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Book 26 for 2026: Startlement Startlement: New and Selected Poems , by  Ada Limón . Startlement includes selections from six of Ada Limón's previous books, as well as twenty-one new poems. I tend to prefer the later books,...

Book 26 for 2026: "Startlement: New and Selected Poems" by Ada Limon.

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Book 21 of #The52BookClub #The52BookClub2026 “Lies Sleeping"

It’s got some fantastic character arcs, an engaging storyline, a final confrontation with the main nemesis, humor, and action sequences that aren’t overly complicated yet keep you on the edge of your seat.

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Book 20 of #The52BookClub #The52BookClub2026 “Howl’s Moving Castle"

The movie adaptation takes almost every one of the book’s flaws and solves them. So what’s left in the original book is almost a different story, and a far inferior one. I wanted to love it but didn’t.

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36 – Award-winning book from last year: Holy City by Henry Wise - Winner of the 2025 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, gritty Southern noir suffused with redemption. (also Mystery Genre 16 - Detective has to confront their own past) #the52bookclub #booksky

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2026 52 Book Club Reading Challenge
prompt #27: 2 or more authors, 1 pseudonym
Book Title: Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady
Rating: 4 stars

2026 52 Book Club Reading Challenge prompt #27: 2 or more authors, 1 pseudonym Book Title: Battle of the Bookstores by Ali Brady Rating: 4 stars

7 books down (I am so behind…)💙📚#booksky #the52bookclub #52bookclub2026 #2026readingchallenge

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Book 25 for 2026: Every Heart a Doorway Every Heart a Doorway , by Seanan McGuire. This is the first book in Seanan McGuire's Wayward Children series. "Wayward," in this case, refers to children who've visited fairy lands or other...

Book 25 for 2026: "Every Heart a Doorway," first book in Seanan McGuire's "Wayward Children" series.

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The 52 Book Club's 
2026 Reading Challenge

The Seven Year Slip
By Ashley Poston
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Prompt: 
A standalone fantasy novel

The 52 Book Club's 2026 Reading Challenge The Seven Year Slip By Ashley Poston ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Prompt: A standalone fantasy novel

The Seven Year Slip
By Ashley Poston
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Prompt:
A standalone fantasy novel

#2026readingchallenge #52bookclub #the52bookclub #booksky #books #reading #Fantasy #Romance #reader #BookSky💙📚

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23 – Grumpy sunshine trope: How to Age Disgracefully by Clare Pooley - Opposites attract and redeem; an older, cynical character meets unrelenting optimism, proving warmth can outshine weariness. #the52bookclub #booksky

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20th Read -36th Prompt ~ Award Winner From Last Year
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Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy

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I'd have liked a less rushed & more ambiguous end. However, there were beautiful passages of writing dealing with climate apocalypse devastation, especially the bit with the whales

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Book 24 for 2026: Patriot Patriot: A Memoir , by Alexei Navalny. Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny wrote much of this while imprisoned. Navalny was poisoned in a Siberian prison in February 2024, and the book was...

Book 24 for 2026: "Patriot: A Memoir" by the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

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18 – Provokes strong emotion: Beloved by Toni Morrison - A haunting narrative of memory, motherhood, and the ghosts of slavery. Morrison’s prose is marked by sorrow and grace. #the52bookclub #booksky

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19th Read -Prompt 25~ Red Herring
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The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex
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A compulsive read! 3 Lighthouse keepers vanish from their offshore light in 1972, with the door bolted from inside. 20 yrs on, an author tries to unravel the mystery by interviewing the partners left behind

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Loved this one. Sharp, twisty, and full of reveals I genuinely didn’t see coming. The character development kept me hooked right to the end. A clever, satisfying read.

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Book 18 of #The52BookClub #The52BookClub2026 “A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping"

The beginning is a mess, I almost DNF. I recommend you read chap 1 then skip to chap 8. After that it’s the cozy romantasy you’re expecting with characters you actually care about and it’s not bad!

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Book 19 of #The52BookClub #The52BookClub2026 “Nobody's Baby"

A really wonderful sequel to the first which is shaping up to be a fantastic series! "Murder, She Wrote" in Space! My only complaint is that these novellas are short and I’ll have to wait so long for the next one.

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Book 17 of #The52BookClub #The52BookClub2026 “The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl #5)"

The best so far! Great character development and arcs, important conversations, great comedy, excellent manipulation of tension, and action sequences that I didn't find too overwhelming.

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Book 16 of #The52BookClub #The52BookClub2026 “The Hanging Tree (The Rivers of London #6)"

This series just gets more and more addictive!

