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Kelly wrote: " Danielle The Book Huntress (Winter Frost Queen) ) wrote: "Kelly wrote: "It is word play or books with the words in them or fits under the theme."

All of the above. You can interpret the theme the..."

Cool! I usually let you interpret how you want to fulfill the challenges. I'm definitely not the Challenge Police. Ain't got time for that. :)

Kelly wrote: "It is word play or books with the words in them or fits under the theme."

All of the above. You can interpret the theme the way you want, but each book has to stand for a different concept. For interest, you could only use Frost once. You could technically use Frozen and Frost for two different books. You could use Below Zero and 32 degrees F for two different books. If you see a book that has snow on it, you could only use that book once. but if a book has what is clearly the North Pole on it, that would count as a different book. Or if you have a book with a couple/person skiing, that would be a different book even though it has snow on it.

Clear as mud? Does that make sense.

Challenge Snowpeople

Danielle The Winter Frost Queen

DHASG Winter Challenge

December 21, 2021-March 20, 2022

Introduction: It’s wintertime. Let’s enjoy the cold weather season with a challenge that celebrates and explores the possibilities of books that include any winter-related themes. The sky is the limit.

Rules:

1. Sign up on the challenge thread. Include your level, the books you read and the dates, and what parts of the challenge they qualify for. Post your progress when you finish and as you go along.
2. Books must be read between December 21. 2021 and March 20th, 2022. Yes, you may include holiday books as long as they are read on/after December 21st.
3. One book per challenge item.
4. Books can refer to the challenge item based on the name of the book, the theme of the book, characters in the books, or even author name, series name, setting of the book, or the cover art. You can only use a series title or author name once.
5. The challenge is open to any member of the Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group.

Levels:

1. Winter Wonderland Wizard: Read 21-30 books.
2. Jack Frost of All Trades: Read 15-20 books.
3. Icy Enthusiast: Read 9-14 books.

Categories/Themes: Here is a word/phrase bank that you can use for the challenge. You may use all of them once! If you can think of suggestions, please add to the list. You can use a different tense or combinations of the words as long as it is different from how it was used for a different book.

Frost
Snow
Blizzard
Ice
Icicle
Snowed In
Bundle Up
Blue
White
Snowglobe
Ice Skating
Skiing
Winter
December
January
February
March
Polar (North or South Pole)
Antarctica
Arctic
Any location where they have snow in the winter
Winter Olympics (or any sport in the Winter Olympics)
Cold
Chill
Freeze
Hot Chocolate
Mittens
Scarf
Elemental of Ice and Snow
Frozen


Yes you can use words that relate to Winter that are not listed. I will add them to the list as you come up with them.

Questions?

Iesha (In east shade house at...) wrote: "Hello, name's Iesha.

I joined partially out of curiosity and partially after seeing the writing challenge folder here.

My dangerous hero(s)...hmm, well, honestly I've read way too many stories w..."

Welcome, Iesha! Happy to have you here.

Now that I am done with school, I plan to go back to creating monthly challenges starting in January!

Cool! Can't wait to read it!

Iesha (In east shade house at...) wrote: "Will have a prologue up as soon as I can. ^__^ I can't wait to start it."

Please join us. I'm always happy to read about an antihero!

Arch wrote: " Danielle The Book Huntress (Wants to Read More) wrote: "I'm glad that Sanjar and James have such a strong, enduring friendship. I hope Kaylin gets a clue that she doesn't want to make James choose..."

That talk should be interesting!

I'm glad that Sanjar and James have such a strong, enduring friendship. I hope Kaylin gets a clue that she doesn't want to make James choose.

That was really good, Arch. There was so tension between Sanjar and Kaylin and Verronica. Thanks for a longer installment. I loved the dancing scenes. That was super awkward for Sanjar. James really needs to talk to Kaylin because her insecurity is interfering with his friendship/partnership with Sanjar.

I love how Jeff calls Cop Agent 47!

Veronica is so nosy. I feel like she's just trying to cause trouble.

Do you know which songs they were dancing to?

I reminded me how much I really miss rollerskating. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks, Arch!

Suggested Hunts

*Books where both main characters/love interests are virgins.
*Character works in a circus.
*The lead character owns a Calico cat.
*Both lead characters dance for a living/aspiration
*Lead Romantic Couple is hired to kill each other
*Book takes place in a bakery
*One of the lead characters is a smuggler
*Lead Character has more than five siblings.
*The book's title is an alliteration (Each word in the title begins with the same letters)
*Book with a wicked/evil witch
*Fairy Tale Retelling that is not Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White, Rapunzel
*Hero is the Bad Guy
*A Book You've Had on Your TBR for 5 or More Years
*The Last Book in a Completed Series

I thought it would be fun to do a yearly challenge where it's essentially a scavenger hunt where readers could throw in things they want to add to the list for books to read in that theme. At this point, I am soliciting hunts to add to my list. You can start submitting things now, so I can work on having the challenge up by the last week of December, hopefully. I am going to post some suggestions of things I would want to 'hunt' for.

Ideally we'd want to put things on the list that a participant can actually fulfill. IE, a book has to exist with this theme/concept.

I think it would also be fun if people can list suggestions to meet the different categories.

This is very early and I definitely appreciate input on how to make this a well-designed, fun challenge. Let me know if we want it to be tiered or have some other level system/built in game aspect..

Hi, Ashley. If you wanted to start with a monthly challenge, you can set it up any way you want. Just establish the general rules, such as:

1. Books read during that month.
2. Books can only be read once.
3. Post stats on the thread.

I think those would be the really short list of rules. You can take a look at past challenges and they give you a feel. I basically did them the way I thought they would work, but they don't have to be exactly the way I set them up.

If you have more in depth questions, feel free to private message me or post questions here.

Looking forward to the dancing scene, Arch!

I loved the installment, Arch. It was so good to see Cop's POV and learn a little about his backstory. I loved how you described his skills. He's so hot!

They are so cute in their talking on the phone time. I love that he respects Sanjar for who she is and isn't trying to change her.
It was so good to read about them again! Thanks for sharing!

I created a list for Mortal Enemies in Love

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

I am so sorry to read this so late, Arch. This installment was excellent. There's some really great tension in this installment. And there's some really great lines. I mean are they really talking about milk, LOL!?

I'm really into this theme, which is no surprise for anyone who knows me. I'd love some more recent recommendations. Thanks!