My Week Is Booked

Nikki Favalaro
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Chronicling my journey through the 52 Book Club Challenge and offering a multitude of book recommendations along the way.

Episodes

  1. 2025-02-01

    Week 6: Spring Fling

    Welcome to Week 6 where I talk about books set in spring! If you're interested in trying the challenge, you can find all the info here: https://www.the52book.club/   Tell me about your favourite spring books here: https://www.instagram.com/myweekisbooked2025/   Links to all the books mentioned in this episode: Charlotte's Web by E.B. White The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna   Thanks for listening...see you next week!

    21 min

  2. 2025-01-23

    Week 5: Literary Larceny

    Welcome to Week 5 where we'll be talking about books with heists! If you're interested in trying the challenge, you can find all the info here: https://www.the52book.club/ Tell me what your favourite heist stories are: https://www.instagram.com/myweekisbooked2025/   Here's some links to all the books I talk about in this episode: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart Anxious People by Fredrik Backman A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab Starter Villain by John Scalzi The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi Warcross by Marie Lu The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean Osgood As Dead by Cooper S. Beckett   See you next week to talk about books set in Spring!

    24 min

  3. 2025-01-19

    Week 4: Nailed It!

    It's Week 4 and we're talking about books that start with the letter N! If you're interested in trying the challenge, you can find all the info here: https://www.the52book.club/ Let me know your favourite book that starts with "N" here: https://www.instagram.com/myweekisbooked2025/   And if you'd like to read any of the books I talked about today, you can find them here!: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead News of the World by Paulette Jiles The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel's People, the Métis Nation by Jean Teillet The Husbands by Holly Gramazio   Thanks for listening!

    25 min

  4. 2025-01-08

    Week 3: Migrations, Murmurations, and Martians

    Welcome back, friends! For week 3 of the 52 Book Club Challenge, we're discussing books with titles that start with the letter "M". Hope you find something to add to your TBR! You can check out the challenge here: https://www.the52book.club/ I'd love it if you joined me on this journey :) Follow me in Instagram here, so we can discuss all the great books we're reading for the challenge: https://www.instagram.com/myweekisbooked2025/   And here are links to all of the books I mentions in the episode: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart Minecraft Dungeons: The Rise of the Arch-Illager by Matt Forbeck A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman The Martian by Andy Weir Masters of Death by Olivie Blake The Measure by Nikki Erlick Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth Murmuration by T.J. Klune My Mother Cursed My Name by Anamely Salgado Reyes Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston   Thank you for listening! See you next week!

    25 min

  5. 2025-01-03

    Week 2: Red All Over

    This week I discuss Prompt #2 in the 52 Book Club Challenge: A Book with a Red-Haired Character, and leave you with lots of book recommendations! If you're interested in checking out the challenge, you can find all the info here: https://www.the52book.club/ If you'd like to reach out with feedback, or best of all, to let me know what you chose for the prompt, you can find me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/myweekisbooked2025/   And here links to all the books I mentioned in the episode: Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Outlander by Diana Gabaldon The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman The House In the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune Minecraft Dungeons: The Rise of the Arch-Illager by Matt Forbeck Path of a Warrior by Erin Hunter Into the Wild by Erin Hunter   That's a lot of books! Thank you for listening, see you for Week 3!

    28 min

  6. 2024-12-30

    Week 1: Pun Intended

    Welcome to the first episode of My Week Is Booked! It's packed with recommendations for books that have a pun in the title, which will make sense to you if you're following the 52 Book Challenge...but even if you're not, there's just lots of ideas in here for your next great read. If you're interested in checking out the challenge or giving it a try, here's the link so you can do that: https://www.the52book.club/ And if you'd like to follow us on Instagram, where you can leave feedback, suggestions, or your picks for each week's prompt, you can do that here: https://www.instagram.com/myweekisbooked2025/ And here are links to all the books mentioned in the episode: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Just Mercy by Bryan Stephenson Disoriental by Négar Djavadi Olive Juice by T.J. Klune Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister Book Lovers by Emily Henry Tweet Cute by Emma Lord The Love of My Afterlife by Kirsty Greenwood Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni   Thanks for listening...see you next week!

    19 min
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Chronicling my journey through the 52 Book Club Challenge and offering a multitude of book recommendations along the way.

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  • Creator
    Nikki Favalaro
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
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