Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Hooray! You've finished the challenge! Drop your completed challenges below so we can cheer for you!

Completed first letter of author's name (first or last).

S Stephen Chbosky:

N Nikita Lalwani:

O Octavia E. Butler:

W Alison Weir:

F Christopher Fowler:

L Lucy Jago:

A Rumaan Alam:

K Philip Kerr:

E Bella Ellis:

S Laura Shepherd-Robinson:

F Sebastian Faulks:

A Alan Rusbridger:


L Lawrence James:

L Valeria Luiselli:

I Ingrid Persaud:

N Nicola Chester:

G Claudia Gold:

Completed first letter of title:


S Starling Days

N News and How to Use It: What to Believe in a Fake News World

O On Gallows Down: Place, Protest and Belonging

W When the Floods Came

F False Value

L Love After Love

A Anna of Kleve, Queen of Secrets

K King of the North Wind: The Life of Henry II in Five Acts

E England's Finest: Stories

S Snow Country

F Fifty Words for Snow

A A Net for Small Fishes

L Lost Children Archive

L Leave the World Behind

I Independence Square

N Notes on Grief

G Ghachar Ghochar

Nice! Great job!

Thanks and Happy New Year! Also completed: First letter of genre, which was tricky, even using the extended Goodreads list, so here goes:

S Suspense

N Novel

O Occult-detective

W Whodunit

F Family

L Literary Fiction

A Afrofuturist

K Kenya, Khartoum

E Ecology

S Sci-Fi

F Finance

A Amateur-Sleuth

L Love Story

L Language

I International literature

N Non-fiction

G Gothic

So, finally, all the prompts: Author's first name (4 books), author's last name (4 books), genre (4 books) and first letter of title (5 books). Now onto ATY 2022......

S Suspense (genre)

N Non-fiction (genre)

O Octavia E. Butler:

W Alison Weir:

F Christopher Fowler:

L Laura Shepherd-Robinson:

A A Net for Small Fishes

K King of the North Wind: The Life of Henry II in Five Acts

E E-Book (genre)

S Snow Country

F Fifty Words for Snow

A Rumaan Alam:

L Valeria Luiselli:

L London Rules

I Ingrid Persaud:

N Nicola Chester:

G Graphic Novel (genre)

I finished the challenge. This time, I will only do one round. Usually, I do one round for each of the possible ways to fill the prompts.

S - Author last name: Ruth Soukup - Unstuffed: Decluttering Your Home, Mind & Soul
N - Genre: nonfiction - Pivot: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One
O - One Step Behind
W - Author's first name: William Gibson - The Miracle Worker: A Play
F - Fire Storm
L - Author's last name: C. S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
A - Author's first name: Agatha Christie - The Clocks
K - Author's first name: Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, et al. - This Place: 150 Years Retold
E - Empress of All Seasons
S - Singapore Sapphire

F - Felicity
A - Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex
L - Leave the World Behind
L - Author's first name: Laura Thalassa - A Strange Hymn
I - Author's first name: Ibi Zoboi - Pride
N - Genre: nonfiction - The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love With Me
G - Gilded

S Better, Not Bitter: Living on Purpose in the Pursuit of Racial Justice. Yusef Salaam 2-Dec (author)
N Noor. Nnedi Okorafor 2-Dec
O The Once and Future Witches. Alix E. Harrow. 11-Jan
W The Kitchen Front. Jennifer Ryan 8-Dec war
F The Viscount Who Loved Me. Julia Quinn 6-Dec fiction
L The Sentence. Louise Erdrich 16-Dec (author)
A The Evening and the Morning. Ken Follett 13-Dec adventure
K Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir. Kat Chow 6-Dec (author)
E Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters. Mark Dunn 3-Dec
S Summer People. Elin Hilderbrand 11-Dec
F Forbidden Falls. Robyn Carr 7-Dec
A Flowers on Main. Sherryl Woods 18-Dec Adult Fiction
L A Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry 21-Dec (author)
L The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. Gabrielle Zevin 26-Dec Literary Fiction
I The Invisible Library. Genevieve Cogman 22-Dec
N Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America. Bill Geist 27-Dec Nonfiction
G The Witch's Heart. Genevieve Gornichec 10-Dec (author)

These are all first letter of title:

S: The Silent Daughter
N: New Math is Murder
O: Out of Focus
W: Whale Song
F: The Fressingfield Witch
L: The Lost Letter
A: After Wimbledon
K: Kiss of Salt
E: Echoes of Pemberley
S: Some Laneys Died

F: Forgotten
A: Aftermath
L: Life in the Dead Lane
L: The Lacemaker
I: The Inquiry Agent
N: Never Say Duke
G: Girl in the Shadows

First letter of author's name:

S: Two Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian
N: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
O: Limelight by Emily Organ
W: City of Darkness by Kim Wright
F: Winning the Clutter War by Sandra Felton
L: September Fair by Jess Lourey
A: Midnight Riot by Midnight Riot
K: Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher
E: Death Comes to Town by K.J. Emrick
S: War Bunny by Christopher St. John

F: The Wicked Wedding of Miss Ellie Vyne by Jayne Fresina
A: Aunt Dimity: Snowbound by Nancy Atherton
L: The Ultimate Pi Day Party by Jackie Lau
L: Forever Christmas by Christine Lynxwiler
I: Ophie's Ghosts by Justina Ireland
N: Remedial Rocket Science by Susannah Nix
G: Pit Perfect Murder by Renee George

