Calvin's Winter Challenge

[Calvin]

Well. Since I am going to have a bash at the ATY 2021 challenge, I thought I may as well start the winter challenge which will run into 2021. I am picking the shortest phrase though! I'm limiting myself to books where the first word of the title is the corresponding letter in the phrase (not including definite or indefinite articles), just to see if I can fulfil the phrase with books sitting on my TBR pile. Let's see..

✅ D -

✅ R -

✅ E -

✅ A -

✅ M -

✅ I -

✅ N -

✅ G -


✅O -

✅F -


✅S -

✅N -

✅O -

✅W -

Yep, totally can! :-)

[Calvin]

Decided I'd read this in word order, so Dear Mrs Bird is done, I'm now on to The Royal We.

[Calvin]

And that's The Royal We finished. Now for a complete change of pace with Elevator Pitch

[Calvin]

E -

Completed. Whoever decided to market it as a fast paced thriller should have a word with themselves.

And so on to:

A -

[Calvin]

Slight change of plans, as I found The Animators to be intolerable and have abandoned it at the 120 page mark. The thought of spending 250 more pages in a book where I loathed the two main characters was just....too much. So now A is:

A -

[Calvin]

Apparently, "A" is a cursed letter for me, as Alys, Always really didn't work for me. Constantly comparing it to Notes on a Scandal wasn't really wise, either, since that book is FAR superior.

Anyway, M is here now and it's an Agatha Christie, so I should be in safer hands....

[Calvin]

And M is done, as A Murder Is Announced is now completed.

Made a slight tweak and for I, I've opted for something I own in physical form and really want to read, so it means I can read it alongside Not the Only Sky which is on the Kindle.

[Calvin]

Well, that's the disappointment of Inside Out done with, now to carry on with Not the Only Sky

[Calvin]

Sometimes I look at a book and wonder what it was that made me buy it. Such was the case with Not the Only Sky and as is often the outcome, having finished it, I'm none the wiser as to why I bought it.

So now it's on to G with

[Calvin]

One word down! Two words/six letters to go. Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War was an actually excellent 5 star read, LOVED IT. And now, another Agatha Christie, a guaranteed good read.

[Calvin]

Finished Ordeal by Innocence yesterday afternoon and decided to take the rest of the day off before starting anything else. Also decided to swap out my F choice and go for The Female Persuasion over Far from the Tree

[Calvin]

Two words down! Ok, shouldn't be such a huge achievement, since "of" is only two letters, but come on. Also, The Female Persuasion was excellent.

So now it's on to Signs for Lost Children. Four books to go!

[Calvin]

Welp! Turns out reading something as serious as Signs for Lost Children was NOT the thing on the day the country goes back into lockdown. Realised I need lighter fare with a more escapist feel, so what could be better to swap in than Slay on Tour

[Calvin]

And that's Slay on Tour done with. Already 100 pages in to A Noise Downstairs so should be on to O and the home stretch before tomorrow.

[Calvin]

And now on to the penultimate book. I like that I'm ending this with a double whammy of YA. First up, Only Mostly Devastated.

[Calvin]

On to the final book of DREAMING OF SNOW and decided to make a last minute swap as I picked up What Lies Between Us for a main prompt read today and realised it would actually serve a purpose here. I'm also thinking I might have a crack at another phrase so....

[Calvin]

✅W -

✅I -

✅N -

✅T -

✅E -

✅R -


✅W -

✅O -

✅N -

✅D -

✅E -

✅R -

✅L -

✅A -

✅N -

✅D -

[Calvin]

Ok well that's DREAMING OF SNOW complete, so now I should really get cracking on completing the books for WINTER WONDERLAND

[Calvin]

Book 1 of Phrase 2 is done, as I whipped through What If It's Us in no time.

[Calvin]

Half way through WINTER now, as both The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing and Not on Fire, but Burning are done with and so it's on to

[Calvin]

On to the last book of WINTER WONDERLAND now! Made a last minute change of book, as Now You See Me was SO GOOD. Luckily, the next in the Lacey Flint series starts with a D, so I'm finishing the challenge with Dead Scared.

[Calvin]

WINTER WONDERLAND is complete!