The Twelve Days of Christmas Spell-out Challenge

[Diana S]

The Twelve Days of Christmas Spell-out Challenge
Duration: December 1 through 31, 2019

I Love Going Christmas Caroling & I Love this song. So lets come together.... sing a chorus by spelling -out one of the following words.

TWELVE (6)
CHRISTMAS (9)
PARTRIDGE (9)
PEAR TREE (8)
TURTLE DOVES (11)
FRENCH HENS (10)
CALLING BIRDS (12)
GOLDEN RINGS (11)
GEESE (5)
SWANS (5)
MAIDS (5)
LADIES (6)
LORDS (5)
PIPERS (6)
DRUMMERS (8)

Challenge Rules

• one book per letter
• books must be 100+ pages
• use first letter of the title (excluded A, An, or The)
• or use the first letter of Author's first or last name.
• LIST: book title, author's name, date read, rating is optional, pages read also optional.

[Diana S]

PARTICIPANTS
Updated: 1/1/2020

☆☆Donna - CHRISTMAS (9/9) (COMPLETED)
☆☆Carol - CALLING BIRDS (12/12) (COMPLETED)
☆☆Book Concierge - SWANS (5/5) (COMPLETED)
☆☆Koren - PARTRIDGE. (9/9) (COMPLETED)
☆☆Licha - Olivia - GOLDEN RINGS (11/11) (COMPLETED)
Diana S - PARTRIDGE. (6/9)
Olivermagnus - CHRISTMAS (0/9)
JennH - CHRISTMAS (6/9)
Connie - SWANS (4/5)
☆☆Marilyn - LADIES (6/6) (COMPLETED)

[Donna]

I choose Christmas!

✔C ~~ The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls ~~ by Anissa Gray ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 07Dec19

✔H ~~ Humans of New York: Stories ~~ by Brandon Stanton ~~ 5 Stars ~~ 04Dec19

✔R ~~ Richardson, Kim, author of ~~ The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 02Dec19

✔I --- Iles, Greg, author of ~~ Cemetery Road ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 15Dec19

✔S ~~ Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers ~~ by Mary Roach ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 02Dec19

✔T ~~ Tan, Amy, author of ~~ The Joy Luck Club ~~ 2 Stars ~~ 04Dec19

✔M ~~ Marrs, John, author of ~~ The One ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 04Dec19

✔A ~~ The Au Pair ~~ by Emma Rous ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 09Dec19

✔S --- Strout, Elizabeth, author of ~~ Olive, Again ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 07Dec19

[Carol]

12/12 - Done 12/24/19

CALLING BIRDS

C. S. Harris - What Remains of Heaven - 12/3/19
American Elsewhere - Robert Jackson Bennett - 12/1/19
Liar Liar - M.J. Arldige - 12/12/19
Lost - S.J. (Sharon Bolton) - 12/18/19
I Am Watching You - Treasea Driscoll - 12/7/19
Nicole Morarity - The Fifth Letter -12/17
Griffin. Laura - Deep Dark 12/24/19

Blood Harvest - S.J. Bolton - 12/10/19
Iams, Jack - Do Not Murder Before Christmas 12/9/19
Randall, Ruth (Barbara Vine) - The Child's Child -12/13/19
Dog Called Hope: The wounded warrior and the dog who dared to love him - Jason Morgan - 12/13/19
Storm Rising - Douglas Shoefield - 12/4/19

[Book Concierge]

Twelve Days Of Christmas S*P*E*L*L Challenge
Begins: 01Dec19 / Ends: 31Dec19


5 / 5 completed


Swans
S - Walter Sava / Latinos in Milwaukee ✔ - 01Dec19
W - Woman in the Window ✔ - 06Dec19
A - Alison Bechdel / Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic ✔ - 16Dec19
N - NICHOLS, John / The Milagro Beanfield War ✔ - 04Dec19
S - Story Hour ✔ - 15Dec19

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[Koren]

The Twelve Days of Christmas Spell-out Challenge
Duration: December 1 through 31, 2019

9/9

P-Perfectly Human: Nine Months with Cerian by Sarah C. Williams finished 12/17

A-Around the Village Green by Dot May Dunn finished 12/11

R- Ron Franscell Alice & Gerald: A Homicidal Love Story finished 12/23

T-Tina Kotulski Saving Millie; A Daughter's Story Of Surviving Her Mother's Schizophrenia finished 12/16

