2024-25 Winter Reading Challenge Intro & FAQs

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Winter Challenge

It's time for our Winter Seasonal Challenge! We have a series of prompts related to the winter season that is sure to inspire you and help you get those books read as we reach the end of one year and start a new one.

When?
This challenge runs from December 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025.

The Prompts:
Find a book that...
- Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list
- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list
- Has a mostly white cover
- Is on a Best of 2024 list
- Is set in the snow
- Is by an author you've read before
- Features a winter holiday
- Is nonfiction
- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
- Has a mostly blue cover
- Is a speculative fiction novel
- Features family drama
- Has fire on the cover
- Is written by a BIPOC author
- Is a love story

How to Complete It
Tackle this challenge any way you'd like! Maybe your goal is to read 8 of the 15 prompts, or maybe you want to finish the whole list twice... it's up to you!

[Tanu]

Hi. Is it acceptable to count books that you have started slightly before Dec 1st (local time zone)? I'm about 30% through a book at the moment.

Cheers!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Yes! Our general rule is that you need to have at least 100 pages (or 100 minutes) left of the book to count it.

[Tanu]

Emily wrote: "Yes! Our general rule is that you need to have at least 100 pages (or 100 minutes) left of the book to count it."

Brilliant, thank you!

[Samantha]

For "Is on a Best of 2024 list" is this any list we find that is a best of for the year?

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Correct! You can use our ATY Best of the Month list, if that's easiest for you, or you can choose your favorite website's list, or an Instagram list, or whatever you prefer.

[Samantha]

Thanks, I love having options.

[NancyJ]

I love this!

[Klare]

Hi Emily, not sure if this is the right place to ask this but the winter spreadsheet has an error on the top line, the line has gone orange. I’ve tried to change it to white but it won’t correct. Is there something you could take a look at? Many thanks.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Thanks Klare! Once upon a time, someone set alternating row colors on this spreadsheet and they still pop up every now and then like a bug that won't go away lol. I've fixed it!

[Klare]

Thanks Emily 🙂

[Trish, Annular Mod]

Just to double check. For #4, the Best of 2024 list one, presumably it's fine to choose something off the GR list for the year? (https://www.goodreads.com/list/best_o...)

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Yes definitely!

[Trish, Annular Mod]

Cool. Saves having to try to find a best of list some other way!