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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Filling in the gaps - 52 books challenge

After some helpful suggestions in the prior post comments and some thought on my part I’ve got the following ideas for completing most of the remaining prompts. That leaves just one prompt needing ideas and for September to arrive (see #10!).

 As I quickly stop reading if not interested in a book we will see if these stick! 

1. Title starts with the letter “N” - Not Who We Expected by Lisa Black

2. Set in Autumn

3. Has a moon on the cover - Before She was Harriett by Lesa Cline-Ransome

4. Author has won an Edgar award - Norte-Dame: A Short History of the Meaning of Cathedrals by Ken Follett

5. In the public domain - Any of the Miss Read books

6. Audiobook has multiple narrators - Terminal Alliance by Jim Hines (I have never listened to an audiobook so I may try it that way)

7. Directions in the title - Leave the Gun; Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of the Godfather by Mark Seal

8. Written in the third person - Secrets of a Charmed Life by Susan Meissner

9. Genre chosen for you by someone else - Catstronauts book 1: Mission Moon by Ken Brockington (series is a current favorite of 8 year old granddaughter)

10. Read in a “ber” month - something I read in September lol

And, oops, I missed one - 

 11. Non-Human Antagonist - Eavesdropping on Elephants by Patricia Newman (although I suspect the Elephants are the protagonists!) - I wanted to find the new book The Secret Life of a Cemetery, but it is not available in my library lending universe yet.


8 comments:

  1. Glad you found the remaining reading material.

    God bless.

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  2. I'd love to read Notre Dame. I remember watching it burning in news coverage. Still can't find the words for how it made me feel. I cannot believe the progress made in reconstruction seen in this 60 Minutes story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQe4bi5PW1Y

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    1. Seeing and reading about the reconstruction is what interested me in the book.

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  3. The Secret Life of a Cemetery sounds intriguing!

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    1. It does! I'm not sure it would fit the prompt though and I can't borrow it anywhere yet.

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  4. Hey - great minds with the Harriet book. I need one for 'with a moon on the cover.' Think I had used it for another prompt but might need to switch it. Catstronauts, huh? Will have to see if my cat-crazy grand has read those books. I bet they are a fun read.

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    1. my cat crazy graphic novel loving 8 year old grand has read the whole series and loved it!

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