Winter Reading Challenge 20-21: Completion Thread

[Anastasia]

I am reading my last book for this. It is right down to the wire.

[Maggie]

DREAMING OF SNOW

D: The 20th Victim by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro Detective
R: Hidden Valley Road by Robert Kolker
E: Euphoria by Lily King
A: The After Party by Anton DiSclafani
M: The 18th Abduction by Maxine Paetro and James Patterson
I: If It Bleeds by Stephen King
N: Natural Prophets by Joe Dobrow
G: Good to Great by Jim Collins
O: On Writing by Stephen King
F: Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by J.K. Rowling Fantasy
M: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
N: The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver
O: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
W: Writers & Lovers by Lily King

[Nancy]

Round two done!

W - Wells, Marth - Exit Strategy
I - Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
N - Naima Coster, What's Mine and Yours
T - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
E - Emma Lord, You Have a Match
R - Romance: A Timeless Christmas by Alexis Stanton
W - Webb, Heather and Hazel Gaynor - Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I
O - Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents
N - Normal People by Sally Rooney
D - Donoghue, Emma - The Pull of the Stars
E - Enjoy the View by Sarah Morganthaler
R - Romance: Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
L - Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle
A - Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot's Christmas
N - Noah, Trevor - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
D - Dolan, Lian, The Sweeney Sisters

[Suzanne]

Finished Third Phrase:

✅ H is for Holiday Romance, the genre of In a Holidaze
✅ E is for Empty: A Memoir
✅ L is for Christina Lauren who wrote Roomies
✅ L is for Lauren Layne who wrote Marriage on Madison Avenue
✅ O is for Barack Obama who wrote A Promised Land

✅ N is for New Adult, genre of The Unhoneymooners
✅ E is for Emma Hart who wrote The Accidental Girlfriend
✅ W is for When He Was Wicked

✅ B is for Baby Maker
✅ E is for Elin Hilderbrand who wrote The Perfect Couple
✅ G is for The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
✅ I is for Interior Chinatown
✅ N is for Nature's Best Hope
✅ N is for Nerve: Adventures in the Science of Fear
✅ I is for It's in His Kiss
✅ N is for Not That Kind of Guy
✅ G is for J. T. Geissenger who wrote Burn for You
✅ S is for Stuck On You

[Janell]

Ok, I did use one alternate title (but it's not a subtitle, it's an "or," so that can count, right?) to get my 6th "E," and 7 of this 18 are childrens/YA books (including a pair by a pair of authors, using each of their names for one book)... but I did manage to finish all three lists. Whoof!

H - Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter
E - Evans Above by Rhys Bowen
L - The Little Teashop on Main by Jodi Thomas
L - A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny
O - Leprechauns and Irish Folklore by Mary Pope Osborne & Natalie Pope Boyce
N - The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye: An Enola Holmes Mystery by Nancy Springer
E - Educated by Tara Westover
W -The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs
B - Love and Death Among the Cheetahs by Rhys Bowen
E - The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (The Cecilia & Kate Novels: Sorcery & Cecilia) by Patricia C. Wrede
G - George Rogers Clark, Boy of the Old Northwest by Katharine Elliot Wilkie
I - It's Been a Good Life by Isaac Asimov
N - New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color Ed. Nisi Shawl
N - Stealing Buddha's Dinnerby Bich Minh Nguyen
I - The Indian in the Cupboardby Lynne Reid Banks
N - Leonardo da Vinci by Natalie Pope Boyce & Mary Pope Osborne
G - Thomas A. Edison: Young Inventor by Sue Guthridge
S - Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross by Augusta Stevenson

[Sandra]

Managed to complete the challenge on the very last day :D

- DREAMING OF SNOW (14)
D - A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
R - My Dark Vanessa (Kate Elizabeth Russell)
E - Eliza and Her Monsters
A - Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball
M - Crown of Midnight (Sarah J. Maas)
I - I'm Traveling Alone
N - Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy (Noelle Stevenson)
G - Apneia (Tânia Ganho)
O - Obsidio
F - Felicidade
S - The Promised Neverland, Vol. 1 (Kaiu Shirai)
N - Scythe (Neal Shusterman)
O - O Dia em que Perdemos a Cabeça
W - My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Winter Romances (Kiersten White)

[Trish, Annular Mod]

Success! With six hours to go.

W= {W}itch Is When Everything Went Crazy, Adele Abbott - 09/12/20
I = The {I}nvisible Library, Genevieve Cogman - 05/01/21
N = {N}ot a Creature Was Purring, Krista Davis - 23/12/20
T = The Light Fantastic, {T}erry Pratchett - 08/12/20
E = And Then There Were Crumbs, {E}ve Calder 19/01/21
R = Gilbert White, {R}ichard Mabey - 05/01/21

W = The Final Days, Bob {W}oodward and Carl Bernstein - 31/12/20
O = The Scarlet Pimpernel, Emmuska {O}rczy - 24/12/20
N = After Atlas, Emma {N}ewman - 23/02/21
D = Homecoming By The Sea, Kathi {D}aley – 01/12/20
E = Writing All Wrongs, {E}llery Adams - 17/02/21
R = Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J K {R}owling - 10/01/21
L = The {L}ast Emperox, John Scalzi – 04/12/20
A = An {A}nonymous Girl, Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen - 07/12/20
N = Before Mars, Emma {N}ewman - 28/02/21
D = A Christmas Carol, Charles {D}ickens - 18/12/20

[°~Amy~°]

Tried so hard but just could not complete the challenge without reading stuff I wasn't interest in.

