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Thanksgiving Song Challenge
Duration: November 1 - 30, 2021

"Over the River, and Through the Wood" by Lydia Maria Child is one of my favorite song for Thanksgiving.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl5r76h...

Here are some words/phases that represent this song.
Spell-out one/more all-capped words below:

RIVER
THROUGH THE WOODS
GRANDMOTHER
HORSE
SLEIGH
DRIFTED SNOW
STINGS THE TOES
BITES THE NOSE
BARNYARD GATE
CHILDREN
PUDDING
PUMPKIN PIE

CHALLENGE RULES:
• one book per letter
• books must be 100+ pages
• use 1st letter of title (exclude A, An, or The)
• or use 1st letter of author's FIRST/LAST name

FOR EACH BOOK READ:
• LINK to Title
• INDICATE Author
• give DATE you finished books

☆☆☆ ratings are optional

Happy Reading :D

♡♡Congratulations♡♡
☆Completed Challenge☆

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♡♡Licha-Olivia♡♡
♡♡Carol♡♡
♡♡Jonquil♡♡

Participants
Updated: 11/30/21

Book Concierge - CHILDREN (6/8)
☆☆Koren - GRANDMOTHER (11/11) C
☆☆JennH - BARNYARD GATE (12/12) C
☆☆Licha-Olivia - PUMPKIN PIE (10/10) C
Cara - PUDDING (3/7)
Diana S - STINGS THE TOES (0/13)
☆☆Carol - THROUGH THE WOODS (15/15) C
☆☆Jonquil - PUMPKIN PIE, RIVER (15/15) C
Marilyn - RIVER (3/5)

Thanksgiving Song Challenge
Begins: 01Nov21 / Ends: 30Nov21


8 / 8 completed

Children
C - Cynthia Keller / An Amish Christmas ✔ – 16Nov21
H - How the Penguins Saved Veronica ✔ – 14Nov21
I - Interior Chinatown ✔ – 05Nov21
L - Lisa Donovan / Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger ✔ – 04Nov21
D - David Abbott / The Upright Piano Player ✔ – 30Nov21
R - Richard H. Thaler / Nudge ✔ – 08Nov21
E - Eye of the Needle ✔ – 12Nov21
N - Nursing Home Murder ✔ – 12Dec21

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Thanksgiving Song Challenge
Duration: November 1 - 30, 2021

G-Grandmere: A Personal History of Eleanor Roosevelt by David B. Roosevelt finished 11/24
R-Rebel Homemaker: Food, Family, Life by Drew Barrymore finished 11/17
A-As Always, Jack: A Wartime Love Story by Emma Sweeney finished 11/3
N-Neely, Kirk H. A Good Mule Is Hard to Find finished 11/16
D-Donald Spoto Marilyn Monroe: The Biography finished 11/27
M-Montag, Tom Curlew: Home: Essays and a Journey Back finished 11/8
O-O'Donnell, Daniel Daniel O'Donnell: My Story - The Official Book finished 11/19
T-Tracy Kidder Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness finished 11/4
H-Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers finished 11/5
E-E.R. Nurses by James Patterson finished 11/1
R-Richard Rhodes Farm: A Year in the Life of an American Farmer finished 11/14

Thanksgiving Song Challenge
Duration: November 1 - 30, 2021

✔B - The Best Short Stories of O. Henry by O. Henry 11/5/21
✔A - The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green 11/5/21
✔︎R - Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys 11/4/21
✔N - Stardust by Neil Gaiman 11/6/21
✔Y - Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials by Ovidia Yu 11/28/21
✔A - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 11/8/21
✔R - Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor 11/29/21
✔D - Tea & Treachery by Vicki Delany 11/10/21

✔G - A Ghostly Grave by Tonya Kappes 11/1/21
✔A - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz 11/21/21
✔T - Tragic Magic by Laura Childs 11/7/21
✔E - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 11/2/21

