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Just finished "Anxious People":
it's set in December and they mention holidays, so I think it qualifies for the holiday prompt. I liked his writing so much that I immediately put "Beartown" on hold in my local library - the whole series definitely qualifies as having winter-related covers.
Completed Books for 2022 Winter Reading ChallengeDECEMBER
#1. Winter ~ a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the)
The Lioness by Chris Bohjalian
Read ~ 12.1.22
Pages ~ 336
Relevance ~ win(T)er | (T)he
I have a serious jones for anything Chris Bohjalian writes. I've loved this author since I read The Sandcastle Girls in 2014, and I've been trying to get this one read since it got published this past May. It was worth the wait, for sure. He tells such a great character development story - every, single, time.
5☆
#2. Jane Austen ~ a. Read a book written by a female author.
Murder With Peacocks by Donna Andrews
Read ~ 12.5.22
Pages ~ 321
Relevance ~ Donna Andrews is female
I don't particularly care for cozy mysteries, and as they go, this one wasn't really very good at all. It was touch and go as to whether or not it would be DNF for me, but I really needed the points on it for the SRC, so I sucked it up and slogged through it.
2☆
#3. The Holidays ~ c. Read a book that features a family gathering.
Flight by Lynn Steger Strong
Read ~ 12.10.22
Pages ~ 240
Relevance ~ Three siblings, their spouses, and all their children gather together in upstate New York for Christmas together.
3☆
#4. Winter sports: yukigassen ~ b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long
Shadows Reel by C.J. Box
Read ~ 12.16.22
Pages ~ 354
Relevance ~ (Joe Pickett #22) Not the best effort from CJ Box, but still a classic Joe Pickett read.
3☆
JANUARY
#1. Happy New Year! ~ a. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks
Read ~ 12.19.22
Pages ~ 329
Relevance ~ Greer Hendrix is a new author for me
4☆
#2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami ~ c. Read a magical realism novel.
Midnight at the Blackbird Café by Heather Webber
Read ~ 1.2.22
Pages ~ 333
Relevance ~ Magical Realism as MPG
4☆
#3. New Year Resolutions ~ a. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS (the title must be at leat three words long for this option)
The Ragged Edge of Night by Olivia Hawker
Read ~ 1.14.23
Pages ~ 352
Relevance ~ T*R*E*O*N
resolu(T)ions
yea(R)
y(E)ar
res(O)lutions
(N)ew
4☆
#4. Winter sports: bobsleigh ~ a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWI(T)ZERLAND.
Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
Read ~ 1.18.22
Pages ~ 368
Relevance ~ set in Claiborne County, (T)ennessee
5☆
FEBRUARY
#1. Valentine’s Day ~ a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page.
The Strawberry Hearts Diner by Carolyn Brown
Read ~ 1.21.23
Pages ~ 286
Relevance ~ Romance is 1st genre listed on main page
3☆
#2. February birthdays ~ c. Read a coming of age story.
The Mare by Mary Gaitskill
Read ~ 1.28.23
Pages ~ 441
Relevance ~ Coming of Age as MPG
4☆
#3. Winter sports: Ski jumping ~ b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place (1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
The Shaman Sings by James D. Doss
Read ~ 1.22.23
Pages ~ 230
Relevance ~ First published in 1994
3☆
#4. The Shortest Month of the Year ~ a. Read a literary fiction novel.
Love Medicine BY Louise ErdrichRead ~ 2.3.23
Pages ~ 333
Relevance ~ Literary Fiction is a MPG
3☆
Welcome to Winter12/12
DECEMBER
1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen was born on December 16th.
a. Read a book written by a female author.
3. The Holidays
a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December. - Christmas
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami was born on January 12th.
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way - Bill's cat, Lion
3. New Year Resolutions
c. Read a book that will help you keep one of your New Year resolutions - get along with my sisters
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND - Auckland
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page.
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7th.
c. Read a coming of age story.
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place - 2010
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT.
Finished my round one on Christmas Day. Finished my second go on 11/1/23. Finished completely 20/1/23.DECEMBER
1 Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER:
Winter: A Berlin Family, 1899-1945 by Len Deighton [Finished 5/12/22]
b. Read a book with snow, snowflakes or a snowman on the cover OR a book with a person wearing winter clothing (scarf, hat, warm coat etc.) on the cover.
[Finished 11/12/22]
c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long (you can ignore the 100 page requirement for this task).
The Symposium by Plato
Relevance: 122 pages long. [Finished 11/12/22]
2 December birthdays: Jane Austen
a. Read a book written by a female author:
Persuasion by Jane Austen [Finished 10/12/22]
b. Read a novel set in the 19th century
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Relevance: Set in the 1840s. [Finished 15/12/22]
c. Read a romance novel
Emma: A Modern Retelling by Alexander McCall Smith
Relevance: contains three romantic couples [Finished 15/12/22]
3 The Holidays
a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December
The Misunderstandings of Charity Brown by Elizabeth Laird
Relevance: I used Boxing Day (26th December), originally when church charity boxes were distributed to the poor. Aside from the MC's name, her father provides rooms for people in need.
[Finished 30/12/22]
b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days Of Christmas on the cover:
by Steven Lovatt Revelance: Cover shows a blackbird, a calling bird - four calling birds. [Finished 17/12/22]
c. Read a book that features a family gathering
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries by Naomi Alderman and others.
Relevance: The stories A Deadly Wedding Day by Dreda Say Mitchell and The Murdering Sort by Karen M McManus both feature family gatherings. [Finished 16/1/23]
4 Winter sports: Yukigassen
a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN:
The Ripping Tree by Nikki Gemmell [Finished 12/12/22]
b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long.
The Fever of the World by Phil Rickman
Relevance: 16th book in the Merrily Watkins series about a vicar/exorcist. [Finished 28/12/22]
c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Japan, Armenia, Canada, China, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, or Slovakia).
A Winter Book by Tove Jansson
Relevance: Set in Finland [Finished 21/12/22]
JANUARY
1 Happy New Year
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you:
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson [Finished 12/12/22]
b. Read a book from a genre that is new to you (you can use a sub-genre, e.g. urban fantasy, historical romance, etc. if you already read books from most genres).
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village by Maureen Johnson
Relevance: Combines graphic novel/humour/mystery
[Finished 1/12/22]
c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters (e.g. The Bat, Ninth House, The Old Man and the Sea).
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books by Hilary Mantel [Finished 9/1/23]
2 January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
a Read a book set in Japan:
Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami [Finished 21/12/22]
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way.
The Character of Cats: The Origins, Intelligence, Behavior, and Stratagems of Felis Silvestris Catus by Stephen Budiansky
[Finished 11/1/23]
c. Read a magic realism novel
Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban
Relevance: The realism is a dystopian future; the magic is in legend, foreseeing and strange dogs. [Finished 18/1/23]
3 New Year Resolutions
a. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS (the title must be at least three words long for this option)
The Wych Elm by Tana French
[Finished 12/1/23]
b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc.) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc.).
The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett
Relevance: Historical novel set in the mid sixteenth century. [Finished 7/1/23]
c Read a book related to one of the top 10 New Year's Resolutions:
How to Be Human: The Manual] by Ruby Wax
Relevance: UK survey by GoCompare! insurance found 'Improve mental health' as no. 5 most popular resolution. [Finished 22/12/22]
3 Winter sports: Bobsleigh
a. Read a book set in a location beginning with a letter in SWITZERLAND
The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
Relevance: Set in Amsterdam {Finished 20/1/23]
b. Read a book where conflict between the characters is a major part of the plot:
All the Broken Places by John Boyne
Relevance: (view spoiler) [Finished 11/12/22]
c. Read a book that is fast-paced.
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
Relevance: A gripping revenge thriller. [Finished 1/1/23]
FEBRUARY
1 Valentine's Day
a Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page;
The Keeper of Stories by Sally Page
Relevance: Romance listed as no. 5 genre as at date of finishing, 25/12/22]
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY.
I Belong Here: A Journey Along the Backbone of Britain by Anita Sethi
[Finished 8/1/23]
c. Read a book written in or set in the Medieval period (usually defined as the 5th to 15th centuries).
