Traci's Winter Reading Challenge

[Traci]

WRC: What I actually read! Not setting any particular goal this time since my winter schedule is a little unusual.

December 4/4, 3/4, 1/4
X 1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER
The Intuitionist
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
The Summer Before the War (scarf)
c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century (126 p)

X 2. Ann Patchett
a. Read a book published between 1992 and 2019
Love and Other Consolation Prizes
b. Read a book by Ann Patchett or another author named Ann or a close variation
Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
c. Read a book that has won or been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award or the Women’s Prize for Fiction

X 3. Christmas (I will only get one here)
a. Read a book that was recommended to you in our Christmas book recommendations game
b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover
A House in the Sky (birds, I'm sure they're calling)
c. Read a book on one of the posted Christmas reading lists

X 4. Yukigassen
a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN
The Little French Bistro (by Nina George)
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 (Japan, Armenia, Canada, China, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, or Slovakia).
On the Edge of Gone (Netherlands)

January 4/4, 4/4, 1/4
X 1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you
The Madonnas of Leningrad
b. Read a book from a genre that is new to you
Heating Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs (The 'micro' part is new to me, though I may be forgetting another one)
c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters
The Nix

X 2. A.A. Milne
a. Read a book by an author who is usually known by their initials
The Girl With All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
b. Read a book by an author who was born in a capital city
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
c. Read a book that has been translated into Latin

X 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
Sing, Unburied, Sing
b. Read a book that looks into the past or a book that looks into the future
The Forgotten Garden
c. 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.

X 4. Bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND
Manhattan Beach (New York)
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
A Moonless, Starless Sky: Ordinary Women and Men Fighting Extremism in Africa (slaves vs. not, conservative vs. liberal Muslims, kidnappers vs. kidnappees vs. people's opinions of both, rebels vs. the people)
c. Read a book that appears on one of the posted lists of fast-paced books

February: 4/4, 4/4, 1/4
X 1. Valentine's Day
a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page
This Is How You Lose Her
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY.
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
c. Read a book written in or set in the Medieval period

X 2. Toni Morrison
a. Read a book with a colour in the title OR a book with a cover that is mostly blue
Go Set a Watchman (blue cover)
b. Read a book that was first published in the 1970.
c. Read a book by Toni Morrison or another author who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
The Bluest Eye (by Toni Morrison)

X 3. Ski Jumping
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long.
The Leavers
b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place
Euphoria by Lily King
c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about (a non-linear narrative)
The Nix (while mostly linear, there are huge gaps, so I'm counting it)

X 4. Leap Year
a. Read a book that is part of a series and that has a series number that is a multiple of four
b. Read a book in which the numbers 2 and 9 appear in the number of pages
The Roanoke Girls (279)
c. Read a book with a word from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Modern Major-General Song in the title or subtitle
From Sand and Ash (from)

[Traci]

Options/Ideas

December
1. Winter
a. Read a book with a title beginning with a letter in WINTER
The Intuitionist
The Roanoke Girls
The Nix
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
The Summer Before the War (scarf, probably doesn't really count)
c. Read a book that is between 89 and 128 pages long
Heating Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs

2. Ann Patchett
a. Read a book published between 1992 and 2019
The Roanoke Girls
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
The Summer Before the War
Manhattan Beach
The Leavers
From Sand and Ash
b. Read a book by Ann Patchett or another author named Ann or a close variation
Truth and Beauty
c. Read a book that has won or been nominated for the PEN/Faulkner Award or the Women’s Prize for Fiction
Manhattan Beach
Sing, Unburied, Sing (PEN/Faulkner nominee)


3. Christmas
a. Read a book that was recommended to you in our Christmas book recommendations game
b. Read a book that has one of the gifts referred to in The Twelve Days of Christmas shown on its cover
c. Read a book on one of the posted Christmas reading lists

4. Yukigassen
a. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in YUKIGASSEN
The Roanoke Girls
The Little French Bistro
b. Read a book in a series that is at least 7 books long
Crocodile on the Sandbank
c. Read a book set in a country where yukigassen is played (Japan, Armenia, Canada, China, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, or Slovakia).
On the Edge of Gone
An Artist of the Floating World

January
1. Happy New Year!
a. Read a book by an author who is new to you
The Roanoke Girls
The Nix
The Summer Before the War
Manhattan Beach
The Leavers
b. Read a book from a genre that is new to you
c. Read a book in which all the words in the title have the same number of letters
The Nix

2. A.A. Milne
a. Read a book by an author who is usually known by their initials
The Girl With All the Gifts
b. Read a book by an author who was born in a capital city
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
c. Read a book that has been translated into Latin

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 (must be >=3 words long)
Sing, Unburied, Sing
b. Read a book that looks into the past or a book that looks into the future
The Intuitionist?
The Summer Before the War
Manhattan Beach
c. 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 Leavers?

4. Bobsleigh
a. Read a book set mostly in a location that begins with a letter in SWITZERLAND
Manhattan Beach
The Leavers
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 Nix
c. Read a book that appears on one of the posted lists of fast-paced books

February
1. Valentine's Day
a. Read a book with Romance listed as one of the top five genres on its Goodreads page
From Sand and Ash
This Is How You Lose Her
b. Read a book by an author whose first and last initials appear in VALENTINE’S DAY.
Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
c. Read a book written in or set in the Medieval period

2. Toni Morrison
a. Read a book with a colour in the title OR a book with a cover that is mostly blue
b. Read a book that was first published in the 1970s.
c. Read a book by Toni Morrison or another author who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
Toni Morrison

3. Ski Jumping
a. Read a book that is at least 253 pages long.
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
The Nix
The Intuitionist
The Summer Before the War
Manhattan Beach
The Leavers
From Sand and Ash
b. Read a book published in a year in which the Winter Olympics took place
Land of Love and Drowning
c. Read a book where the plot “jumps” about (a non-linear narrative)
The Nix
The Intuitionist

4. Leap Year
a. Read a book that is part of a series and that has a series number that is a multiple of four
b. Read a book in which the numbers 2 and 9 appear in the number of pages
The Roanoke Girls (279)
c. Read a book with a word from Gilbert and Sullivan’s Modern Major-General Song in the title or subtitle
From Sand and Ash