In 2025, I am again participating in the 52 Week Book Challenge. The Challenge is to read one book each week, to a particular prompt. The thing I most enjoy about this challenge, apart from reading the books, is matching books to the prompts. Its a fun thing to do, and I often end up choosing a book that I may not have otherwise read. That is always a positive. Quite often the prompts have me scratching my head for a while. I do enjoy the hunt for a book to fit a prompt. Reviews for these books will be appearing shortly.
52 Week Book Challenge Books
Other Books Read
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
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The Orphan’s secret Library by Glynis Peters
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We Are The Stars by Gina Chick
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Annette Kellerman Australian Mermaid by Grantlee Kieza
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Memoirs of Mrs Caroline Chisholm – by
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Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent
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Highways & Byways by Jimmy Barnes
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Caroline Chisolm – The Emigrant’s Friend
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Book of the Month
I usually choose a Book of the Month, but have decided not to do so, this month, as I have had 4 five star reads in May, and they have all been biographic. Two of these biographies are in a specialist area of history, and part of a research project, that I am diving into at the moment. I can’t bring myself to choose one five star book over another. I will be writing reviews on them very soon.
However, I will say that the five star book that would probably appeal to most is Almost Home, Almost Homesick by Hannah Kent. I’m a huge fan of this author, and this book, even doesn’t disappoint at all.
In Almost Home, Almost Homesick, Hannah writes about her experiences in Iceland, as a young Australian exchange student, and what lead her to write her first novel and bestseller, Burial Rites. I read this during one very late night, as I couldn’t bring myself to put it down.
Star Rating
Please note that my star rating system isn’t at all based on literary merit, but is based on my enjoyment for the book.
For me a book that gets five stars, is a book that I really enjoyed, and found difficult to put down.