A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain by Marc Morris
Relevance: Set between 1239-1307. [Finished 15/1/23]
2 February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
a. Read a book set in the American mid-west:
Overboard by Sara Paretsky
Relevance: Set in Chicago. [Finished 24/12/22]
b. Read a novel that features the wilderness.
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Relevance: The MC and her family move to live off-grid in the Alaskan wilderness in the 1970s. [Finished 29/12/22]
c. Read a coming of age story
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Relevance: Laura gets her first paid job, joins in grown-up social life, is courted by Almanzo Wilder, gains her teaching certificate.
[Finished 31/12/22]
3 Winter Sports: Ski Jumping
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long
This Much is True by Miriam Margolyes
Relevance: 417 pages of text {Finished 14/1/23]
b Read a book published in a year when the Winter Olympics took place:
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Relevance: Published in 1976; Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck. [Finished 18/12/22]
c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about (a non-linear narrative as it’s normally called).
Emily Noble's Disgrace by Mary Paulson-Ellis
Relevance: The book has three different narrators and the plot is set in the same place in different time periods.
[Finished 3/1/23]
4 The Shortest Month Of The Year
a. Read a literary fiction novel
A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey
Relevance: Described in the blurb by Anthony Burgessas a major piece of fiction . The author has twice won the Booker Prize. [Finished 18/1/23]
b. Read a book that features a ghost:
The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights by Bridget Collins [Finished
13/12/22]
c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT.
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life by Helen Czerski [Finished 10/1/23]
I am just getting back into reading, so I'm a bit slow finishing my books for December. I had a DNF for the first prompt for this month and I am still working on two of the books.DECEMBER
3. The Holidays
a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December.
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
Read ~ 12.31.22
Relevance ~ International Migrants' Day
This book is about Nuri and his wife Afra's journey from Syria to the UK to be reunited with his cousin Mustafa and his family. Nuri and Afra decide to leave Syria to escape the war after they lose their son Sami when a bomb strikes near their house and most of the people they know have already left. In Turkey, they meet a boy named Mohammed who is scared to cross the sea but he mysteriously disappears when they arrive on a Greek island and are faced with danger in a migrant camp. The narrative is two separate stories--escaping from Syria to Greece and then the UK by smugglers and filing for asylum once they are in the UK. I was very satisfied with the ending.
3.5☆
I recently watched 'The Swimmers' on Netflix - a similar start, but the story ends in Berlin and the Rio de Janeiro Olympics Refugee Team. It's an excellent film and you might like the match.
DECEMBER4. Winter sports: yukigassen
c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played.
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Read ~ 1.3.23
Relevance ~ This book takes place in China, which is one of the countries that was listed.
This book is about a girl named Li-Yan who is a member of the Akha tribe and lives in one of the mountain regions in China. Li-Yan’s tribe has a preference for male children and has customs that are full of superstition and cause suffering, in some cases. Li-Yan shows potential in school and must decide whether she wants to follow the traditions of her family or leave her village to live in the outside world. The story begins when Li-Yan meets a mischievous boy named Sen-Pa who has stolen a pancake from a vendor. She gets in trouble by her family when she eats some of the pancake and learns that she is forbidden from being friends with this boy because there is a conflict in the times of their births. She is reunited with Sen-Pa when she attends secondary school and falls in love with him. Sen-Pa makes plans to work in Thailand to save money so that they can start a life together. Li-Yan’s life changes when she learns that she is pregnant and a businessman comes to her village searching for a tea called Pu’er. As Li-Yan waits for Sen-Pa to return she must decide what to do with her baby and whether to tell the businessman about the ancient tea trees that her family owns that others are forbidden from seeing.
5☆
@NickieI'll check out the movie you've suggested.
Woo hoo! I'm done!DECEMBER
1. Winter
✅ a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the)
When the Ground Is Hard by Malla Nunn
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
✅ a. Read a book written by a female author.
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
3. The Holidays
✅ a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December. (Some examples: Rosa Parks Day, National Cookie Day, Dewey Decimal System Day, Nobel Prize Day, Kwanzaa, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Hanukkah, etc.)
December 13 - National Horse Day
Risk by Dick Francis
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
✅ c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Japan, Armenia, Canada, China, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, or Slovakia).
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
✅ c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters (eg The Bat, Ninth House, The Old Man and the Sea).
Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
✅ b. Read a book that features a cat in some way.
Cat on the Edge by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
3. New Year Resolutions
✅ b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc).
The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
✅ b. Read a book in which a conflict between characters is a major part of the plot. Tell us what the conflict was (using spoiler tags if necessary) when recording the task as completed.
In the Country of Others by Leila Slimani
The conflict is between a husband and wife - he is Moroccan and she is French. They do not understand each other's cultures.
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
✅ b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY.
Finding Me by Viola Davis
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
✅ b. Read a novel that features the wilderness.
My Real Name Is Hanna by Tara Lynn Masih
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
✅ a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long.
Life Among The Piutes: Their Wrongs And Claims by Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
✅ b. Read a book that features a ghost.
Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
DECEMBER1. Winter ~ a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the)
Ten Cities that Led the World: From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity by Paul Strathern.
Read ~ 1.5.23
Relevance ~ win(T)er | (T)en
The author connects some of the architectural, economic, technological, and artistic achievements of important cities through history and offers a look at the future in what cities like Mumbai and Beijing have to offer. I read another book by this author last year and appreciated how he tied all the empires together, offered interesting facts, and had a clear thesis. But I found none of that in this book and was just bored.
2☆
1st round completed :DECEMBER
1. Winter
b. Read a book with snow, snowflakes or a snowman on the cover OR a book with a person wearing winter clothing (scarf, hat, warm coat etc) on the cover:
The Quality of Silence by Rosamund Lupton
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
a. Read a book written by a female author :
Madame le Maire by Marie Cau
3. The Holidays
c. Read a book that features a family gathering :
The Magician by Colm Tóibín (several family gatherings featured in the book, even if it's not its main focus)
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN :
Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you :
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
a. Read a book set in Japan.
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami
3. New Year Resolutions
b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc) :
La guerre des paysans by Gérard Mordillat and Éric Liberge
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
c. Read a book that is fast-paced :
State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last in initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY :
King Kong théorie by Virginie Despentes
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
b. Read a novel that features the wilderness :
L'Africain du Groenland (An African in Greenland) by Tété-Michel Kpomassie
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long :
Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT :
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Welcome to WinterDecember 1, 2022 through February 28, 2023
12/12 as of December 29 DONE!!
DECEMBER 4/4 DONE!
1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the)
b. Read a book with snow, snowflakes or a snowman on the cover OR a book with a person wearing winter clothing (scarf, hat, warm coat etc) on the cover.
Snowspelled (Harwood Spellbook #1) by Stephanie Burgis
December 11--5 STARS
c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long (you can ignore the 100 page requirement for this task).
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
a. Read a book written by a female author.
The Boys of My Youth by Jo Ann Beard
December 3--5 STARS
b. Read a novel set in the 19th century.
c. Read a romance novel.
3. The Holidays
a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December. (Some examples: Rosa Parks Day, National Cookie Day, Dewey Decimal System Day, Nobel Prize Day, Kwanzaa, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Hanukkah, etc.)
b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover (ignore the numbers - eg a book with a gold ring works, you don’t need a book with five gold rings!)turtle doves
partridge
french hens
calling birds
gold rings
geese
swans
maids
ladies
lords
pipers
drummers
c. Read a book that features a family gathering.
Thin Air (Shetland Island #6) by Ann Cleeves
December 15--5 STARS
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN.
b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long
Merry Christmas, Alex Cross (Alex Cross #19) by James Patterson
December 12--4 STARS
c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Japan, Armenia, Canada, China, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, or Slovakia).
JANUARY 4/4 DONE!
1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
Small Things Like These bt Claire Keegan
December 16--5 STARS
b. Read a book from a genre that is new to you (you can use a sub-genre, eg urban fantasy, historical romance, etc if you already read books from most genres).
