Reading The Seasons - Winter 2021/22

[Joyce]

Finished 36 points

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Winter Wonderful: 16-30 points
Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points
SCORING: Score 1 point for each book read that fits a task PLUS an additional 2 points for each bonus task. The book must work for the task and the bonus to receive the 2 extra points.

36/31 points earned

TASKS:
1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER. Ex. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).

3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).

4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.
1 pt Blood Trail 1/20/22 Pajamas on page 66

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.

7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).

9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
3 pts Resurrection Of The Damned #1 of War of the Damned. Author:Michael Todd 1/18/22

3 pts Not Dead Yet by Jenn Burke #1 inNot Dead yet series and new author 2/3/22

3 pts Jacob by Jacquelyn Frank #1 Nightwalkers new author 1/27/22

3 pts The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo # the singing hills cycle 1/27/22 New Author

10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
1 pt Doctor Who: The Forgotten Army 1/1/22
Set in New York City
1 pt Flesh and Bone 2/5/22
Set in Tennessee

12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.

14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).

15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.
1 pt by E.J. Stevens 2/6/22 E & S in Goblers Knob

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).
3 pts
Finished 1/6/21
How it fits: MPG Romance and there is a pink tablecloth on the cover
3 pts
Finished: 1/11/22
How it fits: MPG romance 611 times and has a red wall on the cover.
3 pts 1/14/22
Tagged romance 31 times and Pink head of fish on cover
3 pts 1/14/22
MPG Romance and Pink squid thing on cover
3pts 1/31/22
MPG Romance and pink splatter on cover
3pts 2/5/22
MPG Romance - Pink shirt


17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Ex. Women's Fiction begins with W.
1 pt Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law 1/26/22 Nonfiction

18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
1 pt Doctor Who: Harvest of Time 2/4/22 (pub 1/1/13)

20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.
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Challenge Rules
*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

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[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Joyce!

[Tari]

Finished

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022
36/31+

Levels:

Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points

TASKS:
1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER. Ex. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).

3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).
The Inconvenient Corpse Barbara Cool Lee 1/2/22

4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.
p. 94-The Pom Pom Premise M.Alfano 1/3/22

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.
Empty Promises and Crowded Caskets Ana Bisset 1/31/22

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.

7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.
A Dash of Death Michelle Hillen Klump 1/30/22

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).
1 pt. Twas the Fright Before Christmas Amber Crewes 1/8/22

9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
1. 2 pts. #1 Mobile Groomer Mysteries A Dashie Discovery M.Alfano 1/1/22

10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.
Gramps likes reading and watching true crime books and shows. Tailing Trouble Laura Scott 1/12/22

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
Sideburns and Suspicions S.C. Merritt 1/7/22 Set in US

12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
Jason-Murder Just for Show Thea Cambert 1/23/22 1 pt.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.
1. Aunt Maxie-Spoonful of Murder Tonya Kappes 1/5/22
2. Nans-3 Bodies and a Biscotti Leighann Dobbs 1/13/22

14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).

15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.
LR-1 pt-Up to No Gouda Linda Reilly 1/16/22

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
Has a Romance tag- Leighann Dobbs 1/11/22 2 pts
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover). yes

17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
1. Romance tag-Lemon Tarts and Fiery Darts Amber Crewes 1/9/22
2. Romance tag-Bake, Battle & Roll Leighann Dobbs 1/18/22


18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
1 pt. Treat and Run Emma Ainsley 1/17/22

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
1. 2 pts. A Fatal Family Feast Lynn Cahoon 1/4/22 Pub 1/4/2022
2. 1 pt. Blueberry Cream Cupcake & Murder Ann S. Marie 1/6/22 Pub 2/14/16
3. 2 pts. Crimes and Covers Amanda Flower 1/9/22 pub 1/11/22
4. 2 pts A Three Book Problem Vicki Delany 1/10/22 Pub 1/11/22
5. 2 pts A Tuft of Murder Patti Benning 1/15/22 pub 1/12/22
6. 2 pts Honey Roasted Cleo Coyle 1/20/22 pub 2/1/22
7. 2 pts Vanilla Sprinkle Murder Rosie A. Point 1/21/22 pub 1/13/22
8. 2 pts Easter Bonnet Murder Leslie Meier 1/24/22 pub 1/25/22
9. 2 pts Frozen in Motion Lori Roberts Herbst 2/5/22 pub 1/25/22

20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.
Stella goes to the library-Mind Your Manors CeeCee James 1/25/22

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Tari!

I counted 45 pts. You get 3 points for the bonuses.

[Tari]

JoAnne wrote: "WOOHOO Tari!

I counted 45 pts. You get 3 points for the bonuses."

Thanks, JoAnne! Oh cool, guess I was thinking of previous ones that were 2 oops! ;)

[JoAnne]

Yeah, Jenny had changed the points. I don't know why! :)

[Ferenc]

Finished!

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Goal: 43/31+
Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points

TASKS:
3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).
1 point - Piszkos Fred, a kapitány - Jenő Rejtő - 02/17/22

9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
3 points - Murder in Bermuda - Penelope Sotheby - 12/22/21 - Murder in Paradise #1
3 points - Yarned and Dangerous - Sadie Hartwell - 01/10/22
3 points - Betrayal - Aleatha Romig - 02/04/22 - Infidelity #1
3 points - White Stag - Kara Barbieri - 02/10/22 - Permafrost #1
3 points - Wildtrack - Bernard Cornwell - 02/28/22 - Thrillers #1

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
1 point - Body Double - Tess Gerritsen - 12/25/21 - Boston, Massachusetts
1 point - Dominik - Sawyer Bennett - 12/26/21 - Phoenix, Arizona
1 point - The Girl in Red - Christina Henry - 01/03/22 - Somewhere in US
1 point - The Coincidence of Coconut Cake - Amy E. Reichert - 01/23/22 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1 point - Our Souls at Night - Kent Haruf - 01/25/22 - Holt, Colorado
1 point - Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century - Jessica Bruder - 02/01/22
1 point - The Glovemaker - Ann Weisgarber - 02/13/22 - Junction, Utah
1 point - In Cold Blood - Truman Capote - 02/24/22 - Kansas
1 point - Rafe - Sawyer Bennett - 02/25/22 - Raleigh, North Carolina

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).
3 points - Sunstone Vol. 7 - Stjepan Šejić - 12/27/21
3 points - Éjszakai ​cirkusz - Erin Morgenstern - 01/14/22
3 points - The Bronzed Beasts - Roshani Chokshi - 01/19/22
3 points - Paradise - Jill S. Alexander - 02/20/22


17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Ex. Women's Fiction begins with W.
1 point - Ace of Spades - Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé - 01/05/22 - Thriller

18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
1 point - Eventide - Sarah Goodman - 01/22/22
1 point - Az elveszett cirkáló - Jenő Rejtő - 01/27/22
1 point - When My Name Was Keoko - Linda Sue Park - 01/28/22

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
1 point - Jöttem, hadd lássalak - D. Tóth Kriszta - 02/05/22 - January 1st, 2014
1 point - Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro - 02/07/22 - March 2, 2021

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Ferenc!

[Suzanne]

The Lost Challenges
Reading The Seasons - Winter 2021/22
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Progress: 40 out of 31+
Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Winter Wonderful: 16-30 points
Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points

Object: The aim of the challenge is to score as many points as possible by the end of the quarter. A special badge is given to the winner.

Read books for the tasks listed below. Some (but not all) tasks will have opportunities to collect bonus points.

You may use the tasks as many times as you wish.

SCORING: Score 1 point for each book read that fits a task PLUS an additional 2 points for each bonus task. The book must work for the task and the bonus to receive the 2 extra points.

Please keep a record of your points total at the top of your post.

TASKS:

1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER. Ex. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
+1: Mouse Guard: Winter 1152 by David Petersen - ***** - 1/18/2022 - 192 Pages

2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).
+1: The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner - *** - 12/28/2021 - 161 Pages
+1: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain - ***** - 12/30/2021 - 352 Pages
+1: Fake Blood by Whitney Gardner - ***** - 1/17/2022 - 336 Pages
+1: Stargazing by Jen Wang - ***** - 1/3/2022 - 224 Pages

3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).
+1: A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow - ***** - 12/26/2021 - 128 Pages
+1: Snowpiercer, Vol. 2: The Explorers by Benjamin Legrand - * - 12/27/2021 - 140 Pages

4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.
+1: The Duke's Perfect Wife by Jennifer Ashley - **** - 12/23/2021 - 296 Pages - "She was staring straight into the fog, intense and alert. Eleanor tried to see what she did, but the fog remained dense."

7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).
+1: A Mackenzie Family Christmas: The Perfect Gift by Jennifer Ashley - **** - 12/25/2021 - 202 Pages

9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
+1: All Summer Long by Hope Larson - ***** - 1/3/2022 - 176 Pages - Eagle Rock #1
+3: Cucumber Quest: The Doughnut Kingdom by Gigi D.G. - **** - 1/4/2022 - 192 Pages - (Cucumber Quest #1)
+3: Firelight by Kristen Callihan - ***** - 1/8/2022 - 372 Pages - Darkest London #1

10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.
+1: Sew Deadly by Elizabeth Lynn Casey - **** - 12/21/2021 - 288 Pages - Sewing

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
+1: X vs. Y: A Culture War, a Love Story by Eve Epstein - **** - 1/18/2022 - 191 Pages - Set in USA
+1: Shakespeare's Champion by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 1/20/2022 - 214 Pages - Set in USA

12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.
+1: Head Lopper, Vol. 3: Head Lopper & The Knights of Venora by Andrew MacLean - ***** - 1/16/2022 - 224 Pages - Head in the basket
+1: Betty and Friends: My Life at the Zoo by Betty White - ***** - 1/20/2022 - 304 Pages - Betty White was a spunky old broad
+1: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - ***** - 1/24/2022 - 389 Pages - Evelyn Hugo

14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).

15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover):
+3: The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis - **** - 12/28/2021 - 348 Pages - Pink Umbrella
+3: Bombshell by Sarah MacLean - ***** - 1/25/2022 - 288 Pages - Red Dress

17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Ex. Women's Fiction begins with W.
+1: Les Misérables by Victor Hugo - * - 1/6/2022 - 928 Pages - European Literature
+1: Act by Kayla Miller - ***** - 1/24/2022 - 224 Pages - Realistic Fiction
+1: Clash by Kayla Miller - ***** - 1/25/2022 - 224 Pages - Realistic Fiction

18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
+1: Neuromancer by William Gibson - *** - 1/13/2022 - 271 Pages

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
+1: Crystal Cadets by Anne Toole - ***** - 12/27/2021 - 128 Pages - Published March 16, 2015
+1: Click by Kayla Miller - ***** - 12/31/2021 - 192 Pages - Published January 8, 2019
+1: Kiss Number 8 by Colleen A.F. Venable - ***** - 1/16/2022 - 320 Pages - March 12, 2019
+3: Heartstopper: Volume Four by Alice Oseman - ***** - 1/26/2022 - 353 Pages - January 2022
+1: Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 1/28/2022 - 880 Pages - Published December 30th, 1996
+1: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski - ***** - 1/30/2022 - 352 Pages - Published January 31st, 1993

20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.
+1: Graveyard Shakes: A Graphic Novel by Laura Terry - ***** - 1/1/2022 - 206 Pages



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Challenge Rules
(view spoiler)[*Please post a partial list of the challenge when you sign up.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go.

