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Jette's Winter Reading ChallengeThis 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 - an image that begins with A, T, or Y - The Pilgrim's Progress (angel)
- 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
Find a book that...- Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list: Help Wanted - Adelle Waldman (published in 2024)
- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list: The Repeat Room - Jesse Ball (a book connected to the Do Re Mi Song: needle)
- Has a mostly white cover: Liars - Sarah Manguso
- Is on a Best of 2024 list: The Book of George - Kate Greathead
- Is set in the snow -
- Is by an author you've read before -
- Features a winter holiday: Memorials - Richard Chizmar
- Is nonfiction -
- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER: She's Always Hungry: Stories - Eliza Clark
- Has a mostly blue cover
- Is a speculative fiction novel
- Features family drama: Blessings - Chukwuebuka Ibeh
- Has fire on the cover
- Is written by a BIPOC author: Season of the Swamp - Yuri Herrera
- Is a love story: How We Named the Stars - Andrés N. Ordorica
Dixie's Winter Challenge 15/15 COMPLETED!√ Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list (49. A book with a senior citizen character) A Restless Truth
√ Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list (3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song) The Fellowship of the Ring ("a long long way to run")
√ Has a mostly white cover
√ Is on a Best of 2024 list The Deep Sky (ATY Best Books of the Month 2024 list)
√ Is set in the snow Father Christmas
√ Is by an author you've read before Kasyan from the Beautiful Lands (Ivan Turgenev)
√ Features a winter holiday Christmas Nutshell Library (4 Volumes in slipcase) Including : Angels & Berries & Candy Canes; A Firefly In A Fir-Tree; A Christmas Stocking Story & The Night Before Christmas
√ Is nonfiction Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science
√ Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER Mammoths of the Great Plains(Eleanor)
√ Has a mostly blue cover
√ Is a speculative fiction novel Einstein’s Dreams
√Features family drama The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
√ Has fire on the cover
√ Is written by a BIPOC author Bangkok Wakes to Rain
√ Is a love story The Spellshop
Winter Challenge:December 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025.
Goal 5/15
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 #2 prompt - Hidden Pictures 12/7/24
- 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- The Secret of the Old Clock 12/24/24
✔ Features a winter holiday- The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan 12/15/24
✔ Is nonfiction - The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century 12/13/24
✔ Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
Dominoes, Danzón, and Death by Raquel V. Reyes 12/3/24
- 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
The Prompts:Find a book that...
- Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list - A book published in 2024. The Christmas Tree Farm
- 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 - The Christmas Fix
- Is by an author you've read before - The Wedding Witch
- Features a winter holiday - A Winter Wish
- 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 - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
- Has fire on the cover
- Is written by a BIPOC author
- Is a love story
❄️
ATY WINTER CHALLENGE (1 DECEMBER 2024-28 FEBRUARY 2025) (15/15)
❄️🥳challenge completed 29 December
✔️1. Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list [A book published in 2024]: Colored Television
✔️2. Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list [1. Cover Object Beginning with A, T, or Y–train; 2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list–A book involving a train, plane or automobile; 4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld]: One Last Stop
✔️3. Has a mostly white cover: The Glass Castle
✔️4. Is on a Best of 2024 list: I Hope This Finds You Well
✔️5. Is set in the snow: One by One
✔️6. Is by an author you've read before: One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
✔️7. Features a winter holiday: The Matzah Ball
✔️8. Is nonfiction: The Devil's Highway: A True Story*
✔️9. Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER: Zero Days by Ruth Ware
✔️10. Has a mostly blue cover: Voyage of the Damned
✔️11. Is a speculative fiction novel: The Book of Doors
✔️12. Features family drama: Home Is Where the Bodies Are
✔️13. Has fire on the cover: A Slow Fire Burning
✔️14. Is written by a BIPOC author: Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
✔️15. Is a love story: Beach Read
✔️: read
*: fulfills multiple challenges/goals I’m completing this year
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
Find a book that . . . ✅ Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list: Funny Story by Emily Henry 12/31/24
- 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: The Christmas Book Hunt by Jenny Colgan 12/7/24
✅ Features a winter holiday: For the Love of Hot Cocoa by Stephanie K. Clemens (Winter Solstice) 12/3/24
✅ Is nonfiction: The Cure for Women: Dr. Mary Putnam Jacobi and the Challenge to Victorian Medicine That Changed Women's Lives Forever by Lydia Reeder 12/14/24
✅ Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER: Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne 12/17/24
- Has a mostly blue cover:
✅ Is a speculative fiction novel: Fairy Tale by Stephen King 12/4/24
- Features family drama:
- Has fire on the cover:
- Is written by a BIPOC author: Junie by Erin Crosby Eckstine
✅ Is a love story: ASAP by Axie Oh 12/29/24
Late to the party, but here goes...Find a book that...