Inland by Téa Obreht-WESTERN
c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters (eg The Bat, Ninth House, The Old Man and the Sea).
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
a. Read a book set in Japan.
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way.
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
December 8--5 STARS
c. Read a magical realism novel.
3. New Year Resolutions
a. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS (the title must be at least three words long for this option)
b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc).
The Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
December 29--5 STARS
c. Read a book that will help you keep one of your New Year resolutions OR if you don’t make resolutions then read a book related to one of the top ten New Years resolutions. Tell us what your resolution is when recording this task as completed.
Exercise more
Lose Weight
Get organized
Learn new skill or hobby
Live life to the fullest
Save more money/Spend less money
Quit smoking
Spend more time with family and friends
Travel more
Read more
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND.
Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett
New Hampshire
December 11--5 STARS
b. Read a book in which a conflict between characters is a major part of the plot. Tell us what the conflict was (using spoiler tags if necessary) when recording the task as completed.
c. Read a book that is fast-paced.
FEBRUARY 4/4 DONE!
1. Valentine’s Day
a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page.
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY.
The Harlem Charade by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley
December 20--5 STARS
c. Read a book written in or set in the Medieval period (usually defined as the 5th to 15th centuries).
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
a. Read a book set in the American midwest.
b. Read a novel that features the wilderness.
c. Read a coming of age story.
The Ever-After Bird by Ann Rinaldi
December 14--5 STARS
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long.
Otherworld by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller
December 19--3 STARS
b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place (1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about (a non-linear narrative as it’s normally called).
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
a. Read a literary fiction novel.
b. Read a book that features a ghost.
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
December 7--5 STARS
c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT.
Round one is done and done! I'm pretty close to finishing round two also.DECEMBER
1. Winter
b. Read a book with snow, snowflakes or a snowman on the cover OR a book with a person wearing winter clothing (scarf, hat, warm coat etc) on the cover.
The Holiday Swap (hat, and also snow!)
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
a. Read a book written by a female author.
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Margaret Cronin
3. The Holidays
c. Read a book that features a family gathering.
The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Japan, Armenia, Canada, China, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, or Slovakia).
The Christmas Escape (Sweden, where yukigassen is played, though it's not on the list)
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters (eg The Bat, Ninth House, The Old Man and the Sea).
This Time Next Year
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way.
The Christmas Cat
3. New Year Resolutions
a. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS (the title must be at leat three words long for this option)
When No One Is Watching
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND.
A Season for Second Chances (Willow Bay)
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page.
Duke, Actually
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
b. Read a novel that features the wilderness.
The Santa Suit (takes place on a farm)
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place (1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor (2010)
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT
The Holiday Trap
Made it nice and early this timeDECEMBER:
1b. Snow on the cover: Cadaver on Candy Cane Lane, Leighann Dobbs - 12/12/22
2a. Female author: Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 05/12/22
3c. Family gatherings (and holiday in December): A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens - 16/12/22
4c. Yugissen is played (Canada): The Cruellest Month, Louise Penny - 26/12/22
JANUARY:
1a. New author to me: Year of the Reaper, Makiia Lucier - 07/12/22
2c. Magical realism: Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman - 14/12/22
3b. History: Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story That Changed the Course of World War II, Ben Macintyre - 11/01/23
4b. Inter-character conflict (plus set in San Diego and fast-paced): The Cold Heart of Capricorn, Martha C Lawrence - 18/12/22
FEBRUARY:
1a. Romance (second genre in the list): The Nothing Girl, Jodi Taylor - 16/01/23
2a. Set in the Mid-West (Michigan): The Plot Is Murder, V.M. Burns - 21/12/22
3b. Published in 2010: The Disappearing Spoon, Sam Kean - 22/12/22
4. Letter in the word SHORT: Sworn To Silence, Linda Castillo - 04/01/23
DECEMBER:
1b.
, 2a.
, 3c.
, 4c.
JANUARY:
1a.
, 2c.
, 3b.
, 4b.
FEBRUARY:
1a.
, 2a.
, 3b.
, 4.
December:1a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER The Word for World Is Forest
2b. Read a novel set in the 19th century Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon
3b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover The Secret History of Christmas
4b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long Hogfather
January
1a. Read a book by an author who is new to you You Can Thank Me Later
2a. Read a book set in Japan Before the Coffee Gets Cold
3b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future The Flying Flamingo Sisters
4a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND The Christmas Murder Game
February
1a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny
2b. Read a novel that features the wilderness (also fits c. Read a coming of age story) The Winners
3c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about No Kindness Too Soon
4c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog
Mod
DECEMBER
1. Winter
Xa. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the) - Those Idiots from Earth 12/18
Xb. Read a book with snow, snowflakes or a snowman on the cover OR a book with a person wearing winter clothing (scarf, hat, warm coat etc) on the cover. - Spinning Silver 1/15
Xc. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long (you can ignore the 100 page requirement for this task). - The Toast of Time - 129 p - 12/3
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
Xa. Read a book written by a female author. - Avalon - Nell Zink - Dec 11
Xb. Read a novel set in the 19th century - Mansfield Park - by Jane Austen! - Dec 24
c. Read a romance novel.
3. The Holidays
a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December. (Some examples: Rosa Parks Day, National Cookie Day, Dewey Decimal System Day, Nobel Prize Day, Kwanzaa, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Hanukkah, etc.) - Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II - starts on Pearl Harbor Day and deals with the aftermath
X b.. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover (ignore the numbers - eg a book with a gold ring works, you don’t need a book with five gold rings!) - The Fictitious Marquis has a "lord" on the cover - 12/7
Xc. Read a book that features a family gathering. The Heirs 1/3
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
Xa. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN. - Less Is Lost - Andrew Sean Greer - 12/12
Xb. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long - All the Devils Are Here - 12/6
Xc. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Japan, Armenia, Canada, China, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, or Slovakia). The Madness of Crowds - 12/30
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
Xa. Read a book by an author who is new to you. - Giovanni's Room - 12/2
Xb. Read a book from a genre that is new to you (you can use a sub-genre, eg urban fantasy, historical romance, etc if you already read books from most genres). - Heartstopper: Volume One - Graphic Novel - 1/1
c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters (eg The Bat, Ninth House, The Old Man and the Sea).
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
a. Read a book set in Japan.
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way.
Xc. Read a magical realism novel.
3. New Year Resolutions
Xa. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS (the title must be at leat three words long for this option) - Trouble in Nuala Dec 12
Xb. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc). - The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks - 12/11
Xc. Read a book that will help you keep one of your New Year resolutions OR if you don’t make resolutions then read a book related to one of the top ten New Years resolutions. Tell us what your resolution is when recording this task as completed. - Blues for Mister Charlie - resolution to read more diverse authors
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
Xa. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND. - Still Life - set in Italy - Dec 10
Xb. Read a book in which a conflict between characters is a major part of the plot. Tell us what the conflict was (using spoiler tags if necessary) when recording the task as completed. - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - conflict is between the mostly good doctor and his evil alter ego - 12/13
Xc. Read a book that is fast-paced.- The Bullet That Missed - 12/16
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page.
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY.
c. Read a book written in or set in the Medieval period (usually defined as the 5th to 15th centuries).
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Xa. Read a book set in the American midwest. - Vacationland - set in Minnesota - Dec 11
b. Read a novel that features the wilderness.
Xc. Read a coming of age story. - The Dictionary of Lost Words 12/24
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
Xa. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long. - Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia 12/19
Xb. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place (1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) - A Gentleman's Murder pub 2018 - 1/2
Xc. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about (a non-linear narrative as it’s normally called). Take Three Tenses: A Fugue in Time - 12/15
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
a. Read a literary fiction novel.