*When you have finished, please re-post your whole challenge as a new message and MARK AS FINISHED or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

(Even if you don't hit the level you were aiming for by the deadline, please re-post your challenge anyway as you may still be eligible for a lower level badge.)

Please use the TLC STANDARD RULES when participating in this challenge.
If you are not familiar with these rules, please click on the link and read them over. (hide spoiler)]

[JoAnne]

Welcome Suzanne!

[Frankie]

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Levels:
Winter Wonderful: 16-30 points

13/13 Completed. 25pts. Finished

TASKS:
1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER. 1pt.
01.Winter's Mourn-Mary Stone 2/11/22


2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover). 1pt.
02.Nicole Snow-Still Not Over You 3/09/22



3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order). 1pt.
03.Juniper Hill-Devney Perry 3/03/22


4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E. 1pt.
04.Embattled SEAL-J.M. Madden 2/05/22


6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.

7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover). 3pts.
05.Small Town Christmas-Jill Shalvis 12/26/21


9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before. 3pts.
(Lie With Me Series)
06.Eden Rose-The Lies We Tell 2/22/22


10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author. 1pt.
07.Brenda Jackson-A Brother's Honor 12/21/21


12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.

14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).

15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania. 3pts.
08.Sawyer Bennett-Code Name: Ghost 1/14/22


16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover). 3pts.
09.By a Thread-Lucy Score 2/19/22


17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag. 1pt.
(Western Romance)
10.Stone Hearts-Amber Kelly 2/27/22


18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter. 3pt.
11.Red Sin-Aleatha Romig 1/06/22


19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22. 3pts.
(2/17/2022)
12.Throne of Scars-Autumn Jones Lake 2/17/22


20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book you borrowed from the library. 1pt.
13.Hopeless-Colleen Hoover 1/11/22

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Frankie!

[Melissa A]

FINISHED! (PART TWO)
Books: 83
Points: 131

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author. (7)

A Pizza To Die For (Pizza Lovers Mystery #3) Chris Cavender (North Carolina) 01/13/22
Honey Girl Morgan Rogers (both) 01/19/22
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison (both) 01/20/22
Untamed Glennon Doyle (USA) 01/19/22
Love Warrior Glennon Doyle Melton (USA) 01/21/22
Starfish Lisa Fipps 02/02/22
Double Shots, Donuts, and Dead Dudes (A Cape Bay Cafe Mystery #8) Harper Lin 03/14/22

12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game. (2)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky (Diary entry for October 6, 1991 - first mention, there are several.) 12/28/21
The Humans Matt Haig (The MC and friend attend a Cambridge v Kettering Football Game) 01/02/22

-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who. (4)

The Fine Art of Murder Jessica Fletcher (Jessica Fletcher - novelist and amateur detective) 12/30/21
Apples Never Fall Liane Moriarty (Joy Delaney 69 years old is very spunky) 01/24/22
The Island of Sea Women Lisa See (Young-Sook is a 85 year old who still dives without an air supply) 02/23/22
The Year of the Flood Margaret Atwood (Pilar was an older “Gardener” who took an outsider under her wing and trained her as a replacement) 03/07/22


14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover). (2)

All Your Perfects Colleen Hoover (p. 8 “Chinese Food? Are you kidding me?”) 12/25/21
The White Tiger Aravind Adiga 01/14/22


15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB. (11)

The X'ed-out X-ray Ron Roy 12/31/21
The Island of Missing Trees Elif Shafak 01/02/22
Within These Wicked Walls Lauren Blackwood 01/07/22
Honey-Baked Homicide Gayle Leeson 01/09/22
The Round House Louise Erdrich 01/29/22
Home Stretch Graham Norton 02/19/22
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley 02/12/22
Anything Is Possible Elizabeth Strout 02/24/22
Oh William! Elizabeth Strout 02/25/22
Five Tuesdays in Winter Lily King 03/02/22
Spill Simmer Falter Wither Sara Baume 03/13/22

-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance. (3)

They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera 01/08/22
Anne of Avonlea L.M. Montgomery 01/14/22
My Favorite Half-Night Stand Christina Lauren 02/25/22

-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover). (57)

1105 Yakima Street Debbie Macomber 11/27/21
The Rose Code Kate Quinn 12/28/21
Cherry Cream Cupcake & Murder Ann S. Marie 12/29/21
The Cemetery Boys Heather Brewer 01/13/22
If the Shoe Fits Julie Murphy 01/25/22
Instructions for Dancing Nicola Yoon 01/25/22
Everyone is Beautiful Katherine Center 01/26/22
Namesake Adrienne Young 02/02/22
The Love Hypothesis Ali Hazelwood 02/05/22
The Bright Side Of Disaster Katherine Center 02/06/22
Confess Colleen Hoover 02/18/22
Return to Virgin River Robyn Carr 02/21/22
Love Her or Lose Her Tessa Bailey 02/22/22
The Soulmate Equation Christina Lauren 02/27/22
The Jane Austen Society Natalie Jenner 02/28/22
This Girl Colleen Hoover 03/04/22
The Wedding Date Jasmine Guillory 03/05/22
The Wedding Game Meghan Quinn 03/06/22
Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words Annika Sharma 03/11/22

17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Ex. Women's Fiction begins with W. (7)

You Think It, I'll Say It Curtis Sittenfeld (Essays) 01/03/21
Friends and Strangers J. Courtney Sullivan (Women’s Fiction) 01/12/22
One by One Ruth Ware (Thriller) 01/26/22
Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney(Thriller) 02/11/22
Once There Were Wolves Charlotte McConaghy (Nature) 02/17/22
These Precious Days: Essays Ann Patchett(Essays) 02/22/22
The Disappearing Act Catherine Steadman (Thriller) 03/13/22

18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER. (9)

The River Gary Paulsen 01/14/22
Hatchet: The Return Gary Paulsen 01/14/22
Wish You Were Here Jodi Picoult 01/22/22
With the Fire on High Elizabeth Acevedo 01/25/22
The Invisible Husband of Frick Island Colleen Oakley 01/27/22
Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher02/23/22
That Summer Jennifer Weiner03/03/22
If I Had Your Face Frances Cha 03/11/22
To Fudge or Not to Fudge (Candy-Coated Mysteries #2) Nancy CoCo 03/17/22

-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter. (6)

Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the CaféToshikazu Kawaguchi (in Japan the family name is usually first) 01/07/21
Taste: My Life through Food Stanley Tucci 03/01/22

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date. (4)

The Book of Candlelight Ellery Adams (Jan. 28, 2020) 01/13/22
Daughter of Moloka'i Alan Brennert (Pub. Feb 19, 2019) 01/17/22
The Last Family in England Matt Haig (read Kindle Edition - Jan. 4, 2018) 01/03/22
The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead (Jan. 1, 2018)
Americanos, Apple Pies, and Art Thieves (A Cape Bay Cafe Mystery #5) Harper Lin (pub 12/28/2017) 03/12/22

-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22. (12)

Reminders of Him Colleen Hoover (Pub. 01/18/22) 01/19/22
The School for Good Mothers Jessamine Chan (Pub. 01/04/22) 02/10/22
Honor Thrity Umrigar (Pub. 01/04/22) 02/15/22
The Christie Affair Nina de Gramont (02/01/22) 03/15/22

20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Dave Grohl 01/01/22 (borrowed)
Dearly Depotted Kate Collins 01/11/22 (borrowed)
Forever, Interrupted Taylor Jenkins Reid (Elsie works at a library) 02/06/22
One Two Three Laurie Frankel (Monday Mitchell runs a library from her family home which townspeople use.) 02/20/22
MaddAddam Margaret Atwood03/10/22 (borrowed)
Macchiatos, Macarons, and Malice (A Cape Bay Cafe Mystery #9) Harper Lin 03/15/22 (borrowed)
The Fall Albert Camus 03/17/22 (borrowed)
Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell 03/18/22 (borrowed)
Oh Say Can You Fudge Nancy CoCo 03/19/22 (borrowed)

[Kellene]

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Levels: Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points
earned 50 points

TASKS:

3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).
A Sprinkling of Murder Daryl Wood Gerber 1/26/22

4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.
Skeleton Letters Laura Childs. 12/22/21. p 228
Murder Drama With Your Llama Erin McCarthy 2/1/22. p. 51

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.
Easter Bunny Murder Leslie Meier 1/8/22

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
Graveyard Ed Warren 3/10/22 p 90

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
How the Finch Stole Christmas! Donna Andrews 12/29/21
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).
Leslie Meier 3/4/22

9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
Death in a Budapest Butterfly Julia Buckley 1/17/22. Hungarian Tea House
The Secret of Chimneys Agatha Christie 3/1/22 Superintendent Battle
Getaway With Murder Diane Kelly 3/7/22 Mountain Lodge
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
Summer of the Woods Steven K. Smith 1/7/22. The Virginia Mysteries
Bells, Tails & Murder: A Cozy English Animal Mystery Kathy Manos Penn 1/24/22. Dicken & Christie
Southern Sass and Killer Cravings Kate Young 2/8/22 Marygene Brown Mysteries
Chihuahua of the Baskervilles Esri Allbritten 2/21/22. Gigi Chihuahua Mysteries
Murder in a Scottish Shire Traci Hall 3/4/22 Scottish Shire Mysteries

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
Set in the USA
Murder, Handcrafted Isabella Alan 1/20/22
The Last Curtain Call Juliet Blackwell 1/9/22
The Best Ghost Tales of North Carolina Terrance Zepke 12/26/21
Some Like It Hawk Donna Andrews 12/27/21
By a Black Author
The Novel Art of Murder V.M. Burns 2/16/22

12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
Leader of the Pack David Rosenfelt 1/2/22
Deck the Hounds David Rosenfelt 2/19/22

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.
The Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries Emily Brightwell 12/24/21. Luty Belle Crookshank
A Time for Murder Jessica Fletcher 2/12/22 Jessica Fletcher

15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
Serafina and the Splintered Heart Robert Beatty 1/31/22
Mrs. Jeffries Takes StockEmily Brightwell 2/3/22

17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Dead Man's Bones Susan Wittig Albert 1/13/22. Thriller
Five Little Pigs Agatha Christie 2/12/22. European Literature
Henrietta Who? Catherine Aird 3/8/22. Thriller
How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived Leslie Jordan 3/10/22. Nonfiction

18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
A Tale of Two Biddies Kylie Logan 12/31/21
The Wolfe Widow Victoria Abbott 1/28/22
Irish Parade Murder Leslie Meier 2/26/22
Wedding Day Murder Leslie Meier 3/12/22

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
Due or Die Jenn McKinlay 1/22/22. pub March 6, 2012
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
Murder at the Beacon Bakeshop Darci Hannah 2/25/22 Feb 23, 2021

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Kellene!

[Stephanie]

Out of space - so I'm going to call it FINISHED!