❄️ Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list--The Door-to-Door Bookstore by Carsten Henn, February 5
❄️ Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list--Salt & Stone by A.L. Knorr, January 16
❄️ Has a mostly white cover--Death Valley by Melissa Broder, January 11
❄️ Is on a Best of 2024 list--Funny Story by Emily Henry, February 13
❄️ Is set in the snow--Christmas, Criminals, and Campers by Tonya Kappes, December 10
❄️ Is by an author you've read before--The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie, February 11
❄️ Features a winter holiday--Have a Deadly New Year by Lynn Cahoon, December 31
❄️ Is nonfiction--The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone On The Media by Brooke Gladstone, January 9
❄️ Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER--The Last Romantics by Tara Conklin, February 8
❄️ Has a mostly blue cover--Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller, January 28
❄️ Is a speculative fiction novel--The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood and Renée Nault, February 12
❄️ Features family drama--The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon, January 14
❄️ Has fire on the cover--Snowy Mountain Christmas by Sharon Sala, December
❄️ Is written by a BIPOC author--The Townsend Family Recipe for Disaster by Shauna Robinson, February 18
❄️ Is a love story--Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal, January 25
Find a book that...- Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list - pub 2024
Miss Morgan's Book Brigade, Janet Skeslien Charles | 1/16
- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list - 1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y - trees
Jingle Bell Beard, Julie Kriss | 1/2
- Has a mostly white coverFranny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger | 1/24
- Is on a Best of 2024 list
First Lie Wins, Ashley Elston | 2/2
- Is set in the snow
Pixie's Almost Perfect Christmas, Susan M. Baganz | 1/26
- Is by an author you've read before
Onyx Storm, Rebecca Yarros | 2/4
- Features a winter holiday
A Christmas Wish, Betty Neels | 1/26
- Is nonfiction
You Can Date Boys When You're Forty, Dave Berry | 1/23
- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
The Wedding People, Alison Espach | 1/28
- Has a mostly blue coverThe Door-to-Door Bookstore, Carsten Henn | 1/14
- Is a speculative fiction novel
Full Speed to a Crash Landing, Beth Revis | 1/20
- Features family drama
The Saturdays, Elizabeth Enright | 1/29
- Has fire on the coverSilent Night, Deadly Night, Vicki Delany | 12/15
- Is written by a BIPOC author
The Black Flamingo, Dean Atta | 1/11
- Is a love story
A Bloom in Winter, J.R. Ward | 1/18
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: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
- 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: Under the Eye of the Big Bird
- Is a speculative fiction novel
- Features family drama
- Has fire on the cover
- Is written by a BIPOC author: The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
- Is a love story
And ... DONE! (message 48)15/15
✔️ Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list [pub in 2024] Wordhunter
✔️ Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list [What a Wonderful World] Danny the Champion of the World
✔️ Has a mostly white cover Something Rich and Strange: Selected Stories
✔️ Is on a Best of 2024 list The Wedding People
✔️ Is set in the snow [bookr:The Christmas Guest|83814905]
✔️ Is by an author you've read before Joseph Boyden The Orenda
✔️ Features a winter holiday The Songbook of Benny Lament
✔️ Is nonfiction The Pursuit of Endurance: Harnessing the Record-Breaking Power of Strength and Resilience
✔️ Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER The Lost Girls of Penzance by Sally Rigby
✔️ Has a mostly blue cover The Island of Missing Trees
✔️ Is a speculative fiction novel The Testaments
✔️ Features family drama Fayne
✔️ Has fire on the cover Fight Night
✔️ Is written by a BIPOC author Crying in H Mart
✔️ Is a love story You Are Here
Read:
Woo hoo! I finished just today. :) The "has fire on the cover" prompt is a little bit of a stretch, but I am rarely creative with the prompts, so I am counting it. The book has a "firebird" on it, and the tail feathers are made of fire. The Prompts:
Find a book that...