R-Robert D. Lesslie, M.D. Angels on Call: Inspiring True Stories from the ER finished 12/7

I-If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen finished 12/6

D-David Sedaris Holidays on Ice finished 12/3

G-Gaffigan, Jim Food: A Love Story finished 12/1

E-Emily Franklin How to Spell Chanukah: and other holiday dilemmas finished 12/8

[Licha-Olivia]

The Twelve Days of Christmas Spell-out Challenge
Duration: December 1 through 31, 2019

Golden Rings: 11/11 letters

G: Gena Showalter The Queen of Zombie Hearts(12/14/19)
O: Outfox Sandra Brown (12/22/19)
L: Linden, Caroline; When the Marquess Was Mine(12/6/19)
D: Denise Hunter, Falling Like Snowflakes(12/6/19)
E: Evans, Lissa Wed Wabbit (12/28/19)
N: Nora Roberts Blood Brothers (12/8/19)

R: Roberts, Nora The Hollow (12/12/19)
I: Ingrid Law; Scumble (12/14/19)
N: Nora Roberts The Pagan Stone (12/19/19)
G: Graffiti Moon Cath Crowley (12/30/19)
S: Sarah MacLean; Wicked and the Wallflower (12/28/19)

[Diana S]

I pick PARTRIDGE
Read: 6/9 books

P - A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline (12/3/19) 309 pp. ☆☆☆☆
According to Aggie by Mary Richard Beaumont (12/7/19) 120 pp. ☆☆☆
Robertson, Willie & Korie - The Duck Commander Family (12/22/19) 259 pp. ☆☆☆☆
To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear (12/7/19) 326 pp. 4.5☆☆☆☆
R
In Peppermint Peril by Joy Avon ( 12/12/19) 304 pp. 3.5 ☆☆☆
D - The Drop 10 Diet: Add to Your Plate to Lose the Weight by Lucy Danzier (12/24/19) 464 pp. ☆☆☆☆
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[Olivermagnus]

Twelve Days Of Christmas S*P*E*L*L Challenge
December 1 - 31, 2019

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[JennH]

The Twelve Days of Christmas Spell-out Challenge
Duration: December 1 through 31, 2019

✔C - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng 12/13/19
✔H - The Lost Man by Jane Harper 12/27/19
✔R - The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin 12/17/19
I
✔S - The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger 12/11/19
✔T - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman 12/17/19
M
✔A - King's Cage by Victoria Aveyard 12/10/19
✔S - Outsider in the White House by Bernie Sanders 12/26/19

[Connie]

I'm starting late and am starting small:

4/5 completed

S Shadow on the Mountain by Margi Preus. 12/7/19
W Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Farmer Boy 12/7/19
A Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives by Gary Younge. 5 stars. 12/29/19
N is for No Match This Month
S Slaughter, Karin. Criminal. 12/14/19

[Marilyn]

The Twelve Days of Christmas Spell-out Challenge
Duration: December 1 through 31, 2019

I choose LADIES:

6/6 completed

✔L - A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré--12/31/19

✔A - Albom, Mitch, author of Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family--12/4/19

✔D - The Dutch House by Ann Patchett--12/31/19
✔I - In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson--12/4/19
✔E - Ephron, Hallie, author of Careful What You Wish For--12/1/19
✔S - Surfacing by Margaret Atwood--12/12/19

[Diana S]

Donna wrote: "I choose Christmas!

✔C ~~ The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls ~~ by Anissa Gray ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 07Dec19

✔H ~~ Humans of New York: Stories ~~ by Brandon ..."

CONGRATS Donna!! for completely your challenge this month :D

[Diana S]

Carol wrote: "12/12 - Done 12/24/19

CALLING BIRDS

C. S. Harris - What Remains of Heaven - 12/3/19
American Elsewhere - Robert Jackson Bennett - 12/1/19
Liar Liar..."

CONGRATS Carol !! fr completely yor challenge this month :D

[Koren]

Done

[Licha-Olivia]

Challenge completed!

[Book Concierge]

Update Message # 5 - Challenge completed!

[Marilyn]

Challenge completed!

[Diana S]

Congrats!!! Koren, Licha-Olivia, & Marilyn for completing this month's challenge :D