Xb. Read a book that features a ghost. - The Sentence - Jan 8
Xc. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT.- Requiem for a Wren 12/17
The PromptsDECEMBER
1. Winter
Brrrr. Time to break out the hats, scarves and gloves as the coldest time of the year approaches (in the northern hemisphere at least). On the other hand, cold weather is the perfect excuse to curl up under a blanket with your latest book. And, however cold you are, at least you can be glad your home town is warmer then Antarctica, where the lowest temperature on Earth was recorded: an icy −89.2°C (−128.6 °F).
c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long (you can ignore the 100 page requirement for this task). Small Things Like These
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born on December 16th.
c. Read a romance novel. A Very Merry Bromance
3. The Holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Whether you celebrate Christmas or would prefer to indulge in National Cookie Day, December is packed full of end-of-the-year holidays.
b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover (ignore the numbers - eg a book with a gold ring works, you don’t need a book with five gold rings!) ...And Ladies of the Club
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
Imagine if someone turned snowball fighting into an official sport with rules, a referee, a court and a snowball making machine. That’s yukigassen! Created in Japan in 1988, there are now competitions all over the world. Teams of seven players battle to capture each other’s flag, while trying to avoid being hit by a snowball and eliminated from the game. Preparation for a match involves making 270 snowballs, no wonder they invented a snowball making machine!
a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN. The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
Happy 2020! Here’s to a great year of reading. Around the world people will be welcoming the new year while watching fireworks displays, drinking champagne and singing Auld Lang Syne.
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you. So This Is Christmas
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami was born on January 12th.
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way. A Season for Second Chances
3. New Year Resolutions
Millions of people see January 1st as an opportunity to set goals for the year ahead and the practice of making new year resolutions has a long history. In Babylonia new year was a time to promise the repayment of debts and return of borrowed items. And Romans are believed to have made sacrifices and promises to the god Janus, who is depicted as having two faces - one looking to the past and one to the future. Given that history, whether you keep or break your own resolutions this year, you’re probably in good company!
b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc). How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
Bobsleighing originated in the Swiss town of St Moritz in the 19th century. Holidaymakers looking for entertainment in the cold winters hit on a plan to adapt delivery sleds into racing sleds and compete in races down the steep roads of the town. While undoubtedly entertaining for holidaymakers, the high speed sled races became immensely unpopular with residents of the town who, not unreasonably, objected to being mown down on their own streets by out of control sleds. In order to restore calm, a local hotel owner constructed an ice half-pipe track outside the town where the sled races could continue, and the sport of bobsleighing was born.
b. Read a book in which a conflict between characters is a major part of the plot. Tell us what the conflict was (using spoiler tags if necessary) when recording the task as completed. Enjoy the ViewThe conflict is Moose Springs, Alaska won't let the protagonist film a documentary in their town.
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
February 14th is celebrated around the world as Valentine’s Day. It was originally a feast day honouring an early Christian saint and only became associated with love and romance in the 14th century. Fun fact: Cadbury first began producing heart-shaped boxes of chocolates for Valentine’s Day in 1868. Buying overpriced novelty chocolates as a token of love has a long history!
a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page. Kiss Her Once for Me
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Laura Ingalls Wilder was born on February 7th.
b. Read a novel that features the wilderness. A Murder at Balmoral
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
Ski jumping has featured in every Winter Olympics since 1924. Athletes ski down a specially designed ramp and compete against each other to see who can make the longest jump. The current world record is over 253 metres. It was set by Austrian ski jumper, Stefan Kraft, who perhaps predictably is known by the nickname Air Kraft.
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long. I'll Be Home for Christmas
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
Take some time to explore a variety of genres and topics during the shortest month of the year!
a. Read a literary fiction novel. The Winners
December1 Title starts with one of the letters in WINTER: Transit Nr 2 in the trilogy) by Rachel Cusk
2 By a female author:
3 December holiday:
4 Initials found in YukigaSSen:
January
1 A new to me author:
2 With a cat:
by Sally Goldenbaum
3 Looks into the past: The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel
4 Set in a place starting with one of the letters in Switzerland:
February
1 Initials found in Valentine'S Day: De dömdas ö/Island of the Doomed by Stig Dagerman
2 Featuring wilderness:
3 Published same year as Winter Olympics 2014: Outline (Nr 1 in the trilogy by Rachel Cusk
4 Literary fiction: Kudos (Nr 3 in the trilogy) by Rachel Cusk
NancyJ Winter 2022/2023 Winter Challenge♦️= Round1
🔹= Round2 - Completed January 20
DECEMBER Prompts
✅1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER
♦️The Winners by Fredrik Backman
🔹A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T Kingfisher
✅2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
a. Read a book written by a female author.
♦️Search by Michelle Huneven
🔹Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie
✅3. The Holidays
a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December.
♦️ A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Christmas
🔹 Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah -Nobel Prize day
✅4. Winter sports: yukigassen
a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN.
♦️Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert - EK
🔹Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ by Guilia Enders
JANUARY Prompts
✅1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
♦️The Water Keeper by Charles Martin
🔹Rules for a Knight by Ethan Hawke
✅2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
c. Read a magical realism novel.
♦️One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
🔹The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
✅3. New Year Resolutions
b. Read a book that looks into the past or future
♦️ Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
c. New Year’s resolution (weight loss)
🔹Fast, Feast, Repeat: The Comprehensive Guide to Delay, Don't Deny® Intermittent Fasting by Gin Stephens
✅4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND.
♦️Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe by Keith OBrien – Niagara Falls, New York
🔹The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh – Sundarbans, India
FEBRUARY prompts
✅1. Valentine’s Day
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY.
♦️Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
🔹-Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin
✅2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
c. Read a coming of age story.
♦️Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
🔹Abigail by Magda Szabo
✅3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long.
♦️When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanich
🔹Why We Get Sick: The Hidden Epidemic at the Root of Most Chronic Disease―and How to Fight It
✅4. The Shortest Month of the Year
a. Read a literary fiction novel.
♦️Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
🔹The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
Woo I actually remembered to finish this one!DECEMBER
❄️ 1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER:
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
❄️ 2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
c. Read a romance novel:
The Player Next Door by Elizabeth Davis
❄️ 3. The Holidays
c. Read a book that features a family gathering:
Make You Mine This Christmas by Lizzie Huxley Jones
❄️ 4. Winter sports: yukigassen
a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN:
A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon
JANUARY
❄️ 1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you:
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
❄️ 2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way:
Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson
❄️ 3. New Year Resolutions
b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc):
The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
❄️ 4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
b. Read a book in which a conflict between characters is a major part of the plot:
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
(view spoiler)
FEBRUARY
❄️ 1. Valentine’s Day
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY:
Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn
❄️ 2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
a. Read a book set in the American midwest:
Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala (Illinois)
❄️ 3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long:
The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai
❄️ 4. The Shortest Month of the Year
b. Read a book that features a ghost:
A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong
DECEMBER1.a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the) - Romancing Mister Bridgerton
2.a. Read a book written by a female author. - Blue Lily, Lily Blue
3.a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December. (Some examples: Rosa Parks Day, National Cookie Day, Dewey Decimal System Day, Nobel Prize Day, Kwanzaa, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Hanukkah, etc.) - How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
4.b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long - Death Note, Vol. 6: Give-and-Take
JANUARY
1.a. Read a book by an author who is new to you. - Hidden Pictures
2.b. Read a book that features a cat in some way. - Reminders of Him
3.b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc). - The Hunger Games
4.a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND. - The Great Alone
FEBRUARY
1.a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page. - The Love Hypothesis
2.b. Read a novel that features the wilderness. - The Raven King
3.a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long. - Pop Goes the Weasel
4.c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT. - To Sir Phillip, With Love
Finally finished round 2 thanks to the read-a-thon. Fingers crossed I can do round 3, I have 5 books left.DECEMBER
1a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the) - Well Traveled
2c. Read a romance novel - Single and Ready to Jingle
3a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December. (Some examples: Rosa Parks Day, National Cookie Day, Dewey Decimal System Day, Nobel Prize Day, Kwanzaa, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Hanukkah, etc.) - The Christmas Bookshop
4a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN. Fairy Tale by Stephen King
JANUARY
1a. Read a book by an author who is new to you. - Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey
2a. Read a book set in Japan. Fault Lines
3b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc). The World We Make (fantasy)
4b. Read a book in which a conflict between characters is a major part of the plot. Tell us what the conflict was (using spoiler tags if necessary) when recording the task as completed - The Rewind (characters who broke up 10 years earlier and hate each other wake up married with no memory of what happened)
FEBRUARY
1b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY. Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart
2a. Read a book set in the American midwest - Virgil Wander
3a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
4b. Read a book that features a ghost. Before Your Memory Fades
Finished today, at last!DECEMBER
1. Winter
c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long (you can ignore the 100 page requirement for this task).