✅- Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list
The Spy Wore Red by Aline, Countess of Romanones (prompts 4, 17, 25, 30)
✅- Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list
Your Blues Ain't Like Mine by Bebe Moore Campbell (1, 7, 45, 48)
✅- Has a mostly white cover
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
✅- Is on a Best of 2024 list
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
✅- Is set in the snow
Do Not Disturb by Frieda McFadden
✅- Is by an author you've read before
Uncertain Voyage by Dorothy Gilman
✅- Features a winter holiday
The Locked Tomb Mystery: and Other Stories by Elizabeth Peters
✅- Is nonfiction
Saving My Assassin: A Memoir by Virginia Prodan
✅- Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER
Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
✅- Has a mostly blue cover
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
✅- Is a speculative fiction novel
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
✅- Features family drama
The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden
✅- Has fire on the cover
The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic by Leigh Bardugo
✅- Is written by a BIPOC author
Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler
✅- Is a love story
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami
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This challenge runs from December 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025.
The Prompts:
Find a book that...
✅1. Fits one of the last 4 prompts on the 2024 list
- - ✅49. A book with a senior citizen character - Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station
- - ✅50. A book posted in one of the ATY Best Book of the Month threads in 2023 or 2024 -The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
- - ✅51. A book published in 2024 - The Mechanics of Memory by Audrey Lee
- - ✅52. A cozy mystery - Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
✅2. Fits one of the first 4 prompts on the 2025 list
- - ✅1. A book with a cover that has an image of something that starts with A, T, or Y - Open Season by CJ Box (trees)
- -✅ 2. A prompt suggestion for this year that did not make the list - Revolution book-
Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul
- - ✅3. A book connected to something mentioned in the Do Re Mi song - The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen
- - ✅4. A book set underground, under sea or in an underworld - Pod
✅3. Has a mostly white cover. -The Last Cold Place: A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica
✅4. Is on a Best of 2024 list - Playground by Richard Powers
✅5. Is set in the snow - When a Child Is Born Jodi Taylor
✅6. Is by an author you've read before - Women Talking by Miriam Toews
✅7. Features a winter holiday - Devices Brightly Shining by Shelley Adina
✅8. Is nonfiction - Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory by Sarah Polley
✅9. Is written by an author whose first or last initial can be found in WINTER -- Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear
✅10. Has a mostly blue cover - Funny Story by Emily Henry
✅11. Is a speculative fiction novel - Lost in a Good Book
✅12. Features family - Family Secrets: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery - Book 1 by Beth Farrar
✅13. Has fire on the cover -Bellwether by Connie Willis
✅14. Is written by a BIPOC author - Winter Counts
✅15. Is a love story - The Simple Wild by KA Tucker
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!
Books completed in December 2024
✳️Mrs. Pollifax on Safari - #1 (senior or cozy)
Lost in a Good Book - #6
✳️Devices Brightly Shining - 96 pages #7 Christmas
Among the Mad - #7, #6
✳️Open Season - #2 (tree on cover
Funny Story - #15 love story, or #1,4,6,9,10
✳️Bellwether by Connie Willis. #9
The Mapping of Love and Death by JWinspear - family drama
When a Child Is Born - snow
Christmas Present
Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings
Winter Counts byDavid Heska Wanbli Weiden
Books completed in January 2025, February 2025
Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory by Sarah Polley -
Playground by Richard Powers. -
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
The Last Cold Place: A Field Season Studying Penguins in Antarctica by Naira de Gracia -
Family Secrets: Ellie McLellan Genealogy Mystery - Book 1 by Beth Farrar
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah Green -
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino -
The Collected Regrets of Clover byMikki Brammer -
The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station by Dorothy Gilman
The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck -
Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel 7, 26,27,45
The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore -
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard -
Pod by Laline Paull -
The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen -
Witness to the Revolution: Radicals, Resisters, Vets, Hippies, and the Year America Lost Its Mind and Found Its Soul by Clara Bingham - revolution
The Mechanics of Memory by Audrey Lee
Girl in Ice by Erica Ferencik
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
Started / Possibilities:
The Unseen World by Liz Moore
James by Percival Everett
We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
Vesper Flights - nonfiction, essays
The History of Sound