Finished 1/12/22 (mixed and matched among first word of title, and author's first or last name):

✅S - Unless by Carol Shields- 12/1/21 - 5* - My Review
✅N - Northern Spy by Flynn Berry - 12/3/21 - 3* - My Review
✅O - Once There Was a War by John Steinbeck - 12/12/21 - 4* - My Review
✅W - The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe - 12/6/21 - 4* - My Review
✅F - The Fear Index by Robert Harris - completed 12/21/21 - 2* - My Review
✅L - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich - 12/2/21 - 4* - My Review
✅A - The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles - 12/5/21 - 3* - My Review
✅K - A Thousand Miles to Freedom: My Escape from North Korea by Eunsun Kim - 12/9/21 - 3* - My Review
✅E - Everything Beautiful Began After by Simon Van Booy - 12/30/21 - 3* - My Review
✅S - Purge by Sofi Oksanen - 12/11/21 - 4* - My Review
✅F - Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher - 1/11/22 - 4* - My Review
✅A - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith - 12/10/21 - 3* - My Review
✅L - Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan - 12/7/21 - 3* - My Review
✅L - Ice by Ulla-Lena Lundberg - completed 12/26/21 - 4 stars - My Review
✅I - In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration by Shane O'Mara - completed 12/13/21 - 3 stars - My Review
✅N - The Noel Diary: A Novel by Richard Paul Evans - 12/8/21 - 3* - My Review
✅G - Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman - completed 12/16/21 - 3* - My Review

I used a mix of Author's name, Title and Genre to complete:

Shalvis Chasing Christmas Eve by Jill Shalvis - Dec. 19th
Number A Number of Things: Stories of Canada Told Through Fifty Objects by Jane Urquhart - Dec. 12th
Obit Obit by Victoria Chang - Jan. 10th
Wild Wild Country by Anne Bishop - Dec. 8th
Fantasy The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 4 by Cassandra Clare - Dec. 6th
Lake Lake Silence by Anne Bishop - Dec. 7th
Anne Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop - Dec. 1st
Kim Mãn by Kim Thúy - Jan. 12th
Etched Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop - Dec. 3rd
Sea Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams - Dec. 21st

Fiction Don't You Forget About Me by Mhairi McFarlane - Dec. 17th
Anne Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop - Dec. 2nd
Love The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - Dec. 7th
Lisa The Red Files by Lisa Bird-Wilson - Dec. 10th
Indigenous literature Dead White Writer on the Floor by Drew Hayden Taylor - Dec. 20th
Nonfiction Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek by Daniel Levy - Dec. 24th
Graphic Novel The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 3 by Cassandra Clare - Dec. 4th

Finished! I used a mix of author initials and title.

Winter Challenge
December 1, 2021 - February 28, 2022

Snowflakes Falling
S Sabrina Jeffries - Project Duchess 12/12
N Nick and Noel's Christmas Playlist - Codi Hall 12/16
O O Beautiful - Jung Yun 12/1
W Wells, Martha - Exit Strategy 12/10
F For the Wolf - Hannah F. Whitten 12/4
L Lorna Barrett - Sentenced to Death 12/7
A Apple Cider Slaying - Julie Anne Lindsey 12/2
K Kate Carlisle - Homicide in Hardcover 12/9
E Everything We Didn't Say - Nicole Baart 12/3
S Sally Rooney - Beautiful World, Where Are You 12/15


F Find Me - Alafair Burke 1/14
A A History of Wild Places - Shea Ernshaw 12/13
L Lindsey, Julie Anne - Pulp Friction 12/14
L Little Bookshop of Murder - Maggie Blackburn 12/8
I It Happened One Autumn - Lisa Kleypas 12/12
N Neill, Chloe - The Bright and Breaking Sea 12/20
G Gates, Eva - By Book or By Crook 12/22

Finished! Mostly title or author, with a few genre. F for fiction makes that one easy!

S Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva
N Mutts and Mistletoe by Natalie Cox
O One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
W Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
F Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher (Fiction)
L The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
A A Princess for Christmas by Jenny Holiday
K The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
E The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
S Shiver by Allie Reynolds
F Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah (Fiction)
A A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
L Mistletoe Murder by Leslie Meier
L Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien
I If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
N A Nantucket Christmas by Nancy Thayer
G Skipping Christmas by John Grisham

I'm working on round two. I love these reading challenges as a way to help me pick my next book for my other challenges.

S = The Truth About Lord Stoneville by Sabrina Jeffries (Author’s Name)
N = A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (Author’s Name)
O = The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman (Author’s Name)
W = When Sorrows Come by Seanan McGuire (Title)
F = From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty (Title)
L = Lab Girl by Hope Jahren (Title)
A = The Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer (Author’s Name)
K = The Weight of Ink by Rachel Kadish (Author’s Name)
E = Harrow by Joy Williams (Genre = Eco-Fiction)
S = Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn (Genre = Smut)

F = How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior (Genre = Fiction)
A = Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy by Anne Sebba (Author’s Name)
L = The Cat Who Went Underground by Lilian Jackson Braun (Author’s Name)
L = The Cat Who Talked to Ghostsby Lilian Jackson Braun (Author’s Name)
I = I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider (Author’s Name)
N = On the Beach by Nevil Shute (Author’s Name)
G = Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages by Guy Deutscher (Author’s Name)

I thought I needed another book or two but realized I could do some rearranging to cover everything, I used a mix of author/title/genre

