Monthly Challenges discussion

One Point Task


1.1 Santa's List Day (12/4)
(We hope you are on the "Nice" List)
Read a book that you think is "Nice".

1.2 Poinsettia Day (12/12)
Read a book whose author's first & last name initials are in POINSETTIA

1.3 Reading Rainbow
ADVENT
Read a book that is predominately PURPLE, PINK, or WHITE. (show cover).

1.4 Remembrances: Christmas
Read a book with a Christmas tree(s) on the cover (show cover).

1.5 Winter Solstice (12/21)
(the shortest day of the year)
Read a book with a wintery scene on the cover (show cover) -OR- read a book that is 100 to 200 pages long ( ex. 119pp., 176pp., or 200pp.)

1.6 New Year's Eve
Read a book that has 2 of the numbers of 2019 in its page count. (ex. 412 pp., 309 pp., or 520 pp.)

1.7 (Marilyn's task) Celebrate Christmas and the movies
Read a Christmas book that was made into a movie (or read any book made into a movie). List the title of the book and the name of the movie, if it's different.

Two Point Task

2.1 Surprise Me
Read two books

Go to link: Surprise Me Task

2.2 (Tessa's Task) We Bought A Zoo
Two Books
This month we're learning some fun facts about our Asian Elephants and Caribou (a.k.a. - reindeer)

1. Asian Elephants
Complete one of the following tasks.

a) Elephants are hypsodonts, meaning they have continually growing teeth.
Read a book with teeth showing on the cover (animal or human, smiling or snarling)

b) An elephant's trunk has 100,000 muscles!
Read a book with at least 100,000 ratings on Goodreads. Tell us how many.

c) Elephants are social animals, living in large family-based herds.
Read a book with 4 (or more) people on the cover. Post the cover.

2. Caribou (a.k.a. - reindeer)
Complete one of the following tasks.

a) In North America the animal is known as Caribou; in Europe and Asia it's called a reindeer. There are nine famous reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder and Blitzen .. and Rudolph.
Read a book with a 9 in the total page count. (If you listen to an audiobook, use the page count of the most popular paperback edition.)

b) The largest migrating herd is found in Russia; the 2nd largest is in Canada.
Read a book set in either Russia or Canada.

c) Males lose their antlers in late fall; females keep their antlers until they calve in spring. This makes the females dominant and gives them the highest order for foraging during winter months.
Read a book by a female author -AND- with a female main character. (Be sure to link to the author name, and tell us the name of the main character.)

2.3 (Linda C's Task) Year-end TBR Push
Read 2 books that have been on your TBR pile for more than a year – 2017 or prior. Let us know when you put it on your pile.

2.4 (Amber's Task) I Love December
Read Two Books
This is my favorite month of the year.

1. My birthday is this month but is far enough away from Christmas that I still get to celebrate it.
Read a book where the MC celebrates something, holiday, birthday, wedding, etc.

2. I get so excited by all the festivities all month leading up to Christmas.
Read a book set at Christmas or where the first letter of each word in the title is in Christmas (3 word minimum).

Three Point Task

3.1 (Linda C's Task) Dec 31st Birthdays
Read Three Books

Henri Matisse, Anthony Hopkins, and John Denver were all born on the last day of the year. Read a book to celebrate each of their birthdays.

1. Henri Matisse – painter – 1869-1954
Read a book featuring painting in some way (tell us how) or where the first letter of each word of the title can be found in HENRI MATISSE (title must be at least three words)

2. Anthony Hopkins – Welsh actor – 1937+
Read a book that was made into a movie starring Hopkins, see filmography at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony... or where first and last initials of the author can be found in HOPKINS.

3. John Denver – singer/songwriter – 1943-1997
Denver loved and wrote about the mountains of Colorado. Read a book set in Colorado or with a mountain(s) on the cover (show cover)


Five Point Task

5.1 Lots of Letters

In December, We will be celebrating Bingo Month and Write a Friend Month

For this month, spell-out: BINGO or WRITE

For example: Spell-out: WRITE

Winter at the Beach by Shelia Roberts
Reckoning (The) by John Grisham
Isaac Marion's The Living
Thousand Doors (A) by J. T. Ellison
Evan, Richard Paul - The Noel Stranger



Use the first letter of the first word of the book title (exclude a, an, or the) -OR- the initials of an author's first or last name).
Don't forget to list the date you read your books.