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December 2023 Mini Challenge: Holiday S*P*E*L*LBegins: 01Dec23 / Ends: 31Dec23
L - Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren 12/3/23
I - Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango 12/30/23
G - A Plague of Zombies by Diana Gabaldon 12/30/32
H - The Cruel Prince by Holly Black 12/5/23
T - 12th of Never by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro 12/3/23
S - Witches of Brooklyn: S'More Magic by Sophie Escabasse 12/3/23
December 2023 Mini Challenge: Holiday S*P*E*L*LBegins: 01Dec23 / Ends: 31Dec23
G-Gray Mountain by John Grisham finished 12/1
I-In the Pines: A Lynching, A Lie, A Reckoning by Grace Hale finished 12/5
F-Flannery, Kate Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles finished 12/3
T-Tom Ryan Will's Red Coat: A Story of Friendship, Faith, and One Old Dog's Choice to Live Again finished 12/8
S-Stuart Eizenstat President Carter: The White House Years finished 12/4
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Begins: 01Dec23 / Ends: 31Dec23
5 / 5 completed
FAITH
F - FESPERMAN, Dan / The Letter Writer ✔ – 04Dec23
A - Anne Rivers Siddons / Off Season ✔ - 01Dec23
I - Isabel Allende / City of the Beasts ✔ – 26Dec23
T - Tan Twan Eng / The Garden of Evening Mists ✔ – 21Dec23
H - HAY, Mavis Doriel / The Santa Klaus Murder ✔ – 20Dec23
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Book Concierge wrote: "Jenn & Koren ... looks like you both did a copy/paste of my original post where I had a typo in the ending date! LOL"Yep! Fixed it.
Book Concierge wrote: "Jenn & Koren ... looks like you both did a copy/paste of my original post where I had a typo in the ending date! LOL"haha, didn't even notice. Thanks!
December 2023 Mini Challenge: Holiday S*P*E*L*LBegins: 01Dec23 / Ends: 31Dec23
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C Christmas and Other Horrors: An Anthology of Solstice Horror by Garth Nix FINISHED 12/2
H Hilary Leichter Terrace Story FINISHED 12/7
R Rachel Harrison, Black Sheep FINISHED 12/6
I The Island by Natasha Preston FINISHED 12/4
S The Stranger by Albert Camus FINISHED
T Tony's Wife by Adriana Trigiani FINISHED 12/10
M Claudine Marcin, Pineapple in Winter FINISHED 12/9
A Amanda Peters, The Berry Pickers FINISHED 12/7
S Svetlana Alexievich, Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II FINISHED 12/13
I'm in!!December 2023 Mini Challenge: Holiday S*P*E*L*L
5/5 Completed
S - Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes, 4****s, 12-13-23
T - The Twelve Topsy-Turvy, Very Messy Days of Christmas by James Patterson, 4****s, 12-13-23
A - An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro, 4****s, 2-26-24
R - Ruth: By Elizabeth Gaskell - Illustrated by Elizabeth Gaskell, 4****s, 12-7-23
S -So Late in the Day: Stories of Men and Women by Claire Keegan, 4****s, 12-21-23
I'm in with Santa Claus!9/10
S--A Season for Smugglers by Golden Angel--finished 12/2/2023
A--Apple Pie and Arsenic by C. A. Phipps--finished 12/18/2023
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T--The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss--finished 1/4/2024
A--Arranged for the Assassin by Annabelle Winters--finished 1/10/2024
C--A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens--finished 12/31/2023
L--The Lady by Golden Angel--finished 12/8/2023
A--Abroad by Greyson Bryan--finished 1/15/2024
U--Unholy Craving by Lynn Burke--finished 1/9/2024
S--Show Me the Ropes by Roz Lew--finished 12/4/2023
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Anyway ... I'll create links when I get back home and on my regular computer.
Sorry for the delays.
We are not worried! Just have a good time -- we'll just be here reading ;)
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Well, that was quick!
Book Concierge wrote: "Koren wrote: "Finished message #4"Well, that was quick!"
Yes. I had a week off from work! Read 4 books that week.
Updated message #9: Challenge complete
Wow, BC! You are on a roll! You finished November AND December -- Merry Christmas :)
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Begins: 01Dec23 / Ends: 31Dec23
December brings a variety of holidays to enjoy. You may use the first letter of the title (exclude: A, An, The), or the author's first or last initial.
NOTE: For longer 2-word phrases, if you do not want to spell the entire thing, spell just the WORD in ALL CAPS.
Word choices :
angel
candles
Christmas
decorations
dreidel
evergreen
faith
gifts
Hanukkah
kinara
Kwanzaa
lights
menorah
SANTA Claus
(You may also spell a word of your choice that you feel represents a December celebration; tell us about it.)
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All books used must be a minimum of 100 pages long - Page length determined by HARDCOVER 1st edition. If there is no Hardcover, then the most popular paperback governs page #.
You may read in any format - text, audio or e-book. If using audio or e-book I suggest using Amazon.com's "look inside" feature to get a page number for your quote.
You MUST finish the book before you can claim credit for completing a task.
A book may be used for only one task, even if it would satisfy the challenge for multiple tasks.
EXAMPLE of a successful post:
Spell BLUE:
B - Nickolas BUTLER / Shotgun Lovesongs ✔ - 03July22
L - Lucky in Love ✔ - 23July22
U - The Unteachables ✔ - 31July22
E - Elizabeth Strout / My Name Is Lucy Barton ✔ - 15July22
If you'd like to be recognized as finishing, the challenge, please post a new comment alerting me to your finish. I do not get notifications when you edit your original post.
Have Fun!
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