Points: 162

TASKS:
1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER.
2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).
3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title
1 pt - Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller 12/30/21
OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).
4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number.
1 pt - Page 130 - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 1/2/21
5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.
1 pt - The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson 1/18/22
1 pt - Escape from Baghdad! by Saad Hossain 3/10/22
6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.
3 pts - Where the Wind Blows by Caroline Fyffe (Wyoming) 12/25/21
7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children
1 pt - The Hills Have Spies by Mercedes Lackey 1/31/22
OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.
1 pt - Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain 2/19/22
1 pt - Vessel by Lisa A. Nichols 2/27/22
8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).
9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
3 pts - Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen (Skin of the Sea) 12/21/21
3 pts - Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala (Tita Rosie Kitchen Mystery) 12/22/21
3 pts - Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg (Spellbreaker) 12/26/21
3 pts - Savage Lands by Stacey Marie Brown (Savage Lands) 12/26/21
3 pts - A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow (Fractured Fables) 1/3/22
3 pts - Jade City by Fonda Lee (Green Bone Saga) 1/4/22
3 pts - Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao (Iron Widow) 1/14/22
3 pts - A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (Cursebreakers) 1/14/22
3 pts - Seducing Cinderella by Gina L. Maxwell (Fighting for Love) 1/22/22
3 pts - Stars by Colleen Oakes (Wendy Darling) 1/24/22
3 pts - Traitor's Masque by Kenley Davidson (Andari Chronicles) 2/2/22
3 pts - Rebel Rose by Emma Theriault (Queen's Council) 2/5/22
3 pts - The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (Daevabad) 2/9/22
3 pts - Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige (Dorothy Must Die) 2/11/22
3 pts - Four Psychos by Kristy Cunning (The Dark Side) 2/21/22
3 pts - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (The Locked Tomb) 2/24/22
3 pts - Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson (Ultraviolet) 3/2/22
3 pts - Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard (Johannes Cabal) 3/15/22
10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.
1 pt - Relayball - Jade War by Fonda Lee 1/9/22
1 pt - Final Fantasy 9000 - Cyber Mage by Saad Hossain 3/9/22
11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA
1 pt - My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh 1/11/22
1 pt - Mind Bullet by Jeremy Robinson 2/20/22
OR by a Black author.
1 pt - Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler 12/29/21
12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.
1 pt - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro 1/13/22
13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.
1 pt - Mada - Jade Legacy by Fonda Lee 1/16/22
14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki 2/25/22
OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).
15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.
1 pt - Sunreach by Brandon Sanderson 1/6/22
16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item.
3 pts - Believe Me by Tahereh Mafi 1/6/22
3 pts - Path of Secrets by Kenley Davidson 2/17/22
17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
1 pt - Women's Fiction - Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal 1/23/22
1 pt - Nonfiction - Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell 12/22/21
1 pt - Thriller - Verity by Colleen Hoover 1/5/22
1 pt - Environment - The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson 2/14/22
1 pt - Romance - Dead Lands by Stacey Marie Brown 12/28/21
1 pt - Romance - Bad Lands by Stacey Marie Brown 12/28/21
1 pt - Retelling - Of Snow and Roses by T.M. Franklin 1/25/22
1 pt - Retelling - Seas by Colleen Oakes 1/25/22
1 pt - Retelling - Pirouette by Kenley Davidson 2/10/22
1 pt - Retelling - Shadow and Thorn by Kenley Davidson 2/15/22
1 pt - Retelling - Daughter of Lies by Kenley Davidson 2/16/22
18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
1 pt - Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam by Vivek Ramaswamy 12/23/21
1 pt - Warrior by Marie Brennan 12/31/21
1 pt - Witch by Marie Brennan 1/1/22
1 pt - We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix 2/12/22
1 pt - I'll Have What She's Having: My Adventures in Celebrity Dieting by Rebecca Harrington 2/7/22
1 pt - In the Vanishers’ Palace by Aliette de Bodard 2/26/22
1 pt - Three Trials by Kristy Cunning 2/21/22
1 pt - Eye Spy by Mercedes Lackey 2/13/22
1 pt - ReDawn by Brandon Sanderson 1/7/22
1 pt - Rules of Entanglement by Gina L. Maxwell 2/23/22
19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
3 pts - Wild Lands by Stacey Marie Brown (P. 2/9/21) 12/27/21
3 pts - Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire (P.1/4/22) 1/4/22
3 pts - The Silver Bullets of Annie Oakley by Mercedes Lackey (P.1/11/22) 1/12/22
3 pts - The Storm's Whisper by T.A. White (P.1/18/2) 1/19/22
3 pts - Blood Lands by Stacey Marie Brown (P. 1/26/22) 1/26/22
3 pts - Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor (P.1/18/22) 2/1/22
1 pt - Goldheart by Kenley Davidson (P.1/31/16) 2/3/22
3 pts - Evershore by Brandon Sanderson (P.12/28/21) 2/8/22
3 pts - Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire (P 3/1/22) 3/1/22
3 pts - This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi (P. 2/1/22) 2/4/22
3 pts - League of Liars by Astrid Scholte (P. 2/22/22) 3/3/22
3 pts - Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover (P. 1/18/22) 3/7/22
3 pts - Kundo Wakes Up by Saad Hossain (P.3/15/22) 3/16/22
20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting
1 pt - Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom 1/10/22
1 pt - The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah 2/22/22
1 pt - The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday by Saad Hossain 3/6/22
OR a book you borrowed from the library.
1 pt - Skyward by Brandon Sanderson 12/24/21
1 pt - A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny 12/25/21
1 pt - Starsight by Brandon Sanderson 12/30/21
1 pt - Crooked House by Agatha Christie 1/1/22
1 pt - Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie 1/6/22
1 pt - Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller 1/17/22
1 pt - Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach 1/21/22
1 pt - Shadow by Colleen Oakes 1/27/22
1 pt - Cujo by Stephen King 1/28/22
1 pt - Cytonic by Brandon Sanderson 1/29/22
1 pt - The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore 1/30/22
1 pt - The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova 2/7/22
1 pt - Spy, Spy Again by Mercedes Lackey 2/17/22
1 pt - Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World by Mark Miodownik 2/26/22
1 pt - Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty 2/28/22
1 pt - The Paris Seamstress by Natasha Lester 3/4/22
1 pt - Inside Man by K.J. Parker 3/5/22
1 pt - Impostors by Scott Westerfeld 3/5/22
1 pt - The Pendulum: A Granddaughter's Search for Her Family's Forbidden Nazi Past by Julie Lindahl 3/8/22
1 pt - 14 Ways to Die by Vincent Ralph 3/9/22
1 pt - The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty 3/12/22
1 pt - Humble Pie by Gordon Ramsay 3/12/22
1 pt - The Best Thing You Can Steal by Simon R. Green 3/15/22

[JoAnne]

AMAZING! WOOHOO Stephanie!

