52 Book Challenge of 2024; How I Did and What I Read

 I finished up the 52 Book challenge by mid-July this year despite reading lots of other books along the way. 



1. Locked Room Mystery-- Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney- 



2. Bibliosmia: A Smelly Book-- Heidi by Johanna Spyri 



3. More than 40 chapters-- Betting on You by Lynn Painter



4. Lowercase Letters on the Spine-- The Book Proposal by KJ Micciche (read in Jan)



5. Magical Realism-- The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer



6. Women in STEM-- The Women by Kristin Hannah



7. At Least 4 Different POV-- A Fatal Affair by A. R Torre



8. Features the Ocean-- Blue Hawaiian by Carla Luna



9. A Character-Driven Novel-- Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close



10. Told in Non-Chronological Order--The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins 



11. Title Starts with the Letter "K"-- Key Lime Garden Inn by Annie Cabot- 



12. Title Starts with the Letter "L" -- The Last Love Note by Emma Gray



13. An Academic Thriller-- One of Us Is Next by Karen McManus (read in Jan)



14. A Grieving Character-- One of Us is Back by Karen M. McManus



15. Part of Duology-- The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose



16. An Omniscient narrator-- A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler



17. Nominated for the Booker Prize--The Testaments by Margaret Atwood



18. An apostrophe in the title-- In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan



19. A Buddy read-- The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon



20. A Revenge story-- The New Girl by Jesse Q. Sutanto



21. Written by a ghost writer-- The Woman in Me by Britney Spears



22. A plot similar to another book-- Yellowface by R. F. Kuang



23. The other book with the similar plot-- The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz



24. A cover without people on it- Hot Ice by Nora Roberts (read in Jan)



25. An author "everyone" has read but you-- Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston



26. Hybrid genre- Murder at the Elms (historical fiction/ cozy mystery) 



27. A Neurodivergent author-- Turtles All The Way Down by John Green



28. A Yellow spine-- The Measure by Nikki Erlick



29. Published in a Year of the Dragon-- Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell 



30. Picked without reading the blurb-- Philly Barker Is On the Case (book 2 of the Philly Barker series)


31. Includes a personal phobia-- Hypnotized by Love by Sarah Wilson



32. Time frame spans a week or less-- The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley 



33. An abrupt ending-- Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth



34. Set in a Landlocked country-- The Sanitorium 



35. Title matches lyrics from a song-- What is Love? By Jen Comfort



36. Has futuristic technology-- Random in Death by J.D. Robb 



37. Palindrome on the cover-- Dad is Fat by Jim Gaffigan 



38. Published by Hachette-- P. S. I Love You



39. Nonfiction recommended by a friend-- Ultra -Processed People: The Science Behind Food that Isn't Food by Chris Van Tulleken


 

40. Set during a holiday you don't celebrate-- The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer



41. A sticker on the cover-- The Beach House: Coming Home by Georgia Bockoven



42. Author debut in the second half of 2024-- Broken Bayou by Jennifer Moorhead



43. About finding Identity-- Identity by Nora Roberts 



44. includes a wedding-- The Summer of Broken Rules by K. L. Walther



45. Chapter headings have dates- One Woman's War: A Novel of the Real Miss Moneypenny by Christine Wells



46. features indigenous cultures-- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters



47. self-insert by an author-- Will by Will Smith



48. the word "secret" in the title-- A Hidden Secret by Linda Castillo 



49. Set in a city starting with the letter "m"-- Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne



50. A musical instrument on the cover-- Lucky Leap Day 



51. Related to the word "wild"-- The Hike by Lucy Clarke 



52. Published in 2024-- Olivia Strauss Is Running Out Of Time





Comments

  1. Maria RineerDecember 23, 2024 at 6:49 AM

    Fun- I've never done reading challenges but I know they're quite popular! I have read some of the books that you read for your challenge.

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  2. HollyDecember 23, 2024 at 7:30 AM

    This was so fun to read- good for you! Nice job Joanne

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  3. Amy ScottDecember 23, 2024 at 7:43 AM

    I am giving my mom a cozy blanket and The Women for Christmas. I hope she likes it as much as I did!

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  4. Dara @ Not In JerseyDecember 23, 2024 at 8:09 AM

    Great job!

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  5. GinaDecember 23, 2024 at 8:45 AM

    This is an interesting list! Goodreads informed me that I have read 33 books this year which is a good start for me. I used to be such a bookworm. I am gearing up for next year's reading challenge by going to Half Price Books today and picking out the first two for 2025. Marry Christmas and happy reading!

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