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message 1: by Irene (last edited May 29, 2021 09:50PM) (new)

Irene (irene5) | 918 comments So annoyed with myself for again not completing the Winter challenge by ONE book!! Fingers crossed I can do it this time despite my late start!

Challenge runs: March 1st to May 31st

Completed: 12/12

☑1. springtime | 101 Poems | author's name: Gordon McCulloch | ✭✭✭✭✭ 5.8.21
☑2. bloom | Breakfast After Noon | title: Breakfast | ✭✭✩✩✩ 5.21.21
☑3. sun shining | The Dam Keeper | cover: sun is shining | ✭✭✭✭✩ 5.10.21
☑4. baby animals | The Girl the Sea Gave Back | author's name: Adrienne Young | ✭✩✩✩✩ 5.28.21
☑5. eggs | The Thing About Luck | word in text: "I loved iri tamago - eggs scrambled with sugar and shoyu and rice wine." (101) | ✭✭✭✩✩ 5.18.21
☑6. tulips | Passion and Poison: Tales of Shape-Shifters, Ghosts, and Spirited Women | title: Passion | ✭✭✭✩✩ 4.13.21
☑7. jellybeans | The Dragon and the Pearl | author's name: Jeannie Lin | ✭✭✭✭✩ 5.22.21
☑8. rainstorm | The Other Countess | title: (The) Other | ✭✭✭✭✩ 5.22.21
☑9. sprout | Ferryman | image on cover: tree roots sprouting | ✭✩✩✩✩ 5.5.21
☑10. warming | World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments | title: World | ✭✭✭✭✭ 4.21.21
☑11. spring break | Snow | title: Snow | ✭✭✭✭✩ 4.14.21
☑12. raincoat | Camelot's Shadow | title: Camelot | ✭✭✭✭✩ 5.9.21

How to Fill the Prompts:
1. Phrase contains BOTH letters of the author's name (ignore middle initial)
2. Phrase contains the first letter of the title (ignore or include A, An, The)
3. Phrase is exemplified on the cover (your interpretation)
4. Phrase is found somewhere in the text (should be exact word)


Read:
101 Poems by Gordon S. McCulloch Breakfast After Noon by Andi Watson The Dam Keeper (Dam Keeper, #1) by Robert Kondo The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata Passion and Poison Tales of Shape-Shifters, Ghosts, and Spirited Women by Janice M. Del Negro The Dragon and the Pearl (Tang Dynasty, #2) by Jeannie Lin The Other Countess (The Lacey Chronicles, #1) by Eve Edwards Ferryman (Ferryman, #1) by Claire McFall World of Wonders In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Snow by Maxence Fermine Camelot's Shadow (The Paths to Camelot, #1) by Sarah Zettel

TBR:

Other options:
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle | author's name: Stuart Turton
Room | title: Room

Formatting:
D: Dear Martin | Title | ★★★★ 2.11.21
☐☑ ✓★✔ | ✭✭✭✩✩


message 2: by Irene (last edited May 29, 2021 09:54PM) (new)

Irene (irene5) | 918 comments I actually finished this challenge, despite being so far behind on the full challenge!
Can't wait for the next one! ^__^


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