[Olivermagnus]

~~~Complete ~~~

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Dec 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Level - Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points - 131 Total Points

📍1. Winter Fun - 4
Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
1 pt - Winterkill - C.J. Box - 2/15/22
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER.
3 pts - A Rose in Winter - Kathleen E. Woodiwiss - 3/12/22

📍2. Enjoy the snow falling - 4
Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
1 pt - Power Play - Tiffany Snow - 3/13/22
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).
3 pts - 1214 Bad Boy Ave. - Jenika Snow - 2/26/22


📍3. Collect pine cones - 7
Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order).
1 pt - The Adventures of a South Pole Pig - Chris Kurtz - 12/23/21
1 pt - Bad Things Happen - Harry Dolan - 1/29/21
1 pt - In the Deep - Loreth Anne White - 2/11/22
1 pt - Redemption Point - Candice Fox - 2/19/22
1 pt - Pray for Silence - Linda Castillo - 2/20/22
1 pt - Lord John and the Private Matter -Diana Gabaldon - 2/26/22
1 pt - Presumed Innocent - Scott Turow - 3/2/22

📍4. Wear flannel PJs - 6
Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.
1 pt - Crimson Lake - Candice Fox - 1/17/22 - page 10
1 pt - The Shadow Sister - Lucinda Riley - 2/22/22 - page 383
1 pt - The Museum of Extraordinary Things - Alice Hoffman - 3/9/22 - page 85
1 pt - The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket - John Boyne - 3/8/22 - page 172
1 pt - Salt Houses - Hala Alyan - 3/4/22 - page 47
1 pt - Secrets Never Die - Melinda Leigh - 1/2/22 - page 53

📍5. Drink eggnog - 1
Read a book whose title begins with E.
1 pt - Edwina: Bride of Connecticut - Margaret Tanner - 2/27/22

6. Pogonip
Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.

📍7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan - 1
Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.
1 pt - The Four Winds - Kristin Hannah - 2/22/22

📍8. Christmas - 1
Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
1 pt - Murder at the Christmas Cookie Bake-Off - Darci Hannah - 12/24/21 -
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).

📍9. New Year's Day - 29
Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
1 pt - Virgin River - Robyn Carr - 1/13/22 - #1 Virgin River
1 pt - Dog on It - Spencer Quinn - 1/18/22 - #1 Chet and Bernie
1 pt - Silent in the Grave - Deanna Raybourn - 1/5/22 - #1 Lady Julia Grey
1 pt - The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes - Leonard Goldberg - 1/7/22 - #1 Daughter of Sherlock Holmes
1 pt - Rules of Prey - John Sandford - 2/15/22 - #1 Prey
1 pt - A Great Deliverance - Elizabeth George - 2/8/22 - #1 Inspector Lynley
1 pt - The Book of Lost Tales, Part One - J.R.R. Tolkien - 3/8/22 - #1 History of Middle Earth
1 pt - Daughter of Fortune - Isabel Allende - 3/14/22 - #1 Involuntary Trilogy
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
3 pts - An Unsuitable Job for a Woman - P.D. James - 3/9/22 - #1 Cordelia Gray
3 pts - The Path to Power - Robert A. Caro - 3/5/22 - #1 The Years of Lyndon Johnson
3 pts - The Curse of Chalion - Lois McMaster Bujold - 3/3/22 - #1 World of the Five Gods
3 pts - The Devil in the Marshalsea - Antonia Hodgson - 3/1/22 - #1 Tom Hawkins
3 pts - Dark Lover - J.R. Ward - 2/10/22 - #1 Black Dagger Brotherhood
3 pts - A Solitude of Wolverines - Alice Henderson - 2/1/22 - #1 Dr. Alex Carter
3 pts - My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante - 2/18/22 - #1 Neopolitan Novels

10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.

📍11. Martin Luther King Day (US) - 16
Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
1 pt - An Extraordinary Union - Alyssa Cole - 1/27/22 - set in Maryland and Virginia and is also by a Black author
1 pt - Get a Life, Chloe Brown - Talia Hibbert - 2/4/22 - Black author
1 pt - Smooth-Talking Cowboy - Maisey Yates - 1/29/22 - Oregon
1 pt - How to Walk Away - Katherine Center - 1/25/22 - Texas
1 pt - The Girl from Widow Hills - Megan Miranda - 1/14/22 - Kentucky
1 pt - Sweet Salt Air - Barbara Delinsky - 1/29/22 - Massachusetts
1 pt - Midwives - Chris Bohjalian - 2/27/22 - Vermont
1 pt - Burn for Me - Ilona Andrews - 2/17/22 - Texas
1 pt - Untamed Cowboy - Maisey Yates - 2/26/22 - Oregon
1 pt - The Only Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones - 2/6/22 - North Dakota
1 pt - Undercurrents - Traci Hunter Abramson - 2/8/22 - Virginia
1 pt - The Dark Hours - Michael Connelly - 2/9/22 - California
1 pt - Murder on Wall Street - Victoria Thompson - 2/23/22 - New York
1 pt - Centennial - James A. Michener - 2/13/22 - Colorado
1 pt - Manitou Canyon - William Kent Krueger - 2/3/22 - Minnesota
1 pt - The Address - Fiona Davis - 3/6/22 - New York

📍12. Throw a Super Bowl party - 4
Read a book where a character watches a football game.
1 pt - Lick - Kylie Scott - 2/25/22
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.
3 pts - Game for Anything - Bella Andre - 3/9/22

📍13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day - 1
Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.
1 pt - A Clue for the Puzzle Lady - Parnell Hall - 12/26/21 - Cora Felton

14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).

📍15. Groundhog's Day - 19
Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
1 pt - In a Sunburned Country - Bill Bryson - 1/26/22 - BB
1 pt - The Storm Sister - Lucinda Riley - 1/12/22 - LR
1 pt - Lonely Hearts - Lisa Gray - 1/1/22 - LG
1 pt - Little Black Lies - Sandra Block - 1/8/22 - SB
1 pt - Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury - 1/6/22 - RB
1 pt - Career of Evil - Robert Galbraith - 1/5/22 - RG
1 pt - High Tide in Tucson - Barbara Kingsolver - 1/9/22 - BK
1 pt - A Tale for the Time Being -Ruth Ozeki - 2/7/22 - RO
1 pt - The Venice Sketchbook - Rhys Bowen - 2/16/22 - RB
1 pt - Jubilee Trail - Gwen Bristow - 2/21/22 - GB
1 pt - My Name Is Lucy Barton - Elizabeth Strout - 2/12/22 - ES
1 pt - The Gunslinger - Stephen King - 2/4/22 - SK
1 pt - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See - 2/19/22 - LS
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.
3 pts - Breathe Your Last - Lisa Regan - 2/28/22 - LR
3 pts - Save Her Soul - Lisa Regan - 3/17/22 - LR

📍16. Valentine's Day - 11
Read a Romance.
1 pt - The Matzah Ball - Jean Meltzer - 12/21/21
1 pt - Lady Susan - Jane Austen - 3/5/22
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover)
3 pts - The Hygge Holiday - Rosie Blake - 12/22/21 - Teapot

3 pts - Once Upon a Duke - Erica Ridley - 12/27/21 - Dress

3 pts - Love Irresistibly - Julie James - 2/24/22 - Dress


📍17. WINTER - 3
Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
1 pt - What I've Done - Melinda Leigh - 12/25/21 - tagged Thriller
1 pt - Beneath Devil's Bridge - Loreth Anne White - 1/30/22 - tagged Thriller
1 pt - Cocktails for Three - Madeleine Wickham - 2/14/22 - tagged Women's Fiction

📍18. WINTER - 12
Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
1 pt - Whiteout - Ken Follett - 1/4/22
1 pt - Never Say Duke - Erica Ridley - 12/28/22
1 pt - A Northern Light - Jennifer Donnelly - 1/16/22
1 pt - The Iron Horse - Edward Marston - 1/20/22
1 pt - It Ends with Us - Colleen Hoover - 2/25/22
1 pt - Infinity + One - Amy Harmon - 2/21/22
1 pt - No Graves As Yet - Anne Perry - 2/14/22
1 pt - No Time for Goodbye - Linwood Barclay - 2/28/22
1 pt - Rules of Civility - Amor Towles - 3/11/22
1 pt - To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis - 3/12/22
1 pt - The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro - 3/13/22
1 pt - The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah - 3/19/22
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.

📍19. Winter Books - 5
Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
1 pt - Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid - 3/8/22 - orig pub Mar 05, 2019
1 pt - Lover Eternal - J.R. Ward - 2/16/22 - orig pub Mar 07, 2006
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22 - 3
3 pts - Dark Night - Paige Shelton - 3/18/22 - orig pub Dec 07, 2021

📍20. Read Across America Day - 7
Read a book you borrowed from the library.
1 pt - Philosophy Made Simple - Robert Hellenga - 1/23/22
1 pt - Apples Never Fall - Liane Moriarty - 1/24/22
1 pt - Beloved - Toni Morrison - 2/10/22
1 pt - The Time Keeper - Mitch Albom - 2/11/22
1 pt - Archangel - Sharon Shinn - 2/2/22
1 pt - The Cartographer of No Man's Land - P.S. Duffy - 1/17/22
1 pt - And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie - 2/18/22

[Mary-Megan]

Finished :)

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Level: Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points

57/31

TASKS:
1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.

2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).
(+3) Maybe This Kiss by Jennifer Snow (3/3)


3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).
(+1) While My Pretty One Sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark (1/16)


4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.
(+3) Coming Home for Christmas by RaeAnne Thayne [Oregon and Idaho] (12/24)


7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.
(+1) Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas [public drunkenness] (1/22)


8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
(+1) It Started With Christmas by Jenny Hale (12/25)
(+1) The Christmas Escape by Sarah Morgan (12/30)
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).


9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
(+3) The Road to Rose Bend by Naima Simone (2/17)


10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
(+1) Plot Twist by Bethany Turner (1/25)


12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
(+1) The Secret Sister by Brenda Novak (3/16)
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.


13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.
(+1) The Aussie Next Door by Stefanie London [the poker ladies] (3/17)


14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).
(+1) Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal [Chinese Food] (1/22)


15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
(+1) The Bookstore on the Beach by Brenda Novak (1/30)
(+1) The One You Fight For by Roni Loren (3/11)
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.


16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).
(+3) Beach Read by Emily Henry (12/27)
(+3) Yes & I Love You by Roni Loren (1/7)
(+3) Almost Just Friends by Jill Shalvis (1/27)
(+3) The Path to Sunshine Cove by RaeAnne Thayne (2/13)
(+3) When I Found You by Brenda Novak (2/15)
(+3) More than Neighbors by Shannon Stacey (2/26)
(+3) Paradise Coveby Jenny Holiday (3/3)
(+3) The Me I Used to Be by Jennifer Ryan (3/14)


17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Ex. Women's Fiction begins with W.
(+1) A Cowboy Never Quits by Cindi Madsen [Romance, Western] (1/14)
(+1) Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger [Thriller] (2/22)
(+1) Stone Cold by David Baldacci [Thriller] (2/28)


18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
(+1) The Return by Rachel Harrison (12/28)
(+1) Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger (1/8)
(+1) The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff (2/8)
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.


19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
(+3) Just for Show by Julie Hamilton [published December 28, 2021] (2/7)
(+3) With Love from London by Sarah Jio [published February 8, 2022]


20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.
(+1) The Knockout by Sajini Patel [character goes to the library and borrowed from the library] (1/17)
(+1) The Coffin Dancer by Jeffery Deaver [borrowed from the library] (2/16)
(+1) Near the Bone by Christina Henry [borrowed from the library] (2/25)
(+1) Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir [borrowed from the library] (3/3)

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Lynda and Mary-Megan!

[Emeli]

Done
My spot
Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Winter Wonderful: 16-30 points
Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points
My points 26
TASKS:
1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER. Ex. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).

3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).

Alpha's Destiny
Finished 20/1

4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.

7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).

9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.

Dangerous daddies Book 1
Finished 12/1
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.

10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.

12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.

14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).

15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).