S - Stacey Abrams, While Justice Sleeps - Dec 2, 3*
N - Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements - Dec 21 - 3*
O - Arika Okrent, In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language - Dec 23 - 4*
W - What Matters in Jane Austen?: Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved- Dec 3, 3*
F - Fiction (or Fantasy) - Recursion - Dec 13 - 4*
L - Little Faith - Dec 6, 4*
A - Bruce Alexander - The Price of Murder Jan 14 - 4*
K - Kim Michelle Richardson - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek - Dec 15 - 3.5*
E - An Experiment In Treason - Dec 11- 4*
S - Tobias SmollettThe Expedition of Humphrey Clinker - Dec 10 - 3*

F - Fantasy - The Midnight Library - Dec 11 - 2.5*
A - Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient - Dec 5 - 2*
L - Louise Penny - The Brutal Telling - Dec 19 - 4*
L - London Bridge Is Falling Down - Dec 29 - 4*
I - Ian McEwan - Amsterdam - Dec 19 - 3*
N - The Nesting Dolls - Jan 11 - 4*
G - David Gerrold - The Man Who Folded Himself - Dec 20 - 3*

Completed January 27, 2022

For this challenge, you will be trying to fulfill the letters in the following phrase: SNOWFLAKES FALLING

You can fulfill these letters by using the first letter of the title, the first letter of the author's first or last name, or the first letter of the main genre of the book.

S - The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
N - The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here by Hope Jahren, Non-fiction
O - The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel by Ruth Ozeki
W - Writers & Lovers by Lily King
F -Harry's Trees Fiction
L - Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova, Non-fiction, Science
A - A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
K - The History of Love by Nicole Krauss, Literary Fiction
E - My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
S - The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert, NF, Science

F - We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast by Jonathan Safran Foer
A - I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend by Martin Short, autobiography
L - When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut
L - The Overstory by Richard Powers , Literary Fiction
I- Immune: a Journey into the Mysterious System that Keeps You Alive by Philip Dettmer
N - Greenwood by Michael Christie, Nature
G - The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes

Congrats to everyone finished :-)

Finished January 26!

S - Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa
N - The Nightingale Before Christmas by Donna Andrews
O - Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
W - The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis
F - Starfish by Lisa Fipps
L - I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
A - Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
K - Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor
E - Destroy All Monsters: A Reckless Book by Ed Brubaker
S - Heidi by Johanna Spyri
F - Fairest of All by Sarah Mlynowski (plus Fantasy genre)
A -Dearly by Margaret Atwood
L - The Lady of Sorrows: A Seven Deadly Sins Mystery by Anne Zouroudi
L - Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson, and Lauren Myracle
**Sorry. Thought we were NOT doing ING -- Finished 2/4, with Gabi**
I - Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
N - The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor
G - The Giver by Lois Lowry

Completed 1/30/22!

S - The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
N - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
O - My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
W - One by One by Ruth Ware
F - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher (Fantasy)
L - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
A - All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders
K - The End of Everything by Katie Mack
E - Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
S - A City of Ghosts: Stories by Betsy Phillips (Short Stories)

F - The Deep by Rivers Solomon
A - Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal
L - The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot by Marianne Cronin (LGBT)
L - Islands Linked by Ocean by Lisa Linn Kanae
I - The Islands of Chaldea by Diana Wynne Jones
N - The Accidental President by A.J. Baime (Nonfiction)
G - The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Finally finished today February 2nd

S - A History of Wild Places by Shea Ernshaw - Author
N - The Dating Plan by Sara Desai - Genre - New Adult
O - The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto - Title
W - When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole - Title
F - Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez - Title
L - Unspeakable Things by Jess Lourey - Author
A - Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney - Author
K - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune - Author
E - Fault Lines by Emily Itami - Author
S - The Golden Couple by Sarah Pekkanen - Author

F - The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes - Genre - Fiction
A - A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham - Title
L - The Last Thing to Burn by Will Dean - Title
L - Drowning With Others by Linda Keir - Author
I - I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh - Title
N - Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh - Author
G - Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell - Genre - Graphic Novel

Round 1 -

S- Title: Small Things Like These
N- Last Name: Rob Nesbitt Apollo Explorer: U-SAM Series - Book 1
O- Last Name: Mary Pope Osborne Christmas in Camelot
W- First Name: William Bennett Jacob T. Marley
F- Title: For We Are Many
L- Genre: LGBTQIA+ Chaos Vector
A- First Name: Agatha Christie The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding
K- Last Name: Greg Kincaid A Dog Named Christmas
E- Last Name: Kevin Emerson Lost in Space: Return to Yesterday
S- Genre: Sci-fi Riot Baby

F- Title: Forever Words: The Unknown Poems
A- Genre: Autobiography A Prayer Before Dawn: A Nightmare In Thailand
L-First Name: Angela Roquet Life After Death: A Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc. Spin-Off
L- Title: Letters from Father Christmas
I- Title: In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
N- Genre: Non-fictionLittle Slaughterhouse on the Prairie
G- Title: A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time

Round 1 finished 2/7/22

S - Author: Here by Wislawa Szymborska

N - Author: The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

O - Author: The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde

W - Author: The Mating Season by P.G. Wodehouse

F - Title: Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope

L - Title: The Long Way Home by Louise Penny

A - Title: American Melancholy: Poems by Joyce Carol Oates

K - Title: Kitchens of the Great Midwest by J. Ryan Stradal

E - Author: The Maias by Jose Maria Eca de Queiros

S - Title: The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope


F - Title: Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

A - Author: Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie

L - Title: Leaven of Malice by Robertson Davies

L - Genre: LGBT: The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

I - Title: Inspector French’s Greatest Case by Freeman Wills Crofts

N - Genre: Novel: Tempest-Tost by Robertson Davies

G - Author: Maigret in Exile by Georges Simenon

Didn't plan it, but ended up finishing!