Thanksgiving Song Challenge
Duration: November 1 - 30, 2021

PUMPKIN PIE

10/10 letters completed

P: Patterson, James, and Brian Sitts; The Shadow (11/5/21)
U: Upson, Nicola; An Expert in Murder (11/30/21)
M: Michael Fry; How to Be a Supervillain: Bad Guys Finish First (11/8/21)
P: P.) L. Travers; Mary Poppins (11/22/21)
K: Katie McGarry, Pushing the Limits (11/11/2021)
I: Ivy, Alexandra, When Darkness Comess (11/26/21)
N: Noise (The) James Patterson and J. D. Barker (11/6/21)
P: Percy Walker, The Moviegoer (11/20/2021)
I: Iris Johansen; High Stakes (11/18/21)
E: Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer (11/15/2021)

Thanksgiving Song Challenge
Nov 1-Nov31


P The Poet X By Elizabeth Acevedo 11/21
U Under the Magnolias By T.I Lowe 11/14
D
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N #Notyourprincess: Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy (Editor), 11/1
G

Thanksgiving Song Challenge
O/13

Spell-out: STINGS THE TOES

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Thanksgiving Song Challenge:
Through The Woods

15/15 Completed ​11/23
Thomas, Matthew - We Are Not Ourselves -11/6
Hollis Shiloh - Safe -11/9
Royal Secret, - Lucinda Riley -11/20
One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston - 11/4
Under My Skin - Lisa Unger -11/12
Green, Cass - Don’t You Cry -11/11
Heather Gudenkauf -This Is How I Lied- 11/21

Three Little Lies- Laura Marshall -11/14
Hexmaker - Jordan Hawke - 11/23
Elizabeth Breck - Double Take: A Madison Kelly Mystery - 11/9

We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson - 11/3
Other Sister, The - Sarah Zettle - 11/8
Old Poison - Josh Lanyon - 11/11
Dangerous Ground - Josh Lanyon -11/7
Spite Game, The - Anna Snoekstra - 11/7

Thanksgiving Song Challenge
November 2021

15/15 DONE

P Partners in Lime Bree Baker 11/6
U Uncertain Terms Jenna Bennett 11/9
M Mile High with a Vampire Lynsay Sands 11/10
P Pumpkin Pie & Murder Miranda Brickett 11/6
K Knit to Kill Anne Canadeo 11/9
I In the Company of Witches Auralee Wallace 11/8
N Night of the Living Thread Janet Bolin 11/10

P Potions, Poisons, and Peril Shéa MacLeod 11/17
I I Don't Date Superheroes S.D. Rogue 11/13
E Eat, Drink, and Be Scary Olivia Jaymes 11/13

R River of Glass Jaden Terrell 11/11
I Infiltration Rescue Susan Cliff 11/6
V Voice of the Violin Andrea Camilleri 11/8
E Every Trick in the Rook: A Birds of a Feather Mystery Marty Wingate 11/3
R Ruff Justice Laurien Berenson 11/10

Thanksgiving Song Challenge
Begins: 01Nov21 / Ends: 30Nov21

Spell out: RIVER
3 / 5 completed

✔R--Richard Russo, author of Chances Are...--11/18/21
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✔V--Victoria Christopher Murray and Marie Benedict, authors of The Personal Librarian --11/7/21
✔E--Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes--11/17/21
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Finished message 11.
Happy Thanksgiving

Finished-message 5.

Challenge Completed!

Update message # 4 - Challenge completed - 12Dec21


Thanksgiving Song Challenge
Begins: 01Nov21 / Ends: 30Nov21


8 / 8 completed

Children
C - Cynthia Keller / An Amish Christmas ✔ – 16Nov21
H - How the Penguins Saved Veronica ✔ – 14Nov21
I - Interior Chinatown ✔ – 05Nov21
L - Lisa Donovan / Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger ✔ – 04Nov21
D - David Abbott / The Upright Piano Player ✔ – 30Nov21
R - Richard H. Thaler / Nudge ✔ – 08Nov21
E - Eye of the Needle ✔ – 12Nov21
N - Nursing Home Murder ✔ – 12Dec21

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