Stats:

Total books read between Dec 1 and Feb 28: 39

WINTER WONDERLAND
14/16 completed (87.5%)

DREAMING OF SNOW
12/14 completed (85.7%)

HELLO NEW BEGINNINGS
14/18 completed (77.78%)

[Joan]

Completed!

DREAMING OF SNOW

✅D - Don't You Cry
✅R - Room
✅E - The End of Oz
✅A - All Is Not Forgotten
✅M - Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
✅I - I Let You Go
✅N - Dear Martin by Nic Stone
✅G - Girl, Interrupted

✅O - Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
✅F - Yellow Brick War - Fantasy

✅S - Shiny Broken Pieces
✅N - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
✅O - The 100
✅W - Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker

[Kendra]

I finished at the last minute! I did have to rearrange things from when I posted finishing the first phrase, so here are my final lists for all 3 phrases:

H - How How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black - Jan. 2nd
E - Eighth Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - Dec. 17th
L - Leigh Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - Feb. 28th
L - Lang Tales from King Arthur by Andrew Lang - Jan. 24th
O - One One Snowy Night by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 10th
N - Non-fiction The Marriage Bureau: True Stories of 1940s London Match-Makers by Penrose Halson - Dec. 13th
E - Enemy Enemy of All Mankind: A True Story of Piracy, Power, and History's First Global Manhunt by Steven Johnson - Jan. 22nd
W - World's World's Dumbest Criminals, The by Jack Kirchhoff - Dec. 6th
B - Briggs Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs - Dec. 5th
E - Elemental Elemental: How the Periodic Table Can Now Explain (Nearly) Everything by Tim James - Jan. 27th
G - Get Get a Clue by Jill Shalvis - Jan. 20th
I - Ilona Blood Heir by Ilona Andrews - Jan. 16th
N - Naoko Sailor Moon Eternal Edition 2 by Naoko Takeuchi - Jan. 3rd
N - Non-Fiction Uncrowned Queen: The Fateful Life of Margaret Beaufort, Tudor Matriarch by Nicola Tallis - Feb. 11th
I - Iron Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews - Jan. 27th
N - Naoko Sailor Moon Eternal Edition 3 by Naoko Takeuchi - Feb. 13th
G - Grave Grave War by Kalayna Price - Dec. 29th
S - Shalvis About That Kiss by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 3rd

D - Darynda Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones - Dec. 15th
R - River River Marked by Patricia Briggs - Dec. 13th
E - Essay Collection Yes Please by Amy Poehler - Feb. 2nd
A - Andersen Fangs by Sarah Andersen - Dec. 6th
M - Mistletoe Mistletoe in Paradise by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 9th
I - Inside Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai - Feb. 13th
N - Naoko Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Short Stories, Vol. 1 by Naoko Takeuchi - Jan. 18th
G - Ghost Story A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong - Jan. 9th
O - Okorafor The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor - Jan. 19th
F - Frost Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - Dec. 24th
S - Saffire Calling on Quinn by Blue Saffire - Dec. 9th
N - Night Night Broken by Patricia Briggs - Jan. 25th
O - Okorafor Home by Nnedi Okorafor - Dec. 2nd
W - Wilf Wilf Perreault: In the Alley / Dans la ruelle edited by Dave Margoshes - Jan. 1st

W - Where Where The Heart Is by Billie Letts - Jan. 4th
I - Inheritance The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Feb. 25th
N - Naoko Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Short Stories, Vol. 2 by Naoko Takeuchi - Feb. 4th
T - Talia Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert - Jan. 2nd
E - Encyclopedia Philosophy: The Great Thinkers by Philip Stokes - Feb. 21st
R - Romance The Trouble with Mistletoe by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 15th
W - Williams The Dirty Streets of Heaven by Tad Williams - Feb. 14th
O - Okorafor Shuri, Vol. 1: The Search For Black Panther by Nnedi Okorafor - Jan. 7th
N - Non-Fiction Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman - Jan. 30th
D - Deadly Deadly Class, Volume 7: Love Like Blood by Rick Remender - Feb. 18th
E - Essay Collection Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West - Dec. 16th
R - Romance Playing for Keeps by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 18th
L - Larson The Far Side Gallery 3 by Gary Larson - Dec. 14th
A - Across Across the Green Grass Fields by Seanan McGuire - Jan. 12th
N - Non-fiction You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin & Lacey Lamar - Feb. 6th
D - Dirt The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones - Dec. 26th

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

Very impressive! I got through 2 and a half phrases. I had trouble with the N's, E's and G's.

[MacKenzie]

W - Writers & Loversby Lily King (completed: 1/22/2021)
I - Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (completed: 2/28/2021)
N - Notes on a Silencing by Lacy Crawford (completed: 1/17/2021)
T - The Survivors by Jane Harper (completed: 1/14/2021)
E - Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride & Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld (completed: 1/7/2021)
R - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (completed: 2/2/2021)


W - Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur (completed: 2/16/2021)
O - One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London (completed: 1/18/2021)
N - Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo (completed: 2/15/2021)
D - Bestiary: Poems by Donika Kelly (completed: 1/31/2021)
E - A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum (completed: 1/12/2021)
R - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (completed: 2/3/2021)
L - Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (completed: 1/29/2021)
A - Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (completed: 12/31/2020)
N - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain (nonfiction) (completed: 1/22/2021)
D - Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane (completed: 2/24/2021)