S - The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss
N - The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani
O - The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
W - The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
F - The Air Raid Killer by Frank Goldammer
L - Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
A - In the Wolf's Lair by Anna Starobinets
K - The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud
E - The Virgin In The Ice by Ellis Peters
S - Heresy by S.J. Parris
F - Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
A - The Borgia Confessions by Alyssa Palombo
L - The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
L - A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (Lecture)
I - Thorn by Intisar Khanani
N - The Power by Naomi Alderman
G - The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley

WINTER CHALLENGE
December 1, 2021 - February 28, 2022.

Requirements:
First letter of the title, the first letter of the author's first or last name, or the first letter of the main genre of the book

S - Every Breath By Nicholas Sparks
N - Their Eyes Were Watching God By Zora Neale Hurston
O - Outlawed By Anna North
W - Winter in Paradise By Elin Hilderbrand
F - Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One By Raphaelle Giordano (Fiction/Self Help)
L - The Less Dead By Denise Mina
A - The Art of Fielding By Chad Harbach
K - Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family By Robert Kolker
E - Beach Read By Emily Henry
S - The Soulmate Equation By Christina Lauren

F - Queen Bee By Dorothea Benton Frank
A - The Poet X By Elizabeth Acevedo
L - L.A. Weather By Maria Amparo Escandon
L - You Should See Me in a Crown By Leah Johnson
I - If the Fates Allow: A Short Story By Rainbow Rowell
N - NFL Confidential: True Confessions from the Gutter of Football By Johnny Anonymous
G - Party of Two By Jasmine Guilllory

FINISHED 02/09/2022
Really didn't think I'd finish this in time, or at all, but am glad and proud I did it. It's the first side challenge I actually finished!

ATY WINTER CHALLENGE
December 1, 2021--February 28, 2022

DONE!! February 8!

S The Summer Wives: A Novel by Beatriz Williams (Title)
N The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride (Genre=Nonfiction)
O There There by Tommy Orange (Author's last initial)
W Waiting to Exhale (Waiting to Exhale #1) by Terry McMillan (Title)
F A Yellow Raft in Blue Water by Michael Dorris (Genre=Fiction)
L Day of Infamy by Walter Lord (Author's last initial)
A Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (Author's first initial)
K Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (Author's first initial)
E People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (Author's first initial)
S The Right Attitude to Rain (Isabel Dalhousie #3) by Alexander McCall Smith (Author's last initial)

F The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez (Genre=Fiction)
A Murder on Black Swan Lane (Wrexford & Sloane #1) by Andrea Penrose (Author's first initial)
L Lionboy (Lionboy #1) by Zizou Corder (Title)
L Euphoria by Lily King (Author's first initial)
I Eva Luna by Isabel Allende (Author's first initial)
N Until We Reckon: Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair by Danielle Sered (Genre=Nonfiction)
G The Gift of the Magpie (Meg Langslow #28) by Donna Andrews (Title)

Completed 13/2

Winter Challenge
December 1, 2021 to February 28, 2022.
17/17

S- SciFi - Jennifer Government by Max Barry 3/1/22 3★
N- The Yorkshire Lady by Nadine Miller 17/1/22 3.5★
O- A Place of Her Own by Deborah O'Brien 10/1/22 2.5★
W- The Game by Tom Wood 25/1/22 4★
F- Fantasy - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 8/1/22 3.5★
L- The Six Loves of Billy Binns by Richard Lumsden 2/1/22 3.5★
A- Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce 3/1/22 4★
K- Winter Wishes At Swallowtail Bay by Katie Ginger 22/1/22 2★
E- The Enemy by Tom Wood 9/1/22 3★
S- The Suspect by Michael Robotham 10/1/22 3★

F- The Forgotten Life of Arthur Pettinger by Suzanne Fortin 1/1/22 4★
A- Canticle Creek by Adrian Hyland 5/1/22 5★
L- The Last Voyage of Mrs Henry Parker by Joanna Nell 12/1/22 4★
L- Broken Star by Lizbie Brown 28/1 2.5★
I- The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears 14/1/22 3★
N- A Narrow Escape by Faith Martin 13/2 4.5★
G- The Way it is Now by Garry Disher 11/1/22 4.5★

S – Marijke Schermer – Love, If That's What It Is
N – Nona Fernández – The Twilight Zone
O – Sofi Oksanen - Hundepark
W – Terry Pratchett – Wyrd Sisters
F – Tina Frennstedt – Cold Case - Das gebrannte Kind
L – Maxim Leo – Der Held vom Bahnhof Friedrichstraße
A – Annie Ernaux – La Honte
K – Irmgard Keun – Nach Mitternacht
E – Terry Pratchett – Equal Rites
S – Yasmina Reza - Serge
F – Helen Fields – One for Sorrow
A – Agatha Christie – Der Tod wartet
L – Antoine Laurain – Eine verdächtig wahre Geschichte
L – Diadié Dembélé – Le duel des grands-mères
I – Erika L. Sánchez – I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
N – Nella Larsen - Passing
G – Marcial Gala – Call Me Cassandra