17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Ex. Women's Fiction begins with W.

Mpg romance finished 25/1

18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.

Published December 25th 2021
Finished 2/1

Published December 29th 2021
Finished 6/1

Published January 9th 2022
Finished 11/1

Published December 29th 2021
Finished 20/1

Published January 23rd 2022
Finished 28/1


Published January 4th 2022
Finished 30/1

[Genevieve]

FINISHED

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022
Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points
Read: 84/31+

TASKS:
3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order).
Wyoming: Discover Pictures and Facts About Wyoming For Kids! by Bold Kids 12/23/2021
Mr. Spock's Little Book of Mindfulness: How to Survive in an Illogical World by Glenn Dakin 3/19/2022

9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
Bewitching the Enemy by Dawn Chartier 12/21/2021 (Vieux Carre Witch Sister)
Taco-Truck Tryst by Kirsten Osbourne 12/28/2021 (Quinn Valley Ranch).
Out Of Print by Isabella Bassett 1/8/2022 (Old Bookstore Two-Hour Cozy Mysteries)
Kill Game by Cordelia Kingsbridge 1/13/2022 (Seven of Spades)
Palm Beach Nasty by Tom Turner 1/24/2022 ( Charlie Crawford)
A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James 1/29/2022 (Fairy Tales)
Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries by Tonya Kappes 2/6/2022 (Camper and Criminals)
Strong Heart by Charlie Sheldon 2/14/2022 (Strong Heart)
Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay 2/24/2022 (Library Lover's Mystery)
A Whole New World by Liz Braswell 3/05/2022 (Twisted Tales)
Murder, Plain and Simple by Isabella Alan 3/8/2022 (Amish Quilt Shop Mystery)
Strung Out to Die by Tonya Kappes 3/19/2022
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
Bewitching the Enemy by Dawn Chartier 12/21/2021 (Vieux Carre Witch Sister)
Taco-Truck Tryst by Kirsten Osbourne 12/28/2021 (Quinn Valley Ranch).
Out Of Print by Isabella Bassett 1/8/2022 (Old Bookstore Two-Hour Cozy Mysteries)
Kill Game by Cordelia Kingsbridge 1/13/2022 (Seven of Spade)
Palm Beach Nasty by Tom Turner 1/24/2022 ( Charlie Crawford)
A Kiss at Midnight by Eloisa James 1/29/2022 (Fairy Tales)
Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries by Tonya Kappes 2/6/2022 (Camper and Criminals)
Strong Heart by Charlie Sheldon 2/14/2022 (Strong Heart)
Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay 2/24/2022 (Library Lover's Mystery)
A Whole New World by Liz Braswell 3/05/2022 (Twisted Tales)
Murder, Plain and Simple by Isabella Alan 3/8/2022 (Amish Quilt Shop Mystery)

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA.
Diamonds Are Forever 12/23/2021 (Las Vegas).
Wheedle on the Needle by Stephen Cosgrove 12/29/2021 (Washington state)
Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich 1/5/2022 (New Jersey)
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich 1/9/2022 (New Jersey)
The Lies That Bind by Kate Carlisle 2/10/2022 (California)
Fishing for Trouble by Elizabeth Logan 2/22/2022 (Alaska)
Flour in the Attic by Winnie Archer 2/28/2022 (California)
Murder at Rough Point by Alyssa Maxwell 3/11/2022 (Newport Rhode Island)
Charlie Crawford - New York Homicide by Tom Turner 3/14/2022 (New York)

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.
Dying for Danish by Leighann Dobbs 12/29/2021 (MC's Nana and her friends who help her detect things.)
Castelmezzano, The Witch Is Dead by Adriana Licio 1/17/2022 (two retired ladies who find a murderer)
Murder, Money & Marzipan by Leighann Dobbs 3/12/2022 (MC's Ipad toting nana)

15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
The Cat Who Saw Stars by Lilian Jackson Braun 1/2/2022

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
Ryder Revisited by Pamela M. Kelley 1/8/2022
Take Me Out To The Love Game by Carol Costa1/20/2022
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).
by Pamela M. Kelley 1/8/2022 (shirt)
by Carol Costa1/20/2022 (lips)

17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
True Story
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus by Francis Pharcellus Church 12/23/2021
Native Americans
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola 12/29/2021
Nonfiction
King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin by Stephen Costanza 1/18/2022
Retellings
Cursed by Jen Calonita 3/11/2022

18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
Really, This Is My Life. by Kristi Abbott 12/24/2021
Red Bird Sings: The Story of Zitkala-Sa, Native American Author, Musician, and Activist by Gina Capaldi 12/29/2021
Trick Roller by Cordelia Kingsbridge 2/3/2022
Wished by Jen Calonita 3/1/2022
When Gilly Met Devin by Jen Calonita 3/3/2022

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
Manuscripts and Deadly Motives by Cindy Bell 12/30/2021 Published February 23, 2019
Unhinged by Lois Greiman 1/02/2022 First published March 16, 2017.
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey 1/10/2022 First published January 1, 1941
John F. Kennedy by Sherman Hollar 2/25/2022 First published January 1, 2012

20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library.
Due or Die by Jenn McKinlay 2/26/2022

Read a book you borrowed from the library.
All about Hanukkah by Judyth Saypol Groner 12/23/2021
Santa Is Coming to the Twin Cities by Steve Smallman 12/26/2021
M is for Mount Rushmore: A South Dakota Alphabet by William Anderson 12/27/2021
Death Waxed Over by Tim Myers 12/28/2021
A Is For Arches: A Utah Alphabet by Rebecca Hall 12/29/2021
S Is for Sunflower: A Kansas Alphabet by Devin Scillian 12/30/2021
I Is for Iowa-95 by Mary Ann Gensicke 12/31/2021
S Is For Sooner: An Oklahoma Alphabet Series by Devin Scillian 12/31/2021
Going North by Janice N. Harrington 12/31/
B is for Big Sky Country: A Montana Alphabet by Sneed B. Collard III 12/31/2021
Switched by Jen Calonita 1/24/2022
Antiques Flee Market by Barbara Allan 1/30/2022
Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich 2/26/2022
A Merry Murder on Ruff Road by Cindy Bell 3/15/2022
Who Were the Beatles? by Geoff Edgers 3/19/2022

[Melissa A]

I’m FINISHED!
Reading The Seasons - Winter (PART ONE)
PART TWO: Message #63

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points
Books: PART ONE 41 & PART TWO 83
Total: 124 Books
Points: PART ONE 70 & PART TWO 131
Total: 201 points

TASKS:

1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title. (1)

Brian's Winter (Brian’s Saga #3) Gary Paulsen 01/16/22

-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER. Ex. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder (3)

Winter Street (Winter Street #1) Elin Hilderbrand 12/31/21

2. Enjoy the snow falling.

❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover). (3)

An Alaskan Wedding Jennifer Snow 03/19/22

3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover). (3)

Pepperoni Pizza Can Be Murder(Pizza Lover’s Mystery #2) Chris Cavender 12/22/21
Punch, Pastries, and Poison (A Cape Bay Cafe Mystery #10) Harper Lin 03/15/22
Pies and Prejudice (A Charmed Pie Shop Mystery #1) Ellery Adams 03/19/22

4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed. (2)

Get Lucky Katherine Center (p. 87) 12/26/21
The Last Romantics Tara Conklin (p. 25) 01/13/22

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E. (3)

The Engagements J. Courtney Sullivan 12/26/22
Evidence of the Affair Taylor Jenkins Reid 03/08/22
Espressos, Eggnogs, and Evil Exes (A Cape Bay Mystery #7) Harper Lin 03/14/22

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story. (1)

A Slice of Murder (Pizza Lover’s Mystery #1) Chris Cavender (@77% “‘I’ll drive,’ she said. ‘I’ve had more experience in the fog.’” @88% “. . . the fog had doubled its intensity . . . “) Set in NC. 12/22/21

-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming. (6)

Gusty Lovers and Cadavers Anne R. Tan (Ch 18, 9 of 18 “ . . . a thick fog blanketed . . . “) Set in California. 01/10/22
Breezy Friends and Bodies (A Raina Sun Mystery #3) Anne R. Tan (Page 1 “. . . The damp fog rolling in from San Francisco Bay . . . “) 01/10/22

7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness. (3)

Hatchet (Brian’s Saga #1) Gary Paulsen (Brian’s mother gives him a hatchet before he boards a plane to visit his father) 01/06/22
Rest In Pizza (Pizza Lovers Mystery #4) Chris Cavender (Page 114 “. . . I imagined he was just as drunk as the other three . . .”) 01/17/22
Sunrise Point Robyn Carr (The grandfather showers his new found granddaughters with so many gifts) 02/14/22

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.

-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover). (15)

1225 Christmas Tree Lane (Cedar Cove #12) Debbie Macomber 12/28/21
The Little Shop of Hidden Treasures Part One: Starting Over Holly Hepburn 12/20/22
From Shetland, With Love at Christmas Erin Green 12/30/21
My Kind of Christmas Robyn Carr 02/17/22
Cremas, Christmas Cookies, and Crooks (A Cape Bay Mystery #6) Harper Lin 03/12/22

9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name. (6)

Slammed Colleen Hoover (Slammed) 01/14/22
Hopeless Colleen Hoover (Hopeless) 02/07/22
My Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout (Amgash) 02/24/22
Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam) 03/03/22
Maybe Someday Colleen Hoover (Maybe) 03/04/22
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry #1) Rachel Joyce 03/11/22

-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before. (21)

Bad Monkey (Andrew Yancy #1) Carl Hiaasen 12/21/21
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Toshikazu Kawaguchi 01/10/22
The Fiesta Burger Murder (Burger Bar Mystery #1) Rosie A. Point 01/09/22
Open Season C.J. Box (Joe Pickett) 02/20/22
The Bear and the Nightingale Katherine Arden (Winternight Triology) 02/21/22
Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1) Louise Penny 03/17/22
Killer Cupcakes (A Lexy Baker #1) Leighann Dobbs 03/19/22

10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby. (6)

The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2) Richard Osman (Elizabeth, Joyce, Ibraham and Ron - The Thursday Murder Crimes - are amateur detectives. They have other hobbies like knitting, crossword puzzles, etc.) 01/07/22
The Reading List Sara Nisha Adams (Lots of characters read as a hobby.) 02/04/22
Xingu Edith Wharton (The book is about a Ladies’ Reading and Culture Group) 02/05/22
Point of Retreat Colleen Hoover (several of the characters perform at Poetry Slams) 02/06/22
Isn't It Bromantic? Lyssa Kay Adams (Vlad reads and writes romance novels) 02/13/22
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer Fredrik Backman (Noah and his grandfather fish together) 03/09/22

Continued in Part Two (message 63)

[Melissa A]

FINISHED! (PART TWO)
Books: 83
Points: 131

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author. (7)

A Pizza To Die For (Pizza Lovers Mystery #3) Chris Cavender (North Carolina) 01/13/22
Honey Girl Morgan Rogers (both) 01/19/22
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison (both) 01/20/22
Untamed Glennon Doyle (USA) 01/19/22
Love Warrior Glennon Doyle Melton (USA) 01/21/22
Starfish Lisa Fipps 02/02/22
Double Shots, Donuts, and Dead Dudes (A Cape Bay Cafe Mystery #8) Harper Lin 03/14/22

12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game. (2)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky (Diary entry for October 6, 1991 - first mention, there are several.) 12/28/21
The Humans Matt Haig (The MC and friend attend a Cambridge v Kettering Football Game) 01/02/22

-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who. (4)

The Fine Art of Murder Jessica Fletcher (Jessica Fletcher - novelist and amateur detective) 12/30/21
Apples Never Fall Liane Moriarty (Joy Delaney 69 years old is very spunky) 01/24/22
The Island of Sea Women Lisa See (Young-Sook is a 85 year old who still dives without an air supply) 02/23/22
The Year of the Flood Margaret Atwood (Pilar was an older “Gardener” who took an outsider under her wing and trained her as a replacement) 03/07/22


14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover). (2)

All Your Perfects Colleen Hoover (p. 8 “Chinese Food? Are you kidding me?”) 12/25/21
The White Tiger Aravind Adiga 01/14/22


15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB. (11)

The X'ed-out X-ray Ron Roy 12/31/21
The Island of Missing Trees Elif Shafak 01/02/22
Within These Wicked Walls Lauren Blackwood 01/07/22
Honey-Baked Homicide Gayle Leeson 01/09/22
The Round House Louise Erdrich 01/29/22
Home Stretch Graham Norton 02/19/22
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley 02/12/22
Anything Is Possible Elizabeth Strout 02/24/22
Oh William! Elizabeth Strout 02/25/22
Five Tuesdays in Winter Lily King 03/02/22
Spill Simmer Falter Wither Sara Baume 03/13/22

-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance. (3)

