Book Review: Missing Since Monday by Ann M. Martin

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Missing Since Monday by Ann M. Martin follows Maggie and her older brother when their father and stepmother leave on a long-delayed honeymoon, trusting the siblings to care for their four-year-old half sister, Courtenay. When Courtenay fails to come home from daycare one Monday afternoon, Maggie and her brother are thrust into a frightening mystery. With no adults around to help, they must piece together what happened and find a way to alert their parents before it’s too late. This standalone novel for readers ages eight to twelve was one I completely missed as a kid, but as an adult and a longtime fan of Ann M. Martin’s The Baby-Sitters Club  series, I couldn’t resist picking it up. The first chapter or two felt a bit choppy to me at first, but once the story found its footing, everything began to come together nicely . Because this is a short children’s book, the characters aren’t deeply developed, which is to be expected. That said, Martin does an excellent job conveying Maggie’...
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52-Week Book Challenge: A More Difficult 2020 Reading Challenge by The Running Bibliophile

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Do you want a book challenge that will help you read 52 books within 52 weeks? This is the book challenge that will help you with that goal. There is no order in which you need to complete this challenge as long as you finish within the 52 week time period.

Good luck with our 52-Week Book Challenge: A More Difficult 2020 Reading Challenge, and Happy New Year!



 52 Week Book Challenge Topics

  • A Book Based on a Television Series
  • A Book Turned into a Television Series
  • A Book Turned into a Movie
  • A Book Written by someone you've met
  • A Book that you picked because you liked the cover
  • A Book that makes you laugh
  • A Book about books, bookstores, or libraries
  • A 2019 Goodreads Nominee
  • A 2019 Goodreads Winner
  • Read the First Book in a series
  • Read Book 1 in a trilogy
  • Read Book 2 in a trilogy
  • Read Book 3 in a trilogy
  • A Book that starts with the letter A
  • A Book that starts with the letter Z
  • A Book that has a color in the title
  • A Book that has a number in the title
  • A Book Set in the State You Live In
  • A Book Based in the Old West
  • Read a book where an author used a pen name
  • A book that was Required Reading in Elementary School
  • A book that was Required Reading in Middle School
  • A book that was Required Reading in High School
  • A Book given to you as a gift
  • A Book Recommended by an Author you like
  • A Play
  • Graphic Novel
  • Young Adult Fantasy
  • Young Adult Novel
  • Young Adult Romance
  • Young Adult Science Fiction
  • Read a book that targets children 8-12
  • A Memoir
  • Autobiography or Biography about a President
  • Non-Fiction Book written by a woman
  • Read a book that is on your "To Be Read" List
  • A Short Story Collection
  • A Book Over 500 pages
  • A Book Published the year you were born
  • A Book Published or Set in the decade of the 1900's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1910's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1920's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1930's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1940's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1950's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1960's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1970's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1980's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 1990's
  • A Book Published or Set in the decade of the 2000's
  • A Book Published or Set in the 2010's
  • A Book Published in 2020
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