Completed on 14 Feb 22
December 2021 to February 2022

S -- V.E. Schwab - Vicious - 09 Feb 22
N -- Ninni Holmqvist - The Unit - 17 Dec 21
O -- Once There Were Wolves - 14 Feb 22
W -- The Witness for the Dead - 17 Jan 22
F -- J. Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla - 09 Jan 22
L -- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - 12 Jan 22
A -- Around the World in Eighty Days - 08 Dec 21
K -- Katherine Arden - The Bear and the Nightingale - 19 Dec 21
E -- The Empress of Salt and Fortune - 05 Feb 22
S -- Summer Light, and Then Comes the Night - 27 Dec 21

F -- Nicole Falls - Release Some Tension - 15 Jan 22
A -- Alix E. Harrow - A Spindle Splintered - 20 Dec 21
L -- Jack London - The Call of the Wild - 01 Feb 22
L -- C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew - 14 Jan 22
I -- Poirot Investigates - 14 Feb 22
N -- Nnedi Okorafor - Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected - 23 Jan 22
G -- Genzaburo Yoshino - How Do You Live? - 10 Jan 22

Finished a second time

S - Genre: Short Stories: Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries
N - Genre: Nonfiction - The Life of Charlotte Brontë
O - Title: One by One
W - Author: Wallace Stegner - Angle of Repose
F - Genre: Fiction: Mistletoe and Murder
L - Genre: Literary Fiction: Disappearing Earth
A - Author: Louisa May Alcott - A Merry Christmas and Other Christmas Stories
K - Author: Erich Kästner - Lisa and Lottie
E - Genre: European Literature: Thérèse Raquin
S - Title: Silas Marner
F - Genre: Fiction: The Personal Librarian
A - Author: Ann Hazelwood - Quilters of the Door
L - Genre: Literature: Can You Forgive Her?
L - Title: Love in a Cold Climate
I - Author: Iris Murdoch - The Sea, The Sea
N - Genre: Nonfiction: So You Think You're a Bookworm
G - Genre: Gothic: The Tapestried Chamber; Or, the Lady in the Sacque

I finished the Winter Reading Challenge 2/18/2022!!

S - Title: The Shadowy Horses
N - Title: Nowhere To Run
O - Author: Kindred by Octavia Butler
W - Title: Window Shopping
F - Title: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
L - Author: Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
A - Author: The Second Blind Son by Amy Harmon
K - Author: Running Wild by K A Tucker
E - Author: Portrait of a Scotsman by Evie Dunmore
S - Author: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

F - Title: From Lukov with Love
A - Author: Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
L - Author: HHhH by Laurent Binet
L - Author: The Mistletoe Kisser by Lucy Score
I - Title: An Inquiry Into Love and Death
N - Author: The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd
G - Author: A Suitable Vengeance by Elizabeth George

Finished on 21 Feb 2022

S - Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari (title)
N - The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix (last name)
O - Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman (last name)
W - Wolf Girl by Leia Stone (title)
F - The Silk Roads: A New History of the World by Peter Frankopan (last name)
L - Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo (first name)
A - Alpha Girl by Leia Stone (title)
K - King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo (title)
E - The Wonder by Emma Donoghue (first name)
S - A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons by Robert M. Sapolsky (last name)

F - Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo (genre - fantasy)
A - The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia by Michael Booth (title)
L - Lilacs and Leather by Thora Woods (title)
L - Lost Japan by Alex Kerr (title)
I - The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (title)
N - There Arose Such A Clatter by C.M. Nascosta (last name)
G - Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris (title)

Finished on 2/21/2022

S ✓ The Summer Children (title)

N ✓ Nadine Roth: Bloody Mary: Du darfst dich nicht verlieben (author – first name)

O ✓ One of Us Is Next (title)

W ✓ Stefan Wolf: Draculas Erben / Todesbiss der schwarzen Mamba (author – last name)

F ✓ Tana French: The Searcher (author – last name)

L ✓Lore (title)

A ✓ Apocalypsis I (title)

K ✓ The Kept Woman (title)

E ✓Every Heart a Doorway (title)

S ✓ The Sandman (title)


F ✓ The Final Twist (title)

A ✓ Agatha Christie: Rächende Geister (author – first name)

L ✓ The Lucky Ones (title)

L ✓ Mark Lawrence: Dispel Illusion (author – last name)

I ✓ If This Gets Out (title)

N ✓ Non-Fiction: Books to Die For (genre)

G ✓Get a Life, Chloe Brown (title)

Finished round 2. I had trouble with the second N this time!

S - Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva (author)
N - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (genre - non-fiction)
O - One Night on the Island by Josie Silver (title)
W- The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton (author)
F - The Twelve Dates of Christmas by Jenny Bayliss (genre - fiction)
L - Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland (title)
A - American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson (title)
K - Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah (author)
E - Lies We Bury by Elle Marr (author)
S - Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (title)
F - The Christmas Train by David Baldacci (genre - fiction)
A - Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (author)
L - The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea (author)
L - One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner (author)
I - Violeta by Isabel Allende (author)
N - You, Me, and the Colors of Life by Noa C. Walker (author)
G - 12 Days at Bleakly Manor by Michelle Griep (author)