Read: Served Hot by Annabeth Albert
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
c. Read a romance novel.
Read: Making Up by Lucy Parker
3. The Holidays
a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December. (Some examples: Rosa Parks Day, National Cookie Day, Dewey Decimal System Day, Nobel Prize Day, Kwanzaa, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Hanukkah, etc.)
Read: Christmas on Firefly Hill by Garrett Leigh
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long
Read: The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters (eg The Bat, Ninth House, The Old Man and the Sea).
Read: Baked Fresh by Annabeth Albert
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
a. Read a book set in Japan.
Read: The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo
3. New Year Resolutions
b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc).
Read: Masters in This Hall by KJ Charles
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND = London
Read: Rag and Bone by Kj Charles
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page.
Read: The Henchmen of Zenda by Kj Charles
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
b. Read a novel that features the wilderness.
Read: Spectred Isle by Kj Charles
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place (2018)
Read: Unfit to Print by KJ Charles
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT.
Read: Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles
Completed: 12/12
Completed 12/121. Winter
b. Read a book with snow, snowflakes or a snowman on the cover
by David Halberstam, 4/5*, 1/18/232. December birthdays: Jane Austen
a. Read a book written by a female author.
The Burning by Jane Casey, 3/5*, 1/11/23
3. The Holidays
a. c. Read a book that features a family gathering.
A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens, 4/5*, 1/3/23
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long
Iron Lake by William Kent Krueger, 3/5*, 1/21/23
JANUARY
1. a. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Kate Moore, 4/5*, 1/2/23
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way.
Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat by David Dosa, 4/5*, 1/6/233. New Year Resolutions
b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc)
The Auschwitz Photographer: The Forgotten Story of the WWII Prisoner Who Documented Thousands of Lost Souls by Luca Crippa, 4/5*, 1/22/23
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND.
Hyena Road by Paul Gross (Afghanistan) , 3/5*, 1/28/23
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY.
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, 4/5*, 1/8/23
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
c. Read a coming of age story
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas, 5/5*, 1/5/23
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long.
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (over 500 pages), 4/5*, 1/13/23
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT.
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid, 3/5*, 1/24/23
It is unlikely that I'll be able to complete the entire challenge, but I managed to complete at least one complete round (plus some extra) :)December 1 √a b c
December 2 √a b c
December 3 a √b c
December 4 √a √b c
January 1 a b √c
January 2 a √b c
January 3 a √b √c
January 4 √a √b √c
Febraury 1 √a b c
February 2 a b √c
February 3 √a b √c
February 4 √a b √c
DECEMBER
1. Winter
√a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the)
Elanus
Relevance: Starts with E as in WINT*E*R.
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
✓a. Read a book written by a female author.
Crooked Kingdom
Relevance: Written by Leigh Bardugo.
3. The Holidays
✓b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover (ignore the numbers - eg a book with a gold ring works, you don’t need a book with five gold rings!)
Blinde Vögel
Relevance: A (calling) bird on the cover.
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
✓a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN.
La casa de los espíritus by Isabel Allende
Relevance: yukI[SABEL]gA[LLENDE]ssen
✓b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long
Mutterherz (Listen To Me)
Relevance: Book #13 in the Rizzoli & Isles series.
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
√c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters (eg The Bat, Ninth House, The Old Man and the Sea).
Blue Blue Eyes
Relevance: Each word in the title has four letters.
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
√b. Read a book that features a cat in some way.
Fünf
Relevance: A subplot involves the main character's divorce from her vindictive ex-husband, who buys the children a cat to win them over.
3. New Year Resolutions
✓b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc).
The Stone Sky
Relevance: Last installment in a sci-fi trilogy.
√c. Read a book that will help you keep one of your New Year resolutions OR if you don’t make resolutions then read a book related to one of the top ten New Years resolutions. Tell us what your resolution is when recording this task as completed.
Aquila
Relevance: The resolution was to finally re-read this author's books, and this one in particular.
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
√a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND.
Heidefluch: Der 7. Fall für Katharina von Hagemann
Relevance: Set in [switzer]LÜNEBURG[and], Germany (my hometown).
√b. Read a book in which a conflict between characters is a major part of the plot. Tell us what the conflict was (using spoiler tags if necessary) when recording the task as completed.
Stimmen
Relevance: An ongoing subplot in the series is the major conflict between the main character (a policewoman) and her vindictive ex-husband (same as the cat prompt for January 2 b). It affects the main character's moods and judgement and also her personal relationship with others, all of which has a bearing on the plot, so I would consider it a major plot element.
✓c. Read a book that is fast-paced.
Watch Your Back
Relevance: A super fast-paced romantic suspense thriller.
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
✓a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page.
Only Mostly Devastated
Relevance: A queer take on "Grease", definitely in the YA romance genre (but with some depth, too).
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
√c. Read a coming of age story.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe [audiobook]
Relevance: Through his friendship with Dante, Ari learns about and comes to terms with himself and his family.
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
√a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long.
Erebos
Relevance: 486 pages
√c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about (a non-linear narrative as it’s normally called).
The Girls Are All So Nice Here
Relevance: The plot switches back and forth between past and present.
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
√a. Read a literary fiction novel.
Meine geniale Freundin [audiobook]
Relevance: The first of Elena Ferrante's "Neapolitan Novels", a literary sensation.
√c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT
Schatten
Relevance: Starts with S as in *S*HORT.
DECEMBER1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the) - Who is Maud Dixon?
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
a. Read a book written by a female author. The Price of Water in Finistère by Bodil Malmsten
3. The Holidays
a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December. - Family Matters
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long - Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children #1)
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you. - The Double by José Saramago
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way - Let It Bleed
3. New Year Resolutions
b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc). - Still Life
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
c. Read a book that is fast-paced. - Certain Dark Things
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
c. Read a book written in or set in the Medieval period (usually defined as the 5th to 15th centuries). - Everything Under the Heavens (c12)
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
c. Read a coming of age story. - The Smell of Other People's Houses
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place - Verity (2018)
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT - Oystercatchers
I'd planned on reading some for Feb, too, but life has gotten in the way and I've only managed one book this month and am not sure I'll get in more than a couple of others. Thus, I'm calling myself complete at: 8/8DECEMBER
1. Winter
Brrrr. Time to break out the hats, scarves and gloves as the coldest time of the year approaches (in the northern hemisphere at least). On the other hand, cold weather is the perfect excuse to curl up under a blanket with your latest book. And, however cold you are, at least you can be glad your home town is warmer then Antarctica, where the lowest temperature on Earth was recorded: an icy −89.2°C (−128.6 °F).
b. Read a book with snow, snowflakes or a snowman on the cover OR a book with a person wearing winter clothing (scarf, hat, warm coat etc) on the cover.
Frosty The Snowman 12/8
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
Jane Austen was born on December 16th.
a. Read a book written by a female author.
The Moth Catcher 12/4
3. The Holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Whether you celebrate Christmas or would prefer to indulge in National Cookie Day, December is packed full of end-of-the-year holidays.
b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover (ignore the numbers - eg a book with a gold ring works, you don’t need a book with five gold rings!) Six Geese A-Slaying 12/14
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
Imagine if someone turned snowball fighting into an official sport with rules, a referee, a court and a snowball making machine. That’s yukigassen! Created in Japan in 1988, there are now competitions all over the world. Teams of seven players battle to capture each other’s flag, while trying to avoid being hit by a snowball and eliminated from the game. Preparation for a match involves making 270 snowballs, no wonder they invented a snowball making machine!
b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long
Nate the Great and the Crunchy Christmas 12/8
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
Happy 2023! Here’s to a great year of reading. Around the world people will be welcoming the new year while watching fireworks displays, drinking champagne and singing Auld Lang Syne.
