts

Chips and Dip - 100 points
1a. A book in a series - First Degree -6/18
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 - The Truth about the Earl: A Clean Regency Romance - 6/11
1e. A humorous book - Life Among the Savages - 6/19

Drinks Station - 200 points
Author's initials are in:
2a. FRESH-SQUEEZED LEMONADE - Open and Shut - David Rosenfelt - 6/9
2b. UNSWEETENED ICED TEA
2c. ROOT BEER SODA - Never Too Late - Sally Rigby - 6/16
2d. FRUIT PUNCH -
2e. SPARKLING WATER - The Franchise: Minnesota Twins - La Velle E. Neal III - 6/9

Burger and Hotdog Toppings - 300 points
3a. Ketchup: A book with red on the cover - The Seduction of Sara - 6/3
3b. Relish: A book by a favorite author - Golden Age and Other Stories - Naomi Novik - 6/17
3c. Mustard: A book with a military character (serving, retired, or adjacent) - Tooth and Claw - Walt is an ex-Marine - 6/9
3d. Pickles: A book title that includes a word starting with the letter P
3e. Cheese: A sentimental book - Between You and Us - 6/5

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 - Salvage the Bones - winner of National Book Award 2011 - 6/2
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 - Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang - 6/20
5b. Mac n' cheese - A book by an author with 10 or more books - Marble Hall Murders - Anthony Horowitz
5c. Corn bread - A book originally published before 1900
5d. Deviled eggs - A book with challenging subject matter - People of the Whale - traumatic past of Native Americans and of Vietnam war veterans - 6/11
5e. Watermelon - A book over 500 pages - The Eighth Life - 6/4