I didn't think I would finish because of the L's, but my last two reads were literary fiction.
S - Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland. Title
N - The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music. Nonfiction
O - The Impossible First: From Fire to Ice—Crossing Antarctica Alone. Authors last name
W - The Walnut Tree. Title
F - A Redbird Christmas. Authors name
L - Passing. Authors name
A - Christmas by the Book. Authors name
K - Come Rain or Come Shine. Authors name
E - Winter Street. Authors name

F - A Virgin River Christmas. Fiction
A - The Afterlife of Holly Chase. Title
L - My Monticello. Literary Fiction
L - The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Literary Fiction
I - The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration. Authors name
N - Sprinting Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France. Nonfiction
G - Last Christmas in Paris: A Novel of World War I. Authors Name

I had fun doing separate lists by title, author and genre

Title
1. Using the first letter of the title

✔S - The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw 12/7/21
✔N - Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson 1/30/22
✔O - Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie 12/26/21
✔W - We Were Liars by E. Lockhart 1/4/22
✔F - Fault Lines by Emily Itami 1/21/22
✔L - A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende 12/23/21
✔A - Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert 12/9/21
✔K - Killer Crab Cakes by Livia J. Washburn 2/22/22
✔E - Earthlings by Sayaka Murata 2/14/22
✔S - The Secret History by Donna Tartt 12/15/21

✔F - Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell 2/7/22
✔A - A Room with a View by E.M. Forster 2/20/22
✔L - The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson 1/21/22
✔L - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave 1/23/22
✔I - In Five Years by Rebecca Serle 12/24/21
✔N - Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee 2/21/22
✔G - The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories by O. Henry 12/6/21

Author
2. Using the first letter of the author's first or last name

✔S - Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff 12/30/21
✔N - The Redbreast by Jo Nesbø 2/22/22
✔O - The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories by O. Henry 12/6/21
✔W - Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson 1/30/22
✔F - Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction 12/14/21
✔L - A Pho Love Story by Loan Le 12/15/21
✔A - Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie 12/26/21
✔K - Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff 1/13/22
✔E - Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean 12/2/21
✔S - In Five Years by Rebecca Serle 12/24/21

✔F - Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert 2/3/22
✔A - A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold 12/27/21
✔L - Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger 12/31/21
✔L - We Were Liars by E. Lockhart 1/4/22
✔I - A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende 12/23/21
✔N - You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour & David Levithan 2/22/22
✔G - These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong 1/15/22

Genre
2. Using the first letter of the main genre of the book

✔S - The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw 12/7/21 - Short Stories
✔N - A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold 12/27/21 - Neurodiversity
✔O - The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown 2/18/22 - Olympics (Top 100)
✔W - A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende 12/23/21 - War
✔F - Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean 12/2/21 - Fiction
✔L - The Secret History by Donna Tartt 12/15/21 - Literary Fiction
✔A - Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert 12/9/21 - Adult
✔K - Murder, She Knit by Peggy Ehrhart 2/13/22 - Knitting
✔E - Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie 12/26/21 - European Literature
✔S - Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction 12/14/21 - Sequential Art

✔F - Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien 12/5/21 - Fiction
✔A - Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid 12/10/21 - Adult
✔L - A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn 12/30/21 - Literature
✔L - The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle 1/18/22 - Literature
✔I - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga 2/11/22 - India
✔N - Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff 12/30/21 - Nonfiction
✔G - Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 12/21/21 - Gothic

Finished on 2/22/2022

S - The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
N - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi (non-fiction)
O - The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
W - We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
F - The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
L - The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
A - American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
K - Blackout by K. Monroe
E - An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by Helene Tursten
S - Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

F - The Borrowers by Mary Norton (fantasy)
A - Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
L - Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
L - The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
I - It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han
N - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
G - Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan

I've completed the challenge using the first letter of the author's first or last name! I'm doing the challenge again (loosely) to complete "First Letter of the Book", as well as "First Letter of the Genre" (this one was fun). I'll post those when completed!

S - Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich (12/4)
N - Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (12/7)
O - Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life by Ozan Varol (1/5)
W - The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (1/11)
F - Dune by Frank Herbert (1/31)
L - Matrix by Lauren Groff (12/12)
A - The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (12/1)
K - The Holiday Swap by Maggie Knox (1/22)
E - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (12/2)
S - The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup (12/29)

F - Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding (1/28)
A - The People We Keep by Allison Larkin (12/20)
L - The Translator by Leila Aboulela (12/15)
L - We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange (1/22)
I - Portrait in Sepia by Isabel Allende (2/9)
N - The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (2/10)
G - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin (12/30)

I made an effort to mix all the options:

S – The Secret History of Moscow / Ekaterina Sedia
N – The Black Tides of Heaven / Neon Yang
O – Olive Oil and White Bread / Georgia Beers
W – Wake of Vultures /Lila Bowen
F – The Bone Witch / Rin Chupeco (fantasy)
L – A Children's Bible / Lydia Millet
A – Primary Inversion / Catherine Asaro
K – The White Book / Han Kang
E – Empire of Sand / Tasha Suri
S – The Mask Falling / Samantha Shannon
F – Black Sun / Rebecca Roanhorse (fantasy)
A –Backcast / Ann McMan
L – Detransition, Baby / Torrey Peters (LGBTQ)
L –Matrix / Lauren Groff
I – Nevada/ Imogen Binnie
N – The Red Threads of Fortune / Neon Yang
G – The Girl with the Louding Voice / Abi Daré

S: The Squandered David Putnam
N: No Exit Taylor Adams
O: Only the Innocent Rachel Abbott
W: All Her Little Secrets Wanda M. Morris
F: Fiona and Jane Jean Chen Ho
L: Don't Cry for Me Daniel Black (LGBTQIA+)
A: A Light in the Attic Shel Silverstein
K: A Column of Fire Ken Follett
E: Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West Blaine Harden
S: The Vanquished David Putnam (Suspense)

F: Reckless Girls Rachel Hawkins
A: The Reckless David Putnam (Action)
L: A Little Hope Ethan Joella
L: 1st to Die James Patterson (Law Enforcement)
I: The Innocents David Putnam
N: Dead Man's Money K.J. North
G: The Overnight Guest Heather Gudenkauf

Here is my completed challenge for the "First Letter of the Title".

S - Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich (12/4)
N - Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (12/7)
O - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (2/21)
W - We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange (1/22)
F - From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (12/2)
L - little scratch by Rebecca Watson (2/13)
A - A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City: Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville by David Domine (12/8)
K - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (2/19)
E - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing (1/26)
S - Survive the Night by Riley Sager (12/27)

F - Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (2/25)
A - A Phoenix First Must Burn by Patrice Caldwell (12/19)
L - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (2/13)
L - Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien (2/23)
I - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (2/17)
N - Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (1/3)
G - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (2/23)

COMPLETE

WINTER CHALLENGE
December 1, 2021 - February 28, 2022.

You can fulfill these letters by using the first letter of the title, the first letter of the author's first or last name, or the first letter of the main genre of the book.

S - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 12/9/21 Title
N-The Past Is Red 12/25/21 MPG Novella
O-One Grave at a Time 2/25/22
W-Undead and Unfinished 12/13/21 MPG-Women's Fiction
F -Christmas Cupcake Murder by Joanne Fluke 12/15/21 Author Last name
L -Single White Vampire by Lynsay Sands 1/6/22 Author first name
A - A House at the Bottom of a Lake 12/1/21 -Book title
K-You're Not Allowed to Die by Kip Terrington 12/30/21 First name of author
E-Strange Brew by P.N. Elrod 12/17/21 Author last name
S-Doctor Who: The Forgotten Army 1/1/22 MPG :Science Fiction

F-Heart of Evil 12/23/21 Genre: Fantasy
A-Aurora Rising 12/3/21 Title
L -Under the Whispering Door 1/11/22 MPG LGBT
L-Light from Uncommon Stars 1/14/22 Title
I-The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina 12/16/21 Title
N-The Moth in the Mirror 1/6/21 Genre-Novella
G-Doctor Who: Dead of Winter by James Goss 12/2/21 Author Last name

Complete

Dec 1 - Feb 28 - 13 weeks
17 letters

❄S - Title: Seashells & Mistletoe - Dec 26 2021
❄N - Genre: New Adult - The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden - Dec 30 2021
❄O - Title - On Trial - Feb 27 2022
❄W - Genre: Women's Fiction - The Chicken Sisters - Jan 3 2022
❄F - ALN: Jenni Fletcher - Miss Amelia's Mistletoe Marquess - Dec 31 2021
❄L - AFN: Lee Strauss - Hickory Dickory Dock - Dec 17
❄A - AFN: Alex Michaelides - The Silent Patient - Jan 12
❄K - ALN: Julie Kagawa The Iron Daughter - Dec 12
❄E - Title - eighty-eight acres - Feb 26 2022
❄S - AFN: S.A. Cosby - Razorblade Tears - Jan 9 2021

❄F - ALN: Jamie Ford - Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - Jan 28 2022
❄A -ALN: James Aura - The Cumberland Killers: A Kentucky Mystery - Dec 8 2021
❄L - Title: Life is But a Dream - Dec 16 2021
❄L - AFN: Lee Strauss - Gingerbread Man - Dec 14 2021
❄I- Title - The Iron King - Dec 6 2021
❄N - Genre: Novella Scorpius Rising - Dec 3 2021
❄G - AFN: G.A. McKevett - Murder in Her Stocking - Dec 24

trishhartuk/Trish H

S = The Road to Unfreedom, Timothy Snyder – 09/12/21
N = Chaos on CatNet, {N}aomi Kritzer - 27/02/22
O = Our Malady, Timothy Snyder – 23/12/21
W = Fugitive Telemetry, Martha Wells – 24/12/21
F = Foxglove Summer, Ben Aaronovitch - 11/01/21
L = Lies, Damned Lies, and History, Jodi Taylor - 13/01/22
A = Rivers of London: Monday, Monday, Ben Aaronovitch – 06/12/21
K = The House in the Cerulean Sea, T.J. Klune – 15/12/21
E = Eragon, Christopher Paolini – 05/12/21
S = Everywhere That Mary Went, Lisa Scottoline – 27/12/21

F = Finding Christmas, Kathi Daley – 25/12/21
A = {A}nd the Rest Is History, Jodi Taylor – 15/02/21
L = Les Misérables, Victor Hugo – 10/01/22
L = A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens – 19/12/21 - shelved as {L}iterature by 1,027 users
I = Inspector Specter, E.J.Copperman – 18/12/21
N = {N}otes from Underground, Fyodor Dostoevsky - 28/02/22
G = Something Read, Something Dead, Eva Gates – 12/12/21

Finished part 3 just in time! This is "First Letter of the Main Genre". The genres were either listed on the Goodreads page for the book or was a featured book when searching through the Genres section on Goodreads.

