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December Reporting Thread

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December Categories

1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year)

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

4. Festive Season: Read a book with a festival scene on the cover or a red and/or green cover A Literary Christmas: An Anthology

5. Rosa Parks Day: Read a book with a strong female protagonist Miss Frost Ices The Imp : A Nocturne Falls Mystery

6. Letter Writing Day: Read a book where characters are writing to each other (traditional letter, texting, email etc) for a significant part of the book

7. Disability Day: Read a book which has a main character with a disability

8. Crossword Puzzle Day: Read a book with a black and white cover Her Every Fear

9. Bingo Month: Read a book with a number in the title Keto Diet: Your 30-Day Plan to Lose Weight, Balance Hormones, Boost Brain Health, and Reverse Disease

10. Ding-A-Ling Day (call friends or family you may have lost track of during the year): Read a book that you were meant to read this year but never got around to. Let it Snow

1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year) -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Dec 1884, 12/2/19, 5/5*

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D -- Deception Cove by Owen Laukkanen, 12/9/19, 3/5*

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title (subtitle can count) -- Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach, 12/7/19, 4/5*

4. Festive Season: Read a book with a festival scene on the cover or a red and/or green cover -- Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain, 12/21/19, 4/5*

5. Rosa Parks Day: Read a book with a strong female protagonist -- The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues by Edward Kelsey Moore, 12/19/19, 4/5*

6. Letter Writing Day: Read a book where characters are writing to each other (traditional letter, texting, email etc) for a significant part of the book -- 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff, 12/17/19, 3/5*

7. Disability Day: Read a book which has a main character with a disability -- The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman, 12/3/19, 3/5*

8. Crossword Puzzle Day: Read a book with a black and white cover -- Phantom Warrior: The Heroic True Story of Private John McKinney's One-Man Stand Against theJapane se in World War II by Forrest Bryant Johnson, 12/16/19, 2/5*

9. Bingo Month: Read a book with a number in the title -- Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich, 12/28/19, 4/5*

10. Ding-A-Ling Day (call friends or family you may have lost track of during the year): Read a book that you were meant to read this year but never got around to. -- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 12/14/19, 5/5*

Am going to call it a month.

6 points for me this month

1. Released in December - Good Girls Lie
2. Letter D - The Terror by Dan Simmons
4. Festive colors -
5. Strong Protagonist - The Grace Year
9. Number in title - Twisted Twenty-Six
10. Finally got to it - Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar, the World's Most Wanted Criminal

I'm done for the month.

✓1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year) Hercule Poirot's Christmas (first published December 19th 1938)

✓4. Festive Season: Read a book with a festival scene on the cover or a red and/or green cover The Christmas Box

✓5. Rosa Parks Day: Read a book with a strong female protagonist My Story

✓7. Disability Day: Read a book which has a main character with a disability This Tender Land 2019 nominee for historical fiction +1 point

✓8. Crossword Puzzle Day: Read a book with a black and white cover The Fifth To Die (does the title count?)

✓9. Bingo Month: Read a book with a number in the title The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (2017 nominee for historical fiction)

✓10. Ding-A-Ling Day (call friends or family you may have lost track of during the year): Read a book that you were meant to read this year but never got around to. The Shadows We Hide

Total: 8 points

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story - 1pt

4. Festive Season: Read a book with a festival scene on the cover or a red and/or green cover Owl Be Home for Christmas: A Meg Langslow Mystery - 1pt

6. Letter Writing Day: Read a book where characters are writing to each other (traditional letter, texting, email etc) for a significant part of the book The Starless Sea - 1pt

8. Crossword Puzzle Day: Read a book with a black and white cover The Old Success - 1pt

9. Bingo Month: Read a book with a number in the title The Fifth Elephant - 1pt

10. Ding-A-Ling Day (call friends or family you may have lost track of during the year): Read a book that you were meant to read this year but never got around to. The Clockmaker's Daughter - 2pts

Total: 7pts

1. Month: Read a book released in December (any year)
Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days 1pt

2. Letter of the Month: Read a book with the title or author starting with D
Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America 2pt

3. Month in Numbers: Read a book with 8 letters or words in the title
The Poet X 2pt

4. Festive Season: Read a book with a festival scene on the cover or a red and/or green cover
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life 1pt

5. Rosa Parks Day: Read a book with a strong female protagonist
The Queen of Nothing 1pt

6. Letter Writing Day: Read a book where characters are writing to each other (traditional letter, texting, email etc) for a significant part of the book
This Is How You Lose the Time War 1pt

7. Disability Day: Read a book which has a main character with a disability
Miracle Creek 1pt

9. Bingo Month: Read a book with a number in the title
The Twelve Clues of Christmas 1pt

10. Ding-A-Ling Day (call friends or family you may have lost track of during the year): Read a book that you were meant to read this year but never got around to.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup 2pt

total points: 12