2024 Yuletide Spirit Reading Challenge/Readathon

[Michelle]

Sign up: https://seasonsreading.blogspot.com/2...

Kick-off post: https://seasonsreading.blogspot.com/2...

Wrap-up: https://seasonsreading.blogspot.com/2...

[Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space]

Stacking up the Yule TBR ☃️❄☃️❄
Christmas Tree Level = 5-6
TBR:
Christmas Tree Level = 5-6
READ: #42!!🎄

In the spirit of Best British Tradition (and because I am seriously rocking English Christmas Country House Mysteries!), I am extending my version of Christmastide/Yuletide☃️ reading through Twelfth Night/Epiphany (though I will NOT be Burning any Evergreens in a Bonfire that night!🔥)

-🎄🤶25 DAYS. KU. December1-25:(Advent Suspense Horror)
-🎄THE TWELVE DAYS OF MURDER..own, new ✅🤶CHRISTMAS CRIMES AT THE MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHOP (Anthology) Libby
-🎄🤶DEATH COMES AT CHRISTMAS(Anthology). Libby
✅🤶THE FRUITCAKE..NG ARC...Christmas Suspense/Horror
-EVERYONE THIS CHRISTMAS HAS A SECRET. NG ARC.
--Cozy Mystery:
-🎄FELIZ NAVIDEAD. KU.
-I'LL BE HOME FOR MISCHIEF. NG ARC Current
-SLASHING THROUGH THE SNOW. NG ARC Mount TBR.
-STALKING AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE. NG ARC Mount TBR.
-TWAS THE KNIFE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. NG ARC Mount TBR.
-WREATH BETWEEN THE LINES.
-✅🤶THE GRINCH WHO DIDN'T STEAL CHRISTMAS..(Lighthearted)
--Christmas Fantasy or SF:
-🤶Black Sun [Winter Solstice]
-Betrayal at the North Pole (Mistletoe Mysteries Book 1)
-Santa Claus Trilogy, Joe Moore
-🤶🎄Christmas Presence, Tony Bertauski
-Claus: Legend of the Fat Man, Tony Bertauski (SF)
-Jack: The Tale of Frost (SF)
--Christmas Horror/Suspense:
-🎄Xmas Break. KU
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-KRAMPUSNACHT
-HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING
-KRAMPUS IN THE CITY
-THE THREE SISTERS (THE KRAMPUS CHRONICLES #1)
-TWELFTH KRAMPUS NIGHT
-SANTA VS. KRAMPUS
-🎄🤶MERRY AND BRIGHT: A VERY KRAMPUS CHRISTMAS

Yule Spirit Challenge = 🎄🤶🎄
TITLES READ:
1. 🎄🤶 The Grinch Who Didn't Steal Christmas
2. Sisters of the Lost Nation NG ARC Mount TBR. Native American Heritage Month.
3. 🎄🤶
Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop . Libby Virtual
4. 🎄🤶 Black Sun [Winter Solstice. Native American Heritage Month.]
5. War Daddy: A Short Story own, new.
6. 🎄🤶 Sherlock Holmes & the Christmas Demon
🎄🤶7. Christmas Presence: A Claus Universe Short Story
8. 🎄🤶 Hell for the Holidays: A 24/7 Demon Mart Christmas Special (Christmas Horror/COMEDY)
9. Shadows and Whispers Author ARC Release December 5
10. 🎄🤶 The Author's Guide to Murder [December setting]. Libby Virtual
11. 🎄🤶 The Fruitcake
12. Feliz Navidead
🎄 KU.
13. One Way . KU.
14. The Island: A Short Story 🎄 🎄Everand Virtual
15. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding: a Hercule Poirot Short Story Reread.🎄
Everand Virtual 🎄
16. A Death in the House and Other Stories Classic 20th century SF.
17. Wait for Night SGJ. Folk Horror. Everand Virtual
18. Sterling City SF Horror/Texas. Speculative Fiction. Everand Virtual.
19. Perfect Storm Alaska
20. Haunted Secrets: Tales of Frank Benedict volume 2 Scarestreet.com ARC. Release Dec. 9
21. The River and the World Remade Everand
22. Small Monsters
23. The Adventures of Tandi the Toucan
24. Theodore and The Cat with the Missing Sock
25. Children's Joke & Riddle Books - Complete Collection: 750+ Jokes & Riddles - Logic & Brain Teasers, Children's Party Games Books - Children's Joke & Riddle Books 4 + 5 + 6 Collection
26. Sam The Speedy Sloth: A children’s book about acceptance and self-confidence
27. This World is Full of Monsters Mount TBR.
28. The Boyfriend KU Virtual
29. 🎄 The Gift . Christmas Eve/Day Horror/Thriller/Fantasy. KU Virtual.
30. 🎄 You Better Watch Out Libby Virtual. Christmas Eve/Day Horror/Thriller/Suspense.
31. 🤶🎄 Anansi and the Twelve Days of Christmas Everand Virtual
32. 🤶🎄 Anansi An Unusual Experience
33. 🤶🎄 What’s Anansi Up to Now!
34.🎄 Merry and Bright - A Very Krampus Christmas (A Friday the 13th Story #6): A Seattle Coven Tale.
35. The Monkey Who Saved the Zoo: Chaos of the Grumpy Pirate Penguin. Mount TBR. for HOB Prompt.
36. 🎄🤶 All I Want : A Holiday Horror Story
37. 🎄🤶 Twelve Days Of Christmas Murder and Mayhem
38. 🎄 Murder for Christmas
39. 🎄 The Christmas Jigsaw Murders 🎄 Wonderful!
40. The Shadow Hunt by Ian Fortey and Ron Ripley. Scarestreet.com ARC
41. Super Volcano: The Ticking Time Bomb Beneath Yellowstone National Park Hoopla Virtual
42. 🎄 Christmas at Baskerville Hall: A Sherlock and Lucy Short Story Mount TBR..
43. 🎄 Twelve Days of Christmas Horror . Own. Mount TBR.
44.🎄 25 Days KU Virtual.
45.🎄🤶 A Christmas to Die For Hoopla Virtual
46. 🎄 Grampus and Other Tales of Holiday Horror KU Virtual
47. 🎄The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story. Project Gutenberg Virtual. Christmastide/Yuletide
48.🎄🤶 Death Comes at Christmas
🎄49. The Twelve Days of Murder
50. 🎄Xmas Break

