Kathy's Winter Reading Challenge

[Kathy]

Winter Reading Challenge Tasks

PROGRESS
December = 4/4
January = 4/4
February = 4/4

DECEMBER
Winter
1. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the)
✅Envious Casca - Georgette Heyer

December birthdays: Ann Patchett
2. Read a book by Ann Patchett or another author named Ann or a close variation (eg Anne, Anna, Annie etc)
✅The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

Christmas
3. Read a book on one of the following Christmas reading lists:
🎁 Stylist: 50 best Christmas books
✅A Child's Christmas in Wales - Dylan Thomas

Winter sports: yukigassen
2. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long
✅Murder for Christmas- Francis Duncan (Mordecai Tremaine Mystery #4 out of 7)


JANUARY
Happy New Year!
1. Read a book by an author who is new to you
✅Margaret the First - Danielle Dutton
✅Normal People - Sally Rooney

January birthdays: A.A. Milne
3. Read a book that has been translated into Latin. (There are several short children’s books and picture books on the list, it’s up to you if you want to count them for this challenge.)
✅The Song of Hiawatha - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

New Year Resolutions
1.Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc).
✅They Were Found Wanting - Miklos Banffy

Winter sports: bobsleigh
2. 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.
✅Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli


FEBRUARY
Valentine’s Day
1. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page.
✅Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen

February birthdays: Toni Morrison
1. Read a book with a colour in the title OR a book with a cover that is mostly blue
✅The Santa Klaus Murder

Winter sports: Ski jumping
1. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long
✅Pollyanna - Eleanor H. Porter (310p)

Leap year
1. Read a book that is part of a series and that has a series number that is a multiple of four (4, 8, 12 etc)
✅A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley #1) - Elizabeth George (The Inspector Lynley series has 20 books)

[Kathy]

I finished December !

DECEMBER
Winter
1. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER (you can use or ignore a, an or the)
✅Envious Casca - Georgette Heyer

December birthdays: Ann Patchett
2. Read a book by Ann Patchett or another author named Ann or a close variation (eg Anne, Anna, Annie etc)
✅The Dutch House - Ann Patchett

Christmas
3. Read a book on one of the following Christmas reading lists:
🎁 Stylist: 50 best Christmas books
✅A Child's Christmas in Wales - Dylan Thomas

Winter sports: yukigassen
2. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long
✅Murder for Christmas- Francis Duncan (Mordecai Tremaine Mystery #4 out of 7)

[Kathy]

January finished!

JANUARY
Happy New Year!
1. Read a book by an author who is new to you
✅Margaret the First - Danielle Dutton

January birthdays: A.A. Milne
3. Read a book that has been translated into Latin. (There are several short children’s books and picture books on the list, it’s up to you if you want to count them for this challenge.)
✅The Song of Hiawatha - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

New Year Resolutions
1.Read a book that looks into the past (historical fiction, history, etc) or a book that looks into the future (science fiction, fantasy, etc).
✅They Were Found Wanting - Miklos Banffy

Winter sports: bobsleigh
2. 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.
✅Lost Children Archive - Valeria Luiselli

[Kathy]

Finished February! So finished with the challenge.

FEBRUARY
Valentine’s Day
1. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page.
✅Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen

February birthdays: Toni Morrison
1. Read a book with a colour in the title OR a book with a cover that is mostly blue
✅The Santa Klaus Murder

Winter sports: Ski jumping
1. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long
✅Pollyanna - Eleanor H. Porter (310p)

Leap year
1. Read a book that is part of a series and that has a series number that is a multiple of four (4, 8, 12 etc)
✅A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley #1) - Elizabeth George (The Inspector Lynley series has 20 books)