December Challenge - It's the most wonderful time of the year

[Li'l Owl]

I'm thinking I might want to add this challenge, but I don't know what the deadline to finish is? Thanks! =o)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

It's for the month of December Owl. Just read through post #1 and you'll get idea. It's only just started. Have fun picking your books :)

[Li'l Owl]

Ok. I'm going to do the easy 3-4 songs.

Song 1: Silent Night
Silent Night by Mary Higgins Clark

Both titled Silent Night

Song 2: Little Drummer Boy
Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner

Both have "little" in the title.

Song 3. 12 (Twelve) Days Of Christmas
Twelve Drummers Drumming byC.C. Benison

Both have the words "twelve drummers drumming"

Ok, so it's not all that creative, but it's a start! LOL Does it work?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Perfect Owl! Well done :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 3rd - song - "White Christmas" - A Ghost for Christmas by J.D. Winters 4★s

Review to follow

[MichelleG]

Wow, everyone's off to a great start... well done :)

[Li'l Owl]

Great! Now I better stop chatting and get to reading!! I'll send in my pages I've read so far for, the other challenge, in the morning. It's only 9 pm here, but I'm beat! I never said I was a night owl, after all! Good night, friends =o)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sweet dreams Owl :)

[Renee V]

Will go for easy. Haven't picked all my songs and books yet (trying to make them fit my currently on loan books)

Hark the Herald Angels Sing - The Wine of Angels Angels in the title or I might go with a twist on the lyrics and go with The Nonborn King

I saw three ships come sailing in - The Boat - Australian book - ships and boats.

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - The Wolf Wilder has snow on the cover

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 4th - song "Joy to the World" - Festive Deception by D.B. Tait 5★s

Review to follow

[Maureen]

Finished White Walls by H.M.C. for my song "White Christmas" . First time Australian author for me, and excellent book 4 ★

[Connie]

Just finished my first book for this challenge Skipping Christmas

Gave it 5 stars, click on link to see review

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

No link Connie :)

[Marina]

I'm going for easy.

1. As with gladness men of old: A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (the book is about an old man)

2. Silent night: A Discovery Of Witches by Deborah Harkness (the cover is mostly black, like night) - 4 stars

3. I saw three ships come sailing in: The Bunting Quest by Steven Marcuson (the cover has a ship on it)

Steven Marcuson was born in Glasgow, but he now lives in Australia. Does this count as an Aussie author, or do I need to find another book?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's fine Marina :)

[Marina]

Awesome! Thanks, Brenda.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're welcome :)

[Maureen]

OMG - I keep losing internet connections - and everything is deleting... Sheesh!

[Connie]

Connie wrote: "Just finished my first book for this challenge Skipping Christmas

Gave it 5 stars, click on link to see review"

Just click on the words Skipping Christmas Brenda and it goes to my review

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished my 5th - song - "Have yourself a Merry little Christmas" - A Campy Christmas by Karen Musser Nortman 5★s

Review to follow

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

And my 6th - song - "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" - The Crossing (snow on cover) by B. Michael Radburn 5★s

Review to follow

[Janine]

I have finished my 1st

Silent Night (Night in title)
Night School by Lee Child 4*

[MichelleG]

Thanks again goes to the read-a-thon, and the fabulous excuse to avoid cleaning :) ... as I've finished:

The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon. Rated: 5 stars!!!

and Last Kiss Goodnight by Gena Showalter. Rated: 4 stars


Next up is: Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah

[Odette]

Finished my first book for this challenge!

2. Silent Night
Night Moves by Nora Roberts - 3.5★

[Li'l Owl]

Times up for me! (Sunday, Dec. 4
@ 6 am)
Finished plus I read the sneak peek of Mary Higgins Clark next book My Gal Sunday for 74 more pages. Review to follow.

Also started audio book (hope these count) The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood for 28 pages. I calculated the pages by looking at how many pages the paperback book has (paperback has 387 pages), then divided that by the number of chapters in the audio book (54). So, 387÷54= 7.16 (7) pages per chapter?? I got to chapter 4, so 28 pages. =o)
I'm sure everyone can do this math for audio books, but I thought I would share it in case it might save anyone else from burning precious brain cells. Owls have feathers for brains, so I didn't lose much! =o) Again, I'm not sure if audio books are cheating for this challenge or not.