They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera 01/08/22
Anne of Avonlea L.M. Montgomery 01/14/22
My Favorite Half-Night Stand Christina Lauren 02/25/22

-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover). (57)

1105 Yakima Street Debbie Macomber 11/27/21
The Rose Code Kate Quinn 12/28/21
Cherry Cream Cupcake & Murder Ann S. Marie 12/29/21
The Cemetery Boys Heather Brewer 01/13/22
If the Shoe Fits Julie Murphy 01/25/22
Instructions for Dancing Nicola Yoon 01/25/22
Everyone is Beautiful Katherine Center 01/26/22
Namesake Adrienne Young 02/02/22
The Love Hypothesis Ali Hazelwood 02/05/22
The Bright Side Of Disaster Katherine Center 02/06/22
Confess Colleen Hoover 02/18/22
Return to Virgin River Robyn Carr 02/21/22
Love Her or Lose Her Tessa Bailey 02/22/22
The Soulmate Equation Christina Lauren 02/27/22
The Jane Austen Society Natalie Jenner 02/28/22
This Girl Colleen Hoover 03/04/22
The Wedding Date Jasmine Guillory 03/05/22
The Wedding Game Meghan Quinn 03/06/22
Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words Annika Sharma 03/11/22

17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Ex. Women's Fiction begins with W. (7)

You Think It, I'll Say It Curtis Sittenfeld (Essays) 01/03/21
Friends and Strangers J. Courtney Sullivan (Women’s Fiction) 01/12/22
One by One Ruth Ware (Thriller) 01/26/22
Rock Paper Scissors Alice Feeney(Thriller) 02/11/22
Once There Were Wolves Charlotte McConaghy (Nature) 02/17/22
These Precious Days: Essays Ann Patchett(Essays) 02/22/22
The Disappearing Act Catherine Steadman (Thriller) 03/13/22

18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER. (9)

The River Gary Paulsen 01/14/22
Hatchet: The Return Gary Paulsen 01/14/22
Wish You Were Here Jodi Picoult 01/22/22
With the Fire on High Elizabeth Acevedo 01/25/22
The Invisible Husband of Frick Island Colleen Oakley 01/27/22
Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher02/23/22
That Summer Jennifer Weiner03/03/22
If I Had Your Face Frances Cha 03/11/22
To Fudge or Not to Fudge (Candy-Coated Mysteries #2) Nancy CoCo 03/17/22

-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter. (6)

Before the Coffee Gets Cold: Tales from the CaféToshikazu Kawaguchi (in Japan the family name is usually first) 01/07/21
Taste: My Life through Food Stanley Tucci 03/01/22

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date. (4)

The Book of Candlelight Ellery Adams (Jan. 28, 2020) 01/13/22
Daughter of Moloka'i Alan Brennert (Pub. Feb 19, 2019) 01/17/22
The Last Family in England Matt Haig (read Kindle Edition - Jan. 4, 2018) 01/03/22
The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead (Jan. 1, 2018)
Americanos, Apple Pies, and Art Thieves (A Cape Bay Cafe Mystery #5) Harper Lin (pub 12/28/2017) 03/12/22

-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22. (12)

Reminders of Him Colleen Hoover (Pub. 01/18/22) 01/19/22
The School for Good Mothers Jessamine Chan (Pub. 01/04/22) 02/10/22
Honor Thrity Umrigar (Pub. 01/04/22) 02/15/22
The Christie Affair Nina de Gramont (02/01/22) 03/15/22

20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Dave Grohl 01/01/22 (borrowed)
Dearly Depotted Kate Collins 01/11/22 (borrowed)
Forever, Interrupted Taylor Jenkins Reid (Elsie works at a library) 02/06/22
One Two Three Laurie Frankel (Monday Mitchell runs a library from her family home which townspeople use.) 02/20/22
MaddAddam Margaret Atwood03/10/22 (borrowed)
Macchiatos, Macarons, and Malice (A Cape Bay Cafe Mystery #9) Harper Lin 03/15/22 (borrowed)
The Fall Albert Camus 03/17/22 (borrowed)
Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell 03/18/22 (borrowed)
Oh Say Can You Fudge Nancy CoCo 03/19/22 (borrowed)

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Melissa!

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Emeli, Genevieve and Melissa!

[Kendra]

Completion Post:
I made 100 points this time!🥳🥳🥳

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: Dec. 21st, 2021 - Mar. 20th, 2022

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Winter Wonderful: 16-30 points
Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points

100/31

TASKS:
1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER.
3 points: Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell - Mar. 6th

2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).

3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).
1 point: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black - Dec. 23rd
1 point: Patient Zero: A Brief History of the Science Stories Behind the World's Worst Diseases by Lydia Kang & Nate Pedersen - Feb. 15th
1 point: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke - Mar. 14th

4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.
1 point: A Night to Remember by Walter Lord - Dec. 31st
pg. 174

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.
1 point: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe - Jan. 21st
1 point: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan - Jan. 31st
1 point: An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed by Helene Tursten - Mar. 3rd

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.

7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.
1 point: The Wicked King by Holly Black - Dec. 26th
Carden gets drunk.
1 point: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden - Feb. 7th
Many scenes of drunkeness.

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).

9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
3 points: The Last Halloween: Children by Abby Howard - Dec. 21st (Last Halloween)
3 points: Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe - Jan. 1st (Lore Olympus)
3 points: Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV - Jan. 25th (Something is Killing the Children)
3 points: The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy - Feb. 10th (The Scarlet Pimpernel)

10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
1 point: Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds - Jan. 22nd
Both
1 point: You Can’t Be Serious by Kal Penn - Jan. 30th
USA
1 point: Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel by Jason Reynolds - Feb. 20th
Both
1 point: Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater & Florence Atwater - Mar. 8th
USA
1 point: This Is Paradise: Stories by Kristiana Kahakauwila - Mar. 9th
USA

12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.
1 point: Then Came You by Jill Shalvis - Feb. 26th
It's a flag football game.

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.
1 point: Firefly: Blue Sun Rising Vol. 2 by Greg Pak - Dec. 27th
Ma Reynolds

14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).
1 point: What We Lose by Zinzi Clemmons - Feb. 25th
pg. 1

15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.
1 point: Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing and Light by Nikita Gill - Jan. 19th
1 point: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - Feb. 10th
1 point: Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca - Feb. 19th
1 point: The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss - Mar. 8th

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).
3 points: Holiday Wishes by Jill Shalvis - Jan. 2nd

3 points: Life's Too Short by Abby Jimenez - Feb. 20th

3 points: Fated Blades by Ilona Andrews - Mar. 18th


17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
1 point: Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek by Daniel Levy - Dec. 24th
Nonfiction
1 point: Forbidden Wife: The Life and Trials of Lady Augusta Murray by Julia Abel Smith - Jan. 8th
Nonfiction
1 point: Fakes, Frauds, and Flimflammery: Even More of the World's Most Outrageous Scams by Andreas Schroeder - Jan. 18th
Nonfiction
1 point: The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan - Feb. 16th
Epic
1 point: The True Story of the Great Escape: Stalag Luft III, March 1944 by Jonathan F. Vance - Mar. 7th
World War 2
1 point: Cheats, Charlatans, and Chicanery: More Outrageous Tales of Skulduggery by Andreas Schroeder - Mar. 17th
Nonfiction

18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
1 point: The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones - Jan. 25th
1 point: The Irish Assassins: Conspiracy, Revenge and the Phoenix Park Murders That Stunned Victorian England by Julie Kavanagh - Jan. 29th
1 point: Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Feb. 24th

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
1 point: The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black - Dec. 29th
Nov. 19h, 2019
1 point: How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black - Dec. 29th
Nov. 24th, 2019
3 points: Where the Drowned Girls Go by Seanan McGuire - Jan. 4th
Jan. 4th, 2022
3 points: The Family You Make by Jill Shalvis - Jan. 15th
Jan. 11th, 2022
3 points: Here's to Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera - Jan. 17th
Dec. 28th, 2021
3 points: House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas - Feb. 18th
Feb. 15th, 2022
3 points: Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik - Feb. 21st
Feb. 1st, 2022
1 point: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo - Feb. 27th
Mar. 6th, 2018
3 points: Crowbones by Anne Bishop - Mar. 11th
Mar. 8th, 2022
3 points: From Hollywood with Love: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of the Romantic Comedy by Scott Meslow - Mar. 13th
Feb. 1st, 2022
3 points: Spelunking Through Hell by Seanan McGuire - Mar. 15th
Mar. 1st, 2022

20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.
1 point: Me Tomorrow: Indigenous Views on the Future edited by Drew Hayden Taylor - Dec. 28th
Library book
1 point: Firefly: Return to Earth That Was Vol. 1 by Greg Pak - Dec. 30th
Library book
1 point: Deadly Class, Volume 10: Save Your Generation by Rick Remender - Jan. 2nd
Library book
1 point: Obit by Victoria Chang - Jan. 10th
Library book
1 point: Mãn by Kim Thúy - Jan. 12th
Library book
1 point: Born to Be Awkward: Celebrating Those Imperfect Moments of Babyhood by Mike Bender & Doug Chernack - Jan. 12th
Library book
1 point: Awkward Family Holiday Photos by Mike Bender & Doug Chernack - Jan. 13th
Library book
1 point: Awkward Family Pet Photos by Mike Bender & Doug Chernack - Jan. 15th
Library book
1 point: Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson - Jan. 17th
Library book
1 point: Cackle by Rachel Harrison - Jan. 23rd
Library book
1 point: Skin & Earth, Vol. 1 by Lights - Jan. 23rd
Library book
1 point: Awkward Family Photos by Mike Bender & Doug Chernack - Jan. 31st
Library book
1 point: High Jinx by Kelley Armstrong - Feb. 4th
Library book
1 point: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa - Feb. 20th
Library book
1 point: The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl - Feb. 23rd
Library book
1 point: Cyclopedia Exotica by Aminder Dhaliwal - Feb. 23rd
Library book
1 point: Just Pretending by Lisa Bird-Wilson - Feb. 28th
Library book
1 point: The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel Single Volume by P. Craig Russell - Mar. 2nd
Library book
1 point: A Library of Misremembered Books: When We're Searching for a Book but Have Forgotten the Title by Marina Luz - Mar. 20th
Library book

[Katelyn]

FINISHED

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

48/31+

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Winter Wonderful: 16-30 points
Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points

TASKS:
1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER. Ex. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).

3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).

4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.

7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).
3pt🎄 - Heidi McLaughlin, 12/21/21
3pt🎄A Lot Like Christmas - Kait Nolan, 12/26/21

9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
1pt🥂Carry On - Rainbow Rowell, 1/8/22 (Simon Snow #1)
3pt🥂The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood, 1/27/22 (Love Hypothesis #1)
3pt🥂All In - Bella Matthews, 1/28/22 (Kings of Kroyden Hills #1)
3pt🍀Edge of Reason - Freya Barker, 3/2/22 (Arrows Edge MC #1)
1pt🍀No Take Backs - Becca Seymour, 3/11/22

10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
1pt💗Hummingbird Heartbreak - Max Walker, 2/5/22 -- Georgia
1pt🍀Frat Wars: King of Thieves - Saxon James, 3/6/22 (Connecticut)
1pt🍀A Breath Apart - Christina Lee, 3/10/22 (West Virginia)
1pt🍀Cash - Megan O'Brien, 3/11/22 (Nevada)

12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.

14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).

15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.
1pt🎄Baby, It's Cold Outside - Kait Nolan, 12/29/21

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).
3pt🥂 - S.B. Alexander, 1/9/21
1pt💗Foul Ball - Haven Hadley, 2/16/22
3pt💗 - Aurora Rose Reynolds, 2/19/22
3pt🍀 - Julia Quinn, 3/15/22