S - Survive the Night by Riley Sager (Suspense) (12/27)
N - Think Like a Rocket Scientist: Simple Strategies You Can Use to Make Giant Leaps in Work and Life by Ozan Varol (Non-Fiction) (1/5)
O - Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich (Oral History) (12/4)
W - The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks (Women's Fiction) (2/10)
F - The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (Fiction) (12/2)
L - The Translator by Leila Aboulela (Literary Fiction) (12/15)
A - Carrie by Stephen King (Adult) (2/28)
K - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (Ku-Klux-Klan) (1/28)
E - Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion by Jia Tolentino (Essays) (12/5)
S - The Night Swim by Megan Goldin (Suspense) (12/30)

F - A Phoenix First Must Burn by Patrice Caldwell (Fantasy) (12/19)
A - Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga (Africa) (1/3)
L - This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar (LGBT) (1/23)
L - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (Literary Fiction) (2/23)
I - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (International) (2/26)
N - A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City: Murder, Secrets, and Scandal in Old Louisville by David Domine (Non-Fiction) (12/8)
G - On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (Gay) (2/21)

It's the last day of the challenge, but I finished!!



Reading

S -Piranesi by Suzanna Clarke (Author First Name) -Complete 12/07/21
N -I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny by Bob Newhart (Author Last Name) -Complete 01/05/22
O - My Name is Not Angelica by Scott O'Dell (Author Last Name) - Complete 2/28/22
W - Short-Straw Bride by Karen Witemeyer (Author Last Name) - Complete 02/21/22
F -Enchanted by Alethea Kontis (Genre: Fantasy) -Complete 12/26/21
L -Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (Title) -Complete 12/18/21
A -Alex O'Donnell and the 40 CyberThieves by Regina Doman (Title) -Complete 12/16/21
K -Banana Split by Josi s Kilpack (Author Last Name) -Complete 12/22/21
E - People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (Author First Name) - Complete 01/15/22
S - Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun (Genre: Short Stories) -Completed 02/6/2022

F -Rapunzel Let Down: A Fairy Tale Retold by Regina Doman (Genre: Fantasy) -Complete 12/23/21
A -Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie (Author First Name) -Complete 12/20/21
L -Snowed In at the Castle by Lucy McConnell (Author First Name) -Complete 12/19/21
L -Lady Emma's Campaign by Jennifer Moore (Title) -Complete 12/21/21
I - The Illiad by Homer (Title) -Complete 01/22/22
N -Educated by Tara Westover (Genre: Non-Fiction) - Complete 01/12/22
G - The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng (Title) - Complete 01/29/2022

📚 21-22 Winter Reading Challenge 📚
Finished: February 28, 2022

❄️ S - Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin (title)
❄️ N - Nicky, la Aprendiz de Bruja by Eiko Kadono (title)
❄️ O - Kindred by Octavia E. Butler (author’s first name)
❄️ W - World After by Susan Ee (title)
❄️ F - Alas de Fuego by Laura Gallego García (genre: fantasy)
❄️ L - La Casa de los Mil Pasillos by Diana Wynne Jones (title)
❄️ A - Angelfall by Susan Ee (title)
❄️ K - The Selection by Kiera Cass (author’s first name)
❄️ E - End of Days by Susan Ee (title)
❄️ S - Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley (title)

❄️ F - Las Luces de Septiembre by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (genre: fantasy)
❄️ A - Alas Negras by Laura Gallego García (title)
❄️ L - La Corte de los Espejos by Concepción Perea (title)
❄️ L - La Última Primavera by Concepción Perea (title)
❄️ I - El Príncipe de la Niebla by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (genre: iberian literature)
❄️ N - Kim Ji-Young, nacida en 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo (author’s first name)
❄️ G - Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-García (author’s last name)

I only had one more N to finish and I couldn't.

But here is my challenge:

S - The Art of War by Sun Tzu
N - Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
O - One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence
W - When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
F - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
L - The Perfect Nanny by Leïla Slimani
A - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
K - The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
E - Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
S - The Serpents of Arakesh by V.M. Jones

F - Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell
A - Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
L - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll (Only Alice in Wonderland).
L - Lore Olympus: Volume One by Rachel Smythe
I - Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
N -
G -The Mystery of the Indian Carvings by Gloria Repp

Finished it on the last day of the challenge... finally posting.

S - So Long See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell
N - Nick by Michael Farris Smith
O - Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements by Walidah Imarisha, Adrienne Brown
W - The Swan Book byAlexis Wright
F - The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
L - Little Bee by Chris Cleve
A - Daring to Drive by Manal Al-Sharif
K - I can't Make This Up: Life Lessons by Kevin Hart
E - The Fortunate Ones by Ed Tarkington
S - The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad
F - Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King
A - Call Us What We Were by Amanda Gorman
L - Ninth House Leigh Bardugo
L - You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
I - In the Country We Love by Diane Guerrero
N - Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald
G - Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman

✔ S - Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
✔ N - The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer
✔ O - Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo
✔ W - Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance by Jesse Wente
✔ F - Oh William! Genre: fiction
✔ L - Writers & Lovers by Lily King
✔ A - The Apollo Murders
✔ K - The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
✔ E - People We Meet on Vacation by Emile Henry
✔ S - First Person Singular: Stories genre: short stories

✔ F - Front Desk
✔ A - The Facilitator's Book of Questions: Tools for Looking Together at Student and Teacher Work by David Allen
✔ L - Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson
✔ L - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo genre: LGBT
✔ I - I Can Make This Promise
✔ N - The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
✔ G - Greenlights