The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge discussion
2023 Challenge
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1 -- A Book With A Subtitle
Black and British: a forgotten history By David Olusoga
I’m using I Never Promised You a Goodie Bag: A Memoir of a Life Through Events--the Ones You Plan and the Ones You Don't by Jennifer Gilbert
Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Douglas & Mark Olshaker
Batman Nightwalker: The Graphic Novel by Marie Lu Edit READ in Jan
Hillbilly Elegy: A memoir of a family and culture in crisis. - J.D. Vance https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Helter Skelter: The True Story of The Manson Murders
Spud: The Madness continues. Not nearly as serious as some of the other choices, but this story is fantastically funny and cleverly narrated. Can't wait to read the second book in the series.
I’m reading The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
Michelle Obama The Light We Carry : Overcoming In Uncertain Times
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*CK: A Counterintuitive Approach To Living A Good Life
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of TraumaBeen wanting to read this one for a long time and this is the time to do it!
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha, by Tara Brach
I have had this one on my TBR for a few years: The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
Just finished Put on Your Crown: Life-Changing Moments on the Path to Queendom by Queen Latifah.
I just started The Inconvenient Indian (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...), our book club selection for January.
Taste: My Life Through Food, by Stanley Tucci 💕🍝
For this I’m going to use American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History. I’ve been wanting to read this for a few years now.
The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama for Prompt 1
I am currently listening to and finishing up Bono’s new book Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story. This audiobook is amazing with Bono reading it and includes frequent U2 clips of songs and concert speeches. I knew Bono was/is an activist, but I didn’t realize the extent of how much he did in between new releases and mega touring.
Tom Felton - Beyond The Wand: The Magic And Mayhem Of Growing Up A Wizard
The Stasi Poetry Circle: The Creative Writing Class that Tried to Win the Cold War by Philip Oltermann
Currently reading for prompt #1: The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert
Tunnel 29: The True Story of an Extraordinary Escape Beneath the Berlin Wall - Helena Merriman
I finished This Is Big: How The Founder of Weight Watchers Changed The World ( And Me)
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of WealthBook by T. Harv Eker
I'm reading Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke. So far very interesting!
I’ve just finished prompt 1 and my first book of the year, Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis.
Fairest of All: A Tale of a Wicked Queen.
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women.
Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors is making me want to pack up the car and go!
Just finished prompt #1Dolly Parton, Songteller: My life in lyrics
I enjoyed hearing the stories of how she came up with the songs she writes. Audiobook
Just finished Gaddafi's Harem: The Story of a Young Woman and the Abuses of Power in Libya by Annick Cojean. It made me want to cry at times, but I'm glad I read it.
for this challenge i’m picking the book on my tbr shelf that has the most subtitle—The Regency Years: During Which Jane Austen Writes, Napoleon Fights, Byron Makes Love, and Britain Becomes Modern. by Robert Morrison.
Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less by Leidy Klotz
Elaine wrote: "Subpar Parks: America's Most Extraordinary National Parks and Their Least Impressed Visitors is making me want to pack up the car and go!"Finished and enjoyed. Not a ton of depth but a nice overview of the various parks, monuments, etc.
The 52 Book Club: 2025 Challenge
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Through the Shadowlands: The Love Story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman (other topics)
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The first prompt on this year’s challenge is, “A book with a subtitle.” While this prompt may initially lend itself towards a non-fiction read, there are fiction options available too. For example, did you know that Mary Shelley’s subtitle for Frankenstein was “A Modern Prometheus,” or that Vanity Fair was subtitled, “A novel without a hero?”
What is a subtitle? A subtitle is an explanatory phrase that follows the main title of the book. It gives more information about the book and allows readers to better understand what the book will be about. For example: Jon Krakauer’s book “Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster” — in this case, the subtitle is the second part after the :
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