3pt🍀 - Tessa Bailey, 3/19/22

17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Ex. Women's Fiction begins with W.

18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
3pt🥂Heartstopper: Volume Four - Alice Oseman, 1/10/22 -- 1/4/22
3pt🥂Right as Raine - Lucy Lennox, 1/30/22 -- 2/2/21
3pt💗Icebreaker - A.L. Graziadei, 2/6/22 -- 1/18/22

20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.
1pt🥂If This Gets Out - Sophie Gonzales, 1/1/22
1pt🥂Wayward Son - Rainbow Rowell, 1/14/22
1pt🥂Any Way the Wind Blows - Rainbow Rowell, 1/21/22
1pt💗Mason: A Ride Series Crossover - Megan O'Brien, 2/16/22
1pt💗 - Megan O'Brien, 2/22/22

[Cindy III]

Finished
21 points

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Level: Winter Wonderful: 16-30 points, 21 points

TASKS:
1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER. Ex. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).

3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).

4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.

7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).

9. New Year's Day
1 point ❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
2 points -->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
While the Duke Was Sleeping - Sophie Jordan The Rogue Files #1 12/23 - 25
3 points Because of Mr. Terupt - Rob Buyea Mr. Terupt #1 12/30 - 1/9
3 points The Cater Street Hangman - Anne Perry Charlotte & Thomas Pitt #1 2/22 - 3/20

10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
1 point ❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus - Dusti Bowling 12/31 - 1/6 set in Arizona, USA
1 point The Circuit - Francisco Jiménez 2/20 - 21 set in California, USA

12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.

14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).

15. Groundhog's Day
1 point ❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.
The Liberation of Gabriel King - K.L. Going 2/24 - 26
1 point Secrets of a Summer Night - Lisa Kleypas 2/14 - 16
1 point Coraline - Neil Gaiman 2/26 - 3/2

16. Valentine's Day
1 point ❄️ Read a Romance.
2 points -->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).
Kisses, She Wrote - Katharine Ashe 2/18 - 20

17. WINTER
1 point ❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Ex. Women's Fiction begins with W.
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea - Valérie Zenatti 12/31 - 1/12 war tag starts with W

18. WINTER
1 point ❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
Rainy Season - José Eduardo Agualusa 1/11 - 23

19. Winter Books
1 point ❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
A Secret Proposal - Valerie Bowman 12/31 - 1/5 published January 1, 2013

20. Read Across America Day
1 point ❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.
The Halloween Tree - Ray Bradbury 1/9 borrowed from library

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Kendra, Katelyn and Cindy!!

[Chelsea]

*COMPLETION POST*

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022
Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points
Read: 58/31+

TASKS:
1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER. Ex. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).

3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).
1 pt {PINE in title} Tide and Punishment - Bree Baker 1/23/22

4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.
1 pt Sixteen Scandals - Sophie Jordan 2/23/22
1 pt Oopsie Daisy - Iris Morland 2/24/22

7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).
3 pts One Charmed Christmas - Sheila Roberts 12/24/21


9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
3 pts Archangel Down - C. Gockel 12/21/21 {Archangel Project #1}
3 pts Die Noon - Elise Sax 12/28/21 {Goodnight Mysteries #1}
3 pts Victim Zero - Joshua Guess 12/30/21 {The Fall #1}
3 pts Storm Front - Jim Butcher 1/12/22 {The Dresden Files #1}
3 pts Homecoming - Scott Langrel 2/9/22 {Finn McCoy #1}
3 pts Qualify - Vera Nazarian 2/11/22 {The Atlantis Grail #1}
3 pts Lucky in Love - Carolyn Brown 2/14/22 {Lucky #1}
3 pts Mating Cycle - T.A. Grey 2/23/22 {The Kategan Alphas #1}
3 pts Spoken Bones - N.C. Lewis {DI Fenella Sallow #1] 3/9/22
3 pts Dirty Little Secrets - Liliana Hart {JJ Graves Mystery #1} 3/10/22
3 pts Knuckle Supper - Drew Stepek {Knuckle #1} 3/16/22
3 pts Back to You - Kimberly Kincaid {Remington Medical #1} 3/16/22
3 pts The Devil's Crown: Part 1 - Monica James {Devil's Crown #1} 3/18/22

10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.
{Sailing} Jasmine Sea - Phillipa Nefri Clark 2/28/22

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
Anchored: Finding Hope in the Unexpected - Kayla Aimee 1/10/22
The Wolf's Shadow - Cecilia Dominic 1/25/22
The One Who Watches - Emerald O'Brien 1/26/22
Ghost Stories - Ron Ripley 1/27/22
Death Saint - Rich Curtin 3/7/22
The Pill Mills of Florida - Scott Wilson 3/17/22

12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.
{Bertie} By Book or By Crook - Eva Gates 1/7/21

14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).

15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.
The Black Sisterhood Files - Kristina Naydonova 2/8/22

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).

17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
{Thriller} The Perfect Family - Jacquie Underdown 12/27/21
{Thriller} A Secondhand Lie - Pamela Crane 1/30/22
{Thriller} A Secondhand Life - Pamela Crane 2/2/22

18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
True Crime Case Histories; Volume 4: 12 Disturbing True Crime Stories - Jason Neal 3/9/22

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.

20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.

[Shash]

Finished! :)

Reading The Seasons - Winter
December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Levels:
Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points

122 Total Points

TASKS:
1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER.

2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).

3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).
1 - The Princess Game by Melanie Cellier (2/5/22)
1 - The Princess Search by Melanie Cellier (2/11/22)
1 - Princess of Shadows by A.G. Marshall (2/23/22)
1 - The Prince and the Sea Witch by A.G. Marshall (3/5/22)

4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.
1 - Birthday Boyfriend by Liz Isaacson (2/22/22) - page 97

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.
1 - Becoming Lady Lockwood by Jennifer Moore (2/20/22)

7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.
1 - A Tangled Wreath by Laura Beers (12/28/21) - gifts to children

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).
3 - The Christmas Letters by Jenny Proctor (12/27/21)

3 - Romance at the Christmas Tree Lot by Marcia Lynn McClure (12/29/21)

3 - A Christmas Spark by Cindy Steel (12/30/21)


9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
1 - A Girl's Tale by K.M. Shea (1/25/22) - Robyn Hood
1 - To Con a Gentleman by Sarah Adams (1/26/22) - Dalton Family
1 - Just His Secretary by Donna Jeffries (2/1/22) - Southern Roots Sweet RomCom
1 - The Gentleman's Quest by Camille Elliot (2/17/22) - Journeys of the Heart
1 - Midnight for a Curse by E.J. Kitchens (3/14/22) - Curse Keeper, Curse Breaker
1 - The Healer's Apprentice by Melanie Dickerson (3/15/22) - Hagenheim

10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.
1 - Voyage by Camille Peters (1/11/22) - astronomy

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
1 - The Barefoot Groom by Taylor Hart (2/7/22) - USA
1 - Billionaire Ghost Tour by Stephanie Fowers (2/8/22) - USA
1 - Her Billionaire's Murder Mystery by Stephanie Fowers (2/10/22) - USA

12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.
1 - The Librarian and Her Beast by Laura Ann (1/3/22)
1 - Her One and Only by Becky Wade (3/8/22)

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.
1 - Mostly Perilous by Kimberley Montpetit (1/4/22) - Granny (Lillian)
1 - Awaken by Camille Peters (1/14/22) - Flora, Willow & Poppy
1 - Miss Leslie's Secret by Jennifer Moore (1/20/22) - Dores
1 - Making the Marquess by Nichole Van (1/22/22) - Grandmère
1 - Until Vienna by Heather B. Moore (2/18/22) - Aunt Rowena
1 - Princess of Mermaids by A.G. Marshall (3/2/22) - Dowager Queen Bernadine

14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).
1 - Miss Oriented and the Billionaire by Lorin Grace (1/2/22) - Chinese food
1 - Flirting with my Enemy by Laura Burton (1/9/22) - Chinese Food

15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.
1 - Silver Dollar Duke by Sally Britton (2/16/22)

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).
3 - Falling for Santa by Heather Diane (12/21/21)

3 - A Mistletoe Mismatch by Sally Britton (12/23/21)

3 - How to Ruin the Holidays by Becky Monson (12/26/21)

3 - Merry Manager by Pamela M. Kelley (12/27/21)

3 - Lovesick Cowboy's Unforgettable Christmas by Hanna Hart (12/31/21)

3 - My Sister's Intended by Rachael Anderson (1/5/22)

3 - The Sweetest Things by Bria Quinlan (1/6/22)

3 - The Hopeful Bride by Kimberly Krey (1/7/22)

3 - A Dangerous Scheme by Laura Beers (1/19/22)

3 - Remembering Jamie by Nichole Van (1/24/22)

3 - A Midwinter's Wedding by Melanie Cellier (1/28/22)

3 - An Officer, Not a Gentleman by Elizabeth Johns (1/30/22)

3 - One Singing Bachelorette by Jennifer Youngblood (1/31/22)

3 - One Fake Fiancé by Jennifer Youngblood (1/31/22)

3 - Just His Boss by Donna Jeffries (2/3/22)

3 - Just His Assistant by Donna Jeffries (2/4/22)

3 - One Silent Night by Jennifer Youngblood (2/20/22)

3 - Her Unsuitable Match by Sally Britton (2/22/22)

3 - Princess of Secrets by A.G. Marshall (2/25/22)

3 - A Season in London by Elizabeth Johns (3/3/22)

3 - A Lady of Esteem by Kristi Ann Hunter (3/15/22)

3 - A Noble Masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter (3/17/22)


17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
1 - The Solicitor's Son by Rachael Anderson (1/15/22) - Regency
1 - Turret by Camille Peters (1/16/22) - Royals
1 - The Princess Pact by Melanie Cellier (1/23/22) - Retellings
1 - Fight for Freedom by K.M. Shea (1/25/22) - Robin Hood
1 - Seeing Mary by Sarah Adams (1/27/22) - Novella
1 - The Secrets of a Scoundrel by Mindy Burbidge Strunk (2/6/22) - Regency
1 - Princess of Roses by A.G. Marshall (2/28/22) - Retellings
1 - Bluebeard and the Outlaw by Tara Grayce (3/3/22) - Retellings
1 - The Dark King and the Eternal Dance by Alesha Adamson (3/13/22) - Retellings

18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
1 - To Catch A Suitor by Sarah Adams (1/28/22)
1 - Wrong Train to Paris by Jennifer Moore (2/12/22)

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
3 - Snowed In at the Winter Palace by Lucy McConnell (12/30/21) - 12/21/21
3 - Choices of the Heart by Sarah M. Eden (1/19/22) - 1/11/22

20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.
1 - The Hopeful Heart by Jaclyn Hardy (1/8/22) - book club
1 - The Determined Bride by Kimberly Krey (1/18/22) - book club

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Chelsea and Shash!

[Moondance]

Completion Post

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Levels:
Super Seasonal: 5-15 points
Winter Wonderful: 16-30 points
Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points

41 points

TASKS:
1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
Winter in Sweetwater County Ciara Knight 01.06.22 3 stars
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER. Ex. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).

3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).
Pekoe Most Poison Laura Childs 03.18.22 3 stars

4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.
The Daughter Claus D. Thrush 12.30.22 3 stars page 1

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.
Ever After Elda Minger 12.29.21 3 stars

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.

7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.
Blue Midnight Tess Thompson 02.07.22 4 stars
Blythe gets drunk at a bar the first night she meets Kevan in Peregrine, Idaho

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).

9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
Last Chance for Murder Estelle Richards 01.06.22 3 stars First in Lisa Chance Mystery series
The Secret, Book & Scone Society Ellery Adams 02.20.22 5 stars First in the Secret, Book, and Scone Society series
Ink & Sigil Kevin Hearne 02.24.22 3 stars First in the Ink&Sigil series
Blood Kissed Keri Arthur 03.11.22 4.5 stars First in the Lizzie Grace series
Hush, Hush Becca Fitzpatrick 03.19.22 2 stars First in the Hush Hush series

-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man W. Bruce Cameron 03.01.22 4 stars

10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.
Taken In Elizabeth Lynn Casey 12.28.21 3 stars Sewing
Gone But Knot Forgotten Mary Marks 02.27.22 4 stars Quilting