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
Old Gang of Mine 1/10
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami was born on January 12th.
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way.
Wrong Side of the Paw 1/4
3. New Year Resolutions
Millions of people see January 1st as an opportunity to set goals for the year ahead and the practice of making new year resolutions has a long history. In Babylonia new year was a time to promise the repayment of debts and return of borrowed items. And Romans are believed to have made sacrifices and promises to the god Janus, who is depicted as having two faces - one looking to the past and one to the future. Given that history, whether you keep or break your own resolutions this year, you’re probably in good company!
b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc).
South Riding 1/2
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
Bobsleighing originated in the Swiss town of St Moritz in the 19th century. Holidaymakers looking for entertainment in the cold winters hit on a plan to adapt delivery sleds into racing sleds and compete in races down the steep roads of the town. While undoubtedly entertaining for holidaymakers, the high speed sled races became immensely unpopular with residents of the town who, not unreasonably, objected to being mown down on their own streets by out of control sleds. In order to restore calm, a local hotel owner constructed an ice half-pipe track outside the town where the sled races could continue, and the sport of bobsleighing was born.
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND.
(Alabama) Murder Gets a Life 1/11
I finished a while ago. Here's what I read:FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY.
✅A House for Mr Biswas - V.S. Naipaul
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
b. Read a novel that features the wilderness.
✅Where the Lost Wander - Amy Harmon
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long.
✅Mary Jane - Jessica Anya Blau
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
a. Read a literary fiction novel.
✅Agatha of Little Neon - Claire Luchette
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
✅Regeneration - Pat Barker
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
c. Read a magical realism novel.
✅Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt
3. New Year Resolutions
b. Read a book that looks into the past or a book that looks into the future
✅Still Life - Sarah Winman
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND.
✅Crossed Skis - Carol Carnac (set in Austria)
DECEMBER
1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER
✅Nutcracker - E.T.A. Hoffmann
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
a. Read a book written by a female author.
✅Winter and Rough Weather - D.E. Stevenson
3. The Holidays
a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December.
✅Crime at Christmas - C.H.B. Kitchin
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long
✅Very Good, Jeeves! - P.G. Wodehouse
My Winter Reading ChallengePrompt Progress:
December: 4/4
January: 4/4
February: 4/4
DECEMBER
1. Winter⭐b. Read a book with snow, snowflakes or a snowman on the cover OR a book with a person wearing winter clothing (scarf, hat, warm coat etc) on the cover.
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen⭐a. Read a book written by a female author.
3. The Holidays⭐c. Read a book that features a family gathering.
4. Winter sports: Yukigassen⭐b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long
⭐c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Canada).
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!⭐b. Read a book from a genre that is new to you: Science Non-Fiction
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami⭐b. Read a book that features a cat in some way.
3. New Year Resolutions⭐b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc).
4. Winter sports: Bobsleigh⭐a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND- Sweden
⭐b. Read a book in which a conflict between characters is a major part of the plot.- Poor old Maud. Everyone is causing her problems and will have to pay the consequences.
⭐c. Read a book that is fast-paced.
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day⭐a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page.
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder⭐c. Read a coming of age story.
3. Winter sports: Ski Jumping⭐b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place (1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
4. The Shortest Month of the YearTake some time to explore a variety of genres and topics during the shortest month of the year!
⭐c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT.
⭐Books Read:
Finished today!DECEMBER DECEMBER
1. Winter a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the) What About the Rest of Your Life by Sung Yim
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen a. Read a book written by a female author. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
3. The Holidays a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
4. Winter sports: yukigassen a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN. Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year! a. Read a book by an author who is new to you. Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House by Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami b. Read a book that features a cat in some way. The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell by Lilian Jackson Braun
3. New Year Resolutions a. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND. Glass Lake (Scotland) by Maeve Binchy
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY. The Beet Queen by Louise Ehrdich
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder b. Read a novel that features the wilderness. Miracle in Andes by Nando Parrado
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about (a non-linear narrative as it’s normally called). The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford
4. The Shortest Month of the Year c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carre
Finished second round :DECEMBER
1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the):
The Country by Martin Crimp
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
b. Read a novel set in the 19th century:
Tamango by Prosper Mérimée
3. The Holidays
a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December. (Some examples: Rosa Parks Day, National Cookie Day, Dewey Decimal System Day, Nobel Prize Day, Kwanzaa, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, Hanukkah, etc.):
Recitatif by Toni Morrison (Nobel Prize Day)
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Japan, Armenia, Canada, China, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, or Slovakia):
Le Mage du Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli
JANUARY Yūsei Matsui
1. Happy New Year!
b. Read a book from a genre that is new to you :
Assassination classroom by Yūsei Matsui (shonen manga)
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way:
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
3. New Year Resolutions
c. Read a book related to one of the top ten New Years resolutions:
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND:
Le ghetto intérieur (The Ghetto Within: A Novel) by Santiago H. Amigorena (Argentina)
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
c. Read a book written in or set in the Medieval period (usually defined as the 5th to 15th centuries):
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
c. Read a coming of age story:
Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness by Pete Fromm
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about (a non-linear narrative as it’s normally called):
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
a. Read a literary fiction novel:
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Finished the challenge with a few extra self-imposed restrictions! I did every prompt, in the month it's from. Just finished February's last prompt today.-
❄️ Winter Reading Challenge ❄️
🎄DECEMBER🎄
1. Winter
✅a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER: Travelers Along the Way: A Robin Hood Remix
✅b. Read a book with snow, snowflakes or a snowman on the cover OR a book with a person wearing winter clothing (scarf, hat, warm coat etc) on the cover: The Haunting Season: Eight Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights
✅c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long: IRL
2. Jane Austen's Birthday
✅a. Read a book written by a female author: Vinyl Resting Place
✅b. Read a novel set in the 19th century: Tooth and Claw (not specified, but an obvious homage to/riff on 19th c, indeed Jane Austen, style novels)
✅c. Read a romance novel: Kiss Her Once for Me
3. The Holidays
✅a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December: Nothing Burns as Bright as You (set on the winter solstice)
✅b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover: The Drowned Woods
✅c. Read a book that features a family gathering: Marple: Twelve New Mysteries
4. Winter Sports: Yukigassen
✅a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN: The Whispering Dark
✅b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long: The Murder at the Vicarage
✅c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played: The Solstice Cabin (Canada)
🎇 JANUARY 🎇
1. Happy New Year!
✅a. Read a book by an author who is new to you: The Summer Party
✅b. Read a book from a genre that is new to you: Never Name the Dead (ownvoices Indigenous social mystery?)
✅c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters: Ninth House
2. Haruki Murakami's Birthday
✅a. Read a book set in Japan: The Keeper of Night
✅b. Read a book that features a cat in some way: Hell Bent
✅c. Read a magical realism novel: The Maker of Swans
3. New Year Resolutions
✅a. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS: Shame Is an Ocean I Swim Across
✅b. Read a book that looks into the past or a book that looks into the future: All the Missing Girls
✅c. Read a book that will help you keep one of your New Year resolutions OR if you don’t make resolutions then read a book related to one of the top ten New Years resolutions. Tell us what your resolution is when recording this task as completed: Not the Plan (My resolution is to improve my NetGalley ratio and stay more on top of ARCs. This was an ARC. So...)