51.
🎄 The Twelve Strange Days of Christmas
52. 🎄 A Ghost of Christmas Present: A Supernatural Tale of Holiday Mystery
53. 🎄 The Christmas Eve Murders . own new
48. 🎄 The Mistletoe Mystery . Libby Virtual.
49. 🎄THE MYSTERY SHOPPER. KU. VIRTUAL
50. 🎄RANGIFER RANGIFER KU VIRTUAL
51. 🎄HONEST TARANDUS KU VIRTUAL
52. 🎄THE LAST YULETIDE KU VIRTUAL
53. 🎄GIVING INC. KU VIRTUAL
54. 🎄 The Twelve Deaths of Christmas
55. 🎄Wartime Christmas Tales: A WWII Flash Fiction Anthology. Own Mount TBR

Total Titles Read: 60❄
Yule Spirit Reads: 42❄🎄❄

In Progress:
🎄A Lively Midwinter Murder, own, new
🎄The Christmas Murder Game Hoopla Virtual;
🎄Murder on the Christmas Express Hoopla Virtual;
🎄I Found Christmas Lights Slithering Up My Street. Own, new;
Butter Hoopla Virtual.
I'll be continuing Christmastide/Yuletide reads through Twelfth Day 🎄
I think I'll be reading Christmas Mysteries for Winter's Respite!❄🎄❄









The Twelve Even Stranger Days of Christmas Everand Virtual: postponed till 01/05 by Everand

[Elyse]

Woohoo for Christmas books! I've already started lol. Kind of wish it would snow...but it's still pretty warm for mid-November! 50's!

[Michelle]

Cobwebby Reading Reindeer In Space wrote: "Stacking up the Yule TBR ☃️❄☃️❄
Christmas Tree Level = 5-6
TBR:
Christmas Tree Level = 5-6

-25 DAYS. KU. (Advent Suspense Horror)
-THE TWELVE DAYS OF MURDER..own, new
-CHRISTMAS CRIMES AT THE MYST..."

Nice list! Glad to have you with us again.

[Michelle]

Elyse wrote: "Woohoo for Christmas books! I've already started lol. Kind of wish it would snow...but it's still pretty warm for mid-November! 50's!"

Glad you're joining us! I'm suspecting snow here this week just based on the temps I'm seeing. We shall see. It's Michigan so always possible.

[Michelle]

I'll be back with my TBR soon!

[Elyse]

Now that the readathon has officially started, none of my current borrows are Christmas books. lol. But I'm hoping to fit in this weekend.

[Indy_Chick]

Oh, I almost forgot about this! I'm in! Subconsciously I must have known because I'm reading a Christmas novel already this week! Looking forward to this! Thanks for hosting again!

[Michelle]

Indy_Chick wrote: "Oh, I almost forgot about this! I'm in! Subconsciously I must have known because I'm reading a Christmas novel already this week! Looking forward to this! Thanks for hosting again!"

Glad you're joining us!