That brings my total to 329.
I, too, had a bit more of a busy 3 days than is usual for me. But, a
not too shabby total, nevertheless. =o)

[MichelleG]

Hi Owl, congrats and also I think this post is meant to be in the Read-a-thin page, and not the December month challenge :)

[Ace]

Finished my first... 5★s

The Little Drummer Boy
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
(Little = Small in title)

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Li'l Owl wrote: "Times up for me! (Sunday, Dec. 4
@ 6 am)
Finished plus I read the sneak peek of Mary Higgins Clark next book [book:M..."

Thanks Owl, Michelle is correct - this should be in the read a thon thread, but I'll transfer your total across anyway :) Congrats on a great weekend of reading!

[Li'l Owl]

Brenda wrote: "Li'l Owl wrote: "Times up for me! (Sunday, Dec. 4
@ 6 am)
Finished plus I read the sneak peek of Mary Higgins Clark next book [bookcover:My Gal Sund..."

Oops! Sorry! I moved the post to the right place!

[Li'l Owl]

Sorry about that last post! Feathers for brains, as I say. Honestly! Anyway....

Here's my latest update for THIS challenge!
Song: Silent Night
Finished Silent Night by Mary Higgins Clark

Song: Little Drummer Boy
Started Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner

Can someone tell me how you cross out finished book, please?

[Maureen]

Here is the link for you Owl....

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Maureen]

PS... read down the tips more for a few other tips too!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Maureen :)

[Maureen]

Brenda, I really have to say this again....this group is amazing, not to mention so friendly and sooo much information for us ... It took me a while to learn the ropes in joining reading groups....just a matter of learning to navigate around...but having said that..all of you go out of your way to make things easier for us, and helpful too... !!!! In another group, one time I had answered a question for one of the group members, and one of the "mods" got angry at me...I mean I gave the correct info , but still.... Sheesh! Anyway...nice job to all the folks in "Oz"

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Maureen :) We try to keep our members happy and provide all (or as much) information as we can. I know I remember what it was like to be new and not be able to work things out without asking :)

[Zoey]

Finished my 1st for December

3. I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus - Secrets in Time by Alison Stuart AA (who Santa really is, is a secret) 5★

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

LOL! Love your interpretation Zoey!!

[Li'l Owl]

Maureen wrote: "Here is the link for you Owl....

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Hey! I did it! So easy once you have the tip link. Thanks so much, Moe! =o)

[Li'l Owl]

MichelleG wrote: "Hi Owl, congrats and also I think this post is meant to be in the Read-a-thin page, and not the December month challenge :)"

Oops!!

[Li'l Owl]

Maureen wrote: "Brenda, I really have to say this again....this group is amazing, not to mention so friendly and sooo much information for us ... It took me a while to learn the ropes in joining reading groups......."

Unfortunately, I've had similar experiences. But NOT here. Everyone is so kind and fun. Thanks for being so welcoming. I've had to ask quite a few questions so I can do all the cool stuff, and, so I'm doing stuff right. Except for this morning! Shouldn't post before coffee! Thanks again for your help!

[MichelleG]

No problems at all Owl, it takes a while to wrap your head around the challenges/ rules... I know it took me a while lol

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Brenda wrote: "Finished my 3rd - song - "White Christmas" - A Ghost for Christmas by J.D. Winters 4★s

Review to follow"

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Brenda wrote: "Finished my 4th - song "Joy to the World" - Festive Deception by D.B. Tait 5★s

Review to follow"

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Brenda wrote: "Finished my 5th - song - "Have yourself a Merry little Christmas" - A Campy Christmas by Karen Musser Nortman 5★s

Review to follow"

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Brenda wrote: "And my 6th - song - "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" - The Crossing (snow on cover) by B. Michael Radburn 5★s

Review to fo..."

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Brenda wrote: "And finished my 2nd - song - "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" - The Christmas Mystery by James Patterson 3.5★s

Review to follow

Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Connie]

finished Follow the Morning Star gave it 4 stars and that makes two books off my list so only two to go.

[MaryG2E]

Originally I thought I would not participate in this month's challenge, but I find that I have the right books to hand to complete the EASY level. So, here goes...

Twelve Days of Christmas: Twelve Days by Alex Berenson
Twelve in song title and book title

Blue Christmas: The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
Blue in song title, blue book cover

Silver Bells: Silver in the Sun by Anthony David Parsons AA
Silver in song title and book title

Winter Wonderland: The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition by Lewis Carroll
The classic story Alice in Wonderland with commentary

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Mary - perfect fits :)

[Katrina]

I'm not sure how many i'll get done this month as it's already busy...but i've started with:
White Christmas
Valley Of The White Gold by Anthony David Parsons
(Both have white in the title)