4. Winter Sports: Bobsleigh
✅a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND: The Things We Do to Our Friends (Edinburgh, Scotland)
✅b. Read a book in which a conflict between characters is a major part of the plot: To Green Angel Tower (it's about a war)
✅c. Read a book that is fast-paced: Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun
💝 FEBRUARY 💝
1. Valentine’s Day
✅a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page: What a Match
✅b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY: The Black Flamingo (by Dean Atta)
✅c. Read a book written in or set in the Medieval period: Dead Man's Ransom
2. Laura Ingalls Wilder's Birthday
✅a. Read a book set in the American Midwest: Always the Almost
✅b. Read a novel that features the wilderness: Beasts of Prey
✅c. Read a coming of age story: Friday I'm in Love
3. Winter Sports: Ski Jumping
✅a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long: Against the Currant
✅b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place: The Pilgrim of Hate
✅c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about: Delicious Monsters
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
✅a. Read a literary fiction novel: Bookworm
✅b. Read a book that features a ghost: A Dreadful Splendor
✅c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT: H.M.S. Surprise
DECEMBER (12/12)1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER. What She Left Behind by Ellen Marie Wiseman (completed 12/22)
b. Read a book with a person wearing winter clothing on the cover. Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (completed 12/7)
c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long. Animal Farm by George Orwell (completed 2/7) Revelance: 90 pages
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
a. Read a book written by a female author. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (completed 12/8)
b. Read a novel set in the 19th century. Middlemarch by George Eliot (completed 2/28)
c. Read a romance novel. Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola (completed 1/23)
3. The Holidays
a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December. The Matzah Ball by Jean Meltzer (completed 1/8) Relevance: Hannukah
b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover. The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li (completed 2/8) Relevance: Six geese a-laying
c. Read a book that features a family gathering. Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood (completed 12/16)
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN. While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams (completed 12/13)
b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long. When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn (completed 1/31)
c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played. A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel by Amor Towles (completed 1/31) Relevance: set in Russia
JANUARY (12/12)
1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson (completed 12/10)
b. Read a book from a genre that is new to you. Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman (completed 1/27) Relevance: fiction graphic novel
c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters. Sign Here by Claudia Lux (completed 12/4)
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
a. Read a book set in Japan. Heaven by Mieko Kawakami (completed 12/29)
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way. Sing Anyway by Anita Kelly (completed 1/2)
c. Read a magical realism novel. The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova (completed 12/24)
3. New Year Resolutions
a. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi (completed 12/27)
b. Read a book that looks into the past. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles (completed 12/18)
c. Read a book that will help you keep one of your New Year resolutions. Read This to Get Smarter: About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More by Blair Imani (completed 1/25) Relevance: reading more non-fiction is one of my resolutions
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND. Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley England & Iraq (completed 12/6)
b. Read a book in which a conflict between characters is a major part of the plot. Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee - infidelity (completed 12/4)
c. Read a book that is fast-paced. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh (completed 12/18)
FEBRUARY (12/12)
1. Valentine’s Day
a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page. City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (completed 12/19)
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY. Krik? Krak! by Edwidge Danticat (completed 12/1)
c. Read a book written in or set in the Medieval period (usually defined as the 5th to 15th centuries). Beowulf translated by Maria Dahvana Headley (completed 2/24)
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
a. Read a book set in the American midwest. All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews (completed 1/15)
b. Read a novel that features the wilderness. State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (completed 12/12)
c. Read a coming of age story. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (completed 1/15)
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long. All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham (completed 12/12)
b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place. The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya (completed 12/31)
c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about (a non-linear narrative as it’s normally called). Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad (completed 12/28)
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
a. Read a literary fiction novel. The Mothers by Brit Bennett (completed 12/7)
b. Read a book that features a ghost. The Things She's Seen by Ambelin Kwaymullina (completed 12/21)
c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT. Olympus, Texas by Stacey Swann (completed 12/27)
Finished 2x.DECEMBER
1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER We Are All the Same in the Dark
b. Read a book with snow, snowflakes or a snowman on the cover OR a book with a person wearing winter clothing on the cover.
How the Penguins Saved Veronica
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
a. Read a book written by a female author. Olga Dies Dreaming
b. Read a novel set in the 19th century. Babel
3. The Holidays
a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December. Resting Scrooge Face
b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover. The Book of Goose
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Russia). Disappearing Earth
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you. Joan Is Okay
c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters. Fight Night
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
a. Read a book set in Japan. A Tale for the Time Being
b. Read a book that features a cat in some way. Our Missing Hearts
3. New Year Resolutions
a. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS Aru Shah and the End of Time
b. Read a book that looks into the past or a book that looks into the future. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND. (Romania) I Must Betray You
c. Read a book that is fast-paced. The Final Hunt
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page. The Spanish Love Deception
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY. Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
a. Read a book set in the American midwest. The Rabbit Hutch
b. Read a novel that features the wilderness. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long. Nightcrawling
b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place (1964) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
a. Read a literary fiction novel. Dinosaurs
c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT. Search
snuck this one in right under the wire because I actually didn't start until January but it was fun to finish! DECEMBER
1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the)
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
b. Read a novel set in the 19th century.
3. The Holidays
c. Read a book that features a family gathering.
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Japan, Armenia, Canada, China, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, or Slovakia).
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
a. Read a book set in Japan.
3. New Year Resolutions
b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc).
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND.
(location: Wilmington, NC)FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY.
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
b. Read a novel that features the wilderness.
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place (1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
(2002)4. The Shortest Month of the Year
c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT
Finished all except one:DECEMBER
✅1. Winter
✅a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the)
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery - 12/5/22 - 4* - My Review
✅b. Read a book with snow, snowflakes or a snowman on the cover OR a book with a person wearing winter clothing (scarf, hat, warm coat etc) on the cover.
The Wolves of Winter by Tyrell Johnson - 1/7/23 - 4* - My Review
✅c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long (you can ignore the 100 page requirement for this task).
Foster by Claire Keegan - 1/16/23 - 4* - My Review (96 pages)
✅2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
✅a. Read a book written by a female author.
Zorro by Isabel Allende - 12/3/22 - 4* - My Review
✅b. Read a novel set in the 19th century.
Black Cloud Rising by David Wright Faladé - 12/12/22 - 4* - My Review (set during the American Civil War in the 1860s)
✅c. Read a romance novel.
Rose Nicolson by Andrew Greig - 12/12/22 - 3* - My Review
3. The Holidays
✅b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover (ignore the numbers - eg a book with a gold ring works, you don’t need a book with five gold rings!)
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Mink River by Brian Doyle - 2/11/23 - 4* - My Review (closes I could come to a calling bird)
✅c. Read a book that features a family gathering.
Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi - 1/25/23 - 3* - My Review
✅4. Winter sports: yukigassen
✅a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN.
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff - 12/8/22 - 4* - My Review
✅b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long
The Human Stain by Philip Roth - 2/13/23 - 4* - My Review (Nathan Zuckerman series #8 - link to list of books: https://www.goodreads.com/series/6805...)
✅c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Japan, Armenia, Canada, China, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, or Slovakia).
Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien - 12/13/22 - 4* - My Review (set in Canada and China)
JANUARY
✅1. Happy New Year!
✅a. Read a book by an author who is new to you.
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka - 12/9/22 - 4* - My Review
✅b. Read a book from a genre that is new to you (you can use a sub-genre, eg urban fantasy, historical romance, etc if you already read books from most genres).
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel - 12/26/22 - 3* - My Review (subgenre of retellings - based on HIndu mythology, which I had never read before)
✅c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters (eg The Bat, Ninth House, The Old Man and the Sea).
Butcher's Crossing by John Williams - 1/12/23 - 4* - My Review
✅2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
✅a. Read a book set in Japan.
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa - 2/11/23 - 4* - My Review
✅b. Read a book that features a cat in some way.
Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky - 1/11/23 - 5* - My Review (contains an entire chapter about a cat)
✅c. Read a magical realism novel.
What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri - 12/18/22 - 5* - My Review
✅3. New Year Resolutions
✅a. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS (the title must be at least three words long for this option)
The Night Ship by Jess Kidd - 12/18/22 - 3* - My Review
✅b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc).
Abigail by Magda Szabó - 12/8/22 - 4* - My Review (historical fiction)
✅c. Read a book that will help you keep one of your New Year resolutions OR if you don’t make resolutions then read a book related to one of the top ten New Years resolutions. Tell us what your resolution is when recording this task as completed.
The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th-Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece by Laura Cumming - 1/20/23 - 3* - My Review (resolution is to resume oil painting, which had gotten off-track due to an arm injury)
✅4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
✅a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND.
Seven Steeples by Sara Baume - 12/7/22 - 5* - My Review (Ireland)
✅b. Read a book in which a conflict between characters is a major part of the plot. Tell us what the conflict was (using spoiler tags if necessary) when recording the task as completed.