[Michelle]

Read any books yet for the Yuletide Spirit Readathon/Reading Challenge? Don't forget...the first person to post a review in the Yuletide Spirit reading challenge review linky will win a $15 donation to a social justice charity of your choice. I'd like to award this tomorrow, as it's Giving Tuesday and many donations will be doubled. Here's the link to the reviews page: https://yuletidespirit.blogspot.com/p...

[Elyse]

I have not read one yet! lol

[Stina]

I haven't read any holiday books yet, but I AM going to actually sign up for this one. I'm just doing the reading challenge, at the Mistletoe level (read 2-4 books). I don't normally read a lot of holiday-themed stuff, but I know I have several books that have been sitting on my shelf for a long time, so why not now?

I'll update this post as I make progress, but one I know I will be reading is Faux Ho Ho.

I did read Faux Ho Ho, and I also read these four:
Apple Cider Slaying
Murder at Melrose Court
The Gift
Homecoming

Some of those I didn't realize were holiday-themed until I started reading them.

[Michelle]

Michelle wrote: "Read any books yet for the Yuletide Spirit Readathon/Reading Challenge? Don't forget...the first person to post a review in the Yuletide Spirit reading challenge review linky will win a $15 donatio..."

lol

[Michelle]

Stina wrote: "I haven't read any holiday books yet, but I AM going to actually sign up for this one. I'm just doing the reading challenge, at the Mistletoe level (read 2-4 books). I don't normally read a lot of ..."

So glad you're joining us! Looking forward to seeing what you're reading. :)

[Michelle]

Update on the charity giveaway:

Marla (@owlishbookish on Instagram) was the first to post a review so she won the charity donation prize. She chose The Trevor Project. I was able to make the donation on Giving Tuesday and they were quadrupling donations so the $15 donation became a $60 donation. Amazing, right?!

[Elyse]

Awesome!!

[Indy_Chick]

I'm not sure where to post my goal, but I'm doing Christmas Tree and Fa La La La Films, though I haven't kept track of the movies I've watched. I'm sure I'm at half a dozen right now. Only keeping track of books this year. Read 4 Christmas books already plus another book:

1. Holiday Hideaway by Mary Kay Andrews
2. The Four Emotions of Christmas by Bob Lepine
3. The Christmas Blessing by Melody Carlson
4. Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse by Maddie Day
5. Amish Snow White by Ashley Emma

[Elyse]

Finally read one! Hoping to start tonight.

[Darlene]

Christmas Tree Level and Fa La La La Films

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

[Elyse]

I've read a couple more! . I would love to squeeze in the audio of but she's 9 hours long. So we'll see! lol

[Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space]

Titles Read: 60
Yule Spirit Challenge Read: 42
[And STILL Reading!❄🎄❄]
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[Elyse]

I did it, I read 4! .

I watched Christmas with the Kranks, Elf, Our Little Secret, and Nutcrackers.

I read Llama Llama Jingle Bells, Moo Baa Fa La La, Bluey's 12 Days of Christmas, Elmo's Best Christmas Ever, and The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Christmas to Bastien. Many times lol.

[Michelle]

Happy New Year! Looks like you guys got a lot of great reading in.

The Christmas books I managed to read:

This Year It Will Be Different by Maeve Binchy
Christmas and Other Horrors - various authors
The Old Magic of Christmas by Linda Raedisch

[Indy_Chick]

Success! Read 13 books and watched at least a dozen Hallmark and GAF Christmas movies (I didn't keep track of them this year) plus It's A Wonderful Life (first time in color!), Silent Night (with Linda Hamilton), A Christmas Story (several times), Last Holiday (with Queen Latifah), Die Hard (hubby and I will agree it's a Christmas movie), and White Christmas.

Books (10 of which are actual Christmas books):
1. Holiday Hideaway by Mary Kay Andrews
2. The Four Emotions of Christmas by Bob Lepine
3. The Christmas Blessing by Melody Carlson
4. Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse by Maddie Day
5. Amish Snow White by Ashley Emma
6. Judging You by Rylie Dark
7. The Christmas Book Hunt by Jenny Colgan
8. Everything Christmas by David Bordon
9. Christmas Music by Quinn Marlowe
10. The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
11. The Little City of Hope: A Christmas Story by F. Marion Crawford
12. A Christmas Affair by Jodi Thomas
13. The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski

Thanks for hosting, Michelle!
Happy New Year to everyone!

[Michelle]

Michelle wrote: "Happy New Year! Looks like you guys got a lot of great reading in.

The Christmas books I managed to read:

This Year It Will Be Different by Maeve Binchy
Christmas and Other Horrors - various auth..."

Sorry I missed this! Great job! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)