The 52 Book Club Reading Challenge 2022 - Completed

 Just like last year, I took part in the 52 Book Club Reading challenge. But unlike last year, I where the plan was to read from my TBR , this year I chose to fit in review copies for the prompts and then read books from my pile in case I don't find a few by the end of the year. 

The prompts were fun and some of them were a bit tough but I thoroughly enjoyed this challenge.

Here are the prompts and the books I read for this challenge.

The 52 Book Club’s 2022 Challenge Prompts

 

1.      A second-person narrative - Travelogue Across Hemispheres - Bhupender Gupta

2.      Featuring a library or bookstore - The Game is Afoot - Leeann Betts

3.      Title starting with the letter “E” - Essential life skills for teens - David Skiddy

4.      Title starting with the letter “F” - Flawed Balance - Ranjit Divakaran

5.      Chapters have titles - Weight Loss - A sustainable Approach - Pradeep Kumar Pandey

6.      Household object on the cover - My True Self - Jessica Huntley [Knife on the cover]

7.      A non-fiction bestseller - How to write a book in 8 days - Priya Kumar

8.      Involving the art world - The Costa Affair - Lisa Fantino

9.      A book that sparks joy - Atharva - The Origin[A New Age Graphic Novel] featuring MS Dhoni - Ramesh Thamilmani

10.  A book based on a real person - The convict's wife - Libby Ashworth

11.  A book with less than 2022 Goodreads ratings - Shivashakti: The Continous Continuum by Anita Rajani

12.  Set on at least two continents - Dancing with India - Bernadette Kane

13.  Includes a club - Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan

14.  A character with superhuman ability - One Perfect Night - Lorane Hopkins [Cass is a single mother and a successful entrepreneur balancing both her home and career]

15.  A five-syllable title - Clueless at 30 - Shalini Prakash

16.  A book you’ve seen someone reading in a public place - Beauty Unbottled - Kavita Khosa

17.  A book picked based on its spine - Close your Umbrellas - V.S.Arunachalam

18.  Jane Austen-inspired - Pride and Prejudice [Inspired to read this after reading her other works]

19.  A book that has an alternate title - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone - J.K. Rowling

20.  Related to the word “gold” -  The Tiger Throne - Preetha Rajah Kanna [ Thrones are made of Gold, hence the relation!!]

21.  Published by Simon & Schuster - Shuttler's Flick-Making Every Match Count - Pulella Gopichand & Priya Kumar

22.  An unlikely detective - What I hid from you - Heleen Kist

23.  Author with an X, Y, or Z in their name - My Perfect Daughter - Sarah.A. Denzil

24.  Addresses a specific topic - Jane's Journal - T.A.Rosewood [ Breast Cancer]

25.  A wealthy character - Long Run - A Paradise Augmented - T.Sathish [ Wealthy character - Raghu]

26.  Has an “Author’s Note” - Decode your Quest - Dhara Purohit John

27.  Includes a map - Ultimate Ignorance  - Hyaadyesh Kumar Namdeo

28.  Award-winning book from your country - How to write a book in 8 days - Priya Kumar

29.  Over 500 pages long - The Knowledge in the Vedas -Sridhar Chitta

30.  Audiobook is narrated by the author - I'm glad my mom died - Jennette McCurdy [ Read the ebook]

31.  Technology-themed - We're so hacked - Gautam Mayekar

32.  A book that intimidates you - Whispers in the Dark - Lee Allan [Literally intimidated!]

33.  A bilingual character - Her story of struggle was a gift to me - Kavita Agarwal

34.  An author’s photo on the back cover - DOGtrine of peace- Dr. Manjiri Prabhu

35.  From the villain’s perspective - Kaikeyi - Vyshnavi Patel

36.  Recommended by a favorite author - Little Women - Recommended by Maya Angelou

37.  Set in a rural area - Murders at the Winterbottom Women's Institute - Gina Krishan

38.  Don’t judge a book by its cover! - Swords of Shadow - Arwa Vastani

39.  A middle-grade novel - Sports day at Jungle - Augma Series 1

40.  A book with photographs inside - Spirit of Entrepreneurship - Virendra Sanghavi

41.  Involves a second chance - Your Time Will Come - Saranya Umakanthan

42.  An indie read - Secrets and Lies - T.A. Rosewood  

43.  Author who’s published in more than one genre - Mainak Dhar - Leadership in 100 words

44.  An anthology - The Gift of Emotions - Anu Menon

45.  A book with illustrated people on the cover - That Second Street of Babu Ma'am - Sudha Sikrawar

46.  A job title in the title - The Interpreter - Isabella Pallavicini 

47.  Read during the month of November - The Food Guru - Dr.Rupali Panse

48.  Re-do one of this year’s prompts but with a different genre - Prompt 5 - Let Yourself be Loved - Elizabeth Leon

49.  Book title starts with the same letter as your first name - Pebbles- Pragnya

50.  A person of color as the main character - A silent voice speaks - Trishna Singh

51.  The word “game” in the title - Let the Game Commence - David Palin 

52. Published in 2022 - The Girl in the glass case - Devashish Sardana  

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