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss - 12/11/22 - 4* - My Review The conflict is between Napoleon Bonaparte and Thomas-Alexandre Dumas (who is the subject of the book).
✅c. Read a book that is fast-paced.
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler - 12/11/22 - 4* - My Review (thriller)
FEBRUARY
✅1. Valentine’s Day
✅a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page.
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss - 1/6/23 - 4* - My Review
✅b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY.
Clea by Lawrence Durrell - 12/15/22 - 4* - My Review
✅c. Read a book written in or set in the Medieval period (usually defined as the 5th to 15th centuries).
Haven by Emma Donoghue - 1/9/23 - 4* - My Review (7th century)
✅2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
✅a. Read a book set in the American midwest.
The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow - 12/9/22 - 3* - My Review (Chicago)
✅b. Read a novel that features the wilderness.
Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks by Mark Woods - 12/25/22 - My Review
✅c. Read a coming of age story.
Last Night at the Blue Angel by Rebecca Rotert - 12/17/22 - 3* - My Review
✅3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
✅a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long.
When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm by Walt Bogdanich - 12/16/22 - 4* - My Review (368 pages)
✅b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place (1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi - 12/14/22 - 4* - My Review (2014)
✅c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about (a non-linear narrative as it’s normally called).
Activities of Daily Living by Lisa Hsiao Chen - 12/22/22 - 4* - My Review
✅4. The Shortest Month of the Year
✅a. Read a literary fiction novel.
The Story Hour by Thrity Umrigar - 12/15/22 - 4* - My Review
✅b. Read a book that features a ghost.
The Bear by Andrew Krivak - 2/22/23 - 4* - My Review (ghost of a spirit animal from Native American culture)
✅c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian - 12/13/22 - 4* - My Review
Whew! Finished round 3! It was a bit of a slog to get through Beowulf but I did it lol.DECEMBER
1c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long (you can ignore the 100 page requirement for this task). 84, Charing Cross Road
2b. Read a novel set in the 19th century. A Tale of Two Hearts
3b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover American Royals
4b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long Morality for Beautiful Girls
JANUARY
1b. Read a book from a genre that is new to you The Mad Women's Ball - genre - Roman
2c. Read a magical realism novel. Vanessa Yu's Magical Paris Tea Shop
3c. Read a book that will help you keep one of your New Year resolutions OR if you don’t make resolutions then read a book related to one of the top ten New Years resolutions. Tell us what your resolution is when recording this task as completed. The Last Chance Library - Resolution is read more!
4c. Read a book that is fast-paced. Never Lie
FEBRUARY
1c. Read a book written in or set in the Medieval period (usually defined as the 5th to 15th centuries). Beowulf
2c. Read a coming of age story. The Boston Girl
3c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about (a non-linear narrative as it’s normally called). The Personal Assistant
4a. Read a literary fiction novel. Sula
DECEMBER1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER: Euphoria by Lily King
c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long: The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
a. Read a book written by a female author.: Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
3. The Holidays
c. Read a book that features a family gathering. Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Japan, Armenia, Canada, China, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, or Slovakia).: Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq set in Canada
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you.: This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters (eg The Bat, Ninth House, The Old Man and the Sea).: There There by Tommy Orange
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
a. Read a book set in Japan.: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
3. New Year Resolutions
a. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS (the title must be at least three words long for this option): The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
b. Read a: book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc).: Another Country by James Baldwin
c. Read a book that will help you keep one of your New Year resolutions OR if you don’t make resolutions then read a book related to one of the top ten New Years resolutions. Tell us what your resolution is when recording this task as completed.: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. New Year's Resolution: Take better care of my health and spend more time with friends and family.
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND.: Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris; set in London
FEBRUARY
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
a. Read a book set in the American midwest.: Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley - set in Michigan
b. Read a novel that features the wilderness.: Educated by Tara Westover
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long: The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times by Michelle Obama
b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place (1924, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018): Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine published in 2014
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
a. Read a literary fiction novel.: Harl[bookcover:When Breath Becomes Airem Shuffle|54626223] by Colson Whitehead
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DECEMBER
1. Winter
✅a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER: Wild Women: History's Female Rebels, Radicals & Revolutionaries by Pamela Robson* 16 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅b. Read a book with snow, snowflakes or a snowman on the cover OR a book with a person wearing winter clothing on the cover: Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness by Robert Specht 22 Jan 2023⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long: The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America by Unknown* (Greenland) 29 Jan 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
2. December birthdays: Jane Austen
✅a. Read a book written by a female author: In the Country of Others by Leïla Slimani* (Morocco) 28 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅b. Read a novel set in the 19th century: The Bark Cutters by Nicole Alexander (Australia) 5 Jan 2023 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅c. Read a romance novel: The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary 19 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
3. The Holidays
✅a. Read a book related to a holiday that happens in December: You Need to Know by Nicola Moriarty* (Australia) 3 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover: The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding by Holly Ringland (Faroe Islands, Australian author) 11 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅c. Read a book that features a family gathering: Scarlet Lies by Lani Wendt Young* (Samoa) 5 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
4. Winter sports: yukigassen
✅a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN: Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina* (Russia) 9 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long: The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince by Robin Hobb 24 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Japan, Armenia, Canada, China, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, or Slovakia): Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (Japan) 15 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
JANUARY
1. Happy New Year!
✅a. Read a book by an author who is new to you: Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko* 15 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅b. Read a book from a genre/ subgenre that is new to you: The Islands by Emily Brugman 16 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters: The Proxy Bride by Zoe Boccabella (Italy) 11 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
2. January birthdays: Haruki Murakami
✅a. Read a book set in Japan: The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa (Japan) 14 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅b. Read a book that features a cat in some way: The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht* (Serbia) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅c. Read a magical realism novel: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel* 26 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
3. New Year Resolutions
✅a. Read a book where the first letter of each word in the title can be found in NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS:A Woman Of Endurance by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa*(Puerto Rico) 25 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅b. Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc): Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi* (Japan) 18 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅c. Read a book that will help you keep one of your New Year resolutions: Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark by Julia Baird* (Australia) 2 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
4. Winter sports: bobsleigh
✅a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND: My Tidda, My Sister: Stories of Strength and Resilience from Australia's First Women by Marlee Silva* (Australia) 13 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅b. Read a book in which a conflict between characters is a major part of the plot: Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz* (Egypt) 29 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review (controlling father)
✅c. Read a book that is fast-paced: Odin's Game by Tim Hodkinson (Iceland/ Ireland) 20 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
FEBRUARY
1. Valentine’s Day
✅a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page: Christmas at Coorah Creek by Janet Gover 24 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review AA
✅b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY: Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq*(Canada) 2 Jan 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅c. Read a book written in or set in the Medieval period (usually defined as the 5th to 15th centuries): Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen (Nigeria) 7 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
2. February birthdays: Laura Ingalls Wilder
✅a. Read a book set in the American midwest: Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Native American) 22 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Nature of Ice by Robyn Mundy
✅c. Read a coming of age story: Tree Girl by Ben Mikaelsen (Bolivian author) 1 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
3. Winter sports: Ski jumping
✅a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long: The Spanish Daughter by Lorena Hughes* (Ecuador) 30 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland* (Australia) 12 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about (a non-linear narrative as it’s normally called): The Blind Earthworm in the Labyrinth by Veeraporn Nitiprapha* (Thailand) 25 Dec 2022 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
4. The Shortest Month of the Year
✅a. Read a literary fiction novel: The Stranger by Albert Camus* (Algeria) 31 Jan 2023 ⭐⭐ my review
✅b. Read a book that features a ghost: Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester (Mexico) 17 Jan 2023 ⭐⭐⭐ my review
✅c. Read a book that starts with a letter in the word SHORT: The Switch by Beth O'Leary 21 Feb 2023 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ my review
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The Vinland Sagas: The Norse Discovery of America (other topics)In the Country of Others (other topics)
The Switch (other topics)
Tisha: The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness (other topics)
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