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Book 23 for 2026: Heated Rivalry Heated Rivalry , by Rachel Reid . I like this book significantly better than the previous one, Game Changer , and I had to think about why. The characters are more compelling, the conflicts more...

Book 23 for 2026: "Heated Rivalry," by Rachel Reid.

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The 52 Book Club’s 
2026 Reading Challenge 

The Cat Who Saved the Library
By Sosuke Natsukawa
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Prompt: 
Set in a castle

The 52 Book Club’s 2026 Reading Challenge The Cat Who Saved the Library By Sosuke Natsukawa ⭐⭐⭐ Prompt: Set in a castle

The Cat Who Saved the Library
By Sosuke Natsukawa
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Prompt:
Set in a castle

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10 – Spans a decade or more: The True True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih Alameddine - Alameddine traces growth, loss, and self-revelation with his blend of humor and poignancy, making time itself a central force in Raja’s transformation. #the52bookclub #booksky

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A 52 Book Club's 2026 Reading Challenge graphic for a fulfilled prompt. 

Prompt: # 03 - Written without Quotation Marks
Book Title: Dept.H Omnibus Volume One by Matt Kindt and Sharlene Kindt

The book cover dominates the right half of the graphic. OP has given this book 3.5 stars.

#📚💙 #booksky #the52bookclub #the52bookclub2026

A 52 Book Club's 2026 Reading Challenge graphic for a fulfilled prompt. Prompt: # 03 - Written without Quotation Marks Book Title: Dept.H Omnibus Volume One by Matt Kindt and Sharlene Kindt The book cover dominates the right half of the graphic. OP has given this book 3.5 stars. #📚💙 #booksky #the52bookclub #the52bookclub2026

My next read took me back to the main challenge for #the52bookclub. Since I was on a roll with graphic novels, I read Depth.H Omnibus Volume One. A deep-sea murder mystery rooted in hard sci-fi, this was interesting but I found it impossible to connect with any of the characters.

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6 – Title starts with the letter O: On the Road by Jack Kerouac - A restless, jazz-soaked journey across America. It’s “On” opening the title and its pages to spiritual, cultural, and existential wandering. #the52bookclub #booksky

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18th Read- Prompt 16~ Deus Ex Machina
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The Physics of Star Trek by Lawrence M Krauss

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Joyful look at what's feasible, probable + impossible by the laws of physics (i.e. transporters)
Nice examples; reversing polarity of a reflector shield, finding a stable wormhole, omnipotent Q

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The 52 Book Club's 
2026 Reading Challenge

Everything is Tuberculosis 
By John Green
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Prompt: 
Uneven number of chapters

The 52 Book Club's 2026 Reading Challenge Everything is Tuberculosis By John Green ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Prompt: Uneven number of chapters

Everything is Tuberculosis
By John Green
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Prompt:
Uneven number of chapters

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30 – Author related to another author: Stargazer by Anne Hillerman - Anne continues her father, Tony Hillerman’s, Navajo mysteries as a family legacy carried forward in fiction. This meets Mystery Genre 28 - A character wrongly accused, too. #the52bookclub #booksky

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Book 21 for 2026: You Are My Joy and Pain You Are My Joy and Pain: Love Poems , by Naomi Long Madgett. Naomi Long Madgett was the Poet Laureate of Detroit. Her best-known poems are about the Civil Rights Movement, but this book concentrates.....

Book 21 for 2026: "You Are My Joy and Pain: Love Poems" by Naomi Long Madgett.

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The 52 Book Club’s 
2026 Reading Challenge 

How to End a Love Story
By Yulin Kuang
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Prompt: 
A Goodreads recommendation for you

The 52 Book Club’s 2026 Reading Challenge How to End a Love Story By Yulin Kuang ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Prompt: A Goodreads recommendation for you

How to End a Love Story
By Yulin Kuang
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Prompt:
A Goodreads recommendation for you

#2026readingchallenge #52bookclub #the52bookclub #booksky #books #reading #Romance #Fiction #reader #BookSky💙📚

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27 – Two or more authors, one pseudonym: A Test of Wills by Charles Todd (also #20 for mystery genre challenge) - Written by mother-son duo Caroline and Charles Todd under a single name, it is a quiet, haunted mystery of war’s moral aftermath. #the52bookclub #booksky

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And bonus! It fulfills #The52BookClub Prompt 15: Subtitle with a comma 😉

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Book 20 for 2026: A Sicilian Romance A Sicilian Romance , by Ann Radcliffe. This is a novel written in 1790, with all the Gothic trimmings: a creepy castle with dungeons, intrigues, narrow escapes, swordfights, and a spirited young...

Book 20 for 2026: "A Sicilian Romance," an 18th-century Gothic novel by Ann Radcliffe.

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