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
In Cold Chamomile Joy Avon 02.15.22 3 stars Set in Maine


12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.

14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).
Queen of Klutz Samantha Garman 03.08.22 4 stars
Sibby and Aiden eat Chinese food several times throughout the book

15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).

17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Ex. Women's Fiction begins with W.
Thriller
Taken in Death J.D. Robb 12.31.21 5 stars
Obsession in Death J.D. Robb 01.01.22 5 stars
Devoted in Death J.D. Robb 01.03.22 5 stars
Wonderment in Death J.D. Robb 01.05.22 5 stars
Brotherhood in Death J.D. Robb 01.07.22 5 stars
Apprentice in Death J.D. Robb 01.11.22 5 stars
Echoes in DeathJ.D. Robb 02.04.22 5 stars
Secrets in Death J.D. Robb 02.05.22 5 stars
Dark in Death J.D. Robb 02.19.22 5 stars
Leverage in Death J.D. Robb 02.26.22 5 stars
Connections in Death J.D. Robb 03.06.22 5 stars
Vendetta in Death J.D. Robb 03.13.22 5 stars


18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
The Whispered Word Ellery Adams 03.07.22 5 stars

19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
Lake Silence Anne Bishop 02.13.22 5 stars Published 03.06.2018
Death, Taxes, and Cheap Sunglasses Diane Kelly 02.22.22 5 stars Published 03.03.2015
On Thin IcingEllie Alexander02.25.22 4 stars Published 12.29.2015
Dead in Dublin Catie Murphy 02.26.22 3 stars Published 12.31.2019

-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
Murder at a Scottish Social Traci Hall 01.23.22 4 stars Published 01.25.22
Up to No Gouda Linda Reilly 01.23.22 4 stars Published 01.25.22
Put Out to Pasture Amanda Flower 02.22.22 4 stars Published 02.22.22

20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.
The Way of Tea and Justice: Rescuing the World's Favorite Beverage from Its Violent History Becca Stevens 01.25.22 4 stars borrowed from library

[Shelly]

FINISHED
Total: 28 points

Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Levels:
✅Winter Wonderful: 16-30 points
Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points

BOOKS READ: 24
POINTS: 28

TASKS:
💖1. Winter Fun. Points: 1
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
1. A Witch For Mr. Winter - Deanna Chase 02/22/22
-->BONUS: The one of the author's initials are found in WINTER. Ex. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder


2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).

🍀🍀☃️3. Collect pine cones. point: 3
❄️ Read a book A. with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR B. with a pine tree on the cover (show cover). -
1. A. Mrs. Morris and the Vampire - Traci Wilton 01/13/22
2. A. Fashion, Rosé & Foul Play - Gemma Halliday 03/14/22
3. A. Winnie-The-Pooh - A.A. Milne 03/19/22


☃️4. Wear flannel PJs. point: 2
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed. -1.No Cats Allowed - Miranda James 01/19/22 page 111
2. Crochet and Cauldrons - Nancy Warren pg. 127


5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.

📌7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Woden points: 1
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children.
🍀💖OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.
1. A Batter of Life and Death - Ellie Alexander 02/25/22 CHEF MARCO
2. Statue of Limitations - Kate Collins 03/08/22 Marie Odem



🎅🏻8. Christmas point: 1
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 12/28/21
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).


💖💖💖☃️9. New Year's Day points: 7
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
1. The Accidental Werewolf - Dakota Cassidy 01/29/22 THE ACCIDENTALLY SERIES
2. Meet Your Baker - Ellie Alexander 02/01/22 THE BAKESHOP MYSTERY SERIES
3. Jingle all the Slay - Dakota Cassidy 02/11/22
4. Up to No Gouda - Linda Reilly 02/28/22 A GRILLED CHEESE MYSTERY SERIES
-->💖☃️BONUS Also by an author you have not read before. The Accidental Werewolf Up to No Gouda


10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.

💖☃️11. Martin Luther King Day (US) points: 2
❄️ Read a book set in USA.
1. Read and Buried - Eva Gates 01/23/22 NORTH CAROLINA
2. Murder Most Fowl - Donna Andrews 02/15/22


12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

🍀☃️13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.
1.Kneaded to Death - Winnie Archer 01/07/22 PENNY BRANFORD - Octogenarian
2. Cajun Kiss of Death - Ellen Byron 03/17/22 Grand-Mere Charlotte Crozat-Bertrand


14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).

💖15. Groundhog's Day points: 1
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.
A Death Long Overdue - Eva Gates 02/19/22


16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).

💖17. WINTER points: 1
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Ex. Women's Fiction begins with W.
1. Tag, THRILLER The Girl from Widow Hills - Megan Miranda 02/02/22


🍀18. WINTER points: 1
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
1. The Rocky Road to Ruin - Meri Allen 03/11/22
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.


☃️19. Winter Books point: 1
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
Iced Under - Barbara Ross 01/25/22 NO BONUS POINT


🍀💖☃️20. Read Across America Day - points: 3
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library. 1. Books Can Be Deceiving - Jenn McKinlay 01/02/22
2. Due or Die - Jenn McKinlay 02/05/22
3. Book, Line and Sinker - Jenn McKinlay 03/06/22

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Cheryl and Shelly!

[Kimberly]

Done.


Reading The Seasons - Winter
Duration: December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022
Winter Wonderful: 16-30 points
Points Earned: 22

TASKS:
1. Winter Fun.
❄️ Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
Winter by Marissa Meyer (1/7/22) - 1 pt.

2. Enjoy the snow falling.
❄️ Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).

3. Collect pine cones.
❄️ Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (12/30/21) - 1 pt.

4. Wear flannel PJs.
❄️ Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text. Tell us the page number - sentence not needed.

5. Drink eggnog.
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with E.

6. Pogonip - a dense winter fog containing frozen particles that is formed in deep mountain valleys of the western U.S.
❄️ Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.

7. Sinterklaas/Wild Hunt of Wodan
❄️ Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.

8. Christmas
❄️ Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).

9. New Year's Day
❄️ Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
Heart and Seoul by Jen Frederick Seoul Series #1 - Bonus - 3 pts.

10. National Hobby Month - January
❄️ Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.

11. Martin Luther King Day (US)
❄️ Read a book set in USA
The Secret, Book & Scone Society by Ellery Adams North Carolina (3/4/22) - 1 pt.
Murder, Plainly Read by Isabella Alan Ohio (3/19/22) - 1 pt.
OR by a Black author.
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert (1/26/22) - 1 pt.

12. Throw a Super Bowl party.
❄️ Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

13. February 1 - Spunky Old Broads Day
❄️ Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story. Tell us who.

14. Chinese New Year
❄️ Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).

15. Groundhog's Day
❄️ Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison (12/30/21) - 1 pt.

16. Valentine's Day
❄️ Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).
by Jen Frederick (2/27/22) Bonus - 3 pts.

17. WINTER
❄️ Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER. Tell us the tag.
Ex. Women's Fiction begins with W.

18. WINTER
❄️ Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
In the Drink by Allyson K. Abbott (2/12/22) - 1 pt.


19. Winter Books
❄️ Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
Up to No Gouda by Linda Reilly pub January 25, 2022 (1/9/22) Bonus - 3 pts.
Murder at a Scottish Social by Traci Hall pub January 25, 2022 (1/30/22) Bonus - 3 pts.
Kamila Knows Best by Farah Heron pub Match 8, 2022 (3/11/22) Bonus - 3 pts.

20. Read Across America Day
❄️ Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Kimberly!

[Elle]

I am waaay late reporting in on this challenge! Sorry.

Reading The Seasons - Winter
December 21, 2021 - March 20, 2022

Level: Fantastically Frosty: 31+ points
Total Points: 64

TASKS:
1. Read a book with the word WINTER in the title.
-->BONUS: One of the author's initials are found in WINTER. Ex. The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

2. Read a book by an author's whose first or last name is SNOW.
-->BONUS: Snow on the cover (show cover).

3. Read a book with the letters PINE in the title (in any order) OR with a pine tree on the cover (show cover).
1 pt - Title Pathfinder's Way | T.A. White - Jan 20

4. Read a book that mentions wearing pajamas in the text.
1 pt - p. 140 Not Pretending Anymore | Penelope Ward - Jan 10
1 pt - p. 112 The Westing Game | Ellen Raskin - Jan 18
1 pt - p. 108 The Travelling Cat Chronicles | Hiro Arikawa - Feb 21

5. Read a book whose title begins with E.

6. Read a book where there is a dense cold fog in the story.
-->BONUS: Set in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and Wyoming.

7. Read a book where gifts or chocolate are given to children OR where a character has a moment of public drunkenness.

8. Read a book with the word CHRISTMAS in the title.
-->BONUS A Christmas tree, wreath or gifts on the cover (show cover).

9. Read a book that is first in a series. Tell us the series name.
-->BONUS Also by an author you have not read before.
3 pt - Keeper Chronicles | Summon the Keeper | Tanya Huff - Dec 29
3 pt - Chief Inspector Armand Gamache | Still Life | Louise Penny - Feb 25
3 pt - Thursday Next | The Eyre Affair | Jasper Fforde - Feb 28
3 pt - Again | Begin Again | Mona Kasten - Mar 10
3 pt - Dangerous Damsels | The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels | India Holton - Mar 14
3 pt - The Quens of Renthis | The Queen of Blood | Sarah Beth Durst - Mar 16

10. Read a book where a character has a hobby. Tell us the hobby.

11. Read a book set in USA OR by a Black author.
1 pt - set in Michigan Firekeeper's Daughter | Angeline Boulley - Dec 26
1 pt - author Noor | Nnedi Okorafor - Dec 30
1 pt - author A Small Place | Jamaica Kincaid - Mar 13

12. Read a book where a character watches a football game.
-->BONUS: The game is the Super Bowl.

13. Read a book with a "Spunky Old Broad" character in the story.
1 pt - Joyce The Man Who Died Twice | Richard Osman - Feb 11
1 pt - Aunt Edith Crooked House | Agatha Christie - Mar 11

14. Read a book where characters eat Chinese food OR with a tiger on the cover (show cover).

15. Read a book whose author's initials are found in GOBLERS KNOB.
-->BONUS: Set in Pennsylvania.
1 pt - Lore Olympus: Volume One | Rachel Smythe - Feb 26
1 pt - The Horrid Glory of Its Wings | Elizabeth Bear - Mar 12

16. Read a Romance.
-->BONUS: The cover has a red or pink item (show cover).
3 pt - pink curtain Cotillion | Georgette Heyer - Jan 13
3 pt - red scarf Duke, Actually | Jenny Holiday - Feb 1

17. Read a book with a genre or tag that begins with a letter in WINTER.
1 pt - Nonfiction 84, Charing Cross Road | Helene Hanff - Jan 2
1 pt - Nonfiction The Anthropocene Reviewed | John Green - Feb 5
1 pt - Romance The Player | Vi Keeland - Feb 15
1 pt - Romance The Fight In Us | Becca Steele - Mar 7

18. Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WINTER.
-->BONUS: The author's last name begins with the same letter as the title's first letter.
1 pt - Never Let You Go | Katy Regnery - Jan 11
1 pt - To Be Taught, If Fortunate | Becky Chambers - Jan 30

19. Read a book published between December 21st and March 20th of any year. Tell us the publication date.
-->BONUS: Published in 2021/22.
3 pt - Jan. 10, 20222 The Summer Proposal | Vi Keeland - Jan 25
3 pt - Jan 14, 2022 The Long-Forgotten Winter King | Annette Marie - Jan 29
3 pt - Jan. 18, 2022 Servant Mage | Kate Elliott - Feb 18
3 pt - Feb. 28, 2022 Beasts and Baubles | Scarlett Dawn - Mar 2
3 pt - Jan. 11, 2022 Ain't Burned All the Bright | Jason Reynolds - Mar 17
1 pt - Dec. 25, 2012 Dragon-Ridden | T.A. White - Mar 19

20. Read a book where a character goes to the library or attends a book club meeting OR a book you borrowed from the library.
1 pt - library The Girl Who Drank the Moon | Kelly Barnhill - Jan 8
1 pt - library Mist's Edge | T.A. White - Jan 28
1 pt - library Hilda and the Midnight Giant | Luke Pearson - Feb 7
1 pt - library xkcd: volume 0 | Randall Munroe - Feb 17
1 pt - library The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne | Jonathan Stroud - Feb 20
1 pt - library The Fox's Tower and Other Tales | Yoon Ha Lee - Mar 5
1 pt - library Can I Touch Your Hair? | Irene Latham - Mar 17

[JoAnne]

WOOHOO Elle!